ExpositoryTextPAIREDREADElementarySchoolLawmakersbybyMaryAtkinsonMaryAtkinsonSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyPrefixesVocabularyannounced,candidates,convince,decision,elect,estimate,government,independentContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivicsandGovernmentWordcount:706**PhotographyCredit:(t)Photodisc/Punchstock,(b)NoahK.Murray/StarLedger/CORBIS.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118802-4MHID:0-02-11802-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction.........................2Chapter1ThePrimaryCampaign................4Chapter2TheGeneralElection..................8Chapter3ElectionDay.........................12RespondtoReading..................15ElementarySchoolLawmakers..16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonSocialStudies..............20EssentialQuestionHowdopeoplemakegovernmentwork?GenreExpositoryTextbybyMaryAtkinsonIntroductionHaveyouevervotedforaclasspresident?Ifso,youprobablyknowthatstudentschoosebetweentwoormoreclassmates.Thesepeoplearethecandidates.Theywantpeopletovoteforthem.Theyhangupposters.Theygivespeeches.Theypromisetodogoodthingsiftheywin.Onvotingday,theonewiththemostvoteswins.KellyCawasaclasspresidentwhogaveaspeechforPresidentObamain2010.2(t)Photodisc/Punchstock,(b)ScottWeiner/RetnaLtd./CORBISTheelectionsforthepresidentoftheUnitedStatesareabitlikeclasselections.Buttheytakemuchmoretime.Presidentialelectionsareheldeveryfouryears.Theraceforthepresidencystartsmorethanayearbefor...
