Level: F DRA: 10 Science Strategy: Infer/Predict Word Count: 192 Kite Flying 1.6.28 Build Vocabulary by Tom Crawford HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books 1431862 H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN Kite Flying by Tom Crawford PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS: Cover © Image Source/Corbis; 1 © Ariel Skelley/Corbis; 2 © Steve Porter/Alamy; 3 © Shutterstock; 4 © Image Source/Corbis; 5 © Alamy; 6 (l) © Image Source/Corbis, (r) © Image Source/Corbis; 7 © Jack Fields/Corbis; 8 © Alamy; 9 © Alamy; 10 © Rolf Bruderer/Corbis 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: 978-0-547-42745-4 ISBN-10: 0-547-42745-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. Look at all the kites. They fly across the sky. The best days to fly a kite are windy days. 2 Kites come in many colors, shapes, and sizes. Some kites are small, and some are very large. 3 Even kids can fly kites. You have to hold the kite above your head. Then hang on to the ball of string and run! 4 This is a box kite. It has a different shape. How does a kite fly? The wind lifts it u