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by Rachel Appelbaum|xHSKBPDy500145zv*:+:!:+:!ISBN-13:978-0-15-350014-5ISBN-10:0-15-350014-X GRADE 3Lesson 13WORD COUNT495GENRERealistic FictionLEVELELLHarcourt LeveledReaders Online Database RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL_COV.indd 2-3RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL_COV.indd 2-311/16/06 3:49:24 PM11/16/06 3:49:24 PMby Rachel AppelbaumCover,Tom Stewart/CORBIS;p.3,p.10,Corbis;p.4,Robert Lubeck/Animals Animals;p.5,EDWIN GIESBERS/FOTO NATURA/Minden Pictures;p.6,p.9,Mark Bolton/Corbis;p.7,George D.Lepp/CORBIS;p.8,James Baigrie/Taxi/Getty Images;p.11,David M.Dennis/Animals Animals;p.12,David Boyle/Animals Animals;p.13,Richard Day/Animals Animals;p.14,Robert Maier/Animals Animals.Copyright by Harcourt,Inc.All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopy,recording,or any information storage and retrieval system,without permission in writing from the publisher.Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the 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PM11/16/06 4:05:31 PMRXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 2RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 211/16/06 4:05:49 PM11/16/06 4:05:49 PM“You cant catch me!”Abigail called as she ran through her backyard.Her brother,Ryan,chased after her.Abigail looked back over her shoulder,lost her balance,and fell down.Ryan sat down on the ground next to her.3RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 3RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 311/16/06 4:06:03 PM11/16/06 4:06:03 PM Abigail and Ryan noticed a hole in the ground.Mom and Dad came over to see.“There is a mother rabbit down there,”said Mom.“She is taking care of her new babies.We dont want to scare them,so lets please stay away.”4RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 4RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 411/16/06 4:06:20 PM11/16/06 4:06:20 PM“The baby rabbits will crawl out of the hole soon,”Dad explained.“They will eat the grass in the yard.The grass will help them grow.”“You can fi nd many surprises right in our own backyard,”said Mom.“Look closely at our garden.What do you see?”5RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 5RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 511/16/06 4:06:35 PM11/16/06 4:06:35 PM Ryan bent down and looked at a row of green leaves.“I see some green leaves,”he said.“Those are carrots,”said Mom.“They dont look like carrots,”said Abigail.6RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 6RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 611/16/06 4:06:51 PM11/16/06 4:06:51 PM Mom pulled the green leaves out of the ground.There was a small carrot!“Some vegetables grow under the ground,”said Mom.“What are these?”asked Ryan.He pointed to some large green leaves.7RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 7RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 711/16/06 4:07:07 PM11/16/06 4:07:07 PM“That is a squash plant,”said Mom.“Squash grow above the ground.Look at the leaves,stems,fl owers,and tiny squash.Soon the squash will be very big.Then we will pick the squash and cook them.They will taste delicious.”8RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 8RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 811/16/06 4:07:55 PM11/16/06 4:07:55 PM“What is growing on this stick?”asked Ryan.Dad explained,“I stuck the stick in the ground for the tomato plant.As the tomato plant gets taller,it will wrap around this stick.We will pick the tomatoes when they turn red.”9RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 9RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 911/16/06 4:08:10 PM11/16/06 4:08:10 PM“I just saw that leaf move!”shouted Ryan.Abigail bent over and looked at the leaf.The leaf did not move.There was a green grasshopper jumping on the leaf.The grasshopper was the same color as the leaf,so it was diffi cult to see.10RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 10RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 1011/16/06 4:08:36 PM11/16/06 4:08:36 PM The grasshopper jumped off the plant into the dirt.The grasshopper was easy to see on the brown dirt.Ryan wanted to look more closely at the grasshopper.Then the grasshopper looked around,and it hopped away.11RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 11RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 1111/16/06 4:08:54 PM11/16/06 4:08:54 PM“I see something else in the tree.Do you see it?”Abigail asked Ryan.“I see a birds nest!”shouted Ryan.A bird fl ew toward the nest.The bird carried some twigs in its beak.12RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 12RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 1211/16/06 4:09:10 PM11/16/06 4:09:10 PM“The bird is using the twigs to build a nest,”said Mom.“The mother bird will lay her eggs in the nest.She will sit on the eggs to keep them warm.Then the babies will peck their way out of the eggs.”13RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 13RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 1311/16/06 4:10:30 PM11/16/06 4:10:30 PM“I see a ladybug on the rosebush!”said Ryan.Then Abigail remembered a song.“Ladybug,ladybug,fl y away home!”she sang.“Its time for us to go home,too,”said Dad.“We need to go inside and make dinner.”“It was fun to discover things in our own backyard,”said Abigail.“Lets do it again tomorrow!”14RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 14RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 1411/16/06 4:10:51 PM11/16/06 4:10:51 PMTo the TeacherScaffolded Language DevelopmentVERBS+ING ENDING Review the present participle form of verbs by pointing out examples in the text,such as taking and growing.Model for students how to make the present participle by adding-ing:grow+ing=growing.Write the words from the word bank on the board.Have students add-ing to the verbs and use them to fi nish the sentence starters.Word Bank:chirp,eat,grow,hop,garden 1.We could hear the baby chicks.2.The rabbits are running and.3.The tree is.4.Mom likes to eat vegetables so she enjoys.5.The hungry squirrel is.ScienceHow Things Grow Discuss with students what garden plants need to grow,such as sunlight,water,weeding,and pruning dead leaves.Have students illustrate directions on how to tend a garden.School-Home ConnectionYour Own Backyard Have students discuss with family members what plants or animals live in their backyard,their garden,or a park near their home.Word Count:495RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 15RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 1511/16/06 4:11:06 PM11/16/06 4:11:06 PMRXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 16RXENL08ARD3E13_ELL.indd 1611/16/06 4:11:23 PM11/16/06 4:11:23 PM