Stripes and Spots

Stripes and Spots is an informational text about animal markings.  The text has the repeating language pattern “The _______ has _________.”

All the sentences are short and predictable.  Vibrant photographs match the text directly.  The final two-page spread has an illustration that shows all the animals in the book and an index.

The high frequency words are the and has.  A variety of animal names, such as tiger, bee, and beetle, appear.  The initial consonant b appears in beetle and bee.

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