FictionPAIREDREADPoetryAlice’sAlice’sNewPetNewPetbyAnitaRodriguezillustratedbyRuthFlaniganSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:KeyDetailsPhonicsThree-letterblends:scr,spr,str,thr,spl,shrVocabularyStrategyMultiple-MeaningWordsVocabularybehave,express,feathers,flappingELLVocabularyexplained,imagineWordcount:549Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118880-2MHID:0-02-118880-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC171615141312EssentialQuestionWhatdoweloveaboutanimals?GenreFictionPAIREDREADChapter1AKitten?.........................2Chapter2ABird?..........................5Chapter3ABug!..........................10RespondtoReading...............16Poetry:FourLittleDucklings17FocusonLiteraryElements........20byAnitaRodriguezillustratedbyRuthFlaniganAlice’sAlice’sNewPetNewPetChapter1AKitten?Aliceyawned.Shehadhomeworktofinish.“Ineedapet,”Alicesaid.Hermotherasked,“Whydoyouneedapet?”Alicesaid,“Ineedapettodomyhomework.”couchtable2Momsatup.“Really?Apetcandosecond-grademath?”AlicelikedMom’sjokes,butthistimeshedidnotlaugh.Aliceexplained,“Ihavetowriteapoemaboutananimal.Anyreal,liveanimalwilldo.Ihavetowatchtheanimalandseehowitbehaves.That’swhyIneedapet!Iwouldlovetohaveakitten.”isacceptable.Enespañol:puedeser.3Momsaid,“Youdonotneedakitten.”Shepointedoutthewindow.“Here’sabird.Youcouldwriteaboutthebird.”windowSTOPANDCHECKWhydoesAliceneedapet?4Chapter2ABird?Alicelookedoutthewindowandsawthebird.“MaybeIcanwriteapoemaboutthisbird,”shethought.Alicelookedatthebird’sbeak.Itwasadullyellowcolor.Thebird’schesthadbrightorangefeathers.robinBird’sisapossessivenoun.Findanotherpossessivenounonpage3.5“Iwillca...
