BENCHMARK • J Animal Olympics Written by Joe Slade • Illustrated by Nora Voutas www.readinga-z.com Animal Olympics A Reading A–Z Level J Benchmark Book • Word Count: 401 Visit www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials Animal Olympics Level J Benchmark Book © Learning A–Z Written by Joe Slade Illustrated by Nora Voutas All rights reserved www.readinga-z.com Correlation LEVEL J Fountas & Pinnell Reading Recovery DRA J 17 18 www.readinga-z.com Written by Joe Slade Illustrated by Nora Voutas Animal Olympics Bongo woke up early on the day of the Animal Olympics He was very excited He was sure he could win a gold medal Animal Olympics • Level J Benchmark Book All the young animals were invited to compete in the games The Animal Olympics were being held at the zoo Bongo woke up early on the day of the Animal Olympics He was very excited He was sure he could win a gold medal Animal Olympics • Level J Benchmark Book All the young animals were invited to compete in the games The Animal Olympics were being held at the zoo The first event was running Bongo thought he was a good runner He was sure he would win the race The animals lined up at the starting line “Ready, set, go!” yelled the starter Animal Olympics • Level J Benchmark Book The cheetah won Bongo was last when the winner reached the finish line Bongo had only run three steps The first event was running Bongo thought he was a good runner He was sure he would win the race The animals lined up at the starting line “Ready, set, go!” yelled the starter Animal Olympics • Level J Benchmark Book The cheetah won Bongo was last when the winner reached the finish line Bongo had only run three steps Bongo was not worried There were still five events left He would win the next event, the long jump He was a great jumper He was sure he would win the long jump Animal Olympics • Level J Benchmark Book Bongo was last The kangaroo was the winner The kangaroo jumped to the end of the sandpit Bongo did not even reach the sandpit Bongo was not worried There were still five events left He would win the next event, the long jump He was a great jumper He was sure he would win the long jump Animal Olympics • Level J Benchmark Book Bongo was last The kangaroo was the winner The kangaroo jumped to the end of the sandpit Bongo did not even reach the sandpit Bongo was not worried There were still four events left He would win the next event, swimming He was a great swimmer He was sure he would win the swimming race Animal Olympics • Level J Benchmark Book 10 Bongo was last The dolphin was the winner when the winner reached the end of the pool Bongo had only swum three strokes Bongo was not worried There were still four events left He would win the next event, swimming He was a great swimmer He was sure he would win the swimming race Animal Olympics • Level J Benchmark Book 10 Bongo was last The dolphin was the winner when the winner reached the end of the pool Bongo had only swum three strokes Bongo was not worried There were still three events left He would win the next event, diving He was a great diver He was sure he would win the diving event 11 Animal Olympics • Level J Benchmark Book 12 Bongo was last She scored 10 points The winner was the seal But he only scored points Bongo made his very best dive Bongo was not worried There were still three events left He would win the next event, diving He was a great diver He was sure he would win the diving event Animal Olympics • Level J Benchmark Book 11 12 Bongo was last She scored 10 points The winner was the seal But he only scored points Bongo made his very best dive Bongo was not worried There were still two events left He would win the next event, weightlifting He was very strong He was sure he would win the weightlifting event 13 Animal Olympics • Level J Benchmark Book 14 Bongo was last The elephant was the winner The elephant lifted much more Bongo used all his strength to lift the barbells Bongo was not worried There were still two events left He would win the next event, weightlifting He was very strong He was sure he would win the weightlifting event Animal Olympics • Level J Benchmark Book 13 14 Bongo was last The elephant was the winner The elephant lifted much more Bongo used all his strength to lift the barbells Bongo was very worried There was only one event left He had to win it to get a gold medal He wasn’t sure he could win the next event, gymnastics He was worried that the other animals were better gymnasts 15 Animal Olympics • Level J Benchmark Book 16 He scored ten points and won a gold medal He was perfect It was Bongo’s turn and scored only one point The elephant was very clumsy He scored two points The kangaroo was worse He scored three points He wasn’t very good The cheetah went first Bongo was very worried There was only one event left He had to win it to get a gold medal He wasn’t sure he could win the next event, gymnastics He was worried that the other animals were better gymnasts Animal Olympics • Level J Benchmark Book 15 16 He scored ten points and won a gold medal He was perfect It was Bongo’s turn and scored only one point The elephant was very clumsy He scored two points The kangaroo was worse He scored three points He wasn’t very good The cheetah went first BENCHMARK • J Animal Olympics Written by Joe Slade • Illustrated by Nora Voutas www.readinga-z.com Animal Olympics A Reading A–Z Level J Benchmark Book • Word Count: 401 Visit www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials Animal Olympics Level J Benchmark Book © Learning A–Z Written by Joe Slade Illustrated by Nora Voutas All rights reserved www.readinga-z.com Correlation LEVEL J Fountas & Pinnell Reading Recovery DRA J 17 18 www.readinga-z.com Written by Joe Slade Illustrated by Nora Voutas Animal Olympics