GRADE 2

Home-School
Connection
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 Contents
What to Send Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Letter Home Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Welcome Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
in English and Spanish

Unit 1 Unit 2
Week 1 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . . . 7 Week 1 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . . 87
Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . . . 9 Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . . 89
▲ Pat and Tim ▲ Watch the Birch Tree
● Sprouts ● Lions at Last

Week 2 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . . 23 Week 2 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 103

Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . . 25 Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 105
▲ Len and Gus ▲ It Won’t Be Easy!
● Garden Park ● Texas Cowboys

Week 3 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . . 39 Week 3 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 119

Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . . 41 Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 121
▲ You Can Bake a Cake! ▲ Franny’s Rain Forest
● Family History ● Wildfires
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Week 4 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . . 55 Week 4 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 135

Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . . 57 Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 137
▲ Mike’s Big Bike ▲ Three Goats and a Troll
● Three American Heroes ● The Story of Yeh-Shen:
A Cinderella Tale from China
Week 5 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . . 71
Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . . 73 Week 5 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 151
▲ At Home in Nome Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 153
● Daniel’s New Home ▲ Luke’s Tune
● Computers Then and Now

▲ Decodable Readers ● On-Level Books

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Week 1 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 167 Week 1 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 247
Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 169 Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 249
▲ Shirl and Her Tern ▲ The Missing String Beans
● Our Statue of Liberty ● Three Wishes from a Fish

Week 2 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 183 Week 2 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 263
Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 185 Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 265
▲ Hide and Seek ▲ Let’s Join Joy’s Show!
● Rabbit Tricks Coyote: ● Road Safety
A Mexican Tale
Week 3 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 279
Week 3 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 199 Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 281
Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 201 ▲ Soon the North Wind Blew
▲ Meg Cage in Space ● People at Work
● Sounds All Around
Week 4 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 295
Week 4 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 215 Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 297
Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 217 ▲ Flip and Spots
▲ More Fun Than a Hat! ● Bald Eagle Alert
● Knitwits and Woolly Sweaters
Week 5 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 311
Week 5 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 231 Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 313
Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 233 ▲ Paul Saw Arctic Foxes
▲ The Caring King’s Fair Wish ● A Party and a Half
● Inside Caves

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▲ Decodable Readers ● On-Level Books

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Week 1 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 327 Week 1 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 407
Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 329 Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 409
▲ Judge Marge ▲ The Camping Trip
● The World of Plants ● Sonoran Desert Animals

Week 2 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 343 Week 2 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 423
Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 345 Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 425
▲ Calvin’s Pumpkin ▲ The Turtle
● All About Tomatoes ● Giraffes of the Savanna

Week 3 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 359 Week 3 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 439
Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 361 Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 441
▲ Decode It ▲ Tadpole Decides
● Living Fossils ● Spoiled by a Spill

Week 4 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 375 Week 4 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 455
Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 377 Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 457
▲ Puddle Pet ▲ The Rainy Day
● Hermie the Hermit Crab ● That’s Wild!

Week 5 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 391 Week 5 Parent Letter, English . . . . . . . . 471
Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 393 Parent Letter, Spanish . . . . . . . . 473
▲ Doggy Door ▲ How Bird Was Lured Away from Fire
● Look Out for Dolphins ● Why the Sky Is Far Away
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Calendars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Send a calendar home at the beginning of each month with
activities, events, or announcements for parents and students.

Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491

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 Welcome!
Dear Family Member:
This year your child will be building important reading skills.
You can help your child practice reading skills taught at
school. By working together, you and your child can become
partners in learning.
Each week your child will bring home:
• a letter that tells you about the book the class is
reading that week.
• three homework activities that will improve
reading skills and offer practice with words your
child is learning.
• one or two stories for the two of you to read
together.
Reading is key to improving learning in all other subject
areas. With that in mind, here are a few questions you
may want to ask me when we meet:
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• How is my child progressing in reading?

• Which area is my child’s strongest?
Which is the weakest?
• How can I help my child’s reading improve?
Your interest, praise, and encouragement
are sure to lead to your child’s success in
school. Here’s to an exciting year of learning!
Yours truly,

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Queridos familiares:
Este año su hijo(a) comenzará a construir habilidades de lectura
muy importantes. Usted puede ayudarlo a practicar las habilidades
de lectura que aprendió en clase. Trabajando juntos, usted y su
hijo pueden convertirse en compañeros de aprendizaje.
Cada semana su niño traerá a casa:
• una carta que le hablará sobre el libro que la clase está
leyendo esa semana.
• tres actividades de tarea que mejorarán sus habilidades
de lectura y le ofrecerán práctica de las palabras que
su hijo(a) está aprendiendo.
• un o dos cuentos para que los dos lo lean juntos.
Leer es clave para mejorar su aprendizaje de todas las otras
materias. Con esto en mente, aquí están algunas preguntas
que usted tal vez quiera hacer cuando nos reunamos:
• ¿Cómo está mi hijo(a) progresando en lectura?

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• ¿Cuál es el área más fuerte de mi hijo(a)?
¿Cuál es la más débil?
• ¿Cómo puedo ayudar a mejorar a mi hijo(a)?
Su interés, sus elogios y sus expresiones de ánimo
seguramente conducirán al éxito de su hijo en la
escuela. Estamos a punto de arrancar un
emocionante año de aprendizaje.
Atentamente,

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading David’s New Friends in class this week.
WORDS TO KNOW I learned that stories have characters and settings.
Characters are the people in a story, and the setting is
carefully different excited the time and place. I know David is nervous about the
first day of school. I feel that way, too, each year. I use
groan whisper my own classroom to picture what David’s is like.
Tell Me a Story We can tell a story with your words. I’ll This Week’s Skills
ask you what each word means and then we’ll use it in a

(fold here)
sentence. We can string the sentences together to make Comprehension: character and setting
up a story. Vocabulary: dictionary—alphabetical order
Phonics: words with the sounds of a and i as in bat and fit
SPELLING WORDS

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Spelling: words with a and i
has sat wag had bad

fix six him will if

Stamp and Spell I’ll show you all the words for one
minute. Then I’ll say each word for you to spell. If the
word has the a sound, clap your hands. If the word has
the i sound, stamp your feet. Then spell the word.

Name
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Riddle Me This
Let’s look at each picture. I’ll help you read the
I wear a big frown,
words. Circle the word that describes whether
the answer is a character or a setting. When I’m a very sad clown.
we’re all done, let’s pick one character and one My pink pants are torn,
setting and use them to tell a story.
And I’ve lost my toy horn.
I like to chew a meaty Am I a Character or a Setting?
bone,

I do not talk on a
telephone.

I cannot play a big trombone, The fans can’t help but yell and cheer,
But you could take me home to own. The end of the game is very near.

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Just then a player makes a score,
Am I a Character or a Setting? The fans let out a mighty roar.
The cool waves slap. Am I a Character or a Setting?
The white sails snap. Am I a Character
The birds fly high, or a Setting?
In a clear blue sky.

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Esta semana estoy leyendo en clase David’s New
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO Friends. Aprendí que los cuentos tienen personajes
y ambientes. Los personajes son las personas de un
carefully different excited cuento y el ambiente es la época y el lugar donde se
desarrolla. Sé que David está nervioso porque es el
groan whisper primer día de clases. Yo también me pongo nervioso
todos los años cuando empiezan las clases. Uso mi
Cuéntame un cuento Vamos a contar un cuento con tus
propio salón de clases para imaginarme cómo es el
propias palabras. Te voy a preguntar qué significa cada

(fold here)
salón de clases de David.
palabra y luego vamos a usarla en una oración. Podemos
unir las oraciones para crear un cuento. Destrezas de la semana
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA Comprensión: personajes y ambiente

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Vocabulario: diccionario—orden alfabético
has sat wag had bad
Fonética: palabras con los sonidos a e i como bat y fit
fix six him will if Ortografía: palabras con a e i

Pisar y deletrear Te voy a dejar ver las palabras

durante un minuto. Luego voy a decir cada palabra para
que la deletrees. Si la palabra tiene el sonido a, da una
palmada; si tiene el sonido i, golpea el piso con los pies.
Luego deletrea la palabra.

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Adivina adivinador
Vamos a mirar cada ilustración. Te voy a ayudar a leer
I wear a big frown,
las palabras. Encierra en un círculo la palabra que indica
si la respuesta es un personaje o un ambiente. Después I’m a very sad clown.
vamos a escoger un personaje y un ambiente y usarlos My pink pants are torn,
en un cuento.
And I’ve lost my toy horn.
I like to chew a meaty Am I a Character or a Setting?
bone,

I do not talk on a
telephone.

I cannot play a big trombone, The fans can’t help but yell and cheer,
But you could take me home to own. The end of the game is very near.

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Just then a player makes a score,
Am I a Character or a Setting? The fans let out a mighty roar.
The cool waves slap. Am I a Character or a Setting?
The white sails snap. Am I a Character
The birds fly high, or a Setting?
In a clear blue sky.

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Pat and Tim

Pat and Tim

by Liane B. Onish
illustrated by Richard Torrey
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Pat and Tim
Meet the twins Pat and Tim.
They like to do lots of the same
things. And they both like caps. Pat
and Tim put on red caps to go to
the park. They ride bikes and climb
and swing and play catch.
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The twins like t-ball. They even
play on the same team. Pat and
Tim put on blue team caps to
play ball.

Pat and Tim

Pat is in class 2-P with Miss

Pinkham. Tim is next door in class
2-B with Miss Blackwell.
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On Monday, Pat puts on a pink
cap. Tim puts on a black cap. But
the twins feel sad. Can you think
why?

Pat and Tim

Pat and Tim like yellow caps for

reading. They put on green caps to
study math.
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Sprouts
Comprehension Check
Retell the Story $IBSBDUFS 4FUUJOH

Use a Character and by Edel Wignell

illustrated by Ian Forss
Setting Chart and the
pictures to help you
retell this story.

Think and Compare

1. Turn to page 6. What helped Jing
start to feel comfortable when she
went to her new school?

Sprouts
(Analyze Character and Setting)

2. What seeds have you eaten? Which

Table of Contents
did you like best? Explain. (Synthesize)
Chapter 1
3. How can people learn about other A New School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
cultures? (Apply) Chapter 2
Sprouts at School . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 3
School Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . 16

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“I like my new school and my new
Chapter 1
friends,” said Jing.
A New School
Jing was scared on her first day at the
new school. Everything was different.

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Jing’s old school had a tiny yard.
Chapter 3
Her new school had a huge
School Fair playground. It even had a garden.

On the day of the school fair, Jing’s “Good morning, Jing,” said Mr. Jeffs.
class was excited. Mr. Jeffs and the
“Good morning,” said Jing. Her voice
parents helped set up the stall.
was a whisper. She didn’t know anyone.
“We grew all these sprouts,” said the She missed her friends.
children. “Try them!”

People had never seen so many

Sprouts
sprouts. They bought them all!

At the end of the day, Jing’s mom

gave the children a treat.
Mung sprout cookies!

“Yum mung!” said Lucy.

Everyone laughed.

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“It’s nearly time for our school fair,”
said Mr. Jeffs.

“What is our class doing?” asked Lucy.

“We could grow vegetables in our

garden,” said Sam.

“Then we could sell them,” said Chico.

“It’s too late,” said Mr. Jeffs. “Potatoes,

beans, and carrots need time to grow.”

Sprouts
Jing took a deep breath. “We could
grow sprouts,” she whispered.

“Sprouts?” said Mr. Jeffs. “That sounds

interesting, Jing.”

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During the week, the children grew
many sprouts. They wrote labels and
made a big sign.

“Come and try our delicious sprouts,”

read Lucy.

“Mom said she will come to the fair,”

said Jing. “And she will bring food
made from sprouts. Everyone can
try it.”

“Great!” said Lucy.

Sprouts

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Sprouts
“We grow sprouts at home,” said Jing.
“They’re ready to eat in a few days.”

“Sprouts!” Everyone was excited.

“We’ll grow sprouts!”

“Tomorrow, Jing can show us how,”

said Mr. Jeffs.

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“This is Mom’s recipe book,” said
Chapter 2
Jing. “You can eat sprouts with
nearly everything.”
Sprouts at School
Mr. Jeffs made a list. It showed every The next day, Jing said, “Here are
food the students said could be made some seeds that Mom and I use to
with sprouts. grow sprouts.”

Mr. Jeffs read out the names. “Alfalfa,

mung beans, lentils, peas, millet, wheat.”

Sprouts

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Jing put the seeds into jars. “You have
to keep them damp and cover them,”
she said. “Then we can put them on
this shelf.”

“I’ll help,” said Lucy. They worked

carefully together.

Then it was lunchtime. “What can

we make with sprouts?” asked Chico.

“I have sprouts in my sandwich,”

said Jing. “See, cheese and sprouts.”

Sprouts
She nibbled a sprout. “Yum!”

“I’m starving,” said Chico, with

a groan.

Everyone laughed. “We’re all starving!”

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading Mr. Putter & Tabby
WORDS TO KNOW Pour the Tea in class this week.
I’m supposed to pay attention to
company delighted enjoyed the plot of the story. I learned
that the plot is the beginning,
share thinning wonderful middle, and end of a story. In
the beginning of this story,
Words Go-Around Let’s talk about what the words mean.
Mr. Putter is lonely, and he
Then, I’ll give you a sentence using one of the words.

(fold here)
decides he wants a cat to
Try to follow my sentence with a different sentence that
keep him company. What
uses the same word. We’ll do this for each word.
he does to find a cat is the
middle of the story. The end is
SPELLING WORDS how the story turns out. I hope

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Mr. Putter finds his cat.
went tell pet job fog
This Week’s Skills
not tug hut tub bun
Comprehension: plot
Sounds to Listen For I’ll keep giving you words to spell. Vocabulary: word parts
Tell me whether the word has an e, o, or u sound. Then
spell the word. Phonics: sounds of e, o, and u as in bed, hog, and bug
Spelling: words with e, o, and u

Name
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The Dog and the Pie
Let’s talk about the pictures. Then we can make
up a story using the pictures. We’ll need to put
the pictures in order to make a story with a
beginning, middle, and end.

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Esta semana estoy leyendo
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO en clase Mr. Putter & Tabby Pour
the Tea. Debo prestar atención al
company delighted enjoyed argumento del cuento. Aprendí
que el argumento tiene principio,
share thinning wonderful medio y fin. Al principio de este
cuento el Sr. Putter se siente
Carrusel de palabras Vamos a hablar de lo que
solo y decide que quiere

(fold here)
significa cada palabra. Luego te voy a decir una oración
un gato para que le haga
con una de las palabras. Trata de continuar mi oración
compañía. Lo que él hace
con otra oración que usa la misma palabra. Vamos a
para encontrar un gato es el
hacer esto para cada palabra.
medio del cuento. El fin es cómo

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termina el cuento. Espero que el
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA Sr. Putter encuentre un gato.
went tell pet job fog Destrezas de la semana
not tug hut tub bun Comprensión: argumento
Vocabulario: partes de la palabra
Escucha el sonido Voy a decirte palabras para que tú
las deletrees. Dime si la palabra tiene el sonido e, o, o u. Fonética: sonidos de e, o y u, como en
Luego, deletrea la palabra. bed, hog y bug
Ortografía: palabras con e, o y u

Nombre
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El perro y el pastel
Vamos a hablar de cada ilustración. Después
podemos crear un cuento con las ilustraciones.
Necesitaremos ponerlas en orden para que el
cuento tenga un principio, un medio y un fin.

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Gus tugged at the net. He cut the
net with his teeth. He set Len free.

“That was quick!” Gus said. Len

Len and Gus
shook his paw.

“A little friend can be a big help!”

said Len.

Len and Gus

by Holly Melton
illustrated by Bernard Adnet

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Len and Gus “Let me see,” said Gus. “I must
The sun was hot. The sky was study the net. I must find the best
blue. The grass was green and fluffy. spot to cut it.”

Gus the mouse was on a fun run. “Study fast!” said Len. “Or the
But the fun did not last! men will get me!”
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Gus was on a run. “That sounds “I got you!” said Len the lion.
like Len!” he said. “I bet I can help “A log is a fun spot to hide.”
him. This is a job for a mouse!”
“Let me go! I beg you!” said Gus.
He ran to Len.
“It may be a lot to ask. But if you
set me free, I’ll help you some day.”

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“That is funny!” said Len. “You
are not even as big as a dog. How
could you help me? But I’ll let you
go. Run, mouse, run!”

Gus ran.

Len and Gus One day, a net fell on Len. He

could not get free.

“Men set this trap,” he said.

“I am stuck like a bug in a web!”
Len gave a big ROAR.
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Comprehension Check
Retell the Story #FHJOOJOH
Garden
Use a Plot Chart and the
pictures to help you retell
this story.
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Park by Janet Stutley
Think and Compare illustrated by Joy Allen
1. Turn to page 2. How does
Table of Contents
Jasmine’s question affect the rest
of the story? (Analyze Plot) Chapter 1
A Visit to Garden Park . . . . . . . . 2

Garden Park
2. What plant do you think has the
best smell? (Evaluate) Chapter 2
A Garden for Everyone . . . . . . . . 6
3. Why do some people enjoy planting
Chapter 3
or being around plants? (Analyze)
Everyone Can Help . . . . . . . . . . 12
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . 16

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Chapter 1 “Maybe Mrs. Harkin could come to our
school to talk about Garden Park,”
A Visit to Garden Park said Jasmine.
Jasmine had never been to Garden Park.
“Would you, Mrs. Harkin?” said Dad.
Her father said that he enjoyed the
park when he was her age. He was “I would be happy to do that,”
happy to share it with her. said Mrs. Harkin. “I love sharing this
special park!”
“Here it is,” her father said, smiling.
He sat down in the grass.

“The flowers are pretty!” said Jasmine.

Garden Park
Her father laughed. “That is why this
place was named Garden Park,”
he said.

“Where does this path go?”

asked Jasmine.

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“I love it here,” said Jasmine. “Dad,
can we help?”

“Maybe we can teach other people

about the plants,” he said. “Then we
could raise money for new plants.”

“Great,” said Mrs. Harkin. “Teaching is

a wonderful way to help.”

Jasmine’s dad looked closely at

Mrs. Harkin.

Garden Park
“I know you!” he said. “I am Jimmy
Mendez. You were my teacher when I
was young!”

Mrs. Harkin smiled. “I remember

you,” she said.

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Chapter 3 Just then, a butterfly flew past. It
Everyone Can Help went down the path.

Mrs. Harkin picked up a white stick. “We should follow it,” said Jasmine.
She pointed to plants as she “Okay,” said Dad.
named them.
Jasmine pulled him up.
“That is rosemary. I can tell by its
pine smell,” she said. “My name is
Rosemary, too!”

“Mom uses rosemary for cooking,”

Garden Park
said Jasmine.

Then a soft wind blew. “Can you

smell that?” asked Mrs. Harkin.
“That is jasmine, your flower!”

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Chapter 2 Mrs. Harkin ran her hand over a yellow
A Garden for Everyone flower patch. A lemon smell filled
the air.
The butterfly led Jasmine and her
dad into a field. “These plants look dry from the sun,”
she said. “They need thinning out.”
“Wow!” she said. They saw a big
bush. It was covered in purple “Is it your job to plant everything
flowers and butterflies. A woman here?” asked Jasmine.
was kneeling next to the bush. “No,” said Mrs. Harkin. “I just like to
“Excuse me,” said Jasmine. “Why do help because I love flowers.”

Garden Park
butterflies love this bush?” “How wonderful!” said Jasmine’s dad.
“It is a butterfly bush,” said the “Plants need all the help they can
woman. “Butterflies love the way get,” said Mrs. Harkin. “I help so I can
it smells. I planted it so have more to enjoy!”
the park can be enjoyed by
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“Come and sit,” said the woman. “I do “Jasmine?” said the woman. “That is a
like company.” lovely flower! I am Mrs. Harkin, and I
am delighted to meet you both. I am
“Thank you,” said Jasmine. “My name
part of the park’s gardening group.”
is Jasmine. This is my dad.”

Garden Park

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Dear Family Member,

Word Workout
I’m reading Family Farm–Then and Now in class this
WORDS TO KNOW week. When I’m done reading this true story I can give
you a summary. I can also
harvest crops regrow give the main idea and
the important facts, or
machines irrigate details. A summary helps
me remember what
Holiday Poster Let’s make a holiday poster with these I read. I think I’ll be able
words. First we’ll talk about what each word means.

(fold here)
to tell you how family
Then we’ll write each word in a sentence on our poster. farms ran during
We could draw pictures, too, if we want. different periods in
American history.
SPELLING WORDS

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This Week’s Skills
bag mad cap back ham
Comprehension: identify
main idea and details
cape bake made ate rake
Vocabulary: word parts—prefixes
Sing a Silly Song I’ll ask you to spell these words. Then,
Phonics: different sounds of a
we can think of words that rhyme with them. We can
use the rhymes to make a song. Spelling: different spellings of words with a

Name
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Pet Shop Flip-Flop Heads: Bobby’s snake escaped from its cage.
Here’s how to play this game.
Tails: The snake needed to find shade on the hot
• Flip a coin.
summer day.
• If the coin comes up “heads,” use the picture to make up
details about the Heads main idea.
• If the coin comes up “tails,” use the picture to make up
details about the Tails main idea.

Heads: When Katie’s pet turtle is scared, he pulls his head

into his shell. Heads: Mrs. Rivera found a stray cat on her farm and gave
Tails: Katie found a turtle in the pond near her house. it a home.
Tails: Mrs. Rivera’s cat likes to chase mice.

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Queridos familiares:
Ejercicio de palabras
Esta semana estoy leyendo en clase Family Farm–
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO Then and Now. Cuando termine de leer el cuento te
haré un resumen. También te
harvest crops regrow puedo decir la idea
principal y los hechos
machines irrigate importantes o detalles.
Un resumen me ayuda a
Cartel de un día de fiesta Vamos a hacer un cartel recordar lo que leí.
sobre un día festivo con estas palabras. Primero vamos

(fold here)
Creo que podré decirte
a ver lo que significa cada una. Después vamos a usar cómo se manejaron las
cada palabra para escribir una oración en el cartel. Si granjas familiares
quieres, podremos también hacer dibujos. durante diferentes
periodos históricos.

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PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA
Destrezas de
bag mad cap back ham
la semana
cape bake made ate rake Comprensión: identificar la
idea principal y los detalles
Inventa una canción Te voy a pedir que deletrees
estas palabras. Después podemos pensar en palabras Vocabulario: partes de la palabra, prefijos
que rimen con ellas. Vamos a usar las rimas para crear Fonética: diferentes sonidos de a
una canción.
Ortografía: diferentes ortografías de palabras con a

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La tienda de mascotas Heads: Bobby’s snake escaped from its cage.
El juego se juega así:
Tails: The snake needed to find shade on the hot
• Tira una moneda.
summer day.
• Si la cara de la moneda es “heads”, usa la ilustración para
crear los detalles acerca de la idea principal de “Heads”.
• Si la cara de la moneda es “tails”, usa la ilustración para
crear los detalles sobre la idea principal de “Tails”.

Heads: When Katie’s pet turtle is scared, he pulls his head

into his shell. Heads: Mrs. Rivera found a stray cat on her farm and gave
Tails: Katie found a turtle in the pond near her house. it a home.
Tails: Mrs. Rivera’s cat likes to chase mice.

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You Can
Bake
a Cake!
by Barbara A. Donovan
photographed by
Ken O’Donoghue

You Can Bake a Cake!

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You Can Bake a Cake!
This year you and Dad can bake
a cake for Mom’s birthday. Just
get a box of cake mix. Look on
the back. It shows you what to do.
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You Can Bake a Cake!
Bake your cakes until they are
done. Let them cool on a rack. Move Rub butter on the cake pans.
them to a plate. Add frosting and Then shake flour into them. Now
dab on some red dots. Mom will be the cake will not stick. Next, turn
glad to see this cake! on the oven.
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Look at the back of the box. Get Crack an egg and add it to the
what you need to make the cake. bowl. Then add another. Stir it up
Put the cake mix in a bowl. Then so there are no lumps. Put some
add the water. This cake has oil in cake mix in each pan. Dad can put
it. Put that in the bowl, too. the pans in the hot oven.

You Can Bake a Cake!

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Comprehension Check
Retell Detail Detail Detail
Family History
by Anne O’Brien
Use a Main Idea
Main Idea
and Details Chart to
retell what this book
is about.

Think and Compare

1. What are three ways you can learn
Table of Contents
about your family’s history?
(Main Idea and Details) Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Family History
Chapter 1
2. What is one tradition your family has?
Families Long Ago . . . . . . . . . . . 4
(Apply)
Chapter 2
3. Why is it important for people to A Family Then and Now . . . . . 6
learn about their family’s history?
Chapter 3
(Synthesize) A Family’s Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 4
Family Traditions . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . 16
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Glossary
celebrate (SEL-uh-brayt) to mark a special
Introduction
day, often with a party (page 12)
Some families are famous. We read documents (DOK-yuh-muhnts) official
about them. We see programs about papers that give important information
them on TV. Everyone knows the (page 4)
history, or the story, of these families. generation (JEN-uh-RAY-shuhn) a set of
family members seen as the next step
Abraham Lincoln (page 8)
and his family are
famous. Lincoln interview (IN-tuhr-vyew) to question

Family History
was a President
of the United someone about their experiences (page 10)
States.
relatives (REL-uh-tivz) members of the
same family, by birth, adoption, or
marriage (page 3)

Index
ancestors, 6–9 families long ago, 2, 5–6, 8
Martin Luther King, Jr. California, 8, 11 King, Jr., Martin Luther, 2
and his family are documents, 4 Lincoln, Abraham, 2
famous Americans, too. Virginia, 10–11
families from other
lands, 6, 8–9, 13

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Conclusion You can learn your family’s history
from relatives. Aunts, uncles, and
The history of a family began long grandparents can tell you stories
ago. It is made of many things. It’s about your parents as kids. These
what a family does on special days. stories are your heritage. Your family
It’s family stories. It’s family letters hands their stories down to you.
and photographs.

You can learn about your family’s

history. Then you can pass it on, so it

Family History
is not forgotten. Your family’s story will
go on and on.
Lela learns the family tradition of making blankets.

Every family has stories to share.

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Chapter 1
Elsa wears shoes called clogs. The
Families Long Ago
clogs are a tradition in Elsa’s family.
History is the story of the past. One Elsa’s grandmother wore them when
way to learn about the past is from she was a girl in the Netherlands.
old letters. They give you knowledge, Elsa lives in the United States. But
or facts, about things from long ago. she keeps the tradition going.
Documents, or papers, also tell about
your family’s past. You may learn Elsa follows her
about a wedding or a new baby. grandmother’s
tradition of wearing

Family History
clogs.

Manuel’s uncle
tells him about
his family’s life
long ago.

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Chapter 4

Family Traditions
Most families have traditions. Traditions
are passed down over time. In many
families it is a tradition to celebrate a
holiday with special foods.

Your family may have everyday

traditions, too. Maybe there’s one night
a week when you always eat pizza.
Old photographs show what’s different

Family History
from life today.

In this family, it is a tradition to eat

with chopsticks. Old photographs are another great way
to learn about your family’s history.
Look closely to uncover clues. See
what people are wearing and doing.

Listen to the stories older family

members share. It’s fun to hear stories
about when they were young.

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Chapter 2 Next, Sam interviewed his grandmother’s
A Family Then and Now friend, Anita. Anita told Sam more
stories like how his grandparents met
The way families live changes over the
and moved to California.
years. Long ago, Tamika’s family lived
in Nigeria in West Africa. The women
wore colorful shirts and scarves. United States
United States

Tamika’s ancestors in Nigeria

wore clothing like this.
California Virginia

Family History

Sam’s grandparents moved from Virginia

to California. They went by train.

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Sam has many questions to ask his
grandmother and her friend.

Family History
Sam wanted to learn about his family’s
past. He interviewed his grandmother.
Sam asked her questions about her life. Tamika’s family still loves to spend
time together, just as her ancestors
Sam’s grandmother told him that she did long ago.
grew up on a farm in Virginia. She Some of Tamika’s ancestors moved to
talked about machines that were used the United States. Today Tamika may
to irrigate, or water, the fields. A big wear a Nigerian shirt and scarf for
harvest of crops would regrow a special event. But she wears jeans
each year. and t-shirts to play.

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Chapter 3
Lee learned that her family moved
A Family’s Past
to the United States from their
It’s important to learn about your native land of China. The time line
family’s history. You can pass it on shows what Lee found out about
to the next generation. Someday, her family’s history.
you can retell your family’s stories.
You will be a bridge from the past
to the future.
Lee’s Time Line

Family History
My ancestors
came to California
to help build the
railroad.
My grandparents
got married.

1830 1868 1910 1960 1970 2011+

My great-grandfather was This is my family

born in San Francisco. My mom started today. We live
My ancestors came school in Los Angeles. in Fresno.
from China.

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading Meet Rosina in class this week. We
WORDS TO KNOW learned that some books have main ideas and details.
The main idea is the writer’s
celebrate cultures deaf most important point. It’s the
big idea. I learned that details
relatives signing are bits of information that
help tell about the main idea.
From Words to Pictures First, we’ll talk about what
I think the main idea of Meet
each word means. Then, for each word, we’ll make up a

(fold here)
Rosina is how a deaf girl has
sentence and draw a picture to go with it.
a happy life, just like other
children. I’m sure as I read I’ll
SPELLING WORDS find lots of examples that tell
about her life.

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did rip fin mix pick
This Week’s Skills
five line side pipe hike
Comprehension: main idea and details
Is It I or I? I’ll ask you to spell a word and tell me if the Vocabulary: dictionary—new meanings for known
sound made by i is the same as in the word tin or tile. words
Phonics: different sounds of i
Spelling: different spellings of words with i as in nice
and tip

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“Help!” said the main idea
A Food Is Fun B It’s Good to Have a Pet
Each main idea is missing its details. We’ll read the main
ideas together. They are written at the top of each square.
Then we can look at the details below and match them to
their main ideas. You can write the letter of the main idea
next to each detail.

C There Are Many Uses of D Franny Had a Good Time at

Shoes the Beach

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Esta semana estoy leyendo en clase Meet Rosina.
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO Aprendí que algunos libros tienen ideas principales y
celebrate cultures deaf detalles. La idea principal es
lo más importante que dice el
relatives signing autor. Es la idea que se destaca
más. Aprendí que los detalles
Palabras y dibujos Primero vamos a hablar de lo son trocitos de información
que quiere decir cada palabra. Después vamos a hacer que ayudan a contar la idea

(fold here)
una oración con cada palabra y hacer un dibujo para principal. Pienso que la idea
ilustrarla. principal de Meet Rosina es
cómo una niña sorda puede
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA tener una vida feliz, como
otros chicos. Seguro que

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did rip fin mix pick
cuando lea voy a encontrar
five line side pipe hike muchos ejemplos acerca de su vida.

¿Cómo suena la i? Te voy a pedir que deletrees una Destrezas de la semana

palabra y me digas si el sonido de la i es como en la Comprensión: idea principal y detalles
palabra tin o como en la palabra tile.
Vocabulario: diccionario—nuevas definiciones para
palabras que sabes
Fonética: diferentes sonidos de i
Ortografía: diferente ortografía de palabras con i
como en nice y tip

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¡Socorro!, gritó la idea
principal A Food Is Fun B It’s Good to Have a Pet
A cada idea principal le faltan los detalles. Vamos a leer
juntos las ideas principales. Están escritas en la parte
superior de cada recuadro. Después podemos mirar los
detalles y ver a qué idea principal corresponden. Puedes
escribir la letra de la idea principal junto a cada detalle.

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Big Bike

Mike’s Big Bike

by Elena Matos
illustrated by Joe Cepeda
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Mike’s Big Bike
Mike rides his white bike.
Each time his legs go up, he
bumps the handlebars. Mike likes
his bike, but he understands it’s not
the right size. What will Mike do?
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Mike rides his new bike on the Mike tells Mom he needs a
wide sidewalk. Tim asks to ride it. different bike. Mom will help
Mike says, “You ride the red bike. Mike pay for the bike, but he
I’ll ride the white one. I will ride has to save and help pay for it,
my red bike another time.” too. Mike thinks that this is fine.

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Mike gets to work. He wipes Mike can now pay for his bike.
the dishes. He rakes twigs. He At a yard sale, Mike rides each bike.
sells lime ice pops to other kids. Then he sees one that is the right
He does a number of different size and the right price. Mike likes
jobs. Each dime goes in his bank. his new red bike.

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Informational
Nonfiction
Comprehension Check
Retell
Use a Main Idea and
.BJO
*EFB Three American
Details chart to retell
the information in
this book.
%FUBJM %FUBJM %FUBJM

Heroes by Guadalupe V. Lopez

Think and Compare
1. Jane Addams wanted everyone
to have a good life. How did

Three American Heroes

Addams help make this happen?
(Main Idea and Details)

2. How were Chávez’s ideas like

King’s ideas? (Synthesize)

3. Martin Luther King Day of Service

is in January. What can you do to
help someone on this day? (Apply)

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acy Activities Glossary
Liter
civil rights (SIV-uhl reyets) freedoms
that all people enjoy by law (page 8)
A Letter to Dr. King
immigrants (IM-i-gruhnts) people who
César Chávez and Martin Luther King, Jr.
never met. Chávez admired this peaceful move from one country to another
leader. Imagine that Chávez wrote a thank-you (page 4)
note to Dr. King. What might Chávez say?
migrant (MEYE-gruhnt) going from
place to place (page 11)

Three American Heroes

Nobel Peace Prize (NOH-bel Pees
What I Learned from Preyez) prize given to someone who
Jane Addams
makes the world a better place (page 6)
Jane Addams taught many people. Write
about what you learned from Jane Addams.
Index
Addams, Jane, 2–6, 14 Johnson, President
Chávez, César, 2, 10–14 Lyndon, 9
Civil Rights Act, 9 King, Jr., Martin
Hull House, 5–6 Luther, 2, 7–9, 14
Nobel Peace Prize, 6, 9

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Conclusion Chapter 1

Jane Addams, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Who Was Jane Addams?
César Chávez were ordinary Americans. Jane Addams had a good life. Her
They lived at different times and in family had plenty of money. She felt
different places. They came from that others should live well, too. Her
different cultures. idea was simple. She wanted everyone
to have a good life.
But with words and deeds, these three

Three American Heroes

American heroes improved the lives
of many people. They changed our
country forever.

Three American Heroes Time Line

1860 Jane Addams is born

César Chávez is born 1927

1929 Martin Luther King, Jr.
is born

1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 Jane Addams dreamed
of making life better
Addams dies 1935 for all people.
King is killed 1968
Chávez dies 1993

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A grape grower signs a contract. He is agreeing
to pay workers more money.

