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1、www.readinga-WritingImagine seeing a condor in California.Write a letter to your friend,describing what you saw.ScienceCompare condor eggs to ostrich eggs,looking at the size,shape,and color of each.How are they the same?How are they different?Write a list.ConnectionsGIANTS OF THEANIMAL WORLDLEVELED

2、 BOOK HLEVELED BOOK HWritten by Vivienne Harding Condors:Giant Birds A Reading AZ Level H Leveled BookWord Count:194Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Condors:Giant Birds Condors:Giant Birds Condors:Giant Birds Condors:Giant Birds Condors:Giant Birds Giants of the Animal World

3、Level H Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Vivienne Harding All rights reserved.www.readinga-Front and back cover:This young condor is in flight over Argentina.Title page:Condors often sun themselves on tall cliffs.Page 3:This male Andean condor lives in South America.Photo Credits:Front cover,back

4、cover:Pablo Cersosimo/;cover icon:Elena Belyakova/iStock/Thinkstock;title page,page 3:imageBROKER/Alamy;page 4:syntika/iStock/Thinkstock;pages 6,8,11,15:Tui De Roy/Minden Pictures;page 7(top):Francois Gohier/;pages 7(bottom),9(top):Gabriel Rojo/NPL/Minden Pictures;page 9(bottom):REX USA/Mint Images/

5、Rex;page 10:John Cancalosi/;page 12:Windzepher/iStock/Thinkstock;page 13(left):Pete Oxford/NPL/Minden Pictures;page 13 (top right):REX USA/FLPA/Rex;page 13(bottom right):Murray Cooper/Minden Pictures;page 14:Tom+Pat Leeson/,CorrelationLEVEL HH131414Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAWritten by Vivien

6、ne Hardingwww.readinga-bathingclifffeatherslandnestswingWords to KnowWhat makes the condor an unusual bird?Focus Question34Table of ContentsA Very Big Bird .4Condor Homes .5Time to Clean Up .8From the Neck Up.11Condors Grow Up.13Big Wings in the Sky .15Glossary.16A Very Big BirdCondors are huge bird

7、s.One wing can be almost as long as a bicycle.How Big Is It?How Big Is It?Humanheight:6 feet(1.8 m)weight:175 pounds(79.4 kg)Andean Condorheight:up to 4 feet(1.2 m)wingspan:up to 10.5 feet(3.2 m)weight:up to 33 pounds(15 kg)California Condorheight:up to 4.6 feet(1.4 m)wingspan:up to 9.7 feet(3 m)wei

8、ght:up to 25 pounds(11 kg)Condors:Giant Birds Level H34Table of ContentsA Very Big Bird .4Condor Homes .5Time to Clean Up .8From the Neck Up.11Condors Grow Up.13Big Wings in the Sky .15Glossary.16A Very Big BirdCondors are huge birds.One wing can be almost as long as a bicycle.How Big Is It?How Big

9、Is It?Humanheight:6 feet(1.8 m)weight:175 pounds(79.4 kg)Andean Condorheight:up to 4 feet(1.2 m)wingspan:up to 10.5 feet(3.2 m)weight:up to 33 pounds(15 kg)California Condorheight:up to 4.6 feet(1.4 m)wingspan:up to 9.7 feet(3 m)weight:up to 25 pounds(11 kg)Condors:Giant Birds Level H56Condor HomesT

10、hese big birds like wide-open spaces.They need lots of room to land.Condors fly high to look for food.They can fly for a long time.Condors can fly about as high as ten tall skyscrapers stacked on top of each other.Where Condors LiveWhere Condors LiveCalifornia condor rangeAndean condor rangePACIFIC

11、OCEANPACIFIC OCEANATLANTIC OCEANATLANTIC OCEANNORTH AMERICASOUTH AMERICACaliforniaArizonaNevadaUtahAndes MountainsCondors:Giant Birds Level H56Condor HomesThese big birds like wide-open spaces.They need lots of room to land.Condors fly high to look for food.They can fly for a long time.Condors can f

12、ly about as high as ten tall skyscrapers stacked on top of each other.Where Condors LiveWhere Condors LiveCalifornia condor rangeAndean condor rangePACIFIC OCEANPACIFIC OCEANATLANTIC OCEANATLANTIC OCEANNORTH AMERICASOUTH AMERICACaliforniaArizonaNevadaUtahAndes MountainsCondors:Giant Birds Level H78T

13、ime to Clean Up Condors can eat all kinds of dead animals.They may eat a small rabbit or a big whale.Condors spend hours taking care of their feathers.Condors begin to hunt for food when they are about two years old.Sharp beaks help condors eat.Condors live in high places.They dry their wings in the

14、 sun after bathing.They make nests on rocky cliffs and in trees.Condors:Giant Birds Level H78Time to Clean Up Condors can eat all kinds of dead animals.They may eat a small rabbit or a big whale.Condors spend hours taking care of their feathers.Condors begin to hunt for food when they are about two

15、years old.Sharp beaks help condors eat.Condors live in high places.They dry their wings in the sun after bathing.They make nests on rocky cliffs and in trees.Condors:Giant Birds Level H910Condors can eat dead animals without getting sick.This California condor is about to eat a whale that has washed

16、 up on a beach.What Makes a Condor a Bird?What Makes a Condor a Bird?All birds have a backbone have feathers have wings have a bill lay eggs are warm-bloodedA condors wings can reach as wide as 10.5 feet(3.2 m).A condor has strong legs and wide talons.A condors bill is strong and sharp.A condor has

