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The Hat – by Holly Keller
8 Important Sentences
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Pam had a hat.
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Pam ran up.
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Pam ran down.
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Dan ran up.
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Dan ran down.
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Dan got the hat!
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Go, Dan!
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Go, Pam!
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Sam and the Bag – by Alison Jeffries
7 Important Sentences
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Max ran in the bag.
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Hap ran in the bag.
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Sam ran up the bag.
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Sam ran down the bag.
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Can Sam go in?
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Yes, Sam can go in!
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Oh, Sam!
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Ants – by Jonathan Zea
8 Important Sentences
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Look at the big hill.
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What is in it?
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Ants!
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Ants make big homes.
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They walk and walk.
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They dig and dig.
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They lift and lift.
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Ants go in the hill.
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Jack and Rick – by David McPhail
Ten Important Sentences
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Jack and Rick want to play.
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Can Jack pick up the log?
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It’s too big!
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Can Rick help Jack?
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Rick can pass the rope.
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Can Rick walk to Jack?
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Oh, no!
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Can Jack help Rick?
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Yes, Jack can help.
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Now Jack and Rick can play!
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Todd’s Box – by Paula Sullivan
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Look, Mom!
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I can dig in the sand.
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Not now, Todd.
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I am on the rocks.
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Hop off, Todd.
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The ant is so fast.
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Don’t pick it up, Todd.
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Here’s a gift for you.
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Look in and see.
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It’s a box of surprises!
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All That Corn – by Lucy Floyd
Ten Important Sentences
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Look at all that corn!
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It’s as tall as a wall!
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Pick all the corn.
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Where will the corn go?
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The corn is in cans.
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Where will the corn go?
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We can buy corn at the store.
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The corn is at home.
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Pop! Pop! Pop! --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Look at all that corn!
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Dan’s Pet – by Alma Flor Ada
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Dan held a small baby chick.
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It was soft in his hands.
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“I’ll call her Jen,” said Dan.
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Dan helped with Jen.
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Dan fed Jen every day.
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Jen got very big!
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One day, Dan didn’t see Jen.
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“Jen is in here,” said Mama.
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“Look at her eggs.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------
“Now I will have lots of pets!”
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Boots for Beth – by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Ten Important Sentences --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beth was sad.
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“My red boots don’t fit,” she cried.
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“Could you use my boots?” asked Meg.
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“They are too big,” said Beth.
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“Could you use my pink boots?” asked Liz.
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“Too soft,” said Beth.
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Beth still felt sad.
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Her friends all felt bad.
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They got a big surprise for Beth. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
“New red boots!” said Beth.
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Space Pup – by Robert Cooker
Ten Important Sentences --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gus the Pup rests all day.
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Gus can not rest at night.
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Gus is Space Pup!
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Space Pup helps people.
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He says, “The bus is stuck in the mud!”
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“Help us, Space Pup!”
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“Hand me your rope,” says Space Pup.
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“I’ll get the bus out of the mud,” says Space Pup.
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“You did it, Space Pup!” they yell. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Space Pup helps people at night, but when the sun comes up,
Gus the Pup rests all day.
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Where Do Frogs Come From? – by Alex Vern
Ten Important Sentences --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Frogs come from small eggs.
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A tadpole pops out of an egg.
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A tadpole has to swim fast or a fish could eat it!
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It looks for plants in the pond.
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It eats the plants and grows a lot.
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It grows two strong back legs.
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They help the tadpole kick fast and swim.
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Now the tadpole is a big strong frog.
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Its long tail is gone, so it can hop.
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It eats lots of bugs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Try Your Best – by Robert McKissack
Ten Important Sentences --------------------------------------------------------------------------
“It’s Sports Day,” said Mr. York.
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“Oh, no!” said Ann.
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“Just try your best, Ann,” said Mr. York.
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“You helped us score.”
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“Next you will climb the rope,” said Mr. York.
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“Now, it’s time to run a race.”
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“Oh, no!” said Mr. York.
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“Just try your best!” said Ann.
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Just then he saw a big frog.
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“I did my best!” said Mr. York. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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I Am a Butterfly – by Stephen Swinburne
Ten Important Sentences --------------------------------------------------------------------------
I’m a little butterfly egg.
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It’s time for me to hatch.
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Now I’m a caterpillar!
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I need food so I can grow.
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Soon I will shed my skin.
