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UNIT GENRE STUDY 1 REALISTIC FICTION TU
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Essential Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SHARED READ "Happy New Year!". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Vocabulary/Similes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Visualize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Point of View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Compare and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
WRITING Respond to Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Research and Inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ANCHOR TEXT Analyze Dear Primo:
A Letter to My Cousin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PAIRED SELECTION Analyze ”Games Around the World”. . . . . 18
Author's Craft: Maps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Make Connections/Research and Inquiry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
WRITING Realistic Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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Essential Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SHARED READ "Into the Sea". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vocabulary/Sentence Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Reread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Subheads and Bold Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Cause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
ANCHOR TEXT Analyze Volcanoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
PAIRED SELECTION Analyze "To the Rescue" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Author's Craft: Text Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Make Connections/Research and Inquiry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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UNIT GENRE STUDY 3 POETRY
Essential Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SHARED READ "Snow Shape,”
“Nature Walk,” “In the Sky". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Vocabulary/Antonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Repetition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Free Verse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Theme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
WRITING Respond to Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
ANCHOR TEXT Analyze April Rain Song, Rain Poem . . . . . . . 72
Analyze "Helicopters,”
PAIRED SELECTION
“Windy Tree". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Author's Craft: Figurative Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Make Connections/Phrasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
WRITING Free Verse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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SHOW WHAT YOU LEARNED
• Expository Text: "Rivers of Ice". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

• Free Verse: "How to Wait"
"Against the Wind" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
EXTEND YOUR LEARNING
• Comparing Genres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
• Antonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
• Write a Thank You Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
• Connect to Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
TRACK YOUR PROGRESS
• What Did You Learn? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Research and Inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
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UNIT
GENRE STUDY 1 REALISTIC FICTION Essential Question
4 Talk About It Essential Question

How are kids around the world
different?
Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction

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COLLABORATE the world. It is played with two teams. You hit a ball with a
bat and run towards the other end of the field to score.
Talk about what is happening in the photo. Think of games
that are special to your culture. How are these games and
cricket the same or different? Write your ideas on the chart.
Same Different
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SHARED READ
TAKE NOTES
Use the title and illustrations
to write a prediction about
Happy
New Year!
what happens in the story.
As you read, make note of:
Interesting Words
Key Details Essential Question
How are kids around the

world different?
Read about a girl
celebrating the New Year

holiday in the United States
and China.
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I celebrated the New Year twice REALISTIC FICTION
in one year. Do you wonder how? I
celebrated the holiday in the United FIND TEXT EVIDENCE
Read
States and then in China.
Paragraph 1
On December 31, our city had a Point of View

Draw a box around the
celebration to welcome the New
pronouns that show the story
Year. This celebration began with a is written in the first person.
parade. A band played music, and I
Paragraph 2
got my face painted like a lion. Then Visualize
I watched a man carve animals from List two details that tell
ice. We were surrounded by fun! why the girl says, "We were
surrounded by fun!"
Just before midnight, everyone

went to the park. The crowd
counted down the last seconds of
the old year. Then came my favorite

part, the thing I like most. Pop! Pop!
Pop! Fireworks like a shower of Reread
colorful lights sprinkled down from Author's Craft

the sky. How does the author help
you understand what the
fireworks sound like?
Susan Swan

SHARED READ Then my family took a plane to China.
A plane is huge and travels over the ocean like
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE a whale in the sky. We celebrated the New Year
Read with Grandma. This celebration is different than
Paragraph 1
in the United States. It lasts for fifteen days, not
Simile
Circle the words the girl
just one night. After we arrived, Grandma
uses to describe how the surprised me with new red clothing. She said
plane travels over the ocean. red brings good luck.
Paragraph 2
On New Year’s Eve, we went to Grandma’s
Compare and Contrast
house. I learned many interesting Chinese
What two parts of New
Year's Eve are like the customs. One custom is to have a family dinner
celebration in the United that includes tasty dumplings. Then we stepped
States? outdoors to watch a big parade. At the end, a
rainbow of firecrackers snapped and popped in

the sky!

Reread
Author's Craft
Why does the author include
a description of the family
dinner on New Year's Eve?
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Later that week we watched the Chinese lion REALISTIC FICTION
dance. I’d never seen anything like it. Each pair
of dancers wore a fancy lion costume made of FIND TEXT EVIDENCE
cloth as yellow as the Sun. The dancers leaped Read
Paragraph 2
through the air and did amazing tricks!
Visualize
We went to the Lantern Festival on the last Circle words that help you
day. The full moon hung like a balloon in the visualize the moon. What
lights up at night?
dark sky. Everyone made paper lanterns that lit
up the night.
The two celebrations were different. They were

the same, too. They had one thing in common.

They were both exciting family celebrations to
Susan Swan
Paragraph 3
welcome the New Year!
Compare and Contrast
Underline what the
celebrations have in
common.
Summarize
Reread
Use the most
important details from Author's Craft
"Happy New Year!" to How does the author
orally summarize how show the girl's excitement
the narrator celebrates during the lion dance?
the New Year.

Reread SHARED READ
Vocabulary customs
A turkey dinner and a family gathering
Talk with a partner about each word. are Thanksgiving customs.
Then answer the questions. What are your holiday customs?
common
Tag is a common game that children like.
What are some common places to go in your
neighborhood?
favorite
Autumn is our favorite season because
we like cool weather best.
What is your favorite season?
costume

The actor in the play wore a colorful
costume.
When do people often wear costumes?
parades
Our band marches in the town parade.
What do you like about parades?

Build Your Word List Reread the last

paragraph on page 3. Circle crowd.
Use a word web to write more forms of
the word. Use a dictionary to help you.
REALISTIC FICTION
surrounded Similes
We are surrounded by flowers.
A simile uses the words like or as to
How can you travel to a place
compare two different things. To understand
surrounded by water?
a simile, figure out how an author compares
one thing to another.
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE

I read "fireworks like a shower of colorful
travels lights." I see the word like, so this must be a
The car travels along the road.
simile. The author compares the fireworks
What travels along a track? to a shower of colorful lights to describe
how they sprinkle down from the sky.

Fireworks like a shower of colorful

lights sprinkled down from the sky.
wonder
I wonder when it will stop
raining.
Your Turn Find the similes with the words
What are some things you wonder
below. Tell what the author is comparing.
about?
cloth, page 5

full moon, page 5


Reread SHARED READ
Visualize Quick Tip
Pay attention to
When you visualize, you use the author’s words to form words that tell about
pictures in your mind about a story. This strategy will help actions and words
you to clarify the description, or details, of each event. that describe sensory
details, such as how
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE something looks or
sounds.
When you read the last two sentences on page 4, use
the author’s words to help you visualize the event that is
happening in the story.
Page 4 When I reread, “At the end, a

rainbow of firecrackers snapped
Then we stepped outdoors to and popped in the sky!” I can
watch a big parade. At the end, picture in my mind the end of
a rainbow of firecrackers the parade. I see a rainbow of
snapped and popped in the sky! different colors in the sky as the
firecrackers pop and snap.
Your Turn Reread the first paragraph on page 5. Discuss

COLLABORATE the Chinese lion dance. What words help you visualize the
dancers? Reread to find the answer.

REALISTIC FICTION
Point of View Readers to Writers
When you read or

“Happy New Year!” is a realistic fiction story. It has made-up write realistic fiction,
characters, settings, and events that could be real. Realistic ask questions about
fiction is sometimes written in the first person. the characters. Do
they act or speak
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE like people you
know? How do they
I can tell that “Happy New Year!” is realistic fiction because
feel? What details
the events in the story could be real events. The story is told help you know that
by a person who could be real. they are like people
in real life?
Page 3
I celebrated the New Year twice

Point of View
REALISTIC FICTION
in one year. Do you wonder how? I
celebrated the holiday in the United
Realistic fiction sometimes uses first
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE
States and then in China. Read
Paragraph 1person. A character uses words such as I,
On December 31, our city had a Point of View
celebration to welcome the New me, we, our, my, or us to tell the story.
Draw a box around the
pronouns that show the story
Year. This celebration began with a is written in the first person.
parade. A band played music, and I
Your Turn Why did the author write in
Paragraph 2
got my face painted like a lion. Then Visualize
I watched a man carve animals from List two details that tell
ice. We were surrounded by fun! why the girl says, "We were
COLLABORATE
surrounded by fun!" the first person? How does this help you
Just before midnight, everyone
went to the park. The crowd understand the main character?
counted down the last seconds of
the old year. Then came my favorite
part, the thing I like most. Pop! Pop!
Pop! Fireworks like a shower of Reread

colorful lights sprinkled down from Author's Craft
the sky. How does the author help
you understand what the
fireworks sound like?

