PAIREDREADPoetrybyDianeFuruichiNonfictionSTRATEGIES&SKILLSPhotographyCredit:CoverImageSource/PhilippeHenry/OxfordScientific/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.PhotographyCredit:CoverImageSource/PhilippeHenry/OxfordScientific/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.NumeralsandwordsComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyfind,food,more,over,search,seek,start,warmPhonicslongo:o,oa,ow,oeContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordcount:442**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119636-4MHID:0-02-119636-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1WhereAlligatorsLive..............2Chapter2WhatAlligatorsEat................5Chapter3AlligatorsandTheirYoung.........9RespondtoReading...............11Poetry:Ducklings...........12Glossary/Index....................15FocusonScience............16EssentialQuestionHowdoanimalssurviveinnature?GenreNonfictionbyDianeFuruichiComstockImages/GettyImagesWhatisthatoverthere?Itlookslikeabumpylog,butit’snot.It’sanalligatorinawarmswamp.TheswampissomewhereonthesoutheastcoastoftheUnitedStates.Themapshowswherealligatorslive.AlotofalligatorsliveinFlorida.CHAPTER1WhereAlligatorsLive2Thisalligatorfloatsjustbelowthesurfaceofthewater.Onlyitseyesandnosestickoutsothealligatorcanseeandbreathe.Therestofthebodyhidessafelyunderthewater.Alligatorsliveinmanystates,fromNorthCarolinatoTexas.AtlanticOceanGulfofMexicoUnitedStates3PatCanova/Photolibrary/GettyImagesAnalligator’sskinblendsinwiththeswa...
