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1THEME: Rescue Teams
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Sam’s Summer Search
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Character, Setting, Plot . . . 18
The Summer of the Swans Realistic Fiction . . 20
from the novel by Betsy Byars, illustrated by John Rowe
Storm Surprises Maine Students Social Studies . . 36
by Brian MacQuarrie
Writing: Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
THEME: A Lost City
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
An Inca City
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Character, Setting, Plot . . . 42
Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu Historical Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
written and illustrated by Ted Lewin
Empire in the Andes Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Writing: Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
THEME: Science for All
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
How Long Will We Live?
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Main Idea and Details . . . .68
Gecko Glue, Cockroach Scouts, and Spider Silk BridgesSilk Bridges Nonfiction Article . . . . 70
Sleep Is Good for Your Brain Science . . . . . 74
Writing: Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
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THEME: Sharing Traditions
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Keira’s Magical Moment
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Cause and Effect . . . . . . . .80
The Magic Gourd West African Folk Tale . . . . . . . . 82
by Baba Wagué Diakité
The Origin of Ghana Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
Writing: Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
THEME: Protecting Wildlife
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Protecting the Clouded Leopard
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Main Idea and Details . . . 104
Interrupted Journey Informational Nonfiction . 106
from the book by Kathryn Lasky, photographs by Christopher G. Knight
Birdfoot’s Grampa Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
by Joseph Bruchac
This Land Is Your Land Song Lyrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
by Woody Guthrie
Writing: Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Test Strategy: Think and Search
Don’t Tell My Mummy, a Radio Play Drama . . . .124
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2 Saving the Day
THEME: Team Spirit
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
An Aunt’s Baseball Dreams
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Inferences . . . . . . . . 130
How Tía Lola Came to Visit Stay Realistic Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
from the novel by Julia Alvarez, illustrated by Lester Coloma
Baseball by the Numbers Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Writing: Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
THEME: The Solar System
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
The Night of the Northern Lights
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Inferences . . . . . . . . 154
The Night of the Pomegranate Short Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
by Tim Wynne-Jones, illustrated by Elizabeth Sayles
Earth and the Sun Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Writing: Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
THEME: Helping Hands
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Be Prepared When Disaster Strikes
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Generalizations . . . 180
Zoo Story Nonfiction Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182
A Care Package of Technology for
the 21st Century Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Writing: Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
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THEME: Tales of Old
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
From Daughter to Daughter
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Problem and Solution . . . 192
Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter Fairy Tale . . . . . 194
written and illustrated by Diane Stanley
The Golden Touch Language Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
retold by Mary Pope Osborne
Writing: Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
THEME: Sled Dogs as Heroes
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
The Last Great Race on Earth
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
The Great Serum Race Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . 222
by Debbie S. Miller, illustrated by Jon Van Zyle
Haiku Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
by Boncho, Chora, and Shiki
Writing: Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Test Strategy: Author and Me
Flying into Fire Informational Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . 242
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3 Great Ideas
THEME: The Old Southwest
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
A Win-Win Week
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Character, Plot, Setting . .248
Juan Verdades Hispanic Folk Tale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
retold by Joe Hayes, illustrated by Joseph Daniel Fiedler
In the Days of the Vaqueros Social Studies . . . . . . 268
by Russell Freedman
Writing: Fictional Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
THEME: Putting It in Writing
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
The Mysterious Limousine
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Draw Conclusions . . . . . . 276
Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street Fantasy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
by Roni Schotter, illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker
Student Interview with Author
Karen Odom Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
by Perry Faulkner
Writing: Fictional Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
THEME: Energy
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Sources of Energy
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Cause and Effect . . . . . . 304
Building Green Nonfiction Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Learning to Go with the Flow Science . . . 310
Writing: Persuasive Essay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
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THEME: Archaeology
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
Bringing the Past to the Present
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Summarize . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
The Emperor’s Silent Army Informational Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318
from the book by Jane O’Connor
Ozymandias Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Writing: Fictional Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
THEME: Show Time
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
The Unusual Robot
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Draw Conclusions . . . . . .338
The Case of the Phantom Poet Play . . . . . . . 340
by Karen English, illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
How to Conduct a Survey Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Writing: Fictional Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Test Strategy: Author and Me
Hollywood Here You
Come Informational Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
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4THEME: Uncommon Champions
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Bethany Hamilton’s Comeback
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Author’s Purpose . . . . . . .366
Seeing Things His Own Way Biography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
by Marty Kaminsky
Amazing Artificial Limbs Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
by Jackie Glassman
Writing: Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
THEME: Oceanography
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Waves
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Fact and Opinion . . . . . . 390
Exploring the Titanic Autobiography . . . . . . . . . 392
from the book by Robert D. Ballard
Old Stormalong Finds a
Man-Sized Ship Language Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
by Paul Robert Walker
Writing: Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412
THEME: Helping Others
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414
Talking with His Hands
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Compare and Contrast . . 416
Saving Grace Nonfiction Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .418
A Gift of Hope Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Writing: Fictional Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
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THEME: Cycling
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Bike Ride, Anyone?
