PAIREDREADADairyTreatNonfictionbyPaulaKramerSTRATEGIES&SKILLSPhotographyCredit:Cover(bkgd)Thinkstock/CORBIS,(c)LaurenBurke/Photographer’sChoiceRF/GettyImages,(b)ImageSource/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Wordcount:179**ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:SequenceHigh-FrequencyWordsafter,buy,done,every,soon,workPhonicsVariantvowelspellingswithdigraphs:oo,uContentStandardsSocialStudiesEconomicsACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119702-6MHID:0-02-119702-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADADairyTreat..............13EssentialQuestionHowdowegetourfood?GenreNonfictionbyPaulaKramerLaurenBurke/Photographer’sChoiceRF/GettyImagesAppleshavealotofvitamins.appleDoyoulikeapples?Applesareasweetsnack.They’regoodforyou,too.(t)Rakoskerti/Vetta/GettyImages,(b)2009Jupiterimages2Lookattheseedsinsideanapple.Youcanplanttheseedstogrownewappletrees.Applesfromhealthytreeshavemoreseeds.seeds(bkgd)Thinkstock/CORBIS,(inset)JohnFoxx/Stockbyte/GettyImages3Somefarmsgrowappletreesinorchards.Anorchardisthelandwherethetreesgrow.orchardManygrowersusedwarf,orsmall,appletrees.imagebroker/Alamy4blossomsFlowersgrowonbigappletreeseveryspring.Aftertheflowersfalloff,theapplesstarttogrow.Mostblossomsfadefrompinktowhite.(t)DigitalVision/PunchStock,(b)Rakoskerti/Vetta/GettyImages5Soontheapplesarereadytopick.Youcanpickyourownapplesatsomefarms.Manyfamiliespickapplesinthefall.ripeImageSource/CORBIS6binWorkersputtheapplesinbins.Thentheworkersputthebinsintotrucks.Buttheworkisnotdone.Mosttreesgrowenoughapplestofill...