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A Reading/Language Arts Program

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Black Cowboy Wild Horses by Julius Lester, illustrations byJerry Pinkney. Text copyright 1998 by Julius Lester. Illustrationscopyright 1998 by Jerry Pinkney. Reprinted by permission of DialBooks, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc.

The Bottom of the World is from ANTARCTIC JOURNAL: FOURMONTHS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD by Jennifer Owings

Dewey. Copyright 2001 by Jennifer Owings Dewey. Reprinted bypermission of HarperCollins Publishers.

Carlos and the Skunkby Jan Romero Stevens, illustrations byJeanne Arnold. Text copyright 1997 by Jan Romero Stevens.Illustrations copyright 1997 by Jeanne Arnold. Reprinted bypermission of Rising Moon, Books for Young Readers fromNorthland Publishing.

Davy Crockett Saves the World by Rosalyn Schanzer. Copyright 2001 by Rosalyn Schanzer. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Goin Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrationsby Jerry Pinkney. Text copyright 2001 by Patricia C. McKissack.Illustrations copyright 2001 by Jerry Pinkney. Reprinted bypermission of Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint ofSimon & Schuster Childrens Publishing Division.

The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring by RuthSanderson. Copyright 2001 by Ruth Sanderson. Reprinted bypermission of Little, Brown and Company.

The Gri Gri Tree is from THE COLOR OF MY WORDS by LynnJoseph. Copyright 2000 by Lynn Joseph. Reprinted by permissionof HarperCollins Childrens Books, a division of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Hidden Worlds: Looking Through a Scientists Microscope

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Home on the Range is from I HEAR AMERICA SINGING, FOLKSONGS FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES collected and arranged byKathleen Krull. Copyright 1992 by Kathleen Krull. Reprintedby permission of Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random HouseChildren Books.

Hurricanes is from HURRICANES by Seymour Simon. Copyright 2003 by Seymour Simon. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Im Building a Rocket by Kenn Nesbitt. Copyright 2003 by KennNesbitt.

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A Reading/Language Arts Program

Program Authors

Donald R. Bear

Janice A. Dole

Jana Echevarria

Jan E. HasbrouckScott G. Paris

Timothy Shanahan

Josefina V. Tinajero

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ChallengesUnit1

Writing:Extended Response to Literature. . . . . . . . 88

THEME: School Contests

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

The Talent Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Character and Plot

Miss Alaineus Realistic Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20written and illustrated by Debra Frasier

The National Spelling Bee Language Arts . . . . . . . . . 42by Nicole Lee

Writing:Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

THEME: American Legends

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Grandmas Tales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Plot and Setting

Davy Crockett Saves the World Tall Tale . . . 52written and illustrated by Rosalyn Schanzer

The Tales Are Getting Taller Social Studies . . . . . . . 72by Kyle Seulen


THEME: Trees for Life

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

TREE-RIFIC! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Vocabulary/Comprehension

Forests of the World Nonfiction Article . . . . . . . . 82

The Science of Wildfires Science . . . . . . . . . 86

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THEME: Exploring Space

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Jobs in Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Summarize

Ultimate Field Trip 5: Blasting Off to SpaceAcademy Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

from the book by Susan E. Goodman,

photos by Michael J. Doolittle

Im Building a Rocket Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

by Kenn Nesbitt


THEME: Rescue Dogs

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Its a Dogs Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Cause and Effect

Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs Fantasy . . . . . . . . . 116by Brian Meunier, illustrated by Perky Edgerton

Doggone Work Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134by Lori Marquez

Writing:Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Test Strategy: Think and Search

The Year of the Two Winters Drama . . . . . . 140

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THEME: People Helping Animals

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

A Real Survivor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Vocabulary/Comprehension:Make Inferences

Shiloh Realistic Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148from the novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor,

illustrated by Joel Spector

Love at First Sight Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164by Amy Yin

Writing:Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

THEME: Slithery Snakes!

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Poisonous Snakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Main Idea and Details

Rattlers! Nonfiction Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174by Ellen Lambeth

How Poison Came into the World Language Arts .188retold by Paul Sirls

Writing:Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

THEME: Remembering the Past

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Toward Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194


Maya Lin, Architectof Memory Nonfiction Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

A Salute to Servicewomen Social Studies . 200

Writing:Personal Narrative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

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THEME: The Caribbean Islands

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Johanna in Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Problem and Solution

The Night of San Juan Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208from Salsa Storiesby Lulu Delacre,

illustrated by Edel Rodriguez

Islands of the Caribbean Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . 222by Kaneesha Smith

Writing:Persuasive Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

THEME: Cowboys and Cowgirls

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

The Life of a Cowboy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Vocabulary/Comprehension:Make Inferences

Black Cowboy Wild Horses Biography . . . . . 232by Julius Lester, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

