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Fun Facts Families

• In 2003 almost 706,000 immigrants came by G. L. Perkins
to the United States.
• El Salvador is the smallest country in
Central America. It is about the size of
Massachusetts.
• Many Bantu celebrate Deb-Shid, a festival
in which people dance and sing around a
bonfire to greet the new year.

Comprehension
Genre Text Features
Skill
Nonfiction Recall and Retell • Glossary
• Headings

Scott Foresman Social Studies

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 Meet Malik and Sofía. They will tell
you about how their families came to Write to It!
live in the United States.
Malik and Sofía have learned
Vocabulary Meet Our
many things about the United
States. Choose one holiday or
immigrant
holiday
custom
Families
custom that we follow here.
Write a paragraph to tell why we
celebrate it.
by G. L. Perkins

Write your paragraph on another sheet

of paper.

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 Many people living in the United States My parents came to the United States
are immigrants. so they could find better jobs.
Immigrants are people who have In Somalia we did not have electricity
moved here from other countries. or a washer and dryer!
Malik
My name is Malik.
My family is from an African country
called Somalia.
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 In the United States I learned about the Sofía
Independence Day holiday. I am Sofía.
There is a custom of celebrating with My grandparents are from El Salvador
parades and fireworks. in Central America.
They came to the United States long
before I was born.
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 My father knew that a good education My family has the good life my
was important. grandparents wanted for us.
My father met my mother when they We are very happy here.
were in college.

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 Meet Malik and Sofía. They will tell
you about how their families came to Write to It!
Glossary
live in the United States.
Malik and Sofía have learned
Vocabulary many things about the United
custom a special way that a group does
immigrant States. Choose one holiday or
something
holiday custom that we follow here.
holiday
customa special day Write a paragraph to tell why we
immigrant a person who settles in a celebrate it.
new country
Write your paragraph on another sheet
of paper.

Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for
photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to
ISBN: 0-328-14819-9
correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.
Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.
Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman,
a division of Pearson Education.
All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is
protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher
Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R),
prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission
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in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or
likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department,
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Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.
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