Susan Swan
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Reread SHARED READ
Compare and Contrast Quick Tip
Authors often
Authors compare events in a story by showing how the use signal words
events are alike. They contrast events by showing how the and phrases, such
events are different. as both, same,
in common, or
different, to compare
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE and contrast events
On page 4 of “Happy New Year!” I can see how the author in a story.
compares how long the Chinese New Year and the United
States New Year last. The signal word different tells me that
the author is comparing and contrasting details.
United States Celebration Chinese Celebration
How long it lasts one night fifteen days
Your Turn Continue rereading the

COLLABORATE story. Compare and contrast the
celebrations in the story and
fill in the information in the
graphic organizer.
Susan Swan

REALISTIC FICTION
United States Celebration Chinese Celebration
How long it
lasts one night fifteen days
Entertainment
What People
Create
Other Family
Activities

Reread SHARED READ
Respond to Reading Quick Tip
Use these sentence
Talk about the prompt below. Think about how the starters to help you
COLLABORATE author presents details in the story. Use your notes and organize your text
graphic organizer. evidence.
The New Year
celebration in China...
How does the author show that people in China and the The New Year
celebration in the
United States celebrate the New Year differently?
United States...
________________________________________________
Grammar Connections
________________________________________________
Proper nouns should
________________________________________________ be capitalized no
matter where they
are in a sentence.
________________________________________________
Remember that
proper nouns
________________________________________________ include the names of
countries, languages,
________________________________________________ and nationalities.
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
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Primary and Secondary Sources Quick Tip
Primary sources can
Primary sources are original items. They might be created help you understand
by someone who took part in an event. Examples of primary people now and in
sources are letters, interviews, and photographs. the past. Think about
things in your home
or classroom, such
What is another example of a primary source?
as a notebook or
journal. How might
__________________________________________________ they help someone
learn more about
Secondary sources include textbooks and encyclopedias. you or understand
They are created by someone to give information about an you?
event, person, or topic.
Celebration Chart With a partner, make a chart about a

COLLABORATE celebration from another place. Use primary and secondary
sources to include important details about the celebration.
My celebration is
What I want to know about the celebration:
Discuss what sources you might use in your research. Think
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about which sources are primary and which are secondary
sources.

Reread ANCHOR TEXT
Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin
Carlitos and Charlie describe their homes. What do Literature Anthology:
readers learn about the cousins from these details? pages 302-331
Talk About It Reread pages 304-305. Talk about the Make Inferences
COLLABORATE details the cousins write in their letters.
What do you
Cite Text Evidence Write details that describe where the understand about
cousins live. Write why the cousins describe their homes. Carlitos when he
asks his cousin,
Charlie, "Do you
Detail Detail Detail wonder like me
what life is like far
away?"
The cousins describe their homes because...
Write The details show that the cousins


REALISTIC FICTION
How does the author use illustrations to help you Quick Tip
understand what the cousins do in the story?
As you read, use the
sentence starters
Talk About It Reread pages 318-319. Talk about how the to talk about the
COLLABORATE illustrations show what the cousins do on the weekend. illustrations.
Cite Text Evidence Write details that are the same or The author wants to
show how the places
different in the two illustrations. are…
The images are side
Same Different by side so that I
can…
Combine Information
Use details you
already know about
Carlitos and his
family to understand
why they sell food at
the mercado.
Write The illustrations show me


Reread ANCHOR TEXT
Why does the author spread the words "I have an Quick Tip
idea!" across two pages at the end of the story?
The author uses
Talk About It Reread pages 328–329. Talk about the text text features and
illustrations to show
COLLABORATE and illustrations on these pages. that the cousins are
Cite Text Evidence In the boxes below, write the ideas similar.
Carlitos and Charlie both have.
Make Inferences
Carlitos thinks...
How do you think
Carlitos compares to
Charlie at the end of
the story?
Charlie thinks...
Write The words across the pages show that Carlitos and
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REALISTIC FICTION
Use these sentence

Discuss the prompt below. Be sure to consider your frames to organize
COLLABORATE background knowledge about how to compare and your text evidence.
contrast to answer the question below. The author uses
illustrations to show …
The author uses
How does the author show the cousins are similar even words to show …
though they live in different countries?
Self-Selected
Reading
Choose a text. Read
the first two pages. If
you don't understand
five or more words,
choose another text
that will let you
read for a longer
amount of time.
Fill in your writer's
notebook with the
title, author, genre,
and your purpose
for reading. After
reading, write about
any connections you
made.

Reread PAIRED SELECTION
Games Around the World
Literature Anthology:
pages 332-335
What games do you and your friends
like to play? Do you like outdoor Reread paragraph 1. Circle the
games where you move around? questions the author asks readers.
What does the author want you to
Maybe you like to play board or
think about?
computer games together indoors.

Kids around the world play different
games together. Games are part of a
country’s customs. Here are some of

the games kids play
Reread paragraph 2. Underline a clue
in countries
that tells why kids around the world
around the play different games.
world.
COLLABORATE
Discuss the author's purpose for

writing the selection. Use details in
the first two paragraphs to support
your ideas.
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Reread paragraph 1. Underline a fact
about the history of jump rope. Why
Jump Rope does the author think kids around the
Boys and girls around the world have world have been able to play jump
played jump rope for hundreds of rope? Support your answer with a
clue from the text.
years. All you need is a piece of rope!
Settlers from the Netherlands brought
this game to America long ago.

Today some games are played with

more than one rope. Jumpers can do
tricks like twists and turns. There are Reread paragraph 2. What key
even contests to see who can jump detail about playing jump rope with
more than one rope does the author
the most
describe? Circle the sentence that
times tells the key detail.
or do
the best COLLABORATE
tricks. Discuss why the author organizes the

information about jump rope into
two paragraphs. Use text evidence to
support your response.
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How does the author organize the selection? Quick Tip
Look at headings
Talk About It Reread pages 18 and 19. Talk about how the and the photograph
COLLABORATE beginning of the selection and the section called "Jump on page 18 to find
Rope" are alike and different. clues about how the
author organized the
Cite Text Evidence Write about details that make the parts text.
of the selection alike and different.
Write The author organizes the selection


Maps Quick Tip
As you read
Authors use maps to show places in the world that they tell informational text,
about in the text. pay attention to the
graphics. Authors
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE use maps and photos
Take a second look at the maps and subheadings. Think to help readers find
information that is
about how the author organized these text features.
not in the text. Think
Write the color the author uses for each country on the about what the
lines below. author wants you to
know.
Australia Ghana
United States France
Japan
Why did the author use the same colors for the countries
as he did for the heads and borders around the photos and
captions? Write your answer on the lines below.

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What have you learned from the selections you read Quick Tip
and the photograph about how kids around the world
You can make
have fun? personal connections
to the ways you have
Talk About It Look at the photograph and read the fun with your friends.
COLLABORATE caption. Talk with a partner about where kids can go to Think about the
play in Paris, France. games you like to
play and how playing
Text Evidence With a partner, circle a clue that them makes you feel.
tells what the kids are playing with in the caption.
Write The selections I read and this

photograph help me understand how
kids around the world

Michael Owston/Photoshot
Kids in Paris, France, play with toy sailboats in a city

park. They use a breeze to power their boats across
the pool of water.
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Present Your Work Quick Tip
Practicing your
With your partner, plan how you will present your presentation will help
COLLABORATE Celebration Chart to the class. Discuss the sentence you share your ideas
starters below and write your answers. with others. It will
give you confidence,
too!
Presenting Checklist
Practice your
presentation in
front of a friend.
Speak clearly, and
An interesting fact I learned about a celebration is _______ emphasize the
most important
_________________________________________________ ideas.
Use drawings,
photos, or digital
media.
Try to look at the
I would like to know more about people in the
audience.


WRITING
Expert Model
Features of a Realistic Fiction Story Literature Anthology:
pages 302-331
• Authors write a realistic fiction story to entertain and
teach us about other people and places. Word Wise
• It is sometimes written in the first person. Charlie and Carlitos
are the narrators of
• It can have a text structure that compares and
Dear Primo: A Letter
contrasts. to My Cousin. The
author uses first-
person pronouns,
Analyze an Expert Model Studying Dear Primo: A Letter to such as I, my, and
My Cousin will help you learn how to write realistic fiction. we, to show that the
Reread pages 308-309. Answer the questions below. events are described
in the first person.
How does the author help you understand the settings?
COLLABORATE

How do you know the cousins write about having fun?

REALISTIC FICTION
Plan: Brainstorm Quick Tip

As you brainstorm
Generate Ideas You will write realistic fiction about a interesting places,
character who has visited two places. Use this space for your think about places
ideas. Draw and brainstorm words and pictures about the you have visited and
places you have
places your character has visited. Then think about how you
learned about and
will describe each place. would like to visit.
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WRITING
Plan: Choose Your Topic Quick Tip
Your audience, or
Writing Prompt Write a story about a character who has readers, may include
COLLABORATE visited two places. Your character will describe the places your classmates or
in a letter. Use your ideas from page 25. Complete these family. Think about
how to make the
sentences to help you get started.
places in your story
interesting or fun for
The places my character tells about are _______________ them to read about.
_________________________________________________
The places are alike because ________________________
_________________________________________________
The places are different because______________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
Purpose and Audience Some authors write realistic

fiction because they want to teach their readers about the
world around them. Authors may also want to entertain
their audiences. Think about why you chose the places
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for your story. Then explain the purpose for writing

your story in your writer’s notebook.

