iOpener: Homes Around the World

About iOpener: Homes Around the World

This 41-word book is a tour of homes around the world for young readers. It contains big, beautiful pictures of all sorts of homes–in the United States, Bolivia, Mongolia, and more–focusing on words about shape, size, and location. There are questions at the end of the book to aid in discussion.

Grade: Kindergarten
Subject: World Cultures
Genre: Informational Text
Comprehension Skill/Strategy: Compare and Contrast
Diagnostic Reading Assessment (DRA/EDL): 3
Guided Reading Level: C
Lexile Level: 3

DK’s iOpeners equip K-6 students with the skills and strategies they need to access and comprehend nonfiction so that they are not only learning to read but reading to learn. The combination of high-interest content and eye-popping photography of iOpeners brings science and social studies topics to life, raises student achievement in reading, and boosts standardized test scores.