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Contents
Phonics/Word Study
UNIT 1 UNIT 3 UNIT 5

First Day Jitters Author: A True Story Penguin Chick
• Short Vowels • r-Controlled Vowels er, ir, ur • Compound Words
Transparency 1 Transparency 11 Transparency 21
Amazing Grace Dear Juno Animal Homes
• Final e • r-Controlled Vowels ar, or • Inflectional Endings
Transparency 2 Transparency 12 (changing y to i)
Time for Kids: Transparency 22
Time for Kids:
Earth Smart Messaging Mania Time for Kids:
• Long a • Prefixes re-, un-, pre-, mis- Call of the Wild
Transparency 3 Transparency 13 • Closed Syllables
Wolf! Transparency 23
What Do Illustrators Do?
• Long o • Diphthong oi, oy Wilbur’s Boast
Transparency 4 Transparency 14 • Inflectional Endings
My Very Own Room Transparency 24
The Jones Family Express
• Long i • Variant Vowel oo, u_e, Unique Animals
Transparency 5 ue, ew • Open Syllables
Transparency 15 Transparency 25

Boom Town Seven Spools of Thread Stone Soup
• Long e • Diphthong ou, ow • Prefixes
Home-Grown Butterflies Nacho and Lolita The Strongest One
• Silent Letters • Plurals • Consonant and le Syllables
Time for Kids: Time for Kids: Time for Kids:
Coasting to California A Solution to Pollution Tales of the Trickster
• 3-Letter Blends • Variant Vowels a, au, aw, alt, • Vowel Team Syllables
Transparency 8 alk, all, ough Transparency 28
Here’s My Dollar Transparency 18
Cook-a-Doodle-Doo!
• Digraphs Ramona and Her Father • r-Controlled Vowel Syllables
Transparency 9 • Homophones Transparency 29
Transparency 19
© Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
A Castle on Viola Street One Riddle, One Answer

• Contractions Out of This World! The Ellen • Suffixes
Transparency 10 Ochoa Story Transparency 30
• Soft c and g
Transparency 20
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Contents
Comprehension

First Day Jitters Author: A True Story Penguin Chick
• Character, Setting, Plot • Author’s Purpose • Main Idea and Details
Transparency 1a, 1b Transparency 11a, 11b Transparency 21a, 21b
Amazing Grace Dear Juno Animal Homes
• Cause and Effect • Character, Setting, Plot • Description
Earth Smart Messaging Mania Call of the Wild
• Main Idea and Details • Problem and Solution • Cause and Effect
Wolf! What Do Illustrators Do? Wilbur’s Boast
• Compare and Contrast • Sequence • Make Judgments
My Very Own Room The Jones Family Express Unique Animals
• Make and Confirm • Make Inferences • Compare and Contrast
Predictions Transparency 15a, 15b Transparency 25a, 25b
Transparency 5a, 5b

Boom Town Seven Spools of Thread Stone Soup
• Sequence • Draw Conclusions • Make Inferences
Home-Grown Butterflies Nacho and Lolita The Strongest One
• Draw Conclusions • Theme • Summarize
Coasting to California A Solution to Pollution Tales of the Trickster
• Main Idea and Details • Problem and Solution • Compare and Contrast
Here’s My Dollar Ramona and Her Father Cook-a-Doodle-Doo!
• Author’s Purpose • Problem and Solution • Compare and Contrast
A Castle on Viola Street Out of This World! The Ellen One Riddle, One Answer
• Theme Ochoa Story • Character, Setting, Plot
Transparency 10a, 10b • Sequence Transparency 30a, 30b
Transparency 20a, 20b
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Contents
Graphic Organizers Fluency
• Venn Diagram UNIT 1 UNIT 3
Transparency 1
• Topic and Main Idea Web First Day Jitters Author: A True Story
Transparency 2 • Phrasing • Phrasing
• Mean Idea Web (Four Transparency 1 Transparency 11
Details)
Amazing Grace Dear Juno
Transparency 3
• Intonation • Expression and Intonation
• Main Idea Chart
Transparency 4
• Two-Column Chart Time for Kids: Time for Kids:
Transparency 5 Earth Smart Messaging Mania
• Clue and Inference Chart • Pacing • Pronunciation and Phrasing
• Action and Judgment Chart Wolf! What Do Illustrators Do?
Transparency 7 • Expression • Phrasing and Pacing
• Cause and Effect Chart Transparency 4 Transparency 14
Transparency 8
My Very Own Room The Jones Family Express
• Sequence Map (Four Events)
Transparency 9 • Phrasing • Intonation and Expression
• Sequence Map (Five Events)
Transparency 10
• Character, Setting, Plot
UNIT 2 UNIT 4
Transparency 11 Boom Town Seven Spools of Thread
• Problem and Solution Map • Phrasing • Phrasing
• Author’s Purpose Chart Home-Grown Butterflies Nacho and Lolita
Transparency 13
• Pacing • Expression
Time for Kids: Time for Kids:
Coasting to California A Solution to Pollution
• Pronunciation and Phrasing • Pronunciation and Phrasing
Here’s My Dollar Ramona and Her Father
• Pacing • Intonation
A Castle on Viola Street Out of This World! The Ellen
• Phrasing Ochoa Story
Transparency 10 • Pronunciation and Phrasing

Transparency 20
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Fluency, continued Vocabulary
UNIT 5 UNIT 1 Time for Kids:

Penguin Chick First Day Jitters Coasting to California
• Pacing • Word Parts: Prefixes un-, • Context Clues: Antonyms
Transparency 21 non- Transparency 15
Transparency 1 • Words in Context
Animal Homes Transparency 16
• Pacing and Phrasing • Words in Context
Transparency 2 Here’s My Dollar
Transparency 22
Amazing Grace • Context Clues: Examples
Time for Kids: Transparency 17
Call of the Wild • Word Families • Words in Context
Transparency 3
• Phrasing Transparency 18
Transparency 4 A Castle on Viola Street
Wilbur’s Boast • Context Clues: Paragraph
• Pacing and Phrasing Time for Kids: Clues
Earth Smart Transparency 19
Transparency 24
• Thesaurus: Synonyms • Words in Context
Unique Animals Transparency 5 Transparency 20
• Intonation • Words in Context
Transparency 25 Transparency 6 UNIT 3
UNIT 6 Wolf! Author: A True Story
• Dictionary: Multiple- • Context Clues: Word Clues
Stone Soup Meaning Words Transparency 21
• Phrasing Transparency 7 • Words in Context
Transparency 26 • Words in Context Transparency 22
Transparency 8 Dear Juno
The Strongest One
• Expression and Intonation My Very Own Room • Context Clues: Sentence
Transparency 27 • Word Parts: Suffixes -er, -est Clues
Time for Kids:
Tales of the Trickster • Words in Context • Words in Context
• Pronunciation and Phrasing
Transparency 28 Time for Kids:
UNIT 2 Messaging Mania
Cook-a-Doodle-Doo! • Dictionary: Homographs
• Phrasing Boom Town
Transparency 25
Transparency 29 • Word Parts: Compound • Words in Context
Words
One Riddle, One Answer Transparency 11 Transparency 26
• Phrasing and Intonation • Words in Context What Do Illustrators Do?

Transparency 30 Transparency 12 • Context Clues: Sentence
Clues
Home-Grown Butterflies Transparency 27
• Dictionary: Multiple- • Words in Context
Meaning Words
Transparency 28
Transparency 13
• Words in Context The Jones Family Express
Transparency 14 • Dictionary: Homophones
Transparency 29
• Words in Context
Transparency 30
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Contents
Vocabulary, continued Study Skills
UNIT 4 • Words in Context UNIT 1
Seven Spools of Thread Transparency 46 Time for Kids:
• Dictionary: Multiple- Wilbur’s Boast Earth Smart
Meaning Words • Word Parts: Prefixes re-, un-, • Using a Dictionary
Transparency 31 dis-, pre- Transparency 1
• Words in Context Transparency 47
Transparency 32 • Words in Context UNIT 2
Nacho and Lolita Transparency 48 Time for Kids:
• Thesaurus: Related Words Unique Animals Coasting to California
Transparency 33 • Dictionary: Unfamiliar Words • Using the Parts of a Book
• Words in Context Transparency 49 Transparency 2
Time for Kids: Transparency 50 UNIT 3
A Solution to Pollution
Time for Kids:
• Word Parts: Suffixes -ful, -ly UNIT 6 Messaging Mania
Transparency 35
Stone Soup • Using the Library
Transparency 36 • Context Clues: Synonyms
Transparency 51
Ramona and Her Father • Words in Context UNIT 4
• Word Parts: Prefixes re-, un-, Transparency 52
mis-, pre- Time for Kids:
Transparency 37 The Strongest One A Solution to Pollution
• Words in Context • Context Clues: Antonyms • Computer Search Engines in
Transparency 38 Transparency 53 the Media Center
Out of This World! The Ellen
Ochoa Story Transparency 54
UNIT 5
• Thesuarus: Related Words Time for Kids:
Transparency 39 Tales of the Trickster Time for Kids:
• Words in Context • Word Parts: Prefixes and Call of the Wild
Transparency 40 Suffixes un-, -ly, -ful, -er, -est • Skim and Scan a Nonfiction
Transparency 55 Article
UNIT 5 • Words in Context Transparency 5
Transparency 56
Penguin Chick UNIT 6
• Dictionary: Homographs Cook-a-Doodle-Doo!
Transparency 41 • Dictionary: Idiom Time for Kids:
• Words in Context Transparency 57 Tales of the Trickster
Transparency 42 • Words in Context • Use Functional Documents

Animal Homes
• Context Clues: Homophones One Riddle, One Answer
Transparency 43 • Dictionary: Unfamiliar Words
Transparency 60
Time for Kids:
Call of the Wild
• Context Clues: Synonyms
Transparency 45
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Acknowledgments
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acknowledges permission Danneberg, illustrations by Judy Beverly Cleary. Copyright © 1977
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copyrighted material: Julie Danneberg. Illustrations permission of HarperCollins.
“Amazing Grace” by Mary copyright © 2000 by Judy Love. “Seven Spools of Thread: A
Hoffman, illustrations by Reprinted with permission of Kwanzaa Story” by Angela
Caroline Binch. Text copyright Charlesbridge, Charlesbridge Shelf Medearis, illustrations by
© 1991 by Mary Hoffman. Publishing, Inc. All rights Daniel Minter. Text copyright ©
Illustrations copyright © 1991 reserved. 2000 by Angela Shelf Medearis.
by Caroline Binch. Reprinted “Home-Grown Butterflies” Illustrations copyright © 2000
by permission of Dial Books for by Deborah Churchman from by Daniel Minter. Reprinted
Young Readers, a division of RANGER RICK®. Copyright with permission by Albert
Penguin Young Readers Group. © 1998 by National Wildlife Whitman & Company.
“Animal Homes” by Ann O. Federation. Reprinted with “Stone Soup” by Jon J Muth.
Squire. Copyright © 2001 by permission of the National Copyright © 2003 by Jon
Children’s Press®, a Division Wildlife Federation, May 1998. J Muth. Reprinted with
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Phonics/ Word Study Transparency 1
bed his just get
rent past stop trot
drop drip slam slim
stun hens clip dug
rip trip trap slap
kept wept slug club
pack unpack jump jumping
stop stopping will willful
run rerun trick tricky
bat batter rest resting
sick sickly hot hotdog
help helpless sap sapling

make while gave wove
chose slide vote name
shin shine man mane
drive scrape grim grime
outside eve ripe paste
behave stove debate scene
plate glide huge globe
tape retape plane airplane
bone backbone hive beehive
ripe unripe side beside
cake pancake hole pothole
rise sunrise made handmade
grade upgrade late lately

day great play tail
made raise away create
tap tape ran rain
wave bake break weigh
tray plane spray gate
brain grape whale neighbor
make remake great greatest
mail mailing plain explain
pain painful wait waiter
day daylight raise raising
way away ran outran
rail railway weight weightless

old told gold so
go no crow grow
bat boat got goat
bowl blow known slow
goal pole groan coast
fold sold hole coat
moan moaning hold household
blow blowing told retold
coat raincoat show showboat
fold unfold boat lifeboat
load reload low below
slow slowly grow growing

light my I bright
find sky ties by
sit sight kid kind
tie why wild blind
fly spy like pie
shy fright grind cries
sight sightsee light lightly
cry crying try trying
tie untie night overnight
child childlike mind remind
kind unkind sky skyscraper
high highrise flies fireflies

fields leave honey eve
knees chilly healing she
sunny chief money clean
grief thief breeze three
speech green sweep shield
treat creek belief least
real unreal tea teacup
yield yielding dream daydream
brief briefcase shield shielded
teach teacher beam sunbeam
greet greeting read reading

lead mislead week weekday

sign should writing gnat
knock knack wrap wrong
doubt knit wing rhino
gnarl gnome knee tomb
knight knot ghoul reign
knob wreath wreck wrestle
sign assign wrap wrapper
gnaw gnawing reign reigning
know knowledge knead kneaded
wrist wristwatch wrath wrathful
wreck wreckage knick knicknack

knock knocking write writer

streets splint scribe scrub
scrape scrap spring string
split stray throat throw
stripe screen sprint stretch
sprung strung screen stress
scratch sprout sprout strike
street streetcar scrape scraping
screen screenplay sprout sprouted
straw strawberry scrap scrapbook
sprint sprinted strange stranger
scrub scrubber spread spreader
strong strongest thrill thrilling

kitchen she with checks
thank touch stretched while
photo show ten then
cop chop bat batch
white wing think cheese
phone shark wheel scratch
touch retouch chomp chomping
chop chopping graph autograph
with within what whatever
white whitest thick thicket
shoe shoelace child children

catch catcher shop shopping

that’s he’d I’d what’s
you’re wasn’t it’s we’ll
there’s they’re I’ve we’re
she’s we’re she’ll who’s
I’ll he’s hadn’t can’t
wasn’t didn’t doesn’t aren’t
would not wouldn’t have not haven’t
was not wasn’t could have could’ve
did not didn’t that will that’ll
should not shouldn’t can not can’t

they will they’ll will not won’t

writer letter mother better
circus first turn under
bid bird hut hurt
shirt burn turtle fern
nurse curb girl chirp
germ burst stir perk
blurt blurted burn burning
herd herded fur furry
firm firmly after afternoon
birth birthday serve reserve
furl unfurl bird blackbird

certain uncertain shirt nightshirt

art stars for garden
artist more world soared
cat cart ban barn
spark charm sport porch
torn scarf wore yarn
roar chart sport sharp
far faraway born newborn
star starry fort fortress
horn foghorn harm harmful
smart smarter chord chordless
march marching short shortest

yard yardsale thorn thorny

unfair react receive unwanted
review preview research record
unlock pretest misled remind
mismatch unhappy recall premix
rebuild preteach unhook undo
prefolded miscount reform unzip
sale presale lock unlocking
check recheck heat preheated
place misplaces name renames
load unloaded happy unhappy
turn returning wash prewash
prints misprints cover recover

