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    BENCHMARK • K

    Gorillas
    A Reading A–Z Level K Benchmark Book
    Word Count: 219
    Gorillas

    Written by Kira Freed

    Visit www.readinga-z.com www.readinga-z.com


    for thousands of books and materials.
    Gorillas
    Photo Credits:
    Front cover, back cover, title page, pages 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12:
    © clipart.com; page 10: © Gorilla Foundation/www.koko.org; page 11:
    © Dr. Melissa Remis.

    Special thanks to the Gorilla Foundation (www.koko.org) for providing


    the photo on page 10. The Gorilla Foundation’s mission is to bring
    interspecies communication to the public in order to save gorillas from
    extinction, and to inspire children to create a better future for all the
    great apes.

    Special thanks also to Dr. Melissa Remis of Purdue University for the
    photos on page 11. Dr. Remis is currently researching the decline of
    western lowland gorillas due to human activity in the Dzanga-Sangha
    National Forest Reserve in the Central African Republic.

    Written by Kira Freed Gorillas


    Level K Benchmark Book
    © Learning A–Z, Inc. Correlation
    Written by Kira Freed LEVEL K
    Map by Craig Frederick
    Fountas & Pinnell J
    All rights reserved. Reading Recovery 17
    www.readinga-z.com www.readinga-z.com DRA 18
    Africa

    Where gorillas live

    Table of Contents
    Gorillas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

    Gorilla Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

    Learning to Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

    Gorillas in Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
    Gorillas
    Gorillas are members
    of the great ape family.
    They live in the forests of Africa.
    Gorillas have strong, heavy bodies.
    They can walk on two legs
    like people do.
    Most of the time they walk
    on their feet and hands.
    3 4
    Gorillas eat leaves, stems, bark,
    fruits, flowers, and wood.
    They also eat insects and snails.
    Most gorillas do not hunt.

    Gorillas make faces


    to show how they feel.
    Their faces tell if they are
    happy, sad, or upset.
    Gorillas can cry, and they laugh
    when they are tickled.
    5 6
    Gorilla Families A gorilla baby nurses and stays
    A gorilla family is called a troop. close to its mother for a few years.
    A troop eats, sleeps, It rides on her back to move
    and plays together. around.
    Family members play tag,
    catch, and dress-up with leaves.

    A baby gorilla stays near its mother until it is about 10 years old.

    7 8
    Penny and Koko in Koko’s kitchen
    An adult female gorilla weighs 91 kg
    (200 lbs). A silverback gorilla weighs
    181 kg (400 lbs).
    Learning to Talk
    Gorillas are very smart.
    When a male gorilla grows up, A woman named Penny taught
    the fur on its back turns silver. a gorilla to use sign language.
    It is called a silverback. The gorilla’s name is Koko.
    The silverback’s job is Koko uses signs to tell Penny
    to protect the troop. what she wants and how she feels.
    9 10
    Gorillas in Danger Index
    Many gorillas have been apes, 4, 11
    killed by hunters.
    baby gorillas, 8
    Their forest homes
    are being cut down. endangered, 11
    Gorillas are now endangered.
    Koko, 10
    Many people are trying to save
    these great apes. male gorillas, 9

    silverback, 9

    sign language, 10

    troop, 7, 9

    A scientist looks at a gorilla nest.


    She is trying to find out how many
    gorillas are left in the forest.

    11 12

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