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Pinecones
Branca Tani
Paperback (Rosen Classroom, Jan. 15, 2015)A favorite natural object for classroom touch and tell, pinecones hold the cause-and-effect story of how pine trees grow from tiny seeds. The descriptive text structure here gives the young reader a mental picture of certain stages of a pinecones life.
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Frances Writes a Fable
Branca Tani
Paperback (Rosen Classroom, )None
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Baby Farm Animals
Branca Tani
Paperback (Rosen Classroom, Aug. 1, 2015)A piglet, a lamb, a chick, and a calf are some of the charming baby animals introduced to young readers. The sentence structure of each spread is repeated, first introducing the adult-animal term, then the young-animal term, helping to ease into new vocabulary. A picture-word glossary is included.
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Doctors Discover What Makes You Sick
Branca Tani
Paperback (Rosen Classroom, Aug. 1, 2015)This nonfiction text explains how doctors make our lives better. The tools, technology, and science behind care-giving and healing are introduced with simple text and colorful photographs.
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A Wasp's Nest
Branca Tani
Paperback (Rosen Classroom, Jan. 15, 2015)A waspÂ’s unique habitat provides emerging readers with a fascinating first look into the world of insects. The descriptive text provides life science information as well as opportunities to develop domain-specific vocabulary.
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It's Cloudy
Branca Tani
Paperback (Rosen Classroom, Jan. 15, 2015)This accessible, descriptive text helps emerging readers understand how clouds are formed. Examples of cause and effect in nature illustrate patterns of weather in a context that kids can understand.
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Beth's Butterfly Garden
Branca Tani
Paperback (Rosen Classroom, Aug. 1, 2015)Readers will learn about the tools and steps required to create a garden, which also happens to attract Beth's favorite insect. This fiction title is paired to the nonfiction title "Flowers in My Garden" for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies.
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Art for Thanksgiving
Branca Tani
Paperback (Rosen Classroom, Aug. 1, 2015)Three art projects, including the classic hand-traced turkey drawing, are explained. The safe and simple projects highlight the features of thanksgiving and its season, including brightly colored fall leaves. A picture-word glossary is included.
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Engineers Work With Pulleys
Branca Tani
Paperback (Rosen Classroom, Jan. 15, 2015)This photo-illustrated nonfiction descriptive title gives STEAM opportunities to students to learn principles of force and motion, as well as providing examples of the creative approaches engineers use to solve problems.
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Jaevon's Big Dig
Branca Tani
Paperback (Rosen Classroom, Aug. 1, 2015)Jaevon shows readers that there is a world of magic beneath our feet. The rock cycle is explained while it's mixed in with Math, as readers count along with Jaevon. He ends up with a nice collection of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. This fiction title is paired with the nonfiction title "Rocks and Minerals" for connecting across texts and comprehension through connection strategies.
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Water and My Garden
Branca Tani
Paperback (Rosen Classroom, Jan. 15, 2015)This narrative nonfiction title provides the basics of cause and effect for water and gardens. First-person accounts make gardening accessible to young readers.
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It's Ok to Make Mistakes
Branca Tani
Paperback (Rosen Classroom, Aug. 1, 2015)This STEM/STEAM book provides emerging readers with the chance to experience a combination of science, technology, engineering, art, and/or math subject matter. The engaging nonfiction texts of this program utilize many text structures, including description, cause and effect, problem and solution, and compare and contrast.
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