Three American Heroes

Many immigrants lived
in crowded spaces.
Chávez wanted things to change.
Addams was born in 1860. Her family He became a leader for the migrant
lived in a nice house. One day, she workers. In 1968 Chávez asked people
saw a poor part of the city. Many all over the United States not to buy
immigrants lived there. Houses were grapes. Grape growers lost money. They
falling apart. Children had torn clothes. finally agreed to treat workers better.

Addams was just a girl, but she Chávez died in 1993. In 1994, President
wanted to help. She wanted to change Clinton honored Chávez by awarding
the way poor people lived. him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Chávez left school after eighth grade. In 1889, Addams’ found a big house
He picked grapes with his family. They and filled it with pretty things. She
made pennies a day. A family could called it Hull House.
not live on so little money.
Addams gave classes to immigrants.
They came from different cultures.
They spoke different languages. At
Hull House, they could learn to speak
and read English, do math, and other

Three American Heroes

things, too.

Migrants worked many hours for very little pay.

Hull House had a
day care and a
kindergarten.

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Today Hull House is

Three American Heroes

a museum.

In 1931, Jane Addams received the

Nobel Peace Prize for helping so Many migrant camps did not have water.

many people. Today, the Hull House

Association still helps people. The family moved to California. They
became migrant workers. They went
from farm to farm picking crops. They
never stayed in one place. Chávez went
to more than 30 different schools.

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Chapter 3 Chapter 2

Who Was César Chávez? Who Was

César Chávez was born in Yuma,
Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Arizona, in 1927. His father had a small Years ago, white people and black
farm. Their relatives lived nearby. people in America were not treated
the same. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
When Chávez was ten, there was not wanted to change this.
enough rain. Crops died. The Chávez

Three American Heroes

family lost their farm. King was born in 1929, in Atlanta,
César Chávez
Georgia. At that time, whites and
dreamed that blacks were kept apart. In some
workers would
be treated well places, this was
and have a the law.
better life.

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King knew that the law was wrong In this photo,
President Lyndon
and fought for change. But he fought Johnson is signing
for civil rights with his words, not his the Civil Rights
Act. It gave
fists. He dreamed of the same rights African Americans
the same rights as
for all citizens of the United States. other citizens.

King gave speeches and led marches.

These actions changed our country.

Three American Heroes

In 1964, King received the Nobel
On August 28, 1963, Dr. King gave a famous
speech in Washington, D.C. It was called “I Peace Prize.
Have a Dream.”

Sadly, King was killed in 1968. Today,

Americans celebrate his birthday on
January 15. We honor Martin Luther
King, Jr. by helping others. We can
make the world better too.

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading My Name Is Yoon in
WORDS TO KNOW class this week. It’s about a Korean girl
who comes to America and doesn’t
cuddle favorite patient speak English. As I read, I’m finding
clues that help me guess what will
practiced settled wrinkled happen next in the story. That’s a
prediction. As I read, I will see if my
Speed! I’ll give you a word and see how quickly you can
predictions are right. Using predictions
use it in a sentence. We can play again and see if you

(fold here)
helps me read better. I think Yoon is
can make sentences even faster than before.
going to learn English.

SPELLING WORDS This Week’s Skills

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box fox dog lock pot Comprehension: make and confirm
predictions
cone home nose poke rope Vocabulary: verbs ending with -ed
Phonics: sounds of o as in mop and bone
The O Stands Alone? The letter o can sound like it stands Spelling: different spellings of words with o
alone, as it does in the word rose. The letter o can also
sound differently, like it does in the word pot. I’ll say a
spelling word. Tell me if it sounds like the o stands alone
in this word, or not. Then spell the word.

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How Does Your
Garden Grow? 3. 4.

I’m going to hold a piece of paper over all the

pictures, then show them to you one at a time.
Let’s talk about each one and make a prediction
about what will happen next. When I show the
next picture, we’ll see if our prediction is right.

1. 2. The seeds poke up. The bunny sees the

What will happen next? garden. What will
happen?

5. 6.

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What do you think Sammi digs holes.

Sammi will do with What will happen next? Did you think the
the seeds? story would end
this way? Why?
What will happen next?

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Esta semana estoy leyendo en clase
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO My Name Is Yoon. Trata de una niña
coreana que viene a Estados Unidos
cuddle favorite patient y no habla inglés. Mientras leo voy
encontrando pistas que me ayudan a
practiced settled wrinkled adivinar lo que va a pasar después en
el cuento. Así hago una predicción. A
¡A toda velocidad! Te voy a decir una palabra y ver
medida que leo puedo comprobar si
qué rápido puedes usarla en una oración. Podemos

(fold here)
mis predicciones se cumplen. Hacer
repetir el juego y ver si puedes formar oraciones cada
predicciones me ayuda a leer mejor.
vez más rápido.
Creo que Yoon va a aprender a hablar
inglés.
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Destrezas de la semana
box fox dog lock pot
Comprensión: hacer y confirmar
cone home nose poke rope predicciones
Vocabulario: verbos terminados en -ed
¿Está la O sola? La letra o puede sonar como cuando Fonética: sonidos de la o, como en mop y bone
está sola, como en la palabra rose. La letra o puede Ortografía: diferentes ortografías de palabras con o
sonar diferentamente, como en la palabra pot. Voy a
decir una palabra de ortografía. Dime si en esta palabra
suena como la o cuando está sola. Luego deletrea la
palabra.

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¿Cómo crece tu jardín?
Voy a cubrir todas las ilustraciones con un trozo de
papel, y después te las mostraré una por una. Vamos 3. 4.
a hablar de cada ilustración y a hacer una predicción
de lo que va a suceder después. Cuando te muestre la
ilustración siguiente veremos si nuestra predicción
es correcta.

1. 2. The seeds poke up. The bunny sees the

What will happen next? garden. What will
happen?

5. 6.

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What do you think Sammi digs holes.

Sammi will do with What will happen next? Did you think the
the seeds? story would end
this way? Why?
What will happen next?

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At Home in Nome
by Lois Owens
illustrated by Kathy Ember

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At Home in Nome
May 9

I am in Nome. My family just

moved. I have so much to tell. Next
week I will go to my new school.
I’m scared because I won’t know
the kids. I hope they like me!
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It’s spring, but it’s cold! Some

places still have snow. It’s not hot
like it is back home.

I saw fox tracks in the mud.

Dad took a picture of them.

At Home in Nome
June 10

I will like going back home to

visit some day. But for now, I am
happy to be at home in Nome!
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May 23

There are cod fish and crab here

in Nome. Mom makes them a lot.
She gets cod and crab off the boats.
We ate them back home, too. I’m
glad I like fish and crab!

At Home in Nome
May 15

Mom drove me to school.

Back home I rode my bike.

All the kids spoke to me! I made

lots of friends. Next week I will
ride the bus. That will be fun!
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Comprehension Check
Daniel’s
Retell the Story
Use a Prediction Chart
8IBU
*
1SFEJDU
8IBU
)BQQFOT
N ew H o m e
by Christine Keighery
and the pictures to help
illustrated by Chantal Stewart
you retell this story.

Think and Compare

1. Turn to page 7. What makes you think
that Daniel will feel safe in America?
(Make and Confirm Predictions)

Daniel’s New Home

2. How might you feel if you had to Table of Contents
live in a different country? (Apply)
Chapter 1
3. What are some of the reasons Leaving Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
people move from one country Chapter 2
to another? (Analyze) On the Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 3
A New Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 4
A New Baby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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Chapter 1 “Annie looks just like you, Daniel,”
Leaving Home said Mam. I held out my finger,
and my baby sister grabbed it.
When Dad came in from the fields
“Do you know she is an
today, Cara was crying.
American?” I said.
“She’s hungry,” said Mam. I was
hungry, too. But I wasn’t crying.
I am seven years old plus two

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Chapter 4 Dad gave Cara a cuddle and she
A New Baby stopped howling. Soon, we will
have another baby.
I came back home today. I was
staying at Uncle Paddy’s house I really want a brother.
because Mam was having a baby.
“How are the potatoes?” asked
Uncle Paddy said the baby will Mam. I held my breath.
be an American! I can’t wait to
meet my new sister.

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“The potatoes are ruined,” said
Dad. “We cannot eat or sell
them.” When I let my breath out,
it sounded like a sigh.

“We have to leave Ireland,” said

Mam. “We have a family to look
after, and not enough food.”

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Chapter 3
A New Home
Finally, we have arrived in America.
We are staying with Uncle Paddy.
Dad is working on the railways. I
am proud of him. He is so strong.

I don’t know any children here.

I play marbles by myself. Today a

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marble rolled back to me. When I
looked up, it was Fergus Sullivan!

“I see you’ve practiced, Daniel,”

he said.

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“We should go to North America
Everyone is excited. But when
like the Sullivans,” said Dad.
the sea is rough, Mam feels sick.
I thought of how Fergus Sullivan It is hard to find a soft space for
always bragged about going to her to lie down.
America. Then we never heard
from him after he went across
the Atlantic Ocean!

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“Your Uncle Paddy will help us get
Chapter 2
settled there,” said Dad.
On the Boat
October 20, 1847 Uncle Paddy is my favorite uncle.
We are on a huge boat, headed If he was brave enough to go to
for America. There are more than America, I can be brave, too.
200 people
than 200 people
on board.
on board.
It is very
It is
crowded!
very crowded!

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I sat on Grandma’s lap, even
though I’m too big for sitting on
knees. I held her wrinkled hands.

“Dad said we’ll have to be

patient,” I told Grandma. “The
boat trip to America will take
a long time.”

Grandma smiled. “Darling,” she

Daniel’s New Home

said, “you will have to be patient
without me. I want to stay here.
But I might come when you
are settled.”

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading Babu’s Song in class this week. I’m
WORDS TO KNOW learning that stories have characters and settings.
Characters are the people in a story and
collection concern exclaimed settings are the time and place of a
story. This story takes place in a village.
figure vendors Babu is Bernardi’s grandfather.
Even though he can’t talk, he
What a Game! Let’s be sports reporters. I’ll ask you what
shows Bernardi how much he
each word means. Then we’ll pick a game, like soccer

(fold here)
loves him. He makes toys for him
or football, and pretend we’re watching it. We’ll make
out of wood and old tin cans. And
up sentences with the words. The sentences will tell all
Bernardi is always happy to be
about the exciting game we’re watching.
with him. Babu and Bernardi are
the characters in Babu’s Song.

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SPELLING WORDS
This Week’s Skills
main sail tail wait
Comprehension: character, setting,
train jay pay and plot
Vocabulary: context clues
stay hay may Phonics: the sound of a as in drain and play
Let’s Hear It for A! Time to cheer for an a sound. To play Spelling: words with ay and ai
this game, I’ll show you the words for a minute. Then,
I’ll say each word for you to spell. At the end, we’ll see
how many other words we know that rhyme with these
words.
Name
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Let’s look at each picture. I’ll help you read the words and Who is the
then we can use the picture to find the characters and
settings. Tell me what it would be like if you were the boy
character? What
or girl in the picture. When we’re all done, let’s pick one is the setting?
character and one setting and use them to tell a story
about a great adventure!

Who is the character?

What is the setting?

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Who is the
character? What
is the setting?

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Ejercicio de palabras Dear Family Member:

Esta semana estoy leyendo en clase
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO Babu’s Song. Estoy aprendiendo que los
cuentos tienen personajes y ambiente. Los
collection concern exclaimed personajes son las personas del cuento y
figure vendors el ambiente es la época y el lugar en que
transcurre. Este cuento tiene lugar
¡Qué partido! Vamos a ser periodistas de deportes. en una aldea. Babu es el abuelo de
Te voy a preguntar qué significa cada palabra. Después Bernardi. Aunque no puede hablar,
escogeremos un deporte, como fútbol o fútbol

(fold here)
le demuestra a Bernardi cuánto lo
americano y nos imaginaremos que estamos viendo quiere. Le construye juguetes de
un partido por televisión. Formaremos oraciones con madera y latas viejas. Y Bernardi
las palabras y contaremos el partido emocionante que está siempre feliz de estar con él.
estamos mirando. Babu y Bernardi son los personajes

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en Babu’s Song.
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA
Destrezas de la semana
main sail tail wait
Comprensión: personajes, ambiente y
train jay pay argumento
Vocabulario: claves de contexto
stay hay may
Fonética: el sonido de a como en drain and
¡A encontrar la rima! Es hora de alegrarnos cuando
play
oigamos el sonido de la a. Para jugar este juego te voy
a mostrar las palabras durante un minuto. Luego voy a Ortografía: palabras con ay y ai
decir cada palabra y tú debes deletrearla. Para terminar,
vamos a ver cuántas otras palabras sabemos que riman
con las palabras de la lista. Nombre
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Who is the
extraordinaria character? What
Vamos a mirar cada ilustración. Te ayudaré con la
lectura de las palabras y después podemos ver cuáles
is the setting?
son los personajes y el ambiente de cada ilustración.
Dime qué pasaría si tú fueras el personaje de la ilustración.
Cuando terminemos, vamos a escoger un personaje y
un ambiente. ¡Los usaremos para contar un cuento sobre
una aventura extraordinaria!

Who is the character?

What is the setting?

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character? What
is the setting?

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Watch the
Birch Tree

Rich stood still on the stage. He Watch the Birch Tree

stretched his arms as wide as the
world. He clutched the branches.

Rich the Birch Tree was such a by Doreen Beauregard

big hit! illustrated by Jill Weber
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Watch the Birch Tree
In Beth’s driveway, a bunch of
neighbor kids rushed here and there. Beth’s dad smoothed the sheet. He
They were about to put on a play. cut holes in it.

Rich looked at the kids. He often Beth smiled at Rich. “This is such
wished that he could act in a play. a good plan! Now we have a part for
Then Rich went up to Beth. you in the play!” she said.
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While Beth’s dad fetched a sheet, “May I be in the play?” asked Rich.
Rich ran to Beth’s yard. He saw two
“We have no acting parts left,”
branches on the grass by a birch tree.
Beth said. “But you may pitch in and
He picked up both branches.
help with that cardboard tree. We
must move it to the stage.”

Watch the Birch Tree

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Just then, Beth’s dog America
pushed over the tree.

“The birch tree is crushed!” yelled

Beth. “The paint spilled on it, too.”

Watch the Birch Tree “Wait a second. I have a great idea,”

said Rich. “We need some white cloth.”

“I’ll get an old white sheet,” said

Beth’s dad.

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Comprehension Check
Retell the Story Lions
at Last
Character
Use a Character, Setting,
Setting
Plot Chart and the Beginning
pictures to help you
Middle by Andrew Whitmore
retell this story. illustrated by Brad Quinn
End
Think and Compare
1. Turn to page 7. In which part of
the book did you first read about
Susana? What special tricks can

Lions at Last
Susana do with a soccer ball?
What does that tell you about her?
(Analyze Character, Setting, Plot)
Table of Contents
2. What position do you or would
Chapter 1
you like to play on a soccer team?
The Mighty Lions? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Explain. (Apply)
Chapter 2
3. Why do you think soccer is one A New Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
of the most popular games in Chapter 3
the world? (Analyze) The Lions Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Chapter 1 Carlos’s team had a big celebration.
His father provided a collection
The Mighty Lions? of empanadas and cold juice for
Soccer wasn’t just a game to everyone.
Carlos. It was his whole life.
The Wolves came over to say
His father was one of the food good-bye. “I guess you’re not kittens
vendors at the local soccer ground. after all,” said the Wolves’ captain.
Carlos went along with him every
Saturday. Village teams played Carlos smiled. They were true lions
games on the weekends.

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at last.

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Lions at Last
Everyone was cheering. The final
whistle blew. Carlos ran over to
Paulo and slapped him on the back. Carlos’s team practiced every day.
Their team was called the Mighty
“You did it!” shouted Carlos. “You Lions. But they hadn’t been too
won the game!” mighty lately. They had lost every
game so far this season.
“No,” said Paulo, looking at
Susana. “We did it.”

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Paulo was the best player on their The Wolves lined up in front of
team. He dreamed of being a Susana to block her kick.
Brazilian soccer star, like Pelé
and Ronaldo. Susana kicked the ball straight
over their heads. Paulo ran in and
slammed it into the back of the
net. Goal!

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Chapter 3
The Lions Score
Susana got up limping. There was
a look of concern on her face. She
rubbed her ankle, and then called
Paulo over.

Susana whispered something to

Paulo. He nodded and moved to
one side.

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Carlos wanted to win just one
game against the Wolves.

The Wolves won every game

against the Mighty Lions.

“Some Lions you are,” their captain

would say. “You should call
yourselves the Kittens!”

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Chapter 2
A New Player
One day Carlos and Paulo arrived
at training. Their coach was smiling
from ear to ear.

“We have a new player on the

team,” their coach told them. He
pointed to a small figure already
out on the soccer field. “Her name

Lions at Last
Carlos’s team battled hard all the
is Susana.” way through the second half. Susana
almost scored, but the goalie stopped
the ball. It looked as if the game
was going to end with no winner.

The final whistle was about to

blow. Just then the Wolves’ captain
tripped Susana. The referee gave
the Lions a free kick!

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The Lions seemed to play much
better to keep up with Susana. At
halftime the score was still 0–0.
The coach of the Mighty Lions was
very proud of his team.

“Keep it up, kids!” he exclaimed.

“You’re sure doing a great job!”
Susana could do all kinds of tricks
with the ball. She could bounce it

Lions at Last
from one shoulder to the other. She
could even juggle it with her feet.

Susana could kick the ball so hard,

the goalposts almost fell down!

Carlos couldn’t wait for the

weekend. His team was playing the
Wolves again. This time the Mighty
Lions had a big surprise.

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Everyone was really excited before “It’s not fair,” said Paulo. “I’m just
the match. But Paulo was not as good at kicking goals as she is.”
happy.
The referee blew his whistle, and
Susana was the team’s number one the game started.
goal shooter. He would have to play
in the back line with Carlos now.

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

Sometimes something happens and it makes
WORDS TO KNOW something else happen. I learned that this is called
cause and effect. I can see cause and
advice commotion rattled effect as I’m reading Doña Flor
in class this week. Doña Flor is much
respected shivering tangle bigger than her neighbors, so she
helps them any way she can. I think
Creature Feature We’ll put on a play with your words.
something that happens to
I’ll ask you what each word means. Then we’ll make up

(fold here)
Flor’s neighbors will cause her
sentences with the words. We can use these sentences
to do something for them.
to act out a play about silly monsters.

SPELLING WORDS

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leaf mean he queen need
This Week’s Skills
baby pony seek we eat Comprehension: cause and effect
Spell E for Me I’ll let you see the words. Then I’ll say Vocabulary: context clues—multiple meaning words
each word for you to spell. Tell me what letters stand for
Phonics: the sound of e as in feed
the sound of e as in freeze or peas.
Spelling: words with e, ee, ea, and y

Name
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the Forest
Let’s look at each picture and read the sentences. Then we “You don’t see a flying
can talk about what happens and how it makes something cat every day,” say the
else happen. When we’re all done, we can tell the story
another way. Suppose the cat and the birds are playing on
birds.
the seesaw.

“I’m having so much fun.”

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sit on the seesaw.”

“That’s fun,” says

the elephant. “Let’s
do it again!”
“I think I need wings.”

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

A veces pasa algo y lo que pasa hace que pase algo
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO más. Aprendí que esto se llama causa y efecto. Puedo
ver causa y efecto mientras leo Doña Flor
advice commotion rattled en clase esta semana. Doña Flor es más
grande que sus vecinos, así que ella
respected shivering tangle los ayuda en todas las formas que
puede. Creo que sucerá algo que
Obra de teatro Vamos a hacer una obra de teatro con
causará que ella ayude a sus
estas palabras. Primero te preguntaré qué significa cada

(fold here)
vecinos.
palabra. Luego formaremos oraciones con cada una de
ellas. Después con las oraciones vamos a hacer una obra Destrezas de la semana
de teatro sobre monstruos chistosos.
Comprensión: causa y efecto

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PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA Vocabulario: claves de contexto,
palabras con significados múltiples
leaf mean queen need
Fonética: el sonido de e, como en feed
baby pony we eat Ortografía: palabras con e, ee, ea y y

¿Qué letras son? Dejaré que veas las palabras. Luego te

diré cada palabra para que la deletrees. Dime qué letras
representan el sonido de e, como en freeze o peas.

Nombre
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el bosque!
Vamos a mirar cada ilustración y a leer las oraciones. “You don’t see a flying
Después podemos hablar de lo que pasa y de cómo eso cat every day,” say the
hace que otra cosa pase. Cuando terminemos, podemos
contar el cuento de otra forma. Supongamos, por
birds.
ejemplo, que el gato y los pájaros están jugando
en el sube y baja.

“I’m having so much fun.”

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sit on the seesaw.”

“That’s fun,” says

the elephant. “Let’s
do it again!”
“I think I need wings.”

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It Won’t
Be Easy!

It Won’t Be Easy!

by Dorothy Terry
illustrated by Brian Lies
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One day, Sneaky Mouse held
a secret meeting. She was tired of
fleeing from Beast. Beast was a really
mean cat!

So Sneaky and a few others met

for tea and a piece of cheese.

It Won’t Be Easy!

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Each and every mouse sat still. They “What can we do about Beast?”
looked at Beast. Stanley was right. It asked Sneaky.
seemed that the plan would not be so
Sneaky asked for any plans.
easy after all!
After hearing a few examples,
Sneaky spoke.

It Won’t Be Easy!

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Every mouse was pleased but
Stanley. He sat still between his mom
and dad.

“Will it be easy?” asked Stanley.

“Please tell me how we will get the
bell on Beast.”

“I have a special plan!” said It Won’t Be Easy!

Sneaky. “It’s easy. A loud bell is the
key to the plan. We will put a bell on
Beast’s neck. Then we will hear her
before she can feast on us!”
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Comprehension Check
Retell Cause Effect
Use a Cause and Effect
Chart and the photos to by Linda B. Ross
help you retell what you
learned in this book.

Think and Compare

1. Turn to page 4. Ranchers needed to
hire cowboys. Why? (Cause and Effect)

2. What would you say is the best thing Table of Contents

Texas Cowboys
about being a cowboy? (Apply) Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 1
3. In what way might a cowboy’s life
Early Cowboys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
change in the future? (Analyze)
Chapter 2
Famous Cowboys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 3
Cowboys Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Introduction Glossary
drive (DRIGHV) to move a herd of cattle
What comes to mind when you from one place to another place far
hear the word cowboy? Do you away (page 4)
picture a man on a horse? Does he frontier (frun-TEER) part of the country
wear a cowboy hat? What else do that hasn’t been settled (page 7)
you see? longhorn (LAWNG-hawrn) a breed of
cattle that has very long horns (page 5)
The Texas cowboy has become
an American folk hero. rodeo (ROH-dee-oh) contest or show of
skill in roping cattle or riding horses

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and steers (page 10)
stampede (stam-PEED) herd of cattle
running wild (page 5)

Index
cattle drives, 4-8, 11 Omohundro, John Baker,
Goodnight, Charles, 6-8 9
Goodnight-Loving Trail, Pickett, Bill, 10
7-8 ranchers, 4, 12, 14
Ikard, Bose, 8 rodeo, 10, 14
Loving, Oliver, 6-7 stampede, 5

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Conclusion
There are fewer cowboys today
than in the past. But the job
they do is still important in Texas.
Cattle ranchers need their help.
A cattle ranch could not work
without cowboys. Rodeos still need
cowboys, too.

Cowboys were Texas heroes in the

Texas Cowboys
past. And they are still heroes to
many people today.

When people think about Texas,

they often think of cowboys. Why?
Cowboys played a big part in
Texas life in the past. They still
do today.

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CHAPTER 1 But in other ways, the lives of
Early Cowboys cowboys haven’t changed much.
They still wake up at dawn and
The first settlers in Texas were
work until dark. Many of them still
from Spain and Mexico. They were
ride horses to herd cattle. They
cattle ranchers. Later, settlers came
spend a lot of time outdoors.
from all over the United States.
Clothing Purpose
Some of them became cattle
ranchers, too. It protects the cowboy from the
cowboy hat
weather: sun, rain, and cold.
cowboy
It protects the cowboy’s hat
The ranchers needed men to drive bandana
neck from the sun.

Texas Cowboys
It can also be used
bandana
their cattle north. They could sell as a dust mask.

the cattle for a good price there. They protect the

chaps cowboy’s legs from
So they hired cowboys for the job. shrubs and cactus.

They protect the

cowboy’s feet and
A cattle drive lower legs. The heels
that began in boots
on the boots help him
Texas might keep his feet in the
end up north stirrups when he rides.
in places such
as Kansas or Many cowboys wear
Missouri. the same kinds of chaps
outfits that cowboys
wore long ago. boots

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A cattle drive could take several months.
During that time, cowboys lived outdoors
in all kinds of weather.

Driving longhorn cattle was

Texas Cowboys
hard work. Sometimes cattle ran
New technology, such as the cell
off. A stampede caused quite a
phone, has made a big difference
in the life of a cowboy. commotion!

Today, most cowboys have cell Cowboys put up with other

phones. Cell phones help them stay hardships. Sometimes the weather
in touch with the rancher. If they was bitter cold. Cowboys were
need his or her advice, they can shivering as they worked. But
call. If there is a problem, they nothing stopped them or rattled
can get help fast. them. They got the job done.

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CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3

Famous Cowboys Cowboys Today

Most cowboys did not seek fame. Some people think cowboys have
But some became famous anyway! an easy life today. Why? They
don’t have to go on long cattle
In 1866, Oliver Loving and Charles drives. Ranches are fenced in.
Goodnight set out with 2,000 cattle Often, cowboys ride in trucks to
and 18 cowboys. They had to drive herd, or round up, cattle. Some
the cattle from Texas to Colorado. cowboys even use helicopters!
On very large ranches, cowboys use

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helicopters to keep track of cattle.

Charles Goodnight Oliver Loving

Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving were

pioneers. They were among the first people
to help the cattle industry grow in Texas.

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Wyoming
Cheyenne Iowa
Nevada Nebraska
Territory Utah
Denver
Territory Goodnight-Loving Trail
Colorado
Kansas Missouri
Arizona New Indian
Territory Mexico Territory Arkansas
Territory Fort Sumner

Fort Worth

Texas Louisiana

Bill Pickett was the first African American

Texas Cowboys
to be honored by the Rodeo Hall of Fame.

William “Bill” Pickett learned his The Goodnight-Loving Trail led to Denver,
Colorado, then on to Cheyenne, Wyoming.
cowboy skills at a young age.
Later, he became a famous rodeo Goodnight and Loving made a
star. Pickett wasn’t afraid to tangle new route to the West. Their
with any steer. In fact, he invented route became known as the
steer wrestling as a rodeo event. Goodnight-Loving Trail. It opened
He put on a great show and up the frontier for many other
performed throughout the West. cattle drivers.

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John Baker Omohundro was known
as “Texas Jack.” He worked as a scout
for the army. Later, he starred in stage
shows with Buffalo Bill Cody. Texas
Jack was a writer, too. He wrote
newspaper articles about his life as
In 1997,
Bose Ikard a cowboy.
was honored
by the Texas Texas Jack was a man of many talents.
Trail of Fame.

Texas Cowboys
Bose Ikard was born a slave in
Mississippi. In 1852, he came to
Texas and later became a cowboy.
Bose Ikard was a rider on the
Goodnight-Loving Trail drive. He
helped fight off enemies who
attacked the drivers along the trail.
He and Charles Goodnight became
close friends. They trusted and
respected each other.

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Dear Family Member:

Word Workout
I’m reading A Tall Tale in class this week. When
WORDS TO KNOW I’m done reading, I could give you a summary. I give
the main idea and the important facts, or details. A
independence landmark state summary helps
me remember
government symbol what I read.
I think I’ll be
Design It! Let’s design our own monuments for the able to tell you
battle of San Jacinto. Draw a picture of your monument.

(fold here)
about the San
Then write a short description of it using the vocabulary Jacinto
words. Monument and
its history.
SPELLING WORDS

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This Week’s Skills
light high wild sight
Comprehension: main idea and details
mind dry cry Vocabulary: word parts
Phonics: the sound of i as in fly
try tie lie
Spelling: words with i, igh, ie, and y
I Have My I On You To play this game, I’ll give you a little
time to look at the words. Then I’ll say each word for
you to spell. We’ll sort the words to show the four ways
the sound of i is spelled here.

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Story
Let’s talk about what is happening in the
pictures. What details do we see? At the end you
can give me a summary of what happened when
Mr. Sorry went shopping.

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Queridos familiares:
Ejercicio de palabras
Esta semana estoy leyendo en clase A Tall Tale.
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO Cuando termine de leer voy a poder hacerles un
resumen. Les diré la idea principal y los factores
independence landmark state importantes,
o detalles.
government symbol Un resumen me
ayuda a recordar
¡Diséñalo! Diseñemos nuestros propios monumentos lo que he leído.
para la batalla de San Jacinto. Haz un dibujo y escribe

(fold here)
Creo que te
una descripción de tu monumento. Usa las palabras de podré hablar
vocabulario. sobre el
Monumento de
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA San Jacinto y

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su historia.
light high wild sight
Destrezas de la semana
mind dry cry Comprensión: idea principal y detalles

try tie lie Vocabulario: partes de las palabras

Fonética: el sonido de la i como en fly
Cuatro formas para la I Para jugar este juego te voy
a dar unos minutos para que mires las palabras. Luego Ortografía: palabras con i, igh, ie y y
voy a decir cada palabra para que tú la deletrees. Para
terminar, vamos a clasificar las palabras para ver las
cuatro formas en que aparece aquí el sonido de la i.

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El Sr. Sorry va de
compras
Vamos a hablar de lo que pasa en cada
ilustración. ¿Qué detalles podemos ver? Al
final vas a hacerme un resumen de lo que pasó
cuando el Sr. Sorry fue de compras.

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Franny’s
Rain Forest

Franny’s Rain Forest

Franny clings to a branch
with her sticky toes. “I was right! by Doreen Beauregard
illustrated by Parker Fulton
I can find lots of food to eat. It
has lots of stuff to see. My rain
forest is the very best place to be,”
says Franny.

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Franny asks Sammy Sloth.

“This forest can get so hot. But

I don’t mind! I just go very slowly. I
like this hot rain forest,” says Sammy.

Franny’s Rain Forest

It is morning in the rain forest.
Franny Frog rests in a tree. Franny
thinks a rain forest is the best place
to be.

“Do my friends like this rain

forest?” Franny thinks.

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Franny asks Bobby Bat.

“I like this rain forest. I sleep in

the day. I fly at night. This place is
just right for me,” says Bobby.

Franny’s Rain Forest

Franny asks Astrid Ant.

Astrid says, “I roam all through

this forest as I tow my load. I go
from up high to down below. I like
all the places in this huge rain forest.”

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Franny asks Patrick Parrot.

“This forest has many bright

colors. It’s the best place to be,”
says Patrick. “I see golden butterflies.
I see red bugs on branches. I see
green flies.”

Franny asks Alfred Ape. Franny’s Rain Forest

Alfred says, “I have so much food
to eat here! I may eat fruit. I may
eat twigs. No place is as good as
this rain forest.”
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Comprehension Check
Retell Detail Detail Detail

Use a Main Idea and

Main Idea
Details Chart and by Julia Wall
the photos to help
you retell what you learned.

Think and Compare

1. Turn to pages 12 and 13. What is
one way a wildfire may help plants?
What is one way a wildfire may help
animals? (Main Idea and Details) Table of Contents

Wildfires
Chapter 1
2. What fire safety rules do you What Is a Wildfire?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
have at home? What do we
Chapter 2
do in school? (Apply) Fighting Wildfires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Why can wildfires be a problem Chapter 3
for people who don’t live near Big Wildfires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
forests? (Analyze) Chapter 4
After a Wildfire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Chapter 1
Glossary
damage (DAM-ij) harm that makes
something less useful (page 11)
A wildfire is a burning forest. Wildfires
can destroy land and homes. They can minerals (MIN-uhr-uhlz) substances found
in nature that are not animals or plants
also hurt plants, animals, and people.
(page 12)
Wildfires often happen when the
weather is hot, dry, and windy. oxygen (OK-suh-juhn) a gas that is part
of the air around us (page 3)
satellites (SAT-uh-lights) spacecraft that
The smoke from a large wildfire can be seen for
move around Earth or other bodies in
many miles.
space (page 7)

Wildfires
Index
animals, 2, 13-14
ash, 12
California, 10
firefighters, 5-9
lightning, 3, 9
pinecones, 11
plants and trees, 2-3, 6-9, 11-14
safety, 7
Yellowstone National Park, 9, 11, 13
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Wildfires may do a lot of damage. But
sometimes they also help animals and
plants in many ways.

Plants grow back after a forest fire.

Lightning can add heat to start a wildfire.

A wildfire starts like other fires. It

Wildfires
needs oxygen, a gas in the air. It also
needs fuel. Anything that burns is fuel.
Trees, plants, and grass are fuel. They
burn quickly.

The main thing a fire needs is heat.

A wildfire’s heat might come from
lightning. Or, it may come when
someone lights a match.

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Smokey the
Bear is a
symbol that
warns about
the danger of
forest fires.

Forests have signs to warn people

about fire. The signs show how high
the danger of fire is.

Wildfires
Five years after a forest fire in Yellowstone
National Park, an elk rests in new grass.
Fire Danger
Low to A fire will either go out on its
Moderate own or can be put out easily.
High It may take extra effort Sometimes, wildfires can help animals,
to put out a fire. too. Bears, moose, and elk eat new
Very High A fire will move quickly and
plants that grow after a fire. Some
be very hot.
Extreme A fire will become out of birds, such as owls, make their homes
control very quickly. in burned trees.

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Wildfires burn old trees. Then young Chapter 2

trees have more space to grow. Also,

the ash left from a fire has minerals.
Minerals are good for the soil and Firefighters are trained to fight
help plants grow. wildfires. They use large trucks to
carry water to a fire. They use hoses
to spray water on the fire. They may
Young trees take many years to grow.
drop water on the fire from helicopters
and planes, too.

This plane drops water on fires to help

Wildfires
put them out.

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Chapter 4

Wildfires can do a lot of damage. But

they can also do good for some plants
and trees.

This is true for pine trees. Heat from

a fire opens up the tree’s pinecones.
The seeds fall out, and new pine trees
can grow.
Firefighters put out hot spots in a

Wildfires
small wildfire. Pine trees fill Yellowstone
National Park.

Sometimes firefighters start a fire. Why?

They do it to stop a fire! They set a
small fire in the path of a wildfire. The
fire burns away trees and bushes there.
When the wildfire reaches the path, A pinecone
without seeds
there is nothing left to burn. The fire
may stop.

