FolktaleFolktalePAIREDREADTheRealQuetzalKingoftheBirdsAMayanFolktaleretoldbyKarenAlexanderillustratedbyLindaBittnerSTRATEGIES&SKILLSA**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:ProblemandSolutionVocabularyStrategySynonymsVocabularydisbelief,dismay,fabulous,features,offered,splendid,unique,watchfulELLVocabularyboastful,confident,impressedContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordcount:742**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119276-2MHID:0-02-119276-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1TheGathering.........................2Chapter2QuetzalforKing!......................8Chapter3RoadrunnerBetrayed.................12RespondtoReading..................16TheRealQuetzal............17FocusonGenre......................20EssentialQuestionWhatmakesdifferentanimalsunique?KingoftheBirdsAMayanFolktaleretoldbyKarenAlexander•illustratedbyLindaBittnerChapter1TheGatheringTheforestwasfullofbirds.Birdssatonthebranches.Somebirdslookedforinsectstoeat.Somebirdsmadenests.Alldaylong,thebirdssquabbled,orargued.Hawklookedaroundtheforestindismay.Hehadruledthebirdsformanyyears,buthewasoldandtiredofthebirdsfighting.Hawktoldthebirdstochooseanewking.treetrunkbranchhawk2Thebirdshadameetingtochooseanewking.Eachbirdsecretlywantedtobeking.Mockingbirdthoughtsheshouldbekingbecauseshehadasplendidvoice.Mockingbirdsangherheartout.Mockingbirdsangthesongsofcrickets,frogs,andtheotherbirds.Thebirdswereveryimpressed.TheythoughtthatmaybeMockingbirdshouldbeking.putinalotofeffort.Enespañol,sangherh...
