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Wetlands
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grade 1
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   0.00

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    ducks, eggs, kinds, logs, marsh, saved, wetland, what, also, become, care, dirt, dirty, fish, flies, gone


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Wetlands
By Mary Lynn Bushong
  

1     What is a wetland? It is not a dry land. It is not a lake. It is some of both! There are many kinds of wetlands.
 
2     A marsh has plants. They have grass and reeds. A swamp has trees growing in the water. A bog has lots of moss. A fen also has moss. They have reeds too. All of those places are wet!
 
3     Many things live in wetlands. Fish live in the water. Tiny, baby fish hide in the reeds. They live there until they are bigger.
 
4     Frogs also like the water. They eat flies. They also eat bugs. There are many things to eat.

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