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At last I am a chrysalis.
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Then my snug home cracks, and out I come!
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I am an insect.
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My wings help me fly.
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I am a beautiful butterfly. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Did You See Chip? – by Wong Herbert Yee
Ten Important Sentences --------------------------------------------------------------------------
I wish I had friends here in the city.
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Let’s take Chip for a walk.
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Stop, Chip! Come back!
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Did you see my dog, Chip?
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I think he ran to the park.
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I think he ran to the swings.
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I think he ran out of the park.
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Isn’t that the little black dog with the yip-yip bark?
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He didn’t get lost at all. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yes, Chip and I now have some new friends in the
city! --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Tomás Rivera– by Jane Medina
Ten Important Sentences --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tomás Rivera was born in Texas.
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Tomás and his family went from farm to farm picking
crops. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
“Come quick, children!” Grandpa called.
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“You tell the best stories!” Tomás said.
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“This is a library,” said Grandpa.
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“Read all you can, Tomás.”
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Tomás started thinking of stories all by himself.
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Then he started writing them.
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Tomás Rivera’s stories tell about people picking crops,
just as his family did. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now his name is on a big library.
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On the Way to the Pond – by Angela Shelf Medearis
Ten Important Sentences --------------------------------------------------------------------------
One day, Tess Tiger went to visit Herbert Hippo.
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Herbert packed a big basket for a picnic at the pond.
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“I’ll bring these four very important things.”
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All of a sudden, Herbert felt sick.
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“Sit under my umbrella,” said Tess.
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All of a sudden Herbert stopped and cried, “Oh, no! I
forgot the basket!” --------------------------------------------------------------------------
She found the picnic basket and turned to go back.
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She was lost!
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“It’s a good thing I dropped these rocks,” she said.
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“Here I am!” cried Herbert. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Friends Forever – by Ann Morris
Ten Important Sentences --------------------------------------------------------------------------
We are good friends.
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We play together.
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We walk together and talk together.
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We help each other.
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Sometimes we just like being together.
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My granddad is my friend.
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Pets can have friends.
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School is a good place for friends.
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We can share books and a smile.
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Good friends are great! --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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The Fox and the Stork – Retold by Gerald McDermott
Ten Important Sentences --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Long ago there was a fox who lived in the forest.
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Fox liked to play tricks on his friends.
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“Would you like to come to my house for dinner?” Fox
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“Come in,” said Fox.
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Stork couldn’t eat from the flat dish.
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Stork was still hungry, but she didn’t complain.
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The next day, Fox rowed his boat to Stork’s house.
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Stork served the soup in a tall jar.
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Fox couldn’t get a drop. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
At last Fox saw that being kind to others is the right
thing to do. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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A Bed Full of Cats – by Holly Keller
Ten Important Sentences --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Flora is Lee’s cat.
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Flora sleeps on Lee’s bed.
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One night Lee had a bad dream.
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He wanted Flora.
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He moved his feet, but Flora didn’t jump on them.
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Lee didn’t know where Flora was.
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If only Flora would come back!
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No one found Flora, and she didn’t come home.
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Then one night Lee felt something on his bed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
There was Flora --- with four kittens! --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Me on the Map – by Joan Sweeney
12 Important Sentences --------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is me in my room.
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This is me on the map of my room.
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This is my room on the map of my house.
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This is my house on the map of my street.
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This is my street on the map of my town. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is my town on the map of my state. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is my state on the map of my country.
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This is my country on a map of the world.
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Just think…in rooms, in houses, on streets, in towns,
in countries all over the world, everybody has their
own special place on the map. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Just like me on the map.
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At Home Around the World – by Lucy Floyd
Ten Important Sentences
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All people need shelter.
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A house is a shelter.
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Houses in different parts of the world are different. --------------------------------------------------
People make shelters from things around them.
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Other people made homes that would last.
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In hot places, people baked clay bricks in the sun.
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In the far north, people made shelters from big
blocks of snow! --------------------------------------------------
People made houses from other things, too.
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Some houses today are like houses from the past.
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All around the world, we see all sorts of houses!
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Tell Me a Story – by Alma Flor ADA
Ten Important Sentences
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“Tell me a story, Abuelita,” said Camila.
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“Tell me about when you were a little girl.”
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“When I was a little girl, my family did not own a
car.” --------------------------------------------------
“We had to use coal to cook.”