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Fact and Opinion . . . . . . .428
Major Taylor: Champion CyclistBiographical Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James E. Ransome
Bicycle Riding Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
by Sandra Liatsos
The Sidewalk Racer or On the
Skateboard Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
by Lillian Morrison
Writing: Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
THEME: Pieces from the Past
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
A Change of Heart
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Author’s Perspective . . . .452
A Single Shard Historical Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
from the novel by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Julie Kim
Encyclopedias Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Writing: Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Test Strategy: Author and Me
Gwendolyn Brooks: A Voice Biography . . . . . . . . . 476
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Unit
5 Turning Points
THEME: Mentors
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
My Friend Mateo
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Author’s Purpose . . . . . . .482
Breaking Through Autobiographical Story . . . . . 484
from the book by Francisco Jiménez
Mentoring Matters Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
Writing: Descriptive Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
THEME: Smart Thinking
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Rites of Passage
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Compare and Contrast . . 506
Ta-Na-E-Ka Realistic Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
by Mary Whitebird, illustrated by Shonto Begay
The Crow and the Pitcher Language Arts . . . . . . . . 526
by Aesop, retold by Jerry Pinkney
Writing: Compare and Contrast Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
THEME: Money Matters
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
Money Talk
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Persuasion. . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Many Countries, One Currency Nonfiction Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
Change for a Twenty Social Studies . . . . . . . 538
Writing: Persuasive Essay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
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THEME: Collections
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
Grandpa and Me
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Judgments . . . . . . 544
Honus and Me Realistic Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
from the novel by Dan Gutman, illustrated by Ron Mazellan
Cool Collections Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562
from Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Writing: Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
THEME: Taking a Stand
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
Rosa Parks and the Institute
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Summarize . . . . . . . . . . . .570
Let It Shine: Rosa Parks Biography . . . . . . . . . 572
from the book by Andrea Davis Pinkney
from Caged Bird Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
by Maya Angelou
I Dream a World Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589
by Langston Hughes
Writing: Descriptive Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590
Test Strategy: Author and Me
After Apple Picking Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592
by Robert Frost
A Bump on the Head Informational Nonfiction . . . . . 594
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Unit
6Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
THEME: Great Designs Last Forever
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596
Artists of the Past
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Make Generalizations . . .598
Leonardo’s Horse Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600
by Jean Fritz, illustrated by Hudson Talbott
Leonardo da Vinci Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .616
by Diane Stanley
Writing: Explanatory Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
THEME: Time Travel
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622
Sci-Fi Prep
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . .624
LAFFF Science Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626
by Lensey Namioka, illustrated by Raúl Colón
Reading Online about Time Travel Science . . . . . 640
Writing: Explanatory Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644
THEME: Keeping in Touch
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646
America’s Oldest Written Words
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Problem and Solution . . .648
These Walls Can Talk Nonfiction Article . . . . . . 650
Languages at Risk Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . 654
Writing: Persuasive Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656
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THEME: Print, Past and Present
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658
A Writing Story
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Description . . . . . . . . . . . 660
Breaking into Print Informational Nonfiction . . . . 662
by Stephen Krensky, illustrated by Bonnie Christensen
Future Bookmaker Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680
by Constance Andrea Keremes
Writing: Explanatory Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682
THEME: Volcanoes, Past and Present
Talk About It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684
Voice from Vesuvius
Vocabulary/Comprehension: Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .686
The Dog of Pompeii Short Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688
by Louis Untermeyer, illustrated by Michael Jaroszko
Volcano! Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704
by Forrest Gale, as told to Lora Gale
Writing: Explanatory Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708
Test Strategy: On My Own
Portable Music: Taking It
with You Informational Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714
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