Grade 2-McGraw-HIll Wonders Reading Writing Workshop(1)

(tl) Martin Harvey/Getty Im age s; (rt) W a v e / P h o t o lib ra ry ; (rb) Mike Litw in; (b) Nathan L o v e Welcome to the

Reading/Writing

Workshop

. .cwa and reread
exciting literature and
inform ational texts!

Go Digital! www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com
Explore your Interactive Reading/Writing Workshop.

aasG



Cover and Title Pages: Nathan Love

www.mheonline.com/readingwonders

The McGraw-Hill Companies

Me

Graw Education

Hill

Copyright © 2014 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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.

Send all inquiries to:
McGraw-Hill Education
Two Penn Plaza
New York, New York 10121

ISBN: 978-0-02-118866-6
MHID: 0-02-118866-1

Printed in the United States of America.

9 DOW 17 16 15 14

CCSS Reading/Language Arts Program

Program Authors

Diane August Jan Hasbrouck

Donald R. Bear Margaret Kilgo

Janice A. Dole Jay McTighe

Jana Echevarria Scott G. Paris

Douglas Fisher Timothy Shanahan

David Francis Josefina V. Tinajero

Vicki Gibson

Me

Graw Education

Hill

Bothell, INA • Chicago, IL • Columbus, OH • New York, NY

Unit

1

The Big Idea 16

How do families and friends learn,
grow, and help one a n o th e r?.....

Week 1*Friends Help Friends is

V o c a b u la ry ..............................................20

m m t m m Little Flap Learns to Fly 22

Com prehension Strategy: V isu alize ..............28
Com prehension Skill: Key Details..................29
Genre: F a n tasy..........................................30
Vocabulary Strategy: Inflectional E n d in g s 31
Writing: Id e a s........................................... 32

(t) Tim B e a u m o n t; (b) Janet B ro x o n Week 2 *Families Around the World 34 I 4

V o c a b u la ry ..............................................36

E B B 3 E B B M a r ia Celebrates Brazil ...38

Com prehension Strategy: V isu alize ..............44
Comprehension Skill:
Character, Setting, E v e n ts........................... 45
Genre: Realistic Fiction................................ 46
Vocabulary Strategy: Root W o r d s ................ 47
Writing: Organization..................................48

/ j^ O Go Digital! Find all lessons online at www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com.

Week 3 *Pets Are Our Friends

V o c a b u la ry ........................................................ 52

Finding C a l..................................54

Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Q uestions.. 60

Com prehension Skill: Character, Setting, E v e n ts 61

Genre: Fiction......................................................62

Vocabulary Strategy: Context C lu e s........................ 63

Writing: Word C hoice............................................ 64

Week 4 *Animals Need Our Care 66 (t) Marcin P iw o w a rski; (b) h a n a / D a ta c ra ft/ im a g e n a v i/ G e tty Im a g e s

V o c a b u la ry ............................................................... 68

W M I Taking Care of Pepper....................... 70

Comprehension Strategy:
Ask and Answer Q u e stio n s........................................... 76
Com prehension Skill: Key Details................................... 77
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction........................................... 78
Vocabulary Strategy: Root W o r d s ..................................79
Writing: Organization................................................... 80

mm

Week 5 *Families Working Together 82 I 4

V o c a b u la ry ....................................................... 84

XUME "Families W ork!".............. 86

Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions ..90
Com prehension Skill: Key Details........................... 91
Genre: Expository Text.......................................... 92
Vocabulary Strategy: Inflectional E n d in g s............... 93
Writing: Sentence Fluency.....................................94

. ii i. '.

Unit

2

The Big Idea

How do animals play a part
in the world around us? ...

