Level: J DRA: 18 Genre: Informational Text Strategy: Infer/Predict Skill: Details Word Count: 324 Dog Talk by Samantha Ronson 1.2.7 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books ISBN-13:978-0-547-02696-1 ISBN-10:0-547-02696-X 1032733 H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN 1_026961_AL_LRSE_CVR_L07_DOGTA.indd 1 5/17/10 5:15:51 PM Dog Talk by Samantha Ronson PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS: Cover © DLILLC/Corbis; 1 © Mark Raycroft; 2 © Comstock Select/Corbis; 3 © Mark Raycroft; 4 © DLILLC/Corbis; 5 © Image Source; 6 © Lisa Cattrelle/Corbis; 7 © DLILLC/Corbis; 8 © Martial Colombia; 9 © Masterfile; 10 © Mike Randolph/Masterfile Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be addressed to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers, Attn: Permissions, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777. Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02696-1 ISBN-10: 0-547-02696-X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0940 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers retains title to the materials and they may not be resold. Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited. Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into electronic format. Dogs do not use words. But dogs still tell us things. They move their body to show us how they feel. If you watch and listen, you can know what dogs are saying. 2 Why does this dog wag its tail? Most of the time, a dog wags its tail to show that it’s friendly. The dog is saying, “I feel happ