Informational texts, simple fantasy, realistic fiction, traditional literature (folktales), simple biographies, simple mysteries • Presentation of multiple topics that represent subtopic of a larger topic or theme • Various ways of showing characters’ attributes (description, dialogue, thoughts, others’ perspectives) • Complex plots with numerous episodes and time passing • Multiple characters to understand and notice how they develop and change • Variety in sentence length and complexity • Many two‐to‐three‐syllable words; some words with more than three syllables • Multisyllable words that are challenging to take apart or decode • Words with prefixes and suffixes • Some new vocabulary and content‐specific words introduced, explained, and illustrated in the text

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