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Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, Guided Reading Grade 5 (NIMAC)
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The Mysterious Fossa
by Jacqueline AdamsNIMAC-sourced textbook. An Elusive Predator. What animal is as big as a dog, as agile as a squirrel, and as deadly as a crocodile? It's the fossa — the fiercest predator you've never seen!
Girl Meets Frog
by Ronan McCarthy and Simon DupuisNIMAC-sourced textbook. A STRANGE METAMORPHOSIS. Jessica Chambers is an ordinary girl living in an ordinary way when something out of the ordinary happens to her. Suddenly her life is turned upside down, and she must face the fact that she will never be the same again.
The Mystery of Tickling
by Tom CostaNIMAC-sourced textbook. Love It or Hate It. We can't help laughing when we're tickled… but why? Is being tickled enjoyable, or is it torture? Scientists have their tickling theories, but they are still trying to track down the answers to this odd human mystery.
Hydrothermal Vents: Treasures of the Deep
by Rae HopkinsNIMAC-sourced textbook. JOURNEY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. Toxic water. Freezing temperatures. Bone-crushing pressure. Total darkness. Despite these harsh and inhospitable living conditions, hundreds of strange creatures survive on or near hydrothermal vents scattered across the ocean floor. While these odd-looking creatures might be fun to look at, they also reveal answers to some of scientists' most pressing questions.
The Shah's Rug / A Garden at Your Feet: The Art of Persian Rugs
by David Neilsen and Jo Blakely and Maxine SchurNIMAC-sourced textbook
Margaret's Machine
by Catherine Friend and Ron MazellanNIMAC-sourced textbook. Inventing the Paper Bag. Paper bags are boring, right? Not if you know the story behind their invention.
The Medium's Daughter
by Ann Hodgman and Odessa SawyerNIMAC-sourced textbook. Spirits of the Dead. Effie doesn't mind helping her mother with her fortune-telling tricks. But now her mother is trying something new—raising the spirits of the dead.
The Amazing Return of the Tree Lobster
by Sara Latta and Loïc DerrienScientists believed that a certain insect had been extinct for decades—until rock climbers off the coast of Australia made a huge discovery. A few of the creatures still remained—living in a bush, at the very edge of extinction. NIMAC-sourced textbook
The Last Mission
by William McCay and Eoin CoveneyNIMAC-sourced textbook. DO OR DIE. Secret agent Stone has been given a mission. If he completes it, millions of lives could be lost. If he refuses, his own life will be in peril. Which path should he take? To do … or to die?
The Red Jacket
by Barbara Dwier and Eric DeschampsNIMAC-sourced textbook. Trouble! Isabel has lost her jacket, and her mother will be furious if she doesn't find it!
Stretching the Truth
by David Neilsen and Craig PhillipsWhat a Story! "Good One" Gail is known for telling some serious whoppers. Then, when one of her tall tales turns out to be true, no one is more surprised than she is! NIMAC-sourced textbook
Listening to Space: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life / Alien Invasion: Believe It Or Not
by John SwansonNIMAC-sourced textbook
Every Action
by Zack Warren and Neil EvansNIMAC-sourced textbook. WHAT IF YOUR WISHES CAME TRUE? Alicia discovers she has the power to create anything she wants out of thin air. What could possibly go wrong?
The Quest of the Robo-Mermaid
by Pamela DellNIMAC-sourced textbook. THE AMAZING ROBO-MERMAID. Imagine going on an ocean dive that takes you so deep no human being could do it without risk of injury or even death. OceanOne, a "robo-mermaid," is how a robotics scientist and an underwater archeologist managed to make that dive happen.
Malala the Brave
by Brian Deines and Joan NicholsNIMAC-sourced textbook. A HERO. Most people run away from danger when they are scared. Malala did not. That made her a hero.