PAIREDREADWorkingwithAnimalsInformationalTextbyRachelTandyAPhotographyCredit:RonSanford/Terra/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:KeyDetailsPhonicsShorta,longa:a_eVocabularyStrategyRootWordsVocabularyallowed,care,excited,needs,roam,safe,wandered,wildContentStandardsScience:LifeScienceWordcount:699**STRATEGIES&SKILLSCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118885-7MHID:0-02-118885-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1AmazingWhales..................2Chapter2MovingAround...................6Chapter3RescuingWhales..................10RespondtoReading...............15WorkingwithAnimals......16Glossary/Index....................19FocusOnScience...........20byRachelTandyEssentialQuestionHowdowecareforanimals?GenreInformationalTextChapter1DavidBFleetham/OxfordScientific/GettyImagesWhalesareamazinganimals.Therearemanydifferentkindsofwhales.Theycomeinalldifferentsizes.Thebiggestisthebluewhale.Itcangrowupto100feetinlength.It’sthelargestanimalthathaseverexistedonEarth.Bluewhalesmayweighasmuchas200tonsormore.AmazingWhales2Royalty-Free/CORBISOrcawhalescangrowupto27feetlong.That’saboutaquarterofthesizeofabluewhale.Orcasaregoodhuntersbecausetheycanswimveryfast.Theirpreyincludesfish,seals,andbirds.Sometimestheyhuntyoungbluewhales.Orcasarealsocalledkillerwhales.3Royalty-Free/CORBISAllwhalesarealikeinsomeways.Theyallhavesmoothskin.Thishelpsthemslideeasilythroughthewater.Undertheirskin,theyhavealayeroffatcalledblubber.Ithelpstokeepthewhalewarm.Som...
