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Suggested levels for Guided Reading, DRA,Suggested levels for Guided Reading, DRA,™™ Life ScienceLife Science Lexile,Lexile,®® and Reading Recoveryand Reading Recovery™™ are providedare provided in the Pearson Scott Foresman Leveling Guide.in the Pearson Scott Foresman Leveling Guide. CCaCCaararring fring fing foing foor Yor Yr Yor Yoououururrr PPePPeetett Bt BBiBiirirrdrddd ComprehensionComprehension GenreGenre Text FeaturesText Features Skills and StrategySkills and Strategy ExpositoryExpository • Cause and Effect• Cause and Effect • Captions• Captions nonfictionnonfiction • Main Idea• Main Idea • Glossary• Glossary • Graphic Organizers• Graphic Organizers • List• List • Sidebars• Sidebars Scott Foresman Reading Street 3.6.2Scott Foresman Reading Street 3.6.2 ì<(sk$m)=bdeabe<ì<(sk$m)=bdeabe<ISBNISBN 0-328-13401-50-328-13401-5 +^-Ä-U-Ä-U+^-Ä-U-Ä-U by Lana Cruceby Lana Cruce
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Reader Response Caring for YourCaring for Your1. What can happen if you and your familyare very busy and your bird lives alone inits cage? 2.PPeOn a separate piece of paper, copy thechart below. In the first column, list somethings you need to do before you bringett BBiirrdd your bird home. In the second column, list some things you need to do after you bring your bird home. Things to Do Before You Things to Do After You Bring Your Bird Home Bring Your Bird Home 3. What is another word forby Lana Crucecold 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
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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 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. Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd) Cover ©Catherine Karnow/CORBIS; 1 ©Tom & Dee Ann McCarthy/CORBIS; 3 ©Chris Jones/CORBIS; 4 ©B. Franklin/CORBIS; 5 ©Fine Art Photographic Library/CORBIS; 6(L) ©DK Limited/CORBIS; 6(R) ©DK Limited/CORBIS; 9 ©Steve Gorton/ Dorling Kindersley Media Library; 10 ©Staffan Widstrand/CORBIS; 11 ©ROB ELLIOTT/AFP/Getty Images; 13 ©Ralph A. Clevenger/CORBIS; 14 ©Bob Rowan; Progressive Image/CORBIS; 15 ©Catherine Karnow/CORBIS; 16 ©Ted Horowitz/CORBIS; 17(L) ©Eric and David Hosking/CORBIS; 17(R) ©DK Limited/CORBIS; 18 ©Tom & Dee Ann McCarthy/CORBIS; 19 ©Reuters/CORBIS ISBN: 0-328-13401-5 Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V0G1 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 3
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Choosing a Pet Bird There are many types of birds that Many birds were once brought from people keep as pets. Some people think foreign countries. Today, it is illegal to that birds in the parrot family make the bring birds from many countries. Taking best pets. These birds include parakeets, wild birds out of their natural habitat cockatiels, lovebirds, conures, and macaws. can make them become endangered. You They are very intelligent, loving, and should buy only birds that are bred and usually have long lives. You can teach them raised here in the United States. to do tricks and even to talk. All species of parrots come from places with warm climates, such as Mexico, Central America, and South America. 4 5
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Getting Ready for Your Pet Bird Before you bring your pet bird home, A pair of zebra finches you need to have a place for it to live. You need to get a cage. The cage should be large enough so that the bird can hold on to the bars and easily flap its wings. Cages with a rectangular shape are best. The bars should be spaced so that the bird can’t poke its head between them. Making a comfortable home for your bird is important to its health and happiness. A canary Some types of finches also make good pets. Many people keep chirpy zebra finches as pets. They are very small birds with orange feet and bright red beaks. Zebra finches should be kept in pairs so that they won’t get lonely. Canaries are another popular pet. The male canary has a lovely singing voice. Although canaries come in many colors, the most common canary color is bright yellow. Unlike zebra finches, canaries like to live alone. 6 7
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Your bird should have several different Many birds like bells, mirrors, light perches in its cage. This will allow the balls, rings, and swings. All bird toys should bird to stretch and change positions on be safe to chew on. Your bird’s toys should perches of different sizes and shapes. hang from chains, not from string. String Remember, your bird will stand on its can get tangled around your bird’s feet or perches twenty-four hours a day. neck. For your bird’s comfort, be sure that the perch is neither too narrow nor too wide. The perch is the right size if your bird’s toes just barely go around it. The perch should be made from edible wood so that your bird can chew on it. Some birds need to chew on things so that the upper parts of their beaks do not grow too long. Your bird also needs toys. Playing with toys gives birds exercise, as well as something to chew on. If you cut your own wood to make a perch, bake it in the oven at low heat for 30 to 45 minutes. Then you can put it in the cage. Baking it will kill any insects that may have been inside the wood. 8 9