REALISTIC FICTION
Plan: Ideas Word Wise

Use describing words
Develop Details Authors write ideas about settings to to create a picture
develop details in a story. Read the chart below. The author of each place that
wrote details about a beach in the summer and a park in is part of your story.
Descriptive writing
the winter. Circle the details that describe what the places
tells how something
are like. Underline details that give information about what looks, sounds, feels,
the characters do in those places. smells, or tastes.
Setting 1 Setting 2
Beach in Summer Park in Winter
Details Details
Air smells like salty ocean. I play in snow.
I play in warm sand. Snow covers everything.
Waves are crashing. Still and quiet
Dad and I build a My sisters make a

sandcastle. snowman.
Plan In your writer’s notebook, make a Setting Details Chart

like the one above. Fill it in with details about the places
your character is writing about.
WRITING
Draft Grammar Connections
The verb be has
Compare and Contrast The author of “Happy New Year!” special forms. Read
COLLABORATE compares and contrasts a holiday that takes place in two the past-tense forms
places. Reread the first paragraph of page 3. The author of be in sentences.
introduces the two settings in the beginning of the story. I was here yesterday.
The girl was in the
Now use this paragraph as a model to introduce your two park yesterday.
places. Include a detail about each place that makes your They were in class
audience want to read more. Write in the first person. yesterday.
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
Write a Draft Use your Setting Details Chart to help you

write your draft in your writer's notebook. Remember to
compare and contrast each place the narrator describes.
Digital Tools
For more information on how to write for your
audience, watch "Write For Your Audience." Go to
my.mheducation.com.

REALISTIC FICTION
Revise Quick Tip

Add missing details
Voice Authors use describing words, details, and and the feelings
punctuation to show a character’s feelings. Read the of your character
letter below. Revise the body of the letter to show how the to add interest to
your writing. An
narrator feels about a celebration in his neighborhood.
exclamation point
(!) can show when
the character feels
Dear Ben, strongly about
something.
Saturday, my street had a block party. There were games. Mrs. Lee
brought pies. Does your neighborhood have a block party too? Grammar Connections
The first word is
Sincerely,
capitalized in a
letter's salutation
Miguel ("Dear Ben,")
or conclusion
("Sincerely,"). Always
_________________________________________________ capitalize the days
of the week and
_________________________________________________ months of the year
in your writing.
_________________________________________________
Revise It’s time to revise your draft. Include details that show
your character's feelings.

WRITING
Revise: Peer Conferences Quick Tip
Use these sentence
Review a Draft Listen carefully as a partner reads his or starters to discuss
COLLABORATE her work aloud. Begin by telling what you liked about the your partner’s work.
draft. Make suggestions that may make the writing stronger. I enjoyed your letter
opening because…
Partner Feedback Write one of your partner’s suggestions
How about adding
that you will use in the revision of your story. more details about…
I have a question
Based on my partner's feedback, I will about…
_________________________________________________
Revising Checklist
_________________________________________________
Does my story fit
After you finish giving each other feedback, reflect on the my purpose and
audience?
peer conference. What was helpful? What might you do
Does it include
differently next time? descriptive details?
Did I show how
_________________________________________________ two locations
are alike and
_________________________________________________ different?
Does the narrator
Revision Use the Revising Checklist to help you figure tell the story in the
first person?
out what text you may need to move, add to, or delete.
Is the story
Remember to use the rubric on page 33 to help you with written correctly
your revision. as a letter?

REALISTIC FICTION
Edit and Proofread Grammar Connections

Make sure verbs
When you edit and proofread, you look for and correct are spelled correctly.
mistakes in your writing. Rereading a revised draft several Check that you used
times will help you catch any errors. Use the checklist below the correct forms
of be in the present
to edit your sentences.
tense and in the past
tense:
Editing Checklist am/was; is/was;
are/were.
Do all sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a
punctuation mark?
Did you write in the first person, using pronouns like I and me? Tech Tip
Did you use linking verbs correctly? Spell Checkers are
Did you use correct punctuation in the story's letter? useful tools when
Did you capitalize the months, days of the week, and the you use a computer
salutation and conclusion of the story's letter? for your writing, but
they might not catch
some mistakes. For
List two mistakes you found as you proofread your letter. example, a spell
checker will not
know if you wrote
1
there when you
meant to write their.
_______________________________________________ You have to do your
own careful reading
2 to find these errors.
_______________________________________________

WRITING
Publish, Present, and Evaluate Presenting Checklist
Sit up or stand up
Publishing Create a clean, neat final copy of your story. straight.
As you write your final draft be sure to print neatly and Look at the
legibly. Leave the space of a pencil point between letters audience.
and the space of a pencil between words. You may add Share information
illustrations or other visuals to make your published work clearly.
more interesting. Speak loud
enough so that
Presentation Practice your presentation when you are everyone can hear
ready to present your work. Use the Presenting Checklist to you.
help you. Answer questions
using details from
Evaluate After you publish and present your letter, use the
your letter.
rubric on the next page to evaluate your writing.
1 What did you do successfully?
2 What needs more work?

REALISTIC FICTION
Listening When you listen actively, you pay close attention Listening Checklist
to what you hear. When you listen to other students’
Make eye contact
presentations, take notes to help you better understand with the speaker.
their ideas. Listen for details
What I learned from .........................................................'s about the settings.
presentation: Listen for how the
settings are alike
and different.

Identify what the
speaker does well.
Questions I have about .........................................................'s Think of questions
presentation: you can ask.
4 3 2 1
• is written as a lively • is mostly written as • is not written • does not have a clear
letter in the first a letter in the first correctly as a letter letter format or point
person point of view person point of view and changes the of view
• includes rich • includes descriptive point of view • lacks descriptive
descriptive details details about two • includes few details details
• clearly compares two locations • comparisons are • lacks comparisons
locations • compares two unclear • has many errors that
• is free or almost free locations • has errors that make the story hard
of errors • has few errors distract from the to understand
meaning of the story

GENRE STUDY 2 EXPOSITORY TEXT
UNIT
4 Talk About It
Essential Question
Essential Question
How does Earth change?
34 Unit 4 • Expository Text

ENCE
Earth is always changing. Water in this canyon is slowly CI
S
COLLABORATE washing away the rocks. Water can wash away land in
rivers. It also can wash away sand on beaches.
Talk about what you see in the picture. What could cause
Earth to change? Write your ideas in the web.
What Changes
Earth?
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Unit 4 • Expository Text 35
SHARED READ
TAKE NOTES
Into
You can make a prediction
about information in the
text from the subheads
the
and photos. Use these text
features to make a prediction
Sea
about "Into the Sea."

Interesting Words

Key Details

Essential Question

How does Earth change?
Read to learn how ocean
waves change beaches
over time.

EXPOSITORY TEXT
What Is Erosion? FIND TEXT EVIDENCE

Read
Paragraph 2
Have you ever made a sand castle at the beach?
Subheads and Bold Print
You must pick a good spot for it. If it is too close to Underline text evidence that
the water, waves will quickly wash it away. defines erosion. Explain when
erosion takes place.
Ocean waves and wind can also wash away land.
They can change the shape of an island, which is _____________________
land circled by water. When wind and water change _____________________
the shape of Earth, it is called erosion.
_____________________
Waves are the biggest cause of erosion at the
Paragraphs 3 and 4
beach. Ocean waves are always active and moving Cause and Effect
onto the shore. They carry the sand away bit by bit. Circle the biggest cause of
erosion at the beach. Draw
Strong waves are one of the properties of big
a box around what storm
storms. These waves explode as they crash onto the waves can do.
beach. Storm waves can move a lot of sand quickly.
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Reread
Author's Craft
How does the author help
you understand erosion in
the first paragraph?