toy foil point voice
noise joy coin coil
royal soy broil soil
choice join spoil joint
toil moist loyal avoid
enjoy poison destroy doily
joy joyful point pinpoint
soy soybean boy cowboy
soil topsoil broil broiling
noise noisily coil recoil
toy toying moist moisture

avoid avoidance coy decoy

food soon looked true
loop stoop stew duke
cook cool crew cruel
tune took tool foot
drew drool due clue
flute flew brook broom
tool toolshed foot barefoot
due undue grew outgrew
rude rudely fool foolish
new renew rule ruler
book notebook cook cooking
chew chewing proof fireproof

how about down ground
loud plow sound prowl
shout south growl now
trout allow towel noun
power mound doubt town
clown found chow grouch
now nowadays plow plowing
prowl prowling round surround
down sundown gown ballgown
loud aloud brow eyebrow
out lookout doubt doubted
town uptown house firehouse

bugs flies songs plans
watches boxes buddies sacks
wishes mixes bells buses
class classes farmer farmers
lunch lunches pony ponies
brush brushes alley alleys
patch patches daisy daisies
fox foxes princess princesses
ranch ranches city cities

halt ball small fallen
raw draw straw yawn
walk balk talk chalk
ought brought taught vault
stalk stalker crawl crawling
drawn withdrawn thought thoughtful
hall hallway haunt haunted
wall drywall slaw coleslaw
law lawlessness vault vaulted
talk talker scrawl scrawling

right write blue blew
road rode ate eight
pole poll be bee
ceiling sealing guessed guest
needed kneaded cymbal symbol
bolder boulder medal meddle
morning mourning peace piece
weather whether grown groan
principle principal sweet suite

race space place faced
age page edge huge
trace city cent circle
gem gym giant angel
danger dangerous circus circuses
place workplace space spaceship
stage stagehand dance dancers
engage engagement gentle gentleness

shrimplike underwater headfirst waterproof
baseball eyelid bagpipe send-off
seat belt windmill hilltop popcorn
arm armrest fire firefly
air airmail high high school
back backpack post postcard
bean beanbag sky skyline
butter butterfly sand sandpaper
cross crossword high high-rise

carries flies cried dried
hurried studies copies trying
copying played flying cries
try trying pry prying
hurry hurrying apply applied
reply replies ally allies
display displaying deny denying
enjoy enjoying imply implied

worry worries rely relying

den dentist sun suntan
can canyon up upset
kit kitten cut cutlet
hat hatbox but button
sub submit pen pencil
sad sadden pup puppet

looks insects witnessed legs
names breathed following jumped
asking shirts bunnies buses
class classes farmer farmers
subtract subtracted pony ponies
market markets alley alleys
study studies daisy daisies
princess princesses apply reapplied
destroy destroying city cities

• ba as in • co as in • la as in • na as in
baby coma lazy native
• bo as in • fo as in • mo as in • pre as in
bogus focus moment prefix
me meteor so sofa
re reminder la lady
ro rotate si silo
ra radiant de delay
fla flavor hi hibernate

mi minor lo locate
unafraid precut discard unhurt
remix unroll revise preorder
premix discolor unwrap retold
cool precool lucky unlucky
able disable turn return
cover recover plan preplan
move remove like dislike
wash prewash stick unstick
own disown appear disappear

people little twinkle handle
level label metal moral
table fable turtle sniffle
pickle riddle simple pebble
travel shovel global rental
icicle assemble resemble
belittle unstable incurable
comical external accidental
dismissal mislabel remodel

mail mailbox low fellow
teach teaching saw jigsaw
day daytime out dugout
count discounts boat tugboat
free freehand main domain

paper paperless vapor vaporize
circle circled gator alligator
clutter uncluttered limber limberness
mercy merciless cover uncovered
import important herd shepherd
filter unfiltered arch archway

careful fearful playful thankful
useful painful ageless painless
hopeless cloudless meatless brightly
clearly sadly mildly wildly
forgetful successful wonderful
colorful disgraceful untruthful
waterless humorless colorless
stupidly quietly eagerly
endlessly thoughtfully helpfully

Vocabulary
nervous nonsense
fumbled trudged
chuckled
Word Parts
Prefixes are word parts
added to the beginning of
Tina’s
words. The prefixes non-
and un- usually mean “not.” Tryout
nonsense = the opposite of
sense Day
by Amy Helfer
Tina woke up to her buzzing “I’m too nervous to eat.”
alarm clock. She rubbed her “You’ll have more energy if
eyes and wondered why she you do,” said Mom.
was up so early. Then she Tina still felt a bit sick, but
remembered: it was tryout day! she ate some breakfast anyway.
The Big Day Then she ran up to her room
A few weeks ago, Tina and fumbled into her clothes.
decided she would try out for “Slow down!” Mom chuckled.
the Comets, her school’s softball “You’ll use up all your energy
team. Tina ran downstairs before you get there.”
to the kitchen. “Mom!” she
On the Field
shouted. “It’s tryout day!”
Tina got to the field and saw
“I know,” answered Mom. “I many girls already there. She
made you breakfast.” suddenly felt unhappy.
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Comprehension 1a © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Vocabulary and Comprehension
“What am I doing?” Tina asked

herself. “I’ll never make the team.”
Her mom gave her a hug. “That’s
nonsense,” she said. “Get out there
and do your best. You will be great!”
Play Ball!
The girls had to run, field, bat,
catch, and throw balls. Even though
Tina stumbled while fielding, she
thought she did well.
Afterward, Tina was really tired
and trudged off the field. One of
the coaches called her name.
“What do you think, Tina?” she
asked. “Would you like to join the
Comets?”
Tina forgot how tired she was
and jumped high into the air. “Oh,
boy!” she shouted. “Would I ever!”
Reread for Comprehension

Analyze Story Structure
Character
Character, Setting, Plot Every story has characters, a
setting, and a plot. They make up the story’s structure. Setting
Characters are people in the story. The setting is when
Beginning
and where the story takes place. The plot tells all the
events in the story. It has a beginning, middle, and end. Middle
A Story Map helps you analyze the story structure.
Reread the selection to find the characters, setting, End
and plot.
Comprehension 1b © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Vocabulary
adventure sparkling by Amelia Thomas
exploring fantastic
Sue and Jake watched the pouring rain
auditions success
make puddles in Sue’s backyard. They tried
Word Parts to think of a way to keep busy indoors.
Word Families are groups Suddenly, Jake had an idea. “Let’s do a play.”
of words that have the
“That’s a great idea!” said Sue. “We can
same base word or word
part. write a play about a book we like.”
Adventure and adventurer Jake and Sue found a favorite adventure
belong to the same word book about exploring a lost kingdom. It
family.
was an exciting story with a brave girl and
her strong dog.
Sue and Jake wrote all afternoon. Then
they phoned their friends Tomás, Nita, Jill,
and Kate. “We are having auditions for our
play,” said Jake. “Come and read for a part.”
The play sounded like fun, so all the
friends came. Nita was chosen to play the
explorer because she was a good actor. Of
course, her dog Fred played the dog. The
rest of the friends played the parts of the
other adventurers.
Tomás and Jill made colorful posters
covered with sparkling glitter to tell others
about their wonderful show. Jake and Sue
made a stage in Sue’s backyard. Nita and
Kate made costumes.
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The next weekend, family and But then everyone stood up and
friends came to see the show. It clapped. “You were fantastic!” they
was going well until the end. That’s yelled. “We want to see another
when Sue’s cat leaped into the show next week!”
middle of the stage. Fred barked Sue stopped crying and smiled.
and chased the cat. Nita tripped “We were a success! They liked
over Fred. Sue started to cry. The us!” she said.
show is ruined, she thought.

Make Inferences and Analyze
Cause and Effect Cause Effect
A cause is why something happens. The effect is
what happens. Sometimes you need to analyze
what happens in a story and make inferences about
why these events happen. Reread the story. Use
your Cause and Effect Chart to record causes and
their effects.
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Real World Reading
P l a y
Vocabulary
donate
Ball!
unaware
members
Major League Baseball hit a home
run in 2006 when it opened the Urban
contribute
Youth Academy in Compton, California.
The academy has four baseball fields, a
huge clubhouse, and a learning center.
There are baseball camps and after-
school activities.
Kids ages 7 to 17 can take part for
free at the academy. Do kids love it?
Yes! Priscilla Mota, 10, plays softball
and says that the academy has taught her
many skills to improve her game.
Major League players donate
Juan Pierre plays for the Los their time to the academy. Director
Angeles Dodgers. Darrell Miller, a former player for the
Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles, tells
future big leaguers that education is
just as important as baseball. Education
workshops teach kids how to do well
both on and off the field.
Soon more kids will be able to have
this learning experience. Major League
Baseball is planning to build more
academies in other cities. Kids in Miami;
Washington, D.C.; and Pittsburgh may
Students run drills
on the field. soon be hearing, “Play Ball!”
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Comprehension 3 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
The Boy
Vocabulary Who Cried
passion
admire
splendid
bothering
Wolf
concentrate ached retold by Carole Bartell
Dictionary
Multiple-Meaning Words
have more than one
meaning. Use a dictionary
to find the meanings of
concentrate.
There was once a young shepherd Having Some Fun

who lived in a village. This boy One day the boy was bored.
loved looking after his sheep. He His mind wandered. He couldn’t
did his job with passion. The concentrate on watching the
villagers always told him what a sheep. Then he thought of
good job he was doing. His work something wonderful to do. He
was easy to admire. thought it was a splendid idea.
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He yelled, “Help! Wolf! A wolf “Wolves are dangerous! They

is chasing the sheep!” can harm you and the sheep!” they
The villagers came running. shouted angrily.
“Where is it?” one man asked. One Day Later
“There’s no wolf,” the boy The next day the boy saw the
laughed. “I was just having fun.” wolf. He cried out, “Wolf! Wolf!”
“We are all busy working. You “Time to run,” said the wolf as
shouldn’t be bothering us when he chased the sheep.
there’s no wolf!” he said.
The villagers didn’t come.
Far away, a wolf looked at his When they saw the boy next, he
watch and waited. He chuckled was crying. His throat ached from
at his plot to fool the boy and the crying for help.
villagers.
“Why didn’t you come when I
The Next Day called?” he asked. “A wolf chased
The next day the boy was bored all the sheep away.”
again. “Wolf!” he cried. “No one believes a liar, even if
Once again the villagers ran up he is telling the truth,” they said.
the hill but saw no wolf.

Generate Questions
Compare and Contrast Generating, or asking,
questions as you read can help you compare and Alike Different
contrast characters, things, and events. To compare
and contrast characters, tell how characters are alike
and different. Reread the selection. As you read,
look for character actions, traits, and feelings that
you can compare. Use your Compare and Contrast
Chart to help you determine how characters are
alike and different.
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Vocabulary
separate exact
determination ruined
storage luckiest
Word Parts
Suffixes -er and -est show
comparison. The ending
-er means “more.” The
ending -est means “most.”
bigger = more big
by Sylvia Medrano
On Saturday I went to the lumberyard

with Dad to order lumber for the new
garage. I saw the wood and got an idea.
“Hey, Dad,” I said. “Could we build a
clubhouse?”
“Probably not,” said Dad. “I’ll be too
busy with the garage.”
“But, Dad,” I said, “you had a
clubhouse when you were young.”
Dad smiled and said, “I know, but first
we have to build the garage.”
I had to think of a way to get
Dad to agree. “We can separate the
clubhouse into two rooms,” I said with
determination. “The bigger one can be
used as a storage room.”
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Dad thought about it for a Dad let us measure the wood.

moment. Then he said, “Let’s Measuring has to be exact or else
wait to see if there is enough the pieces won’t fit together. If
extra wood.” Dad cut the wood too long or
The garage supplies came the too short, our plans could be
following weekend. There were ruined. I knew we couldn’t buy
huge piles of wood and a big any extra wood.
box. It was a crate of nails and When the clubhouse was
shingles for the roof. It looked finally finished, I was so thrilled.
like more than enough. When I made a sign and nailed it on
the truck left, Dad said, “Good the door. It said, “Pond Street
news! We’ll be able to build your Clubhouse—Welcome!” Now I
clubhouse with the leftover wood have a great place to play. Am I
when the garage is finished.” the luckiest kid in town, or what?
After a few weeks, it was
time to start. A bunch of
neighborhood kids came to help.

Monitor Comprehension
Make and Confirm Predictions You can monitor What What
your comprehension of a story by making I Predict Happens
predictions about what characters might do or
what events might happen. Reread the selection.
Use your Predictions Chart to keep track of your
predictions about characters and events. Then
check to see if your predictions were correct by
writing what happens.
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Vocabulary Let’s
Trade!
sidewalks blossomed
grumbled wailed
traders lonesome
by Alex Ely
Word Parts
Compound Words are Elizabeth and Danny walked along
words that are made up of
newly paved sidewalks on a frosty
two smaller words.
winter morning. Elizabeth wore a hat
side + walks = sidewalks and gloves but no scarf. Danny wore a
hat and two scarves, but he didn’t have
any gloves. Both of them were freezing.
“I’m so cold,” Elizabeth grumbled
under her breath.
“Me, too,” Danny wailed.
Then Elizabeth had an idea! “What if
I traded you one glove for one of your
scarves?” Elizabeth said. “Then both
of our necks would be warm, and we’d
each have one warm hand. We could put
the other hand in our pockets.”
“Good idea!” said Danny.
After they shared the scarf and glove,
they began to feel warmer.
A few minutes later Mrs. Baxter
appeared. “Did I just see you barter?”
she asked.
Elizabeth and Danny looked puzzled.
“What’s barter?” Elizabeth asked.
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“Barter means trade,” Mrs. “Exactly!” said Mrs. Baxter.

Baxter explained. “You two “And you’d be so lonesome
traded a scarf and a glove so without your poultry friends!”
you could be warm. Did you Danny said with a grin.
know that traders bartered for “Now you see why people
!
thousands of years?” began to use money to trade,”
“Really? How?” Danny asked. Mrs. Baxter said.
Mrs. Baxter said, “Well, traders “Is it true that silver and gold
who had too much of one thing, coins were used before paper
such as salt or pigs, would money?” Danny asked.
exchange with other traders for “Yes, but they were too
things that they needed. Trading heavy to carry.” Mrs. Baxter said.
grew and blossomed, but it had “People then began to write
problems.” promises on paper instead of
“Like what?” Elizabeth asked. trading coins. That was how
“Suppose you raised chickens. paper money got its start.”
You could trade the chickens “Wow!” said Elizabeth,
and eggs for what you needed. “but I guess people
But if the chickens got away—” still trade sometimes,
“I wouldn’t have anything to the way Danny and
trade!” I did today!”

