PAIREDREADPoetrybyDianeFuruichiNonfictionSTRATEGIES&SKILLSPhotographyCredit:CoverImageSource/PhilippeHenry/OxfordScientific/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.PhotographyCredit:CoverImageSource/PhilippeHenry/OxfordScientific/GettyImages**ThetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonlyNumeralsandwordsComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyfind,food,more,over,search,seek,start,warmPhonicslongo:o,oa,ow,oeContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordcount:228**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119605-0MHID:0-02-119605-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312WayneLynch/AllCanadaPhotos/GettyImagesEssentialQuestionHowdoanimalssurviveinnature?GenreNonfictionPAIREDREADbyDianeFuruichiPoetry:Ducklings...........13ComstockImages/GettyImagesLookoverthere.What’sinthewater?It’sanalligator!2Thealligatorfloatsinwarmwater.Doyouseetheeyesandnose?3PatCanova/Photolibrary/GettyImagesLookatthealligator’sskin.It’sthickandbumpy.Ithaspointyspikes.4PaulE.Tessier/Photodisc/GettyImagesAlligatorssearchforfoodatnight.Theirteetharesharp.Theirjawsarestrong.5GregoryMD./PhotoResearchers/GettyImagesThealligatorishungry.It’stimetoseekfood.Ananimalismoving!SNAP!Itcouldbearaccoon.6StanOsolinski/OxfordScientific/GettyImagesAraccoonmakesasmallmeal.Abigmealisbetter.Itcanlastmorethanayear.7(t)PhilippeHenry/OxfordScientific/GettyImages,(bl)fineart/AlamyAnalligatorcanmovefastifithasto!Itsfrontfeethavefivetoes.Itsbackfeethavefour.backfoot8PaulWayneWilson/AlamyImagesTheallig...