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TCM 14607

Level 2.0

Word Count: 300

Reading Level Correlations:

Early Intervention Level 17

Guided Reading Level J

DRA Level 18

Lexile 390L

Have you ever thought

about how a car is made?

Lets take a tour of a

fascinating factory. Here,

teams of workers plan and

build the cars that get us

around and keep us safe.

Car FactoryCar Factory

A Visit to a

A Visit to a

Car Factory

D. M. Rice

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Consultant

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Publishing Credits

Dona Herweck Rice, Editor-in-Chief

Robin Erickson, Production Director

Lee Aucoin, Creative Director

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ISBN-13: 978-1-68444-821-0 (e-book)

Going to the Factory ..............

Engineers ................................. 8

Getting the Parts ..................

Assembly ............................... 16

Ready for Sale .......................

How a Car Is Made ..............

Glossary ................................. 24

One morning my dad came

to wake me up early.

Surprise! he said. You

get to come to work with me.

My dad has the best job

ever. He works in an

automobile factory. They

make cars there.

Automobile

is

another word

for

car

.

My dad is an engineer .

That means he helps plan

how a car will look and work.

Dad works with other

engineers. They work

together so the car will be

safe and run great.

Dad and his team draw their

plans. They look like this.

I want to be an engineer,

too. So, I draw my own plans.

Plans can be drawn

using a pen or pencil.

Some engineers use

a computer to draw

their plans.

When the plans are

ready, the car can be built.

But first, factory workers

must make or buy all the

parts for the car.

There are hundreds of

parts!

A car needs springs,

brakes, and a steering wheel.

It needs pistons, valves, and

more.

It is not easy to build a car!

Once they have the parts,

workers can put the car

together. This is called

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