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Fishing!
Fishing! is a humorous story about two men who go on a fishing trip. Simple dialogue is used. Illustrations support the text. Each piece of dialogue is accompanied by the image of one of the characters to help children keep track of which character is...
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Flea Gets Wet
Flea Gets Wet is an animal fantasy about a flea who hops around, animal to animal, until he finally finds a comfortable spot on a dog; however, the dog jumps into the water and flea gets wet. Illustrations support the text. Some speech bubbles, as well...
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Flyers and Swimmers
Flyers and Swimmers is an informational text about birds and fish that can both fly and swim. The text has the sentence stem “Look at this ___________.” All the sentences are short and predictable. Vibrant photographs match the...
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Flying Spider
Flying Spider is a realistic, fictional text about a spider who tries to catch prey in his web and ends up being caught himself. Illustrations fully support the meaning of the text. Speech bubbles and dialogue are used. Images are located in the...
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Food for a Mouse
Food for a Mouse is a factual text that invites readers to learn about the kinds of foods that mice like to eat. Photographs add meaning to the text. Food that mice like to eat are labeled. To conclude, an index is presented. Interest words include...
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Frog
Frog is a humorous, animal fantasy about a frog who is looking for its pond. Illustrations support the text. Speech bubbles are used to depict the frog’s thoughts. The text is composed of a few high-frequency words such as went and here and...
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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 Shopping
Going Shopping is a humorous and fictional animal fantasy story about a mother and baby monkey going shopping for fresh fruit and vegetables. When the baby holds up the strawberries, they have already been eaten! Readers gain information from the text,...
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Going to Bed
Going to Bed is a humorous and realistic fiction story about a man and his farm animals all going to bed. The man wakes up when he realizes that all his farm animals are in bed with him! Readers gain information from the text, illustrations, and caption...
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Grass for Dinner
Grass for Dinner is a humorous and fictional animal fantasy story about animals having grass for dinner and not looking happy about it. They all look through a window and see cat having sausages for dinner! Readers gain information from the text,...
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Hats
Hats is a whimsical animal fantasy. On each two-page spread a bear tells what kind of hat it likes, using the repeating language pattern “I like hats and __________.” In the end, a judge awards first prize to the bear who likes...
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Here is a Bird
Here Is a Bird is a realistic fiction story about a magician pulling different things out of his magician hat. He eventually pulls out a bird, but the bird sits on his head! Readers gain information from the text, illustrations, storyboard, and speech...