Animals, Animals
A Science A–Z Life Series
Word Count: 60
Animals,
Animals
Written by Ned Jensen
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Animals,
KEY ELEMENTS USED IN THIS BOOK
The Big Idea: Understanding the diversity among animals helps us
appreciate and enjoy the uniqueness of all creatures. We may
Animals
also think about how we treat animals and how we as humans fit
into the animal kingdom.
Key words: alike, animals, different, eat, grow, live, move, parts, same, sizes
Key comprehension skill: Compare and contrast
Other suitable comprehension skills: Main idea and details, make inferences,
author’s purpose
Key reading strategy: Connect the text to prior knowledge
Other suitable reading strategies: Ask and answer questions, retell and
summarize
Photo Credits:
Front cover (top left), page 3 (top left, top right, bottom right), page 4 (top, center), page 5 (top),
page 7 (top), page 9 (bottom), page 10 (right center): © Jupiterimages Corporation; front cover
(top right): © iStockphoto.com/William Davies; front cover (bottom left): © Designpix/123RF;
front cover (bottom right): © iStockphoto.com/Anthony Mayatt; back cover: © Digital Zoo/
Getty Images; title page: © iStockphoto.com/Sue McDonald; page 3 (bottom left): © Natphotos/
Getty Images; page 4 (bottom): © iStockphoto.com/Krista Mackey; page 5 (bottom):
© Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images; page 6 (top): © Gallo Images-Peter Lillie/Getty Images;
page 6 (bottom), page 8 (bottom left): © GK Hart/Vikki Hart/Getty Images; page 7 (bottom):
© Georgette Douwma/Getty Images; page 8 (top left): © iStockphoto.com/Fabian Guignard;
page 8 (center): © iStockphoto.com/Vladimir Pomortsev; page 9 (top): © Digital Zoo/
Getty Images; page 9 (center): © George Doyle and Ciaran Griffin/Getty Images;
page 10 (top): © iStockphoto.com/Kent Weakley; page 10 (left center): © iStockphoto.com/
Mark Bond; page 10 (bottom): © Gerry Ellis/Digital Vision/Getty Images
Written by Ned Jensen
Reading Levels
Animals, Animals
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Eagle
Tiger Cat
Cheetah
Bats Dog
Inchworm
Animals are the same in
some ways. All animals move.
In some ways they Animals move in different
are different. ways.
3 4
Groundhog
Elephants
Chickens
Heron
All animals grow.
All animals eat. Animals grow to be
Animals eat different foods. different sizes.
5 6
Birds in forest
Rat
Fish in coral reef Ring-tailed lemur
All animals need a place
Duck
to live.
Animals live in different All animals have parts.
places. Animals have different parts.
7 8
Tarantula
Horse
Rabbit
Sheep Frog
Snake Camel
How are these animals How are these animals
different? alike?
9 10