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Animal Headgear
Animal Headgear is an expository nonfiction text that explains how some animals have headgear, such as horns and antennae and how some animals use headgear to fight or help them find food. The text further describes how some animals can grow new headgear...
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Animal Lights
Animal Lights is an expository text about animals that have lights. Readers learn about animals that have lights on their tails, on their bodies, on their heads, under their eyes, and on their mouths. Illustrations enhance and extend meaning. Photographs...
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Animal Robbers
Animal Robbers is an expository non-fiction text about various animals that steal food and objects. The book also discusses features of a report. The text unfolds in third-person in the format of a beginning chapter book including a table of...
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Animal Senses: Sight and Hearing
Animal Senses: Sight and Hearing is an informational report that explores the concepts of sight and hearing among various animals. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report...
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Animal Senses: Smell, Taste, Touch
Animal Senses: Smell, Taste, Touch is an informational report that explores the concepts of smell, taste, and touch among various animals. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational...
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Animal Skeletons
Animal Skeletons is a factual text that invites readers to learn about the skeletal structures of different animals. Illustrations support the text. Each two-page spread presents an image of the animal as well as its skeleton. Some body parts are labeled...
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Animal Smuggler
Animal Smugglers is an expository text that describes the business of animal smuggling and its tragic consequences for a variety of species. The style is informative and conversational. Mostly simple sentences are used. Captioned and labelled...
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Animals Can Change
Animals Can Change is an informational text about animals that can change their color. The sentences “Look at this animal. Look at this animal now.” appear on every page. A label is used to identify the animals whose color...
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Animals Can Help
Animals Can Help is an informational text about animals helping people with disabilities or diseases that limit their mobility. Dogs, horses, and monkeys can do a surprising number of tasks, from turning on and off lights to cleaning the floor to...
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Animals in the City
Animals in the City is an informational text about animals that live in and visit cities to find food. The text is composed of simple language patterns that are close to oral language. All the sentences are short and mostly predictable. Vibrant...
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Animals in the Desert
Animals in the Desert is a nonfiction book that identifies the different kinds of animals that can be found in the desert. Readers gain information from both text and imagery. Photographs are labelled on each page. The picture of each animal is presented...
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Animals in the Grasslands
Animals in the Grasslands is a nonfiction text that identifies the kinds of animals that live in grassy places. Photographs are labelled on each page. The picture of each animal is presented on a two-page spread. Interest words include giraffe,...