Reading Book

UNIT 1

Around the
Neighborhood

The more we get together, the happier we’ll be.

— Traditional Song

Performance Task
Preview

At the end of this
unit, you will write
a story. You will be
the main character!
In your story, you
will use details from
a text you read in
this unit.

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Lesson Words Read
Together
by Nina Crews
to Know
LANGUAGE DETECTIVE
Read each Context Card.
Talk About Words
Work with a partner. Make up a sentence that
Use the blue words in uses a blue word.
sentences to tell about
something you did. 1 play

These pals like to play
in the park.

2 be

They like to be on the
same team.

Add new words to
myWordList. Use them
in your speaking
and writing.

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3 and 4 help Lesson 1

The children share the These pals help each
paper and paint. other wash the dog.

5 with 6 you

The boy was in a show I like when you play
with his pals. this game with me.

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Read andbyNinaCrews Read
Together

Comprehend

TARGET SKILL

Main Idea As you read, look for one big
idea that the selection is about. This is
the topic. The main idea is the most
important idea about the topic. Details
are bits of information that tell more
about the main idea. You can list the
main idea and details about a topic on a
web like this.

Detail Main Idea Detail
Detail Detail

TARGET STRATEGY

Summarize Stop to tell important ideas
as you read.

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PREVIEW THE TOPIC

Friendship

How do pals act?
Pals play together.
They help each other.
Pals take turns.
They are kind.
Pals have fun.
What do you do with your pals?
You will learn all about pals in
What Is a Pal?

Think Draw Pair Share

What is a good pal? Think
about it. Draw a picture.
Then tell a partner about
your picture.

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by Nina Crews Meet the Author
and Photographer
GENRE
Nina Crews
Informational text
tells about things that Nina Crews comes
are real. Look for: from a very creative family.
Her parents, Donald Crews
words that tell and Ann Jonas, are both
information well-known artists. For her
photographs that own artwork, Ms. Crews
show details about likes to make collages out
the real world of photos.

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What Is a Pal?

written and photographed by Nina Crews

ESSENTIAL QUESTION
What is important

about being a friend?

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A pal can help you.

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Sam and Nat can help Dan.

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A pal can play with you.

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Tad, Cam, and Nan can play.

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A pal can be a pet.

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A pal can be Dad.

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A pal can be with you.

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A pal is fun to be with!

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Are you a pal?

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BE A READING DETECTIVE

by Nina Crews

Dig Deeper Read
Together

Use Clues to Analyze the Text

Use these pages to learn about Main Idea
and Informational Text. Then read What
Is a Pal? again.

Main Idea

In What Is a Pal?, you read about
what it means to be a pal. This is the
topic. The main idea is the most
important idea about the topic. What
is the main idea? Details are bits of
information about the main idea. What
details did you find out about pals? Use
a web to show the main idea and details.

Detail Main Idea Detail
Detail Detail

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Genre: Informational Text

What Is a Pal? has details that are
facts. Facts are true information. What
facts do you learn from the words?

The pictures show real kids who are
pals. What information do you learn
from the pictures?

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Read

Your TurnTogether

RETURN TO THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION

Turn What is important
and about being a
friend? What details
Talk

does the selection tell about

being a pal? What else do

you know about being a pal?

Tell your partner. Speak in

complete sentences.

Classroom Conversation

Talk about these questions with your class.

1 Who could be a pal?
2 What things from What Is a Pal? have

you done with friends?
3 What words tell about being a good pal?

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Performance Task

WRITE ABOUT READING

Response Read the last page of the
selection again. Write a sentence to
answer the question. Draw a picture
to go with your answer.

Writing Tip

Read your answer. Add
details to give information.
Begin your sentence with
a capital letter.

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Read
Together

GENRE How can you be a good friend?
You can play with your friends.
Poetry uses words You can share with friends and
in interesting ways help them.
to show pictures and
feelings. Damon & Blue
Just us two
TEXT FOCUS Cruising up the avenue.
You strut, you glide
When words rhyme, But mark our stride
they end with the Can’t beat us when we’re
same sound, like blue
and two. Clap when side by side.
you hear words that
rhyme at the end of by Nikki Grimes
the lines.

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Wait for me
and I’ll be there
and we’ll walk home together,
if it’s raining
puddle pails
or if it’s sunny weather.
Wait for me
and I’ll be there
and we’ll walk home together.
You wear red
and I’ll wear blue,
and we’ll be friends forever.

by Sarah Wilson

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Jambo Jambo Respond to Poetry
ambo ambo
mbo mbo ¥ Listen to the poems
bo bo bo again. Memorize
ooo some lines. Join in!
bo bo bo
mbo mbo ¥ Say more rhyming
ambo ambo lines that could be
Jambo Jambo added to one of the
HI! HELLO! poems.
Did you Did you
did you know
Jambo means
hello hello!

by Sundaira
Morninghouse

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Compare TextsbyNinaCrews

Read
Together

TEXT TO TEXT

Compare Friends How are the friends in
the poems like the pals in the selection?
How are they different? Make a chart.

TEXT TO SELF

Write Sentences Write sentences to
tell your classmates about favorite
things you do with your pals.

TEXT TO WORLD

Describing Words Read the poems again.
Find words that tell what the friends look
like. Find words that tell what they see
in their world and show how they feel.

