A Pocket Park for Tiny A Reading A–Z Level I Leveled Book Word Count: 302 LEVELED BOOK • I A Pocket Park for Tiny Written by Salomon Dunphy • Illustrated by Donald Wu Visit www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials www.readinga-z.com A Pocket Park for Tiny Written by Salomon Dunphy Illustrated by Donald Wu www.readinga-z.com April and her brother, Jesse, lived in the city April’s mom gave her a puppy named Tiny for her birthday A Pocket Park for Tiny • Level I April and her brother, Jesse, lived April and Jesse wanted to play in the city outside with Tiny April’s mom gave her a puppy They had no place to go named Tiny for her birthday They asked their mom what to A Pocket Park for Tiny • Level I “The city owns the empty lot across the street,” Mom said “Let’s ask them if we could put a pocket park there.” A Pocket Park for Tiny • Level I “The city owns the empty lot across “What kind of pocket has a park?” the street,” Mom said Jesse asked “Let’s ask them if we could put He pulled a penny out of his pocket a pocket park there.” A Pocket Park for Tiny • Level I “No park here,” he said “A pocket park is a small park,” Mom explained April and Jesse thought a pocket park was a great idea A Pocket Park for Tiny • Level I “First, our neighbors need to sign “A pocket park is a small park,” a paper,” Mom said Mom explained “It says they want the park, too.” April and Jesse thought a pocket “We’ll take that with us when we go to city hall,” April said park was a great idea A Pocket Park for Tiny • Level I April, Jesse, and their mom talked to the neighbors Everyone signed the paper A Pocket Park for Tiny • Level I Then, Mom took April and Jesse to city hall April, Jesse, and their mom talked They showed a woman the paper to the neighbors Mom had to fill out some other Everyone signed the paper papers A Pocket Park for Tiny • Level I 10 “Now we have to wait for the permit,” Mom said “It says we can build the park.” They waited, and a few weeks later it came A Pocket Park for Tiny • Level I 11 “Let’s build a pocket park!” April and Jesse said “Now we have to wait for the “Let’s ask the neighborhood to help,” permit,” Mom said Mom replied “It says we can build the park.” April, Jesse, and their mom talked They waited, and a few weeks to their neighbors again later it came Everyone wanted to help A Pocket Park for Tiny • Level I 11 12 The next weekend, the whole neighborhood met at the lot They picked up trash and pulled weeds They planted grass and flowers A Pocket Park for Tiny • Level I 13 The next weekend, the whole neighborhood met at the lot Mr Martin donated a nice bench They picked up trash and Mrs Lee donated a fountain pulled weeds April and Jesse painted a picture They planted grass and flowers on the wall A Pocket Park for Tiny • Level I 13 14 Everyone was very tired when it was done They had a little party in the pocket park The neighborhood was happier because of the new park Even Tiny made new friends A Pocket Park for Tiny • Level I 15 Glossary build (v.) to make something from parts (p 11) city hall (n.) the main government building of a town or city (p 8) donated (v.) gave as a gift to a fund or a cause (p 14) lot (n.) a piece of land (p 5) neighbors (n.) people who live near Everyone was very tired when other people (p 8) it was done permit (n.) They had a little party in the someone permission pocket park to something (p 11) The neighborhood was happier because of the new park Even Tiny made new friends A Pocket Park for Tiny • Level I a paper that gives 15 16 A Pocket Park for Tiny A Reading A–Z Level I Leveled Book Word Count: 302 LEVELED BOOK • I A Pocket Park for Tiny Written by Salomon Dunphy • Illustrated by Donald Wu Visit www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials www.readinga-z.com A Pocket Park for Tiny Written by Salomon Dunphy Illustrated by Donald Wu www.readinga-z.com A Pocket Park for Tiny Level I Leveled Book © Learning A–Z Written by Salomon Dunphy Illustrated by Donald Wu All rights reserved www.readinga-z.com Correlation LEVEL I Fountas & Pinnell I Reading Recovery 15–16 DRA 16