PAIREDREADTadpolesintoFrogsNonfictionAnimalAnimalFamiliesFamiliesbyDeborahNovemberSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:Cover(inset)BrandXPictures/PunchStock/GettyImages,TomBrakefield/BrandXPictures/GettyImages.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:MainTopicandKeyDetailsPhonicsConsonantDigraphsch,tch,sh,ph,th,wh,ngVocabularyStrategyMultiple-MeaningWordsVocabularyadult,alive,covered,fur,giant,groom,mammal,offspringContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordcount:798**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118890-1MHID:0-02-118890-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1DeerFamilies.........................2Chapter2BabiesinPouches.....................6Chapter3AnimalsfromEggs...................10RespondtoReading.................15TadpolesintoFrogs.........16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience.............20EssentialQuestionHowareoffspringliketheirparents?AnimalAnimalFamiliesFamiliesbyDeborahNovemberJochemDWijnands/Photographer’sChoice/GettyImagesDeermothersfeedtheirbabiesforabouttwomonths.DetheabPeopletakecareoftheirbabieswhentheyaresmall.Mostanimalstakecareoftheirbabies,too.Someanimalsevenliveinfamilies.BabyDeerAdeerisamammaljustlikeyou.Mammalsarenothatchedfromeggsatbirth.Deermotherscanhaveonetothreebabiesatonetime.Thebabies,orfawns,canwalkverysoonaftertheyareborn.Theywobblealittle,buttheycanwalk!DeerFamiliesDeerFamiliesChapter12TomBrakefield/CORBISSomeenemiesofbabydeerarebobcats,coyotes,andmountainlions.Butbabydeerhavenosmell,sotheirenemie...