Summarize
Sequence The sequence in a story is the order in which Event
events take place. Knowing the sequence of events will help
you better understand a story. You can summarize a story
by paying close attention to the order in which the events
happen. Reread the selection. Use your Sequence Chart to
record the story’s events in time order.
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S
ave Our
Vocabulary
disappear supply
Butterflies
by Sean Bryant
protect capture
harming enclosure s cientists who study insects believe
Dictionary
that something is happening to our
have more than one
butterflies. They say that 30 years
meaning. Use a dictionary ago, there were about twice as many
to find the correct meaning butterflies as there are today. Where
of the word enclosure in the
have all the butterflies gone?
last paragraph.
The Problem
No one hurts butterflies on
purpose. Still, scientists think that
people have caused the butterfly
problem. Butterflies find their food in
wildflowers. When people clear the
land for roads and buildings, these
flowers disappear.
Some insects eat and destroy
farmers’ crops. Farmers use
pesticides, or poisons, to get rid
of harmful insects. Pesticides
protect crops, but sometimes end
up harming helpful insects such as
caterpillars. Caterpillars turn into
butterflies. This is another reason
there are fewer butterflies now than
in the past.
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How to Help
Luckily, there are ways that
kids and grownups can help. Do
you want to get involved and
help save our butterflies?
One thing you can do is plant
a garden. Make sure the garden
has a good supply of the food
butterflies eat when they are
caterpillars. Different kinds of One More Thing
caterpillars eat different plants. Some kids like to capture
Monarch butterfly caterpillars butterflies with nets. Then
eat milkweed. Black swallowtail they put them in a jar or other
caterpillars eat parsley, dill, or enclosure. Unfortunately, it
carrot leaves. Find out what is easy to hurt a butterfly
kind of butterflies live in your when you catch it. Its wings
area and plant the kinds of food are torn easily. Instead, enjoy
they eat as caterpillars. these beautiful insects from a
Make sure that distance.
pesticides are not
used nearby.

Clue
Draw Conclusions Sometimes readers need to draw
conclusions about, or figure out, what an author means in a
Clue
story. By monitoring your comprehension in this way, you will
better understand what you read. Clue
To draw conclusions, use details from the story and what

Conclusion
you know. Reread the selection. Use your Conclusion Map to
record clues. Draw a conclusion about butterflies.
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Real World Reading
Vocabulary
culture
communities
immigrants
established
traditional
Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado is home to

600 Anasazi cliff dwellings. At one time, thousands
of Anasazi lived there.
Living in the Cliffs

T
he Anasazi are among As time passed, the Anasazi
the first peoples to live in moved from underground houses
the American Southwest. to above-ground dwellings. Many
The history and the culture of made homes on the sides of cliffs.
these ancient peoples are not The cliff houses were safe from
completely known. enemies and the weather.
Historians know that around Around A.D. 1300 the Anasazi left
A.D. 1, the mysterious Anasazi, also their homes in the Southwest. No
known as Ancient Pueblo People, one knows for sure why they left or
arrived in the Southwest. At first, where they went. Some scientists
there was plenty of food and water think the dry weather forced them
for them to survive. But when the to leave.
weather got hotter and drier, there Luckily, many Anasazi
was a scarcity of food and land for homes still exist. These ancient
growing. The Anasazi had to move. communities give us clues about
life for the Ancient Puebloans.
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Vocabulary Gorilla
tour
volunteers
thrilled
slogan
deserve
Garden by Michael Feldman
Context Clues
Examples found in a
sentence can help you
H ave you ever taken a tour of a zoo?
If so, it’s likely that the person who led
figure out the meaning of
some unknown words. you through the zoo helped you to
learn a lot about the animals.
Use the example in the Amelia Rinas is a high school student
story to figure out the
who lives in Ohio. One day Amelia
meaning of slogan.
visited the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.
She worried about the gorillas she
saw there. She wondered if they were
getting the right foods.
Amelia read all she could about
gorillas and learned what they like to
eat. Then she started a “gorilla garden.”
She grows the fruits and vegetables
that gorillas love to eat. Some of
those foods are tomatoes, carrots, and
strawberries. Amelia works with other
volunteers in her community who use
their extra time to help Amelia and the
gorillas. When they take the food to the
zoo, the gorillas are thrilled. They look
so excited!
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Who is responsible for

Amelia’s interest in animals?
a Amelia is a member of Roots &

Shoots. Its members are young
people who care about animals
and the environment. They
n helped Amelia understand that

animals need our care, too. The
slogan on the Roots & Shoots
Web site is “Inspire, take action,
When interviewed about her
make a difference.” These
project, Amelia said, “I joined
words tell what the group is all
Roots & Shoots because I
about. The group urges kids and
wanted to make a difference in
grownups, including parents
the world.”
and teachers, to do what they
There are many ways to make
can to make a difference where
a difference in the world. Amelia
they live.
Rinas’s gorilla garden has
Amelia believes that both
helped make gorillas happier
people and animals deserve to
and healthier.
be treated well.

Monitor Comprehension Clues
Author’s Purpose An author writes to entertain, inform,
or persuade. Usually, an author will give readers clues
that help readers figure out the author’s purpose. You
can help monitor your understanding of an article by
thinking about the author’s purpose. Reread the article. Author’s Purpose
Use your Author’s Purpose Chart to record clues to help
you figure out why the author wrote this article.
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Vocabulary What Should
appliances
owners
project
equipment
I Be?
by Carol R.
construction leaky
Context Clues
All around my neighborhood, I see
people working to protect and help me
Paragraph Clues can help
you figure out the meaning and my family. Firefighters, letter carriers,
of a word you don’t know. and police officers are community
Use clues in the third workers. They make my neighborhood
paragraph to find out what a better place to live. When I am older, I
the word appliances means. would like to be a community worker, but
which job should I choose?
Letter Carriers
Letter carriers deliver our mail and
drop off packages. They work in every
town and city in the United States.
The letter carrier in my neighborhood
is Mr. Vasquez. He works downtown,
walking from block to block to deliver
mail to each address along the route. He
doesn’t carry big boxes, like the ones
that hold stoves and washing machines.
Trucks deliver appliances like those!
Maybe I will be a letter carrier.
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Police Officers Firefighters

Police officers, like Officer Firefighters are brave, like
Morena, keep us safe. Home and Chief Cole. They risk their
business owners depend on the lives to save people
police to guard our families, our caught in fires. They
property, and our streets. also check smoke
Police may also work at sites alarms in schools,
where the construction of new as well as fire
buildings takes place. They hydrants along
help keep the project running the road to make
smoothly. Officer Morena can sure they are tightly
find lost people and help if there sealed. Leaky
is an accident. Her hydrants may not
special equipment, have enough water
such as a two-way when the time
radio, allows her to comes to fight a fire.
talk to other officers. Chief Cole is a
Being a police good firefighter.
officer might Maybe I will be one
be a good job. too, someday.

Clue
Theme A theme is the message an author wants to present
in a story or article. An article’s theme is usually not stated. Clue
To find the theme, analyze the story structure for clues. Think
about the characters’ words and actions and how the story Clue
begins and ends.
Theme
Reread the selection. Use your Theme Map to record clues to
that help you figure out the article’s theme.
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Talking to
Lulu Delacre ,
Vocabulary children’s author
talented excitement
by Diana Jarvis
single
proper
acceptance
useful L ulu Delacre has written and
illustrated many books, including
Context Clues Golden Tales and The Bossy Gallito.
Word Clues can help
Some of her books have won
you find the meaning
of acceptance. awards. I wanted to sit and talk with
this successful writer.
Ana worried about her
acceptance to the team, Q: What were you like at school?
but Coach said, “You’re in!” Were you talented?
A: I was a good student at

school. Yes, I was talented. I could
see things in a way that I could
transfer them onto paper. I loved to
draw and create.
Q: Were books always special to

you? What is your single favorite
book?
A: In my house, books had their

own special room—my father’s
study. I loved being in that room.
If I have to choose, my favorite
book is Voyage to the Center of
the Earth by Jules Verne.
Q: Writing is difficult. Is there a

proper, or correct, way to write?
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A: I don’t believe there’s a A: Many years ago I created

proper way to write a book. I two characters—an elephant
keep a journal. I draw in it. I also named Nathan and his mouse
write ideas and things that I friend named Nicholas
find interesting. I reread these Alexander. Out of the sketches
journals. At times, a book is I made of these characters, a
born out of these ideas. story was born. Then it was
accepted and published.
Q: Being a writer must be fun.
What is the most excitement Q: What is the most useful
you have ever had as a writer? thing kids can do to help
their writing?
A: It was when The Bossy
Gallito won the Pura Belpré A: Read, read, read. And
Honor for text and illustration. keep a journal to write whatever
comes into your mind.
Q: What was the first story
you sold to a publisher? Tell us
about that acceptance.

Summarize
Author’s Purpose An author writes to entertain, Clues
inform, or persuade. As you read, stop and
summarize what you have read. Then ask yourself,
“Why did the author write this information?”
Reread the selection. As you read, look for
clues to summarize the author’s purpose. Use Author’s Purpose
the Author’s Purpose Chart to help you.
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Mail
for Matty
Vocabulary
crackle starry
announced noticed
soared by Susan Tanner
Nana has been visiting for two
Context Clues
Sentence Clues can help
weeks, but now it’s time for her to
you figure out what soared go home. I wish she could stay.
means in the sentence below.
The kite soared above her as
At the Airport
the wind became stronger. “Why so sad, Matty? I’m
going home, not to the moon!”
joked Nana.
“Miami’s so far away, it might
as well be the moon,” I answered. I
tightened my hold on Nana’s plane
ticket until it began to crackle.
Nana laughed. “Oh, it’s not that
far! You’ll see me soon,” she said.
“I promise.”
Just then a voice on the
loudspeaker announced that
Nana’s flight was boarding.
“Time to go,” said Nana.
“When I get home, I’ll send you
a surprise. Watch for it!” She
hugged us good-bye. We waited
until her plane soared up high into
the dark but starry sky. I wondered
what my surprise was.
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Waiting for the Surprise

When I got home, I kept checking the
door and looking out the window for my
ty
surprise. Then Dad called, “Hey, Matty,
come over here!”
Dad was at the computer. Matty
noticed a picture of an envelope on the
screen. I had e-mail! The title of the
e-mail said “Surprise!” It read:
Dear Matty,
Uncle Pete set up my new computer while I was
gone. Now we can send e-mails every day. Can
you see the photograph I sent? It’s a picture of
me. I told you you’d see me soon! Write back.
Hugs and kisses, Dear M
atty,
Uncle P
ete set
Nana gone. N
ow we c
up my n
an send
ew com
puter w
see the e-mails hile I w
photog every d as
I told y r aph I s ay. Can
ou you’ e nt? It’s you
Nana did surprise me! I’m so excited Hugs a
nd kiss
d see m
e soon!
a pictur
Write b
e of me
.
es, a ck.
that I can talk to her every day. Nana

Character, Setting, Plot Characters, setting, and
plot make up a story’s structure. The main character Clue Clue
is the person who the story is mostly about. An
author uses character actions and character traits, Character
or personality, to develop a story’s plot. Trait
Reread the selection and write clues about Matty’s Clue Clue
character on your Character Web. Think about
Matty’s actions and thoughts after Nana leaves.
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Real World Reading
Vocabulary High-Tech
record
estimate
focus
T welve-year-old Mariah Lopez had a problem.

First, girls in school started a mean rumor about
her. Then, Mariah started to get text messages with
disturbing content. Finally, she got threatening calls from
numbers she didn’t know. Mariah needed help.
Today’s bullies have gone high tech in record
numbers. They threaten others through e-mail or instant
messages. They post hurtful words on Web sites. They
use cell phones to send nasty texts.
E-bullies are on the rise. One third
of kids surveyed in a recent study said
they had been cyberbullied. Experts
estimate that girls are twice as likely
as boys to be victims of cyberbullies.
To help solve the problem, many
states are working on laws to ban
cyberbullying. They want schools to
punish students who do it. Mariah’s
school district added cyberbullying
to its anti-bullying rules.
After Mariah got her parents and
Polls estimate that more than 13
principal involved, the cyberbullies million kids have been cyberbullied.
were caught and they apologized.
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Vocabulary
instance textures
illustrate sketches
style suggestions
Context Clues
Sentence Clues are words
or phrases in surrounding
sentences that help you Cave painting found in
figure out the meaning of Lascaux, France
an unfamiliar word.
What sentence clues help
you figure out the meaning
of sketches?
by Jesse Howes
Artists draw on different Drawing on Paper
types of materials. For instance, Paper was invented about
artists have used walls, paper, 2,000 years ago. Depending on
and computers. what it’s made of, paper can have
a unique style, with different
Cave Drawings
colors and textures. It can be
The first paintings of horses plain white or a pattern
and other animals were found on of different colors,
cave walls. Scientists think they and smooth or
were made 30,000 years ago. bumpy. Plus, it’s
Why did people illustrate cave easier to carry
walls? Before there was paper, than cave walls!
artists used what they had—rock!
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Animation Try It Yourself

About 100 years ago, Do you need suggestions for
artists used flipbooks to make what to do in your free time?
moving pictures. Flipbooks Make a flipbook. Then flip the
are collections of sketches pages quickly so you can watch
placed one on top of the other. it like a movie.
Each sketch is a bit different.
When the pages are flipped, the
drawings seem to move. Next, a
camera was used to take pictures
of the drawings to make a film.
Today, some artists use
computers to draw. They can
even draw special effects for
video games. Illustration has
come a long way in 30,000 years!

Analyze Text Structure
Sequence Some articles are organized in time order. One Event
way to analyze a text’s structure is to look for a sequence
of events. The signal words first, next, then, after, finally,
later, today, and at the same time tell you the order in which
events take place. Reread the selection. Use your Sequence
Chart to find the sequence of events.
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Vocabulary
annual politely
potential wrapping
expensive innocent
Dictionary
Homophones are words
that sound the same but
have different meanings
and spellings. The words
wrapping and rapping are
homophones.
My Winter Vacation
by Meredith Gamel
December 22
We’re leaving for Florida to visit Aunt Sue,
Uncle Mike, and my cousins Tim and Laura. We
go every year over the holidays. I guess you
could call this our annual trip. The trip has the
potential for being fun, but I’d rather celebrate
at home. Dad’s rushing me, so I’d better hurry.
December 23
We’re almost there. Last night we stayed at a
hotel. Dad said it was expensive, but Mom said
she didn’t care what it cost, she needed a break
from being in the car. I got to swim in the hotel
pool. It felt good after sitting in the car all day.
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December 28
I love the ocean, but the
water is freezing! Laura dumped
December 26 a pail of water on my dad. Boy,
We have been at Aunt Sue’s did he jump! She tried to look
for two days. Yesterday she sweet and innocent, but Dad
made lobsters for lunch. They knew she had done it. She does
looked terrible—like big, red it every year!
bugs! I politely said, “No, thank
you. I’m sticking with tuna!” December 30
Last day at the beach. I wish
Today I found a package
we didn’t have to go. Anyway,
covered in brown paper on my
school starts in a few days,
bed. It was from Grandma. I
and Mom says we need to go
took off the wrapping paper. It’s
grocery shopping. While I’m
a wave board! Time to go to the
going up and down the food
beach and try it out. Yay!
aisles, I’ll think about the beach
and look forward to using my
wave board again.

