WorldCom Edu Think About Reading Series - Book 1 Sample

Table of Contents







Unit 01 A Story of Ice Cream 7



Unit 02 Nobody Likes Litter! 11




Unit 03 Dogs with Jobs 15



Unit 04 Highway Signs 19




Unit 05 Scary Names for Insects and Spiders 23




Unit 06 Up, Up, and Away 27



Unit 07 A Bridge to Everywhere 31




Unit 08 It’s a Duck ... It’s a Beaver ... It’s a Platypus! 35



Unit 09 Why Is the Ocean Blue? 39




Unit 10 Imaginary Creatures 43

Unit 11 Tropical Rainforests 47



Unit 12 Sometimes It Pays To Wait 51




Unit 13 Helicopters Can Do It 55



Unit 14 Choosing a Pet Turtle 59




Unit 15 Birds with Long Legs 63




Unit 16 Fighting Fires in My Sleep 67



Unit 17 Cotton Patch Geese 71




Unit 18 Kites Fly High 75



Unit 19 Hide-and-Seek 79




Unit 20 Mighty Monsters 83

Features





The Thinking About Reading series are aimed at helping students to master key reading
skills as well as logical thinking skills.




Thinking Aloud and Words
Unit
01 A Story of Ice Cream in Passage
• Presents attractive images
associated with reading
passages
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• Allows the reader to familiarize
key vocabulary words in the
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1 President George Washington 2 The World’s Fair in St. Louis in 1904 reading passage
Thinking Aloud
Look at the picture above and answer the following questions.
1. What kind of ice cream do you like best?
2. How often do you eat ice cream?

Words in Passage
Match the word with its definition.
1. invent a something sweet made by bees
2. cone b something that is used to do work
3. honey c to make two or more more things become one thing A Story of Ice Cream
4. machine d a thin cooked cookie used to hold ice cream Track 01
5. mix e to make something for the first time Everybody loves eating ice cream. But did you know that ice cream has a

Unit 01 7 made by mixing snow and ice with honey.
long history? The first ice cream was made in the second century B.C. It was
a candy maker.
The history of ice cream in America began in 1777. In that year, Philip
Lenzi made and sold ice cream for the first time in the United States. He was
President George Washington ate ice cream for the first time in New York
in 1790. From then on, he would buy ice cream there. He would make ice
cream when he was at Mount Vernon, Virginia.
In 1904, the first ice cream cone was sold at the World’s Fair in St. Louis.
Reading hand or machine.
Early ice cream cones were rolled by hand. In 1912, a machine that rolled ice
cream cones was invented. Ice cream cones are delicious whether rolled by
• Covers various content
areas such as science and
social studies Did you know?
Vanilla is the most popular
flavor of ice cream in
• Provides highly engaging the United States.
and relevant content for
teenage readers 8

Reading Activities
Reading Activities • Helps the reader to practice
1. What is the story mainly about?
MAIN
IDEA key question types for reading
a The history of ice cream
b Most popular ice cream cones comprehension
c Presidents who enjoyed eating ice cream
• Allows the reader to develop
2. What is true according to the story?
DETAILS
a Ice cream was invented in America in 1767. the ability to use context

b President George Washington invented ice cream in 1790. meaningfully
c Ice cream has been around since the second century B.C.
3. What is NOT true according to the story?
a The first ice cream cone was sold in 1904.

b Ice cream cones become tasteless when rolled by machine.
c A cone rolling machine was invented in 1912.
4. What happened in 1777?
a Alexander the Great ate ice cream.

b Ice cream was first introduced in America.
c President George Washington tried ice cream for the first time.
5. What does the word delicious mean in the sentence below?
CONTEXT
CLUES Ice cream cones are delicious whether rolled by hand or machine.
a noisy
b flat
c tasty
Unit 01 9

