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4 Acknowledgments The publisher gratefully acknowledges permission to reprint the following copyrighted material: Black Cowboy Wild Horses by Julius Lester, illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. Text copyright 1998 by Julius Lester. Illustrations copyright 1998 by Jerry Pinkney. Reprinted by permission of Dial Books, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc. The Bottom of the World is from ANTARCTIC JOURNAL: FOUR MONTHS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD by Jennifer Owings Dewey. Copyright 2001 by Jennifer Owings Dewey. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers. Carlos and the Skunk by Jan Romero Stevens, illustrations by Jeanne Arnold. Text copyright 1997 by Jan Romero Stevens. Illustrations copyright 1997 by Jeanne Arnold. Reprinted by permission of Rising Moon, Books for Young Readers from Northland Publishing. Davy Crockett Saves the World by Rosalyn Schanzer. Copyright 2001 by Rosalyn Schanzer. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers. Goin Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. Text copyright 2001 by Patricia C. McKissack. Illustrations copyright 2001 by Jerry Pinkney. Reprinted by permission of Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children s Publishing Division. The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring by Ruth Sanderson. Copyright 2001 by Ruth Sanderson. Reprinted by permission of Little, Brown and Company. The Gri Gri Tree is from THE COLOR OF MY WORDS by Lynn Joseph. Copyright 2000 by Lynn Joseph. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Children s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers. Hidden Worlds: Looking Through a Scientist s Microscope is from HIDDEN WORLDS: LOOKING THROUGH A SCIENTIST S MICROSCOPE by Stephen Kramer. Copyright 2001 by Stephen Kramer. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. Home on the Range is from I HEAR AMERICA SINGING, FOLK SONGS FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES collected and arranged by Kathleen Krull. Copyright 1992 by Kathleen Krull. Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children Books. Hurricanes is from HURRICANES by Seymour Simon. Copyright 2003 by Seymour Simon. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers. I m Building a Rocket by Kenn Nesbitt. Copyright 2003 by Kenn Nesbitt. (Acknowledgments continued on page 783.) Contributors Time Magazine, Accelerated Reader Students with print disabilities may be eligible to obtain an accessible, audio version of the pupil edition of this textbook. Please call Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic at for complete information. A Published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, of McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Two Penn Plaza, New York, New York Copyright 2009 by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, network storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. Printed in the United States of America ISBN-13: /5 ISBN-10: / (071/043)

5 A Reading/Language Arts Program Program Authors Donald R. Bear Janice A. Dole Jana Echevarria Jan E. Hasbrouck Scott G. Paris Timothy Shanahan Josefina V. Tinajero

Unit 1 Challenges THEME: School Contests TalkAboutIt...16 The Talent Contest.

..20 written and illustrated by Debra Frasier The National Spelling Bee Language Arts... 42 by Nicole Lee Writing: Personal Narrative.

..50 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Plot and Setting Davy Crockett Saves the World Tall Tale.

6 Unit 1 Challenges THEME: School Contests TalkAboutIt...16 The Talent Contest...18 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Character and Plot Miss Alaineus Realistic Fiction...20 written and illustrated by Debra Frasier The National Spelling Bee Language Arts by Nicole Lee Writing: Personal Narrative...46 THEME: American Legends Talk About It Grandma s Tales...50 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Plot and Setting Davy Crockett Saves the World Tall Tale written and illustrated by Rosalyn Schanzer The Tales Are Getting Taller Social Studies by Kyle Seulen Writing: Personal Narrative THEME: Trees for Life TalkAboutIt TREE-RIFIC!...80 Vocabulary/Comprehension Forests of the World Nonfiction Article The Science of Wildfires Science Writing: Extended Response to Literature

THEME: Exploring Space TalkAboutIt...90 Jobs in Space... 92 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Summarize Ultimate Field Trip 5: Blasting Off to Space Academy Nonfiction............................ 94 from the book by Susan E.

7 THEME: Exploring Space TalkAboutIt...90 Jobs in Space Vocabulary/Comprehension: Summarize Ultimate Field Trip 5: Blasting Off to Space Academy Nonfiction from the book by Susan E. Goodman, photos by Michael J. Doolittle I m Building a Rocket Poetry by Kenn Nesbitt Writing: Personal Narrative THEME: Rescue Dogs TalkAboutIt It s a Dog s Life Vocabulary/Comprehension: Cause and Effect Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs Fantasy by Brian Meunier, illustrated by Perky Edgerton Doggone Work Science by Lori Marquez Writing: Personal Narrative Test Strategy: Think and Search The Year of the Two Winters Drama

Unit 2 Discoveries THEME: People Helping Animals TalkAboutIt... 144 A Real Survivor.

..148 from the novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, illustrated by Joel Spector Love at First Sight Social Studies.

..172 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Main Idea and Details Rattlers! Nonfiction Article.

