PAIREDREADPoetryFictionbyAnitaRodriguezillustratedbyGeorgeHamblinAva’sAnimalsASTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:KeyDetailsPhonicsThree-LetterBlends:scr,spr,str,thr,spl,shrVocabularyStrategyMultiple-MeaningWordsVocabularybehave,express,feathers,flappingWordcount:1088Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118891-8MHID:0-02-118891-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1AllAboutAnimals.....................2Chapter2TheSearchBegins....................7Chapter3DivingwithDolphins.................10Chapter4GrazingwithGiraffes..................11Chapter5HuntingwithHawks..................14RespondtoReading.................16Poetry:Nanook..............17FocusonLiteraryElements..........20byAnitaRodriguezillustratedbyGeorgeHamblinAva’sAnimalsEssentialQuestionWhatdoweloveaboutanimals?Chapter1:AllAboutAnimals“Okay,class,”saidMr.Edson.“Todayyou’llhavetimetoworkonyourposterofyourfavoriteanimal.Remember,itshouldshowtheanimal’shabitat,andyoucanusethecomputertofindpictures.”Avalovedanimals,soshewasexcitedabouthernewassignment.Therewasjustoneproblem.Shelikedtoomanydifferentanimals!Shewassupposedtohavepickedoneforherposterbynow,butshecouldn’tdecide.2“Ilovelotsofanimals,”thoughtAva,“andIwantmypostertoexpressthat.Maybelookingatsomeoneelse’sprojectwillgivemeideas.”“Whichanimaldidyouchoose?”sheaskedherfriendRuth.“Here,takealook,”Ruthsaid.ShepassedAvaasmallstackofpicturesshe’dprintedfromthecomputer.3Avaflippedthroughthepictures.Eachonewasdifferent,buttheyallshowedbeavers.Someweresplashinginthewater,whileotherswerescrapingbarkofftreeswiththeirbigbeaverteeth.Ruthevenhadapictu...
