Lincoln Loved

to Learn
A Reading AZ Level I Leveled Book
Word Count: 292

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Lincoln
Loved to
Learn

Written by Karen Mockler Illustrated by Craig Orback

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Lincoln
Loved to
Learn

Written by Karen Mockler

Illustrated by Craig Orback

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Page 3: Bettmann/Corbis; page 4: Corbis; page 15: iStock/Russell McBride
Table of contents: Abraham Lincoln with his son Tad

Lincoln Loved to Learn

Level I Leveled Book
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Written by Karen Mockler
Illustrated by Craig Orback
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Correlation
LEVEL I
Fountas & Pinnell
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Reading Recovery 1516
DRA
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Table of Contents
The President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Abes Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

President Abraham Lincoln

The President

Working Hard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Teaching Himself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Abraham Lincoln was one

Abes Stepmother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

of the greatest presidents

Speaking Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

of the United States.

Becoming President . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

He worked hard to make it

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

to the White House.

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Wher e Lincoln Wa s Bor n

Kentucky
Hodgenville

N
E

Abes family was poor.

Their cabin had just one room

Abes Home

and one window.

Abe was born on the frontier

The floor was dirt.

in 1809, in Kentucky.

Abes bed was made from corn husks.

It was a wild place with more bears

He always wore pants that were

than books.

too short.

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Teaching Himself
Abe worked hard, but he wanted
to learn.
He went to school when he could,
but he mostly learned on his own.
Working Hard

Without paper, Abe did math

When Abe was eight, he helped

on the back of a wooden spoon.

his father clear their land.

Without a pencil, he used

He swung an ax and cut down trees.

a burned stick.

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Books were hard to find

on the frontier.
Abe read anything he could
get his hands on.
He often borrowed books
from friends.
One day, rain soaked

Abe worked three days in his

a borrowed book.

friends field to pay him back.

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Abes Stepmother
When Abe was nine, his mother died.
His father found a new wife.

Abe and his stepmother became

She owned some books.

great friends.

To Abe, those books were worth

When chores were done, she

a lot.

wanted Abe to read and write.

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Speaking Practice
Abe practiced speaking, too.
Standing on a tree stump, he
pretended to be important people

Abe always worked very hard,

in town.

but he kept on reading.

He liked to tell jokes and stories,

When he worked, he always

and make plans.

brought along a book to read.

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Glossary
cabin (n.) a small house in a wild
area (p. 6)
chores (n.) small jobs (p. 12)
frontier (n.) a wilderness area
(p.5)
ideas (n.) thoughts, beliefs,
or opinions (p. 15)
poor (adj.) not having money
or things (p. 6)
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

presidents the leaders of the

Becoming President

(n.) governments of some

Abe loved books and the words

countries (p. 4)

and ideas in them.

One day, his own words, ideas,
and hard work would help him
become president.
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