Suggested levels for Guided Reading, DRA,™ Lexile,® and Reading Recovery™ are provided in the Pearson Scott Foresman Leveling Guide. Life Science Paws and Claws: Learn About Animal Tracks by Marianne Lenihan Genre Expository nonfiction Comprehension Skills and Strategy Draw Conclusions Author’s Purpose Ask Questions Text Features Labels Chart Heads Scott Foresman Reading Street 3.3.3 ISBN 0-328-13358-2 ì<(sk$m)=bd fib< +^-Ä-U-Ä-U Reader Response 1. You’re tracking an animal that has four toes on each foot and shows claw marks. Is the animal a cat or a dog? How can you tell? Paws and Claws: Learn About Animal Tracks 2. What else would you like to know about tracking animals? by Marianne LenihanUse a chart like the one below to tell what you know, what you want to know, and what you learned after reading more. K W L What We Know What We Want to Know What We Learned 3. How might a patch of grass differ from a golf course? 4. Turn to the chart on page 6. How did it help you to learn more about animal tracks? 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 Do you like solving mysteries? Animal tracks are like a mystery. The mystery is figuring out which animal made what track! Animal tracks give us clues about the animals that made them. Are you ready to learn about animal tracks? Let’s go! 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. Duck tracks Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman, a division of Pearson Education. Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd) Opener: ©DK Images; 3 ©DK Im