ADVENTURESSALFINKTHEOFADVENTURESADVENTURESSALFINKSALFINKTHETHEOFOFbybyJaneBuxtonJaneBuxtonbybyJaneBuxtonJaneBuxtonillustratedbyillustratedbyTomMcKeeTomMcKeeillustratedbyillustratedbyTomMcKeeTomMcKeeTallTalePAIREDREADTravelingontheMississippiASTRATEGIES&SKILLS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyHomographsVocabularyplunged,prospector,scoffed,settlement,shrivel,territories,topple,witheredContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryWordCount:1,258**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119124-6MHID:0-02-119124-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM171615141312ADVENTURESSALFINKTHEOFADVENTURESADVENTURESSALFINKSALFINKTHETHEOFOFbybyJaneBuxtonJaneBuxtonbybyJaneBuxtonJaneBuxtonillustratedbyillustratedbyTomMcKeeTomMcKeeillustratedbyillustratedbyTomMcKeeTomMcKeePAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhataresomereasonspeoplemovedwest?Chapter1AnExtraordinaryGirl.................2Chapter2LookOut,Sal!........................6Chapter3SalandtheThreeBears..............10RespondtoReading...................16TravelingontheMississippi..17FocusonGenre......................20EXTRAORDINARYGIRLANANANEXTRAORDINARYEXTRAORDINARYGIRLGIRLANANSalFinkwasatough,noisy,happygirlwholivedbytheMississippiRiverinthe1850s.WhenSalyelled,peoplefromonesettlementtothenextshooktheirheadsandsmiled.“What’sMikeFink’sdaughteruptonow?”theywouldsay.CHAPTER12MikeFinkwasthemostfamouskeelboatmanwhoeverlived.Hewasthebiggest,bravest,strongestmanontheMississippiRiver.Hecouldtopplethemeanestriverpiratewithjustone...
