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INVESTIGATE CATS
Have you ever heard Mama cheetah is very close The antelope sees Mama cheetah.
a house cat ROAR? to her prey now. She bursts out It runs. It dodges to the right. relationship featured
No! House cats cannot roar. of the tall grass. She runs fast. So does Mama. It dodges to the left.
Only big cats such as lions can roar. Mama does too. in these books are a key
But all cats are alike in Then Mama cheetah leaps.
some ways. They are all element of Investigators.
hunters, or predators.
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and eat other animals
for food. the stories and information
as much as they engage
Each book opens with a
with the text itself.
highly graphic spread that
frontloads vocabulary and
concepts needed to succeed
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in reading the book.

Key Vocabulary Activity Pages


Research has proven that Each book contains a
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CONNECT WITH CATS


Mama cheetah M EA SU RE Tigers have the biggest
looks for prey helping kids understand that cross-curricular activity Claw paws of all big cats.
almost every This shows the real size
day. The lions Antelope
the words we speak can be page, with a heavy emphasis of a tiger’s paw.
stole her food
yesterday. Gazelle
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cheetahs catch only about


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