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Frogs and Toads
Frogs and Toads is an expository text that invites readers to learn about what frogs and toads eat, what their skin looks like, how they lay eggs, and what their babies look like. The sentence stem, “Look at the ______” is used to introduce...
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From Here to There
From Here to There is an informational explanation. The text explains that seeds are spread by a variety of methods, including wind, animals, water and explosion. The style is informative and conversational. The book has a table of contents...
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Fuelling Extinction
Fuelling Extinction is an informational explanation of the impact of palm oil plantations on the rainforest habitat and on the animals that live there, particularly orangutans. The text discusses the challenges of weighing the benefits of biofuels...
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Funky Flamingos
Funky Flamingos is an expository text that shows readers where flamingos live, what they look like, what makes them pink, how they eat, and how they clean their feathers. Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and some include...
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Funny Fish
Funny Fish is an expository text about fish that are different than other fish. Some unassigned dialogue is used. Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Images are labeled. An index is included. Interest words include fins, cocoon, bait, poisonous,...
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Funny Insects
Funny Insects is an informational text about striking aspects of insects, such as a butterfly wing like a leaf or hair like string. The text is composed of simple language patterns that are close to oral language. All the sentences are short and...
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Fur, Feathers or Skin
Fur, Feathers, or Skin is an expository text about certain animals who have feathers, fur, wool, and those who do not. Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. A classification chart groups the images of animals who have fur, feathers, and no fur or...
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Getting Water
Getting Water is an expository text about how animals such as elephants, butterflies, giraffes, and spiders, get water. Photographs support important content and some photos are labeled. Illustrations add detail and interest to the text and are found on...
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Glaciers - Landscape Carvers
Glaciers -- Landscape Carvers is an informational report about glaciers including information on how they form, how they move, and how they change the landscape. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and...
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Global Food Crisis
Global Food Crisis is an informational explanation that outlines the magnitude of the problem of world hunger and details the origins and social impact of the crisis, as well as the challenges for the future. The book concludes with a feature on...
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Go Away
Go Away is a nonfiction text that identifies the kinds of animals that frighten other animals. The sentences “Here is the _____” and “Go away!” are repeated throughout the book. The picture of each animal is presented on a...
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Going Fast
Going Fast is an expository text about things that can go fast such as trucks, planes, racing boats, and motorbikes. Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs are labeled and an index is included. Interest words include motorbike, racing,...