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Program Authors

Donald R. Bear

Janice A. Dole

Jana Echevarria

Jan E. HasbrouckScott G. Paris

Timothy Shanahan

Josefina V. Tinajero

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Unit

1THEME: Mysteries

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

The Case of the Blurry BoardVocabulary/Comprehension:   Problem and Solution . . . . 18

The Mystery of theMissing Lunch Mystery  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

by Johanna Hurwitz, illustrated by Joe Cepeda

Putting Together the Piecesof the Puzzle Science  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

by Eric Michaels

Writing: Personal Narrative  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

THEME: Adapting to Survive

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Living in AlaskaVocabulary/Comprehension:   Main Idea and Details . . . .46

A Walk in the Desert Informational Nonfiction  . . . 48

by Rebecca L. Johnson

Cinquains Poetry  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

by Polly Peterson

Writing: Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

THEME: Our National Parks

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

A Prehistoric Park Vocabulary/Comprehension:   Main Idea and Details . . . . 72

Animals Come Home toOur National Parks Nonfiction Article  . . . . . . . . . . 74

Saving a National Park Science  . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Writing: Extended Response to Literature  . . . . . . . . 80

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THEME: Astronauts

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Astronauts in TrainingVocabulary/Comprehension:   Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

The Astronautand the Onion Realistic Fiction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

by Ann Cameron, illustrated by Anna Rich

The Solar System Science  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

by Thomas Morabito

Writing: Personal Narrative  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

THEME: Wildlife Watchers

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Rafting—Ready or NotVocabulary/Comprehension:   Character, Setting, Plot . .110

The Raft Realistic Fiction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112by Jim LaMarche

Into the Swamp Social Studies  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

by Elizabeth Schleichert, photographs by C. C. Lockwood 

Writing: Personal Narrative  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Test Strategy: Think and Search

A Walk on the Beach Drama  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

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THEME: Bright Ideas

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

He Made the World BrighterVocabulary/Comprehension:   Problem and Solution . . .222

How Ben Franklin Stolethe Lightning Biography  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

by Rosalyn Schanzer 

Light Bulb and Lightning Bolt Poetry  . . . . . . . . . . 244

by Joan Bransfield Graham

Writing: Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

THEME: Snakes

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Name That ReptileVocabulary/Comprehension:  Make Inferences . . . . . . . .250

Dear Mr. Winston Humorous Fiction  . . . . . . . . . . . 252

by Ken Roberts, illustrated by Nicole E. Wong

Snakes Science  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Writing: Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Test Strategy: Think and Search

Protect Our ValuableOceans Informational Nonfiction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

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THEME: Great Plains Indians

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

History at Your FeetVocabulary/Comprehension:   Sequence  . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Mystic Horse Legend  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

by Paul Goble

The Black Hills Powwow Social Studies  . . . . . . . . . . 368

by Peter Lightfoot 

Writing: Play  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

THEME: Precipitation

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Let It SnowVocabulary/Comprehension:   Summarize . . . . . . . . . . . .376

Snowflake Bentley Biography  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrated by Mary Azarian

Haiku Poetry  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

by Hashin, Joso, Matsuo Basho, and Kobayashi Issa

Writing: Story  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Test Strategy: Right There

How to Change a Flat Tire ona Bike How-to Article  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

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Unit

4Viewpoints

THEME: Man’s Best Friend

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

Puppy TroubleVocabulary/Comprehension:  Draw Conclusions . . . . . . 412

Dear Mrs. LaRue Fantasy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

by Mark Teague

Dog Amazes Scientists! Science  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

by Kim Christopher 

Writing: Explanatory Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

THEME: Creative Solutions

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444

Through Elizabeth’s EyesVocabulary/Comprehension:  Draw Conclusions . . . . . 446

The Blind Hunter Realistic Fiction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448by Kristina Rodanas

Make Life Easier for Everybody Social Studies  . . 464

by Adam Alexander 

Writing: Explanatory Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

THEME: Energy: Power Source

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Clean as a BreezeVocabulary/Comprehension:   Persuasion  . . . . . . . . . . . .472

The Power of Oil Nonfiction Article  . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Windmills on the Prairies Science  . . . . . . . . 478

Writing: Fictional Narrative  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480

