PAIREDREADAWhale’sJourneyRealisticFictionbyBrianHanniganillustratedbyAnaOchaSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:Make,Confirm,andRevisePredictionsSkill:PlotPhonicsshorto;longo:o_eVocabularyStrategyPrefixesVocabularyadapt,climate,eager,freedom,fresh,sense,shadows,silenceELLVocabularyhomesick,migrateContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordcount:579****Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118876-5MHID:0-02-118876-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1ANewNoise.....................2Chapter2FlyingSouth......................5Chapter3LotsofBirds......................9Chapter4TimeFlies,Too....................14RespondtoReading...............16AWhale’sJourney..........17FocusonGenre..................20EssentialQuestionHowdoanimalssurvive?GenreRealisticFictionbyBrianHanniganillustratedbyAnaOchaGrandpaandEmmastoodoutside.Grandpasaid,“Whatabeautifulday!Ilovetosmellthefreshcountryair.”Emmadidnotsayanything,andshedidnotsmile.Shewasunhappy.houseChapter1ANewNoise2Emmasaid,“Itissoquiethere.Thesilenceisstrange.Inthecity,Ihearnoiseallthetime.”EmmadidnottellGrandpa,butshefeltalittlehomesick.Shemissedthecityandherparents.girl3Suddenly,Emmaheardasound.Sheasked,“Whatisthathonkingnoise?Idon’tseeanycars.”Grandpapointedtothesky.EmmalookedupandsawabigVshape.Grandpasaid,“Itisaflockofbirdscalledsnowgeese.”STOPANDCHECKWhatdoesEmmahearandsee?flock4Emmaasked,“Wherearethebirdsgoing?”Grandpasaid,“Theyareflyingsouth.Theyliveinthenorth,buttheclimateistoocoldinthewi...
