NonfictionAnimalAnimalFamiliesFamiliesbyDeborahNovemberPAIREDREADTadpolesintoFrogsSTRATEGIES&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:648**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118997-7MHID:0-02-118997-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowareoffspringliketheirparents?GenreNonfictionChapter1DeerFamilies.....................2Chapter2BabiesinPouches.................6Chapter3AnimalsfromEggs.................10RespondtoReading...............15TadpolesintoFrogs.........16Glossary/Index....................19FocusOnScience...........20AnimalAnimalFamiliesFamiliesbyDeborahNovemberJochemDWijnands/Photographer’sChoice/GettyImagesDeermothersfeedtheirbabiesforabouttwomonths.DethabPeopletakecareoftheirbabieswhentheyaresmall.Animalstakecareoftheirbabies,too.Someanimalsevenliveinfamilies.BabyDeerAdeerisamammaljustlikeyou.Mammalsarenothatchedfromeggs.Deermothershaveonetothreebabiesatatime.Thebabies,orfawns,walksoonafterbirth.They’realittleshaky,buttheycanwalk!DeerFamiliesDeerFamiliesChapter12TomBrakefield/CORBISBabydeerhavenosmell.Thisway,theirenemiescannotfindthem.Themotherfawnhidesherbabiesinbushes.Babydeeralsohavespots.Thathelps...
