The 52 nonfiction stories in this book have been designed to familiarize and develop student awareness of the various Canadian topics while reviewing and strengthening various reading, language, and word study skills. Each topic contains an information story and a follow-up exercise designed to review and develop strong reading and phonetic skills.
A year of non-fiction reading in one book! One story a week for bell work, review, indoor recess, enrichment or for the students who are done their work early.
CANADIAN SYMBOLS:
Story #1: Canada
Story #2: Canada's Flag
Story #3: Canada's Symbols
Story #4: Canada's Capital City
Story #5: Canada's Prime Minister
Story #6: Canadian Coins
CANADIAN SEASONS:
Story #1: Autumn in Canada
Story #2: Winter in Canada
Story #3: Spring in Canada
Story #4: Summer in Canada
MONTHS OF THE YEAR:
Story #1: September in Canada
Story #2: October in Canada
Story #3: November in Canada
Story #4: December in Canada
Story #5: January in Canada
Story #6: February in Canada
Story #7: March in Canada
Story #8: April in Canada
Story #9: May in Canada
Story #10: June in Canada
Story #11: July and August in Canada
CANADIAN ANIMALS:
Story #1: The Beaver
Story #2: The Chipmunk
Story #3: The Red Fox
Story #4: The Groundhog
Story #5: The Raccoon
CANADIAN BIRDS:
Story #1: The Canada Goose
Story #2: The Black-Capped Chickadee
Story #3: The Robin
Story #4: The Cardinal
Story #5: The Nuthatch
FAMOUS PLACES IN CANADA:
Story #1: The CN Tower
Story #2: Canada's Wonderland
Story #3: Green Gables
Story #4: The Toronto Zoo
Story #5: Black Creek Pioneer Village
Story #6: Peggy's Cove Lighthouse
Story #7: Banff National Park
Story #8: Confederation Bridge
SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS IN CANADA:
Story #1: Thanksgiving in Canada
Story #2: Halloween in Canada
Story #3: Remembrance Day in Canada
Story #4: Christmas in Canada
Story #5: Groundhog Day in Canada
Story #6: St. Valentine's Day in Canada
Story #7: Easter in Canada
FAMOUS CANADIANS:
Story #1: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Story #2: Michael J. Fox
Story #3: Robert Munsch
Story #4: Alisha J. Newton
Story #5: Chris Hadfield
Story #6: Justin Bieber

From the beginning of Ruth's teaching career, she had written her own lessons and theme units. In the early years, she was inspired by a school board consultant and wrote curriculum with a team of teachers for her school board. With the encouragement from a friend she decided to self-publish. In 1986 Ruth Solski started selling her classroom resources to teachers across Canada, under On The Mark Press.Today On The Mark Pres consistently evolves to comply with current curriculum standards. We want our learning resources to give, teachers and parents an edge for planning and implementing learning. Our activity-based lessons have more focus on practical exercises rather than teaching instructions. These resources can be used from start to finish, choose specific exercises or simply use them to stimulate creativity in the classroom. Our future including providing our resources in print, PDF eBooks/Digital download, and links for lessons for Google Classroom. Ruth's mission continues to be making learning fun for children and a teacher's workload lighter!