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“We liked to jump rope on the sidewalk.”
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“What did you like most when you were young,
Abuelita?” --------------------------------------------------
“I let my dreams fly with the kites.”
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“What I liked most of all was the river in back of my Abuelita’s house.” --------------------------------------------------
“I wished I could sail all the way to the sea.” --------------------------------------------------
“I think we will sail, Camila.”
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My Robot – by Eve Bunting
Ten Important Sentences
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I got a new robot for my birthday.
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I call him Cecil.
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Playing tag is not the best thing my robot can do.
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Helping Mr. Spencer is not the best thing my robot can do.
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Doing tricks is not the best thing my robot can do.
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Playing hide-and-seek is not the best thing my robot can do.
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“Cecil’s cakes are pretty good,” I say, “but that is still not
the best thing my robot can do.”
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“This must be the best thing Cecil can do,” says Dad.
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“Even cleaning my room is not the best thing my robot can do.”
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“The very best thing my robot can do is be my friend!”
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On the Job with Dr. Martha Smith
Ten Important Sentences
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Dr. Martha Smith is a vet at an animal shelter.
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Come and meet a special cat.
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Will she find a home?
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Dr. Smith heard loud barking outside.
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I will check them to see if they are healthy.
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Jake is fine, but Puffy is sick.
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We get more cats than anything.
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People need to think about what kind of pet they can
take care of before they get one. -------------------------------------------------
I’m glad about Jake and Muffin. -------------------------------------------------
Now Puffy and Jake can be together! --------------------------------------------------
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Little Bear’s Friend
Ten Important Sentences
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Little Bear sat in the top of a high tree.
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He shut his eyes, and let the wind brush him.
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He climbed all the way down, and there he saw a little girl.
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“I think I am lost,” said the little girl.
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“Oh, yes,” said Little Bear, “I could see the river.”
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They walked along eating cookies and talking, and soon they
came to the river.
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“I see our tent,” said Emily, “and my mother and father.”
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He hugged Mother Bear and said, “Do you know what I just
did?”
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I saw a little girl named Emily. She was lost so I helped her
to get home.
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And now I have a new friend.
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Busy Buzzy Bee – by Karen Wallace
Ten Important Sentences
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Busy Bee has work to do.
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Busy Bee lands on a flower.
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Busy Bee laps up the nectar with her long, narrow
tongue. --------------------------------------------------
The pollen sticks to Busy Bee’s furry body.
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Her dance shows the other workers the way to find
the flower nectar. --------------------------------------------------
Inside the hive, the bees make cells.
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The queen bee lays a thousand eggs every day.
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When the grubs are nine days old she seals their cells
with waxy covers. --------------------------------------------------
In twelve days they change from grubs to bees.
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They find the garden full of flowers. --------------------------------------------------
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The Story of a Blue Bird – by Tomek Bogacki
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A little blue bird was born in the nest of a big tree. --------------------------------------------------
“Why don’t you go and learn how to fly with your
brother and sister?” --------------------------------------------------
“But I am still a little bit afraid,” the blue bird
answered. --------------------------------------------------
“Mama, Mama, what is out there?” he asked.
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“Nothing,” she said. --------------------------------------------------
“Nothing, nothing, where is this nothing?” the little
blue bird thought as he walked away from his nest in
the big tree. --------------------------------------------------
“Oh! Come with me,” said the green bird.
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And the little blue bird forgot that he was afraid of
flying. --------------------------------------------------
“What happened to make you fly so well?” asked his
mother. --------------------------------------------------
“Nothing,” said the blue bird, happily fluttering his
wings. --------------------------------------------------
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Frog and Toad All Year: The Corner – by Arnold Lobel
Ten Important Sentences --------------------------------------------------
“Son, this is a cold, gray day but spring is just around
the corner.” --------------------------------------------------
I went around the cornet to see if spring was on the
other side. --------------------------------------------------
There was only a pine tree, three pebbles and some
dry grass. --------------------------------------------------
Soon I came to another corner.
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“There was only an old worm asleep on a tree stump.”
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“I was tired,” said Frog, “and it started to rain.”
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“I went back home. When I got there,” said Frog, “I
found another corner.” --------------------------------------------------
“I went around that corner, too,” said Frog.
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“I saw the sun coming out,” said Frog.
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I had found the corner that spring was just around.
