PAIREDREADWhatIsaHummingbird?FolktaleretoldbyVitaJiménezillustratedbyJasonParkerSTRATEGIES&SKILLSWordcount:435****Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:SequenceVocabularyabout,animal,carry,eight,give,our,special,splendidPhonicsLonga:a,ai,ayContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119634-0MHID:0-02-119634-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312retoldbyVitaJiménezillustratedbyJasonParkerEssentialQuestionHowdoanimals’bodieshelpthem?GenreFolktalePAIREDREADChapter1ASpecialBird.....................2Chapter2HelpingHummingbird..............7WhatIsaHummingbird?....13FocusonGenre...................16Longago,therewasaGreatSpirit.Helookedaftereveryanimalinthekingdom.Oneday,hecreatedatinybird.Thebirdwasplainlooking,butGreatSpiritgaveherwingsthatwereveryspecial.ASpecialBird2Thebirdcouldflapherwingsfasterthananyotherbird.Shecouldflybackwardsorstayinonespot.Whenshedidthis,herwingsmadethemostsplendidhummingsound.ThatiswhyGreatSpiritnamedherHummingbird.3Asshegotolder,Hummingbirdlookedatthebirdsaroundher.Somehadredfeathersandsomehadbluefeathers.Someevenhadyellowfeathers.Atfirst,thismadeHummingbirdsad.“WhydoIhavesuchplainfeathers?”shesaid.Theotherbirdssaid,“Youmaybeplain,butyoumakemusicwhenyoufly!”ThismadeHummingbirdfeelgood.4Oneday,Hummingbirdmetanotherbird.Theydecidedtogetmarried.Buttherewasaproblem.Hummingbirddidn’thavemoneytobuyaweddingdress.Shewassosadthatshestoppedflying.Thismadetheotherbirdssadtoo.Theymissedherhummingsound.5“...