Visualize
Make Inferences Authors do not always tell you
every detail in a story. Sometimes you need to use
Clues Inference
story clues and what you already know to make
inferences about plot or characters. Visualizing, or
picturing, what happens in a story can help you make
inferences. Reread the selection. Use your Inference
Chart to help you make inferences about “My Winter
Vacation.”
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Vocabulary
beamed fabric
argued purchased
possessions quarreling
Dictionary
are words that have more
Community
than one meaning.
Use a dictionary to find the
meaning of beamed in the
Works by Jenna Rabin
first sentence. Remember
to look up the base word.
O ne bright day, as the sunlight
beamed through the windows, Mr.
Turner’s class started to plan the third-
grade community service project.
“Okay,” said Mr. Turner. “Let’s share
some ideas and listen to each other.”
A few students raised their hands.
Mr. Turner called on Mark. “We could
clean up the small park—pick up trash
and paint the benches,” said Mark.
Rachel got annoyed. She argued with
Mark. “You just want that park clean for
yourself. Everyone else uses the big park
across town. I think we should serve
meals at the homeless shelter.”
“Now, Rachel. Everyone should have a
chance to share his or her ideas. It’s okay
to disagree, but we should still treat each
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“Sorry, Mr. Turner,” Rachel “We could do crafts with

said. people in nursing homes or
Jen cut in, “There are hospitals,” said Maria.
people who don’t have many “Crafts?” groaned Sameer.
possessions, not even warm “I’m really bad at crafts. I’m
clothing. We could collect fabric all thumbs! But how about a
for making nice, warm clothes walkathon. I’m a fast walker, and
for them!” we’d get exercise,” he said. This
Cara added, “I read about made everyone laugh and stop
a class that raised money and their quarreling over who had
purchased notebooks and the best idea.
pencils for kids from a discount Then Mr. Turner spoke. “All
store.” of your ideas are great. I’m going
to write them on the board. Then
we will take a class vote. This
way we can choose a community
service project that most people
want to do.”
The students agreed this was a
good plan.

Clue
Draw Conclusions Authors sometimes give readers clues
about characters, setting, and story events. Readers should Clue
analyze these clues and draw conclusions. You can draw a
conclusion about the characters, setting, or events by using Clue
story clues and what you already know.
Conclusion
Reread the selection. Use your Conclusion Map to draw a
conclusion about Rachel. Use Rachel’s actions and reactions
as your clues.
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Vocabulary
guarantee preparations
pleaded brilliance Valley School and Union School
exhausted affection competed against each other in everything.
When both schools wanted to help raise
Thesaurus money for the volunteer fire departments in
Related Words are words their county, the students at Valley decided
that are similar in meaning.
to put on a concert. When the students at
Use a thesaurus to help find
related words.
Union heard about Valley’s plans, Union
students suggested they have a contest:
Use a thesaurus to look up
related words for pleaded. which school choir could raise the most
money? A local contest would help to
guarantee that many people would come.
The students pleaded with their choir
teachers to help. The teachers agreed
because the contest was for a good cause.
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Both schools hurried to choose Everyone loved the idea. On

songs and make costumes. Worn show night, people from all over
out and exhausted from all the the county attended the concert.
preparations, many singers at The audience loved the music and
Valley became sick. They feared the brilliance of the costumes.
they would have to cancel the Not only did the two rival schools
concert. Then the choir teacher raise money, but they also learned
from Union had an idea. “What if to work together. Everyone in the
we combine the best of both our county felt affection for these two
concerts for one big concert?” she schools and applauded the work
asked her students. they accomplished together.

Evaluate
Theme Clue
The theme is the main message that the author wants
to get across to the reader. Knowing the theme can Clue
help you evaluate what is important and meaningful in
the story. Reread the story to find the theme. Use your Clue
Theme Map to identify clues to the story’s theme by

Theme
telling about characters, setting, and plot.
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Real World Reading
Vocabulary
A Higher
awareness
pollution
emphasize
GOAL
It is game day in Nairobi, Kenya.
utilize
Hundreds of kids gather at a soccer field
in Kibera (ky-bee-rah). Before kickoff, the
kids grab hold of spades and rakes. They
push wheelbarrows and fill trash bags.
They happily spend five hours clearing
trash and sorting recycling.
That may sound like a strange warm-
up to you. But digging into Kibera’s
mountains of trash is the only way
players can earn a spot on a soccer team.
This girl plays Kibera is a crowded city. The tightly
soccer in Kibera, a
slum in Nairobi. packed in residents are poor. Many have
health problems.
In 2001 a concerned American student
named Rye Barcott began Carolina for
Kibera (CFK). He wanted Kibera’s kids to
have a better life. Pregame cleanups help
kids “accept some responsibility for the
welfare of their community,” he told TFK.
The kids in Kibera know that CFK isn’t
just for kicks. Their cleanups have helped
raise awareness about pollution. The
Kibera’s kids play hard, even after
kids have worked together to keep their
hours of cleanup. In one year, the neighborhoods cleaner and safer. “CFK is
kids will usually clear more than
250 tons of garbage from Kibera.
much more than soccer,” says Barcott.
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Vocabulary
anxious
cross Dario awoke feeling nervous and
alarmed anxious. He felt cross with his teacher,
unfortunately who put him in charge of raising money
managed for the pet shelter. He knew nothing
pretend about money or shelters! When Mrs.
Scanlon said the class was going to be
Word Parts doing community service, he figured he’d
Prefixes are word parts get to sweep the playground. Now he just
that come at the beginning felt alarmed and scared at the thought of
of words and change their
having so much responsibility.
meaning. The prefix
un- means “not.” There was nothing else to do but
unfortunately = not search for his older brother, Ben, and ask
fortunately him for help. Unfortunately, the two of
them didn’t get along, but Ben was very
handy. He had managed his class fair last
year. Dario was feeling desperate. He had
to have an idea by Monday, and it was
already Friday.
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Dario found Ben eating as

usual. Just the sight of Ben
doing his usual thing was
reassuring. Dario felt better
already. “Ben, I need to raise
some money for the pet shelter.
You got any ideas?”
Instead of laughing at him,
Ben actually was eager to help.
“How about we hold a garage
sale? We have lots of old toys
and clothes we could sell.”
“WOW!” Dario was thrilled.
They could pretend they had
their own business! Big brothers
weren’t so bad after all.

Problem
Problem and Solution Sometimes, a story’s plot
begins with a character who has a problem.
The problem is what the character wants to
do, find out, or change. The solution is how
the problem is solved. A Problem and Solution
Chart can help you analyze how the story is
organized. Reread the selection to find the Solution
problem and how the characters found the
solution.
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Vocabulary
communicate research Since the invention of the first
responsible essential machine, people keep thinking of better
specialist decisions ways to help humans do hard jobs.
Robots are a type of machine made to do
Thesaurus work by themselves. Humans do not have
Related Words are words to run them. Instead, people can program
that have similar roots. For commands into the robot’s computer.
example, communication
The computer program will communicate
is related to communicate,
and specialist is related to information to the robot.
special. Usually, a team of people is
responsible for creating a robot. First,
one specialist or more is needed to
design the robot. Then other experts do
research to find the right materials and
build the robot. Finally, the team tests the
robot to make sure it works correctly.
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Robots at Work Still, robots are able to do some

Many workplaces use amazing things, such as wrap
robots. For example, robots ice cream bars and make plastic
have become an essential, or containers.
important, part of the space As workplaces change, teams
program. When a team of of people will create new and
astronauts goes into space, there better robots. Who knows how
are robots with them. These smart the next generation of
onboard robots have helped robots will be?
repair satellites and other space
equipment.
Robots are smart, but they
are different from humans in
important ways. Robots cannot
make decisions or think for
themselves the way humans
can. They “know” only what the
humans program them to know.

Sequence You can monitor your comprehension Event
of an article by listing the article’s sequence of
events. The sequence of events is the order in
which things happen. A Sequence Chart helps you
understand information in an article in time order.
Reread the story to find the sequence of events in
creating a robot.
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Life in
Vocabulary Antarctica
fierce huddle
echoes down by Kenji Foster
T
shuffles junior
he coldest and iciest place on Earth

Dictionary
Homographs are words
is Antarctica. There, the temperature
that are spelled the hardly ever gets above freezing, even in
same but have different the summer. Believe it or not, some things
meanings. The word down can live in such a frozen land.
is a homograph. Use a
dictionary to find the Plants
meanings of down.
In the coldest months, a fierce wind
whips the air across Antarctica. Those
strong, blowing winds make the air so
chilly that there is little rain. Simple
plants without leaves, such as mosses and
lichens (LIGH•kuhnz), are the only kinds
that can live in Antarctica. These plants
grow on rocks near the coast, where it is a
little warmer.
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Seabirds
Penguins, Antarctic terns,
and brown skuas are three kinds
of birds that live in Antarctica. If
you listen closely, you may hear
a penguin’s bark as it echoes—
bouncing off the icy land and Seals and Whales
softly repeating. Each penguin Blue whales, humpback whales,
shuffles along the ice. Then they and southern right whales spend
get together in a huddle, or tight their summers in Antarctica as well.
group, to keep warm. New chicks They have plenty of fat to keep
have a layer of soft, fluffy feathers them warm. Leopard seals, as well
called down. As they grow into as Ross, Weddell, and crabeater
junior penguins, they begin to seals, rely on thick fur for warmth.
develop stiff, waterproof feathers. Crabeater seals travel well on land,
Now they can swim in cold water. but leopard, Ross, and Weddell
While penguins live in Antarctica seals move fastest when they stay
all year, the terns and the brown down below the surface of the icy
skuas only visit in the summer. water.

Summarize
Main Idea and Details A main idea is the most
important point that an author makes about a
topic. Details tell about the main idea. A main Main Idea Details
idea can be stated or not stated. Use details to
figure out an unstated main idea.
A Main Idea Chart can help you summarize
a paragraph or section of text. Reread the
selection to find the main idea and the
supporting details that tell about it.
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Vocabulary Web
architects
structures
contain
Context Clues
retreats
shallow
shelter Spinners by Steven Kutner
J
Homophones are words
that sound the same but ust as bees build hives to live in, spiders
have different spellings and
spin webs. Spiders are talented architects.
meanings. If you are not
sure which word is used,
They design and build structures to live in
look at the surrounding that are works of art. These structures are
words or phrases to figure also traps for other insects.
out the meaning.
Spinning Silk
Spider webs are made from silk. Spiders
make silk in their bellies. Their silk-making
gland has many tiny holes. First, the silk
goes through the holes to get outside the
spider’s body. Next, the silk meets the air,
and forms a thread. The thread is very thin
but very strong.
Spiders can make different kinds of silk.
Some contain a material that makes the
silk sticky. Other silks do not have this
material.
Finally, a spider can spin a thread behind
itself everywhere it goes. This thread is
called a dragline. If an enemy comes near,
the spider retreats on its dragline. Being
able to go backward on its own line is like
having a self-made escape route!
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Orb Weavers
The most common webs are
shaped like wheels. They are built
by orb weavers. You can find these
webs in open areas, such as the
spaces between branches.
Water Spiders
The water spider builds
Tangled Webs its web in tiny ponds and other
Different spiders build different places with shallow water. The
kinds of webs. The simplest web web looks like a small air-filled
is called a tangled web. It is just a balloon. The water spider
mess of threads that are attached feeds and raises its family
to something. A cobweb is a dusty, inside this cozy shelter.
old, tangled web.
Cellar Spiders
Some spiders are called cellar
spiders. This is because they
usually build tangled webs in
cellars or other dark places.

Summarize
Description Authors sometimes organize information
Topic
by using description. Signal words such as first, next,
finally, or for example tell readers that descriptive
facts are coming up in the text.
Main Idea
Reread the selection. Use your Description Web to
record the details about one topic.
Detail Detail
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Real World Reading
Vocabulary
Daddy
crucial
adjust
survive
Daycare
source
unpredictable
Dad to the rescue!

A father protects his baby
from a baboon bully.
S cientists have discovered that

baboon moms aren’t on the job
Baboon dads don’t monkey
around when they protect their
alone. Studies show that baboon babies. If a baboon baby gets in
dads help care for their young, a fight, Dad rushes to help. Dad’s
too. Male baboons can identify help is crucial in keeping his
their kids by the way the young offspring safe. When he is near,
ones look and smell. his babies are less likely to get hurt.
With their sharp teeth, male Silk is thrilled that animal
baboons can be dangerous. dads act like human dads. She
However, Joan Silk who worked adds, “It’s always fun to find out
on one male baboon study says, that animals are smarter than
“They can be sweet with infants.” you thought!”
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Vocabulary
conversation scrambled
interrupted seized
boasting rebuild
Word Parts
Prefixes are word parts
that come at the beginning
the Amazing
of words and change their
meaning. The prefix re-
means “again.”
Hamster
rebuild = build again
by Raymond So
My pet hamster, Max, is really cool and

fun. One day while I was feeding Max, my
brother, Marco, came to me with a problem.
“The science fair is next month,” he said.
“I have to come up with a great project.”
“That’s easy,” I said. “Just build a volcano.”
“But everyone makes volcanoes!” he cried.
“I want to do something really different.”
I could see that our conversation about
volcanoes was over. I stopped talking, and so
did Marco. Finally, I interrupted the silence
and said, “What about Max? Maybe you could
use him for a science project.”
“Max!” Marco grinned at us and yelled with
delight. “That would be great! Thanks, Mike!”
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Marco did some research on At first, Max started to sway

hamsters. A few days later, he back and forth on his little legs,
shared his idea. as if rocking like that would
“I’m not boasting, but I think help him figure out what was
I’ve got a really smart project. happening. Then, he smelled the
I’ll build a maze. I’ll see if Max food. Max scrambled quickly
can go through it faster in the toward it, knocking down a
morning or at night. I read that wall as he hurried along. When
hamsters are more active at he reached the food pellet, he
night. I think Max will be faster seized it in his teeth.
then. Want to help?” “Max did okay, but the maze
I did! We built a cardboard fell apart!” I said. “Let’s rebuild
maze. Then we put a food pellet it. I’ll get some new cardboard.”
at one end and Max at the other. We made the maze again.
The next morning Marco started
timing Max. He timed Max twice
a day for two weeks—every
morning and every night. It
turned out that Marco was right.
Max was faster at night than in
the morning. That little guy is
one amazing hamster!

