PAIREDREADSchoolDaysNonfictionbyJoeCourtSTRATEGIES&SKILLSPhotographyCredit:Cover(t)EllenIsaacs/Alamy,(b)DanForer/Corbis**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CompareandContrastHigh-FrequencyWordsago,boy,girl,how,old,peoplePhonicsLongo:o_eLongu:u_eLonge:e_eContentStandardsSocialStudiesAmericanHistoryWordcount:137**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119555-8MHID:0-02-119555-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312WorkingTogether..........17PAIREDREADSchoolDays...............13EssentialQuestionHowislifedifferentthanitwaslongago?GenreNonfictionbyJoeCourt(l)LibraryofCongressPrintsandPhotographsDivision[LC-USZ62-71846],(r)BananaStock/PunchStockLongago,itwashardtogettoschool.Boysandgirlswalkedfar.Someusedhorses.2(bkgd)NicTaylor/Photodisc/GettyImages,(c)Jupiterimages/ComstockImages/GettyImagesNowpeoplegotoschoolbybus.Somewalkorrideinacar.3(bkgd)ChadBaker/Photodisc/GettyImages,(t)Bilderbuch/DesignPics/CorbisThiswasaschoollongago.Ithadonlyoneteacher.4(bkgd)NicTaylor/Photodisc/GettyImages,(t)H.ARMSTRONGROBERTS/AlamyThisisaschoolnow.Ithasmanyteachers.5(bkgd)ChadBaker/Photodisc/GettyImages,Ocean/CorbisLongago,astovemadeaclassroomwarm.Thelightcamefromoutside.6(bkgd)NicTaylor/Photodisc/GettyImages,(c)EllenIsaacs/AlamyNowpipeswarmtherooms.Thelightsareinsidetheclassrooms.7(bkgd)ChadBaker/Photodisc/GettyImages,DanForer/CorbisLongago,childrensatinrows.Theyalwayssatatdesks.8(bkgd)NicTaylor/Photodisc/GettyImages,(c)thislifepictures/AlamyNowchildrensitattables.Somestillsitatdesks.9(bkg...