8 Unit 2 Discoveries THEME: People Helping Animals TalkAboutIt A Real Survivor Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Inferences Shiloh Realistic Fiction from the novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, illustrated by Joel Spector Love at First Sight Social Studies by Amy Yin Writing: Persuasive Writing THEME: Slithery Snakes! Talk About It Poisonous Snakes Vocabulary/Comprehension: Main Idea and Details Rattlers! Nonfiction Article by Ellen Lambeth How Poison Came into the World Language Arts.188 retold by Paul Sirls Writing: Persuasive Writing THEME: Remembering the Past TalkAboutIt Toward Freedom Vocabulary/Comprehension Maya Lin, Architect of Memory Nonfiction Article A Salute to Servicewomen Social Studies.200 Writing: Personal Narrative

THEME: The Caribbean Islands TalkAboutIt...204 Johanna in Jamaica...206 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Problem and Solution The Night of San Juan Fiction.

..226 THEME: Cowboys and Cowgirls TalkAboutIt...228 The Life of a Cowboy....230 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Inferences Black Cowboy Wild Horses Biography.

9 THEME: The Caribbean Islands TalkAboutIt Johanna in Jamaica Vocabulary/Comprehension: Problem and Solution The Night of San Juan Fiction from Salsa Stories by Lulu Delacre, illustrated by Edel Rodriguez Islands of the Caribbean Social Studies by Kaneesha Smith Writing: Persuasive Writing THEME: Cowboys and Cowgirls TalkAboutIt The Life of a Cowboy Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Inferences Black Cowboy Wild Horses Biography by Julius Lester, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Home on the Range Poetry words by John A. Lomax, music by Daniel Kelley Writing: Persuasive Writing Test Strategy: Author and Me The Story of Radio Social Studies

Unit 3 Turning Points THEME: The American Revolution TalkAboutIt...260 Letters from the Revolution.

.264 by Louise Borden, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker Excerpt from Paul Revere s Ride Poetry.

..292 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Fact and Opinion When Esther Morris Headed West Biography.

10 Unit 3 Turning Points THEME: The American Revolution TalkAboutIt Letters from the Revolution Vocabulary/Comprehension: Draw Conclusions Sleds on Boston Common Historical Fiction..264 by Louise Borden, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker Excerpt from Paul Revere s Ride Poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Writing: Fictional Narrative THEME: The Right to Vote Talk About It Your Vote, Your Voice Vocabulary/Comprehension: Fact and Opinion When Esther Morris Headed West Biography by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge, illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers Suffrage for Women Social Studies by Maria Chan Writing: Poem THEME: Protecting the Environment TalkAboutIt Environmental Dangers Vocabulary/Comprehension Beyond the Horizon Nonfiction Article Keeping the Wilderness Wild Science Writing: Persuasive Writing

THEME: Desert Habitats TalkAboutIt...326 The Best Place to Be... 328 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Compare and Contrast My Great-Grandmother s Gourd Realistic Fiction.

.. 354 THEME: Into the Future TalkAboutIt...356 Who Says Robots Can t Think?...358 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Draw Conclusions Zathura Science Fiction.

11 THEME: Desert Habitats TalkAboutIt The Best Place to Be Vocabulary/Comprehension: Compare and Contrast My Great-Grandmother s Gourd Realistic Fiction by Cristina Kessler, illustrated by Walter Lyon Krudop More Than Sand Science by Haritha Gupta Writing: Fictional Narrative THEME: Into the Future TalkAboutIt Who Says Robots Can t Think? Vocabulary/Comprehension: Draw Conclusions Zathura Science Fiction written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg Robots Today & Tomorrow Science by William Brackman Writing: Fictional Narrative Test Strategy: Author and Me Everybody Can Serve Social Studies

Unit 4 THEME: Civil Rights TalkAboutIt...392 Lunch Counter Encounter.

McKissack, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Through My Eyes Social Studies...414 by Ruby Bridges Writing: Expository Writing.

..422 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Author s Purpose Carlos and the Skunk Realistic Fiction.

12 Unit 4 THEME: Civil Rights TalkAboutIt Lunch Counter Encounter Vocabulary/Comprehension: Character and Setting Goin Someplace Special Historical Fiction by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Through My Eyes Social Studies by Ruby Bridges Writing: Expository Writing THEME: Animal Defenses Talk About It Nosey and the Porcupine Vocabulary/Comprehension: Author s Purpose Carlos and the Skunk Realistic Fiction by Jan Romero Stevens, illustrated by Jeanne Arnold Animal Self-Defense Science by Elle Wainwright Writing: Expository Writing THEME: Democracy TalkAboutIt Party Animals Vocabulary/Comprehension Getting Out the Vote Nonfiction Article Welcome to Russia Social Studies Writing: Fictional Narrative

THEME: Extreme Weather TalkAboutIt...460 The Extreme Costs of Extreme Weather.

..464 by Seymour Simon Suspense Poetry... 478 by Pat Mora Writing: Expository Writing.

..484 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Author s Purpose The Catch of the Day, A Trickster Play Play.

