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<strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Amazing</strong><br />
<strong>Octopus</strong><br />
by Cindy Baker<br />
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
<strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Amazing</strong><br />
<strong>Octopus</strong><br />
by Cindy Baker<br />
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suction cups<br />
What amazing animal has eight<br />
arms but no hands? <strong>The</strong> answer is<br />
an octopus!<br />
<strong>The</strong> octopus uses its arms to<br />
crawl along on the ocean floor.<br />
Each arm has 240 suction cups.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y help the octopus move<br />
through the water.<br />
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How an <strong>Octopus</strong> Moves<br />
Sometimes the octopus needs<br />
to move fast. <strong>The</strong> octopus fills its<br />
body with water. <strong>The</strong>n it pushes<br />
the water out. <strong>The</strong> octopus speeds<br />
through the water. It can go as<br />
fast as 25 miles an hour!<br />
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What an <strong>Octopus</strong> Eats<br />
<strong>Octopus</strong>es eat many animals.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y eat crabs and fish. Large<br />
octopuses can eat sharks!<br />
<strong>Octopus</strong>es use their arms to<br />
look for food. <strong>The</strong> little cups on<br />
their arms can grip the food that<br />
they find.<br />
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eak<br />
An octopus also looks in places<br />
where animals hide. It looks for<br />
food in small, dark places. Its<br />
arms reach far into the rocks.<br />
<strong>The</strong> octopus has a beak in its<br />
mouth. <strong>The</strong> beak breaks open the<br />
shells of lobsters and clams.<br />
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<strong>Octopus</strong> Size<br />
<strong>Octopus</strong>es are many different<br />
sizes. One of the biggest<br />
octopuses has arms that are six<br />
feet long.<br />
Baby octopuses are quite small.<br />
A really tiny baby is no bigger<br />
than a freckle.<br />
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<strong>Octopus</strong> Colors<br />
<strong>Octopus</strong>es can change colors.<br />
This helps them hide from danger.<br />
<strong>Octopus</strong>es show their feelings, too.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y change colors when they are<br />
mad or happy!<br />
<strong>Octopus</strong>es are also very<br />
smart. <strong>The</strong>y are smart enough to<br />
open jars!<br />
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<strong>Octopus</strong> Bodies<br />
<strong>Octopus</strong>es don’t have shells.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir bodies are soft. This makes<br />
it easy for octopuses to hide. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
can squeeze into tiny places.<br />
Sometimes an octopus gets hurt<br />
and loses an arm. <strong>The</strong> arm grows<br />
right back!<br />
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ink<br />
<strong>Octopus</strong> Ink<br />
If an enemy attacks an<br />
octopus, the octopus can squirt ink<br />
in the water. This ink is not like the<br />
ink you find in a blue or black pen.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ink hurts the enemy’s eyes, so<br />
the octopus can swim away quickly.<br />
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10<br />
<strong>Octopus</strong>es live all over the<br />
world. <strong>The</strong>y swim in cold water<br />
and warm water. Some people<br />
think they look scary, but they<br />
don’t want to hurt you. <strong>Octopus</strong>es<br />
are amazing animals!
Responding<br />
TARGET SKILL Author’s Purpose<br />
Why did the author write this<br />
book? What are three<br />
details that help tell you this?<br />
Make a chart.<br />
Write About It<br />
Text to World Draw a picture<br />
of an octopus. Write two<br />
sentences that tell facts about<br />
octopuses.<br />
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lue<br />
cold<br />
far<br />
WORDS TO KNOW<br />
little water<br />
live where<br />
their<br />
crawl<br />
LEARN MORE WORDS<br />
suction<br />
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TARGET SKILL Author’s Purpose<br />
Tell why an author writes a book.<br />
TARGET STRATEGY Analyze/Evaluate<br />
Tell how you feel about the text,<br />
and why.<br />
GENRE Informational text gives<br />
facts about a topic.
Level: L<br />
DRA: 24<br />
Genre:<br />
Informational Text<br />
Strategy:<br />
Analyze/Evaluate<br />
Skill:<br />
Author’s Purpose<br />
Word Count: 346<br />
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