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Some wildfires get very big and hot.
Satellites in space can see them and
take photos of them. The photos help
firefighters plan how to fight the fire.

The purple in this satellite photo

shows the area that burned.

Wildfires
The California government reported that more
than 3,500 homes in the state were destroyed
by wildfires in 2003.

In 2003, a wildfire hit Southern

California. About 80,000 people left
their homes. Some people hardly had
time to pack! The fire burned an area
that was bigger than Washington, DC.

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Chapter 3 In June 1988, wildfires broke out in
Yellowstone National Park. Lightning
hit a group of pine trees. They caught
The biggest wildfire in the United fire. It was hot, dry, and windy, so the
States happened in 1910. The fire took fire spread.
place in Idaho and Montana. About
4,000 firefighters tried to put out the
Almost 25,000 firefighters tried to put
fire. But they could not stop the fire.
out the flames. But the fires burned
Rain helped the fire burn out.
past July 4th, Independence Day. In
fact, they kept burning until September
when it snowed.
This pine forest was ruined

Wildfires
in the 1910 wildfires.

Yellowstone,
the landmark
park, had 50
fires in 1988.

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Dear Family Member:

Word Workout
I’m reading the story One Grain of Rice in class
WORDS TO KNOW this week. I’m learning about making inferences. An
inference is a smart guess. That’s because it’s based on
collectors store reward story clues and what I already know. In this story, the
raja ordered everyone to give him all their rice. The raja
clever double amount stored all the rice, and the people only had a little to
eat. I can make an inference that
My Story This game is all about you! We’ll talk about the raja was selfish and greedy.
your words. I’ll ask you what each word means, and

(fold here)
Because he is so selfish, I think
then we’ll use it in a sentence about you. Use sentences the raja will learn a lesson by the
that will tell me something nice about you! end of the story.

SPELLING WORDS This Week’s Skills

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Comprehension: make
grow mow foam bowl toe
inferences
goes toast told soap most Vocabulary: word parts—
suffixes
Go with O Time to cheer for O! To play this game, I’m
Phonics: the sound of o as
going to ask you to spell each word. How many different
in boat
spelling patterns are there? Let’s put the words in groups
according to which letters stand for the sound of o. Spelling: words with o, oa,
ow, and oe

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A Family Vacation Where is the family going?
Let’s look at the picture below. There are many clues in
the picture about what is happening, and we have our
own experience and knowledge. When we’re done looking
at the picture, we can answer the questions on the next
page to make inferences. Why are they going there?

What has gone wrong?

How does the father feel?

© Macmillan/McGraw-Hill How does the mother feel?

What else might cause trouble for

the family?

Will the family get on

their way again? Why?

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Queridos familiares:
Ejercicio de palabras
Estoy leyendo el cuento One Grain of Rice en clase
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO esa semana. Estoy aprendiendo a hacer inferencias.
Una inferencia es una suposición informada. Esto es
collectors store reward porque está basada en pistas del cuento y en lo que
yo ya sé. En este cuento, un rajá ordenó que todos le
clever double amount dieran todo el arroz. El rajá almacenó todo el arroz y
la gente solo tenía un poco de
Mi cuento ¡Este juego trata de ti! Vamos a platicar arroz para comer. Yo puedo hacer
sobre estas palabras. Te voy a preguntar lo que significa

(fold here)
la inferencia de que el rajá era
cada una, y después la vamos a usar en una oración que egoísta y avaricioso. Debido a
hable de ti. ¡Forma oraciones que me digan algo bonito que es tan egoísta, creo que el
de ti! rajá aprenderá una lección al
final del cuento.

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PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA
Destrezas de la
grow mow foam bowl toe semana
Comprensión: hacer
goes toast told soap most inferencias
Todo con la O Para jugar este juego te voy a pedir que Vocabulario: partes de la
deletrees cada palabra de la lista. ¿Cuántos patrones de palabras—sufijos
deletreo hay? Vamos a dividir las palabras en grupos de Fonética: el sonido de la
acuerdo a la letra o letras que representen el sonido de o, como en boat
la o.
Ortografía: palabras con o, oa, ow, oe

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Vacaciones con la
Where is the family going?
familia
Miremos la ilustración de abajo. Allí hay muchas pistas
que nos muestran lo que pasa, y también contamos con
nuestra experiencia y conocimientos. Después de mirar Why are they going there?
la ilustración, contestaremos las preguntas de la página
siguiente para hacer inferencias.

What has gone wrong?

How does the father feel?

© Macmillan/McGraw-Hill How does the mother feel?

What else might cause trouble for

the family?

Will the family get on

their way again? Why?

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Three Goats
and a Troll

Three Goats and a Troll

by Marco Ramos
illustrated by Julia Woolf
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Three Goats and a Troll
Three goats looked at a grassy hill.

“We must eat grass to stay

strong. Let’s go to the other side
where the grass grows,” said
Joe Goat.

“We have to cross Troll’s bridge,”

said Moe Goat. “Don’t wake him.”

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Doe Goat started to cross slowly.

“Who goes there?” croaked Troll

from below. “I will eat you!”

“I’m only as big as your toe!

Wait for Moe. He is bigger. You will
get more to eat,” cried Doe.

Three Goats and a Troll

“No, you won’t!” yelled Joe.
“I will throw you into the water!”
And he did.

“My coat is soaked!” moaned Troll.

“So long!” cried Doe, Moe, and

Joe. And they ran to the grassy hill.

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Joe Goat started to cross.

“You must be Joe. I will throw

you onto a plate!” said Troll. Then
he stepped up onto the low bridge.

Three Goats and a Troll

Moe Goat started to cross.

“That must be Moe,” said Troll.

“Moe will be a good lunch!”

“Hold on! Wait for Joe. He’s the

biggest of our group. He will be a
better lunch,” said Moe.

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Comprehension Check
Retell What What
I Read I Know
Use the Inference Chart
to help you retell the story.
Inference

Think and Compare A Cinderella Tale from China

1. Stepmother sends Yeh-Shen to

The Story of Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Tale from China

gather firewood. Why? retold by Liane B. Onish
(Make Inferences) illustrated by Tory & Norman Taber

2. How is Yeh-Shen like other

Cinderella stories you know? How
is Yeh-Shen different? (Analyze)

3. Who in another story has a

heart of gold? How does that Table of Contents
character behave? (Evaluate) Chapter 1
One Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2
One Wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 3
One Slipper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Chapter 1 The king was overjoyed! He found
both the owner of the slipper and the
girl he was seeking. Yeh-Shen was his
Long, long ago in China there lived true love.
a girl named Yeh-Shen. She was good
and kind. Her father and mother, now Yeh-Shen was happy, too. The king

The Story of Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Tale from China

dead, had often said that Yeh-Shen loved her very much. Yeh-Shen knew
had a heart of gold. that her beloved fish had helped her
heart of gold find its reward.
Yeh-Shen lived with her Stepmother
and Stepsister. They were jealous The King and Yeh-Shen married and
of Yeh-Shen’s goodness and beauty. lived a long and happy life. Stepmother
Stepmother and Stepsister ordered her and Stepsister were not so fortunate.
about and dressed her in rags.

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The king looked at the girl dressed in
rags. The wise king could see that she
was kind and good.

“Put on both golden slippers,” he said.

As Yeh-Shen placed the tiny shoes on

The Story of Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Tale from China

her tiny feet, her rags turned back
to silk.

They made Yeh-Shen wear old clothes

that should have gone to the rag
collector. Instead of a bed, Yeh-Shen
had old straw to sleep on. Day after
day, Stepmother ordered, “Yeh-Shen,
sweep the floor! Fetch water!”

“Keep the fire lit!” Stepsister added.

Yeh-Shen just bowed and obeyed. “Yes,

Stepmother. Yes, Stepsister,” she said.

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After dark, Yeh-Shen went to the Tent
of the Golden Slipper. There she saw
her tiny slipper. She told the guard
how happy she was to find it. The
guard saw her dress of rags and did
not believe the slipper was hers. “You

The Story of Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Tale from China

must try the slipper on,” he said.

Yeh-Shen bowed and obeyed.

The slipper fit! The guard
gasped. “You must go to
the king!” he ordered.

Yeh-Shen had only one friend. It was

a beautiful fish with large golden eyes.
Each day Yeh-Shen went to the pond
and sang, “Little Friend! I’m here!”

The fish swam up to Yeh-Shen. Then

the girl shared what little food
Stepmother gave her with the fish.

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Chapter 3 One day, Stepmother watched Yeh-Shen
feed her friend. “That fish would make
a tasty supper!” thought Stepmother.
A guard took the tiny slipper to “But first, I must get Yeh-Shen out of
the king. The king had never seen the way.” So she sent the girl to the
anything like it. He wanted to find its forest for firewood.

The Story of Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Tale from China

owner. But how?
Then Stepmother went to the pond
The clever king made a plan. “Store with Stepsister. “Little Friend!”
the golden slipper in a tent. All may Stepmother sang using Yeh-Shen’s voice.
come and try it on. But only the one “I’m here!” The fish came. And the
it fits may take it.” cruel woman scooped it up in a net.

Many came. The tiny

slipper fit no one.

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Yeh-Shen saw Stepmother and Stepsister
coming. In fear, she ran off. In her
rush, she lost one of her tiny golden
slippers. She stopped to take off the
other slipper, and her dress turned
back to rags.

The Story of Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Tale from China

Later, Yeh-Shen took a small amount
of rice to the pond. “Little Friend!
I’m here!” she sang. The fish did not
come. Where was her friend?

In the house, Stepmother and Stepsister

were eating. “What a delicious fish!”
they both said.

When they had finished, Stepmother

called, “Yeh-Shen! Wash the dishes!
Throw away these fish bones!”

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When Yeh-Shen heard Stepmother’s
words, she knew what had happened.
She wept and wept.

“Do not weep,” said a kindly voice.

Yeh-Shen looked around and saw an

The Story of Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Tale from China

old man in a long coat. He smiled, for
he could see her goodness.

“Your kindness deserves a reward,” the

kind man said. “Keep the bones of
The guests turned as Yeh-Shen entered.
the fish with the golden eyes in this
“Such beauty!” they exclaimed. “I must
pouch. They will grant you a wish.”
know who she is!” said the king.

Stepsister and Stepmother looked, too.

“Don’t we know her?” Stepsister asked.

“She looks like Yeh-Shen,” Stepmother

said. “She could be her double!” They
walked towards the beautiful girl.

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Chapter 2 When Yeh-Shen opened her eyes, she
couldn’t believe what she saw. She was
dressed in the most beautiful clothes
Soon it was the day of the Moon
from head to toe! She wore a gown
Festival. Stepmother and Stepsister
of silk. And on her tiny feet were
dressed in their finest clothes. Then
shining golden slippers.
they went to the festival. They left

The Story of Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Tale from China

Yeh-Shen behind.
“Now I can go to the festival!”
Yeh-Shen cried.
Yeh-Shen said sadly, “I wish I could go,
too. But I cannot. Not dressed in rags.”
She held the little bag of fish bones
to her heart. She closed her eyes and
made a wish.

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading African-American Inventors
WORDS TO KNOW in class this week. I’m learning to
see how things are the same and
allowed design instrument different. In this story I can
see how each of the African
invented powerful products American inventors helped
our country in different ways.
Wacky Widget Now we’re inventors! I’ll ask you Growing peanuts, inventing
what each word means. Then we’ll make up sentences

(fold here)
folding beds, and finding a cure
with the words. The sentences will describe our for blindness are just some of
wonderful inventions. the things they have given us.
All of the inventors work hard.
SPELLING WORDS They are all alike in that way.

use duke dune flute tune © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill This Week’s Skills

Comprehension: compare and contrast
music fuse mule bugle June
Vocabulary: word parts—suffixes
U Can Spell It I’ll show you all the words. Then I’ll say
each word for you to spell. Can we think of other words Phonics: sounds of u as in tube
that have the same u sound as in the words above? Spelling: words with u
Are the letters that stand for the sound the same or
different?

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Alike and Different
Let’s look at each picture. I’ll help you read the words.
Then we can talk about which things in the pictures are
the same and different.

How are they the same? How are

they different?
How are they the same? How are

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they different?

How are they the same? How are How are they the same? How are
they different? they different?

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Esta semana estoy leyendo en clase
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO African-American Inventors. Estoy
aprendiendo a ver cómo las cosas
allowed design instrument pueden parecerse o ser diferentes.
En este libro puedo observar
invented powerful products cómo cada uno de los inventores
afroamericanos ayudó al país de
Inventos inventados ¡Ahora somos inventores! Te diferentes maneras. El cultivo de
voy a preguntar qué significa cada palabra. Luego

(fold here)
cacahuates, el invento de camas
formaremos oraciones con cada una para describir plegables o el descubrimiento
nuestros inventos. de una cura para la ceguera
son sólo algunas de las
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA cosas que nos han brindado.

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Todos los inventores trabajan
use duke dune flute tune arduamente. En eso, todos se
parecen.
music fuse mule bugle June
Destrezas de la semana
Usa la U Te voy a mostrar todas las palabras. Después
te diré cada una de las palabras para que deletrees. Comprensión: comparar y contrastar
¿Podemos pensar en otras palabras en que la u suene Vocabulario: partes de la palabra, sufijos
igual que en las palabras de arriba? ¿Las letras que
representan el sonido son las mismas o son otras? Fonética: u como en tube
Ortografía: palabras con u

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Vamos a mirar cada ilustración. Te ayudaré con la
lectura de las palabras. Después podremos hablar de las
semejanzas y diferencias entre las ilustraciones.

How are they the same? How are

they different?
How are they the same? How are

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they different?

How are they the same? How are How are they the same? How are
they different? they different?

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Luke’s Tune

Luke’s Tune

by Sarah Schmidt
illustrated by Ande Cooke
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Luke’s Tune
Luke had come from India to
live in America with his dad.

“This yard needs green plants,”

Luke told Dad. “I will grow a few
plants.”

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The next day, Luke had a
surprise. His plants had grown big
and beautiful. It was true!

Luke hummed to his plants every

day. Dad helped by playing music on
his flute!

Luke’s Tune
Luke picked a sunny spot and dug
holes. He began planting seeds in
the holes. Then he used a jug of
water to give them a drink.

Luke checked his plants every day.

But he didn’t see anything.
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“It is not fun to plant seeds in
this part of the world,” said Luke.

Luke started to hum a tune. He

liked to hum when he was thinking.

Luke’s Tune
“Why won’t my plants grow?” said
Luke. “In my country, plants grow
big and beautiful. What can I do?”

Luke sat on a huge rock to think.

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Comprehension Check
Retell %JGGFSFOU "MJLF %JGGFSFOU

Use a Compare
and Contrast Chart
and the photos to
help you retell the
information in this book. by Thao Pham

Think and Compare

1. Turn to page 4. How is an

Computers Then and Now

abacus like a computer? How is it
different? (Compare and Contrast)
Table of Contents
2. How do computers make your
Chapter 1
life easier? (Analyze)
Life Without Computers . . . . . . .2
3. How might computer robots help Chapter 2
us in the future? (Apply) How Computers Have Changed .4
Chapter 3
Computers Get Even Better . . . .8
Chapter 4
Computers in the Future . . . . . 12
Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . 16
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Chapter 1 Glossary
Life Without Computers abacus (AB-uh-kuhs) a frame with beads
used to add, subtract, multiply, and
Have you ever thought about living
divide (page 4)
in a world without computers? Think
about how your life would be different. e-mail (E-mayl) messages sent between
You couldn’t play computer games. computers over the Internet (page 2)
You couldn’t send e-mail to microchips (MIGH-kruh-chips) small, thin
your friends. slices of material with many electronic

Computers Then and Now

parts (page 6)
Computers are mouse (MOWS) a small instrument that is
important in many used to move the cursor, or pointer, on
other ways. a computer screen (page 8)
software (SAWFT-wayr) programs a
computer uses to perform tasks (page 9)
Computers help us to
do chores every day.
Index
e-mail, 2, 10-11 robot, 14
ENIAC, 5–6 Z3, 5
Internet, 10–11
NEC Earth Simulator, 13

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Today computers help us with everyday Computers are in washing machines
chores and fun activities. In the future, and microwave ovens. They are in
they may help us do more so we can cars, cell phones, and DVD players.
have a better life. One day computers Without computers, there would be
might even be able to think for no telephone system. Airplanes could
themselves! not fly.

Computers Then and Now

This pet robot has
a computer inside.
It can show six
feelings, including
joy and fear.

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Chapter 2
How Computers Have Changed

People have always used tools to help

them count. Long ago, you might have
used an abacus in math class. This tool
helped people solve math problems. In
many ways, a computer is just a faster
abacus. This is part of the NEC Earth Simulator.

Computers Then and Now

This supercomputer studied such things as
weather.
Wilhelm Schickard invented the
first computer design in 1623. Early Computers may be more powerful,
computers did not look like the too. The NEC Earth Simulator was once
computers we know today. the fastest computer. It could perform
36 trillion actions per second. Today
scientists have built a faster computer.
It can perform more than 280 trillion
Each bead on an abacus
has a value. Beads are
actions per second.
moved to the side as
they are counted.

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Chapter 4 This board filled
with wires is the
Computers in the Future computer ENIAC.
It weighed
In the future, computers will be even more than four
elephants.
smaller than they are now.

One of the smallest computers was

the OQO PC. It weighed just 14 ounces Konrad Zuse invented the first electronic
(395 grams). Now scientists are working computer. In 1941, he built the Z3. The

Computers Then and Now

to build a computer that fits on the Z3 worked much faster than any other
head of a pin. instrument. It was the first computer
that could run a program. A program is
a set of instructions. It tells a computer
what to do.

The OQO PC was ENIAC was the best-known early

one of the first
computers to fit in computer. ENIAC was built in 1946.
an adult’s hand. Scientists found that a person could
solve a hard math problem in 20
hours. ENIAC solved the same problem
in 30 seconds.

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Computers today are smaller and much New computers don’t need wires to
more powerful. How is this possible? connect to the Internet. Some cell
phones can connect to it. People can
Today’s computers use microchips. use computers almost anywhere.
A microchip is a tiny square with
thousands of tiny electronic parts.
Electricity travels quickly between the
Today people can use
parts. Microchips replaced the large cell phones to talk and
send e-mails.
parts in the old computers.

Microchips are not Computers Then and Now

really this big. Most
microchips are the
size of tiny grains
of rice.

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This Internet Microchips have allowed scientists to
café is in Hanoi,
Vietnam. People build very small computers. Now many
inside pay to use things have computers in them. A
the Internet and
send e-mail. computer in your refrigerator tells it
when to cool down. A computer in a
VCR or DVD recorder lets you record
TV programs.

Home computers can be used for

Computers Then and Now

homework and writing to people.
Life really changed when people
started using the Internet. The Internet
connects computers around the world.
People can share information quickly.
You can use the Internet to send
e-mail, music, and photos. You can also This computer model
buy things and find out information. named Lisa was
the first Apple
Macintosh
computer,
made in the
late 1970s.

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Chapter 3
screen
Computers Get Even Better

Early computers did not have a screen,

a keyboard, or a mouse. They were
just big calculators. These computers keyboard

were simple and slow. mouse

People began to find new uses for The mouse got its name because the wire

Computers Then and Now

coming out of it looks like a mouse’s tail.
computers. They invented new products
to help. Scientist Douglas Engelbart invented
the mouse. The mouse lets you control
where you are on the screen.

Now computers are easier to use

Today there are many different kinds
than older models like this one.
of computers. Each one can use many
different software programs. People use
their computers and software in many
ways. New inventions for the computer
have changed our lives.

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Dear Family Member:

Word Workout There is a dance school where children learn many
WORDS TO KNOW types of dancing. Alvin Ailey Kids tells about children
practicing for a performance. It tells how the children
effort mood perform get ready and describes the classes they take. If I look
for important ideas and facts, I can tell the story later
proud remember in a short way. I will know how to give a summary.

Share a Memory We can use your words to tell a story This Week’s Skills

(fold here)
about something good you remember.
Comprehension: summarize

SPELLING WORDS Vocabulary: thesaurus—antonyms

Phonics: the sounds of er, ir, and ur
clerk term hurt herd skirt

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Spelling: words with er, ir, and ur
stir churn turn burst first
Spelling Bee I’ll say each word and ask you to tell me
which letters stand for the vowel sound you hear. Then
you can spell the word.

Name
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So Much To Do! carries away the logs
the Beavers worked so
The Dandy Beaver family is quite smart. Let’s read their
story together and underline the parts we think are hard to cut down.
important. When we finish, we can tell someone a
summary of the story. But wait! Mom and
Dad take branches,
Danny and Daneesha are part of the Dandy
mud, and rocks and
Beaver family. Danny makes a lot of jokes,
build a wall from one side of the stream to the
and Daneesha likes to sing. Dad and Mom cut
other. “Look!” cries Danny. The water can’t
down logs. They use their big front teeth to
go over the logs. The water stands still and
cut the trees. The family eats the bark.
becomes a pond. The Dandy Beavers can float
The Dandy Beavers their logs from side to side.
swim to the other
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Best of all, they can
side of the stream.
live in the wall. They
The sun is out,
can swim and catch
and the water is
small fish. Danny is
sparkling. Mom
telling jokes.
and Dad work hard
Daneesha is singing.
and begin to float
their new logs back to their side of the stream.
All of a sudden, the water moves faster and

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Queridos familiares:
Ejercicio de palabras Hay una escuela de danza donde los niños aprenden
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO diferentes clases de bailes. Alvin Ailey Kids trata de los
niños que ensayan para una función. Cuenta cómo
effort mood perform los niños se preparan y describe las clases que toman.
Si busco ideas importantes y hechos, podré después
proud remember contar el relato en pocas palabras. Seré capaz de hacer
un resumen.
Comparte un recuerdo Vamos a usar las palabras
Destrezas de la semana

(fold here)
de la lista para hacer un relato de algún buen recuerdo
que tengas.
Comprensión: resumir

PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA Vocabulario: tesoro—antónimos

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Fonética: los sonidos de er, ir y ur
clerk term hurt herd skirt
Ortografía: palabras con er, ir y ur
stir churn turn burst first
Concurso de deletreo Voy a decir cada palabra y a
pedirte que me digas qué letras representan el sonido de
la vocal que escuchaste. Luego deletrea la palabra.

Nombre
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¡Cuánto que hacer! carries away the logs
the Beavers worked so
La familia de Dandy Beaver es bastante inteligente. Vamos
a leer juntos la narración y a subrayar las partes que nos hard to cut down.
parezcan importantes. Cuando terminemos, le podemos
hacer un resumen del cuento a otra persona. But wait! Mom and
Danny and Daneesha are part of the Dandy Dad take branches,
Beaver family. Danny makes a lot of jokes, mud, and rocks and
and Daneesha likes to sing. Dad and Mom cut build a wall from one side of the stream to the
down logs. They use their big front teeth to other. “Look!” cries Danny. The water can’t
cut the trees. The family eats the bark. go over the logs. The water stands still and
becomes a pond. The Dandy Beavers can float
The Dandy Beavers their logs from side to side.
swim to the other

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side of the stream. Best of all, they can
The sun is out, live in the wall. They
and the water is can swim and catch
sparkling. Mom small fish. Danny is
and Dad work hard telling jokes.
and begin to float Daneesha is singing.
their new logs back to their side of the stream.
All of a sudden, the water moves faster and

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Shirl and Her Tern

Shirl and her Tern

by Barbara A. Donovan
illustrated by Barry Ablett
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Shirl and her Tern
My grandfather likes to watch
birds. Each week we find a different
area of Burns Beach to spot them. I
like terns the best. When they swirl in
the sky, it’s like a bird show. I would
pay money to see a tern show!
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Waves churn on the beach where
the terns feed. In the spring, we try
to keep the gulls out of the tern
nests. In the fall, we feel sad when
they fly away.

By last week, we thought the last

tern had flown away. Then, from the
reeds, I heard a weak chirp.

Shirl and her Tern

Fern checked my tern. She saw
a cut under its wing. She rubbed
medicine on the cut to kill germs.

Today I heard good news. My tern

is fine! In the spring, it will be with
the other terns when they return.
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We found a box, and we used a
piece of old shirt to make a bed. We
put the bird in the bed. Then we
turned, ran to the car, and drove to
see Fern. As we drove, I urged the
tern to get well.

Shirl and her Tern

We turned toward the sound. We
parted the reeds and found a tern in
the dirt. It was hurt. It didn’t stir a bit.

Grandfather called Fern. She is a

scientist and an animal doctor. Fern
said to bring the bird to her office
building on First Street.
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Comprehension Check Our
Retell
Use the Summary
Main Idea
Statue
Liberty
Chart to retell the Main Idea Summary of
book.
Main Idea

Think and Compare by Liane B. Onish

1. Turn to pages 10-11. Why was steel Table of Contents

chosen to make the frame for the Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Our Statue of Liberty

statue? (Summarize) Chapter 1
2. What does the word liberty mean The Gift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
to you? Why is liberty so important? Chapter 2
(Synthesize) The Idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 3
3. Why do you think the Statue of
Liberty has been such a powerful Building the Statue of Liberty . . . . . . . 8
symbol of our country? (Evaluate) Statue of Liberty Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Statue of Liberty Time Line. . . . . . . . . . 14
Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Introduction Glossary
immigrant (IM-i-gruhnt) someone who
Look out your front door. Do you see comes from somewhere else to live
permanently in a country (page 3)
a mat? Does it say “welcome”? The
United States has a “welcome mat,” pedestal (PED-uh-stuhl) a base for a
too. It is a statue. Her name is the statue (page 7)
Statue of Liberty. The word liberty statue (STACH-ew) a model of a person
means freedom. or animal that is made of stone, wood,
metal or other material (page 2)

Our Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty is on Liberty
Island, in New York Harbor. symbol (SIM-buhl) a design or object
that stands for or represents something
else (page 5)

wretched (RECH-id) terribly unhappy,

miserable or unfortunate (page 13)

Index
Bartholdi, 6, 8–9, 14 Laboulay, 6, 14
Eiffel, 6, 10–11, 14 pedestal, 7, 10, 13–14
immigrants, 3 Pulitzer, 7

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Statue of Liberty Time Line
1776: The United States declares independence.

The Statue of Liberty greets tourists

1865: Laboulay has an idea to build a statue for
the United States. and welcomes immigrants. The statue
was a gift from France. This is her
1871: Bartholdi visits America, arriving by ship in
New York Harbor. story.
1875: Bartholdi begins work on the statue.

1880: Eiffel works on the skeleton of the statue.

Our Statue of Liberty

1882: Hunt designs the pedestal.
1883: Emma Lazarus writes “The New Colossus.”
1884: Statue is completed in France in July.
1885: The statue arrives in New York Harbor in
350 pieces and packed in 214 crates. It takes
4 months to rebuild the statue and place it on
the pedestal on Bedloe’s Island.
1886: The statue is dedicated on October 28th.

1903: “The New Colossus” is engraved on a

plaque in Liberty’s pedestal.

1956: Bedloe’s Island is renamed Liberty Island.

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CHAPTER ONE Conclusion
The Gift
The Statue of Liberty is
What a wonderful gift! a powerful symbol of
An artist named freedom. An American
Bartholdi (bar-TOHL- named Emma Lazarus
dee) made this statue. wrote a poem about the
He wanted to create statue. The mood of the
a powerful symbol of poem is full of hope, hope

Our Statue of Liberty

Emma Lazarus
liberty. for a better life in the
United States.

Read about the parts

of the Statue of
The New Colossus
Liberty. You’ll learn
Many Americans remember these famous
what each part of the words from Emma Lazarus’s poem.
statue means. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost, to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

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Statue of Liberty Facts
Read the amazing facts about the statue.
Ground to the tip of the torch: 305 feet, 1 inch 1 Torch: The torch is a symbol of freedom.
Statue Height: 151 feet, 1 inch It is a light that welcomes travelers.

Height of the torch: 21 feet 2 Crown: The crown has seven spikes that
symbolize the sun and planets. The spikes
Length of hand: 16 feet, 5 inches also stand for the seven seas and seven
Index finger: 8 feet continents.

Width across each eye: 2 feet, 6 inches 3 Woman: In Greek and Roman art, liberty
was often shown as a strong, proud, and
Length of nose: 4 feet, 6 inches

Our Statue of Liberty

motherly woman.
Width of mouth: 3 feet
4 Tablet: The tablet shows the date
Right arm: 42 feet July, 4, 1776.
Number of windows in crown: 25
5 Robes and Sandals: The statue’s robes and
Pedestal height: 89 feet sandals are like those worn by a Roman
woman long ago.
Number of steps in the statue: 354

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CHAPTER TWO

The Idea
The statue is a gift of friendship
between the United States and France.
A man from France named Laboulay
wanted to build a statue to celebrate
Independence Day. A sculptor named
Bartholdi heard about the idea and

Our Statue of Liberty

wanted to build the statue. Then
Bartholdi asked Eiffel, an engineer, to
work on the statue, too. The inner frame holds up and supports the
sculpture. Iron straps attach Bartholdi’s copper
skin to Eiffel’s steel frame.

Eiffel used steel for the statue’s frame.

Steel is very strong. In the center,
he made two staircases. One was for
going up. The other was for coming
Edouard de Alexander Gustave down.
Laboulay Eiffel

Auguste Bartholdi

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The statue’s copper skin needed a frame
to hold it up. What holds up your skin? France and the United States both
Your bones do. Your frame is made up helped build the statue. It was
of bones. The statue needed bones, too. a joint effort. France made the
statue. An American named Hunt
Gustave Eiffel made the frame. Eiffel designed the pedestal. French
was famous for building bridges. His and American artists would often
bridges were huge. They were very perform to raise money. People
strong. His bridges held up great donated money, too.

Our Statue of Liberty

weight. That’s just what the statue
needed. Joseph Pulitzer owned newspapers.
This is a railway bridge built by Eiffel in 1884.
His newspapers ran stories about
the statue. The stories helped
raise money. Students gave
pennies to build the pedestal.

Joseph Pulitzer Richard Morris Hunt

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CHAPTER THREE

Building the
Statue of Liberty
Auguste Bartholdi liked to build big
statues. He wanted the Statue of
Liberty to be huge. First, Bartholdi Bartholdi used scaffolding to hold the parts
of the statue in place while he worked.
made a small clay model. Then he
made larger ones. Each model was Stone was too heavy. So Bartholdi

Our Statue of Liberty

bigger than the one before. The statue chose copper. The outside of the
was built in pieces. statue is a thin layer of copper.
This is the statue’s “skin.”
The statue had to be shipped to the
United States. It would have to travel The copper skin is about an inch
by boat. The statue could not thick. But the statue is 150 feet
be too heavy. What should tall. The copper skin weighs more
it be made of? than 32 tons!

This is one of Bartholdi’s early

models for the statue. This
model is four feet tall.

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading Abuelo and the Three Bears in class
WORDS TO KNOW this week. There’s a lot to remember because the
grandfather tells a story to his grandson
medium arrive argue while they wait for their cousins.
As I read, I look for the
cozy noticed stubborn most important things
that happen in the
A Road Trip Let’s go on a trip! First tell me what each
beginning, middle,
word means. Then we’ll use the words to describe a trip

(fold here)
and end of the book.
we can take in a car or bus. What do we see? What do
That will help me
we do?
remember what I
read. When I’m done
SPELLING WORDS reading, I can tell you

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a summary about the important things that happened
near dear ear deer steer
in the order that they happened.

cheer verb perch here where This Week’s Skills

Shake It Up Spelling! Let’s shake up your spelling. Look Comprehension: summarize
at all the words briefly. Then I’ll say each word for you Vocabulary: idioms
to spell. Jump up if the word has the same sound as
curb. Bend down if the word has the same sound as Phonics: sounds of er, eer,
near. Shake your head if you do not hear either sound. ere, and ear
Spelling: words with er, eer, ere, and ear

Name
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5
2 4

Let’s read the article below.

3

A guide described the kinds of flowers we saw in

our local garden. Bees love apple blossoms. Golden
marigolds give off an odor that many insects do
not like. Red and yellow rose petals are chopped
and used in cooking. Just like people, flowers are
special in their own ways.
6
We can use these clues to complete the puzzle. Then use
the words to complete the summary.
7

1. most important
The 1 2 is that there
2. a thought are many different types of

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3. blossoms 3 . They have different uses.
4. red and long-stemmed 4 are used in 5 .
5. preparing food And 6 keep harmful insects away.
6. turn away insects Each kind of flower is 7 , just like
7. exceptional, not usual you and me.

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Esta semana estoy leyendo en clase Abuelo and the
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO Three Bears. Hay mucho que recordar porque el abuelo
cuenta un cuento a su nieto mientras esperan por sus
medium arrive argue primos. Mientras leo
busco las cosas más
cozy noticed stubborn importantes que pasaron
al principio, en medio y
Un largo viaje ¡Vamos a emprender una aventura
al final del libro. Esto
emocionante! Primero dime qué significa cada palabra.

(fold here)
me ayudará a recordar
Luego vamos a usar las palabras para describir un viaje
lo que leí. Cuando termine
en carro o en autobús. ¿Qué vemos? ¿Qué hacemos?
de leer te voy a dar un
resumen de las cosas
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA importantes que pasaron

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en el orden en que ocurrieron.
near dear ear deer steer
Destrezas de la semana
cheer verb perch here where
Comprensión: resumir
Deletreo bailado Vamos a deletrear bailando. Mira Vocabulario: expresiones idiomáticas
brevemente las palabras. Luego te diré cada palabra
para que la deletrees. Salta si la palabra tiene el mismo Fonética: los sonidos de er, eer, ere y ear
sonido que curb. Inclínate si suena como near. Mueve la Ortografía: palabras con er, eer, ere y ear
cabeza si no escuchas ninguno de los dos sonidos.

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Escogiendo 1

5
2 4

flores 3

Leamos el artículo de abajo.

A guide described the kinds of flowers we saw in
our local garden. Bees love apple blossoms. Golden
marigolds give off an odor that many insects do
not like. Red and yellow rose petals are chopped
and used in cooking. Just like people, flowers are
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special in their own ways.
Podemos usar estas pistas para completar el crucigrama.
Después, usamos las palabras para completar el párrafo. 7

1. most important
The 1 2 is that there
2. a thought are many different types of

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3. blossoms 3 . They have different uses.
4. red and long-stemmed 4 are used in 5 .
5. preparing food And 6 keep harmful insects away.
6. turn away insects Each kind of flower is 7 , just like
7. exceptional, not usual you and me.

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Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

by Liane B. Onish
illustrated by Deborah Melmon
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Hide and Seek
Dot went inside the house.
“What happened, dear?” asked Mom.
“The big kids call me Spots!”
Dot said, two tears running down
her cheeks.
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Mom said, “Cheer up, Dot. All
young deer have spots. Spots can
be most useful. Wait and see!”
So Dot went back out to play.
The big deer started a game of
Hide and Seek. Fay was It.

