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Dole Jana Echevarria Jan E. Paris Timothy Shanahan Josefina V. Tinajero Unit 4 Nature Watch THEME: Birds Talk About It. 6 Floating Home Words to Know.
8 Pelican Was Hungry Informational Story .10 by Jim Arnosky Seagull Poetry. 30 THEME: Recycling Talk About It. 32 Old Stuff, New Stuff, Used Stuff Words to Know. 34 June Robot Cleans Up Fantasy.
36 by Mary Anderson, illustrated by Michael Garland A Bottle Takes a Trip Social Studies. 62 THEME: What’s the Weather? Talk About It. 64 Warm and Cold Days Words to Know. 66 Stormy Weather Nonfiction Article.
68 Dangerous Storms Science. 78 4 THEME: What Scientists Do Talk About It. 80 Be Curious Words to Know. 82 Meet Ben Franklin Biography.
84 by Philip Dray, illustrated by John Kanzler A Close Look Science .108 THEME: Favorite Stories Talk About It. 110 Have You Heard This Silly Tale? Words to Know .112 Little Rabbit Folk Tale. 114 by Gerald McDermott Henny Penny Social Studies .138 Test Strategy: Think and Search How to Make a Paper Chain How-To .144 5 6 Talk About It Pretend you are a bird. What would it be like? Find out more about birds at www.com 7 Words to Know sparkled saw opened soon every any floating close home Read to Find Out Why is the lake a good place for the ducks? 8 Vocabulary Last spring, we drove to a lake close to home.
The water sparkled in the sun. We saw some ducks. One duck put its neck under the water. It opened its bill and ate a plant.
Soon every duck on the lake was eating. They ate any plants and bugs they could get. Then they stopped eating. They quacked to us.
As we drove to our home, we saw the ducks floating to their homes. 9 Comprehension Genre An Informational Story gives facts about a topic. Reread Make Inferences As you read, use your Inference Chart. IZmi8ajZh L]ViNdj >c[ZgZcXZh @cdl Read to Find Out What kind of food do you think Pelican wants? 10 Main Selection 11 Pelican was hungry.
He opened his bill wide and then closed it fast. That is how a pelican says, “I am hungry.” 12 Pelican looked down at the water. He saw something shaped like a fin in the water. Quick! He dove down fast to eat it up.
13 It was a dolphin’s fin. A dolphin is much too big for a pelican to eat. So Pelican flew back up to his branch. 14 Pelican sat on his branch.
He opened his bill wide. Then he closed it fast. He was still hungry. 15 Suddenly, he saw a little head pop out of the waves.
Quick! Pelican dove down fast to eat it up. 16 It was a turtle. The turtle was much too big for a pelican to eat. The turtle dove in the water and swam away.
Pelican still did not have any food. 17 He flew up and away on the wind. He looked down. Every little wave sparkled.
Soon he saw something floating on top of a wave. Quick! Pelican dove down fast to eat it up. 18 It was a coconut. A coconut is much too big for a pelican to eat.
Pelican poked it away with his bill. He still did not have any food. 19 Pelican swam and rode on top of the waves. He opened his bill and closed it fast.
He opened it and closed it again. He was very hungry. 20 He flew up on the wind and over the waves. He flew all the way back home to his branch.
21 Pelican looked down at the water. He opened his bill wide and closed it fast. He was very, very hungry. He saw something shine and flash under the water.
He dove down fast. 22 It was a fish, and it was a good one! It was not too big. It had no big bones and fins that he could choke on. Pelican flew back up to his branch with the fish in his bill.
23 He let the fish slide down his neck. 24 Then Pelican closed his bill and put it on his chest. That is how a pelican says, “I am not hungry anymore.” 25 Jim Arnosky has always loved looking at plants and animals. As a child, he drew cartoons of animals.
Today, his drawings show how plants and animals really look. He hopes that after reading his books, children will look carefully at nature and make their own discoveries. Find out more about Jim Arnosky Other books by Jim Arnosky at www.com Author’s Purpose Jim Arnosky wanted to tell some facts about pelicans. Write about a bird you’ve seen.
