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:206**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119670-8MHID:0-02-119670-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312(l)LibraryofCongressPrintsandPhotographsDivision[LC-USZ62-71846],(r)BananaStock/PunchStockPAIREDREADWorkingTogether..........17PAIREDREADSchoolDays...............13byJoeCourtEssentialQuestionHowislifedifferentthanitwaslongago?GenreNonfiction(bkgd)NicTaylor/Photodisc/GettyImages,(c)Jupiterimages/ComstockImages/GettyImagesLongago,travelwasdifferent.Itwashardtogettoschool.Boysandgirlswalkedforhours.Sometraveledbyhorse.Childrenwenttoschoolbyhorseandwagon.2(bkgd)ChadBaker/Photodisc/GettyImages,(t)Bilderbuch/DesignPics/CorbisNowit’seasytogettoschool.Peoplecantravelbybus.Somewalkorrideinacar.Childrenrideinabus.3(bkgd)NicTaylor/Photodisc/GettyImages,(t)H.ARMSTRONGROBERTS/AlamyLongago,thiswasaschool.Theteacherwaitedoutside.Sherangabellbeforeclass.Thisschoolhadoneteacher.4(bkgd)ChadBaker/Photodisc/GettyImages,Ocean/CorbisToday,schoolslooklikethis.Abellringsinsidetheschool.Classesarereadytobegin.Thisschoolhasmanyteachers.5(bkgd...