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3.L.4.a 

NCSCOS Grade 3 ELA / Reading - Skill: 3.L.4.a 

CAMELS
by Elaine Landau

If you were asked to name a desert animal, would you say the camel? Camels are mentioned in many songs, stories, and films about deserts. A camel's most unusual feature is the hump on its back. The hump is actually a lump of fat that provides the camel with energy when food is scarce. 

There are two types of camels-the Arabian, or one-humped camel, and the Bactrian, or two-humped camel. Both are well suited to the desert. The camel has long, thick eyelashes that stop wind-blown sand from getting in its eyes. And its nostrils close tight to keep out sand. The camel's bushy eyebrows are also useful. They shade its eyes from the sun. 

(3) 
Camels can go without water for weeks, especially if they can feed on dew-dampened plants or desert fruits. A camel can lose one-fourth of its body weight in water without any distress. 

(4) 
Camels do not store water in their humps, but their bodies conserve water in other ways. Unlike humans, camels do not sweat much. Instead, their body temperature tends to rise slowly during the day and drop at night. 

There are no longer any one-humped camels in the wild-all are domesticated (tame). However, some small herds of two-humped camels still roam free. Today, these animals are in danger of dying out, so they are protected by law.

FREDDIE 
by Phil Bolsta 

I don't like doing homework, 
I know that it will bore me. 
But now I am much happier 
'Cause Freddie does it for me! 

5 He greets me at the door each day 
When I come home from school. 
He just can't wait to read my books- 
I think that's pretty cool! 

I give him all my homework, 
10 Like history and math. 
And when he's done I give him 
A nice warm bubble bath! 

My grades are so much better now, 
Which makes my parents glad. 
15 Freddie is the smartest dog 
That I have ever had!

The STICKY-STICKY PINE
by Florence Sakade

Once there was a woodcutter. He was very poor but very kind. Never would he tear off the living branches of a tree to make firewood. Instead, he would gather only the dead branches on the ground. He knew what happened when you tore a branch off a tree. The sap, which is the blood of a tree, would drip and drip, just as though the poor tree were bleeding. So, since he didn't want to harm the trees, he never tore off the branches. 

One day he was walking beneath a high pine tree hunting for firewood when he heard a voice, saying: 
"Sticky, sticky is my sap,
For my tender twigs are snapped." 

The woodcutter looked and, sure enough, someone had broken three limbs off the pine and the sap was running out. Skillfully, he mended them, saying: 
"Now these tender twigs I'll wrap, And in that way stop the sap." 

And he tore a piece from his own clothes to make a bandage. 

No sooner had he finished than many tiny gold and silver things fell from the tree. It was money-a lot of it. The surprised woodcutter was almost covered up with it. He looked at the tree and smiled and thanked it. Then he took the money home. 

(8) There was a great amount, and he slowly realized that he was now a very rich woodcutter indeed. Everyone knows that the pine tree is the sign of prosperity in Japan and, sure enough, the grateful pine had made him very rich. 

Just then a face appeared in the window. It was the face of another woodcutter. But this woodcutter was neither nice nor kind. In fact, it was he who had torn off the branches of the pine and had broken its twigs. 
When he saw the money, he said: "Where did you get all that money? Look how nice and bright it is." 

The good woodcutter held up the money so the other could see. It was oblong in shape, the way money used to be in Japan, and he had five basketfuls. He told the bad woodcutter how he had gotten the money. 

"From that big pine tree?" 

"Yes, that was the one." 

"Hmm," said the bad woodcutter and ran away as fast as he could go. He ran right up to the old pine tree, and the tree said: 

"Sticky, sticky is my blood. Touch me, you'll receive a flood." 

"Oh, just what I want," said the bad man, "a flood of gold and silver." He reached up and broke off another branch. The pine tree suddenly showered him, but it showered him with sticky, sticky sap-not gold and silver at all. 

The bad woodcutter was covered with sap. It got in his hair and on his arms and legs. Since it was so sticky, he couldn't move and though he called for help, no one could hear him. He had to remain there for three days-one day for each branch-until the sap became soft enough for him to drag himself home. 

And, after that, he never broke another branch off a living tree.

ECHOES . . . ECHOES . . . ECHOES . . . ECHOES

Have you ever heard echoes? You might hear them when you are in the mountains or a cave. You shout "hello," and from somewhere, you hear "hello" back. It's rather spooky the first time you hear your echo. An echo is your own voice answering you!

You don't have to go to the mountains or caves to hear your echo. You can hear your echo in your backyard no matter where you live.

WHAT YOU NEED:
• a garden hose 50 feet long or longer
• your voice and your ear

WHAT YOU DO
(3) 
The garden hose MUST be EMPTY with no water in it. Ask an adult to empty the hose for you if it contains water. Bring the two ends of the hose together. Hold one end up to your mouth and the other end up to your ear. If there is a lot of noise around, ask friend to cover your other ear.

Shout "hello" into the hose. You will hear an echo "hello" from the end of the hose at your ear. Shout again and your echo will repeat what you shout.

THE SCIENCE SECRET
Sound travels through the air. It travels very fast, but it does take time. If a friend stands far away from you and claps his hands together, you will see him clap before you hear him clap. The sound of his clap takes time to travel to your ear. This is what causes an echo. You hear yourself shout "hello" when you first shout it, but your "hello" also travels through the air inside the hose, and after it travels all the way through the hose, it returns to your ear and you hear it again.

That's the way mountain echoes work too. Your "hello" travels through the air until it hits a mountainside. Then it bounces back, and you hear it again. Of course, it traveled a long way before you heard it again, so it sounds like "someone else."

Your echo in the hose will be better if your "hello" has to travel farther before coming back to your ear, too. If you have a 100 foot garden hose, try that!

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