

Animal Costumes
Informational (nonfiction) 86 words, Level D (Grade 1), Lexile 160L
Have you ever seen an animal dressed in a costume? In Animal Costumes, students will gain information about animals and the types of costumes they wear through humorous photographs. Emergent readers will be supported by repetitive sentence patterns and high-frequency words. While learning about this interesting topic, students will have the opportunity to identify the author's purpose, as well as to recognize simple subjects as they read this book.