Baby-Animals

BabyAnimals1Hereisababycat.Ababycatiscalledakitten.Hereisababydog.Ababydogiscalledapuppy.23Hereisababyduck.Ababyduckiscalledaduckling.4Hereisababychicken.Ababychickeniscalledachick.5Hereisababysheep.Ababysheepiscalledalamb.6Hereisababygoat.Ababygoatiscalledakid.Hereisababytiger.Ababytigeriscalledacub.7Hereisababybear.Ababybeariscalledacubtoo!8TheMustardSeedBooksprojectusesanopen-source,Wikipedia-typestrategy,leveragingpublicexpertisetocreateandrefineasetofhigh-qualitybooksthatsupportearlyreadingdevelopment.AllofthebooksandpicturesarecoveredbytheCreativeCommonsLicense()andarefreetoprint,distribute,andmodifyforpersonaloreducationaluse.Thebooksareavailableat’dlovetokeepimprovingthem.Anyfeedbackiswelcome.Wealsowelcomephotosorideasfornewbooks.PhotosforthesebookscomeprimarilyfromFlickr()andtheMorgueFile().Bothsitesaregreatresourcesforhigh-qualitypubliclyaccessiblephotosandforaspiringphotographerslookingtosharetheirwork.AllphotographsarecoveredbytheCreativeCommonsLicense().Photocredits:Cover:“ThePugFather”;page1:MorgueFile;page2:MorgueFile;page3:SteveWel-burn;page4:“mtsofan”;page5:MorgueFile;page6:“mtsofan”;page7:“TambakotheJaguar”;page8:“TambakotheJaguar”MustardSeedBooks-2011(by-nc-sa)Ouraimwiththisseriesofbooksistoweavetogethertwosignificantgoalsinthedesignofearlyreadingmaterials—thatthebooksarebothinstructionalandengaging.Booksdesignedtodevelopreadingskillsoftenendupfeelinglikeworktoread,whilebooksdesignedtobeinterestingareoftentoodifficultforbeginningreaders.Thesebooksforbeginningreaderssupportphonics-basedclassroominstructionbyincludingahighconcentrationofphoneticallyregularwords,aswellasthemostcommonlyusedsightwords.However,thebooksarewrittenusingpicturesandstoriesthatmakesense,withsimplelanguagestructuressupportingindependentreadingandlanguagedevelopment.Ourintentistoproducebooksthatkidswanttoread,thinkabout,talkaboutandreadagain.GuidedReading:CGradeLevel:1.2WordCount:97ReadingRecovery:3BOOKLEVELSSet1-K/Early1stGrade