SHARED READ Before Erosion After Erosion
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE

Read
Paragraph 1
Sentence Clues
Underline clues that help you
understand the meaning of
disappears in the text.
Paragraph 2
Reread Erosion of Beaches
Circle text evidence that Some people build houses near the ocean. Waves
confirms your understanding
take away the sand between the houses and the sea.
of how a cliff becomes weak.
Retell how this happens. As the beach disappears, the water gets closer to
houses and other solid buildings on the beach. Some
_______________________
buildings can even be washed away.
_______________________
Erosion of Rocks
_______________________
Erosion also happens on steep, rocky cliffs or sharp
Reread slopes. First, waves smash into the bottom of the cliffs.
Author's Craft Then they carry away tiny pieces of rock. Over time,
How does the author use many small pieces of rock wash away from the bottom
Paul Thompson Images/Alamy

subheadings to organize
information?
of the cliff. This makes the top of the cliff weak. The
cliff can crumble and fall into the sea.
EXPOSITORY TEXT
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE

Read
Paragraphs 1 and 2
Cause and Effect
Stopping Erosion Underline the sentence that
tells why some towns have
Some local communities
built sea walls. How do sea
work to stop erosion to nearby walls help?
beaches. These towns have built
_______________________
sea walls of large boulders or rocks.
The rocks are placed in a row in the sea. When _______________________
waves hit the sea wall, they slow down. Then the Paragraph 3
waves can’t pull sand away. Reread

Circle text evidence that
Some towns make rules about buildings on the shows your understanding
beach. New buildings must be far from the water. of how some towns protect
buildings from erosion.
Then they won’t wash away like a sand castle.
Reread
Summarize
Author's Craft
Summarize the causes and effects How does the author's
of erosion from "Into the Sea." concluding statement
Then use the subheads and photos connect to the beginning of
to help you correct or confirm your the selection?
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prediction from page 36.

Reread SHARED READ
Vocabulary explode
Fireworks make bright colors and loud
Talk with a partner about each word. sounds when they explode.
Then answer the questions.
What is something else that can explode?
active

Most owls sleep during the day and are
active at night.
When are you most active?
island
We visited an island in the lake.
What are some things you might find on an island?

Earth
The astronaut returned to Earth recently.
What do you think Earth looks like from space?
local
I can walk to the local library from my
house.
What are places that are local to your house?

Build Your Word List Reread the
second paragraph on page 38.
Circle weak. Use a thesaurus to look up
synonyms and antonyms of weak.

EXPOSITORY TEXT
e nte n c e C lu e s
properties S
We learned about the color and
other properties of a rock. As you read, you can figure out the meaning
of a word you do not know by looking at the
What is one of the properties of ice?
words and sentences near it for clues.

FIND TEXT EVIDENCE
I’m not sure what the word communities
means. I can read on looking for clues. I see
solid the word towns used in the next sentence.
The wall was made of solid rock. I think communities can mean "towns."
How can you tell that something is solid?
Some local communities work to stop
erosion to nearby beaches. These towns have
built sea walls of large boulders or rocks.

steep Your Turn Use clues in the sentences to

The steep hill was hard to climb. figure out the meanings of these words.
What are some things that can be steep?
crumble, page 38 ��

____________________________________

boulders, page 39 ��
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Reread SHARED READ
Reread Quick Tip
When you read a
As you read, you may come across words, facts, or selection for the
explanations that you do not understand. Rereading can first time, write
help you understand them. questions about
words or details you
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE do not understand.
Then reread to find
When I read page 37 of “Into the Sea,” I’m not really sure I
the answers to your
understand what erosion means. I can reread this section. questions.
Page 37
Ocean waves and wind can also wash away land.

I read that erosion is
They can change the shape of an island, which is
when waves and wind
land circled by water. When wind and water change
change the shape of Earth.
the shape of Earth, it is called erosion.
Rereading helped me
Waves are the biggest cause of erosion at the
understand erosion.
beach. Ocean waves are always active and moving
onto the shore. They carry the sand away bit by bit.
Your Turn When does erosion become a problem for

COLLABORATE people? Reread page 38 to find the answer.

EXPOSITORY TEXT
Subheads and Bold Print Quick Tip

An author uses
“Into the Sea” is an expository text. It has facts and subheads to tell
information about real events. Expository text can include important ideas that
text features to organize information. are explained in
each section. Bold
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE print signals to you
“Into the Sea” is an expository text. It has facts that explain that these words are
important to learn.
causes and effects in real events. It also has text features,
such as subheads and text in bold print.
Page 39
Subhead
EXPOSITORY TEXT
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE

Read
tells what a section of text is about.
Bold Print
Paragraphs 1 and 2
Cause and Effect
Stopping Erosion Underline the sentence that
tells why some towns have
Some local communities
work to stop erosion to nearby
shows words that are important to
built sea walls. How do sea
walls help?
beaches. These towns have built
sea walls of large boulders or rocks.
understand the selection.
_______________________
Waves hit the sea wall and slow down.
The rocks are placed in a row in the sea. When _______________________

The waves can't pull sand away.
waves hit the sea wall, they slow down. Then the
waves can’t pull sand away.
Paragraph 3
Reread Your Turn Reread page 39. How does the
Circle text evidence that
Some towns make rules about buildings on the
beach. New buildings must be far from the water.
shows your understanding
COLLABORATE
of how some towns protect
author help you understand that sea walls
are important to communities?
buildings from erosion.
Then they won’t wash away like a sand castle.
Reread
Summarize
Author's Craft
Summarize the causes and effects How does the author's
of erosion from "Into the Sea."
Then use the subheads and photos
concluding statement
connect to the beginning of
to help you correct or confirm your the selection?
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Reread SHARED READ
Cause and Effect Quick Tip
"Into the Sea" has a
A cause is an event or action that makes something happen. cause and effect text
An effect is what happens because of that event or action. structure. Authors
often use words such
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE as because, so, and
On page 38 of “Into the Sea,” I read that erosion can take as a result to show
causes and effects.
sand away from the beach. Erosion is the cause. Next, I ask,
“What happens when the sand gets washed away?”
This will help me understand the effect.
Your Turn As you reread “Into the Sea,”

COLLABORATE
E find causes and effects in the text. Fill in
the graphic organizer.
Cause Effect
Waves wash There is no
sand away. beach left.
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EXPOSITORY TEXT
Cause Effect
Waves wash There is no
sand away. beach left.

Reread SHARED READ
Use these sentence

Talk about the prompt below. Think about how the author starters to help
COLLABORATE describes what can happen when ocean waves move onto you organize your
the shore. Use your notes and graphic organizer. response.
The author explains
that erosion happens
when…
How does the author explain that erosion can be a
The author uses
problem? How can people help solve the problem? photos to…
Communities protect
________________________________________________ themselves by…
________________________________________________
Grammar Connections
________________________________________________
Check subject-verb
________________________________________________ agreement in each
sentence of your
response. Remember
________________________________________________
that the noun water
agrees with singular
________________________________________________ forms of verbs.
Plural nouns, such as
________________________________________________ waves, agree with
plural verb forms.
________________________________________________
________________________________________________

Integrat
e
RESEARCH AND INQUIRY
Sequence Information
You sequence information to show how facts and ideas are
COLLABORATE placed in logical order. Words such as first, next, and last
help you sequence the information you gather, or research.
Read the notes below about beach erosion. Then rewrite
the information in logical order using first, next, and last.
The water gets closer to buildings. Waves wash away sand.
The beach disappears.
__________________________________________________ This photo shows the effects

of a wildfire. How can
wildfires change Earth?
__________________________________________________
Earth Changes Drawings With a partner, describe in a _____________

COLLABORATE series of drawings one example of how Earth changes.
It can be a big event that changes Earth quickly or a
_____________
gradual, or slow, change.
_____________
Example of change _________________________ _____________
Özgür Donmaz/istock/Getty Images

Discuss how you will sequence information with pictures and
captions.

Reread ANCHOR TEXT
Volcanoes
Why does the author use a quotation to help you Literature Anthology:
understand a volcanic eruption? pages 336–347
Talk About It Reread page 337. Talk about what the
Evaluate Information
COLLABORATE farmer's wife described about the volcanic eruption.
As you read, look
Cite Text Evidence Write three descriptive details from for details that help
the woman’s quotation. you understand an
experience. What
did the farmer's wife
see, hear, feel, and
Volcanic think?
Eruption
Write The author uses a quotation to help me understand

EXPOSITORY TEXT
How does the author use descriptive language to Quick Tip

help you understand a volcanic eruption?
As you read, use
these sentence
Talk About It Reread pages 342–343. Talk with a partner
starters to think
COLLABORATE about the power of a volcano. about the power of a
volcano.
Cite Text Evidence Explain how each example of
Steam and gas
descriptive language helps you know what happens during
cause…
an eruption.
Magma blows…
This helps me…
magma pushes up
lift the lid on a

boiling pot
millions of tiny
droplets
Write The author uses descriptive language to help me
understand

Reread ANCHOR TEXT CI
ENCE
S
How does the author use text features to help you Quick Tip
understand the effects of a volcanic eruption?
Talk about details in
the text features.
Talk About It Reread page 345. Talk about the effects of
The author uses this
COLLABORATE the volcanic eruption in Iceland.
photo to show…
Cite Text Evidence Write what you learned from each The author uses this
photo and caption. Then write what they teach you about caption to tell…
the effects of a volcano.
Photo of Farmer Photo of Plant
Find and discuss the
text evidence that
tells why the volcanic
ash helped plants to
grow.
The effects of a volcano…
Write The author uses text features to help me understand


EXPOSITORY TEXT

Use these sentence
Discuss the prompt below with a partner. Think about starters to organize
COLLABORATE your past knowledge of text features to answer the your text evidence.
question below. The author
compares…
She also includes…
How does the author help you understand the power
of a volcano’s eruption?
Self-Selected
Reading

Choose a text.
In your writer’s
notebook, write the
title, author, and
genre of the book.
As you read, make a
connection to ideas
in other texts you
read, or a personal
experience. Write
your ideas in your
writer’s notebook.


