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Dolphins and Sharks A NONFICTION COMPANION TO MAGIC TREE HOUSE #9: DOLPHINS AT DAYBREAK  (#6633) By MARY POPE OSBORNE and NATALIE POPE BOYCE Illustrated by SAL MURDOCCA.

Track the facts with Jack and Annie!

When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #9: Dolphins at Daybreak, they had lots of questions. Did dolphins ever live on land? How do dolphins communicate? How do sharks hunt for food? Which sharks are the most dangerous? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts.

Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. And teachers can use Fact Trackers alongside their Magic Tree House fiction companions to meet common core text pairing needs.

Paperback | Published by Random House Books for Young Readers Jun 24, 2003 | 128 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | 7-10 years

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This popular series offers nonfiction reading passages with comprehension questions on a variety of subjects for students in second grade through junior high school and beyond. Topics and questions prepare students for standardized tests and provide valuable practice in nonfiction reading comprehension. The entire Reading Comprehension series is particularly useful in a classroom that has students of varying reading abilities. Themes such as “Great Americans” and “What Do You Think?” reappear in each book, with the exact focus of the passage changing according to the level of the material. Early Reading Comprehension Four illustrated workbooks contain stories, brief articles, and poems in seven subject areas: general topics, social studies, science, logical thinking, mathematics, literature, and the arts. The variety of the selections gives students practice in reading about a wide range of subjects. Skills Addressed • Story elements • Literal comprehension questions • Recalling the main idea and details • Sequencing • Matching vocabulary words with meanings • Writing in response to reading passages Book B is for Grades 2-3. Answer Key is included. Learn More

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A phonics best-seller for over 30 years, Explode the Code series has helped millions of students nationwide build the essential literacy skills needed for reading success: phonological awareness, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and spelling. This research-based and teacher-tested program exceeds "No Child Left Behind" requirements and National Reading Panel Standards. Explode The Code Book 5 introduces students to the word endings -ed and -ey, word families including all-alk, old-olt-oll, ild-ind, the digraph qu, and 3-letter blends. Students practice blending sounds to read and write multi-syllabic words. In addition, several review lessons are included. Skills Addressed • Sounds of -ed • Words ending in -ey • Word families (all-alk, old-olt-oll, ild-ind) • 3-letter blends (thr-, shr-, scr-, str-, spr-, spl-) • qu words Grades K-4. From EPS. Learn More

A phonics best-seller for over 30 years, Explode the Code series has helped millions of students nationwide build the essential literacy skills needed for reading success: phonological awareness, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and spelling. This research-based and teacher-tested program exceeds "No Child Left Behind" requirements and National Reading Panel Standards. Explode The Code Book 6 introduces students to the r-controlled vowels, silent letters (-igh), and vowel diphthongs. Students practice blending sounds to read and write multisyllabic words. In addition, several review lessons are included. Skills Addressed • r-controlled vowels (ar, or, er, ir, ur, war, wor) • Silent letters (-igh) • Vowel diphthongs (oo, ea, ie, oi, oy, ou, ow, au, aw, ew, ui, ue) Grades K-4. From EPS. Learn More

A phonics best-seller for over 30 years, Explode the Code series has helped millions of students nationwide build the essential literacy skills needed for reading success: phonological awareness, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and spelling. This research-based and teacher-tested program exceeds "No Child Left Behind" requirements and National Reading Panel Standards. Explode The Code Book 6 1/2 reinforces r-controlled vowels, silent letters (-igh), and vowel diphthongs learned in Book 6. Students practice blending sounds to read and write multi-syllabic words. In addition, several review lessons are included. Skills Addressed • r-controlled vowels (ar, or, er, ir, ur, war, wor) • Silent letters (-igh) • Vowel diphthongs (oo, ea, ie, oi, oy, ou, ow, au, aw, ew, ui, ue) Grades K-4. From EPS. Learn More

A phonics best-seller for over 30 years, Explode the Code series has helped millions of students nationwide build the essential literacy skills needed for reading success: phonological awareness, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and spelling. This research-based and teacher-tested program exceeds "No Child Left Behind" requirements and National Reading Panel Standards. Explode The Code Book 7 introduces students to the sounds of soft c and g, silent consonant patterns such as -dge, -mb, kn, wr, and silent t and silent h words. In addition, this book teaches the sounds of ear, ei, eigh, and ph words. Students practice blending sounds to read and write multisyllabic words and phrases. Several review lessons are included along with a posttest. Skills Addressed • Soft c and g • Silent letters (-dge, -mb, kn, wr, silent t, silent h, ph) • Sounds of ear • ei and eigh words Grades K-4. From EPS. Learn More

A phonics best-seller for over 30 years, Explode the Code series has helped millions of students nationwide build the essential literacy skills needed for reading success: phonological awareness, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and spelling. This research-based and teacher-tested program exceeds "No Child Left Behind" requirements and National Reading Panel Standards. Explode The Code Book 8 introduces students to more complex morphemic units including suffixes and irregular endings. Students combine word parts to create multisyllabic words and increase their vocabulary by learning the meanings of common suffixes and endings. Several review lessons are included along with a posttest. Skills Addressed • Common suffixes and endings including: • -ness • -less • -ous • -or • -ist • -ity • -ture • -ment • -able • -ible • -sion, -tion • -ance, -ence • -tive, -sive • -ify • -ize • -ti-, -ci- Grades K-4. From EPS. Learn More

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The 60 Picture-Letter Cards, designed for use with Get Ready, Get Set, and Go for The Code, may be used for supplementary visual and auditory work. There are three types of cards, allowing for flexibility and a creation of a variety of games and activities. Picture cards provide a visual cue and match the key words in the Explode The Code student books. Letter cards allow students to practice letter identification and recognition. Picture-letter combination cards help students map sounds to symbols. Cards must be cut apart prior to use. Skills Addressed • Letter identification and recognition • Sound-symbol relationships • The alphabetic principle • Phonetic awareness. From EPS/School Specialty. Learn More

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The Teacher’s Guide and Key, Books 5–6, expands on the skills presented in the student books, providing teachers with various options for instruction and reinforcement. The wide variety of activities may be adapted for whole-class, small-group, and one-on-one learning situations. Each lesson addresses the principles of effective reading instruction and follows the same easy-to-use format: Quick Review / Link to Prior Knowledge Phonemic and Phonological Awareness Phonics Vocabulary Completing Student Pages Fluency Comprehension Writing Differentiating Instruction Posttest Keys for Books 5, 5 1/2, 6, and 6 1/2 Learn More