Informational texts, simple fantasy, realistic fiction, traditional literature (folktales), simple biographies, simple mysteries • Most of the content carried by print, rather than pictures • Some abstract themes requiring inferential thinking beyond the text • Texts with multiple points of view revealed through characters’ behaviors • Complex plots with numerous episodes and time passing • Multiple characters to understand and notice how they develop and change • Multisyllable words that are challenging to take apart or decode • Some new vocabulary and content‐specific words introduced, explained, and illustrated in the text

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