17、feathers on its body but not on its head.Condors often share their meals.Condors:Giant Birds Level H910Condors can eat dead animals without getting sick.This California condor is about to eat a whale that has washed up on a beach.What Makes a Condor a Bird?What Makes a Condor a Bird?All birds have a

18、 backbone have feathers have wings have a bill lay eggs are warm-bloodedA condors wings can reach as wide as 10.5 feet(3.2 m).A condor has strong legs and wide talons.A condors bill is strong and sharp.A condor has feathers on its body but not on its head.Condors often share their meals.Condors:Gian

19、t Birds Level H1112From the Neck Up Some condors have white feathers around their necks.Others are all black.Condors do not have feathers on their heads.Condor heads can change colors.The color shows how the condors are feeling.Male Andean condors have extra skin on their heads.This is called a comb

20、.Condors have no feathers on their heads.This helps them stay cleaner after they eat.Condors:Giant Birds Level H1112From the Neck Up Some condors have white feathers around their necks.Others are all black.Condors do not have feathers on their heads.Condor heads can change colors.The color shows how

21、 the condors are feeling.Male Andean condors have extra skin on their heads.This is called a comb.Condors have no feathers on their heads.This helps them stay cleaner after they eat.Condors:Giant Birds Level H1314Condors Grow Up Mother condors lay one egg every two years.Both parents take care of th

22、e egg.The baby condor comes out of the egg after two months.Six months later,it starts to fly.Condors can live almost as long as a person.There are very few condors today.People watch condors to keep them safe.Scientists have tagged this condor.The tag helps people keep track of the condor.(top left

23、)An Andean mother takes care of her egg in a cave.(top right)A baby condor waits for its parents to bring food.(bottom right)Male and female condors feed their chicks.Condors:Giant Birds Level H1314Condors Grow Up Mother condors lay one egg every two years.Both parents take care of the egg.The baby

24、condor comes out of the egg after two months.Six months later,it starts to fly.Condors can live almost as long as a person.There are very few condors today.People watch condors to keep them safe.Scientists have tagged this condor.The tag helps people keep track of the condor.(top left)An Andean moth

25、er takes care of her egg in a cave.(top right)A baby condor waits for its parents to bring food.(bottom right)Male and female condors feed their chicks.Condors:Giant Birds Level H1516Big Wings in the Sky Condors are special birds.They are some of the largest flying birds in the world.Glossary bathin

26、g(v.)washing or soaking all or part of the body(p.7)cliffs(n.)steep faces of rock,dirt,or ice(p.7)feathers(n.)the soft,fluffy parts of a bird that cover its body and make up its tail(p.11)land(v.)to set down on a place (p.5)nests(n.)places where birds or other animals lay eggs and/or take care of th

27、eir young(p.7)wing(n.)either of the limbs that help insects and birds to fly(p.4)A condor can ride the wind without flapping its wings.Condors are good flyers.They can fly for a long time without flapping their wings.Condors:Giant Birds Level H1516Big Wings in the Sky Condors are special birds.They

28、are some of the largest flying birds in the world.Glossary bathing(v.)washing or soaking all or part of the body(p.7)cliffs(n.)steep faces of rock,dirt,or ice(p.7)feathers(n.)the soft,fluffy parts of a bird that cover its body and make up its tail(p.11)land(v.)to set down on a place (p.5)nests(n.)pl

29、aces where birds or other animals lay eggs and/or take care of their young(p.7)wing(n.)either of the limbs that help insects and birds to fly(p.4)A condor can ride the wind without flapping its wings.Condors are good flyers.They can fly for a long time without flapping their wings.Condors:Giant Bird

30、s Level HCondors:Giant Birds Condors:Giant Birds Condors:Giant Birds Giants of the Animal World Level H Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Vivienne Harding All rights reserved.www.readinga-Front and back cover:This young condor is in flight over Argentina.Title page:Condors often sun themselves on t

31、all cliffs.Page 3:This male Andean condor lives in South America.Photo Credits:Front cover,back cover:Pablo Cersosimo/;cover icon:Elena Belyakova/iStock/Thinkstock;title page,page 3:imageBROKER/Alamy;page 4:syntika/iStock/Thinkstock;pages 6,8,11,15:Tui De Roy/Minden Pictures;page 7(top):Francois Goh

32、ier/;pages 7(bottom),9(top):Gabriel Rojo/NPL/Minden Pictures;page 9(bottom):REX USA/Mint Images/Rex;page 10:John Cancalosi/;page 12:Windzepher/iStock/Thinkstock;page 13(left):Pete Oxford/NPL/Minden Pictures;page 13 (top right):REX USA/FLPA/Rex;page 13(bottom right):Murray Cooper/Minden Pictures;page

33、 14:Tom+Pat Leeson/,CorrelationLEVEL HH131414Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAWritten by Vivienne Hardingwww.readinga-bathingclifffeatherslandnestswingWords to KnowWhat makes the condor an unusual bird?Focus Questionwww.readinga-WritingImagine seeing a condor in California.Write a letter to your fr

34、iend,describing what you saw.ScienceCompare condor eggs to ostrich eggs,looking at the size,shape,and color of each.How are they the same?How are they different?Write a list.ConnectionsGIANTS OF THEANIMAL WORLDLEVELED BOOK HLEVELED BOOK HWritten by Vivienne Harding Condors:Giant Birds A Reading AZ Level H Leveled BookWord Count:194Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Condors:Giant Birds Condors:Giant Birds