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A Minute StoryA N T H O L O G Y

Volume 2 Units 916

Maryanne Wolf

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What will you findin this sample?These anthologies contain imaginative stories withwonderfully engaging illustrations. They have beenwritten specifically to accompany each unit of theRAVE-O

program. As they read these stories, studentslearn to apply the Think Thrice Tip, which involves threecomprehension strategies Think Ahead, Think Back,and Think for Yourself.

Be sure to look for:Controlled vocabulary that becomes

increasingly complexCore Words, Eye-Spy Words, and rime

family wordsCore Words used in a variety of contexts

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Title

Bones

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Stories build background

knowledge and connect

to content areas

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The bones inside your body giveyou your shape.

Presents abstract concepts in

easy-to-understand graphics

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brain

skull

Tap the top of your body. Thebone you tapped is your skull.The skull makes your brain safe.

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backbone

(spine)

Poke your back. You have abackbone there. It is called

your spine. It is made from26 bones in the shape of littletubes. The spine bones let youstand, tip, or dip.

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Your hand has 27 bones! Youcan dig, wave, or clap withyour hands.

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lungs

ribs

air going

out

Tap on your chest. The bonesin your chest are your ribs. You

have 24 rib bones and yourlungs are inside them. Air goesin and out of the lungs.

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legs

hips

feet

Tap your hip bones. They fit withthe spine so that you can wag

and shake them. Legs fit with thehips so that you can kick, skip,hop, and run. Shake a hip anda leg!

Font size decreases as students

reading skills increase

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skull

skull

You have lots of bones. Whenyou are a little kid, you have

300 bones. But as you getbigger, you will have 206 bones.Why is that? As you get bigger,the bones fuse!

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Title

Tadpolesto Frogs

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frogspawn

eggsfrogspawn

Frogs lay eggs in water. Frogseggs are called frogspawn.

Frogspawn is like jelly with dotsin it.The dots are the little frogs thatare called tadpoles.

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tadpolesjelly

The tadpoles get out of the jellyand grip plants in the water.

They have gills so that theycan get air from the water likefish do.

Direct connection to

science topics

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gills

When they get bigger, they

have no gills. They have lungsto get air.The tadpoles have tails to swimin the water.

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tails

The tadpoles get two back legs

and then two at the front.Then the tails go!

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They are frogs! They can hopand jump. They get out of thewater and into the air.

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They sit by the side of lakes,swim in the water, and get bugsfor dinner.

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The big frogs get bigger, andone day they too will lay eggsin the water.

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What Is in the Cave?

Chapter 3

Bob runs out of the cave onto

the hillside. He cannot see thecup. It is lost in the rocks andsand.

I am a wreck, says Kim. Batsand I do not mix.

Bob says, How can we get thecup back? We will not see it if

the sun sets.

A thin ray of the sun hits thecup, and they see it shine in therocks by the sea.

What luck, says Bob, and heruns to get it.

Culminates in an engaging chapter story

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Chapter 3

Bob picks up the cup andsays, Wow! This cup is madeof copper and jade! There is adate on it, too.

He rubs the cup and sees thedate 1768.I bet this cup came from ashipwreck in 1768! Bob says.

We can take it home in mybackpack.

If this was in the cave, do youthink there are Kim stops! Hereyes open wide! She shakes!She sees a white, shadowyshape by the chest.What IS in that cave?

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What Is in the Cave?

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