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Tornadoes
Tornadoes is an expository nonfiction text that explains what makes a tornado, where tornadoes happen, after a tornado, and if a tornado can be stopped. The back of the book includes a section on Scientists Then and Now. Readers gain information from...
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Tornadoes.
Tornadoes is an informational report. The text describes why tornadoes are dangerous, how to stay safe, how animals are in danger, and how scientists study tornadoes. Readers gain a comprehensive picture of this phenomenon, from how tornadoes...
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Touch
Touch… is a science fiction story about two scientists and a doctor who make an unexpected stop on an unknown planet. The book also discusses features of a science fiction story. The story unfolds in third -person narrative in the format of a...
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Tracey and the Sun
Tracey and the Sun is a realistic fiction story about a girl who moved to a new home where the sun shone every day. The sun kept ruining her day by burning her legs, melting her cookies, and making her miss goals from the sun being too bright. Suddenly,...
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Trackers
Trackers is an expository text that describes a variety of methods and purposes for tracking. Indigenous expertise, dogs, GPS devices, infrared cameras, and radar are used to track animals, criminals, lost people, and wildlife. The style is...
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Trains
Trains is an informational text about different types of trains, new and old, and about where trains can travel. The text is composed of simple language patterns that are close to oral language. All the sentences are short and similar in structure...
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Trapped!
Trapped! is a science fiction story about Captain Fargo who gets trapped on a mysterious planet after receiving an SOS. The book also discusses features of a science fiction story. The story unfolds in third -person narrative in the format of a short...
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Travelling Animals
Travelling Animals is an expository nonfiction text that explains how some animals move from one place to another to find food or water, have babies or lay eggs, or find a warm place. Readers gain information from the text, map, key, captions, labels,...
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Trees
Trees is an expository text about invites readers to learn about the different parts of a tree as well as what trees need for survival. Callouts prompt prediction and allow students to make inferences. An index is presented. Adjectives appear when...
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Trouble
Trouble is a humorous, realistic story about a dog who well deserves his name, Trouble, and the family who loves him. Jo and Dad try to sneak out for a fishing trip without Trouble, but the dog doesn’t let them get away with it. He...
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Trucks
Trucks is an informational text about different kinds of trucks. Some are fast, some strong, and some are set up with space for the driver to relax and sleep. The text is composed of simple language pattern that are close to oral language...
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Trunks, Humps, and Tails
Trunks, Humps, and Tails is an expository text about animals that have trunks, humps, and tails. Camels, monkeys, elephants, and whales, are the focus of this book. The sentence stem, “Look at the ____” is used to introduce each animal. It is...