At a Touch Tank A Reading A–Z Level H Leveled Reader Word Count: 185 LEVELED READER • H At a Touch Tank Written by Kira Freed Visit www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials www.readinga-z.com At a Touch Tank Written by Kira Freed www.readinga-z.com This touch tank has animals from the coast of Alaska They live in very cold water At a Touch Tank • Level H This touch tank has animals from the coast of Alaska Sea stars live in this touch tank They live in very cold water At a Touch Tank • Level H This blood star is red like blood It has five arms, like most sea stars It feels rough when I touch it Blood stars eat sponges and tiny ocean animals At a Touch Tank • Level H This blood star is red like blood It has five arms, like most sea stars It feels rough when I touch it Blood stars eat sponges and tiny Anemones live in this touch tank ocean animals At a Touch Tank • Level H This anemone is pale pink It has many soft tentacles The tentacles gently grab my fingers when I touch them Anemones eat little shrimp and fish At a Touch Tank • Level H This anemone is pale pink It has many soft tentacles The tentacles gently grab my fingers when I touch them Sea urchins live in this touch tank Anemones eat little shrimp and fish At a Touch Tank • Level H This red sea urchin has many long spines The sharp spines move when I touch them Red sea urchins eat seaweed and other ocean plants At a Touch Tank • Level H This red sea urchin has many long spines The sharp spines move when I touch them Red sea urchins eat seaweed Sea cucumbers live in this touch tank and other ocean plants At a Touch Tank • Level H 10 This sea cucumber is the color of a brick Its body is covered with little bumps The bumps look sharp, but they feel soft Sea cucumbers eat tiny plants and animals in the ocean At a Touch Tank • Level H 11 This sea cucumber is the color of a brick Its body is covered with little bumps I never poke, pull, squeeze, The bumps look sharp, or move the animals but they feel soft I touch all of them gently Sea cucumbers eat tiny plants with just two fingers and animals in the ocean I want all the animals to stay safe At a Touch Tank • Level H 11 12 At a Touch Tank A Reading A–Z Level H Leveled Reader Word Count: 185 LEVELED READER • H At a Touch Tank Written by Kira Freed Visit www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials www.readinga-z.com At a Touch Tank Photo Credits: All photos Kira Freed/© Learning A–Z Special thanks to Clay and Lidia Petersen for appearing in the photographs in this book Thanks also to the Alaska SeaLife Center for permission to photograph the invertebrates and to aquarist Deanna Trobaugh for serving as a consultant for this book At a Touch Tank Level H Leveled Reader © Learning A–Z Written by Kira Freed Written by Kira Freed www.readinga-z.com All rights reserved www.readinga-z.com Correlation LEVEL H Fountas & Pinnell H Reading Recovery 13-14 DRA 14