PAIRED SELECTION
TU
Reread
L S DI
SOCIA
ES
To the Rescue
Literature Anthology:
pages 348-349
One property of a wildfire is that
people have a hard time stopping Reread paragraph 1. Underline why
people have a hard time stopping
them because they spread quickly.
wildfires. What are the causes of
They can be caused by weather wildfires?
events like lightning or droughts,
times when there isn’t much rain.
Hot, dry winds push the fires around.

Wildfires make many changes to
Earth. Some changes you see right
away. Trees, crops, and other plants
are burned. Other changes you see Reread paragraph 2. Circle how
later on. Different plants might grow Earth changes after a wildfire.
back.
COLLABORATE
Discuss why the author chose the

title "To the Rescue." Use details
in the text and the photograph to
age fotostock/SuperStock
support your ideas.

TU
L S DI
SOCIA
ES
Reread paragraph 1. Why do
firefighters warn people about
People Rescues fires? Circle the answer.
Sometimes it is not safe for people to
Reread paragraph 2. What do
stay in their homes when a wildfire people need to do when fire
is nearby. Firefighters warn people comes too close to people's homes?
about the fires. Draw a box around a clue.
If a fire gets too close, firefighters tell

COLLABORATE
people that they need to leave their Talk with a partner about the
homes. Sometimes a fire can prevent photo. Make an inference about
people from driving away. Then why the author shows an animal
firefighters might use a helicopter after a wildfire.
to fly people to safety.
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53
PAIRED SELECTION
TU
Reread
L S DI
SOCIA
ES
How does the author help you make inferences Quick Tip
about wildfires?
To make an inference,
use facts and what
Talk About It Talk about the facts and details the author you already know
COLLABORATE shares about wildfires. to come up with
a conclusion or
Cite Text Evidence Write what inferences you can make understanding of
from the facts and details. what the information
means.
Text Evidence Inference
“people have a hard time

stopping them”
“winds push the fires

around”
“trees, crops, and other

plants are burned”
“caused by weather events

like lightning”
Write The author helps me make inferences about wildfires
by

TU
L S DI
SOCIA
ES
Text Structure Quick Tip
As you read, ask
Authors of expository texts group details that are connected. yourself what a
Information is presented by categories. Subheads are used to paragraph is mostly
tell readers how the details in the section go together. about. This will help
you understand
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE how the details go
together, or are
Look at pages 348–349. Use the subheads to think about
connected.
how the author organizes details about wildfires. Complete
the chart on how the information fits together.
People Rescues Animal Rescues
Your Turn Reread the last sentence in "To the Rescue."

COLLABORATE How does the author connect the two sections of text in a
concluding sentence, or final thought?

e MAKE CONNECTIONS
TU
Integrat
L S DI
SOCIA
ES
What have you learned from the selections you read Quick Tip
and the photograph about how Earth changes?
Compare volcanic
eruptions and
Talk About It Look at the photograph and read the
wildfires using these
COLLABORATE caption. Discuss the effects of a volcano on the ancient city sentence starters:
of Pompeii. A volcano can erupt
and…
Cite Text Evidence Underline text evidence in the caption
A volcanic eruption
that tells what happened to the city of Pompeii. Draw a
caused…
box around the year this happened. In the photograph,
Sometimes it is not
circle the volcano Mount Vesuvius. safe when wildfires…
Write The selections I read and this photograph help me

The city of Pompeii was
understand how �� destroyed when Mount
Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.
The volcano buried the city
under many feet of ash.
This photograph shows the
ruins of the city with the
volcano in the background.

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Integrat
e RESEARCH AND INQUIRY
Present Your Work Presenting Checklist
Stay focused on
With your partner, plan how you will present your Earth the topic of your
COLLABORATE Changes drawings to the class. Use the Presenting Checklist presentation.
to help you to improve your presentation. Discuss the Show your
sentence starters below and write your answers. drawings clearly
to your audience.
Take turns
Before After speaking with your

partner. Listen
as your partner
speaks.
Look at the
audience when
you speak.
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An interesting fact I learned about Earth is
Volcano B

I would like to know more about


UNIT
GENRE STUDY 3 POETRY
4 Talk About It
Essential Question
Essential Question
What excites us about
nature?
58 Unit 4 • Poetry
Nature can be very exciting! Some people write poems
COLLABORATE about nature. There are many nature topics to write about.
Discuss with a partner about why someone took this
photograph. Then talk about what excites you about nature.
List your ideas on the web.
Nature excites us!
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59
SHARED READ
Snow
Shape
TAKE NOTES
Asking questions helps you
understand your purpose for
reading. Before you read,
write a question here.
Interesting Words

Essential Question

What excites us about
Key Details nature?

Read how poets describe
things in nature.

nycshooter/Vetta/Getty Images

POETRY
Snow is falling from the sky. FIND TEXT EVIDENCE

It gently lands on the ground. Read
Lines 3-4
It’s a bright, bright white, just like cold milk. Antonyms

It looks so soft and smooth. Underline words that
describe the snow. Write
I hate to ruin it with my feet, antonyms for these words.
but I have got a plan.

I stand up tall and close my eyes,
Lines 7–13
and then straight back I fall. Make Inferences
I slide my arms up and down. Circle details that tell how
the speaker plays in snow.
I move my legs in and out. How does the poet feel about
I stand up to see what I have made, being outside in the snow?
A four-foot shape in the snow

— Of me!
— by Dana Williams
Reread
Author's Craft
How does the poet use the
point of view of a girl to
describe the snow?
Unit 4 • Poetry 61
SHARED READ
Nature Walk
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE
Read When you take a walk in the fall,
Repetition leaves are like a blanket on the ground.
Circle the line that repeats They crunch under your feet
and tells what the poet is with each step you take.
describing in each stanza.
Lines 6-11 When you take a walk in the fall,
Free Verse The air feels as cool as
Draw a box around similes drops of rain on your cheek.
the poet uses to describe
It smells like clean cotton towels.
the air in fall. What are her
concluding thoughts? When you take a walk in the fall,
the outdoors will excite you.
It’s a wonderful time!

by Sarah Miller
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Reread
Author’s Craft
How does the poet use
sensory words? Discuss the
examples in the poem.
POETRY
In the Sky
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE
Read
Lines 4–8
Theme
Circle what the poet sees
Outdoors on a clear day, in clouds. What excites her
look up in the sky. about looking at the sky?
What do you see there?

Look! I see a giant polar bear.

Look! I see a pale flower growing.
Look! I see a buffalo and her baby.
Wait…it’s changing.
Fluency
Now I see a cowboy on his horse
Galloping, galloping across the sky. Take turns reading the
poem with a partner. Use
I wonder where he’ll ride?
punctuation to guide your
by Juanita Marco phrasing and expression.
Make Connections Reread
Author’s Craft
Which poem do you like the
most? How does it excite you How do the questions in
Design Pics/Alan Marsh
about nature? the poem help you use your

imagination?
Reread SHARED READ
Vocabulary outdoors
We play soccer outdoors.
Use the sentences to talk with a partner What games do you play outdoors?
about each word. Answer the questions.

drops
There are drops of water on the plant.
Where do you often see drops of water?
pale
Sam enjoyed looking at the pale yellow
flowers.
What is the opposite of pale?
excite
The dancers excite the audience.
What show or event excites you?
Poetry Terms
Alliteration
I like to read a poem with alliteration
because I like to say words with the same
Build Your Word List In your beginning sound.
writer's notebook, write a definition Write three words with the same beginning sound.
of an interesting word you found in a
poem. Then write a sentence using
the word.

POETRY
antonym Antonyms
Light and dark are antonyms
because they are opposites. Antonyms are words that have opposite
What is an antonym for fast? meanings. The words hot and cold are
antonyms.

FIND TEXT EVIDENCE
In “Snow Shape,” I see that the poet
used in and out to describe how the girl
free verse
moved her legs. Knowing these words are
In free verse, the words do not
need to rhyme. antonyms helps me to visualize this detail.
Would you rather write a poem that is
free verse or rhyming? Tell why. I move my legs in and out.

Your Turn Read the line below from "Snow
Shape."
repetition I slide my arms up and down.
A poet who repeats words or
phrases is using repetition. Circle the antonyms. Then explain their
Why might a poet repeat certain words meaning in the poem.
in a poem?

