Title Information:­
What Is it?: What Is It? is a question and answer book that describes the characteristics of materials used to make everyday objects and asks the reader to determine what that material is. It then explores how these characteristics relate to the specific ways in which each material is used.

Content vocabulary:hemicals, flexible, glass, iron ore, magnets, materials, moulds, paper, plastic, pulp, rice paper, rust, steel, steel wool, threads, wood chips

Key concepts:
All materials are made from substances found in the natural world.  Materials have characteristics that relate to the way they are used.

Reading Strategies: Making connections

Related resource:Lesson Plan - What Is it?

Series Information:

WorldWise is a high-interest literacy program that encourages inquiry and questioning while extending knowledge in science and a range of STEM topics linked to the curriculum. This engaging program teaches reading strategies simultaneously with natural, earth and physical science concepts – reflecting the diversity of the world students live in.

Students will develop strategies and skills to read informative texts across a range of text types while they learn to become informative text writers. With an assortment of text types on offer, themes and concepts are introduced and revisited across the reading stages, building on initial concepts with increasing complexity.

WorldWise Lesson Plans support each Student Book, offering practical, systematic and easy-to-implement instructions. These visually appealing resources integrate oral language, vocabulary development, fluency and comprehension, writing and phonics.

WorldWise Investigations is a web-based tool that provides extension activities for titles in the program. It encourages exploration of content linked to curriculum outcomes in a deeper more hands-on way. Students are supported with a framework that encourages investigation and inquiry.

This series is supported by an array of teacher resources which can be obtained by visiting www.worldwise.com.au

Each WorldWise student book is supported by a corresponding Lesson Plan for teachers.

The following additional teacher resources are available:

• Curriculum outcomes
• Writing templates
• Correlation charts which provide title-level information about alignment to curriculum

These additional teacher resources can be downloaded from www.worldwisereading.com.au/teacher-resources