At Home on the Reef
Beautiful coral reefs are found in warm, shallow seas. They stop beaches and shorelines from being washed away by waves and storms. They are home to thousands of different types of sea animals.The reefs are made of the skeletons of millions of little sea creatures called polyps. They take thousands of years to build up into coral reefs.
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| Page Count: | 16 |
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| Word Count: | 526 |
| Belongs to Set: | Fluency Level 4 Non-Fiction Set A |
| Fiction or Non-Fiction: | Non-Fiction |
| Genre: | Descriptive |
| Guided Reading Level: | M |
| Reading Recovery Level: | 22 |
| Lexile Measure: | 580L |
| DRA Level: | 28 |
| Author: | Julie Ellis |
| ISBN - Standard Edition | 9781877419553 |
| ISBN - US Edition | 9781877435706 |
| Artifact Tags: | Compare and contrast, Subject-specific vocabulary, Aquatic animals, Life cycle, Animal habitats, Geography |
| Keywords: | safe, enough, grow, other, move, change, close, further |
| Common Core State Standards: | CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.4 |
| TEKS: | TEKS§110.4(b)(6), TEKS§110.4(b)(8), TEKS§110.4(b)(10), TEKS§110.4(b)(9) |
| Core Knowledge Language Art: | G1 – Animals and Habitats |