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Reread SHARED READ
Repetition
Poets may repeat words and phrases to make a poem sound
like a song or to stress the poem's meaning.
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE

When I read “In the Sky” aloud, I can hear repetition. I will
reread the poem and listen for words that are repeated.
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Outdoors on a clear day, The poet repeats the word look

look up in the sky. followed by an exclamation mark (!).
What do you see there? The repetition of this exclamation
Look! I see a giant polar bear. shows the excitement of finding
Look! I see a pale flower growing. shapes in the clouds.
Your Turn Reread the poem. Write another word that

COLLABORATE repeats. How does the repetition help you picture what the
poet sees in the sky?
POETRY
Free Verse Readers to Writers

When you write
Poems such as “Snow Shape” are free verse poetry. A free poetry, use imagery
verse poem tells a poet’s thoughts or feelings. It can have to express your ideas
figurative language, such as similes. It does not rhyme. or feelings. Imagery
is a description that
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE creates a picture in
your readers' minds.
I can tell that “In the Sky” is a free verse poem. It tells the
author’s thoughts and feelings about the clouds. It also does
not have rhyming words.
Page 63
This is a free verse poem.
The lines do not end with
FI words that rhyme.
In the Sky
Read
Lines 4–8
Theme
Your Turn Reread the poems “Snow
Circle what the poet sees
Outdoors on a clear day,
look up in the sky.
COLLABORATE Shape” and “Nature Walk.” Explain
in clouds. What excites her
about looking at the sky?
What do you see there? why both are free verse poems.
Look! I see a giant polar bear.
Look! I see a pale flower growing.
Wait…it’s changing.
Fluency
Now I see a cowboy on his horse
Galloping, galloping across the sky.
Take turns reading the
poem with a partner. Use
I wonder where he’ll ride?
punctuation to guide your
by Juanita Marco phrasing and expression.

Make Connections Reread
Author’s Craft
Which poem do you like the
most? How does it excite you
How do the questions in
Design Pics/Alan Marsh
about nature? the poem help you use your

imagination?
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Reread SHARED READ
Theme Quick Tip
When you read
The theme is the main message or lesson. Identifying key a poem, look for
details in a poem can help you figure out the theme. descriptive words
and phrases. These
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE clues can help
I’ll reread “Nature Walk” and look for clues to you find the main
message, or theme,
figure out the theme. In lines 2 and 3, the poet says that
of a poem.
leaves crunch under your feet. I think this description is a
key detail about the nature walk and a clue to the theme.
Clue
Leaves crunch under your feet.
Your Turn Reread “Nature Walk” on page 62.

COLLABORATE Find two more clues and list them in the graphic
organizer. Then write the theme in the last box.
POETRY
Clue
Leaves crunch under your feet.
Clue
Clue
Theme
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Reread SHARED READ
Use these sentence

Talk about the prompt below. Think about how the poet starters to help you
COLLABORATE helps you understand his or her thoughts or feelings. Use organize your text
your notes and graphic organizer. evidence.
The poem I chose is…
The poet describes…
Choose one of the poems. How does the poet help you The poet thinks…
understand the theme of the poem? The poet helps me
understand…

Grammar Connections
As you write your

response, check
that present-tense
verbs agree with
the subjects of your
sentences. Do not
add -s or -es to a
present-tense verb
when the subject is
plural or I or you.

They walk…
I walk…

You walk…
Integrat
e RESEARCH AND INQUIRY CI
ENCE
S
Develop and Follow a Quick Tip
Research Plan Make a plan

with the different
research skills you
Create a plan to guide you through the steps of your have learned. You
research. A research plan may include the following steps: may change your
research plan as you
1. Ask questions about the topic. learn more about
the water cycle.
2. Find your sources.
3. Take notes.
4. Put information into logical order.
You will research the path water follows

on Earth. This path is called the water
cycle. Write your ideas about sources with
information about the water cycle.
Water Cycle Diagram With your partner,

COLLABORATE research how the water cycle works.
Develop and follow a research plan. Then
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create a diagram that shows the stages of These ducks live in a lake. The lake is part of
the water cycle. the water cycle.
Reread ANCHOR TEXT
April Rain Song
How does the poet use repetition to help you think Literature Anthology:
pages 350–351
about the rain in different ways?
Quick Tip
Talk About It Reread page 351. Discuss why the poet
COLLABORATE begins the first three lines with "let the rain." The poet repeats
the phrase "let the
Cite Text Evidence Write what the poet says to “let the rain" to tell you to
rain” do. use your imagination
when you feel, see,
and listen to the rain.
“Let the rain…”

Make Inferences
What does the poet
describe when he
says that he hears
the rain playing a
"sleep-song" on the
roof at night?
Write The poet repeats "let the rain" to

POETRY
Why does the poet compare the rain to a mouse in Quick Tip
“Rain Poem”?
Rain patters when it
makes soft sounds.
Talk About It Reread page 352. Talk about how the poet The word patter can
COLLABORATE describes the rain. describe the sound of
rain falling on your
Cite Text Evidence Write three phrases from the poem roof or of something
and then explain what they tell you. that moves quickly
and lightly, such as
a mouse.
Phrase Phrase Phrase
What does the poet
find out about both
the mouse and the
rain from tracks on
The rain…
the window sill?
Write The poet compares the rain to a mouse to
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Reread POETRY
Use these sentence

Discuss the prompt below. Be sure to use what you know starters to organize
COLLABORATE about figurative language, repetition, and free verse your evidence.
poetry to answer the question below. The poet repeats…
The poet compares
rain to…
How do the literary elements help you understand the The poet feels…
meaning of the poems?
Self-Selected
Reading
Choose more poems
to read. As you read,
make a connection
to ideas in other texts
you read, or to a
personal experience.
Choose a favorite
poem. In your writer's
notebook, write a
thank-you note to the
poet that tells about
a connection you
made to the poem.
Helicopters
How does the illustration help you understand what Literature Anthology:
helicopters are? pages 354–355
Talk About It Read the poem and look at the illustration on Quick Tip
COLLABORATE page 354. Talk about what you see. The poet uses a
simile to describe
Cite Text Evidence Write the clues from the poem that tell how the tree reminds
you what helicopters are. her of the shape
of a parasol, or
umbrella, when filled
Clues
with wind. Think
about what the tree
"lets fall," or what is
blown from the tree's
branches.
Write I understand what helicopters are because the
illustration shows
Windy Tree Quick Tip
Try reading the

How does the poet show you the tree’s strength? poem aloud. The
rhyme and rhythm
can help you get the
Talk About It Reread page 355. Talk about how the poet feeling of the poem.
COLLABORATE describes the tree and the wind. The illustration
should give you the
Cite Text Evidence Write the clues from the poem and the same feeling.
illustration that show how strong the tree is.
Clues
Write The poet shows the tree’s strength by

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Figurative Language Quick Tip
Literal language is
Figurative language is words and phrases that have a used to state facts.
different meaning than what they literally, or exactly, say. For example, a tree
Figurative language helps readers to visualize ideas. has a trunk, base,
and roots.
FIND TEXT EVIDENCE The poet uses
In “Windy Tree,” the poet says, "Think of the muscles/a figurative language
when she refers to
tall tree grows." A tree does not literally grow muscles. The
the parts of a tree.
poet uses figurative language to help you picture a tree's
strength. What other figurative language describes the tree?
Readers to Writers

You can use
figurative language
in poetry to express
your feelings. Think
Your Turn What does the description of the tree's “wide- about the feeling
expressed in the
COLLABORATE spread toes” help you to picture? following sentence:
Each morning, the

Sun's smiling face
greeted us.
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Integrat
e MAKE CONNECTIONS
What have you learned from the poems and the Quick Tip
painting about people expressing excitement
Think about your
for nature? senses by using these
sentence starters.
Talk About It Discuss how the artist painted the sky and
As I look at the
the land. Why do you think he painted this scene? painting, I can
imagine how…
Cite Text Evidence Underline the description of the scene
In the painting, I
COLLABORATE in the caption. Talk about how you would feel to be there.
see…
Write The images in the poems and the painting help me

Yale University Art Gallery
This painting, Sudden Shower by Martin Johnson Heade, shows

a landscape in the middle of a rainstorm.
FLUENCY
Phrasing Quick Tip
Don't rush when you
Correct phrasing is reading words together in groups that read a poem aloud.
sound natural. Commas, periods, and exclamation marks Read at a rate that
will help you group together the words. Punctuation will also helps your listeners
understand every
help make a poem's meaning clear.
word in the poem.
Make a short pause
Page 62
after commas and
The comma a longer pause
When you take a walk in the fall,
shows you at periods or
leaves are like a blanket on the ground.
where to exclamation points.
They crunch under your feet
pause as you
with each step you take.
read the poem.
Your Turn Turn back to page 62. Take turns reading "Nature
COLLABORATE Walk" with a partner. Pay attention to punctuation and
keeping words together in phrases. Afterward, think about
how you read. Complete these sentences.
I remembered to
Next time I will
WRITING
Expert Model
Features of Free Verse Poetry Literature Anthology:
pages 350–351
Poets write free verse poetry to express their thoughts or
feelings about topics that are important to them. Word Wise
• It does not rhyme. The poet repeats
the word “rain” in
• It can include sensory words and figurative language. each line. Poets often
repeat words to give
the poem a certain
Analyze an Expert Model Studying “April Rain Song” will rhythm. Repeating
help you learn to write free verse poetry. Reread page 351 in words can also help
the Literature Anthology. Answer the questions below. you to emphasize,
or show, important
How is the word kiss used as figurative language? ideas in a poem.
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
How does the author use figurative language to describe the
sound of rain?
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
POETRY
Plan: Brainstorm Quick Tip

