The Story
Vocabulary
Comprehension
Surprise!
BONUS, 200
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Why would the pictures of leaves help the reader?
To see the different shapes of leaves, like big hearts and skinny needles.
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Define the word absorb.
To take in or soak up.
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What are the tree roots responsible for?
Tree roots absorb water and provide nutrients.
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What is the genre of A Tree Is Growing?
Informational text.
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What happens when you rub a Sassafras leaf? Hint: page 77
The sap smells spicy
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Define the word store.
To put away for later use.
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What do you learn from the pictures of tree bark and their caption?
Bark can help identify the trees.
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What is the definition of informational text?
Gives factual information about a topic.
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Which vocabulary word means, "to leak out slowly"? Give an example from the story.
Ooze. Sap oozes out of a tree.
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What is the oldest known living tree on earth?
The Bristlecone pines
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Define the word throughout.
All the way through.
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Why does the Baobab tree store water?
So that it can use the water when the weather becomes dry.
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Who wrote A Tree Is Growing?
Arthur Dorros.
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What does the reader learn from the text and graphic features on maple syrup?
It is made of boiled sap.
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Define the word tropical.
Having to do with the warm areas of the earth near the equator.
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How are pine trees different from many trees that have leaves?
They have needles that do not change color.
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Which will you see first on a tree, buds or leaves? Why?
Buds come first and turn into leaves.
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What would happen if the branch broke off of the tree?
The sap oozes out.
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Define the word dissolve.
To seem to disappear when mixed with liquid.
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What happens to trees during the spring?
They have flowers and make seeds. Cambium also grows.
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Define the word spines and use it in a sentence.
Sharp, pointy growths on some plants and animals.
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