Tell some facts about it. 26 Comprehension Check Retell the Story Use the Retelling Cards to retell the story. Retelling Cards IZmi8ajZh L]ViNdj >c[ZgZcXZh Think and Compare @cdl 1. Why can’t Pelican eat some of the things he sees in the water? 2.
A pelican opens and closes its bill when it is hungry. What do you do when you’re hungry? 3. How is a pelican different from other birds you know? 4. How is what Pelican eats different from what the ducks eat in “Floating Home”? 27 Poetry Genre Poetry often helps readers imagine unusual things.
Literary Element Repetition is the way some words or sentences in a poem are used again and again. Find out more about birds at www.com 28 Poetry by Bobbi Katz Seagull, seagull, change places with me. I would fly and glide over the sea— strong and wild and free! My father would buy you a popsicle. You could have my bicycle And all my stuff – everything.
Seagull, seagull, Change places with me! Connect and Compare How is the seagull like Pelican in Pelican Was Hungry? How is it different? 29 Write Writing Was and Were About a The verbs was and were tell about the Bi rd past. Jan wrote about why robins are special. A ro b i n i s my favo ri te b i rd. A ro b i n wa s s i ngi ng.
We we re h a p p y t o h e a r i t. 30 Your Turn Write about your favorite bird. Tell why it is special. Writer’s Checklist Did I tell why my bird is special? Did I use the verbs was or were to tell about the past? Do special names begin with capital letters? 31 Your Turn Write about your favorite bird.
Tell why it is special. Writer’s Checklist Did I tell why my bird is special? Did I use the verbs was or were to tell about the past? Do special names begin with capital letters? 31 32 Talk About It Why do people recycle things? Find out more about recycling at www.com 33 Words to Know work after old find new creation done terrific used Luke Read to Find Out Why do Luke and his friends recycle old things? 34 Vocabulary Old Stuff, New Stuff, Used Stuff Luke and his pals do good work after school. Today they are putting old cans and glass into bins. They find them at home, at school, and all over.
“This old stuff can be used to make a new creation,” says Luke. “Old things can be used over and over again.” “That’s why we bring them here,” says Jill. When the kids are done, Luke’s mom says, “You kids did a terrific job. Now it’s time to play.” 35 Comprehension Genre A fantasy is a made-up story that could not happen in real life.
Reread Draw Conclusions As your read, use your Conclusions Chart. 4UPSZ 4UPSZ $MVF $MVF $PODMVTJPO Read to Find Out Why does June Robot like old things? 36 Main Selection by Mary Anderson illustrated by Michael Garland 37 June Robot liked to find old things. Every day after school, she looked for more old things. “June, what will you do with all that junk?” asked her little brother, Rob.
“I am going to use it,” said June. 38 Today, Luke and his dad were bringing things to the dump. “This is such good stuff! ” said June. “I can use your old things.” “You can?” asked Luke.
“Yes,” said June.” 39 June took Luke’s old stuff home. “June, is that more old stuff? ” asked her mom. “What will you do with that junk?” asked her dad. “I am going to use it,” said June.
40 June went to her room. “Come and help me, Rob,” she said. “Hand me that tube of paste. I can make a new toy for you to jump in.” 41 Soon June was done.
“Get in, Rob,” she said. “June! Look at me jump!” said Rob. “You make the best things.” 42 “What is that noise?” asked Mom. “What is going on up there?” asked Dad.
“Let’s go find out,” they said. 43 “Rob! What are you doing?” asked Mom. “June! Look at this mess,” said Dad. “That’s it!” said Mom and Dad together.
“There will be no more junk!” 44 “But this is all good stuff! ” said June. “Look! I made this for reading in bed.” “And she made this for me to play a tune on!” said Rob. 45 “That is terrific,” said Mom. “But this mess has to go!” “Tomorrow, we bring the things you can’t use to the dump,” said Dad.
46 After Mom and Dad left, June looked at her old stuff. “Rob, I have a plan,” said June. “I can have a clean room and still keep my stuff.” “Can I help?” asked Rob.