PAIREDREADPoetryNonfictionbyCynthiaMoloneySTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPurposeVocabularyaccept,brother,father,friend,love,mother,often,picturePhonicsVariantvowelspellingswithdigraphs:a,aw,au,augh,alContentStandardsSocialStudiesCultureWordcount:377**PhotographyCredit:CoverJeremyWoodhouse/BlendImages/GettyImages,(bkgd)AndrewHowe/Photodisc/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119683-8MHID:0-02-119683-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312byCynthiaMoloneyEssentialQuestionWhohelpsyou?GenreNonfictionPAIREDREADChapter1WhoAreFamilyHelpers?...........2Chapter2WhoAreNeighborhoodHelpers?....7RespondtoReading...............12Poetry:Fire!................13FocusonSocialStudies............16Lotsofpeoplehelpusinmanywayseveryday.Wecansaythatthesepeopleareonourteam.Someofthemareinourfamily.Othersarenot.Takeaminute.Thinkaboutsomeofthepeopleonyourteam.Whoarethey?Whatdotheydo?Chapter1WhoAreFamilyHelpers?Therearemanyhelpersinyourcommunity.(tl)JeremyWoodhouse/BlendImages/GettyImages,(tc)ChevWilkinson/Stone/GettyImages,(tr)CORBIS,(bl)Ocean/CORBIS,(br)GoldenPixelsLLC/CORBIS,(bkgd)AndrewHowe/Photodisc/GettyImages2Mymotheristhebest!Shemakesmybreakfasteveryday.Thenshewalksmetoschoolbeforework.MomandIliketoreadtogether.Shehelpsmesoundouthardwords.MomandIsharestoriesonourway.(inset)ROB&SAS/CORBIS,(bkgd)AndrewHowe/Photodisc/GettyImages3Mybrotherismybestfriend.Healwaysplaysgameswithme.Whenweshootbaskets,hehelpsmedunktheball.Swoosh!Mybrotherwalksmeho...