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Article: We like trees!
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- Weekly Reader, Edition Pre-K (including Science Spin)
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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Before Reading
Ask: What do you like best about trees?
Background Information
* Trees are large plants. Most trees grow 15 to 20 feet tall, have one woody stem, and can hold themselves upright, unlike many plants.
* More than 1,000 kinds of trees grow in the United States.
* The main parts of a tree are the trunk, branches, leaves, and roots.
* The trunk is strong and holds up the tree. The branches give the tree its shape.