Hide and Seek

Fay said, “Next year you will be

bigger. And you will not have any
spots. Then we will play again and
see who wins!”
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At last, Fay gave up. “Where is
Dot? Come out, Dot. You win!”
“Here I am!” said Dot standing
up right near them. “I win, thanks
to my spots!”

Hide and Seek

Doe hid behind a tree. But her
tail stuck out. Fay found her.
Ray hid behind a bush. But his
horns stuck up. Fay found him, too.
Dot lay down in the tall grass.
Fay could not find her.
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Comprehension Check
Retell Beginning

Use the Summary chart

Middle Summary
to retell the story.
End retold by Mary Atkinson
Think and Compare illustrated by Alvaro De La Vega

1. What was the last trick Rabbit

Rabbit Tricks Coyote: A Mexican Tale

played on Coyote? (Summarize)

2. Which character in the story do

you like the best? Why? (Evaluate)

3. Why do you think a storyteller would

use a rabbit as a trickster? (Analyze)

Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Rabbit and Farmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2
Rabbit and Coyote. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 3
Rabbit and the Moon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Chapter 1 Coyote arrived too late. Rabbit stepped
on the moon. Then Rabbit turned and
Rabbit and Farmer kicked the ladder into the sky. Coyote
could never catch Rabbit now.
Hungry Rabbit looked over Farmer’s
garden. “Let’s see, what shall I have
Rabbit had tricked him again! Coyote
for lunch today?” Rabbit thought.
was very angry. And that is why, to

Rabbit Tricks Coyote: A Mexican Tale

“Hmmm. Those chiles look tasty!” So
this day, Coyote howls as he stares at
Rabbit hopped into the garden and
the moon!
began to stuff his face with chiles.

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Rabbit Tricks Coyote: A Mexican Tale
Farmer cried, “Stop, Rabbit! I noticed
Coyote chased Rabbit. But Coyote was most of my carrots were gone
very full of water. He couldn’t catch yesterday. And today, it’s my chiles!”
Rabbit. Coyote saw Rabbit climbing a
ladder up to the moon. Coyote tried
Before Rabbit could run away, Farmer
to run faster and faster. He just had
grabbed him by the ears. Then Farmer
to catch Rabbit!
shoved Rabbit into a sack.

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“What a tasty stew I’ll make! With
my carrots, onions, chiles, and Rabbit
my stew will be even more delicious!”
Farmer said.

Rabbit asked the Farmer to let him go.

But Farmer would not listen to Rabbit

Rabbit Tricks Coyote: A Mexican Tale

and hung the sack on a peg.
Then Rabbit added, “We must drink
the water to get to the cheese.”

“I’ll eat the cheese,” thought Coyote.

“Then I’ll eat Rabbit.” Coyote drank.
He drank so much he got very big.

“Keep drinking! You have almost

reached the cheese,” Rabbit said.

Coyote drank and drank. Rabbit didn’t

drink a drop. Then Rabbit ran away!

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Chapter 3 Then off Farmer went to fill a pot
with water. Rabbit could not argue his
Rabbit and the Moon way out of the sack.

This time, Coyote found Rabbit at

Just then, Rabbit saw Coyote walking
the lake. “I’m going to eat you right
by. Rabbit had an idea. “Coyote, my
now!” Coyote said.
dear friend! Quick, come over here!”

Rabbit Tricks Coyote: A Mexican Tale

Rabbit called.
“Wait!” Rabbit said. “Look in the lake!
I have yummy cheese for you!”

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Chapter 2
Rabbit and Coyote
“What’s wrong?” Coyote asked.

Rabbit said, “Nothing’s wrong. I’m

Rabbit Tricks Coyote: A Mexican Tale

singing at Farmer’s fiesta to celebrate
the full moon.”

Coyote laughed, “But you can’t sing!”

“Well, you sing better than I do,” Coyote did as Rabbit asked. Then
Rabbit said. “Why not take my place?” Rabbit ran off. Coyote waited. Rabbit
did not return. Night came. Coyote
stopped leaning on the stone. The
stone did not roll down the hill.

Coyote had been tricked again. “I’ll

get you, Rabbit!” he cried.

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Coyote was stubborn. Off he went to
find Rabbit again. He saw Rabbit at
the top of a hill. Rabbit was leaning
against a large stone.

Coyote said, “Now I’m going to have

you for lunch!”

Rabbit Tricks Coyote: A Mexican Tale

“Wait!” Rabbit said. “If this stone rolls
down the hill, it will crush the world!
So Rabbit and Coyote traded places.
Hold up the stone while I go warn
Coyote made himself cozy in the sack.
the people. Then I’ll come back.”
And Rabbit dashed away.

Farmer arrived. He took down the sack.

He saw Coyote. Farmer dropped the
sack in fear and Coyote ran off.

“Rabbit tricked me!” Coyote thought.

“He won’t get away with this!”

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Rabbit threw the avocado with all
his might. It hit Coyote on the head.
As Coyote fell to the ground, he saw
Rabbit dash away.

“Rabbit tricked me again!” Coyote said.

Rabbit Tricks Coyote: A Mexican Tale

Coyote found Rabbit in an avocado
tree. “I’ll get you, now!” Coyote yelled.

“Wait!” said Rabbit. “Have a delicious

avocado. Here, I’ll give you the biggest
one, not just some medium size one.”

Coyote thought, “I’ll eat the fruit.

Then I’ll eat Rabbit!” Coyote called to
Rabbit, “Toss the avocado to me.”

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading Music of the Stone Age in class this
WORDS TO KNOW week. I’m learning about author’s purpose. This means
the author tells why the article was written.
impossible pleasant treasures talent This article tells how we record music
Road to Riches Let’s go on a wild word adventure! First today that people will hear thousands
tell me what each word means. Then we’ll use the words of years from now. It also tells how
to describe a trip around the world. What do we see? we’ve found musical instruments
What do we do? that are 9,000 years old. I think

(fold here)
the author’s purpose is that
people have always loved
SPELLING WORDS
music and they always will.
part start art park farm
This Week’s Skills

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dark far large hard are Comprehension: author’s purpose
Vocabulary: words with more than
Clap, Clap! Clap! To play this game, I’ll show you all the
one meaning
words. Then I’ll say each word for you to spell. If the
word has an ar sound, clap your hands. Then spell Phonics: sounds of ar
the word. Spelling: words with ar

Name
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You Be the Author!
Look at the pictures in each box. Then we’ll talk about
some fiction and nonfiction book ideas. Let’s see how
many book ideas we have.

nnnnnnnnnnn Book 1 nnnnnnnnnnn

nnnnnnnnnnn Book 3 nnnnnnnnnnn

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nnnnnnnnnnn Book 4 nnnnnnnnnnn

nnnnnnnnnnn Book 2 nnnnnnnnnnn

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Esta semana estoy leyendo en clase Music of the
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO Stone Age. Estoy aprendiendo sobre el propósito del
autor. Eso significa que el autor dice porqué
impossible pleasant se ha escrito el artículo. Este artículo
habla sobre cómo hoy día grabamos
treasures talent música que se podrá escuchar dentro
de miles de años. Cuenta cómo se
Un viaje en carretera ¡Vamos a emprender un viaje!
han encontrado instrumentos
Primero dime qué significa cada palabra. Luego vamos

(fold here)
musicales que tienen
a usar las palabras para describir un viaje alrededor del
9,000 años de antigüedad.
mundo. ¿Qué vemos? ¿Qué hacemos?
Creo que el propósito
del autor es que a la gente
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA siempre le ha gustado la música

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y siempre le gustará.
part start art park farm
Destrezas de la semana
dark far large hard are
Comprensión: propósito del autor
¡Aplaude! Para jugar este juego primero te mostraré Vocabulario: palabras con más de
todas las palabras. Después diré palabra por palabra para un significado
que tú las deletrees. Si la palabra contiene el sonido ar,
a plande. Luego deletrea la palabra. Fonética: los sonidos de ar
Ortografía: palabras con ar

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¡Tú eres el juez!
Mira las ilustraciones. Te ayudaré con la lectura de las
palabras. Luego platicaremos sobre cada pregunta. Vamos
a ver si hacemos los mismos juicios.

nnnnnnnnnnn Book 1 nnnnnnnnnnn

nnnnnnnnnnn Book 3 nnnnnnnnnnn

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g Cage
e
M n Space
i

Meg Cage in Space

by Marco Ramos
illustrated by Dianne Greenseid
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At Meg’s spaceship job, it was a
slow day. The cold wind was gusting.
Few people would be traveling far into
space that day.
Meg petted her cat, Parker. Then
the door flew open. A big dog raced in,
wagging its tail.

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Meg Cage in Space
“We named that comet Pig,” Meg
said as she zigzagged by it. After the dog came a little girl and a
Soon, the Moon’s space manager man with a big scarf behind her.
called. He pointed out a place to land. “We’ve got to go to the Moon
The girl gave Meg a big hug and today,” said the man. “Can you take us
said that it was a marvelous trip. A that far into space?”
smile lit up Meg’s face. It was another Meg didn’t think twice. “Yes, I can!”
job well done! she said.
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Meg gave her spaceship some gas
and it gained speed. She said, “When
we reach six hundred miles per hour, I’ll
get us some treats.”
As Meg got the snacks, a large
comet zoomed by the window.

Meg Cage in Space

Meg and her passengers charged
out to the field and got inside Meg’s
new spaceship. She glanced at the flag
and saw that the wind was still gusting.
Meg was certain that there would
be no problems. She urged her
passengers to buckle up.
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Comprehension Check
Retell
Use an Author’s Purpose Clue Clue

Chart and the photos

to tell why the author
wrote this book. Author’s
Purpose Sounds All Around
by Guadalupe V. Lopez
Think and Compare
1. The author presents information in Table of Contents
many ways. One way is through

Sounds All Around

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
photo captions. What is another
Chapter 1
way? (Evaluate Author’s Purpose)
How Sounds Are Made . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Some people think the whale’s song Chapter 2
is like music. Which animal sound How You Hear Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . 6
is like music to your ears? (Apply) Chapter 3 Sounds and
Solids, Liquids, and Gases. . . . . . . . . 8
3. Which kinds of sounds might
Chapter 4
hurt your ears? How can you
Loud, Soft, High, and Low. . . . . . . 10
protect your ears? (Analyze)
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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Glossary
decibel (DES-uh-bel) a unit that tells how
Introduction loud a sound is (page 10)
What sounds do you like? Do you pitch (PICH) how high or low a sound is
like the sound of the ocean? Do (page 12)
you like to hear laughter? Maybe
sound wave (SOWND WAYV) wave
you have musical talent. You might created by vibrations that carry sounds
play the violin. (page 4)

volume (VOL-yewm) how loud or soft a

Sounds All Around

The children use the bow to make the violin sound is (page 10)
strings move. This makes sounds.

Index
animals, 9, 13
ear, parts of, 7
instruments, 12
sound waves and water, 9
vibrations, 4–5, 7, 12

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Conclusion
Sounds are all around. Some sounds
make you happy. Think of your
favorite song. Other sounds, like
a fire alarm, warn you of danger.
Some sounds, like cars honking, are
just annoying. Sounds can be loud
or soft, high or low.

Sounds All Around

Listen. What sounds do you hear? The baby bangs spoons on the pots.
Now you know how those sounds This makes noisy sounds.

are made!
Some people like the sounds of cymbals Some sounds, like music, are
crashing. Other people think cymbals are noisy.
pleasant. Other sounds, like pots
and pans banging, are not. Some
people call these sounds noise.

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CHAPTER 1

How Sounds Are Made

Sounds are made when something
Dog whistles have
vibrates, or moves back and forth.
a very high pitch.
The air around it vibrates, too. The high sound
is impossible for
Sounds move in the air in invisible most people to
waves called sound waves. hear.

Sounds All Around

Animals make high-pitched and
Drop a pebble into water. Watch the ripples. low-pitched sounds, too. Kittens
That helps you understand how waves spread out.
make high-pitched sounds. Lions
make low-pitched sounds.

Animals can hear sounds at different

pitches. A dog can hear high-pitched
sounds. An elephant can hear
low-pitched sounds. People cannot
hear the same sounds as animals.

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Feel your throat as
Pitch is how high or low a sound you speak and shout.
The vibrations for
is. Musical instruments help us
each sound feel
understand what pitch is. Piano keys different.
on the right side play notes with a
higher pitch. The keys on the left
side have a lower pitch.

Some instruments, like trumpets,

make sounds when you blow

Sounds All Around

Sometimes you can see a vibration.
air into
Stretch a rubber band. Pluck
them. Air
the rubber band. It moves back
vibrates
and forth very quickly. That is a
inside the instrument.
A drum produces a low vibration.
pitch. A xylophone and
trumpet produce high
and low Sometimes you can feel a vibration.
pitches.
Touch your throat and speak. You
can feel your vocal cords vibrate.
The vibrations travel through the
air and make sounds.

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Sounds and Decibels
CHAPTER 2

Decibels
How You Hear Sounds
140

We use our sense of hearing all the 130

time. The ear is the perfect shape
120
for catching sound waves. rocket
110
car horn
100
Pretend you have a dog. The dog has

Sounds All Around

90
a ball, a bone, and other treasures.
The dog wants to play. The dog 80

barks. How do you hear the sounds? 70

thunder
60

50
talking
40

30

20

10
rain
0
whispering

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How the Ear Works
CHAPTER 4

Loud, Soft, High, and Low 1. Sound waves move through the air and
enter the outer ear.

2. Sound waves go through the ear canal.

A sound’s volume can be loud
3. Sound waves hit the eardrum and make
or soft. Loud sounds have strong the eardrum vibrate.
sound waves. Soft sounds have 4. The eardrum vibrates and that makes three
tiny bones vibrate in the middle ear.
weak sound waves.
5. The tiny bones make the cochlea vibrate.
Tiny hairs inside the cochlea send a message
to your brain.

Sounds All Around

Sounds are measured in decibels.
The softest sound you can hear is
4. tiny bones in the ear
zero decibels. Sounds at more than 1. outer ear
140 decibels can hurt your ears.

Airplanes are loud, so workers wear

2. ear canal
headphones to protect their ears.
3. eardrum 5. cochlea

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Can sounds travel through a liquid,
CHAPTER 3 like water? The ocean may seem
Sounds and Solids, quiet. But scientists found out the
Liquids, and Gases sea is full of sounds!

Sounds can travel

Ocean animals make all kinds of
through air, which is
sounds. Whales make clicks and
a gas. Can sound
songs. This is how whales talk
waves travel through
with each other.
a solid like wood, too?

Sounds All Around

The beluga whale is called the sea canary
Try this. Have a friend because of its singing.
hold a ticking watch
against a wooden
door. Press your ear Sounds can travel
through wood. The
against the other side
sounds make the
of the door. Can you wood vibrate.
hear the ticking? Yes!

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

Would you believe a cow can use a typewriter! Farmer
WORDS TO KNOW Brown in Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type can’t stand
the click-clack noise. The cows type a note
demand emergency furious and say they want electric
blankets. Mr. Brown says
impatient sincerely neutral “no,” so the cows go on
strike. I’m learning that
Back and Forth This game is really fun! I’ll say a word
when one thing happens,
and you give me a word that means the same thing.

(fold here)
it makes another thing
happen. Understanding
SPELLING WORDS causes and effects helps
me keep track of things,
more tore wore store oar
especially in this story!

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Spelling Sort We’ll spell and sort. I’ll quickly show you Comprehension: cause and effect
all the words. Then I’ll say each word for you to spell. Vocabulary: synonyms
We’ll go back over the words and put them in groups
according to the way they are spelled: or, ore, and oar. Phonics: the sounds of or, ore, and oar
Spelling: words with or, ore, and oar

Name
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Do you remember that when something happens,
something else happens? Look at the pictures. We can see
things happening. Let’s match them.

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

¿Pueden creer que una vaca sea capaz de escribir a
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO máquina? El granjero Brown en Click, Clack, Moo: Cows
That Type no puede soportar el ruido
demand emergency furious del tecleo. Las vacas escriben una
nota donde dicen que quieren
impatient sincerely neutral frazadas eléctricas. Como el Sr.
Brown contesta que “no”, las
Ida y vuelta ¡Este juego es muy divertido! Voy a decir
vacas hacen huelga. Estoy
una palabra y tú me contestarás con otra que signifique

(fold here)
aprendiendo que cuando
lo mismo.
una cosa pasa, hace que
pase otra. Comprender
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA causas y efectos me ayuda
a seguir el hilo de lo que

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more tore wore store oar
pasa, ¡especialmente en
este cuento!
roar board port north fort
Grupos ortográficos Vamos a deletrear y a clasificar.
Destrezas de la semana
Te mostraré rápidamente todas las palabras. Luego Comprensión: causa y efecto
diré cada palabra para que tú la deletrees. Veremos las Vocabulario: sinónimos
palabras otra vez y las agruparemos de acuerdo a su
ortografía: or, ore u oar. Fonética: los sonidos de or, ore y oar
Ortografía: palabras con or, ore y oar

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¿De veras pasó?
¿Recuerdas que cuando una cosa pasa hace que pase otra?
Mira las ilustraciones. Vemos que pasan diferentes cosas.
Vamos a hacer que correspondan entre sí.

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More Fun Than
a Hat!

More Fun Than a Hat!

by Mark Melillo
illustrated by Alexandra Wallner
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More Fun Than a Hat!
When it’s cold outside, how can you
keep your ears warm? Pulling a wool
hat over them can fix the problem.
Before wool hats were made, people
wrapped wool scarves around their
ears. For some, the wool was too itchy.
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More Fun Than a Hat!
That was the problem for Chester
Chester was just 15 when he came Greenwood. His family lived in a
up with his idea! He went on to make region where the winter winds roared.
more things that could help people. Chester wore a wool scarf, but it was
It was many years ago that Chester too itchy. His bulky scarf made
invented earmuffs. But the town where ice-skating a real chore.
he grew up still has a parade every year One day Chester’s ears got so sore
for his birthday. and cold that he could not skate.
So he came up with a grand plan.
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More Fun Than a Hat!
Chester’s ear-warming system
worked. The other kids wished they
Chester thought of a new way to had a pair. Still, Chester thought his
keep his ears warm. All it took was earmuffs could be better. He did not
a bit of beaver fur, black velvet, and like how they flapped around.
thin metal strips. A short time later, Chester made
Chester took these things to his some changes to his earmuffs. The
grandma. He asked her to stitch them new ones weren’t heavy and could
together to make something that be folded. It was easy to carry them
would keep his ears warm in the cold. around. Chester’s earmuffs were a hit!
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Comprehension Check Knitwits
Retell the Story $BVTF &GGFDU and Woolly
Use a Cause and Effect
Chart and the pictures to
Sweaters
help you retell this story. by Janet Stutley
illustrated by Craig Smith
Think and Compare
1. Turn to page 4. Why did the

Knitwits and Woolly Sweaters

sheep learn to knit? (Identify
Cause and Effect)

2. If you could knit, what would

you like to make? (Apply) Table of Contents
Chapter 1
3. Why do people buy things that
Knitting Fever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
have been knitted? (Apply)
Chapter 2
The Fever Spreads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 3
An Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 4
Farmer Rosie’s Idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Chapter 1
Knitting Fever
No one ever forgot the spring day Lily
Lambkin came to live at Farmer Fred’s.
Lily was from the city. “I think I will like it
here,” said Lily, “I’ll spend my time knitting.”

Sharon was the leader of Farmer Fred’s

flock. “What is knitting?” she asked.

Knitwits and Woolly Sweaters

“Don’t you know?” said Lily. The other sheep
gathered around.

“People in the city love knitting,” said Lily.

“They all have Knitting Fever!”

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The Knitwits and the Woolly Sweaters won
many prizes at the fair. Farmer Fred and
Farmer Rosie sold all the sweaters they had.
Everyone was happy. Lily felt proud. That night
she called all the sheep together.

“Next year we will knit socks and gloves,”

she said. “We will be famous!”

“Ma-a-ar-velous!” said the sheep. “But we’ll

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have to grow some more wool first!”

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“Tell us mo-o-ore,” said the sheep. Lily asked the sheep to give her the sweaters.
“You will all win prizes!” she said. “You will
“Well,” said Lily, “every year people buy our
win medals, too.”
wool. Then they knit our wool into sweaters.”
“Ma-a-ar-velous!” said the Knitwits.
“How?” asked Sharon.
“A-m-a-a-zing!” said the Woolly Sweaters.
“Mo-o-ore! Mo-o-ore!” said the sheep.
“Tell us mo-o-ore!” The sheep gave the sweaters to Lily. Then
they went back to knitting.
“Don’t be so impatient!” snapped Lily.

Knitwits and Woolly Sweaters

“I’ll show you.”

Lily took out two knitting needles and some

wool. Then she pushed the needles in and out
of the coarse wool.

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Chapter 4 “A-m–a-a-zing!” said the sheep.
Farmer Rosie’s Idea “Knit and knit. Knit. Knitwit. Make a sweater
Lily felt bad. “This is all my fault,” she said. that will fit!” said Lily.
“I am sincerely sorry.” Soon Farmer Fred’s sheep had Knitting Fever.
Lily, Farmer Fred, and Farmer Rosie thought
for a while.

“Maybe you can help us, Lily,” said Farmer

Knitwits and Woolly Sweaters

Rosie. “They might listen to you.”

“I could try,” said Lily.

“The State Fair is next week,” said Farmer

Rosie. “If the sheep give us all the sweaters they
have made, we could sell them at the fair.”

“Good idea!” said Farmer Fred.

“Then we will have
enough money to run
our farms.”

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Chapter 2
The Fever Spreads
Next door was Farmer Rosie’s farm. Farmer
Rosie’s sheep were watching.

“What’s going on next door?” they asked.

“Selina, snoop for us!”

Selina hid behind a fence post.

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Chapter 3 “They’re knitting!” said Selina. “You hold
An Emergency *3two sticks and some wool. Then you say a
rhyme. Knit and knit. Knit. Knitwit. Make
The sheep didn’t eat or sleep. All they did a sweater that will fit!”
was knit. Farmer Fred and Farmer Rosie were
furious. Now Farmer Rosie’s sheep
had Knitting Fever, too!
“We demand to know what’s going on,”
said Farmer Rosie.

Knitwits and Woolly Sweaters

But the sheep just kept knitting.

“This is an emergency,” said Farmer Fred.

“They’re using all the wool!”

“There will be nothing left for us to sell,”

worried Farmer Rosie.

“There will be no money to run our

farms!” said Farmer Fred.

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Then Selina had an idea. “Let’s see who can
knit the most sweaters!” she shouted. “Our
team will be the Woolly Sweaters.”

“And our team will be the Knitwits,”

said Sharon.

“You are good, but we are better. You can’t

beat a Woolly Sweater!” said Selina.

Knitwits and Woolly Sweaters

“We’ll see about that!” said Sharon.

“Oh dear,” said Lily. “What have I started?”

She wanted to stay neutral.

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading Stirring Up Memories in class this week.
WORDS TO KNOW I’m learning to draw conclusions. First I find the facts.
Then I put the facts together to
creating familiar glamorous figure out something the writer
didn’t say. For example, the book
imagination memories occasions has lots of photographs of the
author as a child. They show her
Word Pix Let’s use the words to tell about family, friends,
laughing with a lot of people.
or famous people. I’ll ask you what each word means.

(fold here)
Pam Muñoz Ryan must come
Then we’ll use the word to describe someone. We’ll
from a big, fun family.
make some word snapshots.
This Week’s Skills
SPELLING WORDS

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Comprehension: draw
star shark care stare rare conclusions
Vocabulary: word parts—
dare hair pair chair fair roots

Spelling R Fun Here’s a game that you are going to like! Phonics: sounds of ar, are,
I’ll show you all the words. Then I’ll say each word for and air
you to spell. Wiggle your fingers if the word has ar, clap Spelling: words with ar, are,
your hands if the word has are, and raise your hands if and air
the word has air. Then spell the word.

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Let’s read the story. I’ll help you read the words. We’ll
look at the picture and draw conclusions that will help
this family.

The family has been to a park. It is the end of

the day. They want to go home but they can’t
find their car. They stare at the cars but they
are getting tired. Help them find their car.

Here is what they know:

1 . The car is in the parking lot.

2. The car is not a regular car.

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3. The car is not a truck.

4. The car is decorated with a flower.

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Esta semana estoy leyendo en clase
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO Stirring Up Memories. Estoy aprendiendo a
sacar conclusiones. Primero busco
creating familiar glamorous los hechos, después los reúno para
tratar de entrever algo que el
imagination memories occasions escritor no dijo. Por ejemplo, en
este libro hay muchas fotografías
Descripciones Vamos usar las palabras para hablar
de la autora cuando era niña.
de la familia, de amigos o de personas famosas. Te

(fold here)
Se le ve riendo con muchas
preguntaré lo que significa cada palabra. Luego
personas. Pam Muñoz Ryan
usaremos cada palabra para describir una persona.
debe ser de una familia grande
Crearemos fotos instantáneas con las palabras.
y divertida.

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PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA Destrezas de la semana
star shark care stare rare Comprensión: sacar
conclusiones
dare hair pair chair fair Vocabulario: partes de la
palabra—raíces
Deletreo movido ¡Este juego te va a gustar! Te
mostraré todas las palabras. Luego voy a decir cada Fonética: los sonidos de ar, are y air
palabra y tú debes deletrearla. Levanta el mano si la Ortografía: palabras con ar, are y air
palabra tiene air, aplaude si tiene are y sacude los dedos
si tiene ar. Luego deletrea la palabra.

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¡Ayúdalos!
Vamos a leer este cuento. Te ayudaré a leer las palabras.
Vamos a mirar la ilustración y a sacar conclusiones para
ayudar a esta familia.

The family has been to a park. It is the end of

the day. They want to go home but they can’t
find their car. They stare at the cars but they
are getting tired. Help them find their car.

Here is what they know:

1 . The car is in the parking lot.

2. The car is just a regular car.

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3. The car is not a van.

4. The car is not a truck.

5. The car has a license plate.

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The Caring
King’s Fair Wish

The Caring King’s Fair Wish

by Jen Roberts
illustrated by Capucine Mazille
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Once upon a time, a king lived in a
grand palace. In the palace yard, the
king had a garden. The large garden
was filled with rare roses. The king
shared his fine life with his child, Martha.
The king was a good man. He cared
about all the people in his land. He had
all he could wish for. But still he wished

The Caring King’s Fair Wish

he had more.

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Martha ran to him. As he patted her
hair, she turned to gold!
“Now I know that happiness can’t
be bought with gold,” wailed the king.
The man knew the king was sad. He
agreed to undo the king’s wish.
“Thank you!” said the king. “I will
never be so greedy again.”

The Caring King’s Fair Wish

One day the king was in his garden.
He was startled by a man wearing a
cloak who was sitting there.
“Why are you in my garden?” asked
the king. “Talk to me.”
“I was getting some fresh air as I
walked among the roses,” said the man.
“But then I felt ill and had to rest. I am
far from home.”
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The king began to touch things.
Soon he had gold chairs, gold stairs,
gold rugs, and gold jars! He had all the
gold he could carry.
When he picked a rose, it turned to
gold, and its sweet smell was gone.
At lunch all the king’s food and drink
turned to gold in his mouth. Scared,

The Caring King’s Fair Wish

the king started to weep.
The king decided to take care of the
man. When the man felt well, he went
home. The next week the man came
back.
“I have the power to grant wishes,”
he said. “To repay your kindness, I will
grant you a wish.”
“I want all that I touch to turn to
gold!” said the king.
“That’s a fair wish,” said the man.
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Comprehension Check
Retell Fact Fact

Use a Draw Conclusions

Chart to help you retell
what you learned in this
Conclusion by Liz Ray
book.

Think and Compare

1. Why are caves so dark that people

Inside Caves: Nature’s Artwork

need lights to see inside? (Draw
Conclusions) Table of Contents
2. Would you like to visit an underground Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
cave? Tell why or why not. (Apply) Chapter 1
How Caves Are Made. . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Cave formations are examples of
Chapter 2
“nature’s artwork.” What other
Texas Caves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
examples can you think of? (Analyze)
Chapter 3
Amazing Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Introduction Glossary
Imagine stepping through a hole in a dissolve (di-ZOLV) to break up or
rock. It is very dark inside. But when you become part of a liquid (page 4)
switch on a flashlight, you can’t believe formations (fawr-MAY-shuhnz) things
your eyes. You are in a “room” with rock that are formed or made (page 5)
walls. The room is full of unusual shapes.
fossils (FOS-uhlz) the hardened parts of
They were not carved by an artist. Nature
plants or animals that lived a long
created these shapes.
time ago (page 9)

Inside Caves: Nature’s Artwork

Welcome to the world of caves! Let’s find
gas (GAS) a kind of matter that takes
out more about these fascinating places.
up space and has mass but has no
Lights are needed to see in caves. shape of its own (page 4)
minerals (MIN-uhr-uhlz) a natural
substance that isn’t a plant or an
animal (page 5)

Index
Caverns of Sonora, 10-13 Inner Space Cavern, 8-9
formations, 5, 7, 9-13 Natural Bridge Caverns, 7
fossils, 9 water, 3-5, 11, 13-14

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Conclusion Chapter 1

Nature’s great artwork inside caves How Caves Are Made

is always there for us to enjoy. Visit a
A cave is a natural hole in the earth
cave on special occasions or anytime.
that’s big enough for a person to
See what water, rock, and minerals
enter. Some caves are very small. Others
can make. You may feel like you’ve
stretch for miles. Some caves even have
visited a strange new world. And you’ll
underground streams and lakes.
come away with wonderful memories.
Most caves are in rock. What can make

Inside Caves: Nature’s Artwork

large holes in rock? The answer is water.
Caving
The entrance to a cave may not tell you anything
Caving is the hobby about what you’ll see inside.
of exploring “wild,” or
natural caves. Wild caves
don’t have artificial light,
so “cavers,” or people
who go caving, wear
hardhats with headlamps.
They may use ropes to
climb underground rocks
or cliffs. Cavers are
careful to leave a cave
the way they find it.

To be safe, cavers always

go caving with others.

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Falling rain mixes with gas in the air.
The rain drips into tiny cracks in the rock.

The gas and water slowly dissolve the

rock. The tiny cracks become bigger and
bigger. Finally, a cave forms.

Creating a cave takes thousands of years.

Inside Caves: Nature’s Artwork

rain

sinkhole It takes a very long time for formations to grow.

Nature is not finished with creating

cave shapes in this cave. Most of the
formations are still growing. Look closely
for dripping water. That is where new
formations are being made.

water table

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The rooms in the Caverns of
Sonora have names. One room is the
Butterfly. A formation that looks like stalactite column
a carved butterfly hangs from the
wall. Another room, Moon Milk Falls,
has a formation that looks like a
waterfall of milk.

V
This is Moon Milk Falls. stalagmite

Inside Caves: Nature’s Artwork

V
This is the Butterfly
before someone
broke one of its
wings.

Cave formations have special names.

Water carries minerals through cracks

in the rock. When the water dries, the
minerals that are left form shapes. The
shapes are called formations.

Some formations hang down from the

ceiling. Others rise from the floor. Sometimes
these two kinds of formations meet.

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Chapter 2

Texas Caves
There are more than 9,000 caves in
Texas! Many of them are miles long.
Many are also very deep underground.

This map shows a few of the caves found in Texas.

Inside Caves: Nature’s Artwork

Soda straws grow as water drips down inside
them and leaves minerals at the tip.

You can see thin, hollow formations.

They are called soda straws. Some soda
straws seem to drip from the ceiling.

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Chapter 3 Natural Bridge Caverns is one of the
biggest caves in the state. It is about
Amazing Shapes 2½ miles long. It is over 200 feet deep!
Many people come to see the
If you visit Natural Bridge Caverns,
Caverns of Sonora. It’s known as one
you’ll take trails and stairs down deep
of the world’s most beautiful caves.
under the earth. You’ll see many
It looks like a glamorous underground
formations. Use your imagination. Some
world. The formations here are some
of the shapes may remind you of
of nature’s most amazing “artwork.”
familiar things.

Inside Caves: Nature’s Artwork

This formation is called a fried egg.
Can you see why?

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You can drive over another Texas
cave. Inner Space Cavern is under a
busy highway.

Highway workers discovered the

cave. They were drilling holes in the
ground. They found a huge space
beneath the holes! People can see this mammoth tusk in the cave.

Inside Caves: Nature’s Artwork

Highway workers Beautiful formations fill the
made one of the
rooms of Inner Space Cavern.
holes big enough
for a worker to There are fossils here, too.
get through. Scientists have found bones
from a saber-toothed cat and
other animals. Some of these
bones are more than 20,000
years old!

hole

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

Sometimes, something happens, and it makes
WORDS TO KNOW something else happen. I can see that as I’m reading
Head, Body, Legs: A Story from Liberia this week. At
attached delicious frantically first, a head was rolling around
without a body. This made me
gasped swung laugh. Then, the head bumped
into a tree and found two legs.
Creature Feature We’ll put on a play with your words.
I bet lots of other things are
I’ll ask you what each word means. Then we’ll make up

(fold here)
going to happen.
sentences with the words. We can use these sentences
to act out a play about silly monsters.

SPELLING WORDS

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clown growl howl brown crown

ground shout cloud sound house This Week’s Skills

Comprehension: cause and effect
Show Me the Letters! I’ll show you all the words. Then
I’ll say each word for you to spell. Stomp your feet if the Vocabulary: context clues
word has the letters ou as in proud. Clap your hands if Phonics: the sounds of ou and ow as in loud and cow
the word has the letters ow as in town.
Spelling: words with ou and ow

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the Forest
Let’s look at each picture and read the sentences. Then we “You don’t see a flying
can talk about what happens and how it makes something cat every day,” say the
else happen. When we’re all done, we can tell the story
another way. Suppose the cat and the birds are playing on
birds.
the seesaw. Tell what happens.

“I’m having so much fun.”

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sit on the seesaw.”

“That’s fun,” says

the elephant. “Let’s
do it again!”
“I think I need wings.”

