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This saries of non-fiction readers provides interesting and edueational content, with activities and project work Series Editor: Hazel Geatchos \udio CD Pack available Word count for this reader 691 Level 4 Lovel 3 Level 6 evel 2 Level 4 Level @ OXFORD Va 78.018 so40a0 Dra C Ae www.oup,com/elt Lemx NM ecko Neu teMaetc ha Trees Rachel Bladon Introduction 3 1 What Is a Tree? 4 2 Parts of a Tree 6 3 Flowers and Seeds 8 4 Different Trees 10 5 What Trees Do 12 6 Things from Trees 14 7 Homes in Trees 16 8 Protect Trees! 18 Activities 20 Project 28 Picture Dictionary 30 About Read and Discover 32 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSOXFORD esterase Sa Sete ees selon mension, Euvagctceieee tact Sas emeeeee inresiermcenpraogra eee, saws ar80 29464669 node ov arses rin Cina briny: Kelly Kennedy pps. 6,7. 11,17; Alan Rowe pp.2, 22,23, 25.26, 27, 10.31 ‘The Publishers wad eo Met tk the flowing ther in porasionrepadue phage ond ther lary pp (snowy conifer) ker 5 (Chris Pearsall 11 (David Entrcan|, 15 log aban ieectphotoorg,ttent pole SehaeferfArco Imager Cri; Cet Imager p.tre in parcAndrew WtsonJPhotllrary 7 arunas Kipsa/Photolbrary), 14 (car Wilian ‘WestAF 19 loguingDanita DlimontGallo mages Nararepl com pp. (Andy Rouse) 19 (enakeDaniel Heacln), 1k Andy Rous) Oxford University Press pp apple tee tree on beach) 4,6, Dfappletreecut apple), 10 broadleavesionifer) 12, 13, 1 (fruit marke) 17 monkey), 19 (ee plantings Science Photo Library p.8 (David R. Fraviet Photolibray. tne), vs ‘i ©) Introduction Trees are all around us, in forests, gardens, and parks. There are many different trees, and they give us many things. Where do you see trees? What do we get from trees? Now read and discover more about trees!A tree makes its food with light from the sun. It grows tall so it can get lots of light. What Is a Tree? A tree is a tall plant. It has leaves, branches, a trunk, and roots. as ome coast redwood trees are 110 meters tall! 6 A tree grows every day. Look at this old tree trunk. How old is it? Count the rings. Every ring is one year. “> Go to page 20 for activities.VF Parts of a Tree What do the different parts of a tree do? Leaves grow on branches. They make food for the tree. To make food they use water, air, and light from the sun. Roots take water from the ground. The trunk takes food down the tree from the leaves, and it takes water up the tree from the roots. Bark is the wood on the outside of the trunk. It protects the trunk. > Goto page 21 for activities. @Flowers and Seeds Some trees have big flowers. Some trees have very little flowers. Flowers make pollen. The wind blows pollen from one flower to other flowers. Insects take pollen to other flowers, too. Then the tree can grow seeds. Seeds grow inside fruit. The fruit protects the seeds. The fruit falls from the tree. Then the seeds go into the ground. New trees grow from the seeds! > Go to page 22 for activities.Some trees are broadleaves, and some trees are conifers. Broadleaves have flat leaves. Conifers have thin, sharp needles. Conifers are strong trees. Animals can’t eat the sharp needles. The needles don’t get dry so the trees can grow in dry weather. Conifers can grow in hot weather or cold weather. Many broadleaves can’t grow in cold weather or dry weather. Then all the leaves fall off the tree. The leaves grow again in hot weather or rainy weather. SMP ey Half a million leaves can fall off a very, very big tree! _ Go to page 23 for activities.5) What Trees Do Trees are good for us! We use oxygen in the air to live. Too much carbon dioxide in the air is bad for us. Trees clean the air. They take carbon dioxide out of the air, and they put oxygen into the air. ‘Trees protect us from the rain and the light from the sun. Trees are good for the ground, too. The roots make the ground strong. The ground around trees isn’t dry, so other plants can grow. We can play and have fun in trees, too! Thank you, trees! ee iaoy ae Wood ina Home The trunks and branches of trees give us wood. We make toys, tables, homes, and many other things with wood. We make paper with wood. Apples, oranges, bananas, nuts, and We use wood to make fires, too. lots of other fruit grow on trees. We get rubber from trees, too. We In North America, there are make car tires and many other amazing totem poles. People things with rubber. make them from trees! Pee T helo) el aCMany birds, insects, and other animals live in trees. Animals can find food there. Trees protect animals from the wind and rain. ‘Trees can protect animals from other animals, too. This monkey lives in a tree. It eats leaves and fruit from the tree. It can move from branch to branch. -.. This snake lives in a tree, too. It likes its home. It can find birds to eat there. Foxes and other big animals can’t catch the snake in the tree. My Cc Some plants live "i : in trees, too! ’ Go to page 26 for activities.gS Protect Trees] Some animals and little plants are bad for trees. Animals eat the leaves and bark. Little plants grow around the trunk. Then the tree can’t get water. People are bad for trees, too. Cars, fires, and factories can make the air and rain dirty. Then the trees can’t grow. Some people cut down trees. They take wood and they make new things on the land. SIR 7, S ec Every day people cut down about 10 million trees. Let’s stop this. Let’s grow new trees. Let’s protect trees! Go to page 27 for activities. J| (1) What Is a Tree? € Read pages 4-5. branches Leaves 1 Write the words. trunk roots branches" 1 2 3 4 2 Complete the sentences. food light branches year plant 1 Atreeisatall__plant. 