Learning A–Z level F Multi-level N/A

Battery
Battery
ower!
PPower!
Grade 1 Word Count 126
Lexile 390L Nonfiction • Informational

Refer to the Focus Question on page 2 of this title to guide

discussion and support additional learning connected to the text.

Batteries can power so many things! In Battery Power!

students will learn how batteries work and what they
can power. Detailed photographs, high-frequency
words, and simple sentences support beginning readers.
Students will also have the opportunity to connect to
prior knowledge as well as to identify the main idea and
details in order to better understand the text.

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 Focus Question
What are batteries, and
why are they important?
Words to Know
batteries electricity
charged energy
chemicals power
Some batteries can be
Connections charged up again.
Writing Some batteries can be
Make a list of ten items that use These batteries
charged up again.can make
batteries. Put your list in alphabetical These batteries
energy again. can make
order. Then, write about which one of
those items is your favorite and why. energy
They canagain.
be used over
Science They can be used over
How would your life be different if there
and over.
and over.
were no batteries? How would life for
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others be different without batteries?
Discuss with a partner.
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12
use batteries?
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In what things do you
every day.
things that people use
Batteries can power many
Power!
Battery
 Batteries store and release
The chemicals slowly release
that energy. energy
Batteriescalled electricity.
store and release
The chemicals stop releasing Batteries can electricity.
energy called power many
energy after some time. Batteries
things thatcanpeople
power many
use
Batteries that stop releasing things that people use
every day.
energy are dead. every day.
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The chemicals store energy. They can power a tool.

The chemicals store energy.
inside them. They can power a light.
inside them.
Batteries have chemicals
Batteries have chemicals

chemicals

chemicals

metal case

metal case

center rod

center rod
 Batteries store and release
energy called electricity.
Batteries can power many
things that people use
They can power a computer.
every day.
They can power a car! Batteries can be small.
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They can power a toy. They can be as big as a room.

The chemicals store energy.
They can power a phone.
inside them.
Batteries have chemicals

chemicals

metal case

center rod