Suggested levels for Guided Reading, DRA,™ Lexile,® and Reading Recovery™ are provided in the Pearson Scott Foresman Leveling Guide. Life Science Caring ffoo r Yo Your Pet Bird Genre Expository nonfiction Comprehension Skills and Strategy Cause and Effect Main Idea Graphic Organizers Text Features Captions Glossary List Sidebars Scott Foresman Reading Street 3.6.2 ISBN 0-328-13401-5 ì<(sk$m)=bdeabe< +^-Ä-U-Ä-U by Lana Cruce Reader Response 1. What can happen if you and your family are very busy and your bird lives alone in its cage? Caring for Your 2. On a separate piece of paper, copy the chart below. In the first column, list some things you need to do before you bring your bird home. In the second column, list some things you need to do after you bring your bird home. Pet Bird Things to Do Before You Bring Your Bird Home Things to Do After You Bring Your Bird Home by Lana Cruce 3. What is another word for cold that you learned from this selection? Write it on your paper. Use a dictionary to find a word that means the opposite. Use each in a sentence. 4. Which bird in this selection is small, has orange feet and a red beak, and likes company? Which bird is your favorite? Why? Editorial Offices: Glenview, Illinois • Parsippany, New Jersey • New York, New York Sales Offices: Needham, Massachusetts • Duluth, Georgia • Glenview, Illinois Coppell, Texas • Ontario, California • Mesa, Arizona Birds make wonderful pets. They are beautiful. Some are very smart. Most are very loving. People have been keeping birds as pets for thousands of years. Today, pet birds are still popular pets. Having a pet bird is a lot of fun, but it is also a big responsibility. It takes work, understanding, patience, and lots of love to have a happy pet bird. Parakeets are very popular birds to have as pets. Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and ple