Make Judgments One way to better understand
a story is to make judgments. To make a
Action Judgment
judgment, decide what you think about a
character’s actions. Use your own experiences
to make judgments about the actions. Reread
the selection. Use your Judgment Chart to make
judgments about the brothers’ actions.
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Vocabulary
related sight
female venom
identical odor
Dictionary The world is full of unusual animals. Things

Unfamiliar Words Find that make an animal unusual and special
the meaning of unfamiliar include where it lives and how it looks. One
words by looking them animal with a special look is a lion, which
up in the dictionary. Use a
dictionary to find out what
is a kind of cat. Lions look similar to house
the word identical means. cats because they are related to each other.
But they are different from each other in
important ways. House cats can be pets, but
lions live in the wild.
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Sometimes male and female Many people enjoy studying

animals look exactly alike. In other all the things that make animals
ways they are not identical. With special. Different kinds of animals
lions, the male lion has a thick mane, live in forests, deserts, the ocean,
or hair, around its head. Female lions and in cold areas. Wherever people
do not have this. On the other hand, live, unusual animals can be found
the same kind of male and female there, too.
house cat may look alike.
Some special qualities of animals
are not clear at first sight. One
example of this is how an animal
protects itself. What an animal
uses to protect itself cannot always
be seen. Some animals, such as
snakes, use poison called venom. A
snake passes venom onto another
creature through its bite. Another
protection animals can use is odor.
Skunks, for example, spray a strong
smell to keep animals away.

Summarize
Compare and Contrast When you compare
Different
two or more people, things, or events, you Alike
look for ways that they are alike, or similar.
When you look for ways that they are different,
you contrast them. A Venn diagram helps
you summarize what you’ve read so you
can compare and contrast the information.
Reread the article to compare and contrast the
different kinds of animals.
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mily Feas
Vocabulary Fa t
by Arthur Stam
guests curiosity
banquet gaze
agreeable untrusting
Context Clues
A Synonym is a word that
has the same, or nearly the
same, meaning as another
word. When you read an
unfamiliar word, look for a
synonym nearby to use as a
context clue.
It was time for our

end-of-year class party,
and everyone was having
trouble coming up with good
ideas, including me.
“How about a carnival with games and cotton
candy?” said Penny.
“I know!” said Megan. “A talent show with
prizes and pizza!”
“Those are great ideas,” said Mr. Ortiz. “What
do you think about inviting our families to be
guests at a foods-of-the-world festival? We can
each bring our family’s favorite dish. All of that
food will make a lovely banquet.”
The class liked the idea and seemed agreeable
to it. I couldn’t wait to see what dishes would
arrive on the day of our party!
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“My family loves Italian food,” said Sophia

on the morning of the party. “I brought
spaghetti and meatballs.”
“This is our favorite,” said Sam. “It’s lamb
curry from India.”
“Wait until you taste my Mexican tamales,”
said Elena.
I looked at all the strange dishes with great
curiosity. Mr. Ortiz watched me gaze at each
dish. He thought I was untrusting. “I
can’t wait to try some of these foods,
Mr. Ortiz,” I said.
I tried chicken stew from Kenya,
German sausages, Greek salad,
and more. All of it was delicious!
Not only did I eat a world of food,
I met a world of families, too. We all
did. What a day!

Visualize
Make Inferences When authors develop a plot, they do Clue
not always tell readers every detail. Sometimes
readers have to make inferences to figure out missing Clue
information. To make inferences, use story clues and

Clue
what you already know. You can also visualize, or
picture, what is happening to help you make inferences. Inference
Reread the selection. Use your Inference Map to figure
out details the author left out.
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Vocabulary
Th Wind
nd th Sun
decorated
symbol
gnaws
securing
an Aesop’s Fable
darkened weakest retold by Jon Lory
Context Clues
Antonyms are words
that have opposite
meanings. When you read
an unfamiliar word, look for
an antonym nearby to use
as a context clue.
NARRATOR: Long ago, Wind and

Sun argued about which of them
was stronger. In the middle of
the argument, they saw a man
walking down the road. He wore
a coat that was decorated with a
NARRATOR: Wind went first.
picture of a gold ax on the front.
Sun hid behind a cloud to watch
The ax was the symbol of his
from the darkened sky.
trade. He was a woodcutter.
WIND: I will blow on the
SUN: Let’s try to get that coat off
woodcutter as hard as I can. I
the woodcutter. Whoever can do
know I can blow off that coat!
that is stronger. You go first.
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NARRATOR: So Wind blew on SUN: I will

the woodcutter as hard as shine my rays on
he could. the woodcutter
WIND: Whoooosh … whoooosh- as hard as I
whoooosh … WHOOOOOSH! can. I know
WOODCUTTER: Oh! How the cold that I will be
wind gnaws at my bones. It is able to remove
good that I have this warm coat that coat!
to wrap around me. NARRATOR: So Sun
NARRATOR: The woodcutter shined on the woodcutter as
walked on, securing his coat hard as he could.
even tighter around him. Wind WOODCUTTER: Oh! How hot the
gave up in despair. sun shines. It is far too warm for
WIND: That must have been the this coat! It is good that I can
weakest wind I have ever made! take it off.
It could not blow the coat off NARRATOR: So the woodcutter
the woodcutter. took off his coat, which proved
NARRATOR: It was now Sun’s turn that Sun was indeed stronger
to try. than Wind.

Generate Questions
Character
Summarize Generating, or asking, questions as you read can
help you summarize a story. Ask yourself what happens at Setting
the beginning, middle, and end. A Story Map can help you Beginning
keep track of characters, setting, and events in a story. You
can then use what you have learned to summarize the story. Middle
Reread the selection. Then use your Story Map to summarize

the story. End
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Real World Reading
Vocabulary
insightful
technique
investigate
cunning
majority
Children enjoy
the stories at Jonesboro.
D o you like to hear stories? Then

Jonesboro, Tennessee, is the place
it was the storyteller’s job to explain
why there are stars in the sky, why
for you. That’s where the National we laugh and cry,” says California
Storytelling Festival has been held storyteller Brenda Wong Aoki.
each year since 1973. The festival’s “Everyone can be a good
founders wanted people to enjoy storyteller. That’s what we do
the art of storytelling. Today, every day,” says Syd Lieberman,
more than 10,000 visitors laugh a storyteller from Chicago. One
and cry as they listen to insightful technique for telling stories is to
storytellers. describe your everyday life. Says
Why is storytelling so popular? Lieberman, “When you say, ‘Mom,
Stories tell us about our past—and listen to what happened today,’
maybe about our future. “Long ago, that’s the beginning of a story.”
when there were no books or TV,
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Vocabulary
tradition ingredient
magnificent recipes
masterpiece tasty
Dictionary
An Idiom is a phrase
Red and Her

with a meaning that is
different from the meaning
of each word in it.
see eye to eye = agree
Friends
by Marilyn MacGregor
A hen named Red lived in a city. Red and her

pals did everything together. On Monday morning,
as was their tradition, Red and her feline friend
Fiona went shopping. As they passed a trash-filled,
weed-covered lot, Red smiled. “Wouldn’t that lot be
a magnificent spot for a garden?” she asked.
Fiona didn’t see eye to eye with Red. “This place
is a mess. It’s a disaster!”
“We’d have to clean it up, of course,” said Red.
She saw their friend Ricardo and asked him for
help.
“Sorry. I have a dentist appointment,” Ricardo
barked and walked away wagging his tail.
Red was disappointed. Fiona hissed angrily.
“I’ll help you,” said Fiona.
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Red and Fiona cleaned the lot. “I’ll make dinner,” said Red.
Then it was time to plant seeds. “Each vegetable will be an
“I wish I could help,” said ingredient in my recipes for
Ricardo as he passed by, “but I cooking vegetable stew and
have bones to dig up.” pumpkin pie.” Red licked her lips.
“I’ll help,” said Fiona, shaking “Those are tasty dishes.”
her head at the dog. Ricardo happened to walk by
Red and Fiona planted carrots, just then.
pumpkins, and squash. Soon “I’d be happy to come to
the seeds grew and made the dinner,” he said.
garden beautiful. It looked like “You didn’t help clean, weed,
a masterpiece! Red asked her water, or pick. What makes you
friends to help weed and water. think you’re invited?” asked
Only Fiona had time to help. Fiona. Red nodded firmly.
When it was time to pick the Of course, Fiona was invited,
vegetables, only Red and Fiona and everything was delicious.
did the work.

Compare and Contrast To compare and contrast
is to tell how things are alike and different. To
compare and contrast characters you need to Different
Alike
make inferences about how the characters are
alike and different.
A Venn diagram can help you compare characters.
Reread the selection to compare Fiona with
Ricardo. As you read, think about each character’s
actions, traits, and feelings.
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Vocabulary
depart observed
suitable advised
increases discouraged
Dictionary
Unfamiliar Words can be
looked up in a dictionary to
find their meanings.
Count On
Use a dictionary to find
out what the word suitable
Detective
means.
Drake!
D
by Arthur Stamos
etective Drake was napping with his feet up on

his desk when the phone rang. He yawned and picked
it up. “Hello?” he said wearily. “I’ll take the case. I will
depart at once.” Drake grabbed his umbrella, which
was suitable for the rain outside, and walked out into
the noisy city.
The Case
Drake pulled up to the police station. “We’ve been
getting unfinished math problems in the mail,” the
Chief said. “They’re signed ‘Guessss Who?’ Every day
the number of letters increases. We keep getting more.
They are clogging up the mail room.”
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Drake looked at the paper in “Is it a code?” he thought

the Chief’s hand. He observed aloud. “Think, Drake, think!”
one letter’s clue: “Maybe it’s an alphabet code!”
+ 32 = 51 Guessss Who? Drake shouted. When he
matched the numbers to the
Gathering Clues
letters of the alphabet, this is
“The word guess isn’t spelled
what he had:
right,” Drake said thoughtfully.
“Give me the clues, Chief,” he AAEEEHJKKNST
said. “And if someone asks you, Case Solved!
say that I’ve advised you not “This doesn’t add up,”
to discuss the case. If you do he said, disappointed and
what I say, I’ll get this problem discouraged. He kept moving
solved quickly.” the letters around. Finally, he
Drake took the clues and had it: JAKE THE SNAKE.
e went back to his office. First, he

filled in the missing numbers.
Then, he wrote the numbers in
a notebook:
Drake called the Chief. “That
snake, Jake, is your man.”
“I knew I could count on you!”
said the Chief.
1 1 5 5 5 8 10 11 11 14 19 20

Character, Setting, Plot The structure of a story is made
up of the setting, the characters, and the story events, Clue Clue
or plot. The setting is when and where the story takes
place. In some stories, such as fairy tales or historical Setting
fiction, the setting can cause characters to act in certain

ways. Reread the selection and use your Setting Web to Clue Clue
record clues about the setting.
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Topic
Main Idea
Detail Detail

Main Idea
Detail 1
Detail 2
Summary

Clues Inference

Action Judgment

Cause Effect

Character
Setting
Beginning
Middle
End

Problem
Solution

Clues
Author’s Purpose

When they got to the classroom,/ / most of
the children were already in their seats.//
The class looked up as Mrs. Burton cleared
her throat.//
/ Class.//
“Class.// / Attention, / please,”
”/
/ said
Mrs. Burton.//
When the class was quiet she led Sarah to
the front of the room and said,// “Class, / I would
like you to meet.../
/ your new teacher, / Mrs. Sarah
Jane Hartwell.”//
—from First Day Jitters (pages 26–27)
Fluency Transparency 1 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

On Saturday Nana told Grace they were going
out. In the afternoon they caught a bus and train
going into town. Nana took Grace to a grand
theater. The sign outside read Romeo and Juliet
in sparkling lights.
“Are we going to the ballet, Nana?” asked
Grace.
“We are, honey, but first I want you to look
at this picture.”
Grace looked up and saw a beautiful young
ballerina in a tutu. Above the dancer it said
STUNNING NEW JULIET.
—from Amazing Grace (pages 50–51)

Everyone at Goodwillie pitches in to take care
of the chickens. They contribute by feeding the
chickens and taking turns cleaning the chicken
coop. Manure that is cleaned from the coop is
recycled. It makes compost for the school garden.
Compost helps plants grow. Students at Goodwillie
then study the plant growth in the garden.
—from Earth Smart (page 72)

The wolf stood up tall, took a deep breath ...
and leaped at the animals with a howl—
“AaaOOOOOooo!”
Chickens and rabbits ran for their lives, but
the duck, the pig, and the cow didn’t budge.
“What is that awful noise?” complained the
cow. “I can’t concentrate on my book.”
“Just ignore it,” said the duck.
The wolf did not like to be ignored.
“What’s wrong with you?” growled the wolf.
“Can’t you see I’m a big and dangerous wolf?”
I’m sure you are,” replied the pig. “But
couldn’t you be big and dangerous
somewhere else?”
—from Wolf!! (pages 88, 91)

Fluency Transparency 5
After breakfast we started pushing the old

furniture out to the back porch.// Everyone
helped.// We were like a mighty team of
powerful ants.//
We carried furniture,/ tools,/ and machines.//

We dragged bulging bags of old clothes and
toys.// We pulled boxes of treasures and
overflowing junk.// Finally,/ everything was out
except for a few cans of leftover paint from the
one time we had painted the house.//
—from My Very Own Room (page 126)

Brothers Billy and Joe and Ted stood there

laughing.// When the wood turned to coals,/ I
pushed my pie inside the old stove.// After a
while I smelled a bad burning.// I pulled out
my pie,/ hard as a rock.// Billy,/ Joe,/ and Ted
whooped and slapped their sides.// They snatched
up my pie and tossed it high into the air.// They
ran outside and Billy whacked it hard with a
stick.// Pie pieces flew all over the place,/ and
my brothers bent over,/ laughing.//
—from Boom Town (page 168)
Butterflies from the forest flew to the garden
to feed on the flowers.// Brent taught the
children how to capture the butterflies and take
them into the enclosure.// There,/ the butterflies
laid tiny eggs on the special plants.//
Brent also taught the children how to find
caterpillars and eggs.// (Some eggs are no bigger
than the period at the end of this sentence.)//
The kids learned to lift up leaves and look
around the plants.//
—from Home-Grown Butterflies (page 200)

The discovery of gold in 1848 sparked a large
wave of immigration. Nearly 500,000 people from
around the world rushed to California with dreams
of becoming rich. Among the people looking for
gold were people from China. By 1851 there were
25,000 Chinese people living in California.
—from “Coasting to California” (page 214)

Dear Fresno Bee,

My name is Angel and I am nine. I heard
that the Chaffee Zoo is having money problems.
I am very worried for the animals. I am worried
because they might not have enough food or
water or even might not have a home. They
deserve to have a home and be safe and warm.
I think that if everybody in Fresno gave $1.00
to the Chaffee Zoo it would help a lot. Here’s
my dollar.
Angelica Arellano
age 9
Fresno
—from Here’s My Dollar (page 229)
Things were really changing on Viola
Street now./// “This neighborhood looks like it’s
shaping up,””/ the lady at the Soap & Go said.//
Volunteers were working on two more empty
houses.//
/ And of course the Trans next
door didn’t mind when we wanted to get to
work early.//
This fall our family was notified that we’d be
working on our own house next spring/—number
/
one-forty-six Viola Street./// Whenever we pass
it,/
/ my mother says, / “I can imagine it finished
already.””//
/ I’ve already got my bedroom picked
out./// It’s the one with the window by the yard.//
—from A Castle on Viola Streett (page 266)

