PAIREDREADLet’sStayDry!RealisticFictionbyDonnaLoughranillustratedbyColleenMaddenRAINYDAYFUNSTRATEGIES&SKILLS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularybeen,children,country,gathers,month,question,their,yearPhonicsSilentletterswr,kn,gnContentStandardsScienceEarthScienceWordcount:549**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119646-3MHID:0-02-119646-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionHowcanweatheraffectus?GenreRealisticFictionChapter1DinaMeetsGrandpa...............2Chapter2Grandpa’sFlowers.................4Chapter3TheStormHits!...................6Chapter4BloomWherePlanted..............8RespondtoReading...............12Let’sStayDry!.............13FocusonScience............16byDonnaLoughranillustratedbyColleenMaddenbDLhRAINYDAYFUN“Grandpa!Whereareyou?”MiguelandSoniacalled.Theybroughtsomeonetomeettheirgrandfather.“I’mouthereinthebackroom,”saidGrandpa.MiguelandSonialikedthebackroom.Therewerewindowsonthreesides.Evenonarainydaylikethis,theroomwasn’ttoodark.DinaMeetsGrandpaDinaMeetsGrandpaChapter12“Grandpa,I’dlikeyoutomeetournewfriend,”Soniasaid.“HernameisDina.Herfamilyjustmovedinnextdoortous.Sheandherfamilyarefromanothercountry.”GrandpasmiledatDina.Dinawastooshytosmileback.“It’snicetomeetyou,Dina,”saidGrandpa.“I’mgladyoucouldcome.”Dinajustnodded.3Miguelnoticedsomegr...