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Reindeer (Christmas)

Reindeer (Christmas)
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 3 to 6
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   6.76

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    accumulation, caribou, pregnant, uncover, favorite, behavior, bitter, sleigh, male, slippery, birth, return, refer, term, year, south
     content words:    Santa Claus, On Christmas Eve, North America

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Reindeer (Christmas)   
1     Reindeer are Santa Claus' favorite animals! On Christmas Eve every year, reindeer drive Santa Claus in his sleigh to give gifts to kids around the world.
 
2     Reindeer live in very cold places near the Arctic. They wear thick fur coats to fight off the bitter weather. They have sharp hooves to balance themselves on slippery grounds and to dig out food buried deep under snow. They also have long, branched antlers to fight with each other. Unlike their other deer relatives, female reindeer have antlers just like their male counterparts. Reindeer shed their old antlers and grow new ones ever year.
 
3     Reindeer are vegetarians. They feed on grasses, mosses, lichens, birch and willow leaves, and fungi. To make sure that they have food supply all year round, reindeer must travel for thousands of miles each year. We call this animal behavior "migration."

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