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Feeding Your Pet Bird Taking Care of Your Pet Bird Before you bring home a pet bird, you Your bird should have fresh water will need to know the right kind of food every day. You should also change the to feed it. Your veterinarian or pet store newspaper at the bottom of its owner can help you find the exact kind of cage every day. The cage food to feed your particular bird. They can must be kept clean, also help you find the right recipe to make so the bird can stay your own bird food. healthy. Most pet birds like the challenge of Some birds like finding food. Birds are naturally curious to take baths. You creatures. Give them different treats, such can put a shallow as apples, carrots, and corn. Place the dish of water in the treats in different parts of the cage so your cage every week. pet can hunt for them. Remove the dish when the bird is finished bathing. Your bird should also have a dish of grit in its cage. Grit is small stones that a bird uses to grind its food, since it does not have teeth. It is also a good idea to attach Never place dishes a piece of mineral with food, treats, block to the side of water, or grit directly Feeding your bird the cage. Your bird is a good way to under a bird’s perch. show you care! needs minerals, such This will protect them as calcium. It can get from getting soiled these from pecking the by your bird. mineral block. 10 11
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Keeping Your Pet Bird Warm It is also important that your bird gets It is important to keep your bird warm. sunlight. But never put it in hot, direct Most birds are from warm climates and sunlight for a long time. Birds can become don’t like cold. This is especially important overheated easily. A good solution may be when you first bring your bird home. For to get a special light, called a full-spectrum the first few days, try to keep the room bird light. This light is good for your bird, where your bird is kept slightly warmer but it is not dangerous. than usual. Make sure there are no cold At night you should cover your bird’s drafts near the cage so that your bird will cage with a sheet or a towel. Your bird not get chilly. should have ten to twelve hours of total quiet and darkness each day. Macaws are native to very warm climates. A warm bird is a happy bird! 12 13
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Loving Your Pet Bird It is very important to meet your pet bird’s physical needs. It is just as important to let your bird know that you love it and that it can trust you. Birds can become sick from stress. This usually happens when a bird is a new pet. Your bird must adjust to its new surroundings and get to know you. Bird Care Tips Keep the bird in a warm room. Feed your bird food it is used to eating. Give your bird twelve hours of quiet and darkness each day. Do not handle your bird for the first few weeks. Except during playtime, keep the bird in its cage. Avoid loud noises around your bird. Your bird needs quiet time when you first bring it home. Do not try to pet or handle your bird right away. Keep your bird in its cage. Don’t let it fly around the house for the first few weeks. Your bird needs to relax and get used to its new home. Speak gently and quietly to your bird. It is very important to give your new pet time to Do not make any loud, sudden noises that get used to you, your family, and its new home. will frighten it. 14 15
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Like their owners, birds have feelings. Most birds are very smart and have good memories. If they are treated badly, they will remember it and start to behave badly. Lovebirds like Always be gentle and kind to your pet to live in pairs. bird. Never hit it or yell at it. Hitting or yelling will scare your bird. It may even try to bite you. Some people think it’s cute to dress their pet birds in doll clothes. This is not a good idea. It will confuse your bird and may make it feel foolish. Treat your bird well, and it will trust you and behave well. Canaries like to live alone. Birds can also get lonely. In the wild, most birds live in flocks with many other birds. If you have a lot of time to give to your bird, it will be happy living alone in its cage. If you are gone most of the day, it may be a good idea to get more than one bird. But first make sure that your bird will get along well with another bird. (Ask a vet.) 16 17
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Training Your Pet Bird Some birds can be trained to do tricks and even to talk. A well-trained bird repeats words, throws a ball into a cup, and bows its head when you clap. You can use books, Web sites, and magazines to find out how to train your bird. Remember, the most important rule is always to be gentle and patient with your A veterinarian can be your pet’s most important friend. bird. Although birds are usually very healthy, sometimes they can get sick. For example, if a bird is sneezing and keeping its feathers ruffled, it may have a cold. If it is scratching itself, it may have mites. If your bird is acting different from the way it usually acts, talk to a veterinarian. Every year, usually in the summer, birds molt. This means that they shed their old feathers and grow new ones. If your bird is molting, you do not need to worry or take it to the vet. If you keep your pet bird clean, warm, and well fed; talk to it and play with it every day; and take it to the vet if it Birds enjoy doing tricks. becomes sick, you will have a healthy, To them, they are just having fun! happy pet for a very long time! 18 19
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Glossary Reader Response bows v. bends the narrow adj. not very 1. What can happen if you and your family head or body wide are very busy and your bird lives alone in chilly adj. cold perches n. hanging its cage? foolish adj. bars for a bird to sit 2. On a separate piece of paper, copy the ridiculous or silly or rest on chart below. In the first column, list some recipe n. a set of things you need to do before you bring foreign adj. from a instructions for your bird home. In the second column, country other than making something list some things you need to do after you your own using certain bring your bird home. ingredients Things to Do Before You Things to Do After You Bring Your Bird Home Bring Your Bird Home 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? 20
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