First Flight
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
Every year, hundreds of millions of people travel by plane from one part of the world to another. Today people can eat, sleep, and watch movies on a plane. They can be in the air for hours. The first plane that ever flew had no cabin, no seats, two propellors, two wings and only a small engine. It stayed in the air for just 12 seconds!
Clever Camouflage
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
Why do animals need to camouflage themselves? Camouflage is a way of hiding by blending into the background. Many animals use camouflage so that they won't be caught by their enemies. Other animals use camouflage to hide from animals they are trying to catch. Which animals do you know that use clever camouflage?
A Butterfly's Life
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
What is a life cycle? A butterfly goes through four stages in its life. It changes into something different each time. It starts as a tiny egg, and later it becomes a chrysalis. More changes happen inside the chrysalis, until at last a beautiful butterfly is ready to fly away.
Swimming With Dolphins
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
What would it be like to swim in the deep sea with the animals that live there? Dolphins are very clever, friendly animals. They often follow boats and they like to meet people. Would you like to swim with dolphins?
All Kinds of Clothes
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
We all need different clothes at different times, depending on the weather and what we are doing. What do you wear when you go to a party? What clothes do you need for sports? Which clothes do you like best? Why?
Surprise From the Sky
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
Have you ever been to a small island? Charlie's Grandmother, Nan, lives on an island. What would it be like to live on an island? How would you get your food and clothes? What games would you be able to play there?
Camp Runaway
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
What do people mean when they talk about the wilderness? Have you ever been in the wilderness? Where did you go? Did you enjoy it? Greg didn't like wilderness school. He wanted to go home so one night he decided to run away.
Too Big and Heavy
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
The animals had fun at their playground, but poor Baby Elephant felt sad and lonely. He was too big and heavy to play there. He couldn't fit on the slides and swings. Who had some good ideas to help him?
Using Graphs
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
A graph is a picture or chart showing the differences between things that we can measure. It helps us to understand information when we can see the facts in a picture. We use different kinds of graphs to show different kinds of information.
Clever Camouflage US Ed
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
Why do animals need to camouflage themselves? Camouflage is a way of hiding by blending into the background. Many animals use camouflage so that they won't be caught by their enemies. Other animals use camouflage to hide from animals they are trying to catch. Which animals do you know that use clever camouflage?
The Space Age
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
We are living in the Space Age. What do we know about space? The Earth is our planet. It is in space with many other planets. Scientists are still discovering new planets. People have always seen the sun, the moon, and millions of stars. But now space is being explored. We can learn about the size of the planets and what it is like to travel in space.
Farming
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
Have you been to a farm? What did they grow there? Can you imagine a time before there were machines to help with the work? Learn about how people stopped looking for food in the wild and started to farm animals and plants instead.
Swimming With Dolphins
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
What would it be like to swim in the deep sea with the animals that live there? Dolphins are very clever, friendly animals. They often follow boats and they like to meet people. Would you like to swim with dolphins?
Knock, Knock!
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
Do you know the story about Goldilocks and the three bears? She went into the bears' house when they were not at home. They had gone out for a walk. She ate their porridge and she sat on their chairs. She even lay down on their beds. What happened when the bears came home?
Paper Chains
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
Paper chains can be made two different ways. The easy way is to join strips of paper made into circles like rings. Another way is to fold strips of paper, then draw a picture. You must make sure your picture touches the sides of the folded paper. Then you cut around the picture without cutting the part that touches the folds. When you open it up, the sides are joined into a chain.
Shaggy the Sheep
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
The wool that grows on a sheep is used for many things. Do you know some ways we use wool? Farmers cut the wool off their sheep every year, then the sheep grow new wool. Do you think they like having their wool cut?
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
We are living in the Space Age. What do we know about space? The Earth is our planet. It is in space with many other planets. Scientists are still discovering new planets. People have always seen the sun, the moon, and millions of stars. But now space is being explored. We can learn about the size of the planets and what it is like to travel in space.
Bread and Butter
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
A long time ago, there were no shops to sell food. People even had to make their own bread and butter. Do you know an easy way to make bread and butter? It's not hard to do if you follow the recipes carefully. Would you like to try it?
Using Graphs
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
A graph is a picture or chart showing the differences between things that we can measure. It helps us to understand information when we can see the facts in a picture. We use different kinds of graphs to show different kinds of information.
Rice is Nice
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
Do you eat rice sometimes? What do you eat with the rice? What do you use to eat it? Rice belongs to the grass family, and it is grown in many countries of the world. People eat many different rice meals. What is your favourite rice meal?
All Kinds of Clothes
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
We all need different clothes at different times, depending on the weather and what we are doing. What do you wear when you go to a party? What clothes do you need for sports? Which clothes do you like best? Why?
Farming
Part of the Red Rocket Readers: Fluency Level 2: Turquoise series
Have you been to a farm? What did they grow there? Can you imagine a time before there were machines to help with the work? Learn about how people stopped looking for food in the wild and started to farm animals and plants instead.
