Please use this resource with each of your students in your classroom. Keep young learners reading via home internet. This resource will keep readers reading at home. You are encouraged to send a copy to each child in your classroom. Then, kids will have multiple opportunities to read at home. This resource may be read on computer, tablet, or phone. File is not formatted for 2-sided printing. It can be printed single side.

This is a companion to the small book About Cats #10C

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Use this book for advanced Kindergarten readers. Or use it as an early intervention tool for older kids. This book introduces readers to the life of cats.

This resource shows young learners how to apply labels and facts within their own writing activities. You may also like Guiding Each Child Through the Writing Process for young learners.

Teachers never have enough leveled readers. Labels within the drawings help students with vocabulary. Labels provide students examples to include labels in their own writing. For young learners writing and reading should be taught together as often as possible. You will find two lines of text maximum per page. Questions can be easily asked to guide students with reading comprehension. I have leveled this book at a level C. Write me a note if you feel that it should be labeled at a different level. Thank you. See text of book below.

Sincerely,

Alberto Gutierrez (retired Kindergarten teacher)

About Cats #10C text:

• Title Page: Words: (feline, cats, all, most, like ear, eye). All cats are also called felines.
• Page 1: All cats have many sharp teeth. (grammar: 1 tooth; 2 teeth; 3 teeth.)
• Page 2: Cats need many sharp teeth because all cats eat meat. (grammar: 1 tooth; 2 teeth; 3 teeth.)
• Page 3: Cats like catching mice, birds, lizards, and other small animals. (grammar: 1 mouse; 2 mice; 3 mice.)
• Page 4: Cats have sharp claws on each foot. (info: Most cats have claws that retract into the foot.)
• Page 5: All cats have sharp claws on each paw. (info: The paw is the soft part on the bottom of the foot.)
• Page 6: All cats use claws for climbing and catching animals.
• Page 7: Did you know that a baby cat is called a kitten?
• Page 8: Kittens play with many things. Kittens learn by playing. (info: A baby or young cat is called a kitten. An adult cat is called a cat.)
• Page 9: All cats sleep a lot. (info: Most cats sleep any chance they can. Often, you will see a cat sleeping.)
• Page 10: Most cat food is made from meat or from fish. (info: All cats eat meat. Cats have sharp teeth. Cats are in the family called felines.)
• Page 11: Some people have cats for pets. Some cats like people. (info: Kittens born away from people are usually afraid of people. Have you seen a cat that runs away when it sees you? It is afraid of people.)
• Page 12: Did you know that a lion is also a cat? (info: A lion is also in the feline family. That means that a lion is also a cat.)
• Page 13: A lion is a very big cat. Lions are also called felines. (info: A boy lion has lots of hair around its head. That hair is called a mane. Only adult male lions have a mane.)
• Page 14: All lions eat meat. Only adult male lions have a mane.
• Page 15: Tigers are the biggest cats in the world. (info: All tigers have stripes. But each tiger has different stripes. No two tigers look the same. Tigers are bigger than lions.)
• Page 16: All tigers have stripes and each tiger looks different.
• Page 17: Lions and tigers are wild animals and can be dangerous.
• Page 18: Some tigers and lions can be seen in zoos.
• End Page: Parts of a cat
• Cats can be found in many parts of the world. Some cats are wild animals that cannot be pets for a house. Many wild cats can be dangerous. Some cats are tame and people have them as pets. Some people have more than one cat in their home. Do you have any cats? How many?

• (Suggestion: Teach young learners to discuss things that they know about cats. This is the beginning for organizing thoughts and ideas. Ask young writers to use this book as a model for their own writing an all about book. Ask them to draw and label before writing the body of the paper. Include factual information. Consider printing and using my blank book for writing their writing practice.) Blank book for writing process writing.