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Key Words amazing Academic Words

Use with Student Edition pages 136–137. Use with Student Edition page 138.
camels
A. Choose the best Key Word from the box. caves A. Read each clue. Find the Academic Word in the row of
Write the word on the line. letters. Then circle the word.
habit
1. Flat grassy lands are plains 1. like or understand the k m a p p r e c i a t e s l
called . value of something

2. You can find bats in . 2. show d g a r d p l i l l u s t r a t e

3. live in the desert.

B. Read each sentence. Write TRUE or FALSE.
4. Some animals can do tricks.
3. Not saying thank you shows that you
5. Exercising regularly is a good . appreciate something.

B. Write the Key Word that best matches the clue. 4. A how-to book illustrates how something
is done.
6. Animals with humps

7. Surprising 5. The photos illustrate how the animal looks.

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8. Act performed regularly; routine 6. If you appreciate your friends, you ignore them.

9. Flat grasslands
C. Answer the questions.
10. Opening in the earth where bats live
7. How would you illustrate where bats live?

8. How do you show that you appreciate someone who did

something nice for you?

Home-School
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Phonics: Consonant Clusters Comprehension: Animal Habitats,

Use with Student Edition page 139. Alligators and Crocodiles
Use with Student Edition pages 140–143.
In clusters, the sounds of both letters blend together.
Answer the questions about the reading.

r-blends l-blends s-blends Recall

br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, sw 1. What are some animals that live in the ocean?

Add an r-blend, s-blend, or an l-blend to make a word.

1. oom 2. How are the heads of alligators and crocodiles different?

2. ile
3. Which animal has one tooth that sticks out, an alligator or
3. ee a crocodile?

4. ape

5. ay Comprehend
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4. Why do animals live in different habitats?
6. ess

7. eep

8. ip
Analyze
9. ue
5. Why do you think so many animals live in an ocean habitat?

10. im

Home-School Write three sentences using some of the words you made. Share your
Connection sentences with a family member.

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Reader’s Companion Use the Strategy

Use with Student Edition pages 140–143. Why can most animals not live in the desert for long?

Animal habitats can be found all

around us; Use What You Know
In caves and water, with flat plains and
List the animals that live
trees.
in the desert.
Animals live where their needs can
1. Retell It!
be met.
They can roam wherever they please. 2. Retell the passage as if you lived in the rainforest.
The rainforest is a hot and rainy 3.
place.
Mark
It is home to half of the world’s Reading the
MARK
TEXT
creatures. Make Inferences THE
TEXT

Sloths and snakes call this place home.

Circle the sentence that
The rainforest has unusual features.
tells us the rainforest is
The desert is a place where it’s hot a good place to study
and dry. animals.
No animal, it seems, could ever survive Reader’s Response
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here for long. Comprehension Check
What animal would you like to be? Write about where you
This habitat is full of creatures, big and Circle two words would live.
small — that are habitats to
MARK
THE
TEXT
But snakes, camels, and foxes all seem to different animals.
belong!

Home-School
Connection Retell the passage to a family member.

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Learning Strategies: Inferences Grammar: Prepositions of Location

Use with Student Edition pages 146–147. Use with Student Edition pages 148–149.

Read the passage. Put a check by the sentence that best tells A preposition is always followed by a noun or pronoun.
what you can figure out by reading.
Preposition of Location Prepositional Phrases
Parents in in caves
Mother and father birds have a lot to do. First they have to build on on the floor
the nest. Then they have to sit on the eggs until they hatch. But their at at school
work is not done. Baby birds need to be fed. The parents bring the between between the table and the wall
babies worms to eat. Sometimes people or animals get too close to near near the fence
the nest. The parent birds will squawk to keep them away.
under under the sea

Lots of animals like to eat birds. above above the door

Birds do a good job of caring for their young. A. Complete the sentence with the best preposition of location.
Write your answer on the line.
Birds do not care much for their young.
1. The boys climbed the fence.
Birds teach their babies how to fly.
2. Molly sat the swing.
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3. Dad put his coat the closet.

4. The bus stop is my house.

5. The clouds float the Earth.

6. We had a carnival school.

7. I put some jam two slices of bread.

B. Underline the prepositional phrase in each sentence above.

Home-School With a family member, make a list of birds and other animals Home-School Take a coin and a box. Put the coin in, on, near, under, above the box. Have
Connection you have seen. Connection your family guess the preposition.

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Spelling: Adding -ing Spelling Tip Writing: Write a Poem about an Animal
Use with Student Edition pages 150–151. For one-syllable Read the poem. Then read each question. Circle the letter of the
words with a long correct answer.
Change the underlined word to vowel sound and that
the -ing form. Rewrite each sentence. end in e, drop the e
(1) I am a bat.
before adding -ing.
1. I am make a poster about animals. (2) I am as blak as night.
(3) I live in caves or in treetops.
(4) I eat insects or fruit.
(5) I slept upside down during the day with other bats.
2. Are you share your toys? (6) I can fly through the air.
(7) I see in the dark.
(8) I am a bat.

