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Turtles Written by Kerrie Shanahan
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TurtlesWritten by Kerrie Shanahan
Written by Kerrie Shanahan
Turtles
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ISBN: 978-1-74320-522-8
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Turtles
Text type: ReportLevel: D (6)Word count: 92
High-frequency wordsa and can come from go has in is it little make of on out the them this to too
Key vocabularycatch/es digs eat eggs fish four frogs insects legs log nest rest sits swim/s turtle under water
Curriculum link• Science: Living things
Key concept• Turtles are animals that have four legs, live in water, and lay eggs.
Reading strategy• Predicting what word will come next
Paired bookA Home For Turtle
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This is a turtle.
It has four legs.
This turtle can go in water. It can swim under the water.
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It swims in the water to catch them.
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This turtle catches fish and frogs to eat.
It sits on a log to catch them.
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This turtle catches insects to eat too.
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Turtles come out of the water to rest and to make a nest.
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This turtle digs to make a nest.
The eggs go in the nest.
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Little turtles come out of the eggs. They go from the nest to the water.
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Indexeggs 12, 14
fish 6
frogs 6
insects 8
legs 2
nest 10, 12, 14
FLYING START TO LITERACY
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Level A (1)
Level B (2)
Level C (3–4)
Level D (5–6)
Level E (7–8)
Level F (9–10)
Level G (11–12)
Level H (13–14)
Level I (15–16)
Level J (17–18)
Level K (19–20)
Level L (21–22)
Level m (23–24)
Level N (25–26)
Level O (27–28)
Level P (29–30)
Level C (3) Paired booksmy Horse The Car Race
The Fruit Store Bananas Are Best
Winners Rabbit and Fox
In the Forest Finding Food
Big Brothers Cat and mouse
Level D (5) Paired booksLook at my Clothes Where is my mother?
What Do Bats Eat? Big Bat’s Lunch
Ant Nests Where Is my Nest?
Lots of Legs The Best Legs
my Camp Journal A monkey in the Camp
Level C (4) Paired booksLooking for Animals Where is Frog?
Amazing Animal Parts Turtle is Stuck
The Big Box Pirate Sam
The Fog Came In Lost in the Fog
At Grandpa’s Farm A New Farm for Cow
Level D (6) Paired booksTurtles A Home For Turtle
Let’s Do the monkey Bop Little monkey’s Dance
What Am I? Tad Grows Up
Spiders A Good Trap
On the move Grandpa’s Car
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