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The Nose Horns
The Nose Horns is an expository nonfiction text that explains the characteristics of rhinoceroses, which include their skin, ears, eyes, and horn. The text discusses how the rhinos use these body parts and how they protect their body. Readers gain...
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The Octopus
The Octopus is an expository nonfiction text that explains the body parts of an octopus include the arms, eyes, food, head, ink, and skin. Readers gain information from the text, photographs, and labels. The Octopus includes critical thinking questions...
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The Old Cat
The Old Cat is a realistic fiction about an older lady whose cat gets sick and needs to get 6 drops in her eyes each day. The veterinarian says a tally needs to be taken each time drops are given. The old cat hates the drops, but feels better on the...
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The Parting
The Parting is a science fiction story told in the first person by Fizz. Teenagers Benji and Fizz have always lived on a farm with their dads, who are brothers. They have never met their moms, whom townsfolk call “mystery girls”...
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The Party
The Party is a fiction story about monsters celebrating at a party with insect cake and spooky decorations. Readers gain information from the text, illustrations, storyboard, and labels. The Party uses the sentence stem “Here is the…”...
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The Pets
The Pets is a realistic fiction story about looking at different pets getting ready for a race against eat other! When they are all lined up, the spider starts chasing the man in charge! Readers gain information from the text, illustrations, and speech...
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The Possum Babies
The Possum Babies is an animal fantasy about possum babies who fall off their mother’s tail while she is climbing a tree. The babies try to hold on to the tails of different animals which doesn’t work. After being thrown up in the air by a...
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The Presents
The Presents is a fiction story about different hats for different people, monsters, and robots! Readers gain information from the text, illustrations, and label. The Presents uses the sentence stem “This is for a…” Illustrations match...
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The Rally Car
The Rally Car is a fiction story about two monsters building a rally car. One monster keeps playing tricks on the other monster while building! Readers gain information from the text, illustrations, trail map, and speech bubble. The Rally Car uses the...
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The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a girl recounting how scared she was of the bull that lived on her farm growing up. One day when she needed new shoes, her mom let her buy expensive red shoes. The brother warned her that the...
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The Rides
The Rides is a realistic fiction story about a girl getting on different coloured carnival ride seats. After a long day, the girl got on her bed! Readers gain information from the text, illustrations, and speech bubble. The Rides uses the sentence stem...
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The Robber Fox
The Robber Fox is a humorous animal fantasy about a fox who gobbles Hen’s eggs and Duck’s eggs but meets his match when he tries to snatch Turkey’s eggs. Several repeating language patterns tell the story in dialogue and simple...