Fourth Grade: Informational Explanatory Writing Mentor Texts
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A Drop of Water by Walker Wick
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Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books by Kay Winters
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Abe Lincoln’s Hat by Martha Brenner and Donald Cook
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Africa’s Diverse Landscape
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All About Owls by Jim Arnosky (question)
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All About Owls by Jim Arnosky (question)
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All the Places to Love Patricia MacLachlan
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Animals in Flight by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
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Bat Loves the Night by Nicola Davies
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Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! By Jean Fritz
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Different Like Coco by Elizabeth Matthews
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Earth: The Elements by Ken Robbins
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Family Pictures by Sandra Cisneros
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Gail Gibbons books
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Have You Seen Trees? By Joanne Oppenheim
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Hello Ocean by Pam Munoz Ryan
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Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine (amazing facts)
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Honeybees by Deborah Heiligman
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Hoops by Robert Burleigh
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How Big is It? A Big Book About Bigness by Ben Hillman
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I Wonder Why the Sea Is Salty and Other Questions About Oceans by Anita Ganeri
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In My Family by Carmen Lomas Garza
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In My Momma’s Kitchen by Jerdine Nolen
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In Our Backyard by Eileen Spinelli
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Knucklehead by Jon Scieszka
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Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
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My Map Book by Sara Fanelli
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National Geographic for Kids
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Night Driving by John Coy and Peter McCarty
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Owls by Sandra Markle
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Scholastic News
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Sea Turtles by Gail Gibbons (Definition)
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See p. 84 in Nonfiction Mentor Texts by Lynne Dorfman & Rose Cappelli
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Seymour Simons books
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She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story by Audrey Vernick
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Smoke Jumpers by Jim Gigliotti
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Soccer Counts! by Barbieri McGrath and Alderman
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Super Swimmers: Whales, Dolphins, and Other Mammals of the Sea by Caroline Arnold
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Surprising Sharks by Nicola Davies
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Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
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Teammates by Peter Golenbock
October 2012
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The Best Book of Whales and Dolphins by Christiane Gunzi
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The Egg by Shelley Gill
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The Emperor’s Egg by Martin Jenkins (developing a scene)
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The Honey Makers by Gail Gibbons
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The Life and Times of the Honeybee by Charles Micucci
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The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
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The Wonder in Water by Diane Swanson
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Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World by Selby Beeler
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Time for Kids
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Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa
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Welcome to the Sea of Sand (Jane Yolen)
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Whales and Dolphins by Anton Ericson
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Whales and Dolphins by Susanna Davidson
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Wilford Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
Compare/Contrast
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A Drop of Water by Walter Wick
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Always Inventing: The True Story of Thomas Alva Edison by Frank Murphy
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Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam Munoz Ryan
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Chameleons Are Cool by Martin Jenkins
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Have You Seen Trees? By Joanne Oppenheim
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Lightning
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Spiders by Gail Gibbons
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The Attack on Pearl Harbor – Appendix V p. 142
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Weird Friends by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey
October 2012