PAIREDREADSchoolDaysNonfictionbyJoeCourtSTRATEGIES&SKILLSPhotographyCredit:Cover(t)EllenIsaacs/Alamy,(b)DanForer/Corbis**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.PhotographyCredit:Cover(t)EllenIsaacs/Alamy,(b)DanForer/Corbis**ThetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonlyNumeralsandwordsComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CompareandContrastHigh-FrequencyWordsago,boy,girl,how,old,peoplePhonicsLongo:o_eLongu:u_eLonge:e_eContentStandardsSocialStudiesAmericanHistoryWordcount:351**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119632-6MHID:0-02-119632-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1GettingtoSchool.................2Chapter2LightandHeatinClassrooms.......6Chapter3SittingandWriting................8RespondtoReading...............11SchoolDays...............12Glossary/Index....................15FocusonSocialStudies............16EssentialQuestionHowislifedifferentthanitwaslongago?GenreNonfictionbyJoeCourt(bkgd)NicTaylor/Photodisc/GettyImages,(c)Jupiterimages/ComstockImages/GettyImagesLongago,gettingtoschoolwashard.Peopledidn’thavemanywaystotravel.Someboysandgirlshadtowalkforhourstogettoschool.Theluckyonestraveledbyhorseandwagon.Thisishowsomechildrenwenttoschool.Chapter12(bkgd)ChadBaker/Photodisc/GettyImages,(t)Bilderbuch/DesignPics/CorbisThingsaredifferentnow.Itiseasiertogettoschooleveryday.Schoolisashorterdistancefromhome.Manypeopletravelbybusorbycar.Somechildrenstillwalk.Childrenrideinabusoracar.3(bkgd)NicTaylor/Photodisc/GettyImages,(t)H.ARMSTRONGROBERTS/AlamyLongago,yourschoolmig...