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

A veces pasa algo y lo que pasa hace que pase algo
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO más. Eso lo puedo ver en Head, Body, Legs: A Story from
Liberia, el libro que estoy leyendo esta semana.
attached delicious frantically Primero había una cabeza sin cuerpo rodando por
ahí. Eso me hizo reír mucho.
gasped swung Después la cabeza chocó contra
un árbol y encontró dos piernas.
Obra de teatro Vamos a hacer una obra de teatro con
Apuesto que van a pasar muchas
estas palabras. Primero te preguntaré qué significa cada

(fold here)
cosas más.
palabra. Luego formaremos oraciones con cada una de
ellas. Después con las oraciones vamos a hacer una obra Destrezas de la semana
de teatro sobre monstruos chistosos.
Comprensión: causa y efecto

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PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA Vocabulario: claves de contexto
Fonética: el sonido de ou y ow,
clown growl howl brown crown
como en loud y cow
ground shout cloud sound house Ortografía: palabras con ou y ow

¡Muéstrame las letras! Te mostraré todas las palabras.

Luego voy a decir cada palabra y tú debes deletrearla.
Da un pisotón si las letras de la palabra representan
el sonido ou como en proud. Aplaude si las letras
representan el sonido ow como en town.

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¡A jugar en
el bosque!
Vamos a mirar cada ilustración y leer las oraciones. “You don’t see a flying
Después podemos hablar de lo que pasa y de cómo eso cat every day,” say the
hace que otra cosa pase. Cuando terminemos, podemos
contar el cuento de otra forma. Supongamos, por
birds.
ejemplo, que el gato y los pájaros están jugando
en el sube y baja.

“I’m having so much fun.”

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sit on the seesaw.”

“That’s fun,” says

the elephant. “Let’s
do it again!”
“I think I need wings.”

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The
Missing
String Beans

The Missing String Beans

by Ming Chin Yee

illustrated by Diane Palmisciano
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The Missing String Beans
Detective Split strode up to Susie
Sprout. She stated, “I hear that you
have a big problem now.”
“It’s my string beans!” howled
Susie Sprout. “My string beans are
missing!”
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At home, young Steve Sprout
streaked from the house. He said,
“Dad invited Detective Split to stay
with our family for string bean soup.”
Detective Split jotted, “Case closed,”
and said, “Splendid!”

The Missing String Beans

Detective Split scratched her head
and frowned. “Tell me about this
string bean problem.”
Susie Sprout cried, “I came out to
sprinkle my pretty plants. I saw that
just one little green bean was left!”
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At the stream Susie Sprout screamed,
“Step back. Look out for the mud!”
But Detective Split slipped, and her
body landed with a wet splash.
Detective Split cried, “I see no
string beans in here.”

Detective Split scrawled notes on The Missing String Beans

her pad. She said, “I see brown
tracks that go to the stream. Let’s
take a stroll and see if the robber
is there.” So that’s what they did.
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Comprehension Check
Three Wishes
Retell the Story
Use a Cause and Effect
$BVTF &GGFDU
from a Fish
Chart and the pictures to by Yara S. Mignon
illustrated by Sandra Cammell
help you retell this story.

Think and Compare

1. Turn to page 5. Why did the fish
agree to grant the fisherman his

Three Wishes from a Fish

wish? (Identify Cause and Effect)

2. Why do you think the fisherman

didn’t wish for as many things
as his wife? (Evaluate)
Table of Contents
3. What are some things people Chapter 1
may wish for to give someone A Talking Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
else? Why would someone wish Chapter 2
for these things? (Synthesize) More Wishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 3
Too Many Wishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Chapter 1 The fisherman could hear his wife
A Talking Fish crying even before he reached home.
The fish had made their house small
A fisherman lived with his wife in a
once again.
little house near the sea. Every morning
he went to the sea to try to catch fish “Silly woman,” said the fisherman.
to eat. “Why were you not happy with what
we had?”

The fisherman left his unhappy wife

Three Wishes from a Fish

and went back to fishing.

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The fisherman felt very sad. Once One day the fisherman caught
again he went to the sea to call to nothing. Then he felt a strong tug
the fish. He was so sad that he could on his fishing line. The fishing rod
not look it in the eye. The fish shook swung from side to side and he fought
its head after hearing the wish, and frantically to hold on to it.
swam away.

Three Wishes from a Fish

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The fisherman reeled in the line. Her husband gasped.
There was a small golden fish attached
“Wife,” he said, “you can’t stop the
to his hook.
rain. If you could, you would be more
“Please let me go!” it cried. “I cannot powerful than the Sun!”
breathe out of water!”
“Exactly,” said his wife. “Go! As
The fish was beautiful. But it was Queen, I order you!”
too small to eat, so the fisherman
let it go.

Three Wishes from a Fish

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Chapter 3
Too Many Wishes
One day the fisherman’s wife was
going out when it began to rain.

She ordered the rain to stop, but it

did not. She was very angry.

“Husband!” she cried. “Tell that fish

Three Wishes from a Fish

to make me Queen of the weather!” When the fisherman got home, his
wife was very angry.

“A talking fish?” she screamed. “It

must have special powers! Go ask it for
a much bigger house!”

The fisherman went back to the sea.

He called to the fish and it swam
up to him.

“You saved my life,” it said. “I will

grant your wish.”

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Now that the fisherman’s wife was
Queen she gave orders all day. She
even ordered the fisherman to stop
fishing. Instead, she ordered a servant
to go fishing for him.

The fisherman was not happy.

Three Wishes from a Fish

When he got home, the fisherman
was amazed to see a large house. His
wife was very happy.

The fisherman was glad to see her

smiling. But he liked their little house
a lot better.

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This upset the fisherman’s wife. “If Chapter 2
I were Queen,” she said, “I could order More Wishes
people to do whatever I wanted. Go
The fisherman’s wife did not stay
ask the fish.”
happy for long.
Again, the fisherman called to the
“Husband,” she said, “why did you
fish. Again, the fish granted his wish.
not ask the fish for a palace?”

Again, the fisherman went to the sea

Three Wishes from a Fish

and called to the golden fish. Again,
the fish granted his wish.

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A butler greeted the fisherman when
he got home. Mountains of delicious
food sat on a huge table and his wife
was eating pasta. She was happy again.

Three Wishes from a Fish

But the neighbors did not like the

fisherman’s wife. She was always talking
about her big palace.

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m having a good time reading
WORDS TO KNOW the words and looking at the
pictures in Officer Buckle and
accident attention buddy Gloria. The pictures really help
me understand the story. And
enormous obeys tip they make me laugh. They
show me how everyone is bored
The One That Got Away We’re going to tell a story
when Officer Buckle gives his
about a really, really big fish. I’ll ask you what each

(fold here)
safety talks and how funny his
word means. Then we’ll use these words to make up
dog Gloria is. This whole book is
sentences. The sentences will tell about a huge fish. Did
really funny.
it get away? You tell me!

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SPELLING WORDS
soil broil moist point
This Week’s Skills
boil oil toy joy Comprehension: use illustrations

avoid royal Vocabulary: context clues—synonyms

Phonics: the sounds of oi and oy as in join and joy
Speed Spell! Let’s look at all the words. Then I’ll say
each word for you to spell. Clap your hands if the Spelling: words with oi and oy
word has the letters oi as in boil. Stomp your feet if
the word has the letters oy as in boy.

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How to Make Pancakes
Let’s find out how not to make pancakes. We’ll look at
each picture. Tell me what you see the child doing and
how the step could be done correctly. At the end we can
draw a picture of us eating the pancakes.

Step 1
Step 3 Step 4

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Step 2

Step 5 Step 6

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Lo estoy pasando muy
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO bien leyendo las palabras y
mirando las ilustraciones de
accident attention buddy Officer Buckle and Gloria.
Las ilustraciones me ayudan
enormous obeys tip mucho para entender el
cuento, y además me hacen
El que se escapó Vamos a contar un cuento sobre
reír. Muestran cómo todos

(fold here)
un pez muy, pero muy grande. Te preguntaré lo que
se aburren cuando Officer
significa cada palabra, luego haremos oraciones con las
Buckle da sus charlas sobre
palabras. Las oraciones hablarán de un pez enorme. ¿Se
seguridad y qué graciosa es su
escapó? ¿Por qué?
perra Gloria. Este es un libro

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realmente muy cómico.
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA
Destrezas de la semana
soil broil moist point
Comprensión: usar ilustraciones
boil oil toy joy Vocabulario: claves del contexto—
sinónimos
avoid royal Fonética: los sonidos de oi y oy como en join y foil
Pisar y aplaudir Miremos las palabras. Luego te voy a Ortografía: palabras con oi y oy
decir cada palabra para que la deletrees. Aplaude si las
letras de la palabra representan el sonido oi como en
boil. Da un pisotón si las letras representan el sonido oy
como en boy.
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Cómo hacer panqueques
Vamos a ver cómo NO hacer panqueques. Miraremos
cada ilustración. Dime qué está haciendo la niña y cuál
es la forma correcta de hacer lo que ella hace. Cuando
terminemos, dibujémonos comiendo panqueques.

Step 1
Step 3 Step 4

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Step 5 Step 6

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Let’s Join
Joy’s
Show!

Let’s Join Joy’s Show!

by Mel Rabin
illustrated by Stacey Schuett
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Joy tells the best jokes of any girl or
boy in the class. No one can hear Joy’s
jokes without laughing.
Just last week Joy was hanging out
with several friends. The group was
having a lot of fun.

Let’s Join Joy’s Show!

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Boy, did the kids laugh and
make noise at Joy’s jokes! Mr. Floyd
clapped, too.
The show was a big hit because
of Joy and a lot of fun kids!

Let’s Join Joy’s Show!

“I don’t want to spoil a good time,”
Joy said, “but I just had an idea. Let’s
plan a show! I can tell jokes, Beth can
play drums, and Troy can sing!”
The kids all started to speak at the
same time. It was so noisy!
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“Joy! Joy! We want Joy’s jokes!” the
kids chanted.
“Where is she?” Mr. Floyd asked.
Then a boy pointed at the door.
There stood Joy! She dripped with rain,
but she was all set to make us laugh!

Let’s Join Joy’s Show!

Troy and I put up posters, and lots of
kids asked to join the show. Mr. Floyd
said that he would help.
On the day of the show, it rained
and the wind blew. When it was time
to start, Joy and her family weren’t
there! Beth played her drums, Troy
sang, but still Joy did not show up!
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Comprehension Check
Summarize 8IBU
*
-FBSO
*MMVTUSBUJPO 'SPN
UIF
Use an Illustration 1JDUVSF

Chart and the pictures

to help you retell
the information in by Diana Hartley
this book.
Think and Compare
1. Turn to page 3. What color should
Table of Contents
the traffic light be when you cross
a road? How does the picture Chapter 1

Road Safety
How to Walk Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
show this? (Use Illustrations)
Chapter 2
2. Where are the safest places to How to Bike Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ride a bike or a skateboard in your Chapter 3
neighborhood? Why? (Analyze) How to Ride the Bus Safely . . . . . . 10

3. Why should everyone use road Chapter 4

How to Skateboard Safely . . . . . . . . 12
safety rules? (Evaluate)
Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Chapter 1
Glossary
How to Walk Safely
accident (AK-si-duhnt) an unexpected
event (page 2)
Roads can be dangerous places. Pay
attention when you walk on or near a equipment (i-KWIP-muhnt) anything used
road. If you are not careful, an accident for a particular purpose (page 12)
may happen. Here are some tips you can pedestrian (puh-DES-tree-uhn) someone
follow to help you keep safe. who is walking (page 3)
Always walk on the sidewalk, but if there reflectors (ri-FLEK-tuhrz) things that
is no sidewalk, walk on the side of the throw back light (page 8)
road. Face cars coming toward you.
signals (SIG-nuhlz) things that warn or

Road Safety
direct or give a command (page 9)
traffic (TRAF-ik) vehicles moving along
the street (page 4)
Walking on the
sidewalk keeps you
safe from cars. Index
bikes, 6–9 helmets, 6–8, 12
bus, 10–11 sidewalk, 2, 10–11, 13
clothing, 6, 8 skateboards, 12–13
hand signals, 9 walking, 2–5

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Now you know how to stay safe on You should also be careful when
the roads around you. Use what you have crossing the road. A safe pedestrian
learned to test yourself with this picture. obeys these rules.
What are these children doing that is safe?
What are they doing that is not safe?
DO

Cross the road at a If there is no pedestrian

pedestrian crosswalk crosswalk or traffic light,

Road Safety
or at a traffic light. cross where you can see
in both directions. Look
both ways.

DON’T

Don’t cross the road Never run into

between parked cars. the road.

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Follow these five steps when you need to Here are some skateboarding tips to keep
cross the road: you safe:

Step 1: STOP at the side of the road. Do not ride in the road because cars
may not see you.
Step 2: LOOK for any traffic.
Do not ride your skateboard to cross
Step 3: LISTEN for any traffic that might
the road. Stop, look, listen, and wait
be coming.
until the road is clear before you
Step 4: WAIT until there is no traffic walk across.
before you cross.
Ride only on the
Step 5: GO when it is safe to cross. sidewalk, bike track,

Road Safety
or in your local
A crossing guard skate park.
can tell boys and
girls when it is Never hold on
safe to cross the
road. to a moving car
when you ride.

This girl needs elbow pads,

wrist guards, and gloves
before she is ready to
skateboard.

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Chapter 4
Talk to a buddy about the picture below.
How to Skateboard Safely Point to where it would be safe to cross
the road and where it would not be safe.
Wear the right equipment when you
skateboard. Skateboarders need helmets,
elbow pads, wrist guards, gloves, knee
pads, and sneakers that will not slip on
the board.

Road Safety
Wear the right
equipment when
you skateboard.

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Chapter 2
Do not go near the bus until it stops
How to Bike Safely and the driver opens the doors. Do not
yell, move around, or throw things while
You can make sure you are safe on a you are on the bus.
bike before you even start to ride.
Be careful when you get off the bus.
Here is how:
Make sure you have a clear view up and
Wear bright clothing so that people down the road before you cross it.
can see you.

Wear clothes that will not get stuck in

gears or wheels.

Road Safety
Wear closed shoes and a bike helmet.

DO
Wait for the bus on
the sidewalk.

Let the bus stop

before you get on.

Sit quietly on the bus.

Wait for the bus

Dress safely and you will driver’s signal before
be safe on your bike. crossing the road.

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Chapter 3
You must wear a sturdy bike helmet that
How to Ride the Bus Safely fits and feels good. How do you know if
you have a good helmet?
Buses are enormous. Be careful when you
are near or on a bus. Wait for a bus on
the sidewalk and not in the road.
A bright helmet is
easy to see.

These boys and girls know they should wait on the The straps should
sidewalk for the bus. lie flat.

Road Safety
The straps should fit
snugly over your ears
and under your chin.

You should replace your helmet if:

it has been dropped or cracked.

it has been in an accident.

the straps are broken.

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A bike that is too big or too small for Here are some tips for keeping safe
you can be dangerous for you to ride. Make while riding:
sure that your bike fits you, and follow
Use the bike lane, if there is one.
these four steps before riding:
Obey all traffic signs and lights.
Step 1: CHECK the tires for air.
Use hand signals when you turn.
Step 2: TEST the brakes.
Look for cars.
Step 3: SOUND the horn or bell.
Stay in control of your bike.
Step 4: CHECK that there are reflectors on
the front and back.

Road Safety
If you are following each bike tip in this
book, you are wearing the right clothes and Right Turn
a helmet. You have also checked your bike,
and now you are ready to ride. Stop

Left Turn

Use these hand

signals to show where
you are going.

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading A Trip to the Emergency Room in
WORDS TO KNOW class this week. I learned that things in a story
happen in order. They happen
aid informs personal first, next, and last. This order is
called sequence. The first thing
serious heal that happens when a sick person
goes to the emergency room is
Yackity Yack Questions We can talk to each other with
getting checked in. Next, a nurse
your words. I’ll ask you what each word means, and

(fold here)
asks you what you feel like. I
then you can make up a sentence using the word. I’ll
want to know what happens
answer you with a sentence that uses the same word.
when you see the doctor. That’s
We’ll go back and forth to use all the words.
probably the next part of the
story.

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SPELLING WORDS
This Week’s Skills
flew new tool shoe clue
Comprehension: sequence
room canoe fruit glue suit Vocabulary: dictionary—homophones

Letters and Sounds Fold a piece of paper into four Phonics: the sound of oo
squares. Write one of the following letter combinations Spelling: words with ue, oe, oo, ui, and ew
at the top of each square: ue, oe, oo, ui, and ew. I’ll
say each word and ask you to spell it. Then you can tell
me if the word has the letters ue, oe, oo, ui, or ew in it.
Then we can write the word in the correct box.

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Sally and Sara
That’s Sally and her sister Sara! Here are the
things they have to do in the morning. Let’s talk Sara eats breakfast.
about the pictures. When we’re all done, let’s
talk about what sequence we could use to help
them begin their morning.

Sally brushes her teeth.

Sally washes her face

and hands.

Sally combs her hair.

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Sara gets dressed.

Sally gets out of bed.
Rise and shine, sleepyhead!

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Esta semana estoy leyendo en clase A Trip to the
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO Emergency Room. Aprendí que las cosas en un cuento
tienen una secuencia. Ocurren primero,
aid informs personal después y al final. Esa secuencia
serious heal se llama orden de los sucesos.
Cuando un enfermo va a la sala
Preguntas y más preguntas Podemos platicar de emergencias lo primero que
usando estas palabras. Te voy a preguntar qué significa hacen es registrarlo. Después,

(fold here)
cada palabra y después tú puedes formar con ella una una enfermera le pregunta cómo
oración. Yo te contestaré con otra oración que tenga se siente. Yo quiero saber qué
la misma palabra, y así platicaremos usando todas las pasa cuando lo ve un doctor. Esa
palabras de la lista. probablemente sea la próxima
parte del cuento. ¡Es como 1, 2 y 3!

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PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA
Destrezas de la semana
flew new tool shoe clue
Comprensión: orden de los sucesos
room canoe fruit glue suit Vocabulario: diccionario—homófonos
Letras y sonidos Dobla un trozo de papel en cuatro Fonética: el sonido de oo
cuadrados. Escribe una de estas combinaciones en la
Ortografía: palabras con ue, oe, oo, ui y ew
parte de arriba de los cuadrados: ue, oe, oo, ui y ew. Voy
a decir una palabra y puedes deletrearla. Luego puedes
decirme si la palabra tiene las letras ue, oe, oo, ui o ew.
Entonces, podemos escribir la palabra en el cuadrado
correcto.
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Sally y Sara
Estas son Sally y su hermana Sara. Estas son las cosas que
tienen que hacer. Vamos a hablar sobre las ilustraciones.
Sally eats breakfast.
Cuando terminemos, vamos a ver en qué orden las
podemos poner para ayudarlas a comenzar el día.

Sally brushes her teeth.

Sally washes her face

and hands.

Sally combs her hair.

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Sally gets dressed.

Sally gets out of bed.
Rise and shine, sleepyhead!

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Soon the
North Wind
Blew

Soon the North Wind Blew

He took in a few deep gulps by Maureen Shur
illustrated by Anna Vojtech
of air and blew with all his might.
He blew and blew till the man’s
coat blew out of sight!

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Soon the North Wind Blew
One day the North Wind and the “Well,” said the Moon, “I watched
Sun talked about which was stronger. the whole thing. I think we have a
winner. The Sun is stronger than the
“Don’t be foolish, Sun,” said the
North Wind.”
Wind. “Did you forget about the time
I blew off that roof during a storm?” The North Wind was in a bad
he asked. “It is true. I am much mood. There was only one thing
stronger.” that would make him feel good.
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Next the Sun shone down on the
man. Soon the man was oozing with
heat and sat down to rest. He took
a rock out of his shoe and then
walked on. But soon he was so hot
that he threw off his coat.

Soon the North Wind Blew

“But did you forget about the time
I dried up all the water to make that
desert?” said the Sun. “I’m sure I am
truly stronger.”

This went on morning, noon, and

night. The Moon heard it all and
grew sick of it.
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The North Wind went first. He
blew a strong wind from above. It
was so strong that fruit blew off the
fruit trees! But that only made the
man grasp his coat tighter.

Soon the North Wind Blew

“I have a plan,” said the Moon.

The Moon was wise, so the Wind

and the Sun said they would hear
her plan.

“Do you see that man in the suit?”

asked the Moon. “The stronger of
you will get him to take off his coat.
That will be the proof we need.”
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Comprehension Check
Retell First
People At Work
by Anne O’Brien
Use a Sequence of Events
Next Table of Contents
Chart and the photos
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
to help you retell the Last
information in this book. Chapter 1
Why Do People Work? . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Think and Compare Chapter 2
1. Turn to page 10. Think about how What Are Needs and Wants? . . . . . 6
fruits and vegetables from a farm Chapter 3
get to your table. Write the steps in What Are Goods and Services?. . . . 8

People at Work
order. (Identify Sequence of Events) Chapter 4
All Kinds of Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2. Make a list of three kinds of
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
goods you buy from stores. Then
Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
make a list of three workers that
do services for you. (Apply) Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3. Name three things that could make

people happy in their work. (Evaluate)

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Introduction Glossary
Do you help out at home? You may have buy (BEYE) to give money for
a chore to do after school. You may walk something (page 6)
the dog or do the dishes. A chore is a kind earn (URN) to make money by working
of job. (page 2)

Grown-ups all over the world have jobs. factories (FAK-tuh-rees) buildings where
They work all day to earn money. goods are made by people with
machines (page 11)
goods (GUDZ) things that people make,
grow, or find (page 8)

People at Work
Some jobs help neighbors or friends. You may even
get paid for your work. services (SUR-vis-iz) jobs in which
Jobs You Can Do people help or do work for others
(page 9)
• Walk pets
shelter (SHEL-tuhr) a place giving
• Rake leaves
protection from bad weather (page 3)
• Sell lemonade

• Wash pets or cars

Index
What other jobs
could you do? goods, 8, 10–11, 14 services, 8–9, 12, 14
needs, 6–9 wants, 6–9

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Conclusion
Now you know why people work.
You see people at work every day. Some
of them give you goods and others give
you services. What kind of work would
like to do someday?

Mothers and fathers work to buy food for

People at Work
their families.

The money people earn pays for shelter.

Shelter protects people from the hot sun
and cold winds. People use the money they
earn for food and clothing, too.

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Chapter 1

Why Do People Work?

Many people love their work. It’s more
enjoyable to have a job you love. Some
people love flowers, for example. They may
have a job in a flower shop and work with
flowers all day.

In many jobs, you must be able to work well

with other people.

People at Work
Where do people work? Work can
happen almost any place. Some people
have a job in an office, while others may
work at home or outdoors.

What makes a good worker? Wherever

people work, it’s important that they do
the best they can. They have to be serious
about their jobs. People should not be late
When people have a job they love, they can
to work. Good workers finish their work
make other people happy, too. on time.

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Some people have jobs that give services Many people love to give aid to others.
to others. These people’s job may be to They have jobs that make people’s lives
carry the mail, drive buses, or wait tables in better. Teachers help children learn, while
a restaurant. A TV reporter informs viewers doctors and nurses care for people who
about the news. are sick. Police and fire fighters help
people in trouble.
Firefighters have to be ready all
the time in case there’s a fire.

A police officer helps people cross

the street safely.

People at Work

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Chapter 2

What Are Needs and Wants?

People earn money to buy things called
needs. Needs are the things we must have
in order to live. Food, clothing, and shelter
are needs. When we are sick we need a
doctor to help us heal. Needs are the same
for people all over the world.

People at Work
These workers are doing their part in
Everyone needs a place to live.
making a car.

Some people work together to make

goods in factories. Each person has a
special job to do over and over.

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People also earn money
Chapter 4
to buy wants. Wants are
All Kinds of Jobs things we would like to
People have jobs making, finding, have but do not
or selling goods. Some workers make need. We don’t
computers. Others dig for oil in the earth. need toys, TVs, or
Farmers grow food to sell. trips, but wants
Some things, like skates,
make life more fun. cost a lot of money. You
have to work a long time
From Farm to Table Wants are to earn it.
personal. Not
Here’s how a farmer’s food gets to you.
everyone wants the same things.

People at Work
Farmer grows
fruits and vegetables.

Farmer sells fruits

and vegetables to grocers.

Grocer sells fruits and

vegetables in grocery store.
Needs Wants
Shelter Toys
People buy fruits and
vegetables for their families. Food TV
Clothing Trips
Medical Care CDs

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Chapter 3

What Are Goods

and Services?
Some things that people buy are called
goods. Apples, hats, phones, and pencils are
all goods. Beds, bikes, and books are goods,
too. Goods can be needs or wants.

Some stores sell one kind of goods, but other stores People pay to get medical help when they are
sick or hurt. Medical help is a service.

People at Work
sell many kinds of goods.

People also pay for services. Services help

people. A haircut is a service. Having your
house painted or a broken bike fixed are
kinds of services, too.

Some services give people what they

need, and other services give people what
they want.

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading A Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up in class this
WORDS TO KNOW week. I learned that things in a story happen in order.
They happen first, next, and last. This order is called
examines hunger mammal sequence. The first thing that happens in this book is the
birth of a seal pup. She is called “Sidney.” Something will
normal rescued young happen to Sidney. That will be the next part of the story. I
Silly Sentences I’ll ask you what each word means, and want to know if Sidney will be okay.
we’ll use it in a silly sentence. We could say, “I lost my

(fold here)
This Week’s Skills
glove in the snow, and in April I rescued it from the mud.”
We can decide which of our sentences is the silliest! Comprehension: sequence
Vocabulary: context clues—antonyms
SPELLING WORDS

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Phonics: the sounds of oo
good hook shook brook crook Spelling: words with oo and ou

foot soot could should would

Shake it Up! Let’s play a fun spelling game. I’ll show you
all the words. Then I’ll cover the words and say one for
you to spell. Clap your hands if the word is spelled with
oo. Shake your hands if the word is spelled with ou.
Then spell the word.

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Do-It-Yourself Story Jack goes down the slide.
It is fun.
Let’s look at each picture and read the
sentences. Then, we can put the pictures in
order to tell a story. There are different ways
we can tell this story. We’ll pick the best order.

Jack puts on his shirt.

He puts on his shoes.

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Jack takes a bath. The bubbles smell nice. Jack eats an apple.
It is crisp.

Jack plays on the swings.

He goes high in the air.
Jack is in class.
He is reading a book about a mammal.

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Esta semana estoy leyendo en clase A Harbor Seal Pup
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO Grows Up. Aprendí que los sucesos de un cuento tienen
una secuencia. Ocurren primero, después y al final. A esta
examines hunger mammal secuencia la llamamos orden de los sucesos. Lo primero
normal rescued young que sucede en este libro es el nacimiento de un cachorro
de foca de piel moteada. Se llama “Sidney”. Algo le va a
Sin ton ni son Te voy a preguntar qué significa cada pasar a Sidney. Esa será la parte siguiente del cuento. Yo
palabra y después la podemos usar en una oración quiero saber que a Sidney no le va a pasar nada malo.

(fold here)
ilógica, algo como “I lost my glove in the snow, and in
April I rescued it from the mud.” Luego podemos decidir Destrezas de la semana
cuál de las oraciones que hicimos es la más tonta.
Comprensión: orden de los sucesos
Vocabulario: claves del contexto—antónimos

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PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA
Fonética: los sonidos de oo
good hook shook brook crook
Ortografía: palabras
foot soot could should would con oo y ou
Un aplauso y un sacudón Vamos a jugar un juego
de deletreo divertido. Te voy a mostrar todas las
palabras. Luego voy a taparlas y a decir una palabra
para que tú la deletrees. Aplaude si la palabra se escribe
con oo y sacude las manos si se escribe con ou. Luego
deletrea la palabra.

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Crea tu propio cuento Jack goes down the slide.
It is fun.
Vamos a mirar cada ilustración y a leer las oraciones.
Luego podemos poner las ilustraciones en orden para
formar un cuento. Podemos contar este cuento de
diferentes maneras. Vamos a escoger el orden que nos
guste más.

Jack puts on his shirt.

He puts on his shoes.

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Jack takes a bath. The bubbles smell nice. Jack eats an apple.
It is crisp.

Jack plays on the swings.

He goes high in the air.
Jack is in class.
He is reading a book about a mammal.

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Flip and Spots
by Sandy Riggs
illustrated by Dani Jones

Flip and Spots

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Flip and Spots
Flip and Spots, two seal pups,
were swimming in the sea. The
pups were swimming just below the
top of the water.
Then Flip popped his head out
of the water to look around.
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“Let’s go on the rocks,” Flip said
to Spots. “It would feel good to lie
in the sun.”
Both pups climbed on the rocks.
“Look,” Spots said. “The people
from the city are looking at us.”

Flip and Spots

The people clapped. So the
pups rolled over again. The people
cheered. So the pups rolled over
five more times!
“You are so cute!” a girl cried.
The pups smiled and bowed.
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Then Flip yelled to the people,
“Look at me.” He shook his head.
He slapped the water with a
flipper.
“Look at us,” Spots shouted.
Then both pups rolled over with
their flippers in the air.

Flip and Spots

“We should do tricks,” Spots
said. “I can do a trick with this
ball. I own it. I gave Fin Whale
three fish for it.”
Spots set the ball on her nose.
It did not roll off. “Wow!” Flip
said. “I wish I could do that.”
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Comprehension Check
Retell 'JSTU

Use a Sequence Chart

/FYU
and the photos to help
you retell what you -BTU
learned in this book.
by Val Montegnana Walla
Think and Compare
Table of Contents
1. Turn to page 10. What steps led
to there being more bald eagles? Chapter 1
Bald Eagle Facts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Write the steps in order.

Bald Eagle Alert

(Identify Sequence of Events) Chapter 2
Bald Eagles in Danger . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2. What are some ways you can Chapter 3
help bald eagles? (Apply) Keeping Bald Eagles Safe. . . . . . . . . 10
Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3. Some people think that bald eagles
don’t need to be helped by people. Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
What do you think? (Synthesize)

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Chapter 1
Glossary
Bald Eagle Facts endangered (en-DAYN-juhrd) in danger
of no longer existing (page 6)
The bald eagle is the national bird
of the United States. It was chosen
extinct (ek-STINGKT) no longer existing
(page 6)
because it is a strong and brave bird.
habitat (HAB-i-tat) the place in nature
Bald eagles live all over North America.
where an animal or plant lives and
grows (page 6)
pollution (puh-LEW-shuhn) harmful

Bald Eagle Alert

materials such as gases, chemicals,
The bald eagle is on the Great Seal
of the United States. and wastes that make the air, water,
or soil dirty (page 9)
raptors (RAP-tuhrz) birds that hunt and
kill other animals (page 3)

Index
farmers, 8 nests, 5-6
feathers, 4 pollution, 9, 12
food, 3, 7–9 talons (claws), 3
Franklin, Benjamin, 13 United States, Great
habitat, 2–3, 6 Seal of the, 2

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The best way to help bald eagles Bald eagles are raptors. Raptors
is to teach people about them. Think hunt for their food.
of ways you can teach people about
Bald eagles are sea birds. They
bald eagles. Your help could keep these
live near water, and their favorite
great birds safe.
food is fish.

This woman teaches people

about bald eagles.

Bald Eagle Alert

Bald eagles catch fish with
their talons, or claws. Their
favorite fish is salmon.

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Flying Our National Bird
Feathers Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey
Bald eagles can to be our national bird. He said
fly high. They turkeys were brave. They chased
have long, wide people and animals out of farmyards!
wings. A group
Other Americans did not like that
of eagles flying
idea. They wanted the bald eagle
together is called
instead. Today the bald eagle appears
a kettle of eagles.
on U.S. stamps, passports, and money.
Young bald eagles have
dark beaks. Their beaks
are hard to see and help

Bald Eagle Alert

keep them safe.

The word bald used to mean white.

That’s how the bald eagle got its The bald eagle is
on a United States
name. It has white feathers on its head
passport.
and tail.

Baby bald eagles have fuzzy feathers

called down. Down feathers help keep
them warm.

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Bald eagles build their nests in trees
near rivers, lakes, or the sea. They
build great big nests.

Eagles’ nests are at least five feet

(1.5 meters) wide. Some eagles add to
their old nest each year. Nests can get
as big as 10 feet (3 meters) wide!

Some pairs of bald eagles use the

same spot for their nest every year.

Bald Eagle Alert

A bald eagle glides through the sky.

There is another way to help bald

eagles. People can work to stop
pollution. Cleaner air, water, and land
would be good for the bald eagles and
for us, too.

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Chapter 2 Number of Pairs of Bald
Bald Eagles in Danger Eagles per State in 1982
Alaska
0
Once there were many bald eagles, 137
37
0 72
0 207
100
but by 1963 the bald eagle was no information 15
23 0 207 2 0
98 0
1 4
endangered. There were only about 0
0
0
5 0 7
1 0
4
43 4 1 45
0 1 0
1,000 of them left. They were almost 15 0 0 0 58
0 1 21
extinct. Scientists examined why. 13 18
0 0 0
Hawaii
0 340
A bald eagle’s habitat is near the sea.
People also like to live near the sea,

Bald Eagle Alert

and they cut down trees to build homes.
Number of Pairs of Bald Eagles
Then bald eagles can’t find places to per State in 1999, or later
make their nests or lay their eggs. Alaska
658 8
216 0 309
9 681
405
This seaside town once had many trees. Today 17,300 128 6 770 75 15
89 211 1
there aren’t many trees for the eagles. 2 29 100 69 8
36 38 88 35
4 45 14 31
160 13 75 27 371 338
43 48
43 3 27 36 181
34 47 81
98 228
Hawaii
0
1,133

The number of bald eagles in the

United States has gone up.

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Chapter 3 Bald eagles also have trouble finding
Keeping Bald Eagles Safe food. They eat fish. Sometimes people
catch too many fish. Then the birds
People saw that bald eagles needed
don’t have enough fish to eat, and
help. They needed to be rescued, so a
they can die of hunger.
law was passed in the United States. It
said that people could not hurt or kill People and bald eagles don’t want
bald eagles. the same food, though. Bald eagles eat
fish that are dying or dead. They leave
The law helped slowly. Today there
the healthy fish for us.
are more bald eagles. Look at the

Bald Eagle Alert

maps to see where they are.
A bald eagle can see very well.
It can see a fish in the water from
The bald eagle is kept 2 miles (3 kilometers) in the air!
safe by laws today.

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Farmers used to shoot bald eagles
because they thought the birds hunted
farm animals. Now we know that
bald eagles usually eat dead animals.
Sometimes they eat small mammals,
such as rabbits. But it is not normal for
eagles to eat farm animals.

A bald eagle eats a

piece of fish.

Bald Eagle Alert

The dots in this diagram show where the
pollution in a food chain goes.

Pollution also hurts bald eagles.

Pollution, or waste, may be dumped
into the ocean. A fish may eat the
waste, then the fish gets sick. If an
eagle eats the fish, it also eats the
waste. The eagle gets sick, too, and
sometimes may die.

