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Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) Purple System Grade 5
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Pacific Crossing
by Gary SotoFourteen-year-old Mexican American Lincoln Mendoza spends a summer with a host family in Japan, encountering new experiences and making new friends.
Baseball in April and Other Stories
by Gary SotoIn this unique collection of short stories, the small events of daily life reveal big themes--love and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure. Calling on his own experiences of growing up in California's Central Valley, poet Gary Soto brings to life the joys and pains of young people everywhere. The smart, tough, vulnerable kids in these stories are Latino, but their dreams and desires belong to all of us.
Building Root City
by Victoria SmithBuilding Root City by Victoria Smith illustrated by Craig Orback
Music to Our Ears
by Jack SilbertText Elements
Genre: Expository
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Main: Chronological Sequence
Embedded: Categorical, Compare/ Contrast, Cause/Effect
Text Features: table of contents, headings, sidebars, glossary
Mysterious Migrations
by Terry Miller ShannonText Elements
Genre: Expository/Biography
Text Structures
Main: Chronological Sequence
Embedded: Description, Problem/Solution, Cause/Effect
Text Features: table of contents, headings, photos, captions, map, sidebars
Ig Nobel: Laugh, Then Think
by Terry ShannonThe Ig Nobel ceremony gives prizes to people whose accomplishments are so weird that they make us laugh out loud and (at least sometimes) make us think, too.
Finding Tasty Foods in Unlikely Places
by Terry ShannonLuxury food from poop, spit, and dirt. Describes unusual foods from around the world, from bird's nest soup to truffle treasure.
Bananas
by Terry ShannonBananas are one of the most popular fruits in the world, but it wasn't always that way. They were unknown by most people until two men figured out how to get the exotic fruit from the tropics to North American tables.
Mama Miti
by Helen ScullyText Elements
Genre: Biography
Text Structures
Main: Chronological Sequence
Embedded: Cause/Effect, Problem/ Solution
Text Features: table of contents, timeline, headings, photos, captions, map, labels, sidebars, diagram
Katharina Grosse
by Helen ScullyWhen Katharina Grosse looks around, she assumes there are bright colors beneath every surface. A gray building, a street lamp, or a toll booth operator are all hiding a riot of color. In her paintings, Katharina turns the world inside out and invites her viewers to see their surroundings in a whole new way.
From Rocky Waters to a Smooth Finish
by Helen ScullyBorn dark-skinned in South Africa and with a missing hip joint, Neal Petersen faced many challenges to achieve his dream of sailing around the world.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
by Helen ScullyChristo and Jeanne-Claude: Art and the Environment by Helen Scully
Midnight Dare
by Pat SchmatzMidnight Dare by Pat Schmatz, illustrated by Eric Freeberg.
IT'S MIDNIGHT... and something has happened to Owen's cousin. She's afraid of something. And he's afraid to rescue her.
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Caught in the Rip
by Pat SchmatxCaught in the Rip by Pat Schmatz
Dangerous Water! A young dog is being pulled out to sea. Her master is desperate to save her. Will Mikki rescue them both, or will she get caught in the ocean current as well?
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Stanley Shadow Part-time Private Eye
by Laura SalasStanley Shadow, Part-time Private Eye by Laura Purdie Salas illustrated by Trystan Mitchell
The Museum of Crime and History
by Isabelle RyngingTHE MUSEUM OF CRIME AND HORROR BY ISABELLE RYNGING ILLUSTRATED BY DUNCAN SMITH
Naturally Sweet / Addicted to Sugar
by Jesse RodgisTwo-Way Book: Naturally Sweet & Addicted to Sugar
Building Green Skyscrapers
by Mary ReidPeople need skyscrapers. They hold hundreds of apartments and offices on a small piece of land. Instead of spreading homes, office buildings, and parking lots over acres of forest or prairie, skyscrapers leave much more of the natural world untouched.
The Stolen Bicycle
by Belinda RayThe Stolen Bicycle by Belinda Ray illustrated by Norm Lanting It's a Mystery! SERIES
Moriah the Strongheart
by John RawsonMoriah the Strongheart by John Rawson illustrated by Will Sweeney
Student Test Prep Booklet
by Fountas PinnellLeveled Literacy Intervention PURPLE System Student Test Preparation Booklet Level T, Lessons 99-102