V o c a b u la ry ............................................... 100

A Visit to the Desert 102

Comprehension Strategy:

Make Predictions....................................... 108

Com prehension Skill: P lo t ........................... 109

Genre: Realistic Fiction.................................. 110
Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes....................... 111
Writing: Id e a s.............................................112

(t) Jill Braaten/The M c G r a w -H ill C o m p a n ie s; (c) Greg N e w b o ld ; (b) Peter F ra n cis V o c a b u la ry ............................................ 116

U m TlTBT* The Boy Who Cried Wolf 118

Comprehension Strategy:
Make Predictions.................................... 124

Comprehension Skill: Problem and Solution . .125
Genre: Fable.......................................... 126
Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes................... 127
Writing: Id e a s..........................................128

TO?;

6 Go Digital! Fir|d all lessons online at www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com.

Week 3 *Animal Habitats

V o c a b u la ry ......................................................... 132

E S 3 S I A Prairie Guard D o g ......................134

Comprehension Strategy:
Make Predictions................................................... 140

Comprehension Skill:
Main Topic and Key D etails....................................... 141

Genre: Narrative Nonfiction..................................... 142
Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes................................. 143
Writing: Organization............................................... 144

Week 4 *Baby Animals

V o c a b u la ry ................................................. 148

E B H 5 G S B Eagles and Eaglets.............. 150

Com prehension Strategy: Reread....................156
Comprehension Skill: Main Topic and Key Details. .157
Genre: Expository Text.................................... 158
Vocabulary Strategy: Multiple-Meaning Words .. 159
Writing: Word C hoice..................................... 160

Week 5 *Animals in Poems

V o c a b u la ry .................................................. 164

Poetry Shared Read "Cats and Kittens" 166

Genre: P o e try ............................................... 170
Com prehension Skill: Key Details...................... 171
Literary Element: R hythm ............................... 172
Vocabulary Strategy: Multiple-Meaning W ords 173
Writing: Word C hoice...................................... 174

The Big Idea

What have you learned about the world
that surprises y o u ? ...........................176

Week 1*The Earths Forces m

V o c a b u la ry ............................................ 180

E B S E B S i Magnets Work!............. 182

Com prehension Strategy: Reread............... 188

Comprehension Skill: Author's P u rp o se 189

^ Genre: Expository Text............................. 190

Vocabulary Strategy: Sim iles.................... 191

Writing: Organization............................... 192

Week 2 *Look At the Sk

(t) Patricia Castelao; (c) Mike K e m p / R u b b e rb a ll/ C o rb is; (b) Chris C a n g a V o c a b u la ry ........................................... 196

E S H E H * Starry N ight.................... 198

Comprehension Strategy: Reread...............204

Comprehension Skill: Sequence................. 205

Genre: Fiction......................................... 206

Vocabulary Strategy: Compound W ords 207

Writing: Word C hoice................................ 208

V ’'
8 Go Digital! Find all lessons online at www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com.

Week 3 *Ways People Help 210

V o c a b u la ry ............................................ 212

BZB235B2® Lighting Lives................. 214

Comprehension Strategy:

Ask and Answer Q u e stio n s........................ 220

Comprehension Skill: Author's P u rp o se 221

Genre: Narrative Nonfiction........................ 222

Vocabulary Strategy: Synonym s................. 223

Writing: V o ic e ..........................................224

Week 4 *Weather Alert!

Comprehension Strategy:
Ask and Answer Q u e stio n s............................236
Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Key Details. .237
Genre: Expository Text.................................. 238
Vocabulary Strategy: Antonym s..................... 239
Writing: Organization....................................240

Week 5 *Express Yourself

V o c a b u la ry ..............................................................244

fgBSESEi H M E-! "They've Got the B e a t ".............. 246

Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions 250 (t) D e b b y T e w a ; (b) W a v e / P h o t o lib ra ry

Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Key Details................251

Genre: Expository Text................................................ 252

Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes......................................253

Writing: Sentence Fluency........................................... 254

9

' -40jue>Bile

(t) Corinna Ice; (c) Steven J. K a z lo w sk i/ A la m y ; (b) Paul T h o m p so n Im a g e s / A la m y The B ig Idea

How do different environments make
our world an interesting place?........ 256

Week 1*Different Places 258

V o c a b u la ry .........................................260
H i B B I I B l i A la s k a : A S p e c ia l P la c e .262
Comprehension Strategy: Reread..............266
Comprehension Skill:

