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The River Leveled Reader

Provided by: Mongabay Kids|Published on: June 6, 2026

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Synopsis

This leveled reader about the river and the organisms it supports is for Kindergarteners at or above reading Level 2 (DRA and Reading Recovery) or B (Guided Reading).
The last page of the book contains guiding questions and more information.

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Subjects: Science, English Language Arts

Authors: Triona Gogarty

Region: Global

Languages: English

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Teaching Materials

Classroom Implementation:

Use the book in a guided reading group with your guided reading protocol.
Have the book available in a library of books at similar reading levels.

Prerequisites:

Introduce content-specific, unfamiliar words: birds, drink, elephants, fish, flowers, frogs, grass, grows, hippos, plants, river, tree, turtles, water, and zebra.

Extensions:

Have students draw pictures of a river, including animals that live in or around it.
Provide the sentence stems “_____ live in the water.” or “____ drink the water.” for students to fill in with another animal they know lives in or near a river.

Interdisciplinary Connections:

Science: Discuss how animals, plants, and other parts of an ecosystem rely on each other to be healthy.

Climate Change Connection:

Build students’ sense of stewardship by discussing the need to keep the rivers clean so the animals can live in and drink from them.

Literacy Connections:

High frequency words: and, by, in, is, the, this.

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Mongabay Kids

Mongabay Kids is the dedicated youth education initiative at Mongabay, an award-winning nonprofit environmental and conservation news organization. We provide free, age-appropriate news, features, activities, and multimedia resources that inspire curiosity, ecological understanding, and action. Designed for children ages 8-14, families, and educators, Mongabay Kids empowers the next generation to explore, celebrate, and protect the natural world.

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The River Leveled Reader

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