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:533**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119648-7MHID:0-02-119648-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhydowecelebrateholidays?GenreNonfictionChapter1WhatIsLaborDay?...............2Chapter2Let’sCelebrate!....................6RespondtoReading...............11FourVoyages..............12Glossary/Index....................15FocusonSocialStudies............16byFrancineThompsonIfit’sthefirstMondayofSeptember,thatmeansit’sLaborDay!Foralotofgrown-ups,LaborDaymeansgettingthedayofffromwork.It’salsothedaywhenchildrensaygood-byetosummerandhellotoanewschoolyear.DidyoueverwonderwhyAmericanscelebrateLaborDay?LaborDaywasfirstcelebratedinNewYorkCityin1882.2AlfonsodeTomas/AlamyManyworkersbelongtolaborunions.Alaborunionisagroupofpeoplewhomakesurethatallworkersaretreatedfairly.LaborDayisadayforAmericanstohonorworkingmenandwomen.Longago,workersdidn’thaveiteasy.Theyweren’ttreatedwellorpaidfairly.Theiremployersforcedthemtoworkverylonghours,andworkplaceswereoftenunsafe.Somepeopleworkedeverydaywithoutadayoff.Evenyoungchildrenwork...
