LEVELED BOOK • H Weird Bird Beaks Written by Joe Slade • R H • N www.readinga-z.com Weird Bird Beaks A Reading A–Z Level H Leveled Book • Word Count: 130 Visit www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials. Photo Credits: Front cover: © Thomas Marent/Minden Pictures; back cover: © Keith Kapple/SuperStock; title page, page 5: © © Tim Zurowski/All Canada Photos/ SuperStock; page 4: © Markoflaherty/Dreamstime.com; page 6: © Louise Heusinkveld/Oxford Scientific/Getty Images; page 7: © Tim Fitzharris/ Minden Pictures; page 8: © FLPA/Alamy; page 9: © Dreamstime.com; page 10: © Kip Evans/Alamy; page 11: © Eduardo Rivero/123RF; page 12: © Duncan Usher/Alamy Weird Bird Beaks Level H Leveled Book Correlation © Learning A–Z LEVEL H Written by Joe Slade Fountas & Pinnell H All rights reserved. Reading Recovery 13–14 www.readinga-z.com DRA 14 www.readinga-z.com Written by Joe Slade Joe by Written Weird Bird Beaks Bird Weird Table of Contents Bearded Barbet ........................................................................................ 4 Crossbill ........................................................................................................... 5 Rhinoceros Hornbill ................................................................................. 6 Sword-Billed Hummingbird ................................................................ 7 Brown Pelican ............................................................................................. 8 Shoebill Stork ............................................................................................... 9 Spoonbill ....................................................................................................... 10 Toucan ............................................................................................................. 11 Weird Bird Beaks • Level H 3 4 I have feathers on my beak that look like hair. like look that beak my on feathers have I I am a bearded barbet. bearded a am I Bearded Barbet Bearded Crossbill I am a crossbill. My beak is crossed like an X. My beak gets the seeds out of tree cones. Weird Bird Beaks • Level H 5 6 I use it to knock down fruit. down knock to it use I I have a horn on top of my beak. beak. my of top on horn a have I I am a rhinoceros hornbill. rhinoceros a am I Rhinoceros Hornbill Rhinoceros Sword-Billed Hummingbird I am a sword-billed hummingbird. I use my long beak to drink from flowers. Weird Bird Beaks • Level H 7 8 I can hold fish in the skin under my beak. my under skin the in fish hold can I I am a brown pelican. brown a am I Brown Pelican Brown Shoebill Stork I am a shoebill stork. My beak is shaped like a shoe. Weird Bird Beaks • Level H 9 10 My long beak looks like a spoon. a like looks beak long My I am a spoonbill. a am I Spoonbill Toucan I am a toucan. My huge and colorful beak is very light. Weird Bird Beaks • Level H 11 12 Which beak is your favorite? your is beak Which Many birds have weird beaks. weird have birds Many.