Think about recent
Generate Ideas You will write a poem about a type of weather where you
weather or a season. Use this space for your ideas. Draw live. Write a few
and brainstorm words that describe weather you think is words or sentences
about it. Write about
interesting and seasons you enjoy. You can develop your
the season, too.
ideas in sentences. Videos and books
about the weather
or seasons can
also help to spark
interesting ideas.
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WRITING
Plan: Choose Your Topic Quick Tip
Your audience may

Writing Prompt Write a free verse poem about an include readers
COLLABORATE interesting type of weather or your favorite season. Go back who have their
to the ideas that you brainstormed on page 81. Choose your own opinions about
the weather or the
topic. Complete these sentences to help you get started.
seasons. Think about
the words that will
My topic is _______________________________________ clearly show your
readers how you
I think this weather or season is interesting because _____ think and feel about
your topic.
_________________________________________________
Something that excites me about this type of weather or
this season is _____________________________________
Purpose and Audience Think about why you chose the type
of weather or the season you want to write about. Then
explain your purpose for writing in your writer’s notebook.
POETRY
Plan: Word Choice Quick Tip
Words like blue,

Sensory Words Sensory words tell how something looks, square, and large tell
feels, smells, or sounds. In “Rain Poem,” the poet uses quiet how something looks.
to tell how the rain sounds and small and gray to tell how Words like soft,
the rain looks. Think of sensory words to describe what you slippery, and cold tell
how something feels.
see, feel, and hear in spring. Write your ideas in the chart Words like loud,
below. quiet, and howling
tell how something
sounds.
Topic: Spring
Looks Feels Sounds
Plan In your writer’s notebook, make a Sensory Words

Chart like the one above to plan your poem. Think about
sources such as a thesaurus to help you find sensory words.
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WRITING
Draft
Visual Patterns Poems can be organized into groups of lines
COLLABORATE called stanzas. Look at the first stanza from “Nature Walk.”
The poet breaks each sentence into two lines. This helps
readers focus on each detail.
When you take a walk in the fall,

leaves are like a blanket on the ground.
They crunch under your feet
with each step you take.
Now use the stanza as a model to begin your poem.

Organize your poem into one or more groups of lines.
_________________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_________________________________________
Write a Draft Look over your Sensory

Words Chart. Use it to help you write a draft
of your free verse poem in your notebook.
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Organize your draft into groups of lines,

or stanzas.
POETRY
Revise Grammar Connections

Remember to add
Word Choice Poets use strong words and precise words -ed to most verbs to
to help readers form pictures in their minds. For example, form the past tense.
"flower garden" is more precise than "garden." "Overjoyed" If a verb ends with
is stronger than "happy." a consonant and e,
drop the e before
Read a draft of a poem about a rainstorm. Then revise it by adding -ed.
COLLABORATE adding and replacing words to describe the storm. move = moved
Irregular verbs have
special spellings to
The trees moved in the wind. show the past tense.
fall = fell
Rain fell from the sky. be = was/were
Inside was nice.

Word Wise
In "April Rain Song,"
_________________________________________________
the poet describes
rain drops as "silver
_________________________________________________ liquid drops." Try
to choose words
_________________________________________________ and phrases that
help readers picture
Revise It’s time to revise your poem. Include precise and things in new and
strong words that clearly express your feelings and thoughts. interesting ways.
WRITING
Revise: Peer Conferences Quick Tip
Use these sentence
Review a Draft Listen carefully as a partner reads his or starters to discuss
COLLABORATE her work aloud. Begin by telling what you like about the your partner’s work.
draft. Make suggestions to help make the writing stronger. The sensory words
helped me…
Partner Feedback Write one of your partner’s suggestions
How about adding
that you will use in the revision of your poem. words here to
describe…
Based on my partner’s feedback, I will I'm not sure how you
feel about…
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________ Revising Checklist
After you finish giving each other feedback, reflect on the Does my poem
have sensory
peer conference. What was helpful? What might you do words?
differently next time? Do I use strong
and precise
_________________________________________________ words?
Does it have
_________________________________________________ figurative
language?
Revision Use the Revising Checklist to help you figure Is it a free verse
out what text you may need to move, add to, or delete. poem?
Remember to use the rubric on page 89 to help you with
your revision.
POETRY
Edit and Proofread Grammar Connections

As you proofread,
When you edit and proofread, you look for and correct check that you
mistakes in your writing. Rereading a revised draft several used apostrophes
times will help you catch any errors. Use the checklist below (') correctly. Use an
apostrophe with
to edit your sentences.
a noun to show
possession. Use an
Editing Checklist apostrophe in a
Do all sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a contraction to show
punctuation mark? where a letter or
letters are missing.
Do the lines have the correct punctuation?
My uncle's cat
Are the verbs in the correct tense? doesn't like the
Are all words spelled correctly? sound of thunder.
List two mistakes you found as you proofread your text.
WRITING
Publish, Present, and Evaluate Presenting Checklist
Sit up or stand up
Publishing Create a neat, clean final copy of your free straight.
verse poem. As you write your draft, be sure to print neatly Look at different
and legibly. You may add illustrations, a diagram, or other people in the
visuals to make your published work more interesting. audience.
Speak loudly so
Presentation Practice your presentation when you are ready that everyone can
to present your work. Use the Presenting Checklist to help you. hear you.
Evaluate After you publish and present your poem, use the Read your poem
with feeling.
rubric on the next page to evaluate your writing.
Pause at the end
of lines and for
1 What did you do successfully? punctuation.
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
2 What needs more work?
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
POETRY
Listening When you listen actively, you pay close attention Listening Checklist
to what you hear. When you listen to other students’
Make eye contact
presentations, take notes to help you better understand with the speaker.
their ideas. Use body
What I learned from .........................................................'s language that
shows you are
presentation: listening.
Think about how
_________________________________________________ the speaker feels
about the topic.
Questions I have about .........................................................’s
Identify what the
presentation: speaker does well.
Think of helpful
_________________________________________________ comments.
4 3 2 1
• clearly expresses • focuses on the • has some focus on • does not focus on the
thoughts and feelings topic and expresses the topic topic
on the topic thoughts and feelings • uses only a few • does not use sensory
• uses many sensory • uses sensory words sensory words words
words • includes some strong • includes few strong or • uses words that are
• includes precise words words or precise precise words not precise and lack
and strong words words • has unclear structure variety
• uses structure of • has the structure of a • has errors that • does not use free
a free verse poem free verse poem distract from the verse structure
effectively • has few errors meaning of the poem • has many errors that
• is almost free of make the poem hard
errors to understand
UNIT 4 WRAP UP THE UNIT

Spiral Review Read the selection and choose
the best answer to each question.
Rivers
You have learned new
skills and strategies in
Unit 4 that will help you
of Ice
to read and understand
texts. Now it is time to
practice what you have
learned.
What Are Glaciers?
• Similes 1 A glacier is a large mass of ice.
• Sentence Clues
Glaciers are called “rivers of ice.”
• Antonyms
That’s because they move like very slow rivers.
• Compare and
Contrast 2 There are two main glacier types. One is a sheet of
• Cause and Effect ice that spreads over a large area of land. The other
• Subheads type forms in mountains and moves down to valleys.
• Theme
How Do They Form?
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Connect to Content 3 Falling snow forms glaciers. In high mountains,
• Thank You Letter
snow falls and does not melt. New snow falls on old
• Game Guide
snow. After many years, the snow becomes tightly
• Reading Digitally
packed. It turns into ice.
4 Over time, a glacier becomes very heavy. This
causes it to move.
90 Unit 4 • Show What You Learned
5 Glaciers change Earth’s surface as they move.
They shape mountains and carve through huge
rocks. They carry rocks and soil with them. When
glaciers melt, they leave behind the rocks and soil.
Where Are They Found?

6 Most places with high mountains have glaciers.
Glaciers cover one-tenth of Earth’s land.
How Are They Helpful?

7 Most of Earth’s fresh water is stored in glaciers.
Melted glacier water is used for drinking water in
some places.
8 Scientists study glaciers that are thousands
of years old. They learn about Earth’s climate
long ago.
How Are They Harmful?

