Welcome to Turkey LEVELED BOOK • H

A Reading A–Z Level H Leveled Book

Word Count: 165

Connections Welcome
to Turkey
Writing
Write an acrostic poem about
Turkey. Each letter in Turkey
begins a line of your poem.
Social Studies
Read to learn more about
something related to Turkey
that interests you. Create
a poster to share what you
learned with your class.

Written by Danee and Derin Sarman

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Welcome
Words to Know
borders famous

to Turkey
enjoy special
explore villages
Front cover: Turkey has many beautiful beaches.
Title page: Children wave Turkish flags.
Page 3: Many shops in Turkey sell beautiful lanterns.

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Focus Question
Welcome to Turkey
Where is Turkey? What Level H Leveled Book Correlation
© Learning A–Z LEVEL H
are some things that make Written by Danee and Derin Sarman
Fountas & Pinnell H

it a special country? All rights reserved. Reading Recovery 13–14

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 Introduction
Welcome to Turkey!
Turkey is a special country.

Turkish girl
with her doll

Turkish flag

dolls in Turkish
Table of Contents clothing

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
All About Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Living in Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Eating in Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
More About Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Turkish children dancing at a festival

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 Where in the World Is Turkey? The sea borders Turkey
on three sides.

ASIA
EUROPE Turkey

FIC
ACI A N
AFRICA P CE
O

ATLANTIC INDIAN
OCEAN OCEAN

Fishing is important to Turkish people.

All About Turkey

Most of Turkey is in Asia.
A small part of the country
is in Europe.
More than eighty-two million
people live in Turkey.

Do You Know?
Turkey is one of only five countries
with land on two continents!
A bridge leads to Istanbul, the biggest city in Turkey.

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 Living in Turkey
Some people in Turkey live
in small villages.

Children play on a city street in Turkey.

A group of children pass Two children walk home from

by rice fields in Turkey. school in a Turkish town.

People who live in different parts of

There are at least fifty thousand villages in Turkey. Many children
Turkey have different ways of life. live in villages with their families.

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Some people in Turkey live
in big cities.

Mountains rise near the Black Sea in Turkey.

There are about fifteen million people in Istanbul!

The water is very clear along many Turkish beaches.

The weather is different

all over Turkey.
Some places are very cold.
The capital of Turkey is Ankara. Other places are warm and sunny.
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 People in Turkey
Eating in Turkey often drink
black tea.
Turkey is famous for its food.
Yum! Turkish Food

2 3 People in Turkey enjoy eating

different kinds of food.
4 5 The best part about food in Turkey
is the dessert!
6

8
7

1 . bread with meat filling 6 . meat grilled on a stick

2 . flatbread stuffed with called kebab
cheese or herbs 7 . plate with small foods
3 . yogurt dip 8 . hummus
Soft candy comes in many colors and flavors (left).
4 . fried eggplant with tomato 9 . flatbread with chopped A baked treat made of dough, nuts, and syrup is a popular
5 . wheat cereal called bulgur meat dessert (right).

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 More About Turkey
Different groups of people have
lived in Turkey for a long time.
old ruins

hot springs

inside the Hagia Sophia ruins in Ephesus

Hot-air balloons fly over very old caves where people used to live.
Millions of people go to Turkey
each year.
They explore special places and
look at works of art.
They learn about its history and
People lived in this city thousands of years ago. ways of life.
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 Conclusion Glossary
Now you have learned a lot borders (v.) is next to another
about Turkey. country, state, or
Do you see what makes area (p. 6)
it so special? enjoy (v.) to be happy to do
children from a small village something (p. 12)
explore (v.) to learn about an
area by traveling
an old theater over or through it
(p. 14)
famous (adj.) well-known (p. 11)
special (adj.) better than or
different from
outside the Hagia Sophia
normal (p. 4)
boys in a park
villages (n.) communities of
Quick Turkey Facts
Official name: Republic of Turkey Main language:
people that are
Land: 784,000 sq km Turkish smaller than towns
(303,000 sq. mi.) Name of
Capital city: Ankara money: Lira (p. 8)

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