Volcanoes! Mountains of Fire (Step-Into-Reading, Step 4)

My grandson is a science fan and I buy him books all the time. Even though he’s in second grade, he reads at a fourth grade level. I am a retired teacher and I look for books that are interesting, have pictures and sometimes I want them to be a reference for later on since he reads so fast. He told me he really liked this book and stated some facts from the book. We followed up with making a little volcano with baking soda and vinegar. The book is small so he can put it on his bookshelf in his room. I will purchase more of these books because the price is right.

The book was amazing. It taught me about volcanoes. It taught me about the volcano. In Hawaii and other volcanoes like that so when I grow up, I would want to be a volcano scientist that means you study volcanoes

I love the whole Step into Reading series. The information is excellent and they are entertaining. The lower levels are long enough that a beginning reader gets a challenge but isn't overwhelmed with length. Level 4 is good for a confident reader, even if they still struggle with sounding words out. Reading comprehension really begins to get exercised at this level.

No idea how many of these books we have, maybe 30 or 40. They are brilliant, we've used them since my son was two, with the toy story one, super heroes, tangled... The pictures are exactly as the movies and the stories are just right, not too complex, not boring. The more advanced are also fantastic, Lascaux, Trojan horse, the early American heritage stuff. This is the only series that I've found graduates from level to level consistently and realistically. Buy as many as you can and start them early, nothing comes close in kids reading... No I don't work for the company!

My son didn’t really like this book

I love these series. But most important that my son does. I order 20+ books and he loves to read them (usually it is not that easy to make him read). I got mix of 2-3-4 levels for the second grader, second level is too easy, but it creates some fun and he reads them with pleasure. Love it, I would recommend it.

My son loves this book. It's great.

These are great books for children learning to read and for children who don't like to read "long: books. Also these books have a ton of information in them that keep my children interested on reading to the next page. I find that my children will read these books over and over again.

英語を教えている小学校5年の孫の希望で求めましたが、まだstep2をマスターした程度なので、単語が難しすぎました。しばらく段階を踏んでずっと先にtextに使おうと思っています。このStep into Readingのシリーズは、今回初めて使っていますが、単語や文のchoiceが非常に優れていて、内容も的確で分かりやすく書いてあり、イラストも生き生きと正確で面白く、1ページの文の量も適量、しかもページ毎の文章量に変化があるので、飽きさせず、無理させず、誘導することができます。また本は薄く、ページ数も少ないので、1冊終えるのにあまり時間がかからないから、生徒にこんなにたくさんの本を読み終えたという達成感を与えることもできます。孫は理科系のものに興味を示すので、その分野でしばらくstep通りに使っていこうと思っています。このシリーズのstep分けの特徴が本の裏表紙に書いてありました。1が読書の準備段階、pre-schoolと幼稚園とありますが、それは英語圏の対象なので、日本の場合は度外視していいかと思います。2は基本の語彙、短文、簡単なstories. 3は一人で読む、4はparagraphで読む、5は章ごとに読むための準備、とあります。4,5はすごいですね。対象は2,3年生と2-4年生です。こんなに速い段階からparagraphingを教えるのですね。paragraphで、内容を分析総合する力の訓練をこんな初期に始めるとは驚きました。日本には漢字というもう一つの高度な課題がありますが、内容把握と分析の力を早くから養うことは必要ですね。

I thought the book was good and enjoyed it I am 7 yrs old. I read it in one day

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Interesting story of what happened at Mount St. Helen. Well-written in a way that's engaging and intructive at the same time

Tiene imágenes muy lindas, texto adecuado al nivel que establece. La historia es entretenida y ayuda a fortalecer y aumentar el vocabulario en el idioma inglés. Excelente para aprender.