Compare and Contrast........................... 267
Genre: Expository Text............................ 268
Vocabulary Strategy: Compound Words...... 269
Writing: Ideas...................................... 270

Week 2 *Earth Changes 272 3

V o c a b u la ry .........................................274
E E H E H * In t o th e S e a ...................276
Comprehension Strategy: Reread..............280
Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect....... 281
Genre: Expository Text............................ 282
Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues........... 283
Writing: Word Choice..............................284

4 ftW ; ’

1 0 Go Digital! Find all lessons online at www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com.

Week 3 •Our Culture Makes Os Special z (t) Susan Sw an ; (c) Mike L i t w i n ; (b) n yc sh o ote r/ V e tta/ G e tty Im a g e s

V o c a b u la ry ............................................ 288

E S B S X M B Happy New Year!............ 290

Com prehension Strategy: V isu a lize ............ 294
Comprehension Skill: Compare and Contrast 295
Genre: Realistic Fiction............................... 296
Vocabulary Strategy: Sim iles..................... 297
Writing: V o ic e ......................................... 298

Week 4 *Folktales About Nature

V o c a b u la ry ............................................ 302

E B S 3 0 S B Why the Sun and Moon
Live in the Sky......................................304

Com prehension Strategy: V isu a lize ............ 308
Com prehension Skill: Them e..................... 309
Genre: Drama/Folktale............................... 310
Vocabulary Strategy: Root W o r d s ...............311
Writing: Id e a s......................................... 312

Week 5 *Poems About

V o c a b u la ry ............................................ 316

"Snow Shape" 318

Genre: P o e try ..........................................322
Com prehension Skill: Them e......................323
Literary Element: R epetition......................324
Vocabulary Strategy: Sim iles..................... 325
Writing: Word C hoice................................ 326

Unit

5 Let's Hake a

Difference

The Big Idea 328

How can people make a difference?

Week 1•Being a Good Citizen 330

V o c a b u la ry ............................................ 332

EEE2GSEP A Difficult Decision 334

Comprehension Strategy: Sum m arize......... 338

Comprehension Skill: Point of View............. 339

Genre: Realistic Fiction...............................340

Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes.................... 341

Writing: Id e a s......................................... 342

Daniel Griffo Week 2 * Cooperation Works!

V o c a b u la ry ............................................................... 346

U i r n r ^ r r r e Soccer Friends................................... 348

Comprehension Strategy: Sum m arize.............................352
Comprehension Skill: Point of View.................................353
Genre: Fiction............................................................ 354
Vocabulary Strategy: Id io m s........................................ 355
Writing: Sentence Fluency............................................ 356

12 / » ,< > Co Digital! Find all lessons online at www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com.

Week 3 *Our Heroes 358

V o c a b u la ry ............................................ 360

E E E E E E * Cesar Chavez................... 362

Comprehension Strategy: Summarize 366

Com prehension Skill: Sequence................. 367

Genre: Biography..................................... 368

Vocabulary Strategy: Synonym s................. 369

Writing: Organization................................ 370

Week 4 *Preserving Our Earth 372

Vocabulary .374 (t) M argare t L in d m a rk ; (c) Kristen Sorra; (b)Tetra Im ages/G e tty Im a g e s
376
3) The Art Project.
.380
Comprehension Strategy: .381
Make Pred ictions................................. .382
.383
Comprehension Skill: Problem and Solution .384
Genre: Fiction.......................................
Vocabulary Strategy: H o m o p h o n e s.........
Writing: Word Choice.

V o c a b u la ry ............................................... 388

GBSBEI "Visiting the P a st"....... 390

Comprehension Strategy:

Make Pred ictions....................................... 394

Com prehension Skill: Cause and Effect........... 395

Genre: Expository Text..................................396

Vocabulary Strategy: Multiple-meaning W ords.. 397

Writing: V o ic e ............................................ 398

13

Unit

6

The Big Idea 400

What keeps our world w o rk in g ?