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading Mice and Beans in class this week. I
WORDS TO KNOW learned that some stories have real parts and make-
believe parts. The real parts can happen in real life.
assembled devoured fetch The make-believe parts cannot happen! I know from
the title Mice and Beans that this story
menu simmered has a mix of fantasy and reality.
Whoever heard of mice and beans
A Tasty Treat Let’s write a recipe with your words. First,
together? It’s supposed to be
tell me what each word means. Then let’s use the words

(fold here)
rice and beans!
in sentences that tell how to cook something we like.
We’ll make up a silly recipe with the words. This Week’s Skills
SPELLING WORDS Comprehension: fantasy

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and reality
pause draw raw launch law Vocabulary: inflected
verbs
fault sauce crawl hawk jaw Phonics: sounds of au
Spell and Shake This spelling game really shakes it up! and aw
I’ll show you all the words. Then I’ll cover the words and Spelling: words with au
ask you to spell them. Shake your hands if a word has and aw
the letters au. Shake your whole body if a word has the
letters aw.

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Upside-Down World
Something is strange in this place! Let’s look at each
picture. I’ll help you read the words. Circle the parts of the
picture that cannot happen. Then tell me why they cannot
happen. When we finish, we can pick one picture and use
it to tell a story that has both fantasy and reality in it.

What is fantasy? What is reality?

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What is fantasy? What is reality?

What is fantasy? What is reality?

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Esta semana estoy leyendo en clase Mice and
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO Beans. Aprendí que algunos cuentos tienen partes
que son verdaderas y partes que son imaginarias. Las
assembled devoured fetch partes verdaderas pueden suceder en la vida real,
pero las partes imaginarias, no. Sé por el título Mice
menu simmered and Beans que en este cuento hay
una mezcla de fantasía y realidad.
Platillo sabroso Vamos a escribir una receta con las
¿Han oído a alguien hablar
palabras de la lista. Primero dime qué significa cada

(fold here)
de ratones y frijoles alguna
palabra. Luego usaremos las palabras en oraciones que
vez? Debería ser arroz y
indiquen cómo cocinar algo que nos gusta. Crearemos
frijoles, ¿no?
una receta graciosa con esas palabras.
Destrezas de la

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PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA
semana
pause draw raw launch law Comprensión: fantasía y
realidad
fault sauce crawl hawk jaw
Vocabulario: verbos
¡Muévete! ¡Para hacer este juego de deletreo inflexionados
necesitamos movernos! Te mostraré todas las palabras. Fonética: los sonidos de au y aw
Luego voy a taparlas y a decir una palabra para que tú
la deletrees. Mueve las manos si una palabra tiene las Ortografía: palabras con au y aw
letras au; si tiene las letras aw mueve todo el cuerpo.

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Mundo patas arriba
¡Aquí pasan cosas raras! Vamos a mirar cada ilustración.
Yo te ayudaré a leer las palabras. Encierra en un círculo
las cosas que no pueden pasar y dime por qué no
pueden pasar. Cuando terminemos, vamos a escoger una
ilustración y usarla para contar un cuento donde haya
fantasía y realidad.

What is fantasy? What is reality?

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Paul Saw
Arctic Foxes

Paul Saw Arctic Foxes

by Maryann Dobeck
illustrated by Bob Dacey
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Paul Saw Arctic Foxes
Paul yawned and crawled out of
bed at dawn. As he ate his toast,
he saw the sunrise. He did not have
time for a complete meal.

Paul grabbed his coat and his

camera. He walked out into the
cold, treeless Arctic land.
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The little foxes yawned and looked When Paul was a boy, he saw a
sleepy. Soon they would crawl back TV show about Arctic foxes. That
into the den. launched Paul’s study of the foxes. He
had a lot of questions about them.
It was time for Paul to go to his
home in the city. He had pictures to
print! Those pictures would help him
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study the life of the Arctic foxes.

Paul Saw Arctic Foxes

As a grown man, Paul’s job was

to study animals and take pictures of
them in the wild.
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The mother fox watched her
cubs eat. The father fox had caught
food for them. The cubs chewed on
the meat.

Paul could not measure for sure,

but he thought the foxes were 20 feet
away. He hauled out his camera and
took a picture.

Paul Saw Arctic Foxes

It was spring, but it was still cold
and raw outside. Paul’s job taught
him that Arctic days might be fine
or awful.

Paul had good luck. He glanced

below and saw what he was looking
for—Arctic foxes and their cubs.
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Comprehension Check
Retell the Story
Use a Fantasy and
3FBMJUZ
8IBU
$PVME
'BOUBTZ
8IBU
$PVME
A Party
and a Half
)BQQFO /PU
)BQQFO

Reality Chart and

the pictures to help
by Teresa Veneroso
you retell this story. illustrated by Ian Forss

Think and Compare

1. Turn to pages 12 to 15. Who is
the special guest at Roger’s party?

A Party and a Half

What does it do? (Distinguish
Between Fantasy and Reality)

2. What foods do you like to help cook?

How do you help? (Synthesize) Table of Contents
Chapter 1
3. Why would people be happy to have
Summer Is Here! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
summer begin? (Analyze/Synthesize)
Chapter 2
Party! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 3
More Surprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Chapter 1 The sun stretched out a bright, shining hand.
Summer Is Here! It smiled even more as it devoured the bread.

Roger woke up with the hot sun already “Happy summer, everybody!” said Roger.
smiling down on him.

“It’s the first day of summer!” said Dad.

Summer was Roger’s favorite time of the year.

A Party and a Half

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Everyone assembled around the table. Dad cut
the bread into eight pieces. He gave everyone a
slice with applesauce, fruit salad, and strawberries.
Everyone had a glass of orange juice.

“Wow,” said Roger. “There’s a lot of food.

I’m going to give half of my slice of bread to
our special guest!”

A Party and a Half

Roger and his dad always threw a party to
celebrate the new season. This year his dad
invited a surprise guest.

Roger got dressed in a hurry. He was excited

to help his dad bake for the party.

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The sun waved outside the window. The
strawberries sparkled in the sunlight. The fruit
salad was a rainbow of colors. And the orange
juice seemed as bright as the sun itself.

“The sun is smiling!” laughed Roger.

“Summer is its favorite time, too!”

A Party and a Half

This year Dad and Roger were making
banana bread and applesauce. Dad chopped the
apples and mashed the bananas.

Roger cracked open the eggs into a bowl.

Then, he beat the eggs. Next, he mixed in the
bananas. He stirred the flour into the mixture.
Finally, Roger poured the mixture into a
round pan.

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Everyone ran to Roger’s house. Rosita and Dad put the pan into the oven.
Pedro were carrying a bulging basket of
“Cool,” thought Roger, “there will be lots of
strawberries.
banana bread. Half for Dad and half for me.”
As they went inside, Roger smelled the bread. He was so hungry that he was forgetting about
the other guests.
“It’s good to celebrate with friends,” said Dad.
“And look! Here is our surprise guest!”

A Party and a Half

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Chapter 2 “I’m glad you’re inviting us, Roger. We love
Party! your summer parties,” Mrs. Garcia said.

The applesauce simmered on the stove. “Do you have banana bread like last year?”
A delicious smell came from the oven. Roger asked the children.
couldn’t wait until the bread was ready! “Oh, no,” Roger thought, “I hope there is
Soon they heard a knock at the door. enough banana bread for eight people!”

“Who’s that?” asked Roger.

“Answer the door and you’ll find out,”

A Party and a Half

said Dad, smiling.

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Chapter 3 It was Roger’s grandfather. “Happy summer,
More Surprises Roger!” he said. “I brought you some fruit
salad.”
“Our first day of summer party is turning
“Thank you, Granddad,” said Roger.
out great, Roger!” said Dad. “I think you
should fetch Mrs. Garcia from next door.” “I’m hungry now,” said Granddad. “What’s on
the menu?”
Roger went and knocked on Mrs. Garcia’s
door. Her three grandchildren were there, too. Roger thought, “Oh, well. One third of the
bread is for Dad, one third is for Granddad.
“Happy summer, Roger!” said Rosita, Madge,
Then one third is for me.”
and Pedro.

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“What a delicious smell!” said the judge.
“What’s on the menu?”

“Banana bread and applesauce,” said Roger.

Roger sighed to himself. “One fourth of the

bread is for Judge Jones and one fourth is for
Dad. One fourth is for Granddad and one
fourth is for me.”

A Party and a Half

Then there was another knock on the door.
It was their neighbor, Judge Jones.

“Happy summer, Roger!” she said. “I brought

some orange juice!”

“Thank you, Judge Jones,” said Roger.

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading The Tiny Seed in class this week. I
WORDS TO KNOW learned to draw conclusions. That doesn’t mean
I draw a picture of a conclusion! It means I find
burst desert drifts the facts. Then, I put them together to figure out
something the writer doesn’t tell me in words. The
drowns gently neighbor little seed in this story keeps traveling past dangers.
I know that the seed may be little, but it is strong,
Headliners Let’s write some headlines with your words.
too. Drawing conclusions makes me
I’ll ask you what each word means and then we’ll use

(fold here)
feel like a reading detective!
the word in a newspaper headline. We can make up a
story from one of the headlines. This Week’s Skills
SPELLING WORDS Comprehension: draw conclusions

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Vocabulary: context clues
nap napkin cab cabin in
Phonics/Spelling: closed syllables
index visit object cotton happen
Your Turn Now It’s your turn to test my spelling. Ask
me to spell each word. If I misspell a word, tell me how
to spell it correctly. When we’re done, I’ll give you the
words to spell.

Name
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Be a Detective Double Detectives
We’ve been asked to solve a mystery again. Sammy went
We are going to play “Find the Flowers.” You and I will be to the beach. Where is his cap? We’ll find it. We have
detectives. A friend tells us she brought two flowers to an clues to draw conclusions.
office. Did someone take them? Where are they? Our friend
has given us clues. We can use them to draw conclusions
that will solve the mystery.

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The flowers are not in the vase. The cap is not on the chair.
They are not on the shelves. It isn’t floating in the water.
The flowers are small. It is not next to the blanket.
They are not in the cup. The cap has dots on it.
Could the flowers be on the desk? Sammy has a book in his beach bag.
Where are the flowers? Where is Sammy’s cap?

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Esta semana estoy leyendo en clase The Tiny
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO Seed. Aprendí a sacar conclusiones. ¡Eso no quiere
decir que le saco una parte al cuento! Quiere decir
burst desert drifts que encuentro datos y luego los combino para
drowns gently neighbor comprender lo que el autor no expresa con palabras.
La semillita de este cuento debe pasar de un peligro a
Titulares Vamos a escribir titulares con estas palabras. otro. Sé que es pequeñita, aunque también es fuerte.
Te voy a preguntar qué quiere decir cada una y después ¡Sacar conclusiones me hace sentir

(fold here)
la usaremos para formar el titular de un periódico. como un detective de la lectura!
Podemos crear un cuento a partir de uno de los titulares.
Destrezas de la semana
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA Comprensión: sacar conclusiones

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nap napkin cab cabin in Vocabulario: claves de contexto

index visit object cotton happen Fonética/Ortografía: sílabas cerradas

Ahora es tu turno Ahora es tu turno para poner a

prueba mi ortografía. Pídeme que deletree cada palabra.
Si deletreo una palabra en forma incorrecta, dime cómo
hacerlo correctamente. Cuando terminemos, yo te daré
las palabras para deletrear.

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¡Seamos detectives! ¡Detectives otra vez!
Nos han encargado que resolvamos otro misterio. Sammy
Vamos a jugar a “Encontrar las flores”. Vamos a fue a la playa. ¿Dónde está su gorra? Vamos a encontrarla.
ser detectives. Una amiga nos dice que llevó dos Tenemos pistas para sacar conclusiones.
flores a una oficina. ¿Alguien las tomó? ¿Dónde
están? Nuestra amiga nos dio algunas pistas.
Podemos usarlas para sacar conclusiones y
resolver el misterio.

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The flowers are not in the vase. The cap is not on the chair.
They are not on the shelves. It isn’t floating in the water.
The flowers are small. It is not next to the blanket.
They are not in the cup. The cap has dots on it.
Could the flowers be on the desk? Sammy has a book in his beach bag.
Where are the flowers? Where is Sammy’s cap?

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Judge
Marge

Judge Marge
Marge judged the contest. She gave
one boy the prize.
“Being a judge is too hard,” said
Marge. She leaned against the stage.
Marge made a new pledge. “Next
year I will make fudge and pies,” she
said. “I will knit hats and mittens. That
will be fun. And it will be easier than
by Rosa Acosta
being a judge!” illustrated by Deirdre Betteridge
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Marge judged the hats and mittens.
Then she sat down near a stage.
“Who makes the best bird sounds?”
asked a man. “Marge, will you be the
judge?”
A boy chirped. Lots of birds flew to
the stage. Birds landed on Marge. They
liked her fringe and the bits of pie and
fudge.

Judge Marge
It was the first day of the county fair.
Usually, Marge made fudge and pies for
the cooking contests. She knitted hats
and mittens for the knitting contest. She
got lots of prizes every year.
This year Marge had made a pledge.
“I decided I will not enter any
contests,” she said. “This time I am
just going to have fun!”
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Marge went into a large room.
“Now I can just watch the fudge contest,”
she said. “I do not have to do a thing!”
A man with a badge rushed up. “Please
help us, Marge!” he cried.
“We do not have a judge for the contest.
You always made the best fudge. I bought
lots of it. Will you be the judge?”
“OK,” said Marge. “But then I’ll relax.”

Judge Marge
“We need you to judge hats and
mittens,” said Mrs. Ridge.
Before Marge could say a thing,
Mrs. Ridge wedged a hat on her head.
It was tight and had lots of fringe.
“Do you like it?” asked Mrs. Ridge.
“Help!” said Marge. “I can’t judge
hats and mittens if I can’t see them!”
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Marge tasted half the pies. Her
tummy bulged more. She tasted the rest
of the pies. Then she gave out the prizes.
“I feel huge,” groaned Marge.
“I never want to look at a wedge of
pie again!”
Marge went into another room.
She started to look at hats and mittens.
Mrs. Ridge charged up to her. She had
Marge tasted so much fudge that on a badge.

Judge Marge
her tummy bulged. She gave the first
prize to Mrs. Strange.
“Now I will have fun,” said Marge.
“Marge, we need you!” cried Mrs.
Cage. “We do not have a judge for the
pie contest. Will you do it? Your pies
were always the best!”
“That’s true,” said Marge. “I will
judge the pies. THEN I will have fun.”
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Comprehension Check The World of
Retell
Use a Draw Conclusions
Chart to draw a conclusion
Fact Fact

Plants
by Becky Manfredini
Conclusion
about what you read in
Table of Contents
this book.
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Think and Compare Chapter 1
1. Why would a plant grow in one place Where Do Plants Live? . . . . . . . . . . . 4
and not grow in another place? Chapter 2

The World of Plants

(Draw Conclusions) What Do Plants Need? . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2. What would you do if the leaves on Chapter 3

The Parts of a Plant. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
a plant were drooping? (Apply)
Chapter 4
3. Why don’t some plants grow How Do Plants Grow?. . . . . . . . . . . . 11
and change? (Synthesize) Chapter 5
All Kinds of Leaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Introduction Glossary
environment (en-VIGH-ruhn-muhnt)
Come and meet your plant
where plants and animals live (page 4)
neighbors. You can see a world of
plants outside! Plants are living things. life cycle (LIGHF SIGH-kuhl) the way a
They grow and change. living thing grows and changes
(page 11)
There are many kinds of plants.
Some plants are huge, and other living things (LIV-ing THINGZ) things
plants are tiny. that are alive, grow, and change
(page 2)

The World of Plants

nutrients (NEW-tree-uhnts) materials
Many plants have colorful flowers that burst
open in May and June.
that help a plant live and grow
(page 9)

pollen (POL-uhn) a powder in flowers

that makes seeds (page 10)

Index
California, 5 leaves, 9, 13
corn crop, 6, 8 melon, 11–12
desert, 4 temperature, 7
Florida, 5 Texas, 5

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Conclusion
Now you know about plants.
One day you may want a garden
with flowering plants. Make sure
your plants get the right amount
of sunlight. Water them, and watch
them grow!

The World of Plants

Some plants grow vegetables or
nuts. This apple tree is a large plant
that grows fruit. The apple tree has
flowers. The flowers form fruits. The
fruits protect the seeds inside.

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Chapter 1 Chapter 5

Where Do Plants Live? All Kinds of Leaves

Plants grow in different places. Different plants
Some plants grow in a desert have different kinds
environment. A desert is a hot, dry of leaves. Some leaves
place which gets plenty of sunlight are flat and thin, while
but very little rain. others are very long.
Whatever the shape,

The World of Plants

all leaves make food maple leaf
A cactus is a desert plant. The stem for the plant.
of a cactus stores water.

white oak leaf

palm leaf

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The fruit grows bigger and becomes
ripe. When it is ripe, it is sweet enough
to eat and is ready to be picked.

3. 4.

The World of Plants

Drink a glass of orange juice! It
has vitamin C. Vitamin C helps
The fruit keeps the The melon is ripe. keep your body healthy.
seeds safe inside.

5. Some environments are warm.

Orange trees grow best in places
that are warm. Florida, California,
and Texas are warm states where
The melon seeds
many orange trees grow.
can be planted
to grow into new
melon plants.

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Chapter 2 Chapter 4

What Do Plants Need? How Do Plants Grow?

Plants need water and air to live. Plants have a life cycle. Look at the
They also need soil and space to diagram. A part of the flower makes
grow. Plants need light, too. The sun pollen. The center of the flower takes
gives plants the light they need. All in pollen and makes seeds. Fruit grows
of these things help a plant grow. around the seeds.

The World of Plants

This field of corn is getting what it needs to grow. How a Melon Grows
1. 2.

center
of
flower

fruit

Pollen moves down As seeds form,

the center of the a fruit starts to
flower. grow.

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Many plants have flowers, too.
Inside the flowers is a powder called Plants Need Water
pollen. Pollen helps the flowers If a plant does not get enough water or
sunlight, it may die. How can you tell which
make seeds.
plant has enough water?

The World of Plants

Bees gently carry pollen from flower to flower.
Sometimes pollen drifts in the wind to flowers.
Changes in temperature can change
how a plant grows. Temperature is
how hot or cold it is. If it gets very
cold, ice can form on a plant.

The ice on this plant

can harm its fruit.

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Too much water can also harm
some plants. A flood can cause plants Chapter 3

to drown or wash away.

The Parts of a Plant
The parts of a plant help the plant
get what it needs to grow. Roots
This corn crop got too much water. Now it grow down and reach into the soil.
can’t grow.
The roots take in water and nutrients.
The stem holds the plant up and
carries water and nutrients to the

The World of Plants

leaves. Then the leaves use sunlight
and air to make food.

flower leaves

stem
roots

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading The Ugly Vegetables this week. A girl
WORDS TO KNOW and her mother begin to plant a garden. All the
neighbors are planting, too. As the
aroma blooming muscles weeks go by the girl keeps wondering
why the neighbors’ gardens seem
prickly scent trade better than her own. First one thing
happens, and then another. That’s
Sing to Me Let’s sing a song with your words. I’ll ask you
called sequence. Looking for it helps
what each word means. Then we’ll make up sentences

(fold here)
me understand a story and keep
with the words. We’ll string all the sentences together to
track of things.
make a song.
This Week’s Skills
SPELLING WORDS

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Comprehension: sequence
pen magnet dinner fuzzy Vocabulary: context clues—
homophones, such as scent and
pencil publish bet net cent or piece and peace
Phonics: the sounds of closed syllables
pepper better
Spelling: words with closed syllables
Double It I’ll give you two words. You spell each word
I give you. Then you can make a sentence using those
two words.

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Let’s help Paul brush his teeth. We can put numbers next
to the pictures to show what sequence the steps follow.

This is the way we begin to brush.

This is the way we wet the brush,

This is the way we squeeze the paste,
Wet the brush, wet the brush.
Squeeze the paste, squeeze the paste.

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And that’s the way
We brush our teeth,

Brush our teeth,

Brush our teeth.

And that’s the way

This is the way we brush our teeth, We brush our teeth,

Down and down, up and up. Early in the morning!

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Esta semana estoy leyendo The Ugly Vegetables. Una
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO niña y su madre comienzan a plantar un jardín.
Sus vecinos también están plantando.
aroma blooming muscles A medida que las semanas pasan la
niña piensa por qué los jardines de
prickly scent trade los vecinos lucen mejor que el suyo.
Primero pasa una cosa, después otra.
Cántame una canción Vamos a cantar una canción
Eso se llama orden de los sucesos.
con las palabras de arriba. Te voy a preguntar qué

(fold here)
Al buscar el orden de los sucesos
significa cada palabra. Luego formaremos oraciones y
entiendo mejor un cuento y puedo
las uniremos para hacer una canción.
seguir bien lo que pasa.

PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA Destrezas de la semana

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pen magnet dinner fuzzy Comprensión: orden de los sucesos
Vocabulario: claves del contexto—
pencil publish bet net homófonos como scent y cent o
piece y peace.
pepper better Fonética: los sonidos de sílabas cerradas
Dobles Voy a decirte dos palabras. Tú vas a deletrearlas. Ortografía: palabras con sílabas cerradas
Luego puedes formar una oración en la que uses esas
dos palabras.

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Vamos a ayudar a Paul a cepillarse los dientes. Podemos
poner números al lado de cada dibujo para indicar el
orden a seguir.

This is the way we begin to brush.

This is the way we wet the brush,

This is the way we squeeze the paste,
Wet the brush, wet the brush.
Squeeze the paste, squeeze the paste.

© Macmillan/McGraw-Hill And that’s the way

We brush our teeth,

Brush our teeth,

Brush our teeth.

And that’s the way

We brush our teeth,
This is the way we brush our teeth,
Early in the morning!
Down and down, up and up.

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Calvin’s Pumpkin

Calvin’s Pumpkin

by Sandy Riggs
illustrated by Wednesday Kirwan
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Calvin’s Pumpkin
Calvin and his mom had planted
pumpkin seeds. Now they were
looking at rows and rows of
pumpkins in the field.
“There must be a hundred
pumpkins!” Calvin said.
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Soon a man said, “It has a “Did you hear about the farm
crack. But it is the biggest pumpkin fair?” his mom asked. “There will
of all. Calvin wins first prize!” be a pumpkin contest. The biggest
Calvin grinned a very big grin! pumpkin will win a prize.”
After a while, Mom, Dad, and Calvin ran out to the field.
Calvin went home. Dad made a “I think I can find a big pumpkin
very big pumpkin pie! Everyone ate for the fair!” he shouted.
a sandwich. Then everyone ate a “I’m certain you can find a very
very big slice of pumpkin pie! big pumpkin,” Mom said.

Calvin’s Pumpkin

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At the fair, Dad drove over a big
bump. Bang! The back of the truck
opened. Calvin’s pumpkin rolled out!
It broke into two parts.
“Well,” said Mom. “Let’s try to
put the parts together.” So they did
it. They pressed the parts together
and made a whole pumpkin!

Calvin’s Pumpkin
It did not take Calvin long to
find a big pumpkin. “Look at this
pumpkin,“ Calvin yelled to Mom.
“It’s huge!”
Mom helped Calvin roll the huge
pumpkin to Dad’s truck. Dad put
the pumpkin in the back of the
truck. Then Mom, Dad, and Calvin
went to the fair.
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Comprehension Check
Retell
'JSTU
Use a Sequence Chart
and the photos to help /FYU

you retell the information

-BTU by Emma LaConti
in this book.
Think and Compare
1. Turn to page 10. Between which steps
should you add salt and pepper?
(Identify Sequence of Events) Table of Contents

All About Tomatoes

Chapter 1
2. What fruit or vegetable have you
The Truth About Tomatoes . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
seen growing? How was that different
from or the same as a tomato plant? Chapter 2
(Apply) Early Tomatoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 3
3. Why do you think some people grow
Growing Tomatoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
their own fruits and vegetables?
(Analyze) Chapter 4
Things to Make with Tomatoes . . . . . . . . 10
Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Chapter 1 Glossary
The Truth fruits (FREWTZ) the parts of the plant
About Tomatoes you can eat, that have seeds (page 6)

Tomatoes taste great. They are good ripe (REYEP) ready to be picked and
for you, too! Tomatoes are packed full of eaten (page 3)
vitamins to help keep you healthy. seedling (SEED-ling) a young plant
(page 7)

stake (STAYK) a stick or

other support for a plant (page 8)

All About Tomatoes

transplant (trans-PLANT) dig up a
plant growing in one place and
move it to another (page 7)

Index
color, 3
fruit, 4-6, 8, 14
seeds, 6
size, 7, 9
soil, 7
stem, 8
sunlight, 6

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Now you know all about tasty tomatoes. Not all tomatoes are red. They can also be
They are loved around the world. pink, yellow, black, orange, or white. Some
tomatoes have two colors.
The next time you eat a tomato, you can
share everything you know about this All tomatoes are green before they are
fabulous fruit. ripe. When the tomato turns its true color,
it is ready to be eaten!

All About Tomatoes

Tomatoes come in
many different colors.
They are brightest
when they are ripe.

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Chapter 2 Raw tomatoes are used in a Mexican
Early Tomatoes salsa. A salsa is a fresh sauce. Follow these
steps to make your own salsa.
The tomato was first grown in the
Americas. The Aztecs and Incas grew
tomatoes more than 1,000 years ago. The
Aztecs called them tomatl, which means
“plump fruit.”
See ingredients pictured below.
1. Have an adult chop some tomatoes, chili
peppers, onion, and cilantro.

All About Tomatoes

Incan farmers gather vegetables to 2. Mix them together.
trade in Peru in the early 1500s. 3. Add a little salt and sugar.
4. Serve your salsa with tortilla chips.

tomatoes chili peppers onion cilantro

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Tomatoes don’t have a scent, but the
foods they help make around the world
are very tasty.

Many Indian curries use tomatoes. They

give chicken curry a flavorful punch!

Italian dishes such as spaghetti sauce

and pizza use a lot of tomatoes.

Tomatoes and other fruits and vegetables were

All About Tomatoes

usually sold outdoors in France in the late 1500s.

Ingredients: Explorers took tomatoes back to Europe

• Pizza dough about 500 years ago. Some people there
• Chunky tomato sauce
• Grated fontina and romano cheese liked them very much. Others thought they
• Olive oil would make them sick. For hundreds of
1. Spread a thin layer of olive oil on the dough.
years, many people wouldn’t eat tomatoes.
2. Sprinkle sauce and grated cheese on top.
3. Ask an adult to heat your pizza in an oven. The first tomatoes taken to Europe were
4. When the cheese has melted, the pizza is ready yellow. Those tomatoes were called “love
to enjoy. apples” or “golden apples.”
For a spicy Italian taste and aroma, add some
herbs (oregano or marjoram) to your pizza.

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Chapter 3 Tomatoes can also be cooked
Growing Tomatoes many different ways. They can be
grilled, fried, baked, or boiled.
Tomatoes are fruits, not vegetables. They Have you ever tasted fried
grow from seeds. Tomatoes also have seeds green tomatoes? They
in them. The seeds have a are a special dish in
gel (JEL) around them. some places. And
what about ketchup?
Tomatoes are easy
That is made from
to grow, if there
tomatoes with sugar
is enough water,

All About Tomatoes

and spices. Ketchup adds flavor
sunlight, and warmth.
to some meals.
Tomatoes need
warmth. Don’t
plant tomatoes
if the weather Grilled tomatoes
is cold. make a tasty
side dish.

seeds

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Chapter 4 Good tomatoes need good soil. You can
Things to Make grow tomatoes in pots or in the ground. If
the pot is big enough, you can leave your
with Tomatoes
tomato plant in it. If it is not big enough,
Once tomatoes are picked, you can eat you will need to transplant the seedling
them raw. Wash them right away. Cut them into the ground.
up for salads, sauces, and sandwiches.

Place seeds on
top of damp soil.
Cover with a thin

All About Tomatoes

layer of soil. Keep
Ingredients: the soil damp.
• Sliced bread or bagel
• Butter, cream cheese,
or mayonnaise
• Sliced tomato
• Salt and pepper

1. Butter one slice of bread or spread lightly with About four to six
cream cheese or mayonnaise.
weeks later, the
2. Lay tomato slices on the bread. seedling might be
this size.
3. Sprinkle with a pinch each of salt and pepper.
4. If you would like, cover this slice with another
slice of bread.

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As the seedling grows taller, it grows more Now the tomatoes are fully grown. Their
leaves and looks like a bush. People usually size depends on the kind of tomatoes
tie the slightly prickly stem to a stake. The they are.
plant climbs up the stake as it grows.
Some tomatoes are very large. One
Next, the plant grows flowers. This is the can weigh as much as two pounds
blooming stage. After that, the flowers turn (1 kilogram). That is about the same weight
into fruit. The fruit of some tomato plants as four potatoes! You would have to
will take about six more weeks to get ripe. use your muscles to take a bag of these
Other kinds will get ripe earlier. tomatoes home from the store.

All About Tomatoes

Some tomatoes are small and round.
They are called cherry tomatoes.

This seedling The flowers Some plants

has been bloom about grow up to six
transplanted four weeks after feet (1.8 m) tall.
and tied to transplanting. That’s about as Tomatoes come in different shapes and
a stake. tall as a tall sizes. The cherry tomato is on the left.
adult!
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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

Did you know that millions of years ago giant
WORDS TO KNOW crocodiles were as long as a school bus? I’m reading all
sorts of facts like that in Meet the Super Croc. I’m trying
ancient confirm hopeful to think about what the article is really about. I look for
the most important ideas and facts about crocodiles. Then
unable valid I can tell you about the article in a short way. That’s called
a summary.
Old Scroll A scroll is a very old, long piece of writing
wrapped around a bar. We can make up sentences with This Week’s Skills

(fold here)
the words and write them on our own scroll.
Comprehension: summarize
SPELLING WORDS Vocabulary: suffixes and prefixes

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Phonics: the sounds of open syllables
human crazy solo giant navy
Spelling: words with open syllables
lady gravy odor open lazy
Look, Spell, and Speak I’ll let you see the words. Then I’ll
hide the words and say each one for you to spell.

Name
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Let’s look at each picture and read the
sentences. We can talk about what happens in
the story. Then we can cross out any sentences
and pictures that we don’t think are needed in
a summary. When we’re done we can tell each
other our own summaries.
“It was nice being an
egg. I was all curled
up and cozy.”
“A lot happened
before I became me.” “Then I hatched. It
was a shock to see
what was outside of
my egg.”

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“I used to be an egg. “I ate and ate and ate.

Yes, a tiny egg.” I ate all the leaves on
the plant.” “Then I was ready
to become me. That
was very nice.”

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

¿Sabían que hace millones de años había cocodrilos
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO gigantes que eran tan largos como un autobús escolar?
Estoy leyendo toda clase de datos como ese en Meet the
ancient confirm hopeful Super Croc. Estoy tratando de averiguar de qué trata
realmente este artículo. Busco las ideas y datos más
unable valid importantes sobre cocodrilos. Luego podré contarles el
artículo en pocas palabras, es decir, hacer un resumen.
Pergamino viejo Un pergamino es un escrito largo
y muy viejo enrollado alrededor de un palo en forma Destrezas de la semana

(fold here)
de rodillo. Usaremos las palabras en oraciones y las
escribiremos en nuestro propio pergamino. Comprensión: resumir
Vocabulario: los sufijos y prefijos
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA

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Fonética: los sonidos de las sílabas abiertas
human crazy solo giant navy Ortografía: palabras con sílabas abiertas

lady gravy odor open lazy

Mira, deletrea y habla Te voy a dejar que veas las
palabras. Después las voy a cubrir y voy a decirlas una
por una para que tú las deletrees.

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Cambios sorprendentes
Vamos a mirar cada ilustración y leer las oraciones.
Podemos hablar de lo que pasa en el cuento. Luego
podemos tachar las oraciones e ilustraciones que
creamos que no sean necesarias en un resumen. Cuando
terminemos nos podemos contar nuestros propios
resúmenes.
“It was nice being an
egg. I was all curled
up and cozy.”
“A lot happened
before I became me.” “Then I hatched. It
was a shock to see
what was outside of
my egg.”

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“I used to be an egg. “I ate and ate and ate.

Yes, a tiny egg.” I ate all the leaves on
the plant.” “Then I was ready
to become me. That
was very nice.”

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Decode It

Decode It

by Liane B. Onish
illustrated by Holli Conger
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Decode It
Irene moved her violin case off
the table. Noah, the new boy, sat
down and opened his lunchbox. So
did Irene. Inside, she found a note.
“Who’s that from?” asked Noah.
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Irene said, “My mom. She writes
me notes to remind me of stuff.
n. 18
o. 19 She often writes them in a secret
a. 5
p. 20
b. 6 code.”
q. 21 20–16
c. 7 p l –9–5–23–9
r. 22
d. 8 27–5–16 “You can read that?” he asked.
s. 23 –15
e. 9
t. 24 29–19–2
f. 10
u. 25 9–19 “Not yet,” said Irene. “Today is
g. 11
v. 26 17–19–17 Friday. So the secret code is plus 5.
h. 12
w. 27
i. 13
j. 14
x. 28 Let me show you.”
y. 29
k. 15
z. 30
l. 16
m. 17

Decode It
Irene and Noah decoded the note.
Noah asked, “Who’s Yo-yo?”
Irene replied, “My dog.”
This is the note from Irene’s mom.
Can you decode it?

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“I get it,” said Noah. “So in
Friday’s plus 5 code, a is 5,
b is 6, c is 7, d is 8, e is 9,
and f equals 10.”
“That’s the idea!” said Irene.
“All the way to 30 for z.”

a. 5

Decode It
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8
Irene wrote the letters a-z down e. 9
f. 10
the side of a notebook page. g.
Then she wrote numbers under the h.
i.
j.
letters. Irene said, “On Monday,
k.
the number 1 stands for the letter l.
m.
a. On Tuesday, the second day,
2 stands for a. Friday is the fifth
day, so 5 stands for a.”
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Comprehension Check
Retell Main Idea
Use a Summary
Chart and the Main Idea Summary

photos to help you by Andrew Whitmore

retell what you Main Idea

learned in this book.

