Corrective Reading Lesson 28

What are baby trees called?

How high did our seedling grow during its first summer?

Why did our seedling receive sunlight?

• because of the hole in the ground

• Because of the fire

• Because of the fallen tree top

• Because of the nice weather

What is a sapling?

How tall was the sapling after six years?

Before the fire, how much was the sapling ready to grow?

• twelve feet a year

• twenty feet a year

• 100 feet a year

• three feet a year

How did the fire begin?

What did the sapling look like after the fire swept through the forest?

Match the following

• three inches

• seedling straightens up

• twelve feet

• the parent tree

• over 400 feet

• seedling gets two leaves

• less than an inch

• the sapling

• a half inch

• seeding after first summer

The fire seemed to be out, but inside, parts of the log were still ​ (a)   .

• smoldering
• charred
• swells
• announced
• breaker
• torch