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A Reading/Language Arts Program
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ISBN-10: 0-02-198804-8/1, Bk. 1
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A Reading/Language Arts Program

Program Authors
Donald R. Bear
Janice A. Dole
Jana Echevarria
Jan E. Hasbrouck
Scott G. Paris
Timothy Shanahan
Josefina V. Tinajero
Unit
1
THEME: We Are Special
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Can Pat Jump?
Words to Know
Pam and Sam
Fantasy
.............8
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
by Nancy Tafuri
Our Best Days
Social Studies
. . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Writing: Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
THEME: Ready, Set, Move!

Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Yes, I Can!
Words to Know .
I Can! Can You?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rhyming Story
. . . . . . . 44
by Cathy Roper, illustrated by Lorinda Bryan Cauley
Run! Jump! Swim!
Science
. . . . . . . . . . . 58
Writing: Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
THEME: Growing Up
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
I Am a Big Kid
Words to Know .
How You Grew
. . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Nonfiction Article
Birds Get Big
Social Studies
. . . . . . 70
. . . . . 78
Writing: Descriptive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
THEME: Pets
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Come Down, Brad!
Pet Tricks
Words to Know
Realistic Fiction
. . . . . . . . 84
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
by Ed Reyes, illustrated by Joe Cepeda
What Pets Need
Science
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Writing: Descriptive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
THEME: Teamwork
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Help for Hank
Soccer
Words to Know
Nonfiction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
by Patrick Lee, photographs by Ken Cavanagh
Guess What!
Poetry
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
by Michael Strickland
Writing: Persuasive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Test Strategy: Right There

Jill and Nat
Realistic Fiction
. . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
We Are
Special
Talk About It
What do you
like to do? What
makes you special?
Find out more about
being yourself at
www.macmillanmh.com
Words to Know
jump
up
down
not
Pat
can
Read to Find Out
Will Pat jump?
Get Ready Story
by Ann Carr
illustrated by
Bernard Adnet
Jump up.
10
Jump down.
11
Pat can not jump.

12
Look! Pat can jump!

13
Comprehension
Genre
A Fantasy is a madeup story that could
not really happen.
Story Structure
Character
As you read, use

your Character
Chart.
1BN$BO
4BN$B\
Read to Find Out
What makes Pam

and Sam special?
14
Main Selection
written and illustrated

by Nancy Tafuri
15
Pam and Sam like to play.

16
Pam ran up.

17
Sam ran up.

18
Pam and Sam ran down.

19
Pam can jump.

20
Sam can not jump.

21
Sam can not go with Pam.

22
Look at Sam!
23
Sam can fly.

24
Go, Pam! Go, Sam!

25
Nancy Tafuri says, I live in

the country and love telling
stories about animals. I
especially like to tell stories
about good friends like
Pam and Sam. I have fun
drawing pictures to go with
my stories.
Other books
by Nancy Tafuri
Find out more about

Nancy Tafuri at
www.macmillanmh.com
Authors Purpose
Nancy Tafuri wanted to tell a story
about friends. Draw a picture of your
friend. Write your friends name.
26
Comprehension Check
Retell the Story
Use the Retelling Cards
to retell the story.
4/c
spot
2/c
Templa
1/c
spot
te
Cont. Ldr.:
First Pass
Second
Date:
Ed
Template
4/c
2/c
First Pass
Pass
C
Retelling Cards
Think and Compare

1. What can Pam do?
What can Sam do?
1BN$BO
4BN$B\
2. How are Sam and
Pam like animals you have seen?

3. How do you know Pam and Sam
are good friends?

4. How is Sam like Pat in
Can Pat Jump?
27
Social Studies
Genre
Nonfiction tells
about real people
and things.
Our Best
Days
Text Feature
Photographs give
more information
about the text.
Content Words
neighbor
family
friends
Find out more about
what kids like at
www.macmillanmh.com
What day is the best day?

28
Social Studies
I like Monday.
I ride my horse.
29
I like Tuesday.
My neighbor and I play.
30
I like Wednesday.
My family has pizza.
31
I like Thursday.
I help my mom plant.
32
My friends and I like Friday.

What is your best day?
Connect and Compare
What might Pam and Sam do on their
best day?
33
Writing
Sentence
A sentence tells a
complete thought.
Jen wrote a sentence

about painting.
I l i ke t o p ai nt.
34
Personal Narrative
What do you like to do?

Draw a picture.
Use the sentence frame.
I like to
Writers Checklist
Did I tell what I like to do?
Does my sentence tell a
complete thought?
Does my sentence begin with a
capital letter?
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A Reading/Language Arts Program

Published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, of McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,

A Reading/Language Arts Program

Can Pat Jump?

Pam and Sam

Our Best Days

Writing: Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

THEME: Ready, Set, Move!

I Can! Can You?

by Cathy Roper, illustrated by Lorinda Bryan Cauley

Run! Jump! Swim!

Writing: Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

How You Grew

Birds Get Big

Come Down, Brad!

by Ed Reyes, illustrated by Joe Cepeda

What Pets Need

Writing: Descriptive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Help for Hank

by Patrick Lee, photographs by Ken Cavanagh

Writing: Persuasive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Test Strategy: Right There

Will Pat jump?

Get Ready Story

Pat can not jump.

Look! Pat can jump!

As you read, use

Read to Find Out

What makes Pam

written and illustrated

Pam and Sam like to play.

Pam ran up.

Sam ran up.

Pam and Sam ran down.

Pam can jump.

Sam can not jump.

Sam can not go with Pam.

Sam can fly.

Go, Pam! Go, Sam!

Nancy Tafuri says, I live in

Find out more about

Think and Compare

2. How are Sam and

Pam like animals you have seen?

are good friends?

Can Pat Jump?

What day is the best day?

My friends and I like Friday.

Jen wrote a sentence

What do you like to do?

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