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Shake, Rattle, and Roll

Shake, Rattle, and Roll
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 1 to 3
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   3.01

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    holds, road, bridge, below, bicycle, cannot, cause, class, crust, damage, during, feel, flat, floor, gentle, giant
     content words:    West Africa, San Francisco

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Shake, Rattle, and Roll
By KATHLEEN W. REDMAN 		  
1     Caption: An earthquake damaged this road and bridge in Japan in 2004.
 
2     The third grade class had a special visitor last Friday. Dr. Adams came to tell the students about earthquakes. He is a seismologist. That means he studies earthquakes.
 
3     Mrs. Dill told us to think of a lot of questions. We could ask Dr. Adams for answers. I made a list for Dr. Adams. It was long. Guess what? He knew all the answers!

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