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www.readinga-WritingWrite a newspaper article for kids explaining three or more interesting facts about elephants.ScienceResearch more about the differences between African and Asian elephants.Write a report about what you learned,listing five ways they are different.ConnectionsGIANTS OF THEANIMAL WORLDVisit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.LEVELED BOOK HLEVELED BOOK HWritten by Jane LingElephants:Giant MammalsA Reading AZ Level H Leveled BookWord Count:198Elephants:Elephants:Giant MammalsFront and back cover:Young and old African elephants are walking in a line.Title page:Elephants dust their backs so they wont get sunburn.Page 3:This little elephant is trying out its legs.Baby elephants like to play.Photo Credits:Front cover,back cover:DLILLC/Corbis;cover icon:Elena Belyakova/iStock/Thinkstock;title page:Stefan Meyers/;page 3:Duncan Noakes/123RF;page 4:syntika/iStock/Thinkstock;page 5:Johan Swanepoel/123RF;page 6:numxyz/iStock/Thinkstock;page 7(top):Robert Hardholt/Hemera/Thinkstock;page 7(bottom):Jagdeep Rajput/;page 9:Chan Punya/123RF;page 10:D.Parer&E.Parer-Cook/;page 11:Marius Bester/D;page 12:PB_Images/iStock/Thinkstock;page 13:Anup Shah/Digital Vision/Thinkstock;page 14:Karl Terblanche/;page 15:Meinzahn/iStock/ThinkstockElephants:Elephants:Giant MammalsElephants:Giant MammalsGiants of the Animal World Level H Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Jane LingAll rights reserved.www.readinga-CorrelationLEVEL HH131414Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAWritten by Jane Lingwww.readinga-breathecalffemalemalestrunksweighWords to KnowWhat advantages do elephants have because of their size?Focus Question34Table of ContentsElephants are Number One!.4Take a Look.5Two Kinds of Elephants.7Growing Up.and Up.9Dont Eat Me!.11Splitting Up.12Plenty of Plants.14Asian and African Giants.15Glossary.16Elephants are Number One!Elephants are huge!They are much,much bigger than the biggest human.They are the biggest land animals on Earth.Elephants:Giant Mammals Level HHow Big Are They?How Big Are They?Asian elephantshoulder height:10 feet(3 m)weight:11,000 pounds (5,000 kg)Humanheight:6 feet(1.8 m)weight:175 pounds (79.4 kg)African elephantshoulder height:13 feet(4 m)weight:14,000 pounds(6,350 kg)34Table of ContentsElephants are Number One!.4Take a Look.5Two Kinds of Elephants.7Growing Up.and Up.9Dont Eat Me!.11Splitting Up.12Plenty of Plants.14Asian and African Giants.15Glossary.16Elephants are Number One!Elephants are huge!They are much,much bigger than the biggest human.They are the biggest land animals on Earth.Elephants:Giant Mammals Level HHow Big Are They?How Big Are They?Asian elephantshoulder height:10 feet(3 m)weight:11,000 pounds (5,000 kg)Humanheight:6 feet(1.8 m)weight:175 pounds (79.4 kg)African elephantshoulder height:13 feet(4 m)weight:14,000 pounds(6,350 kg)56Take a LookElephants are covered with thick gray or brown skin.They have long noses called trunks.Elephants use their trunks to breathe and make noise.They also use their trunks to grab food and suck up water.Some elephants have long white tusks.Elephants spray water with their trunks.Elephants:Giant Mammals Level H56Take a LookElephants are covered with thick gray or brown skin.They have long noses called trunks.Elephants use their trunks to breathe and make noise.They also use their trunks to grab food and suck up water.Some elephants have long white tusks.Elephants spray water with their trunks.Elephants:Giant Mammals Level H78Two Kinds of ElephantsThere are African and Asian elephants.African elephants are bigger than Asian elephants.The two kinds are different in other ways,too.Asian elephant rangeAfrican elephant rangeEUROPEAFRICAASIABAY OF BENGALATLANTIC OCEANMEDITERRANEAN SEAINDIAN OCEANEquatorEquatorAfrican elephantAsian elephantBigger earsSmaller earsBigger tusksSmaller tusksElephants:Giant Mammals Level HWhere Elephants LiveWhere Elephants Live78Two Kinds of ElephantsThere are African and Asian elephants.African elephants are bigger than Asian elephants.The two kinds are different in other ways,too.Asian elephant rangeAfrican elephant rangeEUROPEAFRICAASIABAY OF BENGALATLANTIC OCEANMEDITERRANEAN SEAINDIAN OCEANEquatorEquatorAfrican elephantAsian elephantBigger earsSmaller earsBigger tusksSmaller tusksElephants:Giant Mammals Level HWhere Elephants LiveWhere Elephants Live910Growing Up.and UpBaby elephants weigh more than most adult people.The mother teaches her calf how to live in the wild.Elephants live in groups like a family.Adult elephants in the group help keep the young ones safe.Mother elephants keep their calves close to them.Elephants can travel a long way to find water in Africa.Elephants:Giant Mammals Level H910Growing Up.and UpBaby elephants weigh more than most adult people.The mother teaches her calf how to live in the wild.Elephants live in groups like a family.Adult elephants in the group help keep the young ones safe.Mother elephants