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4th Grade Classroom Supplies and Books Teachers Love

Here is everything you need to teach a fourth-grade class and have a successful year! 

By Scholastic Editors
July 9, 2024

4th Grade Classroom Supplies and Books Teachers Love

Welcome to class! Fourth grade is an adventurous time, and getting to refresh your classroom is part of the excitement. From the books you collect to the supplies and materials you’ll need, we’ve compiled the fourth grade classroom essentials teachers find most useful for a successful year.

Here are a few things to keep in mind: First, you will want to build your library to include all of the best books for your students. Find out which workbooks will best suit your students’ needs. Plus, continue to learn on your own through professional development materials.  

Whether you're preparing your classroom for your very first year of teaching, you just switched grades, or you're an experienced teacher looking to restock your classroom, these books and supplies will make the upcoming school year run smoothly.

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Book Sets & Collections for Fourth Grade

Creating or updating your classroom library is all about capturing and holding your students’ attention. When you introduce them to new characters and worlds, you’ll soon find that they will want to keep reaching for a new book in the series — which is where book sets come in handy.

With book sets, you’ll save on large-quantity purchases of leveled readers and more. It’s the perfect way to build your library on a budget!

Here are the most popular fourth grade book sets and collections teachers choose: 

Paperback Book Collection

Newbery Collection Grades 4-6

Grades 4 - 6
$66.00$100.52
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This collection of Newbery winning titles was hand selected to provide you with the best books at the best prices.

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Graphic Chapter Books Collection Grades 2-4

Grades 2 - 4
$61.00$87.84
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Enrich your classroom library with this cost effective collections of some of the most sought after graphic chapter books that are sure to engage and delight even the most reluctant of readers!

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Dav Pilkey Collection Grades 2-5

Grades 2 - 5
$65.00$93.90
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A perennial favorite of the elementary school set, take a deep dive into the world that is all Dav Pilkey.

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Dreams, Determination, Daring Collection Grades 3-5

Grades 3 - 5
$50.00$94.40
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Celebrate diverse backgrounds, cultures, and orientations with this collection of books featuring characters, themes, or content that reflect and illuminate the diversity of our world.

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I Survived Graphix Collection Grades 4-6 (5 books)

Grades 4 - 6
$37.00$54.95
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Lauren Tarshis's New York Times bestselling I Survived series takes on vivid new life in full-color graphic novel editions. Perfect for readers who prefer the graphic novel format, or for existing fans of the I Survived chapter book series, these graphic novels combine historical facts with high-action storytelling that's sure to keep any reader turning the pages.

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Best Bilingual Books Grades 2-4

Grades 2 - 4
$55.00$79.58
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This collection of quality Scholastic titles was hand selected to provide you with the best books at the best prices.

Fiction Books for Fourth Grade 

Fiction is a fantastic way to capture your students’ imaginations. This genre encourages students to think creatively, which then can be applied to almost anything!  

Fun narratives are also a great way to engage students in read-alouds. These books will add wonder, enjoyment, and creativity to your classroom library.

Here are the most popular fourth grade fiction books teachers choose:

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Eight-year-old J.D. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious new illustrated chapter book series.

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Can Bad Kitty handle the responsibility of phone ownership? "A hilarious but enlightening guide to the online world―the good, the bad, and the ugly."-Kirkus

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Drum Dream Girl

Grades 1 - 4
$5.96$7.95
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Girls cannot be drummers. In 1920s Cuba, an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule-until the drum dream girl. In her city of drumbeats, she dreamed of pounding tall congas and tapping small bongós. She had to keep quiet. She had to practice in secret. But when at last her dream-bright music was heard, everyone sang and danced and decided that both girls and boys should be free to drum and dream. Inspired by the childhood of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a Chinese-African-Cuban girl who broke Cuba's traditional taboo against female drummers, Drum Dream Girl tells an inspiring true story for dreamers everywhere.

Branches books help boost reading confidence and stamina with easy-to-read text, high-interest content, and illustrations on every page. "A nice stepping stone to more advanced chapter books."-Booklist

History's most exciting and terrifying events come to life in these stories of amazing kids and how they survived.

In this newest series Li'l Petey, Flippy, and Molly lead a comic club where all are welcome. "Irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny and... downright moving."-Publishers Weekly, starred review

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Readers will root for Plum on her quest to become a shape-shifting Guardian. “Themes of friendship and environmentalism combine in this magical school story.”-Kirkus

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Click: Crunch

Grades 4 - 6
$10.49$13.99
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Olive is back, and this time she's struggling to juggle the too-many things she wants to do. A vibrant story about the importance of balance and reaching out for help.