(t) Xiao Xin; (b) Jeremy W o o d h o u se / B le n d Im a g e s / C o r b is V o c a b u la ry ..............................

tm m m
Why Fir Tree Keeps His Leaves

Com prehension Strategy: Reread ..
Comprehension Skill: Them e........
Genre: M y th ..............................
Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues
Writing: Organization...................

V o c a b u la ry ............................................ 418

HSTH!I:B!!» Pedal Power.................... 420

Com prehension Strategy: Reread...............424

Comprehension Skill: Author's P u rp o se 425

Genre: Expository Text...............................426

Vocabulary Strategy: Paragraph Clues 427

Writing: Word C hoice................................ 428

1 4 J l P Go Digital! Find all lessons online at www.connected.mcgraw-hill.com.

Week 3 •Team Op to Explore 430

V o c a b u la ry ............................................. 432

E f f l E E H * D i v e T e a m s .......................434

Comprehension Strategy: Summarize 438

Comprehension Skill:

Main Idea and Key Details........................... 439

Genre: Expository Text................................ 440

Vocabulary Strategy: Greek and Latin Roots .. 441

Writing: Id e a s...........................................442

Week 4 *Money Matters (t) Jeff R o tm a n / P h o to d isc / G e tty Im age s; (b) Cat Z a za

V o c a b u la ry ............................................

E m X M * T h e L ife o f a D o l l a r B i l l ...

Com prehension Strategy: Sum m arize.........
Com prehension Skill: Problem and Solution..
Genre: Expository Text..............................
Vocabulary Strategy: Paragraph Clues.........
Writing: Organization................................

V m — ru m r n n - r - r - . — r,,., ■niMMmiMraretnimi mm

Week 5 *The World of ideas

V o c a b u la ry ............................................. 460
I j y f j T g g j 'i f r g r g g ^ " A B o x o f C r a y o n s " . .462
Genre: P o e try ........................................... 466
Com prehension Skill: Point of View...............467
Literary Element: R hym e ............................ 468
Vocabulary Strategy: M e ta p h o rs................. 469
Writing: Word C hoice................................. 470

Gram m ar H a n d b o o k ................................ 472

Sonya Farrell/The Im age Ban k/ G e tty I m a g e s friends

How do families and friends learn
grow, and help one another?

Toge+ker Is Be+Fer

Baseball is no fun at all
Without a friend to toss the ball.

Camping out would be a bore
Without your brother to hear you snore.

Piano notes would sound all wrong.
Without a friend to sing along.

Ice cream would not taste as sweet
Without your sister to share the treat.

Cleaning up is hard to do
Without your dad to help out too.

From morning until the day is done
Friends and family make things fun.

by Constance Keremes

W eekly Concept Friends Help Friends

P Essential Question

How do friends depend on
each other?

Go Digital!

•n

V le lp E a e i

These friends are helping each other find out
where they are on the map. Their actions help
each other. There are many ways we depend
on our friends.

► We depend on our friends to teach
us things.

► We need our friends to give us comfort
when we are hurt or upset.

Talk About It

Talk with a partner about
how friends depend on
each other. Then write
vour ideas on the web.

(t) Erik Isakson/Getty Im age s; (tc) Im age So u rc e / C o rb is; (be) Fuse/Getty Im age s; (b) Stacy G o ld / N a t io n a l G e o gra p h ic / G e tty Im a g e s Vocabulary

Use the picture and sentence to learn each word.

actions The girl's actions helped her

team win the soccer game.

W h a t actions might help you do
well in sch o ol?

afraid Our dog is afraid of thunder.

W hat things are you afraid of?

d e p e n d Nick de pends on his dad to
help him learn to ride a bike.

W h a t do you depend on your
parents for?

Maya waited nervously for her
swim race to begin.

How would you look if you were
acting nervously?

20

The cat peered through the (t) Ryerson Clark/Getty Im ages; (tc) P h o to A lto / P u n c h S to c k / G e tty Im age s; (be) altrendo im age s/G e tty Im a ge s; (b) Kin Im ages/Taxi/G etty Im a g e s
hole in the barn.

