WHATISAYURT?NonfictionPAIREDREADTreehousesbyLilyRyanSTRATEGIES&SKILLSPhotographyCredit:CoverThomasLehne/lotuseaters/Alamy**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.PhotographyCredit:CoverThomasLehne/lotuseaters/Alamy**ThetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonlyNumeralsandwordsComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyabove,balance,build,fall,knew,money,section,towardPhonicsDiphthongs:oi,oyContentStandardsSciencePracticeofScienceWordcount:599**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119643-2MHID:0-02-119643-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312WHATISAYURT?GenreNonfictionPAIREDREADChapter1WhoLivesinaYurt?.............2Chapter2HowAreYurtsBuilt?..............6Chapter3DoPeopleBuildYurtsToday?.......9RespondtoReading...............11Treehouses.................12Glossary/Index....................15FocusonScience............16EssentialQuestionHowdothingsgetbuilt?byLilyRyan(bkgd)VincenzoLombardo/Photographer’sChoiceRF/GettyImagesHaveyoueverbeencamping?Manypeopleenjoycampingvacations.It’sagreatwayforfamiliestospendtimetogether.It’salsoagoodwaytogetsomefreshairandexercise.Whatdocampersdo?First,theysetupatentsoit’sreadywhennightcomes.Duringtheday,manycampersfishorhike.WhoLivesinaYurt?WhoLivesinaYurt?CHAPTER12(bkgd)VincenzoLombardo/Photographer’sChoiceRF/GettyImages,(b)UpperCutImages/AlamyAfteragoodmeal,theymighttoastmarshmallowsoveracampfire.Then,it’stimetofallasleepunderthetwinklingstars.Whenthetripcomestoanend,camperstakedowntheirtent.Aftertheycleanupthecamp...