Hardcover Book

Mabuhay!: A Graphic Novel

Grades 3 - 7
$18.74$24.99
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Can two kids save the world and work their family food truck?

Nonfiction Books for Fourth Grade

Nonfiction books teach your students about the world around them. Whether your students are fascinated by animals or learning about sunken ships, nonfiction books will supplement your curriculum for science, history, and so much more. 

Here are the most popular fourth grade nonfiction books teachers choose: 

Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson presents an extraordinary and unflinching look at the heroic servicemen and women who courageously weathered the worst of circumstances and conditions in service to their country, as well as those who answered the call to save their fellow soldiers.

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Madam C. J. Walker (Bright Minds)

Grades 3 - 4
$6.74$8.99
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Born Sarah Breedlove near Delta, Louisiana, in 1867, Madam C. J. Walker was an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America. 

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Roar Like a Lion

Grades 3 - 7
$11.24$14.99
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Bursting with fascinating facts, remarkable true stories and a whole lot of heart, Carlie Sorosiak has written an uplifting call to arms, inspiring children to listen to the roar of the wild and grow as human beings... while having plenty of fun along the way! Katie Walker's stylish illustrations build a real partnership between the words and pictures. A stunning package that can make a real difference in children's lives, Roar Like a Lion sparkles with wit, wisdom and warmth.

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Women in Science: Rachel Carson

Grades 4 - 6
$7.46$9.95
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Women in Science series takes a highly visual approach to telling the stories of important women scientists. Features include bite-sized text telling the story of a scientist's life, groundbreaking works, and legacy for young readers (Ages 7-8).

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Who Would Win?: Extreme Animal Rumble

Grades 2 - 4
$5.99$7.99
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Check out how these amazing, real-life creatures match up. Who's the strongest, fastest, biggest, and baddest-in a fight to the finish, who would win?

Discover the must-have book for shark fanatics, a madcap field guide full of facts and humor, and learn everything you ever wanted to know about underwater creatures!

What are fossils and how do they form? This book answers this question and many more about the fascinating world of fossils. From the discovery of dinosaurs to the information fossils reveal about Earth's prehistoric past, everything readers need to know is covered!

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Even the youngest readers are fascinated by the Titanic, and Robert Ballard, the scientist who searched for, and finally found, the lost ship under the sea, has written this account just for them. 

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Mason Jar Science

Grades 3 - 6
$8.96$11.95
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Heatproof, transparent, and durable, the mason jar is a science lab just waiting to be discovered. Unlock its potential with 40 dynamic experiments for budding scientists ages 8 and up. Using just a jar and a few ordinary household items, children learn to create miniature clouds, tiny tornadoes, small stalactites, and, of course, great goo and super slime! With a little ingenuity, the jar can be converted into a lava lamp, a water prism, a balloon barometer, and a compass. Each fun-packed project offers small-scale ways to illustrate the big-picture principles of chemistry, botany, biology, physics, and more.

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The names of most women of the ancient world have been forgotten, but those that echo across the centuries are a reminder of their power and achievements. The Pharaoh Hatshepsut ruled Egypt as a man and left a stunning funerary temple that still stands, while Lady Hao in Tang China and Boudicca in Roman Britain were both military commanders who led their people into battle. Elsewhere, women gained political influence in mighty empires, and were scholars and philosophers. This book tells their stories and describes their achievements.

Fourth Grade Workbooks 

Tedious workbooks are a thing of the past. When sharpening your students’ skills during quiet time or independent learning time (especially if you have fast finishers in the class), engaging workbooks are a must. 

These workbooks will help your students practice their reading comprehension, writing, math, and science skills as they engage with fun characters, games, puzzles, and more. 

Here are the most popular fourth grade workbooks teachers choose:

Build map-reading skills and geography awareness with this exciting activity book made just for fourth graders!

More than 40 ready-to-use, skill-building practice pages with easy-to-follow directions and fun, motivating exercises! Perfect for classroom or at-home use, this exciting practice book includes high-interest stories targeted to provide invaluable reinforcement and practice with reading comprehension skills.

High-interest topics and engaging exercises designed to stimulate and encourage students as they develop the necessary skills to become independent writers. Includes strategies with grade-appropriate skills that can be used in daily writing assignments such as journals, stories, and letters!

Ready-to-take practice tests, just for fourth graders, to give kids the practice and confidence they need to succeed on standardized reading tests. 

$11.24$14.99
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Practice makes perfect! This large collection of fun and engaging practice pages is designed to help students master essential skills in reading, writing, vocabulary, math, and more. With more than 300 skill-building practice pages, students are well on their way to succeed in school! Includes ready-to-use flash cards for extra skills practice. Includes an answer key.

From the acclaimed Scholastic News magazines, this collection of compelling informational texts comes with a variety of comprehension questions, including multiple choice, short response, and essays.

