PAIREDREADNewYear’sEveFictionbyParkerWuillustratedbyAkemiGutierrezSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:Character,Setting,EventsPhonicsShorte,o,uVocabularyStrategyRootWordsVocabularyaside,culture,fair,invited,language,plead,scurries,shareELLVocabularyready,surpriseContentStandardsSocialStudiesCultureandDiversityWordcount:541Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118872-7MHID:0-02-118872-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowarefamiliesaroundtheworldthesameanddifferent?GenreFictionChapter1TheBestTimeoftheYear!.......2Chapter2GettingReadyfortheFeast........7Chapter3ANewYear’sFeast................10Chapter4TheDragon’sFeet.................13RespondtoReading...............16NewYear’sEve............17FocusonSocialStudies...........20byParkerWuillustratedbyAkemiGutierrezMynameisMax.MyfamilyiscelebratingtheChineseNewYear.Wewillhaveafeast.MybrotherLeesays,“Thisisthebesttimeoftheyear!”MaxLeeChapter1TheBestTimeoftheYear!2Iamseven.Leeisfourteen.Wegetalongwell.GranddadgrewupinChina.HespeaksMandarin.HeisteachingusMandarin.Ilikelearninganewlanguage.MaxLeeGranddadarefriendlywitheachother.Enespañol:nosllevamosbien.3Myfamilyhasbeenbusy.Mommadealistofthingstodo.Wecleanedthehousefirst.1.Cleanthehouse.2.Planthefeast.3.Goshopping.4.Cookthefeast.list4LeeandIshareabedroom.Isaid,“Ourbedroomisclean.”Momsaid,“Itneedstobecleaner.Itneedstobespotless.”Isaid,“Leeshouldhelp.”MaxMom5Momsaid,“Leeistoobusy.”ShedidnotsaywhyLeewasbusy.SoIcleanedourroombymyself.Thisdidnotseemfair.STOPANDCHECKWhydoesMaxneedtomakehisbedroomcleaner?fishbowllampshirtbed6Wearemakingthefoodforthefea...