2 Atree has leaves, _ roots. _,atrunk, and 3 Atree makes its _ the sun. with Light from 4 Atree grows tall so it can get 5 On atree trunk, every ring is one 2) Parts of a Tree € Read pages 6-7. 1 Match. take water from the ground. takes food down the tree and water up the tree. ~make food for the tree. protects the trunk. 1 Leaves 2 Roots i’ 3 The trunk 4 Bark 2 Circle the correct words. 1 Leaves grow on(branches)/ bark. 2 Bark makes / protects the trunk. 3 To make food for the tree, leaves use water, air / roots, and light from the sun. 4 Bark is the wood on the outside of the trunk / Leaf. 5 Leaves, roots, / light, the trunk, and bark are parts of a tree.. i (3) Flowers and Seeds Different Trees : € Read pages 8-9. € Read pages 10-11. | | 1 Complete the sentences. 1 Complete the puzzle. i wind pollen Flowers big uy 2t 3y e °@ i ie es 1 Some trees have flowers. a ° a a | 2 on trees make pollen. 7 | 3 The blows pollen from one ¢ eo e | flower to other flowers. e y, | 4 Insects take to other flowers. ce * | s 2 Number the sentences in order. Then number the pictures. The fruit falls from the tree. The seeds go in the ground. 2 Write true or false. 1 Conifers have flat leaves. false 2 Broadleaves have thin, sharp needles. 3 Animals can eat the sharp needles on conifers. 4 Many broadleaves can’t grow in cold +r “ ~é& ot eee peeeeeeee as New trees grow. | Seeds grow inside fruit. Half a million leaves can fall off a 2@, very, very big tree.(5) What Trees Do (6) Things fromTrees | € Read pages 12-13. € Read pages 14-15. 1 Circle the correct words. 1 Find and write : 1 We use oxygen in the air to Live / eat. ! the words. 1 _rubber_ 2 Too much oxygen / carbon dioxide in the air r|w|o|o|d/a | is bad for us. (clulb|ble[p Za 2 Ww i fe bla|n|pieja | 3 Trees are good / bad for the ground. bipalpelr 69 a 4 Tree roots make the air / ground strong. elsitielylp PESreeeeeeeE ee I 5 The ground / wind around trees doesn’t firjuliltji | dry out. els|n}rjoja SH 3 pb 2 Complete the sentences. 7 2 Answer the questions. rain sun clean play . oxygen carbon dioxide 1 What do we make with rubber? We make car tires and many other 1 Trees the air. : 7 A : things with rubbe is 2 Trees take out of the air. oo . . 2 What parts of a tree give us wood? 3 Trees put _ into the air. 4 Trees protect us fromthe __ and atlas tM Mea ecetm —_—— the light from the ‘ 3 What do we make with wood? 5 Wecan and have fun in trees. Bee eee eee eee ee eee eee SE EMRE i iaa: | oO Homes in Trees Protect Trees! € Read pages 16-17. i € Read pages 18-19. snake insects 1 Write the words. bird monkey 1. Match. Then write the numbers. Le 1 People grow around tree trunks. p 2 Little plants cut down trees. t — 1 2 3 Animals eat tree leaves and bark. % | Bae Be PEE Peete Pe ' 2 Order the words. 2 Answer the questions. 1 trees. / animals /in / Many / live 1 What things are bad for trees? Many animals live in trees. 2 trees. /can/in/ Animals / food / find 2 What makes the air and rain dirty? 3 monkey / leaves / The / fruit. / eats / and 3 How many trees do people cut down every day? 4 lives / tree. / The / a / snake /in —Trees Where I Live 1 Find two trees near where you live. Complete the charts. Tree1 1 Doesit have... leaves? needles? 2 Isit.. a broadleaf? aconifer? 3 Does it have ... flowers? leaves? fruit? 4 Inthe tree, can you see... other plants? — animals? Tree 2 1 Doesit have... leaves? needles? 2 Isit... a broadleaf? aconifer? 3 Does it have... flowers? leaves? fruit? 4 Inthe tree, can you see... animals? other plants? 2 Draw pictures of the trees. Then write the words. leaves / needles flowers / fruit leaves / needles flowers / fruit 3 Write sentences about the trees. Tree 1 Tree 2Picture Dictionary ‘ wee e air animals & sa od | ground grow half insects (dr a a ‘, cutdown different dirty down land leaves light million & & oY a @ factory fall fire plants pollen seeds | OS) : "cant & Wie | fF flat food forest fruit { sharp strong up wood eoOCC eet thy Series Editor: Hazel Geatches + CLIL Adviser: John Cleag Oxford Read and Discover graded readers are at six levels, for students from aye 6 and older. They cover many topics within three subject areas, and support English across the curriculum, or Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). 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