Activity Book

Words in Context: Science

Grades 3 - 4
$12.74$16.99
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Watch students’ vocabulary flourish as they read high-interest science text passages. Each weekly packet comes with three reproducible sheets that introduce four vocabulary words through a short, engaging article and reinforce students’ learning through a variety of activities.

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Expand students’ reading-comprehension skills with this collection of 35 high-interest informational texts that are sure to keep them engrossed.

Supporting Materials for Fourth Grade 

Finding the right materials to supplement your fourth-grade curriculum is key to helping your students fully understand the subject matter.

Whether they’re learning how to use maps or understanding language arts, these materials will quickly help your students grasp new concepts.

Here are the most popular fourth grade supporting materials teachers choose:  

Pocket Chart

Daily Schedule Pocket Chart

Grades K - 5
$14.99$19.99
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Full-color photo cards include 10 subject cards, 5 blank cards, and 1 title card. Also includes a 2-page activity guide.

$11.24$14.99
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Help students learn text structures with these charmingly illustrated anchor charts.

Chart

USA Map Chart

Grades 1 - 5
$2.62$3.49
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Reproducible pages on the back of each chart! Plastic-coated for color-fastness and durability! Write-on, wipe-off surface!

Pocket Chart

Daily Schedule (Black) Pocket Chart

Grades K - 5
$14.99$19.99
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Full-color photo cards include 10 subject cards, 5 blank cards, and 1 title card. Also includes a 2-page activity guide.

Bulletin Boards

Literary Elements Bulletin Board

Grades 3 - 6
$11.24$14.99
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Big, bright, illustrated cards display 15 essential literary elements, and provide definitions and examples for each. This set helps students explore plot, setting, character, conflict and resolution, mood, voice, point of view, and more!

Supplies for Fourth Grade Classrooms

Having the right classroom supplies can make all the difference — something experienced teachers know well! From teacher planners to fun stickers and charts, these supplies will provide everything you and your students need for the year ahead.  

Here are the most popular fourth grade supplies teachers choose: 

Planner Record Book

Teacher Inspiration Planner

Grades Pre-K - 6
$15.74$20.99
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Manage your class schedule with this modern planner interspersed with pages featuring inspirational sayings.

Planner Record Book

Teacher Coloring Planner

Grades Pre-K - 6
$15.74$20.99
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Make this planner as unique as you are with full pages and doodles to color throughout the year. 

$5.62$7.49
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These colorful, fun stickers give practical study information to reinforce basic language and math skills.

Folder

Homework Folder

Grades Pre-K - 6
$2.24$2.99
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This durable two-pocket folder provides a cute way to keep students" homework safe and organized. Motivational tips on the back help keep students on track. 

Stickers

Awesome Words Stickers

Grades Pre-K - 5
$2.62$3.49
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Recognize student achievement with these colorful must-have mini stickers. 

 

Folder

From School to Home Folder

Grades Pre-K - 6
$2.24$2.99
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Buy 10 or more copies and your price is only $1.50 per folder. Discount applied at checkout.Facilitate school to home communication with this durable two-pocket folder that makes carrying papers to and from school a snap. Sturdy enough to last through the school year. Helps teach responsibility and organizational skills.

Storage for Fourth Grade Classrooms 

Something as simple as storage means more for keeping your books in excellent condition than you might think, as they protect delicate pages from dust, accidental tears, and more while not in use.

Your classroom library — while it’s being built, and otherwise — needs the proper methods of storage to maintain books for many years to come. Experienced teachers typically stock up on library bins to help keep books in tip-top shape. 

Here are the most popular fourth grade storage supplies teachers choose:

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Convenient and sturdy plastic bins for storing books and teaching materials help keep your classroom resources neat and organized!

Bins

Classroom Library Book Bin

Grades Pre-K and up
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Professional Development for Fourth Grade Teachers 

Taking the time to continuously educate yourself on the dynamics and trends in teaching will help advance your curriculum and create new lesson plans as you go along during the year. Professional development books will keep you in the loop on the latest teaching methods and schools of thought in education. 

Here are the most popular professional development books teachers choose for fourth grade:  

Professional Book

Reading Unbound

Grades 6 and up
$17.24$22.99
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The book is divided into two parts: Part One provides an in-depth exploration of the nature and variety of the pleasure avid adolescent readers experience through their out-of-school reading.

Dan Feigelson refocuses reading and writing conferences to help all students reach their full potential. His practical approach centers on active listening-an equitable way to listen to, learn from, and guide students. His book is packed with sample conferernces, if/then strategies, rubrics, tips, and record keeping forms for starting conferences and keeping them going.