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Grammar Digital Resources

Multimedia
Grammar Glossary
GrammarSnap
Video

Nouns Some words name people or Read
animals. Some words name places or Together
things. Words that name people, animals,
places, or things are called nouns.

Nouns for People Nouns for Animals

boy dog

dad cat

Nouns for Places Nouns for Things

house book
sky

garden door bed

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Try This!

Talk about each picture with a partner. Name the
nouns you see. Then write a noun from the box to
name each picture. Use another sheet of paper.

mom room city bird clock girl
1. 4.

2. 5.

3. 6.

Connect Grammar to Writing

Share your writing with a partner.
Talk about the nouns you used.

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Narrative Writing Read
Together
Elaboration Dan drew and wrote about
his pals and what they do. Then he
thought about what details to add. He
added a picture of a ball and a label.

Revised Draft

my pal Max

soccer ball

Writing Checklist

Elaboration Does my writing have interesting
details about my pals?

Did I use nouns in my labels?
Did I write letters neatly and correctly?

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What do the details in Dan’s writing
tell you about his pals and what they
do? Now revise your writing. Use
the Checklist.

Final Copy

My Pals

my mom my brother

van computer

my pal Max Star

soccer ball rabbit

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Lesson Words Read
Together
LANGUAGE DETECTIVE
to Know
Talk About Words
Work with a partner. Read each Context Card.
Take turns asking and
answering questions Choose two blue words.
about the photos. Use Use them in sentences.
the blue words in your
questions and answers. 1 he

He walked across the
street with his friends.

2 look

Children look at water
from the fire hose.

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3 have 4 for Lesson 2

We have fun seeing the The doctor had a kind
fast fire truck. smile for Ann.

5 too 6 what

They took hats and the What do people do to
sunblock, too. help you feel safe?

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Read
Together

TARGET SKILL

Understanding Characters The people and
animals in a story are the characters.
Think about who the characters are and
what they do. Use story clues, called text
evidence, to figure out how characters
feel and why they act as they do. You can
write text evidence in a chart like this.

Characters Actions

TARGET STRATEGY

Infer/Predict Use text evidence to
figure out more about the story and
to think of what might happen next.

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PREVIEW THE TOPIC

Weather

How can you tell a storm is coming?
Look at the sky.
Clouds move closer.
What might you hear?
Thunder crashes.
The storm is on its way!
There is some bad weather in the story
you will read called The Storm.

Talk About It

What do you know about
storms? What would you
like to know? Share your
ideas with the class. What
did you learn from others?

Take turns speaking.
Listen carefully.
Ask questions.
Answer questions.

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GENRE Meet the Author and Illustrator

Realistic fiction is a Raúl Colón
made-up story that
could happen in real As a little boy in
life. Look for: Puerto Rico, Raúl
Colón was often
things that could very sick. He spent
really happen a lot of time inside, drawing.
people who act like He even made his own comic
people in real life books. Today, Mr. Colón lives
in New York and works as an
artist and a writer.

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written and illustrated
by Raúl Colón

ESSENTIAL QUESTION
What happens during

a storm?

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Pop has come in.
Look! He is wet.

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Tim and Rip ran to him.

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Tim, Rip, and Pop have fun.

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Tim had to go to bed.

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What did Tim and Rip see?

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Tim hid in his bed!
Rip hid, too!

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Look what Pop had for Tim.
Tim had a sip.

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Pop had a hug for Tim.
He had a hug for Rip, too.

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Pop sat with Tim and Rip.

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BE A READING DETECTIVE

Dig Deeper Read
Together

Use Clues to Analyze the Text

Use these pages to learn more about
Understanding Characters and Realistic
Fiction. Then read The Storm again.

Understanding Characters

In The Storm, you read about different
characters. What important things do
the characters do? What does this text
evidence tell you about what they are like?
Use a chart to list the characters and their
actions to help you understand them better.

Characters Actions

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Genre: Realistic Fiction

The Storm is a story with a beginning,
middle, and end. It is a made-up story,
but it could happen in real life.

In realistic fiction, characters act like
real people. The events could really
happen. Think about what happens in
The Storm. Could it happen to you?

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Read
Together

RETURN TO THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION

Turn What happens
and during a storm?
Talk about what
Talk

happens during different parts

in The Storm and how it

makes Tim feel. Use words

and actions to act out his

feelings in a group.

Classroom Conversation

Talk about these questions with your class.

1 How does Tim show his feelings?
2 How does Pop help Tim?
3 What does Tim see and hear during

the storm?

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Performance Task

WRITE ABOUT READING

Response Look at pages 48–49.
Write words to tell how Tim feels.
Look for text evidence. Use the
pictures and the words on the
pages to help you.

Writing Tip

Read your answer.
Add words that give
information.

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Read
Together

GENRE A storm is a strong wind
with rain or snow. It may
Informational text have hail or sleet. Warm,
gives facts on a topic. light air goes up quickly.
It can be from a It mixes with high, cold air.
textbook, article, or Look! It’s a storm.
website. Look for storm
facts as you read. This is a lightning storm in
Pampa, Texas.
TEXT FOCUS

Photographs show
pictures of real things
with important details.
Use these photographs
to find out information
about storms.

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