I Love City Parks
A Reading A–Z Level K Leveled Book
Word Count: 418
LEVELED BOOK • K
I Love
City Parks
Written by Katherine P. Burdick
Photographed by Kathleen V. Page
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Hi. My name is Nina.
I live in Chicago.
I love living in the city.
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Chicago has many tall buildings.
Hi. My name is Nina.
People live and work in them.
I live in Chicago.
Sometimes I feel as if I am walking
through a canyon.
I love living in the city.
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One of my favorite things to do in
Chicago is to visit the parks.
Sometimes I play soccer at the park.
My uniform is blue.
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Some of the Chicago parks have
beaches.
One of my favorite things to do in
Chicago is to visit the parks.
Chicago is next to Lake Michigan.
Sometimes I play soccer at the park.
My uniform is blue.
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Lake Michigan is one of the Great
Lakes.
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On hot days, I love to put my feet in
the water.
On really hot days, I jump all the
way in.
But Lake Michigan is usually cold.
Brrr!
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On hot days, I love to put my feet in
the water.
On really hot days, I jump all the
way in.
Millennium Park is huge and has
lots of things to do.
The first thing I always do is run to
the giant silver bean.
But Lake Michigan is usually cold.
Brrr!
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Sometimes my mom and I go to
Millennium Park.
Its real name is Cloud Gate.
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I like to lie next to it and see my
reflection.
I love how it reflects the city and
the people all around it.
If you walk under it and look up,
you see something magical.
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I like to lie next to it and see my
reflection.
We also visit the outdoor theater.
I love how it reflects the city and
the people all around it.
Sometimes I stand where the
audience sits.
If you walk under it and look up,
you see something magical.
I pretend that I am listening to my
favorite singer.
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At other times, I sit on the stage and
pretend I am the one singing.
I can hear the crowd clapping and
cheering for me.
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But the thing I love the best is to
tickle my toes in Crown Fountain.
At other times, I sit on the stage and
pretend I am the one singing.
I can hear the crowd clapping and
cheering for me.
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Crown Fountain has two gigantic
towers of glass blocks.
The blocks show different videos of
faces and places.
Water spills down from the top.
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People of all ages come here to
laugh and play in the water.
I like to turn cartwheels and feel the
water drip down my legs.
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Each park has a stand that sells cool
drinks and ice cream.
People of all ages come here to
laugh and play in the water.
I like to turn cartwheels and feel the
water drip down my legs.
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Sometimes my mom gives me
money, and I get to choose and pay.
It makes me feel grown up.
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After a long day, my mom and I
take the El back home.
El is short for elevated train.
We wait on the platform for our
train to come.
We don’t have to wait long.
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During the ride home, I look out the
window and watch the buildings
whiz by.
After a long day, my mom and I
take the El back home.
I think about what I will do the next
time I go to the park.
El is short for elevated train.
Will I play soccer?
We wait on the platform for our
train to come.
Will I play in water, or will I just
turn cartwheels all day?
We don’t have to wait long.
City parks are the best!
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I Love City Parks
A Reading A–Z Level K Leveled Book
Word Count: 418
LEVELED BOOK • K
I Love
City Parks
Written by Katherine P. Burdick
Photographed by Kathleen V. Page
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I Love
City Parks
Written by Katherine P. Burdick
Photo Credits:
All photos: Kathleen Virginia Page/© Learning A-Z.
City skyline (all pages): © iStockphoto.com/Giorgio Brugnoni
I Love City Parks
Level K Leveled Book
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Written by Katherine P. Burdick
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Correlation
LEVEL K
Fountas & Pinnell
Reading Recovery
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