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Science Readers: Sort It!
Sort It! is an informational text that explores different ways to sort things. A two-page experiment invites students to explore how to sort classroom items based on whether they float or sink. Periods, commas, and exclamation marks are used...
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Science Readers: Tell Me About It
Tell Me About It is an informational text about using opposites, such as hot/cold, to describe objects . The book concludes with an activity written in procedural language. All the sentences are simple in...
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Science Readers: Too Much Trash!
Too Much Trash is an informational text that describes the harmful effects of pollution. The text uses the sentence stem “It harms _____.” A two-page experiment written in procedural language invites students to explore...
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Science Readers: What Do Living Things Need?
What Do Living Things Need? is an informational text about living things’ basic needs, such as light, water, food, air, and protection. The book concludes with an activity written in procedural language. All...
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Science Readers: What Is the Weather?
What Is the Weather? is an informational text that describes how different types of weather make people feel. The book concludes with an activity written in procedural language. All the sentences are simple in...
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Shopping
Shopping is a fiction story about a bunch of monsters going to a grocery store and eating tons of different foods! Readers gain information from the text, illustrations, storyboard, and speech bubble. Shopping uses the sentence stem “Look at...
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Silly Cat
Silly Cat is a humorous, animal fantasy about a cat who tries to copy the actions of a bird. Illustrations add meaning to the text. The story is written as a story sequence and a Story Sequence with six scenes is presented at the end of the story. The...
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Silly Clown
Silly Clown is a humorous story about a clown who is putting on clothes. Simple dialogue is used. Illustrations support the text. Speech bubbles and thought bubbles are used throughout the story. The text is composed of a few high-frequency words. The...
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Silly Fox
Silly Fox is a humorous animal fantasy about a fox who tries to trick chickens and finds himself tricked instead. The story is told in dialogue and simple narrative. All the sentences are short and predictable. Humorous illustrations match...
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Silly Tricks
Silly Tricks is a humorous and fictional story about two aliens and their dog playing different places in their house. When they are having a pillow fight in the bed, mom walks in! Readers gain information from the text, illustrations, diagrams, and...
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Sleepy Tiger
Sleepy Tiger is a humorous animal fantasy about a tiger that is asleep in the jungle and a bird who is typing to wake him. Illustrations support the text. To conclude, a story map is presented to aid children in retelling. Interest words include tiger,...
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Slimy Skin
Slimy Skin is an expository text about animals that have slimy skins such as frogs, fish, worms, and snails. A picture of each animal that has slimy skin is depicted on a two-page spread. In each photograph, the animal is labeled. Interest words include...