NonfictionbyDonnaLoughranPAIREDREADPoetrySTRATEGIES&SKILLSPhotographyCredit:Cover;EdReschke/PeterArnold/GettyImages.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.PhotographyCredit:Cover;EdReschke/PeterArnold/GettyImages.**ThetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonlyNumeralsandwordsComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:MainTopicandKeyDetailsHigh-FrequencyWordseat,no,of,under,whoPhonicsEndingconsonantblends:nd,nk,nt,st,sk,mpContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordcount:345**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119626-5MHID:0-02-119626-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC171615141312byDonnaLoughranPAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWheredoanimalslivetogether?GenreNonfictionChapter1WhoAretheMeerkats?............2Chapter2WhereDoMeerkatsLive?..........7Chapter3WhoWatchesthePups?...........10RespondtoReading...............12Poetry:ILiveinaHouse!..13FocusonScience............16(l)LifeonWhite/Photodisc/Alamy,(r)LifeonWhite/AlamyMeetthemeerkatfamily!TheyliveonthetipofAfrica.Meerkatsliveinlargegroups.Fewanimalsworkwitheachotheraswellasmeerkatsdo.Aren’ttheyfuntowatch?Chapter1WhoAretheMeerkats?MeerkatsliveinthesouthAfricanplains.TimJackson/OxfordScientific/GettyImages,(map)RobSchuster2Meerkatshavespottedfurandinkblacknoses.Isthatamaskaroundtheirbrighteyes?No.It’sdarkfur!Thedarkfuraroundthemeerkats’eyeshelpsthemseeinthebrightsun.SylvanDieckmann/Flickr/GettyImages3Seethemeerkatssituptall!Theyhavelongtailsthathelpthemstand.Whatdoyouthinkthesemeerkatssee?Itmaybeabirdlookingforasnack.Hawksandeagleshuntmeerkats.MartinHarvey/...
