Informational texts, simple fantasy, realistic fiction, traditional literature (folktales), biographies, mysteries, historical fiction, short stories, chapter books with sequels • Prior knowledge needed to understand content in many informational texts • More challenging themes • Content requiring the reader to take on perspectives from diverse cultures and bring cultural knowledge to understanding • Multiple characters to know and understand • Characters revealed by what they say, do, think, and by what others say or think about them • Descriptive and figurative language that is key to understanding the plot • Characters with both good and bad traits, who change and develop over time • New vocabulary in fiction texts largely unexplained • Some multisyllable proper nouns that are challenging to take apart or decode

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