So here I am.// An author!// And every time
I sit down to write,/ perfect words line up in
perfect order and WHOOP—/a perfect book pops
out of the computer.//
Well,/ not exactly.// Sometimes writing stories
is so HARD for me!// I can’t come up with a
single idea,/ and my stories get stuck in the
middle,/ and I can’t think of a title,/ and I have
trouble making the changes my editor wants me
to make,/ and I lose my pencils,/ and I wonder
why I’m doing this,/ and I get very very
VERY frustrated.//
—from Author: A True Story (page 298)

“Grandma has a new cat,” Juno said as

he handed the letter to his mother. “And she’s
growing red and yellow flowers in her garden.”
“How do you know she has a new cat?”
Juno’s father asked.
“She wouldn’t send me a picture of a strange
cat,” said Juno.
“I guess not,” said Juno’s father.
“How do you know the flower is from her
garden?” asked Juno’s mother.
“She wouldn’t send me a flower from
someone else’s garden,” Juno answered.
—from Dear Juno (page 323)
In fact, IMing might make kids better students.
Typing a computer note to friends improves
writing skills. It also helps kids learn to type. They
may get fast enough to break a speed-typing
record!
“Language has always changed, and it always
will,” Naomi Baron told TFK. “It must change as
the things we do and the things we encounter
change.”
What a relief! G2G. L8R.
—from “Messaging Mania” (page 353)

First,/ illustrators decide which scenes in the
story they want to illustrate ...//
A plan shows which pictures go on which
pages.//
After illustrators make a plan for their book,/
they need to make a dummy.// (A dummy is
a model of the book.)// First they decide what
shape and size the book will be.//
Then they make sketches of the pictures that
will go on each page of the dummy.//
The first sketches are often rough scribbles on
tracing paper.//
—from What Do Illustrators Do? (page 365)

The next morning I woke up to the smell

of Grandma’s pancakes.
“Get up, Sean,” I said, poking him in his
ribs. “It’s time to get up!” We got dressed
and ran downstairs.
“Good morning, Grandma,” we sang as
we sat down to heaping plates of her
buttery-syrupy pancakes.
Uncle Charles walked in, grumpy as usual.
Sean and I covered our plates with our arms
because Uncle Charles liked to take bites of
your food.
“Stop it, Charles,” Grandma said just as he
reached for one of my pancakes.
“I only do it out of love,” Uncle
Charles replied, acting all innocent.
—from The Jones Family Express (page 400)

“Your father has decreed that all of his
property and possessions will be divided among
you equally,” said the Chief. “But first, by the
time the moon rises tonight, you must learn how
to make gold out of these spools of silk thread. If
you do not, you will be turned out of your home
as beggars.”
The oldest brother received blue thread. The
next brother, red. The next, yellow. The middle
son was given orange thread; the next, green; the
next, black; and the youngest son received white
thread. For once, the brothers were speechless.
—from Seven Spools of Thread (page 16)

Nacho panicked. He’d forgotten that Lolita
would have to leave. Now she might never return.
“Stay with me,” he pleaded.
“It’s too cold here in the winter. I must
migrate or I will die. You come with me,” she
begged. “You would love it in the south Americas.
Rivers overflow the banks, flowers decorate the
fields . . .” Lolita looked toward the ocean, as if she
couldn’t wait to cross it, “. . . and the sunsets are
the color of papayas.”
Nacho hung his head. “I can’t fly that far,” he
said sadly. “I am too big.”
“I’ve asked the others,” said Lolita. “There is
one idea that might work, if you are willing.”
—from Nacho and Lolita (pages 50–51)

California’s beautiful beaches may be in
danger. People sometimes dump trash on them,
leaving the beaches ugly and polluted. The state
cannot afford to pick up all the trash. Fortunately,
Californians lend a helping hand. Each year
50,000 volunteers grab large garbage bags and
rakes. Then they head to the shore for a busy
day of work. On this special day, the world’s
largest garbage collection takes place.
Coastal Cleanup Day is usually held in mid-
September, at the end of the beach season and
before school starts. There are more than 700
cleanup sites in California. Areas targeted for
cleanup are on the coast, in waterways, and
around other wildlife areas.
—from “A Solution to Pollution” (pages 72–73)

“Girls,/ you might as well know.// Your father
has lost his job.”//
“But he liked his job,”/ said Ramona,/
regretting the loss of that hamburger and those
French fries eaten in the coziness of a booth.//
She had known her father to change jobs because
he had not liked his work,/ but she had never
heard of him losing a job.//
“Was he fired?”/ asked Beezus,/ shocked at
the news.//
Mrs. Quimby opened the green beans and
dumped them into a saucepan before she
explained.// “Losing his job was not your father’s
fault.// He worked for a little company.// A big
company bought the little company and let out
most of the people who worked for the little
company.”//
—from Ramona and Her Father (pages 88–89)

Later, Ochoa was a mission specialist again on
a space flight in 1999. During this flight, she and
the crew delivered supplies to the International
Space Station (ISS). She also “walked” in space as
she worked on the ISS.
Finally, in 2002, Ochoa took her last space
flight. Again, she worked on the ISS. She used
the robotic arm to deliver supplies and help build
new parts of the space station.
—from Out of This World! (page 124)

Finally he feels the chick move inside the

egg. The chick pecks and pecks and pecks. In
about three days the egg cracks open.
The chick is wet. But soon his soft
feathers, called down, dry and become fluffy
and gray. The father still keeps the chick
warm in the brood patch. Sometimes the chick
pokes his head out. But while he’s so little, he
must stay covered. And he must stay on his
father’s feet. Otherwise the cold would
kill him.
—from Penguin Chick (page 155)
Have you ever heard people say someone
is as “busy as a beaver”?// You’d know what
they mean if you saw how much work goes into
building a beaver lodge.//
First,/ the beavers use sticks and mud to
make a dam across a stream.// Then water
backs up behind the dam to form a pond.// In
the center of the pond,/ the beavers build their
lodge.// It looks like nothing more than a pile of
sticks,/ but the lodge has a room inside that is
reached by underwater tunnels.// The beavers can
come and go easily,/ but it’s almost impossible
for wolves and other predators to find a way in.//
—from Animal Homes (page 185)

Another major change to animal environments
is caused by global warming.// Certain animals
now must adjust to Earth’s rising temparature.//
Some birds,/ fish,/ and turtles have changed
the way they migrate.// Some animals migrate,/
or travel,/ great distances each year to eat or
breed.//
For example,/ the loggerhead turtle and the
little egret bird used to migrate to southern
countries in winter.// Now those areas are too
warm for them.// So they swim and fly to cooler
places,/ closer to the north and south poles.// In
England,/ some birds have stopped flying south
and are staying put the whole year.
—from “Call of the Wild” (page 207)

“What do people catch in the Queensborough
Bridge—bugs?” asked Wilbur.
“No,” said Charlotte. “They don’t catch
anything. They just keep trotting back and forth
across the bridge thinking there is something
better on the other side. If they’d hang head-
down at the top of the thing and wait quietly,
maybe something good would come along. But
no—with men it’s rush, rush, rush, every minute.
I’m glad I’m a sedentary spider.”
“What does sedentary mean?” asked Wilbur.
“Means I sit still a good part of the time and
don’t go wandering all over creation.”
—from Wilbur’s Boast (page 225)

Chuckwallas are herbivores. A chuckwalla
likes flowers, leaves, and buds. Chuckwallas have
a unique way of protecting themselves from
predators. They have folds of loose skin on their
flat bodies. To escape danger, a chuckwalla will
crawl into a small space such as a crack in a
ledge. It then gulps air and puffs up its body so
it becomes wedged into place. It is practically
impossible to get a chuckwalla out until it is
good and ready to come out!
—from Unique Animals (page 255)

Something magical began to happen among
the villagers.// As each person opened their
heart to give,/ the next person gave even more.//
And as this happened,/ the soup grew richer and
smelled more delicious.//
“I imagine the Emperor would suggest we add
dumplings!”/ said one villager.//
“And bean curd!”/ said another.//
“What about cloud ear and mung beans and
yams?”/ cried some others.//
“And taro root and winter melon and baby
corn!”/ cried other villagers.//
—from Stone Soup (page 296)

LITTLE RED ANT: Wind must be the strongest.
I will ask. Wind, are you the strongest of all?
WIND: No, I am not the strongest.
LITTLE RED ANT: Who is stronger than you?
WIND: House is stronger. When I come to
House, I cannot move it. I must go elsewhere.
Here it comes!
As House walks onstage, Wind hurries offstage.
LITTLE RED ANT: House must be the strongest.
I will ask. House, are you the strongest of all?
HOUSE: No, I am not the strongest.
LITTLE RED ANT: Who is stronger than you?
HOUSE: Mouse is stronger. Mouse comes and
gnaws holes in me. Here it comes!
—from The Strongest One (pages 320–321)

A trickster is a character in a story.// Tricksters
use their wits to get what they want.// Sometimes
they trick other characters.// Sometimes they
are the ones being tricked.// A trickster doesn’t
always have the same name or even the same
body.// He is often an animal with human
features,/ such as a coyote,/ fox,/ tortoise,/ or
spider.//
—from “Tales of the Trickster” (page 340)

“Can I taste the flour?”/ asked Pig.//
“Not yet,/ Pig,”/ said Turtle.// “The recipe
says to sift it first.”//
“What does sift mean?”/ asked Iguana.//
“Hmmm,”/ said Turtle.// “I think sift means ‘to
search through’ ...”//
“You mean like when I sift through the
garbage looking for lunch?”/ asked Pig.//
“I can do that!”/ said Iguana.// And he dived
into the flour,/ throwing it everywhere!//
“No, no, no,”/ said Rooster.// “Don’t sift the
flour like that.// Put it through this sifter.”//
—from Cook-a-Doodle-Doo! (pages 360–361)

In another city, a merchant came before Aziza.

“Honored lady,” he said sweetly, “your clever
riddle has been solved. The riddle speaks of the
ways of the world, and the answer, therefore, is
money. For as everyone knows, in all matters that
count, money always comes first.” He smiled at
Aziza, sure that he had won her hand.
“Your answer is more clever than my riddle,”
said Aziza wearily. “But your clever answer
is wrong.”
“May I try another riddle?” asked
the merchant.
“No,” Aziza said. “One riddle, one answer.”
—from One Riddle, One Answer (page 399)
Prefixes
un- = not, opposite of
non- = not, the opposite of
1. The plumber was unable to fix the 1. not able
sink.
2 . It rained nonstop for three hours. 2. without stopping
3. It is unwise to go outside in 3. not wise
winter without a coat.
4 . The special glass that they put in

the windows is nonbreakable. 4. cannot be broken
5. The movie was supposed to be

scary, but I was unafraid. 5. not afraid
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nonsense chuckled nervous
trudged fumbled
Mitchell was upstairs in his

bedroom when his mother called
him. He came downstairs very slowly.
Then he put on his shoes and
(1) with the laces. Today 1. fumbled
was the first day of school. He was

worried and (2) . 2. nervous
“I think you should go without

me,” said Mitchell as he (3) to 3. trudged
the car. His feet felt so heavy. “I feel

sick.”
“That is (4) ,” said his 4. nonsense
mother. “It’s just not true. I’m sure

you will like your new school.”
A few hours later, Mitchell was

playing in the schoolyard. He begged
his mother to let him stay longer.
His mother smiled and (5) . “I 5. chuckled
guess it was a good idea to come

here after all.”
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Word Families
“Beatrice, some kindhearted people from far away
have given us a lucky gift.”
kindhearted kindly unkind kindness
1. Anna was happy to eat homemade bread. 1. made by hand at

home
2. Jason did his homework when he got home 2. school work that is
done at home
from school.
3. I felt homesick while I was on vacation. 3. sad because of

being away from
home
4. Ted lives in Uganda, but his homeland is the 4. country where
someone was born
United States.
auditions adventure exploring
sparkling fantastic success
1. Mark did poorly at the 1. auditions
and did not get a part in the

play.
2. Everyone had a great time at the

party. It was a ! 2. success
3. We could tell that the cook

worked very hard because the
food was . 3. fantastic
4. The sunshine hit the lake and the

water was . 4. sparkling
5. After we moved, we went 5. exploring
to find all the interesting places

in town.
6. I think climbing a mountain

would be quite an . 6. adventure

Thesaurus: Synonyms
eager happy impatient
flaw mistake problem
provide give offer
unique different special
1. My school is a unique place.
2. Students are eager to go there.
3. The teachers provide good classes.
4. I don’t think my school has a

single flaw.

donate members
unaware contribute
1. Our principal asked students to

their best ideas for 1. contribute
saving our planet.

2. One of the of the Art 2. members
Club came up with the idea of

making a giant poster.
3. The principal asked students to
paint, cloth, and markers 3. donate
for the poster.

4. The poster will warn people who
are of the dangers to 4. unaware
our environment.

She told her brother a secret in
confidence. She hoped he wouldn’t
tell anyone else. secretly; meaning 3
confidence noun 1. Feeling of trust.

The patient had confidence in
his dentist. 2. Feeling of belief in
oneself. The runner had confidence
she would win. 3. Secretly. Jane
told Phil about her new job in
confidence.
1. T
he parents put their confidence 1. meaning 1
in the baby-sitter. They trusted her.
2. Y
ou could see how much 2. meaning 2
confidence the winner had after

the race.

ached splendid admire
bothering concentrate passion
Jerry kept looking at the wolf at

the desk next to him. Wolves are
dangerous wild animals. They can
hurt smaller animals. Having a wolf
in class was (1) Jerry. He was 1. bothering
troubled because he couldn’t think

about his work or (2) on 2. concentrate
listening.
The wolf smiled and said, “You’re

a good student. I really (3) 3. admire
you! You have (4) for school. 4. passion
Most kids don’t like school as much

as you do.” Jerry couldn’t believe it.
The wolf was talking to him!
Then he smiled so hard that his
eyes hurt and his head (5) . 5. ached
“I think it’s (6) that you’re 6. splendid
in our class,” Jerry said. “It is

wonderful that you are learning
to read.”

