PAIREDREADHeroRealisticFictionbyJacquiBriggsillustratedbyJomikeTejidoFixingFixingthethePlaygroundPlaygroundSTRATEGIES&SKILLSA**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:PointofViewPhonicsDiphthongsou,owVocabularyStrategySuffixesVocabularychampions,determined,issues,promise,responsibility,right,volunteer,voteContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivics/GovernmentWordcount:565**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118979-3MHID:0-02-118979-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhatdogoodcitizensdo?GenreRealisticFictionChapter1JoshHasaProblem...............2Chapter2Planning..........................6Chapter3GettingItDone...................12RespondtoReading...............16Hero......................17FocusonSocialStudies...........20byJacquiBriggsillustratedbyJomikeTejidoFixingtheFixingthePlaygroundPlaygroundJoshsawtheswingsandwantedtoplay.ButDadsaid,“Josh,theswingsarebroken.Itisnotsafe.”“Iwanttoplay,”criedJosh.“Iwanttoplay!”Chapter1JoshHasaProblemJoshHasaProblem2“Calmdown,Josh,”saidMomquietly.“Dadisright.Thisplaygroundisjustnotsafe.”Joshkeptonyellingandfussing.Thefamilywenthomesadly.Theirwalkwasover.3Josh’sbrotherMaxsaid,“Joshruinedourwalkwithhiscrying!”HissisterJordansaid,“Heislittle.Givehimabreak.”“IguessIdon’tblamehim,”saidMax.“Thatplaygroundisamess.Weneedabetterplacetoplay.”4“Peopleshouldtakeresponsibilityforplaygrounds.Theyshouldkeepthemclean.Thecityshouldfixthebrokenswings,”saidJordan.STOPANDCHECKWhatwastheproblemwiththeswin...
