Level: J DRA: 18 Science Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Word Count: 266 2.3.14 Build Vocabulary by Karen J. Rothbardt HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books 1033039 H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN by Karen J. Rothbardt PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS: Cover Altrendo Images/Getty Images. 1 Will & Deni McIntyre/Getty Images. 2 Sally and Richard Greenhill/Alamy. 3 © Corbis. 4 © Scott T Baxter/Age Fotostock. 5 © Don Farrall/Age Fotostock. 6 China Photos/ Getty Images. 7 Will & Deni McIntyre/Getty Images. 8 © Spencer Grant / PhotoEdit. 9 © Spencer Grant/PhotoEdit. 10 Altrendo Images/Getty Images. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin 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 or retrieval system without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. With the exception of nonprofit transcription into Braille, Houghton Mifflin is not authorized to grant permission for further uses of this work. Permission must be obtained from the individual copyright owner as identified herein. Address requests for permission to make copies of Houghton Mifflin material to School Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company, 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116. Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02922-1 ISBN-10: 0-547-02922-5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SDP 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 2_000000_VR3_4BL_SpecialTools.in1 1 1/18/08 2:22:00 PM Some people need help to see and hear. It may be hard for them to hear or hard for them to see. But special tools help them. 2 2_000000_VR3_4BL_SpecialTools.in2 2 1/18/08 2:22:04 PM Some people are born deaf or blind. Other people may get sick, and the illness hurts their eyes or ears. 3 2_000000_VR3_4BL_SpecialTools.in3 3 1/18/08 2:22:12 PM This boy cannot see, so he uses a special cane. He hears the motion of the cars, so he stops. When the cars sto