InformationalTextbyRachelTandyPAIREDREADWorkingwithAnimalsSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:RonSanford/Terra/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Wordcount:476**ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:KeyDetailsPhonicsShorta,longa:a_eVocabularyStrategyRootWordsVocabularyallowed,care,excited,needs,roam,safe,wandered,wildELLVocabularydeep,strandedContentStandardsScience:LifeScienceCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118874-1MHID:0-02-118874-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312byRachelTandyPAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowdowecareforanimals?GenreInformationalTextChapter1WhatAreWhalesLike?............2Chapter2HowDoWhalesMove?............6Chapter3HowDoPeopleHelpWhales?......10RespondtoReading...............16WorkingwithAnimals......17FocusOnScience...........20DavidBFleetham/OxfordScientific/GettyImagesWhalesareamazing.Manywhalesarebig.Somewhalesaresmall.Thebiggestwhaleisthebluewhale.ItisthebiggestanimalonEarth.Thebluewhalecanbe100feetlong.Chapter1WhatAreWhalesLike?Abluewhalecanweigh200tons.bluewhale2Royalty-Free/CORBISAnotherkindofwhaleiscalledanorca.Orcawhalesswimveryfast.Theyhuntotheranimalsforfood.Theyeatfish,seals,andbirds.Sometimestheyeatsmallbluewhales.Orcasarealsocalledkillerwhales.orcarca3Royalty-Free/CORBISWhaleshavesmoothskin.Thisskinhelpsthemswiminthewater.Whalesalsohavealayeroffatundertheirskin.Itiscalledblubber.Thefathelpskeepthewhalewarm.iceceBlubberhelpswhalesstaywarminicywater.4Fotosearch/GettyImagesAwhalehasaholeonthetopofitshead.Thisholeiscalledablowhole.Thewhalebre...