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Fishing Bears – by Ruth Berman
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Alaskan brown bears live near water.
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They have small ears, small eyes, and a big long nose.
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Cubs stay with their mothers for one to three years.
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Brown bears eat both plants and animals.
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Brown bears look for fish in rivers.
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Alaskan brown bears also eat clams.
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Alaskan brown bears get ready for winter by eating a
lot. --------------------------------------------------
Brown bears stay in dens for most of the winter.
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When bears hibernate, they are in a deep sleep.
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In the spring, bears leave their dens to look for food. --------------------------------------------------
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How to Be a Nature Detective – by Millicent E. Selsam
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Nature detectives find tracks and clues that answer
these questions: What animal walked here? Where did
it go? What did it do? What did it eat? --------------------------------------------------
You can find tracks in many places – in mud, in snow,
in sand, in dust, even on the sidewalk or on the floor. --------------------------------------------------
A cat has four feet and sharp claws.
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But the tracks of his hind feet fall exactly on the
tracks of his front feet. --------------------------------------------------
They look like the footprints of an animal with only
two feet. --------------------------------------------------
A cat pulls his claws in when he walks. --------------------------------------------------
So he does not leave claw marks. --------------------------------------------------
A nature detective can find many clues on a sandy
beach. --------------------------------------------------
A nature detective learns to look and listen – and
smell. --------------------------------------------------
She can find clues in a backyard, in the woods, or in
a city park. --------------------------------------------------
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The Puddle – by David McPhail
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It was a rainy day. --------------------------------------------------
She said, “Okay, but you stay out of the puddles.”
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I got dressed in my rain boots and coat, and went to
sail my boat in the largest puddle I could find. --------------------------------------------------
Then he jumped onto my boat and sailed away.
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Then an alligator offered to help. --------------------------------------------------
So the alligator swam out to take my boat away from
the frog. --------------------------------------------------
But the boat looked different than it did before.
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Next, a pig wanted to swim in the puddle.
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Before long, a thirsty elephant showed up. --------------------------------------------------
She left, and when the sun started to come out, the
other animals left, too. --------------------------------------------------
I took my boat home.
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Poppleton Everyday – by Cynthia Rylant
Twelve Important Sentences --------------------------------------------------
One day Poppleton decided to buy a new bed.
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So Poppleton went to the bed store.
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Poppleton followed the saleslady to the biggest bed in the
store.
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The saleslady brought Poppleton a book.
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“Do you want to buy the bed?” she asked Poppleton.
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The saleslady brought Poppleton a TV.
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“Do you want the bed?” she asked Poppleton.
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“I always wake up to bluebirds,” said Poppleton.
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The saleslady went outside and got three bluebirds to come in
and sing to Poppleton.
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“Now do you want the bed?” asked the saleslady.
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“Certainly!” said Poppleton.
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And he picked up the book, the crackers, the bluebirds, and
the bed, and happily went home.
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Sleep is For Everyone – by Paul Showers
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Like birds and animals, people have to sleep.
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When people are little, they are growing, and they
need a lot of sleep. --------------------------------------------------
Every part of your body has to rest after it does its
work. --------------------------------------------------
Your brain works hard, too.
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When you are awake, it helps you pay attention to the
world around you – to the sights you see and the
sounds you hear, and to the things you taste and smell
and feel. --------------------------------------------------
At night your brain needs a rest from the thinking. --------------------------------------------------
Sleep is the time when part of your brain takes a
rest. --------------------------------------------------
Sometimes it is hard to go to bed. --------------------------------------------------
Most of the time I go to bed when my parents tell
me. --------------------------------------------------
Soon I stop thinking. I am asleep.
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Baboon – by Kate Banks
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Baboon opened his sleepy eyes. --------------------------------------------------
“Look,” said his mother. “That is the world.” --------------------------------------------------
Baboon watched and waited for the turtle to pass. --------------------------------------------------
“The world is slow,” he said.
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At the edge of the great forest, a fire burned in the
bush. --------------------------------------------------
“The world is hot!” he said. --------------------------------------------------
“Careful,” said Baboon’s mother. --------------------------------------------------
“The world is hungry,” he said.
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Baboon took his mother’s hand, and they started
across a field. --------------------------------------------------
When he awoke, the sun was going down.
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“The world is dark,” he said. --------------------------------------------------
“Yes,” said his mother softly. “The world is big.”
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