Home on the Range Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252words by John A. Lomax, music by Daniel Kelley

Writing:Persuasive Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Test Strategy: Author and Me

The Story of Radio Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

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Turning PointsUnit3

Writing:Persuasive Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

THEME: The American Revolution

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Letters from the Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Vocabulary/Comprehension:Draw Conclusions

Sleds on Boston Common Historical Fiction . . 264by Louise Borden, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker

Excerpt from Paul Reveres Ride Poetry . . . . . . . 284by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Writing:Fictional Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

THEME: The Right to Vote

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Your Vote, Your Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Fact and Opinion

When Esther Morris

Headed West Biography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge,illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers

Suffrage for Women Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308by Maria Chan

Writing:Poem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312

THEME: Protecting the Environment

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314

Environmental Dangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316


Beyond the Horizon Nonfiction Article . . . . . . . . .318

Keeping the Wilderness Wild Science . . . 322

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THEME: Desert Habitats

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

The Best Place to Be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Compare and Contrast

My Great-GrandmothersGourd Realistic Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

by Cristina Kessler, illustrated by Walter Lyon Krudop

More Than Sand Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350by Haritha Gupta


THEME: Into the Future

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Who Says Robots Cant Think? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Vocabulary/Comprehension:Draw Conclusions

Zathura Science Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg

Robots Today & Tomorrow Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384by William Brackman



Everybody Can Serve Social Studies . . . . . . . . . 388

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4THEME: Civil Rights

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Lunch Counter Encounter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Character and Setting

Goin Someplace Special Historical Fiction . . . 396by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

Through My Eyes Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414by Ruby Bridges

Writing:Expository Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .418

THEME: Animal Defenses

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Nosey and the Porcupine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Authors Purpose

Carlos and the Skunk Realistic Fiction . . . . . . . 424by Jan Romero Stevens, illustrated by Jeanne Arnold

Animal Self-Defense Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442by Elle Wainwright

Writing:Expository Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

THEME: Democracy

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

Party Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450


Getting Out the Vote Nonfiction Article . . . . . . 452

Welcome to Russia Social Studies . . . . . . . . . 456

Writing:Fictional Narrative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

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THEME: Extreme Weather

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

The Extreme Costs of Extreme Weather . . . . . . . . 462

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Description

Hurricanes Informational Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464by Seymour Simon

Suspense Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478by Pat Mora


THEME: Trickster Tales

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

Anansi and Common Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Authors Purpose

The Catch of the Day,A Trickster Play Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486by Angela Shelf Medearis,

illustrated by Wendy Born Hollander

The Fox and the Crow Language Arts . . . . . . . . . . . 506retold by Mei Kirimoto


Test Strategy: Right There

Thomas Alva Edison Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

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Writing:Persuasive Essay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576

THEME: North Pole, South Pole

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .514

Ice and More Ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .516

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Problem and Solution

Spirit of Endurance Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .518from the book by Jennifer Armstrong

The Bottom of the World Social Studies . . . . . . . . 536by Mary Ann Williams

Writing:Descriptive Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

THEME: Fantastic Foods

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Juanita and the Cornstalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Theme

Weslandia Fantasy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

Blue Potatoes and

Square Watermelons Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562by Omar Naid


THEME: Learning From Nature

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

The Healing Power of Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568


A Historic Journey Nonfiction Article . . . . . . . . . 570

Designed by Nature Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574

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THEME: Talking in Codes

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578

Rita, The Storyteller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Authors Perspective

The Unbreakable Code Historical Fiction . . . . 582by Sara Hoagland Hunter, illustrated by Julia Miner

Navajo Code Talkers: Five Cinquains Poetry . . . 600by Mary Willie


THEME: Whales

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

A Song for Makaio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Summarize

The Gri Gri Tree Realistic Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608from the novel by Lynn Joseph,illustrated by Marla Baggetta

The Largest Creature on Earth Science . . . . . . . . 628by Yolanda Robertson

Writing:Descriptive Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632


The Work of Giants Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . 634

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Writing:Persuasive Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

THEME: Fairy Tales

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638

A Real Princess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Sequence

The Golden Mare, the Firebird,and the Magic Ring Fairy Tale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642

written and illustrated by Ruth Sanderson

A Tale Told Around the World Social Studies . . . 662by Lateesha Gray

Writing:Explanatory Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666

THEME: Camping Out

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668

The Best Fourth of July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670

Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Judgments

Skunk Scout Realistic Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672from the novel by Laurence Yep, illustrated by Winson Trang

Our National Parks Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692by Tanya Sumanga

Writing:Explanatory Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696

THEME: Improving Lives

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698

The New Gym . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700


A Dream Comes True Nonfiction Article . . . . . . 702

Profile of a Paralympian Social Studies . . . 706

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