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 Endangered Animals!

Endangered Animals!

A Short Reader

Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 6 to 8
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   6.57

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    abnormal, pigeon, burning, long-lasting, fate, better, shortly, billion, plentiful, crude, european, natural, conserve, loss, environment, destroy
     content words:    Indian Ocean, On TV, North America, Cincinnati Zoo

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Endangered Animals!
By Vickie Chao
Rewritten as a short reader by Cindy Grigg 		  
1     Caption: The passenger pigeon, 1914
 
2     What do these animals have in common?
pandas
rhinoceros
Mexican burrowing snakes
loggerhead turtles
California condors
small tooth sawfish
pink pigeons

 
3     They are all endangered animals!

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