RealisticFictionPAIREDREADWhatIsaPtarmigan?byBetsyHebertillustratedbyCANobensAnArcticLifeArcticLifeSTRATEGIES&SKILLSA**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:Make,Confirm,andRevisePredictionsSkill:PlotPhonicsshorto;longo:o_eVocabularyStrategyPrefixesVocabularyadapt,climate,eager,freedom,fresh,sense,shadows,silenceContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordcount:966**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118887-1MHID:0-02-118887-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1HotandCold.........................2Chapter2AGoodIdea.........................6Chapter3MaybeNot...........................10Chapter4BetterThanNothing.................13RespondtoReading.................16WhatIsaPtarmigan?.......17FocusonGenre.....................20EssentialQuestionHowdoanimalssurvive?byBrianHanniganillustratedbyCANobensAnArcticLifeArcticLifeMarcoswastiredofbeinghot.Thesummerdayshadbeenverylongandvery,verysunny.Thetemperaturehadclimbedtoover100degreesmanytimes.Todaywasanotherhotone.CHAPTER12“Mom,”Marcossaidashewalkedintothekitchen,“I’mhot.Canwegotothelibrary?It’salwaysniceandcoolinside,andIwanttoreadaboutcoldplaces.Maybethatwillhelpmecooloff.”“Sure,”Momsaid.“Thelibrarysoundslikeagoodplacetobethisafternoon.Wecangoinjustafewminutes.”3Soon,MarcosandMomwalkedthroughthedoorsofthelibrary.Marcossmiledasthecoolairhithisskin,andheblinkedashiseyesgotusedtothedimmerlight.That’smuchbetter,hethought.Inthepleasantsilence,Marcossearchedforbooksaboutcoldplaces.HefoundthreebooksabouttheArcticCircl...
