PAIREDREADMagicAnansiNarrativeNonfictionbyMadhulaChopraSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverJamesLemass/Photolibrary/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Wordcount:820**ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:Author’sPurposePhonicsLongo:o,oa,ow,oeVocabularyStrategySynonymsVocabularyacross,borrow,countryside,idea,insists,lonely,solution,villagesContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivics/GovernmentCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119033-1MHID:0-02-119033-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADbyMadhulaChopraEssentialQuestionHowcanpeoplehelpouttheircommunity?GenreNarrativeNonfictionChapter1MovingtotheCity................2Chapter2GettingAroundtheCity............4Chapter3HavingFunintheCity.............8Chapter4GivingBacktotheCity.............12RespondtoReading...............15MagicAnansi..............16Glossary/Index....................19FocusonSocialStudies...........20CHAPTER1ArielSkelley/BlendImages/GettyImagesIt’smovingdayfortheSanchezfamily!Theyaremovingfromthecountrytothecity.Lastnight,friendshelpedthempacktheircar.Thismorning,theyhavecometosaygood-bye.Thekidswaveuntiltheycannolongerseetheirfriends.Theyaresadtoleavetheirhouseandfriends.Buttheyareexcitedaboutmovingtothecity.Theymetsomenewfriendswhentheylookedatapartmentsthere.TheSanchezfamilychooseswhattobringtotheirnewhome.MovingtotheCity2NoelHendrickson/DigitalVision/GettyImagesAlongtheway,theSanchezfamilytravelsonahighway.TheSanchezfamilydrivesthroughthecountryside.Theypassfarmswithfields.Thenthehousesbecomeclos...