Description
Seed Learning’s Future Jobs Readers is a new nonfiction series that explores exciting new careers that may soon become available to young people today. The series explains the type of work these careers will entail along with the kind of study and experience they require. Many of the careers that the series focuses on relate to developing technologies with applications in many different fields. In particular, the series aims to spark the interest of readers in considering the study of STEM-related subject areas that can open up new horizons for the next generation in the workplace.
4-4 Agricultural Engineers
In Agricultural Engineers, students will learn about a career in which people use their skills and knowledge to create ways for farmers to produce more crops. In the future, farmers will grow more while using less time, energy, and money with the help of these engineers.
Word Count1,250 words
Features
Provide informative descriptions of what people do in various careers along with basic requirements for entering certain fields
Allow learners to develop their reading fluency through extensive reading practice
Present strictly controlled vocabulary over the graded levels of the series
Include comprehension questions in each reader to encourage learner accountability
Highlight both subject-specific and level-appropriate terms in succinct glossary pages
Suggest additional topics for students to research and discuss on “Teachers’ Notes” pages
Levels
The series includes 20 books at 4 levels of difficulty ranging from 700 to 1800 headwords and has been developed specifically for younger learners and early teens.