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A chapter in a math book that explains and provides examples of fractions.

A book containing information about the history of the United States of America

A five paragraph essay where a student argues that people should recycle and not liter.

A child's letter to Santa asking for a bicycle because the child has been good all year.

A Garfield comic from the newspaper in which Garfield hates Mondays and likes lasagna.

A poem about an itsy bitsy spider.

A note from your friend asking you to be his science partner

A book containing knock-knock jokes.

The third novel in the Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling.

A recipe explaining how to make chocolate cookies.

Stephen writes a letter to his parents explaining why he needs a new car.

A book that list words in alphebetical order. It gives the definition(s), pronunciation, and a sample sentence for each word.(Dictionary)

The author provides manual on assembling a coffee table.

A book about why New York is the best city to live in.

A brochure about how people shouldn't stop at Kmart because they hurt local business.

A speech by a politician asking for 90 minutes to be added to the school day.

A student's book report about the second novel in the Harry Potter.

A map of the school showing all of the emergency exit.

The poster on the wall that names and defines the part of speech.

The lyrics to a song written by popular music group, Cold Play.