W h a t would you see if you peered
through a window at hom e?

The orange is perfectly round.

N am e som ething in your house
that is perfectly square.

rescue We watched the boy rescue
the cat from the tree.

W hat is another word for rescue?

Mandy whispered a secret
to me.

W hat is special about a secret?

Your Turn iBsl

Pick three words. Write three questions
for your partner to answer.

Go Digital! Use the online visual glossary

21

Genre •Fantasy

Essential Question

How do friends depend on
each other?
Read how Little Flap depends
on his friends.

Little Flap was happy living in his nest.
Flis friends, Fluff and Tuff, lived in the
nest next to him. Every morning they sang
songs together. Their parents brought them
worms to eat.

One day Fluff asked, "Can we get our
own worms?"

Tuff said, "We can if we learn to fly."

Fluff said, "Yes! Let's learn to fly."

Tim B e a u m o n t Little Flap peered over the edge of
his nest. It was very high up. When he
looked down, the ground seemed very far
away. He felt scared! He was too afraid to
tell his friends about his fear so he kept his
feelings a secret.

Fluff said, "Let's practice flapping our
wings. It will make them strong. Watch."

Tuff and Little Flap watched Fluff.
Then they copied her actions.

24

Soon it was time to fly. Little Flap could
no longer keep his feelings a secret. He
asked, "Will I fall? I don't want to get hurt."

Tuff said, "You can depend on Fluff and
me. We're your friends."

Fluff said, "I have an idea. We will go
first and show you how. Then you can try.
If you fall, Tuff and I will rescue you."

Tuff said, "Yes, we can save you!" Tuff
and Fluff jumped out of the nest. They flew!

Little Flap looked down nervously. He
still felt uneasy, but he felt braver with his
friends. "Okay," he said. "Let's try!"

25

Tim B e a u m o n t The three birds stood together on the
branch. They counted, "One! Two! Three!"
Then they flapped their wings fast and
jumped. Little Flap lifted into the air.

"You're flying just right!" said Fluff.
"You're flying perfectly!" said Tuff.

26

All three little birds landed
in a patch of soft, green grass.

Little Flap said, "Now I know I can
always depend on you, Fluff and Tuff!
You are my friends."

Then he found a big, juicy worm
and shared it with his friends.

Now Little Flap likes flying! /S

L

Make Connections

Describe how Little Flap depends
on his friends, e s s e n t i a l q u e s t i o n

Discuss a time when you depended
on your friends, t e x t t o s e l f

Ml 2:
■ ?!

Com prehension Strategy

Visualize

When you visualize, you form pictures in your
mind about the characters, setting, and events
in the story.

^ §) Find Text Evidence
After reading page 23 of "Little Flap Learns to Fly,"
I know that Little Flap is thinking about flying. On
page 24 what words does the author use to help
readers visualize the nest?

page 24

/ read that the nest
was very high up
and the ground
seemedfar away^
From this, I can
visualize the nest.

Reread page 27. What words help
you visualize where the birds landed?

28

Com prehension Skill

Key Details

You can learn important information in a story
by looking for key details in the illustrations.

p Find Text Evidence

As I read page 24 of "Little Flap Learns to Fly," I
can look at the illustrations to find key details
about the characters and events.

Continue reading the story. Does Little
Flap learn to fly? List the key details in your
graphic organizer.

Go Digital!

Use the interactive graphic organizer

Fantasy

"Little Flap Learns to Fly" is a fantasy story.
A Fantasy:

• is a made-up story.
• has imaginary characters that could not

be real.

J3) Find Text Evidence

I can use what I read to tell that "Little Flap
Learns to Fly" is a fantasy story. The story has
made-up characters.

page 22

Shared Read Genre •Fantasy Use Illustrations
I see the birds have clothing
Learns on. I know birds in real life
do not wear clothing. This
must be fantasy.