Table of Contents
Think and Compare Chapter 1
1. Look at page 8. What All About Fossils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
makes dragonflies such good Chapter 2

Living Fossils
hunters? (Summarize) Underwater Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 3
2. Some rainforests and underwater
Insects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
places still have not been explored.
Chapter 4
Would you like to explore new
Animals That
places to find living fossils? Outlived Dinosaurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Why or why not? (Apply)
Chapter 5
Future Fossils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3. Why do you think scientists look
for and study fossils? (Analyze) Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Chapter 1
Glossary
adapt (uh-DAPT) to change for
All About Fossils different conditions (page 2)
Most kinds of animals that lived long
extinct (ek-STINGKT) no longer living
ago have disappeared. These animals
(page 2)
are extinct. Some extinct animals
were unable to adapt to changes fossils (FOS-uhlz) the remains of plants
around them. Some died in floods or or animals from long ago preserved
earthquakes. in rock (page 2)

Other kinds of animals have hardly reptiles (REP-tighlz) cold-blooded

changed since long ago. These animals animals that breathe air, usually lay

Living Fossils
are “living fossils.” Like real fossils, they eggs, and have skin covered with
teach us about the past. scales or bony plates (page 12)
survive (suhr-VIGHV) to live through
A real fossil is seen under (page 6)
a magnifying glass.

Index
beetles, 9, 14 insects, 3, 8–9, 14
coelacanths, 3, 14 sharks, 4–5, 14
crocodiles, 10–11, 14 tuataras, 12–14
dragonflies, 8, 14 turtles, 6, 14
horseshoe crabs, 7, 14

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Chapter 5
Future Fossils
It is valid to think we will find more
living fossils because we still have many
sites to explore. We are hopeful that
we will learn more about life on Earth
as we find new living fossils.

This chart lists the insects and other animals Today coelacanths live in the Indian Ocean.
in this book. They all lived before humans.

Living Fossils
One living fossil is the coelacanth.
Time Line of Life on Earth This fish looks the same as ancient
Years Ago First Creatures Lived coelacanths that lived 400 million
430 million horseshoe crabs years ago.
400 million coelacanth
350 million sharks
250 million tuataras How Animal Fossils Form
230 million dragonflies/beetles 1. An insect or other animal dies.
220 million dinosaurs 2. It is buried.
200 million crocodiles 3. The body breaks down.
100 million turtles 4. Earth hardens around the bones to
65 million dinosaurs disappear form rock.

Less than humans 5. The animal’s outline is a fossil.

1 million
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Chapter 2 A tuatara has a third eye on top of
Underwater Animals its head. This eye can’t see, but it can
react to light. Scientists think this eye
Sharks have lived in the sea for more
helps the tuatara know if it has been
than 350 million years, and they have
in the sun too long.
not changed much over time. They eat
the same kinds of food, and they hunt
the same way. Even their teeth have
not really changed. Fossil shark teeth
are like the teeth of sharks today.
The tuatara gets its name
from the large spines down

Living Fossils
its neck, back, and tail.

Sharks can have up to 3,000 teeth.

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Australia

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!.4!2#4)#! New Zealand

Tuataras were once found all over New

Zealand. Now they only live on a few
islands near New Zealand.

Living Fossils
This scientist holds the jaws of a
great white shark. He stands inside
Tuataras look like big lizards. They
a model of an ancient shark’s jaws.
have been on Earth longer than any
other reptiles. A great white shark can grow to be
about the size of a large moving van.
Tuataras only need to breathe once
In ancient times, some sharks were
an hour. Their eggs take a year or
much bigger than that.
more to hatch. Baby tuataras grow
slowly, so that’s probably why they can No one knows how long sharks can
live more than 100 years! live. Some may live as long as 100 years.

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The leatherback is the world’s largest sea turtle.
It weighs more than 1,000 pounds (454 kilograms).

Living Fossils
This picture shows sea life 65 million years ago.
Turtles have thick shells that have A crocodile was the biggest sea animal.
helped them to survive. Turtles can
pull their head, tail, and legs inside The biggest crocodiles today are
when they feel unsafe. Turtles have about 26 feet (8 meters) long. Some
protected themselves in this way for ancient crocodiles were twice as long.
100 million years. That’s about the size of a school bus!

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Chapter 4 Horseshoe crabs have strong shells,
Animals That too. They have been around for 430

Outlived Dinosaurs million years! The reason they have

survived may be because other animals
Crocodiles look a lot like dinosaurs.
do not hunt them for food.
But crocodiles have lived 65 million
years longer than their dinosaur relative.

They survive because they are tough.

Crocodiles can go without food for a The horseshoe crab has a small body under
whole year! its shell. It does not have much meat for
other animals to eat.

Living Fossils
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Chapter 3
Insects
Many insects have stayed the
same since ancient times. One insect
that hasn’t changed is the emperor
dragonfly. Fossils of dragonflies confirm
that they have remained the same for
230 million years.

Dragonflies are good hunters. Their

four wings make them so fast they can

Living Fossils
This scarab beetle
grab other insects right out of the air. looks the same as
the scarab beetles
Most birds find it impossible to catch
that lived millions of
dragonflies. years ago.

Beetles also have not changed much

This is a in 230 million years. Today they are
dragonfly fossil. the most common insect found in the
These dragonflies
were trapped in world. They can live in hot or cold
sticky plant sap temperatures. Their hard wings protect
millions of years
them from many insects and other
ago.
animals.

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading Farfallina & Marcel in class this week. I
WORDS TO KNOW learned to make inferences as I read. An inference is a
good guess about things the author doesn’t say. I make it
fluttered recognized snuggled as I read the author’s hints. For example, in the beginning
of the story, Farfallina and Marcel liked each other and
vanished peered giggled played together. I decided they would become good
friends. I’ll see if I’m right as I read the rest of the story.
Poet’s Corner Let’s write some poems with your words.
I’ll ask you what each word means and then we can

(fold here)
write a sentence using the word. As we write more This Week’s Skills
sentences, we can build a poem.
Comprehension: make inferences
Vocabulary: thesaurus—

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SPELLING WORDS synonyms
Phonics: the sound of le
lit little set settle
Spelling: words ending
rip ripple pad paddle with le

middle bubble
Short and Long To play this game, I’ll give you a little
time to look at the words. Then I’ll say each word for
you to spell. We’ll sort the words to show which words
are one syllable and which are two syllables.

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Let’s read the questions. Then we can use the pictures to
make inferences about what we see. When we’re all done,
we can explain why we made our inferences.

Why is the woman annoyed?

Why is the boy

unhappy?
Why is the cat jumping out of the window?

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Why are the
children cheering?

Why are the children running? What guess can you make about this picture?

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Esta semana estoy leyendo en clase Farfallina & Marcel.
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO Aprendí a hacer inferencias cuando leo. Una inferencia es
una buena suposición que hago a partir de las cosas que el
fluttered recognized snuggled autor no dice. Es trator de adivinar las cosas que el autor
vanished peered giggled no dice. Por ejemplo, al principio del cuento, Farfallina y
Marcel se llevaban bien y jugaban juntos. Me parece que
El rincón del poeta Vamos a escribir poemas con las se harán amigos. Veré si tengo razón cuando lea el resto
palabras de la lista. Te voy a preguntar qué significa del cuento.

(fold here)
cada palabra y después vamos a escribir con ella una
oración. A medida que escribamos más oraciones,
podremos crear un poema.
Destrezas de la semana

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PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA Comprensión: hacer
inferencias
lit little set settle
Vocabulario: tesoro—
rip ripple pad paddle sinónimos
middle bubble Fonética: el sonido de le
Corta y larga Para jugar este juego te voy a dar unos Ortografía: palabras que
minutos para que mires las palabras. Luego voy a decir terminan en le
cada palabra para que tú la deletrees. Para terminar,
vamos a clasificar las palabras para ver cuáles palabras
tienen una sílaba y cuáles tienen dos sílabas.

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Lo sé porque lo vi
Vamos a leer las preguntas. Luego podemos usar las
ilustraciones para hacer inferencias sobre lo que vemos.
Cuando terminemos, podemos explicar por qué hicimos
esas inferencias.
Why is the woman annoyed?

Why is the boy

unhappy?

Why is the cat jumping out of the window?

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Why are the
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Puddle Pet

Puddle Pet

By Liz Ray
illustrated by Pete Whitehead
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Puddle Pet
“Look at my new pet,” said Jen.
“I found it in a big puddle.”
Her friends huddled near Jen’s
bowl. A small dark speck swam
over some pebbles.
“It’s only a fish,” grumbled Jake.
“A fish is nothing special.”
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“I think this fish is special,”
Jen told the group. “I’ll name him
Speckle.” She jiggled the bowl and
light sparkled off the fish.
“You can’t play with a fish or
cuddle it,” said Jake.
“I like to watch him,” said Jen.

Puddle Pet
“See what Speckle can do now,”
Jen called to her friends.
“A fish can only blow bubbles
and swim,” said Jake.
“But Speckle isn’t a fish,” Jen
said, putting her pet on the table.
“He’s a frog, and he can jump!”
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Jen kept watching her pet. As
Speckle got bigger, his legs got
bigger too. Then he grew front
legs. His tail became shorter and
his body changed shape.
Jen had learned something
important. Speckle was not a fish!

Puddle Pet
Jen took good care of Speckle.
She fed him and cleaned his bowl
each day. It was fun to watch
Speckle swim and blow bubbles.
One day, Jen saw that her fish
had little back legs. She was
puzzled. Fish don’t have legs!
What was going on?
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Comprehension Check
Retell the Story
Hermie
8IBU 8IBU the
Use an Inference Chart and
Hermit Crab
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the pictures to help you

retell this story. *OGFSFODF
by Jo Schmidt
Think and Compare illustrated by Anne Sulzer

1. Turn to page 7. What does Hermie

need to make himself safer as
he grows? (Make Inferences)

Hermie the Hermit Crab

2. In what place nearest to your home
might you see hermit crabs? (Apply)
Table of Contents
3. How is the crabs’ shelter like the Chapter 1
shelter people need? (Analyze) A Cradle for Crabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2
A Home for Hermits . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 3
Beach Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 4
New Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Chapter 1 “Come on, Hermie,” said Harriet.
“I’ve found a great new place. I’m a
A Cradle for Crabs faster swimmer and a faster climber!”
My name is Hermie. My mother was
Harriet was climbing a tree!
a land hermit crab. She laid her eggs
on the wet rocks next to the sea. I climbed the tree with Harriet and
rested in its shade.

We were happy in our new homes.

Hermie the Hermit Crab

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So I tried on that shell, and it fit! When I hatched, I floated in the
warm ocean. I saw many other baby
“Who’s wearing my old shell?”
hermit crabs there, and that is where
a voice giggled.
I met my friend Harriet.
“Harriet!” I cried. There was Harriet
in a new shell.

Hermie the Hermit Crab

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As we grew, we molted. We slipped When I came out of the sand, I
out of the hard skin around our body. needed to find a bigger shell. But first
I went to find Harriet.
When we had molted for the last
time, we knew it was time to swim Then I saw the shell I’d last seen
to shore. her wear. I peered inside the shell, but
Harriet wasn’t there.
Our lungs were changing, and soon
we would only be able to breathe air.

Hermie the Hermit Crab

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Chapter 4 “Let’s leave the ocean together,
Hermie,” said my friend Harriet.
New Homes
“That’s a great idea!” I said.
My body had grown again, and my
skin felt tight. I needed to molt, so I We were excited about what life
dug into the wet sand, digging deeper would be like on land.
and deeper.

And that is where I stayed until my

new skin hardened.

Hermie the Hermit Crab

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Chapter 2 I liked crawling on the beach in the
early morning. During the day we found
A Home for Hermits new places to hide from the hot sun.
The closer we swam to shore, the
warmer the water felt. Up, up, up, we
swam. Then we breathed air for the
first time as the strong waves pushed
us onto the shore.

“I’m faster than you!” yelled Harriet.

Hermie the Hermit Crab

“I’m not far behind you!” I shouted.

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Chapter 3 We needed to find somewhere cool
and safe to rest. The sand was too
Beach Party hot. Hungry seabirds fluttered nearby.
It was fun living on the beach.
We crawled into wet, cool seaweed.
Mostly we came out at night.
It was a perfect place to hide, and it
We enjoyed being together. We were was good to eat, too!
like one great big family. We would
We found a lot of other things to
swap shells and claw wrestle.
eat, like sea sponges and pieces of
driftwood. We ate and ate. And we

Hermie the Hermit Crab

rested. But we had to leave this spot.

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“We can’t stay here!” I cried. “We Then we found a lot of empty sea
need to find some shells that will keep snail shells that were just right.
us safe. Let’s look in that rock pool.”
I snuggled my soft body inside one
“I found one,” called Harriet, as she of them. I left my legs and large claw
vanished inside an old pipe. outside.

She soon recognized that the pipe Then Harriet found her shell. Now
wasn’t a good home. Our homes we felt safe on the shore!
usually travel with us wherever we go.
The old pipe was too heavy!

Hermie the Hermit Crab

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

In Nutik, the Wolf Pup, a young Eskimo boy takes
WORDS TO KNOW care of a sick wolf pup. The boy’s sister was rescued
by wolves, so I think the boy and girl know a lot
beloved glanced gleamed about them. I’m making a smart guess. I can make a
lot of good guesses. They make the story even more
noble promised wiggled interesting because I know things the author
doesn’t say.
Once Upon a Time Will a princess kiss a frog? In this
game, we’ll find out! That’s because we’ll use the This Week’s Skills

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words to make up a fairy tale.
Comprehension: make inferences
SPELLING WORDS Vocabulary: word parts ending in ed

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Phonics: the sound of open syllables
no male baby bacon return
Spelling: words with open syllables
noble female basic relate lion
Vowel Hunt I’ll say a one-word syllable from the list.
You tell me if the word ends in a vowel. Then I’ll give you
a two word syllable from the list. Tell me the vowel that
it ends with.

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the Lines
Let’s look at each picture and read the sentences. Then
we can use the pictures and words to make guesses about
the story. When we’re done, we can explain what clues we
used to make our inferences.

Where did the bone come from? Why is the

Who are the children? How do they feel?
dog happy?
Why do they feel this way?

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What guess can you make about this picture?

Why is Chuck making the card?

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

En Nutik, the Wolf Pup, un niño esquimal cuida a un
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO cachorro de lobo enfermo. Los lobos habían rescatado
a la hermana del niño, así que creo que el niño y su
beloved glanced gleamed hermana saben mucho sobre lobos. Estoy haciendo
una buena conjetura. Puedo hacer muchas conjeturas
noble promised wiggled buenas. Hacen que el cuento sea aún más interesante
porque sé cosas que el autor no dice.
Había una vez ¿Va la princesa a besar al sapo? ¡En este
juego lo averiguaremos! Vamos a usar las palabras de la Destrezas de la semana

(fold here)
lista para crear un cuento de hadas.
Comprensión: hacer inferencias
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA Vocabulario: partes de la
palabra que terminan el ed

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no male baby bacon return
Fonética: el sonido de las
sílabas abiertas
noble female basic relate lion
Ortografía: palabras con
Cacería de vocales Voy a decirte una palabra de una sílabas abiertas
sílaba de la lista. Tú me dirás en qué vocal termina.
Luego yo te diré una palabra de dos sílabas. Tú me dirás
en qué vocal termina.

Nombre
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Leer entre líneas
Vamos a mirar cada ilustración y leer las oraciones.
Luego podemos usar las ilustraciones y las palabras
para hacer inferencias sobre el cuento. Cuando
terminemos, diremos qué pistas usamos
para hacer nuestras inferencias.

Where did the bone come from? Why is the

dog happy? Who are the children? How do they feel?
Why do they feel this way?

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What guess can you make about this picture?

Why is Chuck making the card?

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Doggy Door

Doggy Door

by Liane B. Onish
illustrated by Erin Mauterer
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Doggy Door
The basement door was open.
Mom said, “Cody, didn’t I remind
you to close the basement door
last night?”
“I did remember, Mom. But she
opened it,” Cody said.
“Where is she?” Mom asked.
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There she was. Sophie, the Irish
sheepdog, was sound asleep on the
new sofa.
Mom said, “In order to keep
the new sofa looking new, Sophie
needs to sleep in the basement.
How did she get out?”

Doggy Door
After Cody returned from taking
Sophie for a walk, the basement
door was open.
“What are you doing, Mom?” he
asked.
“I am putting in a new lock!”
she said.
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Sophie stood on the third step
and jumped up. Her big front paws
hit the doorknob and slid off.
Sophie repeated the jumping and
pawing until the doorknob turned.

Doggy Door
“Sophie opened the door
herself,“ Cody said.
“I don’t believe it! Show me!”
Mom said.
So Cody, Mom, and Sophie went
into the basement and closed the
door.
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Comprehension Check Look Out
Retell What What

Use the Inference Chart and

I Read I Know
for Dolphins
the photos to help you tell by Liane B. Onish
Inference
about a dolphin calf and
its mother.

Think and Compare

1. Could dolphins survive as well
without the special clicking sound

Look Out for Dolphins

they make? (Make Inferences)

2. How is a dolphin’s family like your Table of Contents

family? How is it different? (Apply) Chapter 1
What Does a Baby Dolphin Do?. . . 2
3. Do you think mother dolphins
Chapter 2
are good parents to their calves?
How Do Dolphins Get Along? . . . . . 6
Why or why not? (Analyze)
Chapter 3
How Do Dolphins Live?. . . . . . . . . . . 12
Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Glossary
Chapter 1 echo (EK-oh) the sound that comes
What Does a back when sound waves hit
Baby Dolphin Do? something (page 8)
echolocation (ek-oh-loh-KAY-shuhn)
Dolphins are animals
a way to find things using sound
that live in the ocean.
waves (page 8)
A dolphin baby is called a
calf. A dolphin calf needs to pods (podz) groups of dolphins
learn to swim right away. living together (page 5)

Look Out for Dolphins

That’s because dolphins social (SOH-shuhl) liking to be with
breathe air. A dolphin calf other people or animals (page 5)
must learn to swim to
surface (SUR-fis) the top part or
the surface, or top of the
outside of something (page 2)
water, so it can get air to
breathe.
Index
blowhole, 10–11
calf, 2–7, 12, 14
food, 9
milk, 2, 4, 14
sound, 8–9, 11
waves, 6

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Someday the calf will be big like its
mother. For now it is happy to swim with
its mother, drink milk, and play.

If you are at the shore, promise to look

out for dolphins. You just may be lucky
enough to get a glance of one of these
adorable creatures!

Look Out for Dolphins

Dolphins need to breathe air one or two times

a minute.

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A dolphin calf is 3 feet (1 m) long and
weighs about 30 pounds (14 kg). It will
grow to be 8 or 12 feet (2.4 or 4 m) long
and weigh about 1,000 pounds (454 kg).
During its first year, the calf drinks milk
from its mother. After a few months, it also
starts to eat fish.

Look Out for Dolphins

Noble dolphins help each other survive.

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Chapter 3
How Do Dolphins Live?
Living together is good for dolphins
for many reasons. The calves have aunts
to look after them. They can surround a
school of fish and take turns eating. If one
dolphin is hurt, the others try to help it.

Together, dolphins can fight enemy sharks

Look Out for Dolphins

and other predators, such as killer whales.
And, of course, dolphins enjoy all sorts of
fun and games playing in the ocean with Sunlight gleams on a group of dolphins
swimming together.
one another.
Dolphins are social animals. They like
being with other dolphins. They live in
groups called pods. Some dolphin calves
live in pods with their parents and
grandparents.

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A dolphin breathes air in and out of its
Chapter 2 blowhole. The sounds it makes come from
its forehead.
How Do Dolphins
Get Along? A dolphin looks like it is smiling because
the lower part of its jaw sticks out. Its big
Baby dolphins are playful. They play catch
eyes help a dolphin see extremely well in
with each other, tossing bits of seaweed.
and out of the water.
Sometimes they will ride waves behind
boats. Often they leap and dive together. A dolphin has 80 to 100 teeth while
humans have 32.

Look Out for Dolphins

Playful dolphins wiggle high in the air.

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A dolphin mother keeps an eye on her
Dolphin Body calf while it plays. But when she goes to
hunt for food, other dolphins called aunts
blowhole melon
dorsal fin look after her beloved calf.
(forehead)
(top fin)
Like other animal babies, dolphin calves
like to be close together.

Dolphins nap together near the

surface.

Look Out for Dolphins

pectoral fins
flukes (front fins)
(tail fin)

A dolphin flips its tail fin up and down

to swim. The top fin keeps a dolphin up,
and the front fins help it go the right way.

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All dolphins make the same click sound. Dolphins hunt a lot, so they use
But every dolphin makes a whistling sound echolocation to help them find food.
that only it can make. The sound lets its
mother know, “It’s me! I’m here!”

Sound moves through water. Dolphins What Dolphins Eat

use sound waves under the water. These
sound waves help them get around and
stay safe. This is called echolocation. Here’s
how it works. Dolphins make click sounds.
The sound waves hit something to make an

Look Out for Dolphins

echo. The echo tells what the thing is and
its location. fish squid shrimp

How Echolocation Works

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading Dig, Wait, Listen this week. I’m learning
WORDS TO KNOW that writers have different reasons for writing a book.
Their reason is called the author’s purpose. Figuring out
beyond burrow distant the author’s purpose helps me understand the story
better. I’m learning about different desert animals in
lengthy ranger warning Dig, Wait, Listen. Maybe teaching me about them is the
author’s purpose.
Story Fun Let’s have fun telling stories with your words.
I’ll ask you what each word means. Then we’ll make up a This Week’s Skills

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short story with them.
Comprehension: author’s purpose
SPELLING WORDS Vocabulary: possessives, such as Bill’s hat or Vanessa’s
mother

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rat rid sad jig apple
Phonics: the sound of le
rattle riddle saddle jiggle puddle Spelling: words that end in le

Two for One I’ll give you a pair of words. First, you’ll
tell me if the words are alike. They may have the same
number of syllables, end in a consonant, or one word may
end in le. Then you’ll spell both words. To finish, we’ll
make a sentence using those words.

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We’ll take turns tossing a coin on the book. When our coin
lands on or near a book, let’s talk about why the author
might have written the book. Tell me why you would or
would not want to read the book.

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Esta semana estoy leyendo Dig, Wait, Listen. Estoy
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO aprendiendo que los escritores tienen diferentes
razones para escribir un libro. Esa razón se llama el
beyond burrow distant propósito del autor. Entender el propósito del autor me
ayuda a entender mejor un libro. En Dig, Wait, Listen
lengthy ranger warning hay mucha información sobre diferentes animales del
desierto. Tal vez el propósito del autor sea enseñarnos
Cuéntame un cuento Vamos a crear un cuento con
sobre esos animales.
las palabras de la lista. Te preguntaré qué significa cada

(fold here)
palabra. Luego crearemos con ellas un cuento corto. Destrezas de la semana
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA Comprensión: propósito del autor
Vocabulario: posesivos, como Bill’s hat o Vanessa’s

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rat rid sad jig apple mother
Fonética: el sonido de le
rattle riddle saddle jiggle puddle
Ortografía: palabras que
Dos por uno Te voy a dar un par de palabras. Primero terminan en le
me dirás si las palabras se parecen. Pueden tener el
mismo número de sílabas, terminar en una consonante,
o tal vez una palabra termine en le. Entonces tu
deletrearás ambas palabras. Para terminar, vamos a
crear una oración usando esas palabras.

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Dime el propósito
Vamos a turnarnos para lanzar una moneda en el libro.
Cuando la moneda caiga sobre un libro o cerca de uno,
hablaremos de por qué el autor escribió ese libro. Dime
además por qué quisieras leer ese libro o por qué no.

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The
Camping Trip

The Camping Trip

by Liz Ray
illustrated by Cheryl Mendenhall
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The Camping Trip
Dad took Max and Jill camping
in a local desert for several days.
“I don’t like it here,” Max
grumbled. “It’s too hot and dry.”
“I can’t see a single living
thing,” said Jill. “Just rocks,
pebbles, and sand blowing in the
wind.”
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Dad made a simple supper of
hot dogs, pickles, and apples. They
ate by the light of a candle. Then
Max and Jill crawled into their
sleeping bags.
In the middle of the night, a
strange sound filled the tent.

The Camping Trip

Max saw a lizard scramble up a
rock. A hawk soared over them.
That night they watched the stars
twinkle and sparkle like a shiny
nickel. A soft wind ruffled their hair.
“I like the desert now,” said Max.
“So do I,” said Jill.
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The next day, the kids and Dad
went on a hike.
“Look at these marks in the
sand,” said Dad. “I think snakes
made them.”
“These look like mouse footprints,”
said Jill.

The Camping Trip

“Listen!” said Jill. She trembled.
“It sounds like a howling giggle!”
“What is it?” Max asked, huddled
in his sleeping bag.
“I think it’s a coyote,” said Dad.
“They live in the desert.”
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Comprehension Check
Retell
Clue Clue
Use the Author’s Purpose
Chart and the photos
to retell what you read Author’s
Purpose

about in this book.

by Betsy Hebert
Think and Compare
1. Turn to page 9. Why do you
Table of Contents
think the author wrote about
Where Is the

Sonoran Desert Animals

the pygmy owls? (Evaluate
Sonoran Desert? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Author’s Purpose)
Sonoran Mammals . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Should people protect the Sonoran Sonoran Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Desert? Why or why not? (Apply) Sonoran Reptiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sonoran Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3. The desert is a hot, dry place.
Animals have special ways to Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . 16
live there. Name other places
where animals might need
special ways to live. (Analyze)

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Where Is the
Sonoran Desert?
The Sonoran Desert is filled
The Sonoran Desert is not in a with flowers when it rains.

distant land. It is in parts of

Arizona, California, and Mexico.

The Sonoran Desert is hot and dry.

But it gets more rain than any

Sonoran Desert Animals

other desert.

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Many animals and plants live in the
Sonoran Desert. How can they live
in such a hot, dry place? Desert
The Sonoran Desert is a special animals and plants do not need
place. Now you know some much water.
of the animals and plants that
live there. They all have their
The Sonoran Desert stretches from
own way to survive in the hot, Sonora in Mexico to Arizona and
dry desert. California in the United States.

Sonoran Desert Animals

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Sonoran Mammals
Big cats called cougars live in
the Sonoran Desert. Cougars are
Animals and birds
mammals. They have fur, and their eat the seeds of
babies are born live. The babies the ironwood tree.

drink the mother’s milk. Cougars

are predators. They hunt other
animals for food.

Sonoran Desert Animals

Cougars hunt at night. The desert is
cooler then.
Ironwood trees grow in the desert,
too. They are helpful to the desert
animals. The air is very hot beyond
the tree’s branches. It is cooler in
the shade of the tree. Animals rest
in the shade. Small plants grow
there, too.

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Sonoran Plants The mother cougar teaches her
cubs how to hunt. The cubs have
The saguaro cactus grows in the
spots when they are born. As they
Sonoran Desert. It can be 50 feet
grow, the cubs lose their spots.
(15 meters) tall! The stem of the
cactus stores water for the plant. Cougars and their cubs rest in the
shade during the hot day.

Sonoran Desert Animals

Many desert
animals eat the
saguaro’s bright
red fruit.

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Bighorn sheep live in the desert The rattlesnake hunts small animals,
mountains. They eat the hard, dry too. The snake hunts mostly at
plants that grow there. Bighorns night. It has a rattle at the end
can live for a lengthy time without of its tail. The sound of the rattle
water. If a bighorn has a big is a warning to other animals.
drink, it can live without more
water for a week.

The horns of a bighorn A rattlesnake shakes its rattle

Sonoran Desert Animals

sheep can weigh up to when it is about to bite.
30 pounds (14 kilograms).

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Sonoran Reptiles
Snakes and lizards are reptiles.
The Gila monster is a big lizard
that lives in the desert. It makes
a burrow in the sand and lays its
eggs there. The Gila monster hunts
for small animals at night.
Prairie dogs bark if danger is

Sonoran Desert Animals

near. This warning helps the
group stay safe.
A Gila monster has scaly skin, like
all reptiles. It is about 20 inches
(51 centimeters) long. Prairie dogs live in the desert, too.
Each family makes its home in a
burrow. It is cooler underground
than outside in the hot sun. When
the day cools off, the prairie dogs
come out to find grass and seeds
to eat.

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Sonoran Birds The pygmy owl is a very little
bird. It hunts during the cool parts
Birds called roadrunners live in
of the day, not at night. Pygmy
the desert. They cannot fly far.
owls have good eyesight. They are
But roadrunners can run quickly
able to see insects, lizards, and
on their long legs. They catch
earthworms to eat from far away.
insects, lizards, and snakes to eat.
Roadrunners rest during the hottest
part of the day.

Sonoran Desert Animals

The color of the pygmy owl
helps it blend into trees.
Roadrunners get most of the water
they need from their food.

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Word Workout Dear Family Member:

I’m reading Splish! Splash! Animal Baths. It’s got all
WORDS TO KNOW sorts of neat facts about how animals take baths. Birds sit
on a giraffe’s neck and pick off ticks. Pigs roll around in
beasts handy itches mud. It makes their skin cool. I see how the animal baths
are alike and different. This is fun!
nibble preen puddles
This Week’s Skills
The Funny Papers We can make a cartoon with your
words. I’ll ask you what each word means. Then we can Comprehension: compare and contrast

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draw silly pictures and write sentences with the words. Vocabulary: word parts—endings
The funny cartoon will make people laugh!
Phonics: words with syllables
SPELLING WORDS Spelling: syllables

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way ball explain joy display

enjoy meadow play away balloon

Part of the Crowd Lets write the words above on index
cards. Then put the words that are a smaller part of
another word in a group. Here’s an example: joy is part of
the word enjoy. Are there any words in the list that don’t
have a match?

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Big and Small,
Tall and Short
Let’s talk about how the pictures are the same and how
they are different. For each set of pictures, let’s think of
another picture that could be in the set. For example, if
the two pictures were of a rowboat and a sailboat, we
might add a raft or a motorboat.

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Ejercicio de palabras Queridos familiares:

Estoy leyendo en clase Splish! Splash! Animal Baths.
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO Tiene toda clase de datos increíbles sobre cómo se bañan
los animales. Los pájaros se posan en el cuello de una jirafa
beasts handy itches y se sacan los insectos. Los cerdos ruedan por el barro
porque refresca su piel. Puedo ver en qué se parecen y en
nibble preen puddles qué se diferencian los baños de los animales. ¡Es divertido!
Historietas Vamos a hacer una historieta con tus Destrezas de la semana
palabras. Te voy a preguntar qué significa cada palabra.

(fold here)
Luego podemos hacer unos dibujos graciosos y escribir Comprensión: comparar y contrastar
oraciones con las palabras. ¡La historieta va a hacer reír Vocabulario: partes de la palabra—
a los que la vean! terminaciones

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Fonética: palabras con
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA sílabas
way ball explain joy display Ortografía: sílabas

enjoy meadow play away balloon

Parte del grupo Vamos a escribir las palabras de arriba
en tarjetas. Luego, pongamos las palabras que son una
pequeña parte de otra palabra en un grupo. Por ejemplo:
joy es parte de la palabra enjoy. ¿Hay alguna(s) palabra(s)
en la lista que no forme parte de otra palabra?

Nombre
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Grande y pequeño,
alto y bajo
Vamos a hablar sobre las semejanzas y diferencias entre las
ilustraciones. Para cada grupo de ilustraciones, podemos
pensar en otra ilustración que podríamos poner en el
grupo. Por ejemplo, si en las dos ilustraciones hubiera un
bote de remos y un velero, podríamos agregar una balsa o
un bote a motor.

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The
Turtle

The Turtle

by Liz Ray
illustrated by Jeremy Tugeau
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The Turtle
One weekend, Kaylin followed
a footpath to the pond. She sat
under a willow tree. This was the
area she loved best.
Kaylin looked down and saw a
turtle under some roots. It seemed
very feeble.
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“Poor fellow,” said Kaylin. “I’ll
First the turtle ate a piece of take care of you.” She took the
a daisy. Then it crawled into the turtle home and put it in a yellow
shallow water and ate a minnow. box. She gave the turtle a shallow
When Kaylin stood, her shadow fell pan of water and a leaf. But the
over the turtle. It hid in its shell turtle remained very still.
until she moved.
“You will be fine,” she said.
“You can take care of yourself.”

The Turtle

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“It’s spring now,” said Kaylin.
“I’ll return my turtle to the pond.”
Kaylin took the turtle back to
the pond. She put the turtle next
to some flowers. Then she leaned
on her elbows and watched.

The Turtle
Kaylin got some money and went
to the bookstore. She bought a
booklet about turtles. The booklet
explained that turtles rest all
winter. They wake up in spring. It
also said that turtles should remain
in the wild.
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Comprehension Check
Retell Giraffes
Use an Animal "OJNBM "OJNBM "OJNBM
of the
Savanna
#FIBWJPS #FIBWJPS #FIBWJPS
Compare and
Contrast Chart
and the photos to
help you retell the
information in this book.
By Sally Odgers

Think and Compare

Giraffes of the Savanna

1. Turn to page 5. What do lions and
Table of Contents
tick birds eat? How is what they
eat different from what giraffes eat? Chapter 1

(Compare and Contrast) Giraffe Basics .................................2

Chapter 2
2. How do you think a giraffe in the
Giraffe Families ...................................6
wild would act around people? Explain.
Chapter 3
(Apply)
Giraffes Live on the Savanna .........8
3. Why do giraffes need to live in the
Chapter 4
African savanna instead of where you
Giraffes Today .....................................14
live? (Synthesize)
Glossary/Index .....................................15
Comprehension Check .......................16
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Chapter 1
Glossary
Giraffe Basics camouflage (KAM-uh-flahzh) a
Giraffes are the tallest animals on Earth. disguise used to hide something by
They are mammals, which means they making it look like its surroundings
have warm blood and hair on their bodies. (page 13)

Female giraffes feed their babies milk. mammals (MAM-uhlz) warm-blooded

animals with hair that give their
young milk (page 2)
predators (PRED-uh-tuhrs) animals

Giraffes of the Savanna

that hunt and eat other animals
(page 8)

savanna (suh-VAN-uh) flat grassland

that has few trees (page 4)

Index
calves, 6, 12 okapi, 6
camouflage, 13 savanna, 4–5, 13–14
food, 10 size, 6–7
legs, 3, 8–9 tick birds, 5
lions, 5, 8, 12 tongue, 10
neck, 3, 6, 8–9, 11 young, 6, 12–14

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Chapter 4 Giraffes look a bit like jigsaw puzzles.
Giraffes Today All giraffes have a different pattern of
patches, or spots, on their bodies. They
In the past, there were people who are tan-colored with brown patches. They
hunted giraffes, but today most giraffes live have long legs, long necks, and tiny horns.
in peace near humans. People from all over Giraffes can live for 20 to 30 years.
the world enjoy watching these tall, gentle
Giraffes have very
giants of the African savanna. long tails, too.

Giraffes of the Savanna

Giraffes are gentle with their young.

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Most giraffes live on the African savanna.
Hide and Seek
This is a dry grassland where few trees grow.
Giraffes can hide in the savanna.
Their shape and color help them
blend into the landscape. This is
called camouflage.

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giraffes live.

