Families
A Reading A–Z Level I Leveled Book
Word Count: 313
LEVELED BOOK • I
Families
Family Tree Chart
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Your family members
are your relatives.
You can have many relatives.
Grandparents, parents, brothers,
sisters, aunts, uncles, and cousins
are all relatives.
Families • Level I
3
Grandparents
Paternal
grandfather
Paternal
grandmother
Father
The parents of your mother and
Your family members
father are your grandparents.
are your relatives.
You have two grandfathers.
You can have many relatives.
One is your father’s father.
Grandparents, parents, brothers,
He is called your paternal grandfather.
sisters, aunts, uncles, and cousins
The other is your mother’s father.
are all relatives.
He is called your maternal grandfather.
Families • Level I
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4
Grandparents
Maternal
grandfather
Maternal
grandmother
Parents
Mother
Me
You have two grandmothers.
One is your father’s mother.
She is your paternal grandmother.
The other is your mother’s mother.
She is your maternal grandmother.
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Sometimes people’s grandparents die
before they get to know them.
Grandparents
Maternal
grandfather
Maternal
grandmother
Parents
Great-Grandparents
Mother
Grandparents
Me
Parents
You have two grandmothers.
Father
One is your father’s mother.
She is your paternal grandmother.
The other is your mother’s mother.
Me
She is your maternal grandmother.
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6
Many people do not get to know their
great-grandparents.
Great-grandparents are the parents
of your grandparents.
Great-Grandparents
Grandparents
Mother
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Many people do not get to know their
If your mother or father have
great-grandparents.
brothers, these brothers are called
Great-grandparents are the parents
your uncles.
of your grandparents.
If your uncle is married, his wife
is called your aunt.
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
Grandparents
Uncle
Father
Mother
Mother
Me
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8
Aunt
my
mother’s
sister
If your mother or father have sisters,
these sisters are also called your aunts.
If your aunt is married, her husband
is called your uncle.
Aunt
Uncle
Uncle
my
mother’s
brother
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Aunt
my
mother’s
sister
9
If your mother or father have sisters,
If your aunts and uncles have children,
these sisters are also called your aunts.
these children are your cousins.
If your aunt is married, her husband
If you have an older brother or sister
is called your uncle.
who has children, you are an aunt
or uncle to their children.
Uncle
Father
Aunt
Aunt
Mother
Uncle
Uncle
my
mother’s
brother
Aunt
my
mother’s
sister
Brotherin-law
Me
Nephew
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10
Sister
Niece
Your brother’s or sister’s children who
are boys are your nephews.
If the children are girls, they are
your nieces.
Uncle
Aunt
Aunt
Uncle
Cousin
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Cousin
Cousin
11
Your brother’s or sister’s children who
Sometimes parents get married
are boys are your nephews.
more than once.
If the children are girls, they are
If your mother has a husband who is
your nieces.
not your father, he is your stepfather.
If your father has a wife who is not
your mother, she is your stepmother.
Uncle
Aunt
Aunt
Uncle
First wife of
Stepfather
Father
Stepfather
Mother
Cousin
Cousin
Cousin
Brother
Me
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12
If your stepmother or stepfather have
children from a previous marriage,
these children are your stepbrothers
or stepsisters.
Stepsister
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Stepbrother
Stepsister
13
If your stepmother or stepfather have
If your father and stepmother have
children from a previous marriage,
children, these children are your
these children are your stepbrothers
half brothers or half sisters.
or stepsisters.
Stepfather
Stepmother
Mother
Father
Stepsister
Stepbrother
Half brother
Stepsister
Brother
Me
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14
The children of your mother and
stepfather are also your half brothers
or half sisters.
First wife of
Stepfather
Stepsister
Half sister
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Half brother
Stepbrother
Stepsister
Half sister
15
The children of your mother and
Many people study the history
stepfather are also your half brothers
of their family.
or half sisters.
They show the family history on
a diagram called a family tree.
Family Tree Chart
First wife of
Stepfather
Stepsister
Half sister
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Half brother
Stepbrother
Stepsister
Half sister
15
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Families
A Reading A–Z Level I Leveled Book
Word Count: 313
LEVELED BOOK • I
Families
Family Tree Chart
Written by Francis Morgan
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Families
Written by Francis Morgan
Photo Credits:
Page 7 (great-grandfather, top left): © Exactostock/SuperStock; pages 12, 14
(stepfather): © iStockphotos.com/drbimages; page 15 (half-brother): © Andres
Rodriguez/123RF; all other photos: © PhotoDisc
Families
Level I Leveled Book
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Correlation
LEVEL I
Fountas & Pinnell
I
Reading Recovery 15–16
DRA
16