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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...
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Tsunami! Wave of Destruction
Tsunami! Wave of Destruction is an informational report that explores tsunamis including information on how to stay safe, warning systems, how tsunamis are formed, and the aftermath of a tsunami. The book also discusses text connections, planning an...
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Tullian Trouble
Tullian Trouble is a science fiction story about a crewman and an inspector travelling to the land of Tull. When the inspector ignores the crewman’s advice, the mission goes wrong. The book discusses text...
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Tunnels
Tunnels is an expository text about tunnels that can be made above ground, under the ground, and under the sea for various purposes. Illustrations add interest and detail. An index is included. Interest words include mountain, tunnels, river, wire,...
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Turkey
Turkey is a realistic fiction about a turkey who escapes his pen and is chased around by a farmer who wants to eat him. The farmer runs into the pen after the turkey and is chased out by the other turkeys. Illustrations support the text. An illustrative...