A Mongoose Tale

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Book meta-data

Reading Box: Orange (Levels 15-16)
Year: b-one
Fiction/Nonfiction: Fiction
Theme/Topic: Animals birds and insects
Genre: General narrative
Strategy/Skills: Asking and answering questions, Forming opinions, Making connections, Using texts as models
Page Count: 8
Reading Level: 16
Item Code: 200721
High Frequency Words: put, into, know, now, one, like, look, too, saw, most, very

Reader Description

Most mongooses have smooth tales, but not the mongooses from Nakelo? How did that come to be?

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Pretend you are a mongoose. Write a story about about how you use your tail to catch mud lobsters. Write about what you see, hear, feel, and taste.

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