RealisticFictionPAIREDREADAWhale’sJourneybyBrianHanniganillustratedbyAnaOchaSTRATEGIES&SKILLSA**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:Make,Confirm,andRevisePredictionsSkill:PlotPhonicsshorto;longo:o_eVocabularyStrategyPrefixesVocabularyadapt,climate,eager,freedom,fresh,sense,shadows,silenceContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordcount:738**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118994-6MHID:0-02-118994-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADbyBrianHanniganillustratedbyAnaOchaEssentialQuestionHowdoanimalssurvive?GenreRealisticFictionChapter1ANewNoise.....................2Chapter2FlyingSouth......................5Chapter3LotsofBirds......................9Chapter4TimeFliesToo....................14RespondtoReading...............16AWhale’sJourney.........17FocusonGenre..................20Thefalldaywasbeautiful.GrandpaandEmmastoodoutside.“Mmm,smellthatfreshcountryair,”Grandpasaid.Emmadidnotsayanything,andshedidnotsmile.Infact,Emmalookedunhappy.ANewNoiseChapter12“Itissoquiethere,”Emmasaid.“Thesilenceisstrange.Inthecity,Ihearcarshonkingandsirens.Thereisnoiseallthetime.”Emmadidn’tsayso,butshewasalittlehomesick.Shemissedthecityandherparents.3Suddenly,Emmaheardasound.“Whatisthatnoise?”sheasked.“Itsoundslikehonking,butnotlikecars.”Grandpapointedtothesky.EmmalookedupandsawabigVshapehighinthesky.“What’sthat?”sheasked.“It’saflockofsnowgeese,”Grandpasaid.4“Wherearetheygoing?”Emmaaskedasthegeeseflewoverhead.“Theyareflyingsouthforthewinter,”Grandpaexplained.“Theylive...
