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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Online Leveled Books

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT

Level: J

DRA: 18

Science

Strategy:Visualize

Word Count: 332

2.5.24 Build Vocabulary

CleverAnimalsClever

Animalsby Dolly Finn

CleverAnimals

by Dolly Finn

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Some animals have clever waysto protect themselves.Most hermit crabs live in the sea.They find hard empty shellsto protect their soft bodies.Hermit crabs find shells thatare just the right size.

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Some ants have a clever wayto get food.They take care of tiny bugscalled aphids.Those bugs make something called honeydew which is sticky and sweet.The ants like to eat honeydew.So the ants pet the aphids, and the aphids make more honeydew.

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A hippo is a large animal.A hippo spends its day near water.It may swim in a stream or a lake.The hippo goes into the water to keep from drying out.The water keeps the hippo cool.

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Hippos live where the hot sun shines. Their skin makes a pink cream.The cream is a kind of sunblock.It stops the sun from burning the hippo.If you were outside all day when the sun blazed, you would need sunblock, too!

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Some spiders have a clever wayto catch food.They spin a sticky web.Bugs come flying or tumblinginto the web.Then the bugs get tangledin the web.

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Some spiders use their web like a net.The spider holds the web between its legs.When a bug comes near the spider, the spider throws the net over the bug.After the spider has flung its web, it eats the bug for dinner!

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shark

remora

The remora is a fish.It lives in the ocean.It has a clever way to keep safe.It rides around on sharks!The remora has a disk on top of its head.The disk helps the remora stick to the shark.

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The remora does not hurt the shark.In fact, it helps the shark!The remora keeps the shark clean.Then it gets a swift ride on the shark.

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Sometimes the remora swims intothe shark’s mouth!The shark does not eat the remora.They live together peacefully.How clever!

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Responding TARGET VOCABULARY Word Builder

A hippo can live in a stream. Make a chart

listing some animals. Name the animal.

Tell where it lives.

Text to Text What other animals have you

read about that live in a stream, river,

lake, or ocean? Write a paragraph

describing another animal. Use at least

two words from the Word Builder.

Write About It

Animal Where It Lives

shark ocean

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blazedemptyflungpeacefully

streamswifttangledtumbling

TARGET VOCABULARY

TARGET STRATEGY Visualize Picture what is happening as you read.

If you start stumbling, next you’ll be .

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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURTHOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT1387943

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Online Leveled Books

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT

Level: J

DRA: 18

Science

Strategy:Visualize

Word Count: 332

2.5.24 Build Vocabulary

CleverAnimalsClever

Animalsby Dolly Finn