RealisticFictionPAIREDREADBackyardBirdHabitatsnSavingSavingGrasshopperGrasshopperillustratedbyVickiBradleybyEveTonkinillustratedbyVickiBradleyASTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:ProblemandSolutionVocabularyStrategyIdiomsVocabularyaccountable,advise,desperately,hesitated,humiliated,inspiration,self-esteem,uncomfortablyContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivicsandGovernment**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:2,178**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118854-3MHID:0-02-118854-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1TheBirdGirl....................................2Chapter2SpringStorm.....................................6Chapter3HelpingtheHawk................................12RespondtoReading..........................16BackyardBirdHabitats.............17FocusonLiteraryElements.....................20EssentialQuestionHowdoyouractionsaffectothers?illustratedbyVickiBradleybyEveTonkinTonkinSavingSavingGrasshopperGrasshopperAmysatontheschoolstepsandcarefullytorehersandwichinhalf.Shekeptonehalfforherselfandbroketheotherhalfintotinycrumbs.Asparrowfluttereddownfromanearbytreeandhoppeduptoher,cockingitsheadtooneside.Bynow,Amywasafamiliarsighttothesparrow.Eachday,shesatinthesameplace,sharingherlunchwiththebirds.“Howareyoutoday?”Amywhispered,extendingherhand.ThesoundoflunchtimegamesfadedasAmyimaginedthebird’smorning.Shepicturedthesparrownarrowlyescapingthepouncingpawsofacatonthehunt.Chapter1Chapter1TheBirdGirlTheBirdGirl2“Amy’stalkingtoherbirdsagain,”saidLauren,...
