Suggested levels for Guided Reading, DRA,™ Lexile,® and Reading Recovery™ are provided in the Pearson Scott Foresman Leveling Guide. Genre Concept Nonfiction Communities Scott Foresman Reading Street 1.2.5 In the Forest Concept Literacy ISBN 0-328-26361-3 ì<(sk$m)=cgdgbf< +^-Ä-U-Ä-U 26361_CVR_FSD.indd A-B by Emma Casey 4/5/07 2:23:52 PM High-Frequency Words live the tree Concept Words forest plants In the Forest Think and Share Read Together 1. What kinds of things do birds, bugs, deer, and bears need in order to thrive in a forest? 2. Which plants and animals in the forest could also live in a backyard? 3. What might happen to animals in the bytrees Emma Casey forest if the there were chopped down? birds deer bears Word count: 30 Note: The total word count includes words in the running text and headings only. Numerals and words in chapter titles, captions, labels, diagrams, charts, graphs, sidebars, and extra features are not included. Editorial Offices: Glenview, Illinois • Parsippany, New Jersey • New York, New York Sales Offices: Boston, Massachusetts • Duluth, Georgia • Glenview, Illinois Coppell, Texas • Sacramento, California • Mesa, Arizona Photographs Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions. Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman, a division of Pearson Education. CVR ©Gregory K. Scott/Photo Researchers, Inc.; 1 ©Nikki Heikki/OSF/Animals Animals/ Earth Scenes; 3 ©Laura Ciapponi/Getty Images; 4 ©Nikki Heikki/OSF/Animals Animals/ Earth Scenes; 5 ©Mark Jones/Animals Animals/Earth Scenes; 6 ©Stephen Dalton/Photo Researchers, Inc.; 7 ©Gregory K. Scott/Photo Researchers, Inc.; 8 ©Johnny Johnson/ Animals Animals/Earth Scenes ISBN: 0-328-26361-3 Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the Unite