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THEME: We Are Special
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Can Pat Jump? Words to Know .............8
Pam and Sam Fantasy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
by Nancy Tafuri

Our Best Days Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Writing: Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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THEME: Ready, Set, Move!
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Yes, I Can! Words to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
I Can! Can You? Rhyming Story . . . . . . . 44
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by Cathy Roper, illustrated by Lorinda Bryan Cauley

Run! Jump! Swim! Science . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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Writing: Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

THEME: Growing Up
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
I Am a Big Kid Words to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
How You Grew Nonfiction Article . . . . . . 70

Birds Get Big Social Studies . . . . . 78

Writing: Descriptive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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 THEME: Pets
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Come Down, Brad! Words to Know . . . . . . . . 84
Pet Tricks Realistic Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
by Ed Reyes, illustrated by Joe Cepeda

What Pets Need Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Writing: Descriptive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

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THEME: Teamwork
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
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Help for Hank Words to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Soccer Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
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by Patrick Lee, photographs by Ken Cavanagh

Guess What! Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

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by Michael Strickland
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Writing: Persuasive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Test Strategy: Right There

Jill and Nat Realistic Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

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 We Are
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 Talk About It
What do you
like to do? What
makes you special?
Find out more about
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 Words to Know
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Will Pat jump?

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 Get Ready Story

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by Ann Carr
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Jump up.
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Jump down.
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Pat can not jump.

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Look! Pat can jump!

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 Comprehension
Genre
A Fantasy is a made-
up story that could
not really happen.
Story Structure
Character
As you read, use

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Chart.
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What makes Pam

and Sam special?

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 Main Selection

written and illustrated

by Nancy Tafuri

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Pam and Sam like to play.

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Pam ran up.

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Sam ran up.

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Pam and Sam ran down.

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Pam can jump.

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Sam can not jump.

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Sam can not go with Pam.

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Look at Sam!
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Sam can fly.

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Go, Pam! Go, Sam!

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 Nancy Tafuri says, “I live in
the country and love telling
stories about animals. I
especially like to tell stories
about good friends like

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Pam and Sam. I have fun
drawing pictures to go with
my stories.”
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Other books
by Nancy Tafuri
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Find out more about

Nancy Tafuri at
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Author’s Purpose
Nancy Tafuri wanted to tell a story
about friends. Draw a picture of your
friend. Write your friend’s name.
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 Comprehension Check
Retell the Story
Use the Retelling Cards
to retell the story.
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spot 1/c First Pass
Cont. Ldr.:
spot Second
Date: Pass
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4/c First Pass
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1. What can Pam do?

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What can Sam do?
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Pam like animals you have seen?
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4. How is Sam like Pat in

“Can Pat Jump?”

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 Social Studies
Genre
Our Best
Nonfiction tells
about real people
and things.
Days
Text Feature
Photographs give

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about the text.
Content Words
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What day is the best day?

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I like Monday.
I ride my horse.
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I like Tuesday.
My neighbor and I play.
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I like Wednesday.
My family has pizza.

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I like Thursday.
I help my mom plant.
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My friends and I like Friday.

What is your best day?

Connect and Compare

What might Pam and Sam do on their
best day?

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 Writing
Sentence
A sentence tells a
complete thought.

Jen wrote a sentence

about painting.

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I l i ke t o p ai nt.
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 Personal Narrative

What do you like to do?

Draw a picture.
Use the sentence frame.

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Writer’s Checklist
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Did I tell what I like to do?

Does my sentence tell a

complete thought?

Does my sentence begin with a

capital letter?

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