The Amazing Octopus by Cindy Baker HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
The Amazing Octopus by Cindy Baker ILLUSTRATION CREDIT: 5 Diane Blasius PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS: Cover Juniors Bildarchiv/Alamy; 1 Corbis/SuperStock; 2 Juniors Bildarchiv/Alamy; 3 Corbis/SuperStock; 4 Digital Vision/Alamy; 6 Jeffrey L. Rotman/Corbis; 7 Chris Newbert; 8 Ralph A. Clevenger/Corbis; 9 Fred Bavendam; 10 Herve Lavigne/Alamy Copyright by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be addressed to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers, Attn: Permissions, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777. Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02709-8 ISBN-10: 0-547-02709-5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0940 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers retains title to the materials and they may not be resold. Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited. Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into electronic format.
suction cups What amazing animal has eight arms but no hands? The answer is an octopus! The octopus uses its arms to crawl along on the ocean floor. Each arm has 240 suction cups. They help the octopus move through the water. 2
How an Octopus Moves Sometimes the octopus needs to move fast. The octopus fills its body with water. Then it pushes the water out. The octopus speeds through the water. It can go as fast as 25 miles an hour! 3
What an Octopus Eats Octopuses eat many animals. They eat crabs and fish. Large octopuses can eat sharks! Octopuses use their arms to look for food. The little cups on their arms can grip the food that they find. 4
beak An octopus also looks in places where animals hide. It looks for food in small, dark places. Its arms reach far into the rocks. The octopus has a beak in its mouth. The beak breaks open the shells of lobsters and clams. 5
Octopus Size Octopuses are many different sizes. One of the biggest octopuses has arms that are six feet long. Baby octopuses are quite small. A really tiny baby is no bigger than a freckle. 6
Octopus Colors Octopuses can change colors. This helps them hide from danger. Octopuses show their feelings, too. They change colors when they are mad or happy! Octopuses are also very smart. They are smart enough to open jars! 7
Octopus Bodies Octopuses don t have shells. Their bodies are soft. This makes it easy for octopuses to hide. They can squeeze into tiny places. Sometimes an octopus gets hurt and loses an arm. The arm grows right back! 8
ink Octopus Ink If an enemy attacks an octopus, the octopus can squirt ink in the water. This ink is not like the ink you find in a blue or black pen. The ink hurts the enemy s eyes, so the octopus can swim away quickly. 9
10 Octopuses live all over the world. They swim in cold water and warm water. Some people think they look scary, but they don t want to hurt you. Octopuses are amazing animals!
Responding TARGET SKILL Author s Purpose Why did the author write this book? What are three details that help tell you this? Make a chart. Write About It Text to World Draw a picture of an octopus. Write two sentences that tell facts about octopuses. 11
blue cold far WORDS TO KNOW little water live where their crawl LEARN MORE WORDS suction 12 TARGET SKILL Author s Purpose Tell why an author writes a book. TARGET STRATEGY Analyze/Evaluate Tell how you feel about the text, and why. GENRE Informational text gives facts about a topic.
Level: L DRA: 24 Genre: Informational Text Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Skill: Author s Purpose Word Count: 346 1.3.11 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books ISBN-13:978-0-547-02709-8 ISBN-10:0-547-02709-5 1032737