Level 5 ➞ Learn About ➞ Environment
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Non-Fiction Graded Readers
Titles in Level 5
Pushing
What Is Winter?
Mix a Colour
Boots and Shoes
Big Cats, Little Cats
Deciduous and
Evergreen Trees
Getting Around
Earth’s Land and Water
Animal Habitats
Big Machines
Deciduous and
Evergreen Trees
Deciduous and Evergreen Trees
Written by Margaret MacDonald
Cover photograph of redwood trees
Photography by Courtesy the National Park Service (cover, p2 redwood trees, p10–11, p15 redwood leaves);
Courtesy Balinghasai Farms (p1, p2 Kwila tree, p8, p9, p15 Kwila leaves); Corbis/Tranz (p2 cherry tree and
maple tree, p5, p7); iStockphoto.com/Kadir Barcin (p2 pine tree, p13); Corbis (p3); Photolibrary (p4, p15
maple leaves); Getty images/Panoramic Images (p6, p15 cherry leaves); shutterstock.com/Aleksandra Duda
(p12); Photodisc (p15 pine leaves)
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Edited by Ruth Adeane-Nancarrow
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ISBN: 978-1-4586-4383-4
Word Count
197
High-Frequency
Words
do, from, has, have, new, not, of, some,
their, there, they, what
Vocabulary Words blossoms, cherry, cone, deciduous,
evergreen, forest, leaves, needles,
winter
Deciduous and
Evergreen Trees
Picture Dictionary
cherry tree
pine tree
There are many kinds of trees.
Some trees lose all their
leaves once a year.
These trees are called
deciduous trees.
Some trees do not lose their leaves.
These trees are called
evergreen trees.
Kwila tree
maple tree
2
redwood trees
A forest of deciduous and
evergreen trees in winter
3
Maple Trees
Maple trees lose their leaves.
Before they fall, the leaves
turn red, orange, and brown.
The leaves fall to the ground.
The branches are bare
for three months.
When new leaves grow,
they are bright green.
This maple tree’s leaves
have turned from green to orange.
4
5
Cherry Trees
Cherry trees lose their leaves.
The branches are bare
for three months.
After the leaves fall, cherry trees
grow small flowers called blossoms.
Cherries grow after the
blossoms die.
cherry
This cherry tree
has blossoms.
6
7
Kwila Trees
A kwila tree can grow up to
50 metres tall.
Kwila trees are tall trees.
Kwila wood is very hard.
It is used to make furniture.
Kwila trees are deciduous trees.
After the leaves fall, beautiful
flowers start to grow.
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9
Redwood Trees
Redwood trees
are the tallest trees on Earth.
They do not lose their leaves
during the year.
They are evergreen trees.
Redwood trees have cones.
cone
A redwood tree can grow
112 metres tall.
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Pine Trees
Pine trees are evergreen trees.
They keep their leaves
all year round.
The branches are not bare.
Pine trees have cones.
The cones have seeds.
The seeds grow into
new pine trees.
pine cone
The leaves of a pine tree are
also called pine needles.
12
13
Look at these leaves.
What is the same?
What is different?
cherry leaves
pine leaves
kwila leaves
redwood leaves
maple leaves
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Activity Page
1. Collect some leaves.
2. Put them under a sheet of paper.
3. Rub a pencil over the top.
4. Cut out the shapes you have made.
Do you know
the dictionary words?
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