PAIREDREADPoetry/SongFolktaleretoldbyAmyHelferillustratedbyDianePatersonSTRATEGIES&SKILLSWordcount:541ComprehensionStrategy:MakeandConfirmPredictionsSkill:CauseandEffectHigh-FrequencyWordsany,from,happy,once,so,uponPhonicsSoftc;softg,dgeACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119631-9MHID:0-02-119631-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADretoldbyAmyHelferillustratedbyDianePatersonEssentialQuestionWhatisafolktale?GenreFolktaleChapter1GrandfatherStone.................2Chapter2CrowHearstheStories.............6Chapter3CrowTellstheStories..............9RespondtoReading...............12Poetry/Song:FamilyStories..13FocusonGenre...................16Onceuponatime,aboylivedattheedgeofavillage.HisnamewasCrow.Crowhadnoonetotakecareofhim.Hisclotheswereshabby,andhisfacewasdirty.Chapter1GrandfatherStone2Crowdidn’thaveanytimeforplaying.Hewasbusytakingcareofhimself.Hehadtocleanhishut.Hehadtogethisownfood,andhehadtocookit.3Crowhuntedinthewoodseveryday.Hetradedhiscatchforcornandbeans.Oneday,Crowsatdowntorest.Heleanedagainstalargestone.Hewasnearlyasleepwhenheheardavoice.4“MayItellyouastory?”thevoiceasked.Crowjumpedupandlookedaround.Hedidn’tseeanyone.“Who’sthere?”heasked.“Showyourself!”“Itisme,GrandfatherStone,”saidthevoice.Crownoticedafacetakeshapeinthelargestone.“Iwon’thurtyou,”saidthestone.“Ijustwanttotellyouastory.”5“Whatisastory?”Crowasked.GrandfatherStonetoldhim.“Storiestellabouteverythingthathappenedbeforenow.”Crowsatdown.GrandfatherStonebegantotellCrowaboutatimelongbeforethisone.First,hetoldhimastoryabouthowbirdsgotwings.Next,hetoldhowfishlearnedtoswim.Chapter2CrowHearstheStories6Hou...
