by Katherine Scraper • illustrated by Laurence Knighton

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Who will Fox see in the forest?

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Skills at a GlanceMonitor-Reading• Make connections

Comprehension• Identify cause and effect

Phonemic Awareness and Phonics• Initial /w/ (we, weasel, went, will)

Fluency• Read exclamation points

Fiction Genre• Animal fantasy

Sentence Patterns • I like . likes the .

Language Development• Subject/verb agreement

* Numerals and vocabulary words on pages 2 and 3 arenot included in the word count of this book.

Summary

Fox visits the forest. He meets manyforest animals.

Early ExplorersTM

B E N C H M A R K E D U C AT I O N CO M PA N Y

629 Fifth Avenue • Pelham, NY 10803Credits:Editor: David HaggertyCreative Director: Jonette JakobsonArt Director: Glenn Davis

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ISBN: 978-1-4108-6023-1

Level 5 D Word Count: 105*

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Meet the Characters

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Fox

Porcupine

Ant

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3bees

Weasel

Bear

Owl

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Fox goes to the forest.

Fox sees Ant.

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Ant says, “You are new here.

You will like the forest!”

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Fox and Ant see Porcupine.

“You are new here,”

says Porcupine.

“I like the forest.

You will, too!”

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Fox and Ant see Owl.

Owl says, “Fox, you will like

the forest! I like to live here!”

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