NonfictionPAIREDREADFourVoyagesbyFrancineThompsonSTRATEGIES&SKILLSPhotographyCredit:CoverPaulBarton/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.PhotographyCredit:CoverPaulBarton/CORBIS**ThetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonlyNumeralsandwordsComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPurposeVocabularyfavorite,few,gone,nation,surprise,unite,wonder,youngELLVocabularyhonor,relaxPhonicsr-controlledvowelsair,are,earContentStandardsSocialStudiesAmericanHistoryWordcount:314**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119520-6MHID:0-02-119520-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1WhatIsLaborDay?...............2Chapter2HowDoWeCelebrate?............6RespondtoReading...............12FourVoyages..............13FocusonSocialStudies............16EssentialQuestionWhydowecelebrateholidays?GenreNonfictionbyFrancineThompsonIntheUnitedStates,LaborDayisaspecialday.IthappensinSeptember.OnLaborDay,manygrown-upsdonotgotowork.Childrendonotgotoschool.LaborDayisonthefirstMondayofSeptember.calendarAlfonsodeTomas/Alamy2DidyoueverwonderwhatLaborDayis?LaborDayisadaytohonorworkers.Inthepast,theworkdaywasverylong.Workerscouldnotrest.Youngchildrenhadtoworktoo.Sometimesworkwasnotsafe.Longago,childrenworkedinplaceslikethis.factoryCORBIS3Nowournationhaslaws.Thelawsmakesurethatworkersaresafe.Workismorefair.Aworkercantakeabreak.Otherlawssaythatchildrencan’twork.Childrenmustgotoschool.Hardhatskeepworkerssafe.hardhatrest.Enespañol:descansar.RonLevine/Photodisc/GettyImages4Americansunitetosaythankyout...