Suffixes -er, -est

young = young + er = younger (more young)
young + est = youngest (most young)
happy = happi + er = happier (more happy)
happi + est = happiest (most happy)
1. Her room was smaller than the kitchen. 1. small + er, more small
Her room was the smallest room in the house. small + est, most
small
2. The bed was softer than her old bed. 2. soft + er, more soft
The bed was the softest bed in the world! soft + est, most soft
3. The bedside lamp was prettier than the living 3. pretti + er, more
pretty
room lamp.
It was the prettiest lamp in the home. pretti + est, most
pretty
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separate determination storage

exact ruined luckiest
“Come help me clean out the (1) 1. storage
shed,” Dad said to Lou. “Some of the things

stored there are (2) . Now they are good 2. ruined
for nothing.”
Lou and Dad took boxes out of the shed. One

big crate was filled with old record albums. Lou
started to (3) the broken records from the 3. separate
ones in good shape. “Let’s sell the good ones!”

Lou said. “They could be worth something.” He
spoke with (4) . “The music store buys old 4. determination
records. These may be the (5) kind 5. exact
they want.”
Lou’s Dad drove to the store. The owner

bought the records. Lou thought he was the
(6) boy in town. 6. luckiest
Compound Words
Amanda did not use a cookbook to make her pies.
cook + book = cookbook: a book for a cook
1. A cobbler is a shoemaker. 1. shoemaker; shoe,

maker; person who
makes shoes
2. The sign in front of the store was handmade. 2. handmade; hand,
made; made by
hand
3. Do you think Amanda’s town needs 3. newspaper; news,
paper; a publica-
a newspaper? tion printed on
paper with news
stories.
4. The headline of the story read, “GOLD!” 4. headline; head,
line; larger, top
line of a news
story
sidewalks grumbled traders

blossomed wailed lonesome
Once a man named Old Jim had a lot

of problems. A weaker man might have
(1) about his troubles, but Old Jim 1. wailed
didn’t like to cry. He built a house where

he could live alone in peace.
After awhile, Jim found his home (2) . 2. lonesome
One day, a pair of traveling salesmen came by.

He liked the (3) so much that he invited 3. traders
them to stay. They moved in and set up a store.

Word spread. People came from all around and
the business (4) . 4. blossomed
Soon other stores sprang up. People built

(5) next to the dusty roads. “It’s 5. sidewalks
too crowded,” Old Jim (6) . Then he 6. grumbled
remembered how lonesome his old house had

been. Maybe the new town was a good thing

after all.
supply noun 1. An amount of something that

is available. He checked the supply of milk
on hand. 2. (Usually used as plural, supplies.)
Materials that can be stored and used. We
bought cleaning supplies at the supermarket.
verb To provide what is needed. Hotels usually
supply towels.
1. A paintbrush is the art supply I need. 1. noun 2
2 . Many schools supply snacks to students in 2. verb
the morning.
3. The supply of cups was almost used up. 3. noun 1

capture enclosure protect
supply disappear harming
A certain kind of toad lives in the
grassy prairie. The toads used to be
plentiful, but not anymore. Every year,
more of them seemed to (1) . 1. disappear

Some scientists wanted to know
what was (2) the toads. They 2. harming
decided to get involved. If they could

learn more, they might be able to
(3) the toads. 3. protect

The scientists built a large

(4) . They made sure there 4. enclosure

would be enough food, with a good
(5) of insects for the toads 5. supply

to eat. The scientists were able to
(6) some toads and study 6. capture
them. Soon they learned what was

causing the toad population to grow
smaller.

Antonyms Antonyms:
1. I have visited several communities 1. several; not a few
in San Francisco, but few have

impressed me as much as
Chinatown.
2. We visited the ancient 2. ancient; not new
communities and learned new

things about the Anasazi.
3. Some communities in the city are 3. dangerous; not
safe
dangerous, but others are safe.
4. Some communities in California 4. famous; not known
are famous, and others are

unknown.
5. People from the present learn 5. present; not past
about the past from ancient

communities.

immigrants communities culture
established traditional
1. Many settled in the 1. immigrants
United States in the 1800s.

2. The people wanted to hold onto
the of the countries they 2. culture
came from.
3. For that reason, they formed
their own with people 3. communities
from back home.

4. Some people neighbor- 4. established
hoods that are still in existence

today.
5. Many people today still eat the
foods that their ancestors 5. traditional
ate in faraway countries a long

time ago.

Examples
1. Apes, monkeys, and humans are all primates. 1. Primates are apes,
monkeys, and
humans.
2 . You must walk around the zoo since cars, 2 . Cars and trucks are
vehicles.
trucks, and other vehicles are not allowed.
3. The animals come from rain forests, deserts, 3. Habitats are rain
forests, deserts,
mountains, and many other habitats. mountains.
4. Small rodents such as rats, mice, and gerbils 4. Rodents are ani-
mals such as rats,
are in a special room. mice, and gerbils.
5. In the wild, wolves, lions, and hawks are all 5. Wolves, lions, and
hawks are kinds of
predators. predators.
tour volunteers thrilled
slogan deserve
The zoo did not have much money.

The zoo director put an ad in the
local newspaper. The ad began with
the (1) , “Put a Zoo in 1. slogan
Your Life.” The whole community

saw the ad.
Many people called. They wanted

to be (2) so they could 2 . volunteers
help at the zoo. The director

interviewed everyone who called. She
explained that the zoo needed people
to feed and care for the animals. “Our
animals (3) the best care,” 3. deserve
she said.
Some volunteers started to lead a

(4) of the zoo. They took 4. tour
grownups and children around to see

the animals. All of the visitors were
(5) to see the wonderful 5. thrilled
changes at the zoo.

Paragraph Clues
We were playing ball in the street. My little
sister came outside and sat on the steps of the came outside and
sat; steps
stoop to watch us. That’s when Kevin hit the

muddy ball into the neighbors’ door. It made a
huge dirty mark. We waited for the people who

own the house to come out. The owners were people who own
the house
on vacation, though.

Dad heard the ball hit, and gathered some
cleaning equipment. He got a cloth and poured cleaning equipment

some detergent in a bucket of water. Dad washed washed
the whole door until it sparkled. What will the

neighbors think when they see their shiny door?
appliances construction
project equipment
leaky owners
The main part of the city is very

old. It would be a big (1) 1. project
to repair everything. One building

has a (2) roof. When 2. leaky
it rains, water drips in and makes

everything wet. That building has a
store that sells (3) such 3. appliances
as washers and dryers.
The store (4) held a 4. owners
meeting. They wanted to fix up the

buildings. One woman said, “If we
all work together, we can get more
done.” Everyone agreed to help with
the (5) . They decided 5. construction
to repair one building at a time.
The hardware store owner said, “I

can supply the (6) for 6. equipment
the work.” He gave out hammers,

nails, saws, and other tools. Soon the
stores will look like new.

Word Clues
1. T
he author felt frustrated. She was 1. clue: discouraged;
frustrated means
discouraged when she couldn’t “feeling discouraged
when unable to do
think of any new ideas. something”
2. The ideas slowly stopped coming 2. clue: stopped;

fizzled means
to the writer. They fizzled out. “died out”
3. The boy was bored because he 3. clue: not interested;

bored means
was not interested in watching T.V. “not interested”
4. At book-signing sessions, authors 4. clue: book-signing;

autograph means
autograph their books for fans. “sign your own
name”

excitement single useful
talented acceptance proper
Ben can write funny stories. “I’m

proud of you, Ben. You are a very
(1) writer,” his teacher told him. 1. talented
Ben always gets an (2) for 2. acceptance
his stories from the school

newspaper. He never hears, “No, we
don’t want your story.” The school
paper has one of Ben’s stories in
every (3) issue. 3. single
“What is the (4) way to 4. proper
write a story?” Sara asked Ben. “I

want to be sure I’m doing the right
thing when I write one. Can you
give me any (5) hints? I could 5. useful
really use some of your help.”
“There’s no right or wrong way,”

said Ben. “If you show that you are
interested in your story, readers will
feel (6) , too.” 6. excitement

Sentence Clues
Tucked inside were a picture and a
dried flower.
1. A
t sunset, Juno saw the colors of 1. clues: sunset,
colors, pink;
the sky change from pink crimson is a
shade of red
to crimson.
2. Juno climbed up into the 2. clues: branches, leaf;

foliage means the
branches and picked a big leaves on a plant
leaf from the foliage.
3. As Juno watched the airplane in 3. clues: airplane, final,

Korea; destination is
the sky, he wondered if its final the end point of
a journey
destination would be Korea.

announced crackle noticed
soared starry
On Thanksgiving Day, my family

went for a hike. As we walked, we
heard the dry leaves (1) under 1. crackle
our feet. Then, we looked up and

saw a group of birds. They (2) 2. soared
high over our heads.
After dinner, Dad told us something

important. He (3) that we 3. announced
would visit Grandpa next month.

Then I (4) a big yellow 4. noticed
envelope that had come in the mail.

Inside of it there was a photograph.
It was a picture of Grandpa’s new
house.
Before I went to bed that night,

I looked up at the (5) sky. 5. starry
There were so many little stars up

there. Soon Grandpa and I would be
looking up at them together.

Dictionary: Homographs
1
lead (lēd) verb to guide or show
the way. Technology will lead us
into the future.
2
lead (led) noun 1. a heavy, soft,
gray metal that is easy to blend
2. the soft black substance in a
pencil
1. The water pipes in my house are

not made of lead. 1. noun 1
2 . Our teacher will lead the class to 2. verb
the lunchroom.
3. The lead in my pencil broke, and 3. noun 2
now I can’t write.

estimate focus record
1. The fifth graders set a for 1. record
using the most IM abbreviations in

their text messages.
2. The teacher does not yet know

the number of students in her
class, so she will have to 2. estimate
the number of books she needs.
3. It is important to on a 3. focus
person’s eyes when that person is

speaking to you.

Sentence Clues
1. Illustrators use pens. They also 1. clues: pens, brushes,
other drawing;
use brushes and other drawing meaning: “tools”
implements.
2. T
he artist discarded the drawing. 2. clue: thrown it
away; meaning:
Later he was sorry that he had “put it in the trash”
thrown it away.
3. T
he painter used a new technique. 3. clue: held the brush
in a different way;
She held the brush in a different meaning: “the way
something is done”
way when she painted the ocean.

style instance sketches
illustrate suggestions textures
Our class wants to make a picture
book about a trip. Some students
will write a story. Students who like
to draw will (1) it. 1. illustrate
Now we have to make some

decisions. For (2) , we 2. instance
must decide what kind of paper to

use. Paper comes in different sizes
and (3) . We think 3. textures
smooth paper is best.

We will also decide what the
pictures will look like. Each artist
has a different (4) of 4. style
drawing. They can use either colored

pencils or markers. First they will do
some quick drawings and will show
(5) to the writers. 5. sketches
The writers will make some

(6) about how to 6. suggestions
make the illustrations even better.

Our book is going to be fantastic!

Homophones
The bride walked down the aisle.
They rowed to the tiny isle in the
river.
aisle (ı̄l) noun The space between

rows of seats or shelves. A movie
theater aisle is often narrow.
isle (ı̄l) noun An island. The Isle

of Man is a very small island.
1. Steven wanted to buy/by a gift 1. buy
for Carolyn.
2 . He didn’t no/know what to get 2. know
her.
3. He hoped to find a grate/ 3. great
great present.
4 . Steven found just the right/ 4. right
write thing.

annual expensive innocent
politely potential wrapping
Every year our family goes to the

zoo. On this (1) trip we always 1. annual
visit the reptile house.
This year, I searched for a great

gift. I walked up and down the aisles
of the store. Finally I saw something
that looked promising. It had the
(2) to be the perfect present. 2. potential
Using my best manners, I asked

(3) for the price. I didn’t have 3. politely
much money, but the item was not

(4) . 4. expensive
I wrapped the gift in a box. Jed

tore the paper (5) off his gift 5. wrapping
and out popped a big, fake snake! I

tried to look (6) . My laughter 6. innocent
showed that I was guilty.

We could make a cloth out of this thread.
thread (thred) noun 1. A very thin string

used to sew. He bought a spool of thread.
2. The ridges on a screw. The thread on a
screw makes it hold tightly.
verb 1. To put a piece of thread through

a hole. Please thread the needle for me.
2. Move through a crowd. Thread your way
through the crowd to the front.
1. It was hard to thread the needle. 1. verb meaning 1
2. The thread on the screw is worn down. 2. noun meaning 2
3. He used red thread to mend the shirt. 3. noun meaning 1
4. We will thread our way through the crowd. 4. verb meaning 2
argued fabric possessions
purchased quarreling beamed
King Midas was a very rich man. He

bought everything he wanted. The king
(1) things with gold coins. 1. purchased
His (2) filled three palaces, 2. possessions
but he wanted more. “I want everything

I touch to turn into gold,” he said.
The hot sun (3) through 3. beamed
the palace window. The king’s daughter

(4) with her father. She did 4. argued
not agree with him. “How will you eat?” she

asked. “Your food will turn to gold. When you
touch your clothes, the (5) 5. fabric
will turn to gold, too.”
The king didn’t want to fight. “Let’s stop

(6) ,” he said. He gave his 6. quarreling
daughter a big hug. Then she turned into a

gold statue!
Thesaurus: Related Words
crunchy chewy crispy crumbly
forage hunt look search
squeaks shriek squawk squeal
swoops dips dives flies
1. Mama bird hears the squeaks of 1. squeal
her baby birds.
2 . She swoops down to check on 2. dives
them. They are hungry.
3. She needs to hunt for crunchy 3. crispy
insects for her babies.
4 . Mama Bird will forage in the 4. hunt
ground for bugs.

brilliance affection pleaded
exhausted guarantee preparations
1. T
he Cruz family weeded the
flowerbeds and trimmed the trees
as part of the for the 1. preparations
annual Spring celebration.
2. Their hard work and dedication

would a large turnout. 2. guarantee
3. Timothy with his parents 3. pleaded
to let him attend the celebration.
4. All of the visitors were amazed

at the of the flowers in 4. brilliance
the gardens.
5. Timothy felt much for 5. affection
each of his family members.
6. At the end of the celebration, the

Cruz family felt from all 6. exhausted
of the hard work.

Suffixes -ful, -ly
1. Volunteers are cleaning up the
beach near my home. I hope they
work quickly! 1. in a quick way
2 . My grandmother is thankful that 2. full of thanks
she lives near the beach.
3. She likes to sit quietly by the 3. in a quiet way
shore.
4 . The volunteers are joyful as they 4. full of joy
work together.
5. We will cheer loudly when the 5. in a loud way
work is done.

utilize awareness
pollution emphasize
1. A speaker came to our school

yesterday to warn us about the
dangers of . 1. pollution
2 . She encouraged us to 2. utilize
our natural resources to save

our planet.
3. She tried to the 3. emphasize
importance of working together.
4 . After hearing the speaker, our

of these important issues 4. awareness
grew so much.

