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 \nTeaching Focus:  \nPhonics:Word Study  \nLook at the words  \nbreath and breathe  \nHow do the words look  \nalike?How do they  \nSound alike?  \nLevel:I Word Count:176  \n100th Word:living (page 14)  \n# Tips on Reading thisBook with Children:\n\n1.Read the title  \nPredictions-after reading the title have childrenmake predictions about the book.  \nTake a book walk  \nTalk about the pictures in the book.Use contentwords from the book as you take the picture walk.  \nHave children find one or two words they knowas they do a picture walk.  \n3.Have children find words they recognize in the text.  \n4.Have children read the remaining text aloud  \n5.Strategy Talk-use to assist children while reading  \n·Get your mouth ready  \n·  Look at the picture  \n·  Think...does it make sense  \n·  Think...does it look right  \n·Think….does it sound right  \n·Chunk it-by looking for a part you know  \n6.Read it again  \n7.Complete the activities at the end of the book.  \n# Living or Nonliving?\n\nby Kelli Hicks  \nScience Content Editor:Kristi Lew  \nScience content editor:Kristi Lew  \nA former high school teacher with a background in biochemistry and more than 10 years of experience in cytogeneticlaboratories,Kristi Lew specializes in taking complex scientific information and making it fun and interesting forscientists and non-scientists alike.She is the author of more than 20 science books for children and teachers.  \n◎ 2012 Rourke Publishing LLC  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means,electronic ormechanical including photocopying,recording,or by any information storage and retrieval system without permissionin writing from the publisher.  \nwww.rourkeclassroom.com  \nPhoto credits:Cover Awei,Adi,Cover logo frog Eric Pohl,test tube Sergey Lazarev;Page 5 ⑥olena2552;Page 6◎Anat-oli;Page 7 ◎ Igorsky;Page 9◎Rudchenko Liliia;Page 11◎Darren Hubley;Page 12◎ MonkeyBusiness Images;Page 13 C oksana2010;Page 14◎ Volodymyr Krasyuk;Page 15◎Anyka;Page 16 SharonMorris;Page 17 C steamroller_blues;Page 18◎DavidEwingPhotography;Page 19C patpitchaya;Page 20 CArch-Man;Page 21 Olga Popova,Maksym Bondarchuk,Africa Studio,Wolfe Larry,fivespots,Eric isselée  \nEditor:Jeanne Sturm  \nMy Science Library series produced for Rourke by Blue Door Publishing,Florida  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nHicks,Kelli L.  \nLiving or nonliving?/Kelli Hicks.p.cm.-(My science library)  \nncludes bibliographical references and index.SBN 978-1-61741-743-6(Hard cover)(alk.paper)ISBN978-1-61741-945-4 (Soft cover)  \n1.Life(Biology)--Juvenile literature.I.Title.QH501.H532012570--dc22  \nRourke Publishing  \nPrinted in China,Voion IndustryGuangdong Province042011042011LP  \nwww.rourkeclassroom.com-rourke@rourkepublishing.comPost Office Box 643328 Vero Beach,Florida 32964  \nTable of Contents  \nIt's Alive…………  \nWhat's for Dinner? 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