byRachelTandyInformationalTextPAIREDREADWorkingwithAnimalsPhotographyCredit:RonSanford/Terra/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:KeyDetailsPhonicsShorta,longa:a_eVocabularyStrategyRootWordsVocabularyallowed,care,excited,needs,roam,safe,wandered,wildContentStandardsScience:LifeScienceWordcount:600**STRATEGIES&SKILLSCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118992-2MHID:0-02-118992-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowdowecareforanimals?GenreInformationalTextChapter1AmazingWhales..................2Chapter2MovingAround...................6Chapter3RescuingWhales..................10RespondtoReading...............15WorkingwithAnimals......16Glossary/Index....................19FocusOnScience...........20byRachelTandyChapter1DavidBFleetham/OxfordScientific/GettyImagesWhalesareamazinganimals.Theycomeinallshapesandsizes.Thebluewhaleisthebiggestkindofwhale.It’sthelargestanimalthathaseverlivedonEarth.Itcangrowupto100feetlong.Bluewhalescanweigh200tons.AmazingWhales2Royalty-Free/CORBISOrcawhalesarespecial,too.Theyaregreathunters.Theycanswimveryfasttocatchprey.Theyhuntfish,seals,andbirds.Theyevenhuntyoungbluewhales.Orcascangrowupto27feetlong.Orcasarealsocalledkillerwhales.3Royalty-Free/CORBISAllwhalesarealikeinsomeways.Whaleshavesmoothskin.Thishelpsthemslideeasilythroughthewater.Theyhavealayeroffatundertheirskin.Thislayeriscalledblubber.Itkeepsthewhalewarm.Somewhalescansurviveinicycoldwater.4Fotosearch/GettyImagesWhalesbreatheairt...
