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Volunteers
Volunteers is an expository text that describes the many ways volunteers help in their communities, from keeping public spaces tidy to fire fighting to helping the disabled. The style is informative and conversational. The text is composed of a...
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Wait and Hope
Wait and Hope is a fantasy about a boy named Steve and his friend Annie who come home from school to find that all computers, robots, and other electronics have rebelled and are trying to take over. The book also discusses text connections, planning a...
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Watch Out for Trash Cans!
Watch Out for Rubbish Bins! is a humorous, animal fantasy about Big Bird who wants to teach Little Bird how to fly, how to fish, and how to land. When teaching him how to get food from a trash can, Big Bird falls in through the lid of the trash can and...
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Water Movers
Water Movers is an informational explanation. The text explains how animals move in seas and oceans and how they move in ponds and rivers. The style is informative and conversational. The book has a table of contents and is divided into three...
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Water Scientists
Water Scientists is an expository nonfiction text about water scientists who have studied the water cycle, rainfall, weather and everything related to water. The text goes into detail about Mahammed Karaji, Bernard Palissy, Edmond Halley, Henry Darcy and...
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Water, Water
Water, Water is a humorous animal fantasy is a story about an elephant who sucks up all the water from the waterhole and then sprays it at a hot and thirsty lion and tiger. Illustrations fully support the meaning of the text. Some illustrative text is...
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Weather Alert
Weather Alert! is an informational report about storms including information on thunderstorms, tornados, cyclones, hurricanes, and typhoons. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational...
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Weather Scientists
Weather Scientists is an expository nonfiction text about early weather scientists, the Coriolis force, the Gulf Stream, and continuing the work of the weather pioneers, such as the radar and Doppler radar. The text includes a section on climate...
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Weird Vehicles
Weird Vehicles is an informational explanation of how an intriguing collection of vehicles work on land, under water, in the air, and in space. Readers learn about a car the can toggle between land and water travel, a personal submarine shaped like...
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Weird Weather
Weird Weather is an informational explanation of the fantastical phenomena weather conditions can create, including coloured rain, waterspouts, lightning balls, full-circle rainbows, punch hole clouds, and supercells. The style is informative and...
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Well Aware 4.2: Three Plays
Characters in these plays discuss and learn about dealing with their emotions and consider some coping strategies. (Fiction–Plays) Mental Health Focus Promoting self-esteem and confidence Understanding the signs of stress in ourselves and...
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Well Aware 4.3: Get Real!
Grandpa teaches Jake how the teachings of their Kanienkeha’ka culture support emotional well-being. (Informational Fiction–Indigenous) Mental Health Focus Healthy, harmonious balance Respect and responsibility