Families LEVELED BOOK • I A Reading A–Z Level I Leveled Book Word Count: 313 Families Family Tree Chart
Written by Francis Morgan
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Families Written by Francis Morgan Level I Leveled Book Correlation © Learning A–Z LEVEL I Written by Francis Morgan Fountas & Pinnell I All rights reserved. Reading Recovery 15–16 DRA 16 www.readinga-z.com www.readinga-z.com Grandparents
Paternal Paternal grandfather grandmother
Father
The parents of your mother and Your family members father are your grandparents. are your relatives. You have two grandfathers. You can have many relatives. One is your father’s father. Grandparents, parents, brothers, He is called your paternal grandfather. sisters, aunts, uncles, and cousins The other is your mother’s father. are all relatives. He is called your maternal grandfather.
Families • Level I 3 4 Sometimes people’s grandparents die before they get to know them.
Grandparents
Maternal Maternal grandfather grandmother
Parents Great-Grandparents
Mother
Grandparents
Me Parents
You have two grandmothers. One is your father’s mother. Father She is your paternal grandmother. The other is your mother’s mother. She is your maternal grandmother. Me
Families • Level I 5 6 Many people do not get to know their If your mother or father have great-grandparents. brothers, these brothers are called Great-grandparents are the parents your uncles. of your grandparents. If your uncle is married, his wife is called your aunt.
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
Grandparents
Uncle Father Mother Aunt my mother’s sister
Mother
Me
Families • Level I 7 8 If your mother or father have sisters, If your aunts and uncles have children, these sisters are also called your aunts. these children are your cousins. If your aunt is married, her husband If you have an older brother or sister is called your uncle. who has children, you are an aunt or uncle to their children.
Father Uncle Mother Aunt
Aunt Uncle Uncle Aunt Brother- my my in-law mother’s mother’s Sister brother sister Me
Nephew Niece
Families • Level I 9 10 Your brother’s or sister’s children who Sometimes parents get married are boys are your nephews. more than once. If the children are girls, they are If your mother has a husband who is your nieces. not your father, he is your stepfather. If your father has a wife who is not your mother, she is your stepmother.
Aunt Uncle Uncle Aunt Father First wife of Stepfather
Mother Stepfather
Cousin Cousin Cousin
Brother
Me
Families • Level I 11 12 If your stepmother or stepfather have If your father and stepmother have children from a previous marriage, children, these children are your these children are your stepbrothers half brothers or half sisters. or stepsisters.
Stepmother Stepfather
Father Mother
Half brother Stepsister Stepbrother Stepsister
Brother
Me
Families • Level I 13 14 The children of your mother and Many people study the history stepfather are also your half brothers of their family. or half sisters. They show the family history on a diagram called a family tree. Family Tree Chart First wife of Stepfather
Stepsister Stepbrother Stepsister
Half sister Half brother Half sister
Families • Level I 15 16