Professional Book

Expect the Most - Provide the Best

Grades K - 12
$18.74$24.99
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The author draws on research and his own extensive work experience in urban districts across the states to present a convincing case for the pivotal role of high expectations in student achievement. 

This book bundle includes 10 copies of From Striving to Thriving Writers and one copy of the Scholastic Professional Book Study: The Literacy Leader’s Guide

Classroom Games & Manipulatives for Fourth Grade 

Games and manipulatives are a fun way for students to continue practicing their knowledge from their earlier lessons. While your students play games and solve puzzles, they’ll have fun learning the ins and outs of math, vocabulary roots, and more. 

Here are the most popular fourth grade classroom games and manipulatives teachers choose: 

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Eight ready-to-go activity packets sharpen students' word-study skills and boost their vocabularies. I

Games & Puzzles

Flash Cards: Fractions

Grades 2 - 4
$2.99$3.99
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Give children a head start in math with these colorful, double-sided flash cards that teach fractions from 1/1 to tenths. 

Games & Puzzles

Flash Cards: Division

Grades 2 - 4
$2.99$3.99
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Give children a head start in math with these double-sided, self-checking flash cards. Each side of the cards features a division problem with divisors from 1 to 12.

Budget Books Under $5

A robust classroom library with a variety of books is a fundamental component of the classroom. Fourth graders are starting to build key literacy skills, and it is important to expose them to a wide range of books — like novels and nonfiction. Start the year strong with these budget-friendly books under $5.

 

Paperback Book

Outside Shot

Grades 1 - 4
$3.74$4.99
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A flat boy can do almost anything!

Stanley Lambchop is an ordinary boy. At least he was, until the night his bulletin board fell off the wall and flattened him. All of a sudden, Stanley can slide under doors, mail himself across the country in an envelope, and fly like a kite!
But flatness has its serious side, too. Sneak thieves have been stealing paintings from the Famous Museum of Art, and Stanley knows he's the only one who can stop them. Will the robbers discover Stanley's plan before he foils theirs?

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The Puppy Place: Rascal

Grades 2 - 4
$4.46$5.95
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Judy Moody has a little brother nicknamed "Stink," and every kid who's attracted to the title will not be disappointed by Stink's smelly adventures and fun! "A delightful protagonist."-SLJ

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We Shall Overcome

Grades 3 - 6
$4.46$5.95
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It only takes a few people to believe that change is possible. And when those people sing out, they can change the world. "We Shall Overcome" is one of their songs.

Branches books help boost reading confidence and stamina with easy-to-read text, high-interest content, and illustrations on every page. "A nice stepping stone to more advanced chapter books."-Booklist

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The Bicycle Spy

Grades 3 - 4
$3.74$4.99
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This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts 16 ferocious reptiles. Readers will learn about each animal's anatomy, behavior, and more. Then compare and contrast the battling animals before finally discovering the winner!

Social-Emotional Learning Resources

It can sometimes be difficult for students to express their feelings and convey their emotions. Social-emotional books are a powerful tool and help teach important life lessons. Your students will learn valuable lessons from these inspiring stories!  

 

Paperback Book

Charlotte's Web

Grades 2 - 4
$6.71$8.95
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American prose stylist E.B. White presents one of the best-loved stories of all time. And a heartwarming portrait of one of the best-loved pigs of all time.

Hardcover Book

Guts

Grades 3 - 7
$18.74$24.99
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Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food,school,and changing friendships. What's going on? Raina Telgemeier once again brings us a thoughtfuland funny true story about growing up and gathering the courage to face — and conquer — her fears.

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Save Me a Seat

Grades 3 - 5
$5.24$6.99
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Joe and Ravi don't think they have anything in common, but soon enough they have a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and a common mission: to take control of their lives over the course of a single crazy week.

Paperback Book

Crenshaw

Grades 3 - 7
$6.74$8.99
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In her first novel since The One and Only Ivan, winner of the Newbery Medal, Katherine Applegate delivers an unforgettable and magical story about family, friendship, and resilience.

The Science of Reading

Discover everything you need for effective literacy instruction. From readers to professional development books, build a solid reading foundation in your students through the Science of Reading shop and open up brand-new worlds. 

Companion to Wiley Blevin's best-selling classic Phonics From A to Z, this strategy book for upper elementary has been updated to include the latest in phonics instruction and the science of reading. Includes a model weekly schedule with high-impact routines for older students who need support, revised word lists for irregular and decodable high-frequency words, strategies for differentiating during whole-group lessons while targeting small-group work, sample intervention lesson, and more.

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Phonics instruction in upper elementary means helping students decode multisyllabic words, learn common spelling patterns, determine word meaning from roots and affixes, develop vocabulary, and more.

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