byDianeFuruichiNonfictionPAIREDREADPoetrySTRATEGIES&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,warmELLVocabularysafe,swampPhonicslongo:o,oa,ow,oeContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceWordcount:221**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119705-7MHID:0-02-119705-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312EssentialQuestionHowdoanimalssurviveinnature?GenreNonfictionbyDianeFuruichiPAIREDREADPoetry:Ducklings...........13WayneLynch/AllCanadaPhotos/GettyImagesLookoverthere.Thatisanalligator.Itisinawarmswamp.eyesComstockImages/GettyImages2Mostofthealligatorisbelowthewater.Youcanseetheeyesandnose.AlligatorsliveinthegreenpartsoftheUnitedStates.UnitedStatesnose3Analligatorhasthickskin.Theskinisbumpy,too.Thespikeshavebonesinside.spikesInOtherWordsrough,ornotsmooth.Enespañol:erizada.Alligatorsweighabout1,000pounds.PatCanova/Photolibrary/GettyImages4Alligatorssearchforfoodatnight.Theyhavemanysharpteeth.jawsteethAlligatorshaveabout75teethintheirjaws.PaulE.Tessier/Photodisc/GettyImages5Thealligatormusteat.Itistimetoseekfood.SNAP!Thealligatoreatsaraccoon.Alligatorseatraccoons.raccoonGregoryMD./PhotoResearchers/GettyImages6Theraccoonissmall.Thealligatorneedsmorefood.Abigmealwil...