Prefixes
re- = again
un- = not
mis- = incorrect
pre- = before
1. W
e had to precook the meat 1. cook before
before adding it to the soup.
2. I was undecided as to whether 2 . not decided
or not I should serve bread with

the soup.
3. Anthony came home late so we

had to reheat the soup. . heat again
3

4. We misjudged the heat of the 4. incorrectly judged

fired and ended up burning
the soup!
5. It was unavoidable—we had to go 5. not able to avoid
out for pizza!

anxious cross managed
alarmed pretend unfortunately
My cousin Tim (1) our 1. managed
class play. He was completely in

charge. (2) things kept 2 . Unfortunately
going wrong. I ripped my costume

and Hilda forgot her lines. Tim
told me how (3) he was 3. anxious

about our performance. He was
very nervous about the play. When
Phoebe tore a piece of the scenery,
Tim became so (4) that 4. cross

his face turned red. Then we all
became (5) when we 5. alarmed

found out that the local news station
was coming to watch our play. We
decided on opening night to
(6) we knew what we 6. pretend
were doing, even if we didn’t. We

got great reviews all around—even
from the local news station. Tim’s
play was a hit!

Thesaurus: Related Words possible answers:
Directions: Replace the underlined

word in each sentence below with a
related word. Use a thesaurus to help
look up related words.
1. The expert heats the food 1. specialist
very quickly.
2 . The astronauts can now spend

more time doing experiments. 2. research
3. They can learn more about the

phases of the Moon. 3. stages
4 . They will also have more time

to deliver supplies to the 4. necessities
International Space Station.
5. The astronauts made a new

creation that helps cook food 5. invention
in space.

decisions communicate essential
responsible research specialist
1. My team wanted to robots. 1. research
2 . We made about where 2. decisions
we would find our information

and facts.
3. I was for drawing pictures 3. responsible
that show how robots work.
4 . We talked to a computer 4. specialist
who explained how she teaches

the robots to follow instructions.
5. We learned that it is for 5. essential
the robots to be trained correctly.
6. Our favorite part was when we

learned that robots and people
can ! 6. communicate

Homographs
The penguin father can live longer
without food.
1can (kan) verb To be able to.

2can (kan) noun 1. A metal
container in the shape of a
cylinder. Many foods are sold in
cans. 2. verb To put into a can.
We are going to can fruit.
1. We are going to can our 1. verb; to put into

a can
tomatoes.
2. Penguins can swim. 2. verb; to be able
3. We bought a can of beans. 3. noun; metal

container

fierce echoes shuffles
huddle junior down
In Antarctica, the cold weather is

(1) . It’s probably colder and 1. fierce
more violent than anywhere else

on Earth.
You can watch as a penguin

father slowly (2) along the 2. shuffles
ice. The father doesn’t pick up his

feet because he is carrying an egg
on them. The father’s loud call
(3) across the ice. You can 3. echoes
hear it again and again.
Weeks later you can see penguin

chicks covered with soft gray
(4) . Nearby, a group of adult 4. down
penguins stand close together in a

(5) . In a few months, you can 5. huddle
see (6) penguins slide down 6. junior
hills on their bellies. What fun it is

to be young!

Homophones
They patched up the broken window
with a wooden board.
She fell asleep because she was

bored.
board (bôrd) noun A flat piece of

stiff material used for a specific
purpose. They played the game on
a checker board.
bored (bôrd) transitive verb To

make tired by being dull. The
movie bored him because it was
too slow.
1. The giant ate/eight fourteen eggs 1. ate
and ten slices of toast.
2 . She chose the red/read skirt 2. red
because she liked the bright color.
3. The baker needed a sack of flower/ 3. flour
flour so he could make bread.
4 . The deer/dear ran away because it 4. deer
was frightened.

architects shelter structures
contain retreats shallow
Last week I helped my grandfather

tend his honeybees. The bees live
behind his house in boxes called
hives. That’s where they store their
honey. Grandpa checks often to see
how much honey they (1) . 1. contain
Later we went down to the pond.

Beavers build strong houses there.
They build these (2) out of 2. structures
sticks, stones, and mud. Beavers are

wonderful (3) ! 3. architects
The beavers’ dam has made a deep

pond where once there was only a
(4) stream. The beavers have 4. shallow
built a (5) , called a lodge, in 5. shelter
the pond. We walked quietly, hoping

to see a beaver. When a beaver
hears someone, it (6) quickly 6. retreats
to the safety of the lodge.

Synonyms
1. Cactuses thrive in hot, dry places. 1. succeed
They succeed in living with very

little rain.
2 . The patter of the rain kept me 2. tapping
awake. The loud tapping noise

kept me awake.
3. We were shocked to see a coyote 3. upset
in our yard. We were so upset

that we talked about it for weeks.
4 . The seeds quickly developed into 4. grew
healthy young plants. As they grew,

they turned my garden green.
5. Bears often prowl around 5. lurk
campsites and lurk around any

food or garbage.

crucial adjust survive
source unpredictable
1. A National Wildlife Refuge is a

place that helps animals 1. survive
who otherwise might not live.
2 . Some animals to living 2. adjust
there after their homes have

been destroyed.
3. Sometimes people have destroyed

those homes. At other times,
weather is to blame. 3. unpredictable
4 . A refuge provides a 4. source
of food for the animals.
5. It’s for people to make 5. crucial
safe places for animals to live.

Prefixes
dis- = not, opposite of
pre- = before
re- = again, back
un- = not, opposite of
1. The lamb was unkind to poor Wilbur. 1. not kind
2. F
ern did not want to prejudge the lamb for 2. judge before
making Wilbur cry.
3. How could anyone dislike Wilbur? 3. not like
4. A
fter the interruption, Charlotte returned to 4. turned again
her weaving.
5. C
harlotte and Wilbur were good friends and
they did not disagree very often. 5. not agree
conversation boasting interrupted
seized scrambled rebuild
Walt liked to talk about his pig,

Curly. He was always (1) 1. boasting
about how smart Curly was. Walt’s

friend Zach was tired of hearing
about it. He wanted to have a
(2) about something else. 2. conversation
The next time Walt talked about

Curly, Zach (3) and 3. interrupted
changed the subject.
“Say, did you hear about

Mr. Zuckerman’s barn? A tree fell
through the roof, and now they
have to (4) the barn.” 4. rebuild
“That was a bad storm,” Walt

said. “The wind really blew the trees
back and forth. I’ll bet it made the
whole barn sway.” As he talked,
Walt threw a toy in the air. Curly
(5) the toy and ran away 5. seized
with it. Walt (6) after him, 6. scrambled
rushing to catch up.
“You’re right. That’s one smart

pig,” said Zach, as he watched.

Dictionary: Unfamiliar Words
maj • or (mā´j r) 1. adjective. Bigger
e
or more important. The major
expense of our vacation was the
cost of gas for the car. 2. noun
An officer in the armed forces. The
major gave the soldiers their orders.
There are four major deserts in the

Southwest.
1. The flowers’ loud colors amazed me.
2. We rode the local train.
3. Jan wore a new outfit on the first

day of school.

related female identical
sight odor venom
1. I looked around the desert and

saw an amazing . There 1. sight
were lots of unusual plants and

animals.
2. Then, an armored armadillo

walked right past me! Armadillos
are to anteaters. That 2. related
means they are in the same

family.
3. The armadillo must have been

, because four babies 3. female
walked right behind her.
4. The babies were . They 4. identical
all looked the same!
5. I also saw a rattlesnake. Rattle

snakes have poisonous . 5. venom
6. The in the desert smelled 6. odor
like baked dirt.

Synonyms
1. The old man told tales to the 1. stories
children. They liked listening to

his stories.
2 . We invited visitors to our 2. guests
home for dinner. They were

our favorite guests.
3. The monks gave the villagers a 3. gift
present. It was the best gift any

one had ever given them.
4 . I want to begin reading the book. 4. start
I can start reading it now.
5. Kim has to rush to class. She must 5. hurry
hurry to be on time.

agreeable banquet curiosity gaze
guests untrusting
On New Year’s Day our town always

has a feast. Last year everyone came
to the special (1) . All of the 1. banquet
(2) brought their favorite foods. 2. guests
One family brought a huge pot

of orange soup. I focused my
(3) into the pot along with 3. gaze
everyone else. The strange food was

a (4) to us. We had never 4. curiosity
seen orange soup before.
At first the guests didn’t want to

taste the soup. They were (5) 5. untrusting
of eating strange food. Then they

tasted the soup. The flavor was so
pleasant and (6) that they 6. agreeable
wanted more. By the end of

the feast, the huge pot was empty.

Antonyms
1. Winter days are cold, and summer 1. cold/hot
days are hot.
2. This is a beautiful photograph, but 2. beautiful/ugly
the frame is ugly.
3. I like new books better than 3. new/old
old books.
4. Jacob’s shirt was clean, but his 4. clean/dirty
pants were dirty.
5. The fast rabbit thought he could 5. fast/slow
beat the slow turtle in the race.

weakest gnaws decorated
darkened symbol securing
1 . The mouse on cheese with 1. gnaws
its sharp teeth.
2. Hana was the zipper so 2. securing
her coat would stay closed.
3. All the lights were off in

the room. 3. darkened
4. The living room was with 4. decorated
pictures and flowers.
5. A dove is a of peace. 5. symbol
6. Jamie thought that ants were

the animals. Then she 6. weakest
learned that ants are actually

very strong.

Prefixes and Suffixes
Prefixes/Suffixes Definition
un- not
-ful full of
-ly in a way
-er more
-est most
1. I unexpectedly tricked the 1. in a way that

was not
trickster. expected
2. I spoke truthfully when he 2. in a way that

was full of
thought I would lie. He did just truth
the opposite of what I said.
3. He was the unhappiest person 3. most unhappy
around when he found out his

mistake.
4. Now he is unfriendlier to me than 4. more unfriendly
before.
5. Hopefully, he will not try to trick 5. in a way that

is full of hope
me again.

insightful technique majority
investigate cunning
1. I love listening to storytellers, so

I many storytelling events 1. investigate
in my area.
2. The of the stories at 2. majority

these events are about tricksters.
3. Usually the trickster is a 3. cunning
animal, like a fox.
4. These stories often teach 4. insightful
lessons.
5. One storyteller’s may be 5. technique
different from the others. Still,

the lesson often is the same.

Idioms
Idiom Meaning
on cloud nine very happy
a piece of cake easy
eat one’s words to take back something

one said
1. A
llison was very happy when she won first 1. on cloud nine
place. She was .
2. It was easy for Sarah to do her homework. It 2. a piece of cake

was .
3. In the interview before the game, the player

3. eat his words.
said he was on the better team. If he loses,
he’ll have to take that back,
or .
masterpiece tasty tradition
magnificent ingredient recipes
The cook wanted to make a (1) dish 1. magnificent
for the banquet. It had to be wonderful.
She carefully read all of her favorite (2) 2. recipes
to find the perfect food. The directions for

cooking were easy to follow.
She listed each (3) for the dish. One 3. ingredient
item was hard to find. “How will we get this?”

her helper shouted.
“I’ll find it,” the cook said. And she did. The
dish she cooked was a (4) . It was a 4. masterpiece
great example of her skill.
Everyone loved the food’s delicious flavor. It

was very (5) . The banquet became a 5. tasty
yearly event, a real (6) . 6. tradition

Unfamiliar Words
“Let me pose a riddle,” Aziza said.
“The riddle has but one true answer.
Whoever can answer the riddle will
be the one I would be happiest to
marry.”
pose (p z) verb 1. To hold a

particular position or posture, as
in sitting for a portrait. Miriam can
pose for the artist on Sunday. 2.
To set forth in words. The teacher
will pose a new question each day.
1. The class held a meeting to pose

the question of school elections 1. meaning 2
2 . Uncle Stewart told us to pose for

the camera. 2. meaning 1

advised depart discouraged
increase observed suitable
Tom loves jigsaw puzzles. One

evening Dad gave him a difficult
puzzle. He said, “This puzzle is hard.
Don’t lose hope and be (1) 1. discouraged
if it takes you a long time to put it

together.”
Tom worked hard to find the

(2) pieces that were just right 2. suitable
and fit perfectly. Dad watched

carefully and (3) him. 3. observed
At bedtime Tom said, “I wish we

could (4) the number of 4. increase
hours in the day. I don’t want to

(5) for bed yet.” 5. depart
Dad made a suggestion. He

(6) Tom to finish the puzzle 6. advised
the next day. Tom was very tired so

he climbed up the stairs and went
to bed.

Use a Dictionary
neigh/Nepal
neigh (nâ) n. the sound a horse makes. The horse’s
neigh got our attention. v. to make the sound that a
horse makes. The horses always neigh when they see
us. neighs, neighed, neighing
neighbor (nâ'b r) n. 1. a person who lives near
e
another. Our neighborr has a dog. 2. a person,

place, or thing located next to another. Mexico is
a neighborr of the United States. 3. a fellow human
being. I am happy when good things happen to my
neighbor.
r neighbors
neon (nē' on) n. A gas that has no color or odor.

Tubes filled with neon are used in electric signs.
Nepal (n pôl' or n päl') n. a country in central

e e
Asia. Maria visited Nepal.
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Table of Contents
Preface ………………………………………………………2
Chapter 1 The First Artists ……………………4
In North America ………………………………6
In South America …………………………… 18
Chapter 2 Rock Art …………………………… 32
Chapter 3 Pictographs………………………… 54
Glossary ……………………………………………… 106
Index ………………………………………………………112
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California, 74–75, 79
Cave of the Painted Rock, 84
Caves, painted 10, 63–64
Chumash rock paintings, 35–36
Chile, 95

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When Henry Ford offered the Model T
automobile for sale, he proudly showed
off a car that was sturdy enough to
travel over bumpy country roads without
breaking down. Ford charged about $850
for the automobile, a price many working
people could afford.
Ford sold the first Model T in 1908.
One year later, he had sold 10,000
Model Ts. Then he opened a big factory
in Michigan. Some people did not think
this was a good idea. They thought the
automobile was just another fad and
that people would stop buying them
soon enough.
As you know, those predictions
turned out to be incorrect. Today, many
automobile companies make and sell
many popular cars and trucks.

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rent past stop trot

drop drip slam slim

stun hens clip dug

rip trip trap slap

kept wept slug club

pack unpack jump jumping

stop stopping will willful

run rerun trick tricky

bat batter rest resting

sick sickly hot hotdog

help helpless sap sapling

make while gave wove

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drive scrape grim grime

outside eve ripe paste

behave stove debate scene

plate glide huge globe

tape retape plane airplane

bone backbone hive beehive

ripe unripe side beside

cake pancake hole pothole

rise sunrise made handmade

grade upgrade late lately

day great play tail

made raise away create

tap tape ran rain

wave bake break weigh

tray plane spray gate

brain grape whale neighbor

make remake great greatest

mail mailing plain explain

pain painful wait waiter

day daylight raise raising

way away ran outran

rail railway weight weightless

old told gold so

bat boat got goat

bowl blow known slow

goal pole groan coast

fold sold hole coat

moan moaning hold household

blow blowing told retold

coat raincoat show showboat

fold unfold boat lifeboat

load reload low below

slow slowly grow growing

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