9 When a glacier reaches the ocean, parts break off.
These icebergs can damage ships. Glaciers are also
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dangerous for mountain climbers. Many glaciers
have deep cracks that can open quickly.
Unit 4 • Show What You Learned 91
SHOW
SHOW WHAT
WHAT YOU
YOU LEARNED
1 What makes a glacier move?
A The ice in the glacier melts. C The glacier becomes very heavy.
B New snow falls on the glacier. D The snow turns to ice.
2 As glaciers move over land, they — Quick Tip

F shape mountains To figure out the
G get slower cause of an event,
ask Why? To figure
H form icebergs out the effect of
J form slow-moving rivers an event, ask What
happened as a
3 Which part of the passage helps you understand how glaciers result? Sometimes
are made? a cause can have
more than one
A What Are Glaciers? effect.
B How Do They Form?
C Where Are They Found?
D How Are They Helpful?
4 Which words in paragraph 9 help you understand the meaning

of icebergs?
F reaches the ocean
G parts break off
H damage ships
J mountain climbers

FREE VERSE
Read the poems and choose the best answer

to each question.
How to Wait

4 The gray spider scrambles beneath the broken leaves of the tree.

9 And the round moon shines like a cold, white pearl.

Against the Wind

Wind snatches the dollar from my hands
and blows it far away.
3 It makes a mess of my neatly combed hair.
Wind catches my kite
and smashes it to the ground.
6 It sometimes throws sand in my eyes.
Wind can be mean.
8 But water is nice.
Water holds me as I float on my back

and watch animal shapes in the clouds.
11 I swim through water like a seal in the sea.
Rainwater turns everything green.

It washes the world’s face
14 and makes splishy, splashy puddles.
Oh, yes—
16 water is good. It is so much better than wind.

FREE VERSE
1 What is the main message or lesson of the two poems?

A Nature can be beautiful but also difficult.
B Finding new places can be a lot of fun.
C You have to work hard to get what you want.
D It's hard to get used to something that’s different.
2 In line 9 of “How to Wait,” the poet uses a simile to — Quick Tip

F show how cold it is
A simile compares
G tell that it's daytime two or more
H describe a type of pearl different things that
are alike in some
J describe what the moon looks like ways. Look for the
words like and as
3 What word in “Against the Wind” means the opposite to help you find a
of nice? simile.
A mess C good
B mean D better
4 Lines 9–16 in “Against the Wind” are important because

they —
F show ways that wind and water are alike
G explain why the poet does not like wind
H tell why the poet thinks water is better than wind
J tell how water helps the earth

Comparing Genres
Reread the poem “April Rain Song” on pages 350–351 of the
COLLABORATE
Literature Anthology.
• How does the poet show his feelings in the free verse
poem?
Review the expository text Volcanoes on pages 336–347 of

the Literature Anthology.
• What details about volcanoes does the author show in the
photographs on pages 342–343?
Talk about how the authors of the poem and expository text
write about nature. Then use the Graphic Organizer on page
97 to show how the two genres are alike and different.
96 Unit 4 • Extend Your Learning

SPIRAL REVIEW
Different
Alike
"April Rain Song" Nature Volcanoes
Unit 4 • Extend Your Learning 97

Antonyms
Antonyms are words with opposite meanings. You can use a
COLLABORATE dictionary to help you find antonyms for a word.
Look up the definition of each word listed below the word
bank. Use the definition to choose the antonym from the
word bank. Write the antonym on the line.
outdoors common local

solid excite pale
calm different Quick Tip
colorful inside Sometimes a

thesaurus will
foreign liquid show antonyms, as
well as synonyms.
Many words have
Put the words from the word bank in alphabetical order synonyms, but
below. You may need to look to the second or third letter. fewer words have
Use a dictionary to check your answers. antonyms. For
example, event and
yellow do not have
antonyms.

SPIRAL REVIEW
Write a Thank You Letter

With a partner, find an example of a thank you letter online
COLLABORATE or in print. Fill in the parts of the letter below:
Quick Tip
Heading: • Write a heading

in the top right of
your letter.
• Write a closing
and signature in
the bottom right of
the letter.
Greeting: • Always include
commas after
Closing and Signature: the greeting and
closing.
Then write a thank you letter to a friend or family member

who did something nice or special for you.
• Include a heading with your address and the date.
• Begin with a greeting that has the word Dear and your
friend or family member's name.
• Conclude with a closing word or phrase, such as Your
friend. Below the closing, write your signature.
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Game Guide TU
L S DI
SOCIA
ES
Use print or online resources to create a guide that shows
how to play one of your favorite games. It can be a game
that is played in your culture or played everywhere. List the Quick Tip
steps that are needed to play the game.
The game guide
• Think about what materials are part of the game. you write is called
a procedural text.
• How many steps are needed? Number the steps. When writing a
procedural text,
• What should the players do first? Next? Last?
make sure you
• Remember to write the steps in the right order. number each step.
Each step should
• Draw examples of the steps to help players follow the make sense and
game better. be written in the
correct order.
Why should the steps for the game be written in an order
that makes sense?

With a partner, compare your game to the games on pages

COLLABORATE 332-335 of the Literature Anthology. How is the game you
chose similar to the ones in the selection?

CONNECT TO CONTENT
Hope for the Everglades TU

L S DI
SOCIA
ES
Log on to my.mheducation.com. Reread the online article
COLLABORATE “Hope for the Everglades." Look at the information found in
the interactive features. Answer the questions below.
• Why was it a problem for people to depend on the
Everglades to meet their needs?

Time for Kids: "Hope for the
Everglades"

• What are people doing to help the Everglades?

• Why does the author show more information about

plants and animals in the interactive features?

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Unit 4 • Connect to Content 101

TRACK YOUR PROGRESS
What Did You Learn?
Use the rubric to evaluate yourself on the skills that you
learned in this unit. Circle your scores below.
excellent good fair needs work

Similes 4 3 2 1
Sentence Clues 4 3 2 1
Antonyms 4 3 2 1
Compare and Contrast 4 3 2 1
Cause and Effect 4 3 2 1
Subheads 4 3 2 1
Theme 4 3 2 1
What is something you want to get better at? ��
��
��
Text to Self Think about the texts you read in this unit. Tell
COLLABORATE your partner about a personal connection you made to one
of the texts. Use the sentence starter to help you.
I made a connection to . . . because . . . .
102 Unit 4 • Track Your Progress

Integrat
e RESEARCH AND INQUIRY CI
ENCE
S
Present Your Work Quick Tip
Practice your
With your partner, plan how you will present each part of presentation. Think
COLLABORATE your water cycle diagram to the class. Discuss the sentence about how you can
starters below and write your answers. use gestures to
show what happens
to the water. Read
the labels on the
diagram. Decide
what information
you will share about
each part.
Presenting Checklist
Remember to
An interesting fact I learned about the water cycle is present only
your part of the
diagram.
Point to the
diagram as you
explain it.
Speak clearly.
I would like to know more about Look at your
audience.
Use and pronounce
new vocabulary
correctly.
Unit 4 • Track Your Progress 103

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L E ARN about the world around you!

T H INK , SPE AK , and W RI TE about genres!

CO L L AB ORAT E in discussion and inquiry!

• Expository Text: "Rivers of Ice". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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4 Talk About It Essential Question

Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction

As you read, make note of:

Key Details  Essential Question

 How are kids around the

2 Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction

On December 31, our city had a Point of View

colorful lights sprinkled down from Author's Craft

Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction 3

The two celebrations were different. They were

Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction 5

 FIND TEXT EVIDENCE

 Fireworks like a shower of colorful

Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction 7

Page 4 When I reread, “At the end, a

Your Turn Reread the first paragraph on page 5. Discuss

8 Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction

Point of View Readers to Writers

When you read or

I celebrated the New Year twice

Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction

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United States Celebration Chinese Celebration

How long it lasts one night fifteen days

Your Turn Continue rereading the

10 Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction

United States Celebration Chinese Celebration

Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction 11

12 Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction

Celebration Chart With a partner, make a chart about a

What I want to know about the celebration:

Discuss what sources you might use in your research. Think

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Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction 13

The cousins describe their homes because...

Write The details show that the cousins

14 Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction

Write The illustrations show me

Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction 15

Respond to Reading Quick Tip

Use these sentence

Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction 17

Discuss the author's purpose for

18 Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction

tricks. Discuss why the author organizes the

Write The author organizes the selection

20 Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction

United States France

Write The selections I read and this

Kids in Paris, France, play with toy sailboats in a city

Unit 4 • Realistic Fiction 23

How do you know the cousins write about having fun?

Key Details Essential Question

How are kids around the

FIND TEXT EVIDENCE

Fireworks like a shower of colorful

Interesting Words

Key Details

Hot, dry winds push the fires around.