Essential Question Find two other things in
the story that could not
How do friends depend on happen in real life. Tell
each other? why this story is a fantasy.
Read how Little Flap depends
on his friends.

30

iR M n Vocabulary Strategy

Inflectional Endings

To understand the meaning of a word you do
not know, you can separate the root word from
the ending, such as -ed or -s.

j § ) Find Text Evidence
I'm not sure what the word looked means. I know
the root word look means "to see." The ending
-ed means this action happened in the past. The
word looked means "saw something in the past."

When he looked down, the
ground seemed very far away.

Your Turn Tim B e a u m o n t

Use the endings to figure out the meanings
of these words in "Little Flap Learns to Fly"

friends, page 24
counted, page 26

31

W riting Traits

Readers to
iUMi

Writers share their ideas by giving details
about one thing or event at a time. Reread
the passage from "Little Flap Learns to Fly."

Ideas Expert Model
What event
does the writer Little Flap peered over the edge
tell about? of his nest. It was very high up.
How do the When he looked down, the ground
details make her seemed very far away. He felt
ideas clear? scared! He was too afraid to tell his
friends about his fear so he kept his
feelings a secret.

Tim B e a u m o n t

32

Writers Editing M arks

Kelly wrote a story about animal M ake a capital letter.
friends. Read Kelly's revisions.
j y Take out

A Add.

Grammar Handbook

Sentences
See page 474.

Student Model Your Turn

o 5? Identify the event
Kelly describes.
Help from a Friend Identify one
statement and
o Lori Lamb went to the p a rk one question.
n
5? Tell how revisions
with sam Sheep. Lo ri was on improved her
writing.
the swing. S am pushed Lori too
Go Digital!
high. Sh e sailed into the top of
/K ? Write online in Writer's Workspace

a tall tree. W ho would save her

yA

Sam was too small. Their friend

G re g G ira ffe was eating leaves

at a nearby tree. Sam called

saved

fo r help. G r e g -goT Lori!

33

W e e kly Concept Families Around the World

Essential Question

How are families around the
world the same and different?

0$Go Digital!

Exotica.im 2 / A la m y

“Families
Celebrate

In some parts of the world, families
celebrate a holiday called Holi.
During Holi, families celebrate Spring.

► Families use colored powder on each
other to celebrate flowers blooming.

► Families share a big meal.

Talk with a partner about how your
family celebrations are the same and
different. Write your ideas on the chart

Same Different

(t) Urban Z o n e / A la m y ; (tc) In m a g in e / A la m y ; (be) Dim itri V e rvitsiotis/G etty Im ages; (b) J u p it e r im a g e s / A G E f o t o s t o c k W ords to Know

Vocabulary

Use the picture and sentence to learn each word.

as'^ e Juan moves aside books on the
shelf to find one he likes.

Describe why a person might
move aside.

C-UJ * V A t Chinese New Year, we learn
about our culture.

Tell about a holiday that show s
your culture.

Mom cut the cake so we all got
our fair share.

W h a t d oes it mean to be fa ir ?

invited I invited some friends to my
birthday party.

Tell about an event you were
invited to.

36

V j y u (/

My friend Naomi speaks and
writes in another language.

■W h at languages do you know?
I had to plead with Dad to get
a new bike.

W h at is something you might
plead for?

The squirrel scurries across (t) C h risto p h e r Pillitz/Corbis; (tc) Stewart Cohen/Pam Ostrow /Getty Im a g e s; (be) P e t S t o c k B o y s/ A la m y ; (b) Mark Edward A tkin son / G etty Im a g e s
the yard.

W hat is the opposite of scurries?

V jpj 1like to share music with
my sister.

Describe something you share
with a fam ily member.

Pick three words. Write three questions
for your partner to answer.

Go Digital! Use the online visual glossary

37

Essential Question

How are families around the
world the same and different?

Maria and her family are in their bright,
hot kitchen. "Please, Mae, por favor!'
Maria begs.

Mae speaks Portuguese. This is the
language of Brazil. "No matter how much
you beg or plead, you must go to practice.
The parade is next week.

