HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Trees by Olivia Ramos by Olivia Ramos Trees PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS: Cover © Digital Stock/American Destinations; 1 © Martin Ruegner/Digital Vision; 2 © Radius Images/Alamy; 3 (tl) © Photo Disc, Inc, (tr) © Robert Llewellyn/Corbis, (bl) © D. Hurst/Alamy, (br) © Getty Images/StockFood; 4 © Niclas Albinsson/Briljans/Jupiter Images; 5 © Martin Ruegner/ Digital Vision; 6 © Digital Stock/American Destinations; 7 (l) © Momatiuk-Eastcott/Corbis, (r) © Momatiuk-Eastcott/Corbis; 8 (l) © Janusz Wrobel/Alamy, (r) © Robert Glusic/Corbis; 9 (l) © Imageshop/Corbis, (r) © PhotoDisc, Inc./Jeremy Hoare/ LifeFile; 10 © Comstock Images/Jupiter Images Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be addressed to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers, Attn: Permissions, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777. Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-42730-0 ISBN-10: 0-547-42730-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0940 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers retains title to the materials and they may not be resold. Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited. Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into electronic format. 2 Trees grow in many places. Can you see a tree from your window? 3 All trees grow from seeds. There are many kinds of seeds. 4 You can grow a tree! Put a seed in the ground. Pour water on it. The tree will grow better if it gets a lot of sun. 5 Care for your seed. Then wait. Your seed will grow… and grow… and become a tree! 6 Some trees look pretty different when the weather changes. Their leaves have turned different colors. 7 Green leaves can turn red, yellow, or orange. A cold night can help leaves start to change color in the fall. 8 Some trees lose their leaves in winter. If you saw those trees, you may have thought they did not look pretty. 9 Other trees always look the same. They look the same in summer and in winter. [...]...There are so many trees! Each tree is different Has someone told you the names of some trees? 10 Responding Word Builder What colors do trees turn during the fall? WORDS TO KNOW Write About It Text to Self Draw a picture of your favorite tree Write a sentence about it Use vocabulary . HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Trees by Olivia Ramos by Olivia Ramos Trees PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS: Cover © Digital Stock/American Destinations; 1 © Martin. start to change color in the fall. 8 Some trees lose their leaves in winter. If you saw those trees, you may have thought they did not look pretty. 9 Other trees always look the same. They look. winter. 10 There are so many trees! Each tree is different. Has someone told you the names of some trees? 11 Responding WORDS TO KNOW Word Builder What colors do trees turn during the fall? Text