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Spaceship Earth
Spaceship Earth is an expository nonfiction text about planet Earth such as the basic parts of Earth, Earth from space, exploiting Earth’s resources, some of the damage done to Earth, and responsibilities of humans. The text uses the analogy of...
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Speak Your Mind
Speak Your Mind presents persuasive arguments about whether bungy jumping is a stunt or a sport and whether flat-roof buildings should be used to build skateboard parks. The book also discusses text connections, planning a persuasive argument,...
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Special Tricks
Special Tricks is an expository text that describes the remarkable ways animals have of catching and eating food, keeping safe, and escaping danger. The style is informative and conversational. The text is composed of a variety of sentence types,...
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Speed Sports
Speed Sports is an expository text that invites readers to learn about speed sports on wheels, in the water, in the air, and on ice and snow. Illustrations depict content and ideas in the text. Many illustrations are labeled and include captions and a...
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Spencer and Charlie
Spencer and Charlie is a narrative about a tall boy, Spencer, and his tiny, squeaky dog Charlie. Spencer doesn’t like it when people laugh at Charlie, and after Charlie saves a fisherman’s life, no one does! The story is told in...
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Spider Homes
Spider Homes is an informational text explaining that spiders can live in a web, in water, on water, in a garden, and in holes. The text is composed of simple language patterns that are close to oral language. Several questions are posed...
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Spider Webs
Spider Webs is an expository text that invites readers to learn about the different kinds of webs that spiders can make. Illustrations depict content and ideas in the text. Many illustrations are labeled and include captions. A sequence diagram shows how...
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Spider's Web
Spider’s Web is a humorous animal fantasy about a spider who keeps trying to make a web and a man who keeps saying “No, no, no, Spider!” until spider spins a web in the garden and the man says, “Yes, yes, yes, Spider!”...
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Spies Go Shopping
Spies Go Shopping is a humorous story about spies who go to Spy School but are not properly dressed. The spy teacher sends them to get glasses, coats, and hats. When they get back, their colourful clothing is seen as silly, and they get a specific list...
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Spikes, Scales, and Armour
Spikes, Scales, and Armour is an expository text about animals with spikes, scales, or armour. Readers learn about animals such as armadillos, hedgehogs, pangolins, snakes, and porcupines. Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. An index is included...
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Spitters!
Spitters! is an informational explanation. The text explains how animals use spit when they are angry, to make things, and to get food. For example, llamas fire off spit balls when other llamas fail to get the warning signals that they are...
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Splinters
Splinters is a narrative about a boy named Edward who rescues an injured magpie. The magpie becomes like a pet but when a painter offers to buy him, Edward agrees. Edward regrets the decision but one day the magpie returns. The book also discusses...