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Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, Guided Reading Grade 5 (NIMAC)
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Look Who's Talking: The Art of Ventriloquism
by Amanda YskampNIMAC-sourced textbook. A Ventriloquist's Secrets Revealed. Watching a ventriloquism act is like watching a person perform a magical feat with a puppet as a partner. The audience laughs in wonder at the puppet's funny jokes as the puppet's sidekick—a real person—manipulates its mouth and body parts. Some puppets sing, some tell jokes, and others try to do magic tricks. They seem so lifelike the audience wonders how on earth the puppets can talk. Find out the secrets from a real ventriloquist, Rey Ortega, and share a good laugh with his entertaining puppets.
Clay Mazing and the Emergency Circus
by Andrea YoungEmergency! The siren sounds; a team mobilizes in minutes, gathering costumes and props. The ambulance that blasts through the streets is not filled with doctors or nurses. It's filled with clowns! The Emergency Circus rushes from place to place, bringing laughter to people who are struggling to cope in difficult times. But now the circus has a new, even harder mission. It needs to race across the world to cheer up kids who have lost all touch with the life they once knew. NIMAC-sourced textbook
Capoeira: A Battle Hidden in Dance
by Andrea YoungA MARTIAL ART LIKE NO OTHER Is capoeira dancing? Is it fighting? It is both of these and more. This Brazilian martial art reveals its power through a combination of music, dance, and fighting moves. NIMAC-sourced textbook
Garrett Morgan: The Man Behind the Mask
by Harold WilliamsNIMAC-sourced textbook. In a tunnel deep under Lake Erie, a massive explosion had trapped a group of workers. Unless rescue came soon, the men were sure to die. Their only hope for survival was if Garrett Morgan arrived with his remarkable new invention.
Jacob's Promise
by Julie WeissNIMAC-sourced textbook. A Hard Life. As a young man, Jacob Riis spent time living on the streets. He often had no job and no home. What chance did he have for a better life?
Building a Better World: From Toys to Tools
by Nicole WalkerOutside the Box It's safe to say that people everywhere enjoy building things using LEGO kits, blocks, or a combination of many toys. Then there are those who think outside the box. They are people who have used toys to improve the lives of others. NIMAC-sourced textbook
A Bright Idea
by Nicole WalkerA Flash of Brilliance Most major inventions have been relatively high tech. The telephone, the printing press, the internal combustion engine—all rely on the interplay of many moving parts. Recently, however, a man designed an innovative solution to a global problem using nothing but a piece of trash: a discarded plastic bottle. NIMAC-sourced textbook
Listening to Space: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life / Alien Invasion: Believe It Or Not
by John SwansonNIMAC-sourced textbook
Colors That Kill: From Arsenic Green to Glow-in-the-Dark Blue
by Susan StubbsToxic Tints Luminous white, electric green, fiery red, glow-in-the-dark blue … at one time or another, these colors were all the rage. They were also deadly. But it took years—and the deaths of countless people—for these colors' dangers to be fully understood. NIMAC-sourced textbook
Air That Kills: India's Pollution Problem
by Susan StubbsTOXIC AIR In some Indian cities, people hurry through the streets, gasping for air. They have trouble breathing because of the air pollution, which is so bad that it can cause illness, and even death. NIMAC-sourced textbook
Morbid Medicine and Miracle Cures
by Christine StevensNIMAC-sourced textbook. Searching for Cures. Flesh-eating maggots. Saliva from the vampire bat. Powder from the rhino horn. And a parasite that fights cancer. Sick people will try anything if it offers a chance at survival. Modern science helps us evaluate some bizarre medical practices from the past and present to determine which cures work—and why.
The Call that Started It All
by Suzanne SladeThe Day Everything Changed It's getting dark and you need a ride. If it's 1973, you go to a pay phone, drop in some change, and call home. Today you make a call on a phone you carry with you and all you need to worry about is a dead battery. NIMAC-sourced textbook
Unraveling the Mystery of Missing Limbs: Phantoms in the Brain
by Mary ScarbroughNIMAC-sourced textbook
The Strangest Star in the Universe
by Mary ScarbroughNIMAC-sourced textbook. Tabby's Star. Professional and amateur astronomers the world over are captivated by Tabby's Star, a mysterious star more than 1,400 light-years away. Everyone wants to know what causes its unusual dimming. Is it a swarm of comets? A cloud of dust? Or could it be … aliens?
Avalanche! The Fierce White Dragon
by Laura SalasHush—The Dragon Sleeps Don't wake the white dragon. It is big. It is beautiful. And it is deadly. NIMAC-sourced textbook
Auroras: Mysterious Lights
by Laura SalasGHOSTLY LIGHTS IN THE SKY Many stories throughout history have explained the beautiful lights called auroras that dance across the sky. Try to separate fact from fiction as you read about the legends and science of auroras. NIMAC-sourced textbook
Number One: Uncanny Uses of Urine / Number Two: From Waste to Wonder
by Gemma RymerNIMAC-sourced textbook
Plunged into Darkness: Understanding a Total Solar Eclipse
by Elizabeth Rusch and Isabelle RuschNIMAC-sourced textbook