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Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, Guided Reading Grade 5 (NIMAC)
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Aiming High: Junko Tabei's Daring Climb
by Michael Love and Catherine JohnFOR THE LOVE OF CLIMBING No woman had ever climbed to the peak of Mt. Everest. Dozens of men had died trying. Yet Junko Tabei decided it was time for her to face the dangers and try to reach the top. NIMAC-sourced textbook
Fearless Felix
by Sara Latta and Tony ShasteenNIMAC-sourced textbook. Free Fall to Earth. Felix Baumgartner has spent his whole life preparing for one big moment. If it turns out right, he'll skydive to Earth farther and faster than anyone in history.
Capsized: A Boat Goes Under
by Susanna Lobo and Josh BrunetTRAPPED UNDERWATER A tugboat off the coast of Nigeria, Africa, flipped over and sank—with the boat's cook trapped inside. The cook found a small pocket of air to breathe, but it wouldn't last for long. Find out what he did next in this incredible story. NIMAC-sourced textbook
Sanpuru: Japan's Fake Food
by Gemma Rymer and Dusan LakicevicEating Around the World It's fun to experience different cultures when you travel or read a book. Things can be very different from what you know, including the sights to see, the way people speak, and the food. The food in this book is delicious but some of it may be unfamiliar. Find out how and why in this delightful graphic text about a true story of one family's trip to Japan. NIMAC-sourced textbook
The Secret of the Stradivarius
by Jackie LeteraNIMAC-sourced textbook. Legendary Instruments. Stradivarius violins are legendary—widely believed to be some of the most perfect instruments ever made—but no one knows why these three-hundred-year-old violins sound better than other violins. For many years, people have tried to unlock the secrets of what makes a Stradivarius superior to modern violins. Some, however, have considered a different question: what if there's no secret, and they aren't actually better?
A Handful of Salt
by Thomas Gonzalez and Joan NicholsA Powerful Weapon When Indians faced unfair laws from British rulers, one man led the fight for change. He showed the world how to win battles with the most powerful weapon of all. 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
Fairies in the Garden
by J. C. Kane and Fabio LeoneNIMAC-sourced textbook. A Very Long Joke. Many years ago, two girls played a joke. They thought their prank would last just a few hours. But they ended up fooling some people for almost 70 years.
Flashfoot Meets Shredzone
by John Lee and Kim GriswellNIMAC-sourced textbook. 720 McTwist. Drew's been struggling to land a 720 McTwist for weeks. No one else can do it—and then a new kid nails it on his first try.
Made You Laugh: Stand-Up Comedy for Kids
by Kate DopirakNIMAC-sourced textbook. FUNNY BUSINESS. Avery Lender has always been funny. But being funny is no laughing matter to her. This young comedian hopes her job someday will be to make people laugh.
Monsters of the Deep
by Mary ReidNIMAC-sourced textbook. Searching for a Legend. For thousands of years, seafarers told stories of a gruesome monster that lurked in the oceans’ depths and occasionally ate people whole. In the twenty-first century, scientists were finally able to catch the monster on video.
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
Three Hairs of a Lion: A Tale from Ethiopia / Fostering Trust
by Will Singh and Jill Rubalcaba and Renato Alarcao and Josh BrunetNIMAC-sourced textbook
Turn Down the Volume: Solving the Problem of Noise Pollution / The Dark Side of Light: Solving the Problem of Light Pollution
by Isaac BorromeoNIMAC-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
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
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.
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.
Listening to Space: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life / Alien Invasion: Believe It Or Not
by John SwansonNIMAC-sourced textbook
The Painting
by Susan Berliner and Monica AuriemmaNIMAC-sourced textbook. Why? One minute ago, June was in a museum with her class. Now she's a housemaid in an old-fashioned boardinghouse! Why is she there? She won't get back until she figures out the answer.
Artist by Accident: The Story of Frida Kahlo
by Joan NicholsTHE PATH TO ART How does someone grow up to become a great artist? Some artists might say it's destiny. Some might say it requires genius. For Frida Kahlo, it happened by accident. NIMAC-sourced textbook
Desperate Escape
by Margie Sigman and Dongjun LeeNIMAC-sourced textbook. Refugee Boat. Thoi and June have left war-torn Vietnam in 1978 and, as refugees, are hoping for a better life in a new place. But first they have to survive some frightening perils at sea.