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:176**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119701-9MHID:0-02-119701-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312(l)LibraryofCongressPrintsandPhotographsDivision[LC-USZ62-71846],(r)BananaStock/PunchStockPAIREDREADSchoolDays...............13byJoeCourtEssentialQuestionHowislifedifferentthanitwaslongago?GenreNonfiction(bkgd)NicTaylor/Photodisc/GettyImages,(c)Jupiterimages/ComstockImages/GettyImagesBoysandgirlswalkedtoschoollongago.Theyusedhorsesandwagons,too.horsewagon2(bkgd)ChadBaker/Photodisc/GettyImages,(t)Bilderbuch/DesignPics/CorbisBoysandgirlsrideinabusoracarnow.Somewalktoschool.bus3(bkgd)NicTaylor/Photodisc/GettyImages,(t)H.ARMSTRONGROBERTS/AlamyThiswasaschoollongago.Ithadoneroom.Ithadoneteacher.bell4(bkgd)ChadBaker/Photodisc/GettyImages,Ocean/CorbisThisisaschoolnow.Ithasmanyrooms.Manyteachersworkattheschool.backpack5(bkgd)NicTaylor/Photodisc/GettyImages,(c)EllenIsaacs/AlamyPeopleusedstovestomaketheschoolwarmlongago.Windowsgavetheroomlight.windowstove6(bkgd)ChadBaker/Photodisc/GettyImages,DanForer/CorbisPeopleusehotpipestomakeschoolswarmnow.Bulbsgivetheroomslight.light7(bkgd)NicTaylor/Photodisc/GettyImages,(c)thislifepictures/AlamyBoysandgirlssatatdeskslongago.The...