keep their calves close to them.Elephants can travel a long way to find water in Africa.Elephants:Giant Mammals Level H1112Dont Eat Me!Huge elephants dont have to worry about other animals.Lions and tigers know adult elephants are too big to fight!Splitting UpAfter ten to fifteen years,young males leave to live alone or with other males.Female elephants stay together in their own group.Elephants can live sixty to seventy years!Grown adult elephants are safe from other animals.Elephants:Giant Mammals Level H1112Dont Eat Me!Huge elephants dont have to worry about other animals.Lions and tigers know adult elephants are too big to fight!Splitting UpAfter ten to fifteen years,young males leave to live alone or with other males.Female elephants stay together in their own group.Elephants can live sixty to seventy years!Grown adult elephants are safe from other animals.Elephants:Giant Mammals Level H1314Plenty of PlantsElephants eat a lot of grass and leaves in one day.It takes an adult man one hundred days to eat as much.Trunks help elephants get leaves from high places.What Makes an Elephant a Mammal?What Makes an Elephant a Mammal?All mammals have a backbone have hair on their bodies at some time in their lives are warm-blooded produce milk to feed their babiesYoung elephants drink milk from their mother for up to three years.An elephants big,round feet have soft pads on the bottom.An elephant uses its trunk to breathe,drink,pick up food,and more.Elephants flap their big ears to cool off.Elephants:Giant Mammals Level H1314Plenty of PlantsElephants eat a lot of grass and leaves in one day.It takes an adult man one hundred days to eat as much.Trunks help elephants get leaves from high places.What Makes an Elephant a Mammal?What Makes an Elephant a Mammal?All mammals have a backbone have hair on their bodies at some time in their lives are warm-blooded produce milk to feed their babiesYoung elephants drink milk from their mother for up to three years.An elephants big,round feet have soft pads on the bottom.An elephant uses its trunk to breathe,drink,pick up food,and more.Elephants flap their big ears to cool off.Elephants:Giant Mammals Level H1516Asian and African GiantsElephants are smart animals that take good care of each other.They are very special animals.Glossarybreathe(v.)to take in and let out air through the nose or mouth(p.6)calf(n.)a young cow,elephant,whale,or other large mammal(p.9)female(adj.)of,relating to,or being a plant or animal that can produce young or make eggs or seeds(p.12)males(n.)plants or animals that can fertilize a female (p.12)trunks(n.)long noses of elephants(p.5)weigh(v.)to have a certain heaviness or weight(p.9)Elephants are big,but gentle animals.Elephants:Giant Mammals Level H1516Asian and African GiantsElephants are smart animals that take good care of each other.They are very special animals.Glossarybreathe(v.)to take in and let out air through the nose or mouth(p.6)calf(n.)a young cow,elephant,whale,or other large mammal(p.9)female(adj.)of,relating to,or being a plant or animal that can produce young or make eggs or seeds(p.12)males(n.)plants or animals that can fertilize a female (p.12)trunks(n.)long noses of elephants(p.5)weigh(v.)to have a certain heaviness or weight(p.9)Elephants are big,but gentle animals.Elephants:Giant Mammals Level HFront and back cover:Young and old African elephants are walking in a line.Title page:Elephants dust their backs so they wont get sunburn.Page 3:This little elephant is trying out its legs.Baby elephants like to play.Photo Credits:Front cover,back cover:DLILLC/Corbis;cover icon:Elena Belyakova/iStock/Thinkstock;title page:Stefan Meyers/;page 3:Duncan Noakes/123RF;page 4:syntika/iStock/Thinkstock;page 5:Johan Swanepoel/123RF;page 6:numxyz/iStock/Thinkstock;page 7(top):Robert Hardholt/Hemera/Thinkstock;page 7(bottom):Jagdeep Rajput/;page 9:Chan Punya/123RF;page 10:D.Parer&E.Parer-Cook/;page 11:Marius Bester/D;page 12:PB_Images/iStock/Thinkstock;page 13:Anup Shah/Digital Vision/Thinkstock;page 14:Karl Terblanche/;page 15:Meinzahn/iStock/ThinkstockElephants:Elephants:Giant MammalsElephants:Giant MammalsGiants of the Animal World Level H Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Jane LingAll rights reserved.www.readinga-CorrelationLEVEL HH131414Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAWritten by Jane Lingwww.readinga-breathecalffemalemalestrunksweighWords to KnowWhat advantages do elephants have because of their size?Focus Questionwww.readinga-WritingWrite a newspaper article for kids explaining three or more interesting facts about elephants.ScienceResearch more about the differences between African and Asian elephants.Write a report about what you learned,listing five ways they are different.ConnectionsGIANTS OF THEANIMAL WORLDVisit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.LEVELED BOOK HLEVELED BOOK HWritten by Jane LingElephants:Giant MammalsA Reading AZ Level H Leveled BookWord Count:198Elephants:Elephants:Giant Mammals