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THEME: Whales

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

A Whale of a Trip!Vocabulary/Comprehension:   Sequence  . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

Adelina’s Whales Photo Essay  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

by Richard Sobol 

Limericks Poetry  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504

by Doreen Beauregard 

Writing: Explanatory Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

THEME: The Sea

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508

Coral ReefsVocabulary/Comprehension:   Compare and Contrast . . 510

At Home in theCoral Reef Narrative Nonfiction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512

by Katy Muzik, illustrated by Katherine Brown-Wing

Poseidon and the Kingdomof Atlantis Language Arts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

retold by Gillian Reed 

Writing: Explanatory Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Test Strategy: Author and Me

Silent Spring No Longer:Rachel Carson Biography  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

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Unit

5Relationships

THEME: Going to the Library

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

A Library Card for EmilioVocabulary/Comprehension:   Summarize . . . . . . . . . . . .542

Because of Winn-Dixie Realistic Fiction  . . . . . . 544

by Kate DiCamillo

I Love the Look of Words Poetry  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558

by Maya Angelou

Writing: Descriptive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

THEME: Putting on a Play

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562

The Frog PrinceVocabulary/Comprehension:  Make Judgments . . . . . . .564

Ranita, the Frog Princess Play  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Renato Alarcão

Presenting the PuddlejumpPlayers Performing Arts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

by Liz Ray 

Writing: Descriptive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

THEME: Explorations

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592

Back in Time with Spanish ExplorersVocabulary/Comprehension:   Fact and Opinion . . . . . . .594

Exploring theUndersea Territory Nonfiction Article  . . . . . . . . . 596

Lords of the Seas Social Studies  . . . . . . . . . . .600

Writing: Extended Response to Literature  . . . . . . . 602

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THEME: Artists at Work 

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

Secondhand ArtVocabulary/Comprehension:   Character  . . . . . . . . . . . . 606

Me and Uncle Romie Realistic Fiction  . . . . . . . . . 608

by Claire Hartfield, illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue

Making a Collage Art  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628

by Claire Hartfield 

Writing: Descriptive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630

THEME: Wild Horses

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632

The Wild Ponies of ChincoteagueVocabulary/Comprehension:   Cause and Effect . . . . . . .634

Wild Horses Narrative Nonfiction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636

by Cris Peterson, photographs by Alvis Upitis

The Tale of Pecos Bill Language Arts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652

retold by Gillian Reed 

Writing: Descriptive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656

Test Strategy: Think and Search

What Is a Shark?/Getting to KnowSharks  Poetry, Informational Nonfiction  . . . . . . . . . . . . 658

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6Discovery

THEME: The Gold Rush

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662

In Search of GoldVocabulary/Comprehension:   Cause and Effect . . . . . . 664

The Gold Rush Game Science Fiction  . . . . . . . . . 666

by William F. Wu, illustrated by Cornelius Van Wrightand Ying-Hwa Hu

Gold! Social Studies  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682

by Patricia West 

Writing: Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686

THEME: Wild Visitors

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688

The Country Mouse and the City MouseVocabulary/Comprehension:   Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690

The Cricket in Times Square Fantasy  . . . . . . . 692by George Selden, illustrated by Garth Williams

The Chance of a Lifetime Science  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .712

by Patricia West 

Writing: Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716

THEME: Discovering Nature’s Secrets

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .718

Amber: Nature’s Time CapsuleVocabulary/Comprehension:   Make Generalizations . . .720

Meet a Bone-ifiedExplorer Nonfiction Article  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722

Out on a Limb Science  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726

Writing: Personal Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728

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THEME: Airplanes

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730

Take OffVocabulary/Comprehension:  Author’s Perspective . . . . 732

My Brothers’ Flying Machine Biography  . . . . 734

by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Jim Burke

Brave New Heights Poetry  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754

by Monica Kulling

Writing: Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756

THEME: Ants

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758

Amazing AntsVocabulary/Comprehension:   Description . . . . . . . . . . . .760

The Life and Times ofthe Ant Informational Nonfiction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762

by Charles Micucci 

The Ant and the Grasshopper Language Arts  . . . . 778

retold and illustrated by Amy Lowry Poole

Writing: Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782

Test Strategy: Author and Me

Diamonds for the Taking  Informational Article  . . . 784

Glossary  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .788

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