✦RBLevel 1 · Growing ReadersUS Grades 2–3Lexile 620LAR (ATOS) 4.2 · First published 2013
📖 Read the book first: you need a copy of The Year of Billy Miller to use this workbook. Recommended edition: Greenwillow Books (HarperCollins) paperback, ISBN 9780062268143. Another edition works if you can follow the chapters. All recommended editions →
Subject Personalities
The real-world subjects this novel study leans into — the depth behind every Knowledge Bank and reading passage.
PRIMARY LENS
🎨 Making Art
Dioramas, assemblages built from odds and ends, galleries and shows, and a painter from Wisconsin — the art that fills Billy’s home.
SUPPORTING
🔬 Everyday Science
Caves and sparkly mica, how pearls form, keeping cool on a hot day, helping birds see glass, and how a microphone works.
SUPPORTING
📖 How a Story Is Built
A year told in four parts named for four people, point of view, a character who changes, and an ending that comes full circle.
