At a Touch Tank
A Reading A–Z Level H Leveled Reader
Word Count: 185
LEVELED READER • H
At a
Touch
Tank
Written by Kira Freed
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Written by Kira Freed
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This touch tank has animals
from the coast of Alaska.
They live in very cold water.
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This touch tank has animals
from the coast of Alaska.
Sea stars live in this touch tank.
They live in very cold water.
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This blood star is red like blood.
It has five arms, like most sea stars.
It feels rough when I touch it.
Blood stars eat sponges and tiny
ocean animals.
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This blood star is red like blood.
It has five arms, like most sea stars.
It feels rough when I touch it.
Blood stars eat sponges and tiny
Anemones live in this touch tank.
ocean animals.
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This anemone is pale pink.
It has many soft tentacles.
The tentacles gently grab my fingers
when I touch them.
Anemones eat little shrimp and fish.
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This anemone is pale pink.
It has many soft tentacles.
The tentacles gently grab my fingers
when I touch them.
Sea urchins live in this touch tank.
Anemones eat little shrimp and fish.
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This red sea urchin has
many long spines.
The sharp spines move
when I touch them.
Red sea urchins eat seaweed
and other ocean plants.
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This red sea urchin has
many long spines.
The sharp spines move
when I touch them.
Red sea urchins eat seaweed
Sea cucumbers live in this touch tank.
and other ocean plants.
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This sea cucumber is the color
of a brick.
Its body is covered with little bumps.
The bumps look sharp,
but they feel soft.
Sea cucumbers eat tiny plants
and animals in the ocean.
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This sea cucumber is the color
of a brick.
Its body is covered with little bumps.
I never poke, pull, squeeze,
The bumps look sharp,
or move the animals.
but they feel soft.
I touch all of them gently
Sea cucumbers eat tiny plants
with just two fingers.
and animals in the ocean.
I want all the animals to stay safe.
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At a Touch Tank
A Reading A–Z Level H Leveled Reader
Word Count: 185
LEVELED READER • H
At a
Touch
Tank
Written by Kira Freed
Visit www.readinga-z.com
for thousands of books and materials.
www.readinga-z.com
At a
Touch Tank
Photo Credits:
All photos Kira Freed/© Learning A–Z.
Special thanks to Clay and Lidia Petersen for appearing in the photographs
in this book.
Thanks also to the Alaska SeaLife Center for permission to photograph
the invertebrates and to aquarist Deanna Trobaugh for serving as a
consultant for this book.
At a Touch Tank
Level H Leveled Reader
© Learning A–Z
Written by Kira Freed
Written by Kira Freed
www.readinga-z.com
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Correlation
LEVEL H
Fountas & Pinnell
H
Reading Recovery 13-14
DRA
14