FantasyPAIREDREADSortingBallsbyNoraCarsonillustratedbyBetsyDaySTRATEGIES&SKILLS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:MakeandConfirmPredictionsSkill:PointofViewVocabularyfour,large,none,only,put,round,trouble,wholeELLVocabularyproud,contestPhonicsr-controlledvowelarContentStandardsSciencePhysicalScienceWordcount:191**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119708-8MHID:0-02-119708-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312EssentialQuestionHowcanweclassifyandcategorizethings?GenreFantasyPAIREDREADSortingBalls...............13byNoraCarsonillustratedbyBetsyDayThisisMax.Helikesbones.Maxisproudofallhisbones.Maxbones2Onedayatthepark,Maxseesaposter.Theposterisaboutacontest.Maxthinkshecanwin.posterCONTEST!BIGGESTBONE3Maxneedstofindhisbones.Wheredidheputthem?Maxsniffsandsniffs.MAXsniffsSTOPANDCHECKWhydoesMaxwanttofindhisbones?4Maxstartsdigging.Hefindsaroundball,buthedoesnotfindthebones.ballStartsisapresent-tenseverb.Findanotherpresent-tenseverbonpage4.MAX5Maxdigsagain.Soonhefindsawholebunchofbones!Whichboneisthebiggest?group.Enespañol:grupo.6Maxsays,“Iwillputthesmallbonesinapile.”pilepileMAX7Maxdigsdeeper.Hefindsfourlargebones.Maxsays,“Iwillputtheseinanewpile.”fourbonesrb8Maxdigsandfindsonlyonemorebone.Maxsays,“Thisisthebiggestbone!NowIcangotothecontest.”MAXSTOPANDCHECKWhatdoesMaxdowithhisbones?Why?9MaxseesBob.Bobsays,“Ihadtroublefindingbones,so...