byClaireDanielillustratedbyLindaPraterFantasyPAIREDREADTheBeckoningCatAForestNewBearNewBearintheintheSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyParagraphCluesVocabularyacquaintance,cautiously,complementary,jumble,logical,scornfully,scrounging,trustworthyWordCount:1,466ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-07-119086-7MHID:0-07-119086-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1There’saBearOutside!...............2Chapter2Can’tWeAllGetAlong?..............5Chapter3TheSoccerGame.....................9Chapter4TheNewestBear....................13RespondtoReading.................16TheBeckoningCat..........17FocusonGenre....................20EssentialQuestionHowcanyoumakenewfriendsfeelwelcome?byClaireDanielillustratedbyLindaPraterAForestForestNewBearNewBearintheintheJennieandIloveournewhouse.It’sabigoldcabinperchedontheedgeofaforest.Wecanhearwildanimalsoutsideatnight,andthehousehasalotofwindows,sowecanwatchtheircomingsandgoings.Coyoteshowl,birdsflitterinthebranches,andrabbitsscurryacrossthelawn.It’satotallydifferentworldfromthecrowdedcityweleftlastsummer.CHAPTER1CHAPTER1There’saBearOutside!There’saBearOutside!2Atbreakfastoneday,anarticleinthenewspapercaughtDad’seye.“Itsaysherethattheyaremovingabeartothisarea,”hesaid.“Thebearhasbeenpickingthroughtrashcansintownandmakingpeopleanxious.”Momwasn’tpayingattention.ShewascallingourblackLabradorretriever.“Fenway,comeinsideforbreakfast!”Fenwaynudgedmyhandunderthetable.“She’srighthere,”Iyawned.“Sowhatonearthisthat?”Mompointedoutside.Wefollowedherfinger,andoursleepyeyesgrewwide.3Anenormousblackbloboffur...