"It's not fair/' says Maria in English.

Mae does not know a lot of English.
Maria is surprised when she asks, "What is
not fair about going to practice? You must
do the right thing."

"Ana invited me to her house," Maria
answers. "I want to go!"

Pai says, "Maria, the parade is
important. People from around the world
come to see it. They try our food,
see how we dress, and how
we live. It is a chance for us
to share our culture."

"I know but I really want to see Ana,"
says Maria.

Pai says, "Maria, you can see Ana
another time. They are giving out costumes
at practice today."

Maria thinks about her father's words.
Pai is right. She and the other children have
worked hard for a year. They practiced their
dance steps over and over. They even made
their own bright colorful costumes.

"You're right," Maria says to her
father. "I'll go to practice. I'll tell Ana
I cannot visit her."

One week passes. Lots of people
line the streets. The children in
Maria's group are wearing their
sparkling costumes. They know each
dance step. They dance to the beat.

Janet B ro x o n

The crowd moves aside as they make
their way down the street.

When the crowd moves away, Maria
sees a woman with a camera. She is
hurrying. The woman scurries by Maria.
She puts her camera to her eye. Maria
smiles from ear to ear. She is excited to
be in the parade. Click! The woman
takes a picture of Maria. Maria is
proud of her hard work!

Make Connections

How is Maria's family the same
and different from other families
you know? e s s e n t i a l q u e s t i o n
Compare Maria's family to your
own family, t e x t t o s e l f

Com prehension Strategy

Visualize

When you visualize, you use the author's words
to form pictures in your mind about a story.

^ §) Find Text Evidence
On page 41 of "Maria Celebrates Brazil," what
words does the author use to help you visualize
the costumes?

page 41 I read that the
children made
Maria thinks about her father's words. bright and colorful
Pai is right. She and the other children have costumes. This
worked hard for a year. They practiced their helps me visualize
dance steps over and over. They even made the parade.
their own bright colorful costumes.

What does Maria do in the parade? Reread
page 42 and visualize parts of the story
that help you answer the question.

44

Com prehension Skill

Character, Setting, Events

A character is a person or animal in a story. The
setting of a story tells when and where a story
takes place. The events are what happens.

Find Text Evidence
As I read page 39 of "Maria Celebrates Brazil,"
I learn who the characters are, what they do,
and where the story takes place.

Character Setting Events

Maria, M a ria 's Maria wants to miss
Mae kitchen practice to go to her
Pai
friend's house.

c0\.UBOJUff

Continue reading the story. Then fill in the
information in the graphic organizer.

Realistic Fiction

The story "Maria Celebrates Brazil," is realistic
fiction. Realistic fiction:

• is a made-up story with characters that
could be real people.

• has a beginning, middle, and end.

p Find Text Evidence

I can tell that"Maria Celebrates Brazil" is realistic
fiction. The characters are like real people. Also,
the story has a beginning, middle and end.

page 40 Story Structure
In the beginning of
"It's not fair," says Maria in English. the story, I read that
Mae does not know a lot of English. Maria wants to skip
Maria is surprised when she asks, "W hat is practice and go to a
not fair about going to practice? You must friend's house.
do the right thing."
"Ana invited me to her house," Maria Your Turn
answers. "I want to g o!"
Pai says, "M aria, the parade is
important. People from around the world
come to see it. They try our food,
see how we dress, and how
we live. It is a chance for us
to share our culture."

Tell about events that
happen in the middle and
end of the story.

46

Vocabulary Strategy

Root Words

To understand the meaning of a word you do
not know, try to separate the root word from
the endings such as -ed, or -ing.

jO ) Find Text Evidence
As I read the word hurrying, I can split the root
word hurry from the ending -ing, which can
mean something happening right now. I think
hurrying means "m oving quickly right now!'

Maria sees a woman with a
camera. She is hurrying

Youp Turn Janet B ro x o n

Use root words to figure out the meanings
of other words in "Maria Celebrates Brazil'!

worked, page 41
practiced, page 41

47