PAIREDREADPoetryNonfictionbyDianeFuruichiSTRATEGIES&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:272**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119674-6MHID:0-02-119674-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312WayneLynch/AllCanadaPhotos/GettyImagesPAIREDREADbyDianeFuruichiEssentialQuestionHowdoanimalssurviveinnature?GenreNonfictionPoetry:Ducklings...........13ComstockImages/GettyImagesWhatisthatoverthere?Isitabumpylog?No,it’sanalligatorinawarmswamp.2Thealligatorfloatsbelowthewater.Doyouseetheeyesandthetipofthenose?AlligatorsliveinthegreenpartsoftheU.S.AtlanticOceanGulfofMexicoUnitedStates3PatCanova/Photolibrary/GettyImagesLookatthealligator’sskin.It’sthickandbumpy.Thelittlespikeshavehardbonesinside.4PaulE.Tessier/Photodisc/GettyImagesAlligatorssearchforfoodatnight.Theyhavemanysharpteethandstrongjaws.5GregoryMD./PhotoResearchers/GettyImagesAlligatorsseekfoodwhentheyarehungry.Somethingismoving!SNAP!Whatdidthealligatorcatch?Wasitasnake?Wasitaraccoon?Thisisaraccoon.6StanOsolinski/OxfordScientific/GettyImagesIftheanimalisbig,thealligatorwon’thavetohuntagainsoon.Areallybigmealcanlastformoreth...
