NonfictionPAIREDREADFourVoyagesbyFrancineThompsonSTRATEGIES&SKILLSPhotographyCredit:CoverPaulBarton/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.PhotographyCredit:CoverPaulBarton/CORBIS**ThetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonlyNumeralsandwordsComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPurposeVocabularyfavorite,few,gone,nation,surprise,unite,wonder,youngPhonicsr-controlledvowelsair,are,earContentStandardsSocialStudiesAmericanHistoryWordcount:235**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119617-3MHID:0-02-119617-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowdowecelebrateholidays?GenreNonfictionFourVoyages..............13byFrancineThompsonMichaelTyo/AlamyLookatthecalendar.It’sthefirstMondayofSeptember.Thatmeansit’sLaborDay!ThefirstLaborDaywasin1882.2AlfonsodeTomas/AlamyDidyoueverwonderwhywehaveLaborDay?It’sadaytohonorworkers.Longago,workersweren’ttreatedfairly.Evenyoungchildrenworked.Childrenusedtoworkinfactorieslikethis.3CORBISToday,ournationhaslawstoprotectworkers.Somelawsprotectchildrentoo.Nowchildrengotoschoolinsteadofgoingtowork.Theseworkersmustwearhardhatsforsafety.STOPANDCHECKWhendowecelebrateLaborDay?WhydowecelebrateLaborDay?4RonLevine/Photodisc/GettyImagesOnLaborDay,Americansunitetosaythankyoutoworkers.LaborDayisalsoadayforhavingfun.So,let’scelebrate!Manyworkershelpuseveryday.5Stockbroker/Purestock/SuperStockManycitieshaveLaborDayparades.Haveyouevergonetoone?It’sfuntowaveaflagastheparadegoesby.Maybesomeclownswillbethereandsurpriseyou.Somefamilies...
