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Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) Purple System Grade 5
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Les Paul and the Perfect Sound
by Sarah BrockettText Elements
Genre: Biography
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Main: Chronological Sequence
Embedded: Description, Categorical, Cause/Effect
Text Features: table of contents, headings, photos, captions, sidebars, diagram, time line, glossary
The Power of Red
by Sarah BrockettAn Unlikely Treasure. One of the world's greatest treasures of all time might surprise you. Adventurers traveled around the world to find it, and it led people to start a New World in the Americas. It wasn't gold, jewels, or clothes. It was the color red.
Raising Oysters
by Sarah BrockettSome people think oysters are gross, slimy blobs. Others think these slippery shellfish taste wonderfully delicious. Some people value oysters for their possible secret treasure: a pearl growing inside.
Word Wizards
by Sarah BrockettWhat word can you spell from the letters B, A, B, L, S, C, E, and R? Here's a hint: it's a game played in millions of homes around the world. It's also a fierce battle among some of the most brilliant minds on the planet.
Crazy Contraptions
by Jordan BrownFailure is fun! Or at least it can be when you're creating a Rube Goldberg Machine (RGM). These crazy homemade machines use a bunch of silly steps and chain reactions to accomplish a simple task. Learn the secrets of how to make your own.
Ice Cream Adventures
by Jordan BrownShock Your Taste Buds
Meet flavor wizards who concoct ice cream flavors that go way beyond vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry.
These pros take chances--and risk failure--in pursuit of success. People flock to their stores to lick off-beat flavors such as "red hot" banana, pumpkin cheesecake, and maple bacon.
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Contagious Yawning
by Alexis BurlingYawning Can Be Contagious. Even if you weren't sleepy at the time, you can probably remember a time when you yawned soon after seeing someone else yawn. If so, you're not alone. Plenty of people, along with some primate species and dogs, have experienced a phenomenon known as "contagious yawning." Finding out the reasons why will definitely not put you to sleep.
Five Short Seconds
by Elizabeth CampbellFive Short Seconds by Elizabeth Campbell, illustrated by Marcos Calo.
Not So Super. When your mom can bend iron with her bare hands, you wonder what your superpower will be. Power fainting was not what Kai Mullin had in mind....
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Twister Resisters
by Elizabeth CampbellTwister Resisters by Elizabeth Campbell, illustrated by Marcos Calo
Eyes on You
by Alice CaryEyes on You by Alice Cary, illustrated by Nelson Evergreen.
THE WOODS AT NIGHT. Axel knows there's no such thing as a vampire. He doesn't believe in Bigfoot, either. Then what exactly is rustling and growling in the woods? And what about those glowing eyes?
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The Cop and the Anthem
by Claire Daniel and Steve HorrocksA liar and a thief. That's what Soapy is, till he decides to change and be a better man. Then things get worse!
Dream Team
by Claire DanielWhat's up with Madison? Tara's basketball teammate seems more intent on hurting Tara than on being part of the team.
The Quest for the Golden Feather
by Mike DionThe Quest for the Golden Feather by Mike Dion illustrated by Luigi Galante
King Arthur
by Neil Fairbairn and Carmen MoraisText Elements
Genre: Expository
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Main: Categorical
Embedded: Description, Compare/Contrast
Text Features: table of contents, photos, captions, sidebars, outline maps
Goldilocks III
by Jan FieldsGoldilocks III by Jan Fields illustrated by Andreas von Cotta-Schønberg
The Mystery of the Vasa
by Barbara FiermanFor hundreds of years the sinking of the Swedish warship Vasa was an unsolved mystery. But when a Swedish amateur archaeologist named Anders Franzen let his curiosity get the best of him, he was motivated to solve the mystery. This book describes the salvage and preservation of the Swedish warship Vasa that sank in Stockholm harbor on her maiden voyage in 1628.