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Giraffe babies are strong when they are Giraffes share their home with many
born. About an hour after birth, they can other animals. Lions also live on the
walk with their mothers. Their mothers feed savanna. Sometimes they hunt giraffes.
them milk, which helps the calves grow
Tick birds live on the savanna, too. They
quickly. Calves need to be strong and fast
are handy because they eat insects that live
to escape from predators. Lions or
in the giraffes’ fur. This helps the giraffes
other enemies might be close by!
have fewer itches caused by insects.

Giraffes of the Savanna

Tick birds preen,
or eat bugs off of,
the giraffes’ fur as
well as their own
feathers.

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Chapter 2 We have the same number of neck
Giraffe Families bones as giraffes, but a giraffe’s neck is
much longer! It’s about six feet
Male giraffes are called bulls, while (1.8 meters) long!
female giraffes are called cows. Baby
giraffes are called calves. People and giraffes have
seven bones in their necks.
Most male giraffes are about 16 to 17 feet
(5 meters) tall. They weigh around 2,300
pounds (1,043 kilograms). Females are a

Giraffes of the Savanna

little smaller than males.

Cousin Okapi
One other beast
belongs to the
giraffe family. This
is the okapi
(oh-KAP-ee). It has
a long neck and
eats leaves, just
like the giraffe.

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Giraffes stretch up high to nibble on tree Compare the heights of a person, a
giraffe, and a horse. Feet
leaves. Of all trees, they love to eat from the
16
acacia tree the most. Their tongues are long
and sticky, which helps giraffes pull grass and 15

leaves into their mouths. Their tongues are 14

dark to protect them from sunburn.
13

Giraffes, like cows, have four stomachs.

12
They can swallow food in a hurry and
10
then bring it back into their mouths to

Giraffes of the Savanna

chew later. 9

8
A giraffe pulls leaves into
its mouth using its tongue. 7

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Chapter 3 Long legs make it easy for giraffes to run,
Giraffes Live but they make it hard to get up quickly.
on the Savanna Giraffes spend much of their time
Giraffes have long, long necks and standing. They can even sleep standing up.
legs. They are so very tall they can see They bend their necks low and stretch their
predators, such as lions, from far away. legs apart to drink from lakes and puddles.
It’s a good thing they don’t need
A giraffe’s heart and lungs are very strong.
a lot to drink!
This helps keep its large body healthy.

Giraffes of the Savanna

Giraffes’ long necks help them balance as they run.

This is how a
giraffe stands
when it drinks.

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Dear Family Member:

Word Workout
In class this week, I’m learning about problem and
WORDS TO KNOW solution. In the article, A Way to Help Planet Earth, I’m
reading that getting rid of
conservation extinct hardest garbage is a big problem. So
far, I read about one solution.
remains trouble People can recycle the plastic
they use. As I read, I am
Word Chain I say a word, and you tell me what it looking for more solutions to
means. Then you give me a word, and I’ll say what the

(fold here)
getting rid of the garbage and
word means. When we’re done, we can write a letter to helping our Earth.
a friend about why they should recycle.
This Week’s Skills
SPELLING WORDS

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Comprehension: problem and
solution
place nine side face these
Vocabulary: multiple-meaning
replace ninety sidewalk inside tadpole words
Phonics: silent e
The Power of E Look at the list below. I’ll pronouce the
first word, then I’ll pronounce the word below it. How Spelling: words with silent e
does the letter e change how you say the word?

fin spin tap hug can

fine spine tape huge cane

Name
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Picture Rhymes
Let’s read each of these rhymes. Some of the words are Mary Had a Little
pictures. What problem do you think each character has?
How do you think the character solves it? Then we can
talk about how you would solve each problem! Mary had a little ,

Little , little .

Mary had a little ,

The Itsy Bitsy
Its fleece as white as .

The itsy, bitsy Everywhere that Mary went,

Went up the water spout, Mary went, Mary went,

Down came the Everywhere that Mary went,

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And washed the out. The was sure to go.

Out came the It followed her to one day,

And dried up all the one day,

And the itsy, bitsy one day.

Went up the spout again. It followed her to one day,

Which was against the rules.

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Queridos familiares:
Ejercicio de palabras
En clase esta semana, Estoy aprendiendo lo que es
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO un problema y su sulución. En el artículo A Way to Help
Planet Earth, estoy leyendo
conservation extinct hardest que deshacernos de la basura
es un gran problema. Yo leo
remains trouble sobre una solución. La gente
puede reciclar el plástico
Cadena de palabras Te digo una palabra y tú me dices
que usa. Mientras leo, estoy
qué significa. Luego tú me dices una palabra y yo te digo

(fold here)
buscando más soluciones para
lo que significa. Cuando terminemos, podemos escribir
deshacernos de la basura y
una carta a un amigo acerca del porqué él o ella debe
ayudar a la Tierra.
reciclar.
Destrezas de la semana

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PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA
Comprensión: problema y
place nine side face these solución
Vocabulario: palabras con
replace ninety sidewalk inside tadpole múltiples significados
El poder de la E Mira la lista que está abajo. Yo Fonética: la e muda
pronunciaré la primera palabra y luego pronunciaré la Ortografía: palabras con la e muda
palabra que está abajo. ¿Cómo cambia el sonido de la
letra e la manera como dices la palabra?

fin spin tap hug can

fine spine tape huge cane Nombre

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Rimas con dibujos
Vamos a leer cada una de estas rimas. Algunas de las Mary Had a Little
palabras son dibujos. ¿Qué problema piensas que tiene
cada personaje? ¿Cómo piensas que los resuelven?
¿Por qué no hablamos después de cómo resolverías Mary had a little ,
tú cada problema?
Little , little .

Mary had a little ,

The Itsy Bitsy
Its fleece as white as .

The itsy, bitsy Everywhere that Mary went,

Went up the water spout, Mary went, Mary went,

Down came the Everywhere that Mary went,

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And washed the out. The was sure to go.

Out came the It followed her to one day,

And dried up all the one day,

And the itsy, bitsy one day.

Went up the spout again. It followed her to one day,

Which was against the rules.

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Tadpole Decides

Tadpole Decides

by Liane B. Onish
illustrated by Richard Bernal
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Tadpole Decides
Tadpole swam beside the reeds
next to Fish. Tadpole decided
he was a fish. “Hello, Fish,” said
Tadpole. “Look, I am a fish, too.”
“Are you sure?” asked Fish.
Tadpole said, “I have a tail like
a fish. But a fish is round and I
am skinny.”
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Snake slithered by. Tadpole
decided he was a snake. “Hi,
Snake,” said Tadpole. “Look, I
am a snake, too.”
“Are you sure?” asked Snake.
Tadpole said, “I am thin like a
snake. But a snake is long and I
am short.” Tadpole was not
so sure.

Tadpole Decides
The next morning, he leaped out
of the water. “I am not a fish, a
snake, or a turtle!” he said.
“And you are not a tadpole!”
said Frog, sitting alone on the
grass.
“Look, I am a frog, too,”
said the grown-up tadpole. “And
I am sure.”
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“Hello, Turtle,” said Tadpole.
“Look, I am a turtle, too.”
“Are you sure?” asked Turtle as
she drew her legs and tail inside
her shell. Tadpole did not have a
shell.
“I am not sure,” he said sadly.

Tadpole Decides
Soon, Tadpole began to change.
His whole body was not skinny like
Snake’s. Tadpole had four legs and
a tail. He was so excited!
Tadpole saw Turtle. Tadpole
decided he was now a turtle.

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Comprehension Check
Retell Problem

Use a Problem and Solution

Steps to Solution
Chart and the photos
to help you retell the by Henry Black
Solution
information in this book.
Table of Contents
Think and Compare Chapter 1
1. Turn to page 13. How did an oil spill
Oil Spills Happen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
hurt penguins? How did people help?
Chapter 2
(Identify Problem and Solution)

Spoiled by a Spill
Cleaning a Spill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2. What could your class do to help Chapter 3
after an oil spill? (Apply) A Clean Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3. Why are oil spills a problem even for Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
people who don’t live near the spill? Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
(Evaluate)

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Chapter 1 Glossary
Oil Spills Happen accident (AK-si-duhnt) something
that happens for no reason and is
People use oil every day. Oil is used to
unexpected (page 3)
fuel cars. It is also used to make plastics,
medicine, and asphalt. endangered (en-DAYN-juhrd) very few
left (page 5)
Every day, oil tankers cross oceans all
over the world. These large ships hold environment (en-VIGH-ruhn-muhnt) all
millions of gallons of oil. the things in nature that surround
a person, animal, or plant (page 14)

Spoiled by a Spill
slick (SLIK) a smooth or slippery
place on a surface (page 4)
waterproof (WAW-tuhr-prewf) does
not allow water in (page 9)

Index
birds, 7, 9, 12-14 fur, 8
cleaning, 10–13 penguins, 13
cost, 11 slick, 4
feathers, 8–9, 13 tankers, 2–4, 6, 13

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Chapter 3 Usually the oil arrives safely and the

A Clean waters, wildlife, and land are unharmed.

Environment Sometimes there is an oil spill. This may

happen because the tanker has an accident.
The environment around an oil spill can Sometimes the tanker may be caught in a
become clean again, but it takes a long natural disaster, such as a hurricane.
time. People everywhere must try to make
sure that oil spills never happen. We have
to protect the wildlife, the ocean, and
our land.

Spoiled by a Spill
A clean environment is important
for all living things.

Oil tankers travel through some of the

most beautiful places in the world.

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In an oil spill, most of the oil floats on In 2001, a tanker spilled oil along the
the water and spreads very quickly. It forms coast of South America. Hundreds of
a layer called an oil slick. The more the oil penguins were covered in oil. They couldn’t
spreads, the thinner the layer becomes. keep warm because their feathers were no
longer waterproof.
Then winds and ocean waves carry the oil
toward the shore. The oil covers the rocks and Some people wanted to help the birds, so
sand on the beach. they decided to knit little penguin sweaters.
The penguins wore their sweaters until they
could be cleaned.

Spoiled by a Spill
Oil could leak out These penguins are warm in their sweaters.
of a tanker.

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To help the birds and animals, a cleaning Even a small spill means big trouble
center may be set up. There, people wash because it can kill hundreds of animals. A
the animals and birds very carefully. The large spill can kill thousands! When oil spills
workers try their hardest to make sure no happen, endangered animals are at risk of
oil remains. When the birds and animals are becoming extinct. They could die out.
healthy again, they are released back into
the wild.

Thick oil covers the shore and can hurt wildlife.

This pelican is getting a soapy bath.

Spoiled by a Spill

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Amazing Fact If the oil reaches the beach, people
People in the United States shovel it off the sand. They wash the oil
use more than 900 million
gallons of oil every day. off the rocks with hoses, or they use big
machines to suck it up.

The largest oil spill ever in the United

States happened near Alaska in 1989. The
Cleaning an oil spill takes
tanker spilled 11 million gallons of oil. a lot of work.
This much oil could have filled about 125 What Does
It Cost?
Olympic-sized swimming pools.
The biggest oil spill

Spoiled by a Spill
in the United States
cost about $2.1 billion
The Exxon Valdez is the tanker that caused the to clean up.
largest oil spill ever in the United States. About 11,000 workers,
1,000 boats, and 100
airplanes helped in
this cleanup.

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Chapter 2

Cleaning a Spill
To clean an oil spill, people may set up
barriers around the ship to stop the oil from
spreading. Then they can skim oil from the
surface or use chemicals to break up the
oil. They may even burn the oil as it floats
on the water.

Spoiled by a Spill
Sea lions sun themselves
on rocks covered with oil.

This huge spill damaged marine life in

a conservation area for hundreds of miles
around. Conservation areas are set aside to
Workers use a huge protect the land and living things in nature.
net to trap the oil. Yet almost 3,000 sea otters and at least
250,000 seabirds died as a result of the spill.
Many sea lions, bald eagles, and killer whales
were also hurt or killed. Fish, shellfish, and
even seaweed were covered by the oil.

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Birds’ feathers are waterproof. But when oil
gets on them, they can get weighed down
with water and cannot fly.

Birds swallow oil when they try to clean

themselves. This often makes them sick.

An oil spill can make life

hard for seabirds.

Spoiled by a Spill
This sea otter is covered in oil. Its food in the
water and on the shore is also covered in oil.

When animals are covered in oil, they

can have many problems.

The oil sticks to their fur and feathers,

then the animals can’t keep warm or move
easily. The oil can also get into their eyes,
then they can’t find food or see danger.

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Dear Family Member:

Word Workout
Hail can be the size of a marble or a baseball. A
WORDS TO KNOW thunderstorm can drop millions of gallons of water in
just one minute! I’m reading Super Storms this week.
beware destroy grasslands The article is about dangerous storms and what makes
or causes them. I’m learning that when one thing
prevent uprooted violent happens, it makes other things happen.

How’s the Weather? Let’s pretend we’re weather people This Week’s Skills
on TV. We’ll make up a weather forecast by using your

(fold here)
Comprehension: cause and effect
words in sentences.
Vocabulary:
SPELLING WORDS word parts—
compound words

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wood reach way be root Phonics/Spelling:
vowel teams
wooden reaches highway between uprooted
Spelling Bee Let’s write the words on index cards. Then
we can split them in half. I’ll read my words for you to
spell, and you can read your for me to spell.

Name
455
Poor Maggie! a. Maggie spilled the can of
Maggie is having a bad day. Let’s read each sentence blue paint.
below and find the cause of her bad luck on the next
page. Then write the letter on the line.

1. Maggie is very tired.

b. Maggie didn’t sleep very well.
2. Maggie didn’t eat her breakfast.

3. Maggie can’t paint her room.

c. Maggie didn’t read the
4. Maggie has to give Bailey mystery book.
a bath.

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5. Maggie can’t write her book
d. Bailey played in the puddle.
report.

e. Maggie burnt the toast.

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Queridos familiares:
Ejercicio de palabras
¡El granizo puede tener el tamaño de una canica o
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO el de una pelota de béisbol! Basta con un minuto para
que una tormenta haga caer millones de galones de
beware destroy grasslands agua. Estoy leyendo Super Storms. Este artículo nos
habla de las peligrosas tormentas y qué las produce.
prevent uprooted violent Estoy aprendiendo que cuando una cosa pasa, eso hace
que otra cosa pase.
¿Cómo está el tiempo? Vamos a suponer que hablamos
del tiempo por televisión. Con las palabras de la lista Destrezas de la semana

(fold here)
vamos a formar oraciones para crear un pronóstico del
Comprensión: causa y efecto
tiempo.
Vocabulario:
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA partes de la

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palabra—palabras
wood reach way be root compuestas
Fonética/Ortografía:
wooden reaches highway between uprooted grupos de vocales
Concurso de deletreo Vamos a escribir estas palabras
en tarjetas. Luego nos repartiremos las tarjetas entre tú y
yo. Voy a leer mis palabras para que tú las deletrees, y tú
puedes leerme las tuyas para que yo las deletree.

Nombre
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¡Pobre Maggie! a. Maggie spilled the can of
Maggie tiene un mal día. Vamos a leer cada oración de blue paint.
abajo y averiguar la causa de su mala suerte en la
página siguiente. Luego, escribe en cada línea la letra
que corresponda.

b. Maggie didn’t sleep very well.

1. Maggie is very tired.

2. Maggie didn’t eat her breakfast.

c. Maggie didn’t read the
3. Maggie can’t paint her room. mystery book.

4. Maggie has to give Bailey

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d. Bailey played in the puddle.
5. Maggie can’t write her book
report.

e. Maggie burnt the toast.

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The Rainy Day
by Liz Ray
illustrated by Melanie Siegel

The Rainy Day

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The Rainy Day
It was the biggest rainstorm of
the year. Sam had remained inside
all weekend. Now he leaned on his
elbows and watched raindrops slide
down the window.
“I’m bored,” Sam complained.
“Can I go outside?”

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“Put on your raincoat and
boots,” said Mom. “And don’t get
near the river.”
Sam followed a footpath up the
hill. He saw lots of footprints in
the mud. A tall girl stood at the
top of the hill. She looked down at
the river.

The Rainy Day

Just then Sam and the girl saw
a man in a rowboat. He helped the
man in the yellow coat into the
boat. The man was safe at last!
Sam was glad. And he was not
bored anymore either!

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As he watched the man complete
his task, Sam saw a log rush
downstream.
It crashed into the footbridge
and knocked the man into the
river. He struggled to grab a willow
branch, but the water was not
shallow enough to stand in.
“He needs help!” yelled the girl.

The Rainy Day

Sam saw a man in a yellow
raincoat standing on the footbridge.
“He must measure how high the
river gets,” explained the girl. “We
need to know if it will flood.”
Sam had lots of questions but he
had no time to ask them.

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Comprehension Check
Retell the Story $BVTF &GGFDU
That’s Wild!
Use a Cause and Effect by Janet Stutley
illustrated by Janine Dawson
Chart and the pictures to
help you retell this story.

Think and Compare

1. Turn to page 8. What happened when
the big, black clouds appeared?
(Cause and Effect)

2. What is the wildest weather that you

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have been in? What did you do?
(Apply)

3. What other kinds of wild weather Table of Contents

have you heard or read about? Chapter 1
(Synthesize) It’s Hot!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2
Sudden Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 3
Missing Puppy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Chapter 1 Just then a wild barking scared them.

It’s Hot! “Fudge!” they cried. “Where are you?”

“It’s so hot, Mom,” said Joey. “It’s coming from the picnic basket,”
said Mom. She pulled out the towels that
Mom, Abby, Joey, Jack, and Fudge, their new
they had quickly thrown inside.
puppy, were going to the beach.
There was Fudge in the bottom of the
“It’s good weather for swimming!” said Mom.
basket! The puppy was safe, warm, and dry.
“The sun is bright.”
“That’s wild!” said Abby.
The air felt heavy with heat.

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Abby ran back to the car. She wanted to They walked across the grass to the beach.
keep searching for Fudge, but the storm was It felt like they were walking across the
too wild. African grasslands.

“Do you think Fudge will be all right, “Look how the grass is waving in the wind.
Mom?” Tears fell from Abby’s eyes. It looks just like the sea!” Abby said.

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When they got to the beach, Mom opened “F-u-u-u-u-dge!” called Abby, frantically. The
a sun umbrella. wind blew the sound of her voice away.

Fudge ran toward the water’s edge. He She saw something moving near an old
barked when the waves rushed back at him. bench. Was it Fudge? Abby ran closer.
Raindrops stung her eyes.
Abby laughed. “You silly puppy, you can’t
catch the waves!” It wasn’t Fudge. It was a big gull that
flapped away on the wind.

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Chapter 3 The twins took off their shoes and ran into

Missing Puppy the water all excited.

Abby began to build a sandcastle.

Abby ran back to the beach.
Joey threw the beach ball, which bounced
“Come back, Abby!” yelled Mom.
right on Abby’s castle.
Abby kept running. By now, there were tiny
“Don’t destroy my sandcastle, Joey!”
drops of rain on the wind.
shouted Abby.
Abby looked behind the rocks and under
“Sorry, Abby!” shouted Joey.
an old boat.

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A huge gust of wind blew Mom’s hat off.
It flew into the air. Fudge chased it, then
Jack and Abby ran after the puppy and the
hat. They brought the hat back to Mom.

“Hey, Jack!” yelled Joey. “Come back in

the water!”

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The family ran back to the car where they
knew they would be safe.

“Why did we bring so much stuff?”

asked Jack.

“Where’s Fudge?” asked Abby when they

reached the car.

They looked around. The puppy was missing!

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As the family packed up the picnic, sand “Have a cool drink, Abby,” said Mom.
blew in their faces. Waves were quickly
Abby drank some juice as her mom suggested.
crashing onto the beach.
Mom had brought a lot of food in the picnic
Lightning flashed over the sea, while thunder basket. But she was the only one who wanted to
rumbled, closer and closer. eat in the hot weather.

“Look,” shouted Jack. “The tree is being

uprooted by the storm!”

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Chapter 2 Then the wind blew in swiftly. A violent

Sudden Storm gust took them all by surprise! They couldn’t

prevent their towels from flying up in the
Suddenly Abby felt the air get cooler. She air. Wild weather was on its way. Fudge ran
stood up and looked at the sea. Abby saw big, around in circles.
black clouds drifting in the sky.

“Better beware! A great big storm is

coming this way!” Abby cried out.

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Dear Family Member:

Word Workout
I’m reading Pushing Up the
WORDS TO KNOW Sky this week. It’s a play that
begins long ago when the sky
agreed gathered jabbing was too close to Earth. That’s
a problem. Tall people kept
randomly signal bumping their heads on the sky!
I’m learning that most stories
Pass It Give me one of the words. I’ll use it in a start with a problem and end
sentence. Then I’ll give you a word, and you can use

(fold here)
with a solution. I guess the
it in a sentence. We can keep going back and forth people will find a way to solve
making different sentences. their problem.

SPELLING WORDS This Week’s Skills

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Comprehension: problem and
jump higher other paper
solution
jumper star mother Vocabulary: word parts—
ending and base words
high starry ever Phonics: sound of r
Arrr! Let’s look at all the words. Then I’ll say each Spelling: words with r
word for you to spell. Clap your hands if the word
has the letter r in it. Stomp your feet if the word does
not have the letter r in it.

Name
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WHAT KIND OF PET?
What pet does each child have? Finish the puzzle to find out.
• Read each clue. When a child does not like a certain animal,
dog cat snake turtle
write NO in the box for the child’s pet.
• When you have three NO’s in a row or a column, write YES in Rocky
the blank box.
• When you have YES in a box, write NO in the boxes for that Jan
row and column.
Max
Claire

• Rocky does not like cats.

• Claire does not like animals with fur.
• Max only likes animals with four legs. Rocky has a .
• Jan is allergic to dogs.
• Claire does not like animals with a shell. Jan has a .

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• Max does not want to walk a pet.
• Jan is allergic to cats. Max has a .
• Rocky does not like animals that eat lettuce.
Claire has a .

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Queridos familiares:
Ejercicio de palabras
Esta semana estoy leyendo
PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO Pushing Up the Sky. Es una obra
de teatro que tiene lugar hace
agreed gathered jabbing mucho tiempo cuando el cielo
estaba muy cerca de la Tierra.
randomly signal Eso era un problema, ¡porque la
gente alta se chocaba la cabeza
Una y otra vez Dime una de las palabras de la lista. Yo contra el cielo todo el tiempo!
la usaré en una oración y luego te daré una palabra a

(fold here)
Estoy aprendiendo que la
ti para que la uses en una oración. Podemos repetir lo mayoría de los cuentos empiezan
mismo con todas las palabras de la lista. con un problema y terminan
con una solución. Me parece
PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA que los personajes del libro van

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a encontrar una manera de
jump higher other paper solucionar ese problema.

jumper star mother Destrezas de la semana

Comprensión: problema y solución
high starry ever
Vocabulario: partes de la palabra—
¡Arrr! Vamos a ver juntos todas las palabras. Luego, palabras que son terminacione y
yo diré cada palabra para que tú la deletrees. Da un bases
aplauso si la palabra contiene la letra r. Da un golpe
Fonética: el sonido de r
suave en el piso con tu pie si la palabra no contiene el
sonido de la r. Ortografía: palabras con r

Nombre
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¿Qué tipo de mascota?
¿Qué tipo de mascota tiene cada niño? Termina el juego para
averiguarlo.
dog cat snake turtle
• Lee cada pista. Cuando a un niño no le gusta una mascota,
escribe NO en la casilla de la mascota del niño. Rocky
• Cuando tengas tres NO en una hilera o en una columna,
escribe YES en la casilla en blanco. Jan
• Cuando tengas YES en una casilla, escribe NO en todas las
casillas de esa hilera y columna. Max
Claire

• Rocky does not like cats. Rocky has a .

• Claire does not like animals with fur.
• Max doesn’t like animals that hiss.
Jan has a .

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• Jan is allergic to dogs.
• Claire does not like animals with a shell.
• Max does not want to walk a pet.
Max has a .
• Jan is allergic to cats.
• Rocky does not like animals that eat lettuce. Claire has a .

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How Bird Was
Lured Away
from Fire

How Bird Was Lured Away from Fire

by Emma Searle
illustrated by Kim Howard
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How Bird Was Lured Away from Fire
This story is a retelling of an old, old
tale about fire. The tale tells how a man
got fire by luring it away from a bird.

Bird was an odd creature. She had

wings like other birds, but she could
not fly. So she walked around the
grasslands and the towns, looking for
food and drink.
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One day Bird found Fire on the
ground. She hid Fire under her wing,
hoping to keep it all to herself.
Soon Bird grew tired and thirsty. So
she went into a building to get a water
bottle out of a machine.
Bird went back outside to drink her

How Bird Was Lured Away from Fire

water, but she couldn’t open the bottle.

Bird pretended not to care about the

dream. But the next day, she stood on a
hill. She put Fire on the ground. Then she
stretched out her wings and waited. Just
then the man snatched Fire and ran away.
The man was very happy again. Now
he could use Fire to help people of all
cultures. He was sure that he could show
them how to use Fire in many safe ways.
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The man went up to Bird. “Bird, we
must talk. I saw into the future last night.
I dreamed you were flying!”
This upset Bird because she could not
fly. But she stayed to hear more.
“You stood high on a hill with your
wings completely stretched out. A gust of

How Bird Was Lured Away from Fire

wind lifted you up. You were flying!” said
the man. “And there was no wire!”

Just then a scientist who worked in

the building stepped outside. He saw
Bird struggling with her bottle. When she
raised her wings, the man saw Fire.
“Bird has Fire,” he thought. “Surely,
that is mine! I must get it back from Bird!”
The man thought and thought about
how to lure Bird away from Fire. At last he
had an idea.
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Comprehension Check
Why the Sky
Is Far Away
Retell the Story 1SPCMFN

Use a Problem and Solution

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Chart and the pictures to
help you retell this story. retold by Verity Higgins
4PMVUJPO illustrated by Christine Jenny
Think and Compare
1. Turn to pages 8 and 9. Why was the
Sky angry? How did King Oba deal

Why the Sky Is Far Away

with the problem? Did this solve the
problem? (Identify Problem and
Solution)

2. If you were the Sky in this story, what

else would you do to stop people from
wasting your gifts? (Apply)
Table of Contents
3. What does this story teach us about
Act 1
nature and foods that come from A Taste of the Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
nature? (Analyze)
Act 2
The Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Narrator: From that time on, the people
Characters worked hard for their food. They learned how
to plant crops and hunt. They always tried
Narrator Child 1
not to waste the gifts of nature. And now you
King Oba Villager 1 know why the Sky is far away.
The Sky Villager 2
Adami Villager 3
Nonye Servant 1
Children Servant 2

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Sky: You will have to plant crops and hunt. Act 1
If you work hard, you may learn that it is not
wise to waste the gifts of nature.
A Taste of the Sky
Narrator: This is a play based on a folk tale
Narrator: Everyone watched with surprise as
from Nigeria. A long time ago the Sky was
the Sky sailed up higher.
very close to Earth. Whenever people were
Villager 1: I can’t reach the Sky. hungry, they reached up and randomly broke
off a piece of the Sky.
Villager 2: It’s too high.
Villager 1: Mmm, tastes like corn.
Villager 3: When will it stop?

Why the Sky Is Far Away

Villager 2: Mmm, tastes like roasted potatoes.
Children: Come back, Sky!
Villager 3: Mmm, tastes like pineapple.

Narrator: The Sky tasted different to everyone,

but all the people agreed it was delicious.

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Narrator: The people never had to work for
food. They spent their time making beautiful
art, telling stories, and having festivals.

Villager 1: How many guests will King Oba

invite to the next festival?
Narrator: But the Sky saw Adami. As a signal
Villager 2: 40!
of its anger, it turned the clouds black and
Villager 3: 80! made a rumbling noise like thunder.

Child 1: 100! 100! Sky: I see you have wasted my gifts again.

Why the Sky Is Far Away

This time I will go so far away that you
cannot waste me anymore.

Villager 1: What will we eat?

Villager 2: We’ll starve!

Villager 3: I’m hungry.

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Nonye: Quickly, husband! Hide the leftovers. Narrator: At festival time King Oba’s servants
made feasts from pieces of the Sky.
Adami: But where shall I hide them?
King Oba: For the next festival, I want a
Nonye: At the bottom of the garbage can.
delicious feast for 200 guests.
Narrator: So Adami hid the leftovers at the
Servant 1: We understand, King Oba.
bottom of the garbage can.
Servants 1 and 2: Your wish is our command,
Adami: No one will see me. They are all at
King Oba.
the festival.

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Narrator: As the people prepared for the royal Narrator: Jabbing the Sky with sticks, Adami,
festival, they nibbled on bits of the Sky. They Nonye, and their children broke off a huge
worked and ate all day long. piece. It was too much for them to eat.

Villager 1: Mmm, coconut. Adami: Here, wife, you eat the rest.

Villager 2: Mmm, mango. Nonye: I can’t. I’m too full.

Villager 3: Mmm, moist pumpkin pie. Adami: Here, children, you can eat the rest.

Children: We can’t eat. We’re too full.

Why the Sky Is Far Away

Child 1: My tummy hurts.

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Act 2 Narrator: But the people wasted their Sky.
Instead of saving leftovers, they threw them
The Festival into a garbage can.
Narrator: It was the night of the biggest
Villager 1: I am filled with joy. Let’s try
festival. Nonye and her husband, Adami,
a small bite of every part of the Sky.
and their eight children were greedy.
Villager 2: What shall we do with
Nonye: I’m still hungry.
the leftovers?
Adami: Me, too.
Villager 3: Throw them away! There is

Why the Sky Is Far Away

Children: More! More! More! plenty more to eat.

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Narrator: The people gathered and King Oba
warned them about wasting the Sky.

King Oba: Do not waste the gifts of the Sky

or they will be taken away.

Villagers 1 and 2: We hear you, King Oba.

We hear you.

Villager 3: We will be more careful.

Narrator: And the people were careful …

Why the Sky Is Far Away

for a while.

Narrator: This made the Sky sad and angry.

Sky: King Oba, your people waste my gifts.

Stop them or I will take my gifts away.

King Oba: Yes, Sky, I will warn them.

Servants! Gather the people.

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Color Day Production/Getty Images. 6: (bl) Mary Evans Picture Library/ Psihoyos/CORBIS. 6: Kelvin Aitken/Peter Arnold, Inc. 7: Fred Bavendam/
Alamy; (bc) Mansell/Mansell/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images; (br) Peter Arnold, Inc. 8: John Koivula/Photo Researchers, Inc. 9: Creatas/
POPPERFOTO/Alamy. 7: (br) CORBIS; (bl) Hulton Archive/Getty Images. PunchStock. 10: Tom McHugh/Photo Researchers, Inc. 11: Sheila Terry/
8: (br) SuperStock, Inc./SuperStock. 9: (t) Library of Congress, Prints and Photo Researchers, Inc. 13: Kevin Schafer/Peter Arnold, Inc.
Photographs division. 10: (b) guichaoua/Alamy. 11: (t) Rafael Macia/Photo ● Unit 5 Week 5 On Level Look Out for Dolphins
Researchers, Inc. 12: (b) Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs
1: Biosphoto/Fred Bavendam/Peter Arnold, Inc.; 2–3: Volvox/Photolibrary;
division. 13: (tr) Getty Images. 14: Reed Kaestner/CORBIS/ McMillan
5: Stuart Westmorland/CORBIS; 6: Tim Davis/CORBIS; 7: Biosphoto/
Digital Asset Library; (bkgd) PhotoLink/Getty Images.
Fred Bavendam/Peter Arnold, Inc.; 10: Klein/Peter Arnold, Inc.;
● Unit 3 Week 3 On Level Sounds All Around 11: Stuart Westmorland/CORBIS; 13: Brian Sytnyk/Masterfile;
1: Visual&Written SL/Alamy. 2: Jonathan Kirn/Stock Connection/ 14: Volvox/Photolibrary.
Jupiterimages. 3: BananaStock/PictureQuest/Jupiterimages. 4: James H.
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Karales/Peter Arnold, Inc. 5: BE&W agencja fotograficzna Sp. z o.o./
1: Greg Gerla/AGEfotostock. 4: Photodisc. 4–5: Hans Reinhard/zefa/
Alamy Images. 6: PhotoDisc/Getty Images. 8: Zefa RF/Alamy.
Corbis. 5: Photocyclops.com/SuperStock. 6: Richard Shiell/Animals
9: Visual&Written SL/Alamy. 10: Scott Barrow, Inc./SuperStock. 11: (tr)
Animals. 7: John Cancalosi/Peter Arnold, Inc. 8: James Steinberg/Photo
Stockbyte/PunchStock; (tl) StockByte/Getty Images; (cr) Don Farrall/Getty
Researchers. 9: Tom Vezo/PeterArnold Inc. 10: Greg Gerla/AGEfotostock.
Images; (cl) Hoby Finn/Getty Images; (br) Comstock Images/Alamy. (bl)
11: Don B. Stevenson/Alamy. 12: Brand X Pictures/PunchStock. 13: Doug
Plush Studios/Getty Images. 12: (r) Rubberball/Alamy; (c) Stockdisc/Getty
Sokell/Visuals Unlimited. 14: David Muench/Corbis.
Images; (l) C Squared Studios/Getty Images. 13: (r) Dale C. Spartas/
Corbis; (l) Stockdisk/PunchStock. 14: DigitalVision/Getty Images.

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2–3: Mitsuaki Iwago/Minden Pictures. 5: Peter Johnson/Corbis; (inset) 1: AFP/Getty Images. 2–3: Karen Kasmauski/Corbis. 4: Natalie Fobes/
Darrell Gulin/Corbis. 6: Stan Osolinski/Taxi/Getty Images. 7: (r) Ryan Corbis. 4–5: Getty Images. 6: (b) Roy Corral/Corbis; (t) Jack Star/PhotoLink/
McVay/Getty Images; (l) Joseph Van Os/The Image Bank/Getty Images; Getty Images; (inset) Jules Frazier/Getty Images. 7: Getty Images. 8: David
(c) Photodisc/Getty Images. 8: Tom Nebbia/Corbis. 9: D. Allen McNew/Getty Images. 9: AFP/Getty Images. 10: David Woodfall/Getty
Photography/Animals Animals. 10: Roy Toft/National Geographic/Getty Images. 11: (b) Bob Torrez/Stone/Getty Images; (inset) Jules Frazier/Getty
Images. 11: (l) Rich Kirchner/Photo Researchers, Inc; (r) Digital Vision. Images. 12: Getty Images. 13: Reuters/Corbis. 14: Robert Harding Picture
12–13: Joseph Van Os/The Image Bank/Getty Images. 14: Ingrid van den Library Ltd/Alamy.
Berg/AGEfotostock.

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