I Love City Parks A Reading A–Z Level K Leveled Book Word Count: 418 LEVELED BOOK • K I Love City Parks Written by Katherine P Burdick Photographed by Kathleen V Page Visit www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials www.readinga-z.com I Love City Parks Written by Katherine P Burdick www.readinga-z.com Hi My name is Nina I live in Chicago I love living in the city I Love City Parks • Level K Chicago has many tall buildings Hi My name is Nina People live and work in them I live in Chicago Sometimes I feel as if I am walking through a canyon I love living in the city I Love City Parks • Level K One of my favorite things to in Chicago is to visit the parks Sometimes I play soccer at the park My uniform is blue I Love City Parks • Level K Some of the Chicago parks have beaches One of my favorite things to in Chicago is to visit the parks Chicago is next to Lake Michigan Sometimes I play soccer at the park My uniform is blue I Love City Parks • Level K Lake Michigan is one of the Great Lakes On hot days, I love to put my feet in the water On really hot days, I jump all the way in But Lake Michigan is usually cold Brrr! I Love City Parks • Level K On hot days, I love to put my feet in the water On really hot days, I jump all the way in Millennium Park is huge and has lots of things to The first thing I always is run to the giant silver bean But Lake Michigan is usually cold Brrr! I Love City Parks • Level K Sometimes my mom and I go to Millennium Park Its real name is Cloud Gate I like to lie next to it and see my reflection I love how it reflects the city and the people all around it If you walk under it and look up, you see something magical I Love City Parks • Level K I like to lie next to it and see my reflection We also visit the outdoor theater I love how it reflects the city and the people all around it Sometimes I stand where the audience sits If you walk under it and look up, you see something magical I pretend that I am listening to my favorite singer I Love City Parks • Level K 10 At other times, I sit on the stage and pretend I am the one singing I can hear the crowd clapping and cheering for me I Love City Parks • Level K 11 But the thing I love the best is to tickle my toes in Crown Fountain At other times, I sit on the stage and pretend I am the one singing I can hear the crowd clapping and cheering for me I Love City Parks • Level K 11 Crown Fountain has two gigantic towers of glass blocks The blocks show different videos of faces and places Water spills down from the top 12 People of all ages come here to laugh and play in the water I like to turn cartwheels and feel the water drip down my legs I Love City Parks • Level K 13 Each park has a stand that sells cool drinks and ice cream People of all ages come here to laugh and play in the water I like to turn cartwheels and feel the water drip down my legs I Love City Parks • Level K 13 Sometimes my mom gives me money, and I get to choose and pay It makes me feel grown up 14 After a long day, my mom and I take the El back home El is short for elevated train We wait on the platform for our train to come We don’t have to wait long I Love City Parks • Level K 15 During the ride home, I look out the window and watch the buildings whiz by After a long day, my mom and I take the El back home I think about what I will the next time I go to the park El is short for elevated train Will I play soccer? We wait on the platform for our train to come Will I play in water, or will I just turn cartwheels all day? We don’t have to wait long City parks are the best! I Love City Parks • Level K 15 16 I Love City Parks A Reading A–Z Level K Leveled Book Word Count: 418 LEVELED BOOK • K I Love City Parks Written by Katherine P Burdick Photographed by Kathleen V Page Visit www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials www.readinga-z.com I Love City Parks Written by Katherine P Burdick Photo Credits: All photos: Kathleen Virginia Page/© Learning A-Z City skyline (all pages): © iStockphoto.com/Giorgio Brugnoni I Love City Parks Level K Leveled Book © Learning A–Z Written by Katherine P Burdick All rights reserved www.readinga-z.com www.readinga-z.com Correlation LEVEL K Fountas & Pinnell Reading Recovery DRA J 17 18