Thinking & Writing
A. Developing Logical Thinking Skills
Skill Focus
Applying Logic to Reading Tasks
When we use logic, we can understand a passage very well. This is because logic helps the
content of a given passage to flow naturally.
1. What is the logical result of the following sentence?
Everybody loves eating ice cream.
Ice cream is _______________ everywhere.
a sold b burned
2. What is the logical result of the following sentence?
Early ice cream cones were rolled by hand.
Thinking and Writing It took _______________ time to roll a lot of ice cream cones.
a little b much
• Gets the reader to develop
key aspects of logical B. Developing Writing Skills
Based on the model passage below, write a story about your favorite ice cream flavor.
thinking skills
I like chocolate-flavored ice cream best. I usually eat it once a week, in the evening.
I never eat it in the morning.
• Helps the reader to develop
intermediate writing skills Your Turn
I like flavored ice cream best.
I usually eat it a ,
in the . I never eat it in the .
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Unit
01 A Story of Ice Cream














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1 President George Washington 2 The World’s Fair in St. Louis in 1904

Thinking Aloud



Look at the picture above and answer the following questions.
1. What kind of ice cream do you like best?
2. How often do you eat ice cream?







Words in Passage


Match the word with its definition.


1. invent a something sweet made by bees


2. cone b something that is used to do work


3. honey c to make two or more more things become one thing


4. machine d a thin cooked cookie used to hold ice cream



5. mix e to make something for the first time




Unit 01 7

A Story of Ice Cream Track 01








Everybody loves eating ice cream. But did you know that ice cream has a

long history? The first ice cream was made in the second century B.C. It was

made by mixing snow and ice with honey.


The history of ice cream in America began in 1777. In that year, Philip

Lenzi made and sold ice cream for the first time in the United States. He was

a candy maker.


President George Washington ate ice cream for the first time in New York

in 1790. From then on, he would buy ice cream there. He would make ice

cream when he was at Mount Vernon, Virginia.



In 1904, the first ice cream cone was sold at the World’s Fair in St. Louis.

Early ice cream cones were rolled by hand. In 1912, a machine that rolled ice

cream cones was invented. Ice cream cones are delicious whether rolled by

hand or machine.















Did you know?

Vanilla is the most popular
flavor of ice cream in
the United States.












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Reading Activities



MAIN 1. What is the story mainly about?
IDEA
a The history of ice cream

b Most popular ice cream cones

c Presidents who enjoyed eating ice cream




DETAILS 2. What is true according to the story?


a Ice cream was invented in America in 1767.

b President George Washington invented ice cream in 1790.

c Ice cream has been around since the second century B.C.


3. What is NOT true according to the story?


a The first ice cream cone was sold in 1904.

b Ice cream cones become tasteless when rolled by machine.

c A cone rolling machine was invented in 1912.


4. What happened in 1777?


a Alexander the Great ate ice cream.

b Ice cream was first introduced in America.

c President George Washington tried ice cream for the first time.




CONTEXT 5. What does the word delicious mean in the sentence below?
CLUES Ice cream cones are delicious whether rolled by hand or machine.


a noisy
b flat

c tasty





Unit 01 9

Thinking & Writing



A. Developing Logical Thinking Skills

Skill Focus


Applying Logic to Reading Tasks
When we use logic, we can understand a passage very well. This is because logic helps the
content of a given passage to flow naturally.




1. What is the logical result of the following sentence?
Everybody loves eating ice cream.
Ice cream is _______________ everywhere.


a sold b burned


2. What is the logical result of the following sentence?
Early ice cream cones were rolled by hand.
It took _______________ time to roll a lot of ice cream cones.

a little b much





B. Developing Writing Skills

Based on the model passage below, write a story about your favorite ice cream flavor.



I like chocolate-flavored ice cream best. I usually eat it once a week, in the evening.
I never eat it in the morning.




Your Turn




I like flavored ice cream best.

I usually eat it a ,

in the . I never eat it in the .



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