Tiny Baby Kangaroos - Ms. Pellosmaa`s First Grade School Family

Level: I
DRA: 16
Genre:
Informational
Strategy:
Visualize
Skill:
Conclusions
Word Count: 296
Tiny Baby
Kangaroos
1.5.22
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
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by Bob Dannon
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Tiny Baby
Kangaroos
by Bob Dannon
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baby kangaroo
pouch
Kangaroos are animals that
live in Australia.
Every mother kangaroo has a
pouch on the front of her body.
A pouch is like a soft pocket.
A baby kangaroo lives in its
mother’s pouch after it is born.
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joey
Baby Kangaroos
A young kangaroo is a joey.
A joey crawls into its mother’s
pouch after it is born.
A joey cannot see or hear.
A joey is as small as the nail
on your finger.
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pouch
joey
The First Few Months
A mother kangaroo’s pouch
keeps the joey safe and warm.
A joey grows in the pouch.
After a few months, a joey
grows ears, legs, and soft fur.
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A Joey Leaves the Pouch
As a joey grows bigger, it
begins to move in the pouch.
When a joey is six or eight
months old, it comes out of the
pouch for a few minutes. Then
the joey goes back in the pouch.
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A Joey Hops
A joey grows and grows.
It follows its mother
through the grass.
The joey learns how to hop.
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mother
A joey goes in its mother’s
pouch when it is scared or tired.
Sometimes a mother kangaroo
has two joeys.
Then the big joey lives in the
pouch with the tiny joey.
The two joeys share the pouch.
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A Joey Grows
A joey drinks milk from its
mother’s pouch until a joey is
one year old.
Then a big joey can find food
out of the pouch.
It is now as big as its mother.
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kangaroo family
Some girl kangaroos live with
their mothers.
When the girl kangaroos have
their own joeys, the kangaroo
family lives together.
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Most boy kangaroos do not
live with their mothers.
They hop away.
They look for other kangaroos
and start a new family.
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Responding
Conclusions
How does the mother kangaroo’s
pouch help the baby kangaroo?
Make a chart. List three ways.
TARGET SKILL
Write About It
Text to World Draw a picture
of a baby kangaroo and its
mother. Write a sentence about
the baby kangaroo.
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WORDS TO KNOW
baby
learning
begins
until
eight
years
follow
young
Conclusions
Use details to figure out more
about the text.
TARGET SKILL
Visualize
Picture what is happening as
you read.
TARGET STRATEGY
GENRE Informational text gives
facts about a topic.
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Level: I
DRA: 16
Genre:
Informational
Strategy:
Visualize
Skill:
Conclusions
Word Count: 296
Tiny Baby
Kangaroos
1.5.22
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
Online Leveled Books
ISBN-13:978-0-547-02995-5
ISBN-10:0-547-02995-0
1033093
by Bob Dannon
H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN