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The Old Goat and the Idaho Potato

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The Old Goat and the Idaho Potato
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Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 1 to 2
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	6.44

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		school, photograph, blown, bulldozer, description, lived, okay, photo, across, become, blew, blow, buffalo, center, clear, cloud
	content words:		Eight-year-old Joe, New Mexico, So Joe, Rio Rancho, Auto Store, San Ysidro, In Colorado, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Tetons, Old Faithful

Other Languages
     Spanish: La vieja cabra y la papa de Idaho

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The Old Goat and the Idaho Potato By Joyce Furstenau

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¹     Eight-year-old Joe brought an old photograph to school for show and tell. The photo showed a goat standing in a potato field in New Mexico.
 
²     "Everyone knows potatoes don't grow in New Mexico," said Sam. "Potatoes only grow in Idaho."
 
³     "Oh, no," said Joe, "Potatoes grow in other places, too. My grandfather gave me this photo. He told me a story about how the potato was brought to Idaho."

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