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The Human Body
Theme Unit
Reading Comprehensions - Special Education High Interest Reading
     A Taste Nightmare (Hi/Lo Grades 1-3)
     A Broken Heart (Hi/Lo Grades 1-3)
     Blood (Hi/Lo Grades 1-3)
     The Body's Highway System (Hi/Lo Grades 1-3)
     Germs Make Us Sick (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Your Body (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Your Sense of Hearing (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Your Sense of Taste (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Your Skin (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Your Blood (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Your Bones (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Your Muscles (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Your Muscular System (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Your Circulatory System (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Your Nervous System (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Your Respiratory System (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Your Digestive System (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Your Bones and Muscles (Hi/Lo Grades 3-6)
     What Makes Up Your Body? (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)

Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     The Five Senses (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Keeping Your Respiratory System Healthy (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)

Short Readers
     Your Lungs: Simple or Simply Amazing? (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Tears (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     The Respiratory System (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     The Brain (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     The Nervous System (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Keeping Your Nervous System Healthy (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Muscles (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Your Body's Thermostat (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     The Excretory System (Short Reader; Grades 5-8 Readability)

Reading Comprehensions
     Your Blood's Other Job (Grades 4-6)
     Eructation - What is a Burp? (Grades 4-6)
     Body Systems Work Together (Grades 5-8)
     Your Amazing Body (Grades 5-8)
     Integumentary System (Grades 5-8)
     Endocrine System (Grades 5-8)
     Lymphatic System (Grades 5-8)
     Blood (Grades 6-7)
     Muscular System (Grades 6-8)
     Skeletal System - Healthy Bones (Grades 6-8)
     Skeletal System (Grades 7-8)
     Strong Muscles (Grades 7-8)
     Nervous System (Grades 7-8)
     Circulatory System (Grades 7-8)
     Digestion - The Foods We Eat (Grades 7-8)
     The Digestive System (Grades 7-8)
     A Healthy Respiratory System (Grades 7-8)
     Respiratory System (Grades 7-8)
     The Brain (Grades 7-9)

Gross
     Those Crusty Scabs are Gross (Grades 3-6)
     Mucus, Boogers, and Snot - How GROSS! (Grades 4-6)
     Flatulence: The Gas We Pass (Grades 6-9)

Reading Comprehensions - Foreign Languages
Spanish
     El sistema óseo (grades 6-8)
     El sistema circulatorio (grades 7-8)
     La digestión -- Las comidas que comemos (grades 7-8)
     El sistema digestivo (grades 7-8)
     Un sistema respiratorio sano (grades 7-8)

French
     Le système osseux - des os sains (grades 6-8)
     Le système circulatoire (grades 7-8)
     La digestion et ce que nous mangeons (grades 7-8)
     Le Système Digestif (grades 7-8)
     Un Appareil Respiratoire Sain (grades 7-8)

Italian
     L'apparato scheletrico - Ossa in buona salute (grades 6-8)
     L'apparato circolatorio (grades 7-8)
     La digestione -- Il cibo che mangiamo (grades 7-8)
     L'apparato digerente (grades 7-8)
     Un apparato respiratorio in buona salute (grades 7-8)

German
     Der Skelettaufbau - Gesunde Knochen (grades 6-8)
     Der Blutkreislauf (grades 7-8)
     Die Verdauung - Die Nahrung, die wir zu uns nehmen (grades 7-8)
     Das Verdauungssystem (grades 7-8)
     Ein gesundes Atmungssystem (grades 7-8)

Finish the Story
     Journey into the Human Body (Grades 3-6)

Read and Color
            Our Body is Made Up of Systems
            Why Do I Sneeze, Hiccup, and Yawn?

Analogies
             Human Body Analogies

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