13 THEME: Extreme Weather TalkAboutIt The Extreme Costs of Extreme Weather Vocabulary/Comprehension: Description Hurricanes Informational Nonfiction by Seymour Simon Suspense Poetry by Pat Mora Writing: Expository Writing THEME: Trickster Tales TalkAboutIt Anansi and Common Sense Vocabulary/Comprehension: Author s Purpose The Catch of the Day, A Trickster Play Play by Angela Shelf Medearis, illustrated by Wendy Born Hollander The Fox and the Crow Language Arts retold by Mei Kirimoto Writing: Expository Writing Test Strategy: Right There Thomas Alva Edison Science

Unit 5 THEME: North Pole, South Pole TalkAboutIt...514 Ice and More Ice.

..518 from the book by Jennifer Armstrong The Bottom of the World Social Studies.

..544 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Theme Weslandia Fantasy.

14 Unit 5 THEME: North Pole, South Pole TalkAboutIt Ice and More Ice Vocabulary/Comprehension: Problem and Solution Spirit of Endurance Nonfiction from the book by Jennifer Armstrong The Bottom of the World Social Studies by Mary Ann Williams Writing: Descriptive Writing THEME: Fantastic Foods Talk About It Juanita and the Cornstalk Vocabulary/Comprehension: Theme Weslandia Fantasy by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes Blue Potatoes and Square Watermelons Science by Omar Naid Writing: Descriptive Writing THEME: Learning From Nature TalkAboutIt The Healing Power of Plants Vocabulary/Comprehension A Historic Journey Nonfiction Article Designed by Nature Science Writing: Persuasive Essay

THEME: Talking in Codes TalkAboutIt... 578 Rita, The Storyteller...580 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Author s Perspective The Unbreakable Code Historical Fiction.

..602 THEME: Whales TalkAboutIt...604 A Song for Makaio...606 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Summarize The Gri Gri Tree Realistic Fiction.

15 THEME: Talking in Codes TalkAboutIt Rita, The Storyteller Vocabulary/Comprehension: Author s Perspective The Unbreakable Code Historical Fiction by Sara Hoagland Hunter, illustrated by Julia Miner Navajo Code Talkers: Five Cinquains Poetry by Mary Willie Writing: Descriptive Writing THEME: Whales TalkAboutIt A Song for Makaio Vocabulary/Comprehension: Summarize The Gri Gri Tree Realistic Fiction from the novel by Lynn Joseph, illustrated by Marla Baggetta The Largest Creature on Earth Science by Yolanda Robertson Writing: Descriptive Poem Test Strategy: Author and Me The Work of Giants Social Studies

Unit 6 Great Ideas THEME: Fairy Tales TalkAboutIt...638 A Real Princess.

..642 written and illustrated by Ruth Sanderson A Tale Told Around the World Social Studies.

..670 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Judgments Skunk Scout Realistic Fiction.

16 Unit 6 Great Ideas THEME: Fairy Tales TalkAboutIt A Real Princess Vocabulary/Comprehension: Sequence The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring Fairy Tale written and illustrated by Ruth Sanderson A Tale Told Around the World Social Studies by Lateesha Gray Writing: Explanatory Writing THEME: Camping Out Talk About It The Best Fourth of July Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Judgments Skunk Scout Realistic Fiction from the novel by Laurence Yep, illustrated by Winson Trang Our National Parks Science by Tanya Sumanga Writing: Explanatory Writing THEME: Improving Lives TalkAboutIt The New Gym Vocabulary/Comprehension A Dream Comes True Nonfiction Article Profile of a Paralympian Social Studies Writing: Persuasive Editorial

THEME: Balloon Flight TalkAboutIt... 710 The Science of Hot-Air Balloons...712 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Generalizations Up in the Air: The Story of Balloon Flight Nonfiction.

Grew, Geologist... 738 Vocabulary/Comprehension: Sequence Hidden Worlds Nonfiction.

17 THEME: Balloon Flight TalkAboutIt The Science of Hot-Air Balloons Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Generalizations Up in the Air: The Story of Balloon Flight Nonfiction by Patricia Lauber Hot-Air Balloon Haiku Poetry by Rita Bristol Writing: Explanatory Writing THEME: Scientists at Work TalkAboutIt Dr. Priscilla C. Grew, Geologist Vocabulary/Comprehension: Sequence Hidden Worlds Nonfiction from the book by Stephen Kramer, photos by Dennis Kunkel Mountain of Fire: A Native American Myth Language Arts retold by Grace Armstrong Writing: Explanatory Writing Test Strategy: Author and Me National Parks: Our National Treasures Social Studies Glossary

Unit 1 Theme: Taking a Stand. ELA: Lunch Counter Encounter; Goin' Someplace Special; Through My Eyes

Unit 1 Theme: Taking a Stand. ELA: Lunch Counter Encounter; Goin' Someplace Special; Through My Eyes 1 Theme: Taking a Stand Start Smart ELA: S4-S47 ELD: Assessment Routine Placement Planning Aug. 24 - Sep. 4 Week 1 Week 2 ELA: Lunch Counter Encounter; Goin' Someplace Special; Through My Eyes 1.1 W: 5.3d