3. The bears are live in caves.

1. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 2?
A Change night to knight
B Change am to is
4. We are hike in the hills.
C Change blak to black
D Make no change
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2. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 3?
5. She is write a letter to her grandmother.
A Change live to lives
B Change in treetops to on treetops
C Change caves to cave
D Make no change
Write two sentences about what animals do.
Use words that drop the silent e to add -ing. 3. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 5?
A Change slept to sleep
B Change day to night
C Change upside to inside
D Make no change

Home-School
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Key Words insect Academic Words

Use with Student Edition pages 152–153. Use with Student Edition page 154.
habitats
A. Choose the Key Word from the box camouflage A. Read each clue. Find the Academic Word in the row of
that best completes each sentence. letters. Then circle the word.
prey
Write the word.
patterns 1. land, sea, air l p e l e n v i r o n m e n t a l p r a t
1. Some butterflies have colorful moth 2. to help someone d g i l e n a b l e e s v o n m e n t l
on their wings.
B. Read each sentence. Write TRUE or FALSE.
2. Rivers and lakes are
3. People and animals live in an environment.
for fish.
4. The environment for fish is the land.
3. A bird is a cat’s .
5. Most students learn in a good school
4. A looks a lot like a butterfly.
environment.
5. That looks like a stick!
6. A dictionary will enable me to use a map.
6. Rabbits use to stay safe.
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C. Answer the questions.

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B. Match each Key Word with its definition. Write the letter of
the correct answer. 7. What is a good environment for an alligator?

7. habitats A what animals use to hide

8. moth B animals’ homes 8. What enables the bat to fly?

9. camouflage C animal that other animals eat

10. prey D small flying insect

Home-School
Connection Explain to a family member how animals use camouflage to stay safe.

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Word Study: Compound Nouns Comprehension: Can You See Them?

Use with Student Edition page 155. Use with Student Edition pages 156–159.

Answer the questions about the reading.

Compound words are made up of two shorter words.
something classroom birthday
Recall
some / thing class / room birth / day
1. What animal looks like a branch?
Read each clue. Then use the words in the box to write the
compound word.

note boat bow brush 2. Why do animals hide?

bed grass hopper house
board skate rain set
sun tooth room book 3. What word describes how animals hide?

1. you use it to brush your teeth

2. an insect that can jump very high Comprehend

3. it is flat and rolls on wheels 4. Without camouflage, what would happen to some animals?
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4. a home that is on the water

5. you might see this after it rains

6. where you might sleep

7. this is what you write in

8. this happens at the end of a day Analyze

5. What happens to animals when their habitats are destroyed?

Home-School Think of five compound words. Use each one in a sentence. Share your
Connection sentences with a family member.

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Reader’s Companion Use the Strategy

Use with Student Edition pages 156–159. Why do you think Arctic foxes are a different color in summer than
in winter?
Can You See Them?
Use What You Know
Arctic foxes live where the weather
List two things you know
is very cold. They can change color. In
about animals.
summer, the foxes are brown. In winter,
1.
they are white.
A tawny frogmouth is a bird. It sits 2.
Retell It!
very still in a tree. It waits for prey to Mark Retell one part of the passage as if you were a park ranger telling
come near. Then it pounces! Reading Strategy MARK
the
THE
TEXT
TEXT
about an animal in your park.
Patterns help this moth stay safe. Find three causes
Look at the big spots on the moth’s and effects in the
wings. They look like a large animal’s passage. Write C over
eyes. Predators stay away from the cause. Write E over
this insect. the effect.
A Bengal tiger is a very large cat. Mark
the
Comprehension CheckTEXT
It’s hard for a big animal to hide. But
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the tiger has stripes. When it rests What is a tawny
in the forest, its stripes blend in with frogmouth? Reader’s Response
the plants. Which of the animals in this passage would you like to learn more
about? Why?

Home-School
Connection Retell the passage to a family member.

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Learning Strategies: Cause and Effect Grammar: Adjectives and Adverbs

Use with Student Edition pages 160–161. Use with Student Edition pages 162–163.

Read each passage. Write the cause and effect. Adjectives describe nouns. They tell about size, shape, color, and
number.

Jarrett Goes to School Adverbs answer the question how. Many adverbs end in -ly.

It was a nice day. Jarrett decided to ride his bike to school. Adjectives Adverbs
On the way to school, he rode over a nail. One of his tires a big box two months walked carefully ran quickly
went flat. Jarrett couldn’t ride the bike with a flat tire. the red balloon the square paper tiptoed quietly moved fast
He had to walk the rest of the way to school. He got there
ten minutes late. A. Read each sentence. Circle the adjectives.

1. The fox ran across the big field.

Cause
2. The monkey climbed the tall tree.
Effect
3. I ate three cookies.

4. The green caterpillar sat on the leaf.

Lucas and Shadow
5. She picked the round package.
Lucas has a kitten named Shadow. Shadow is very good at hiding.
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Lucas taught Shadow to come when he called his name. One day,
B. Read each sentence. Underline the adverbs.
Shadow was hiding. Lucas could not find him. Then he called his
name. Shadow came running. 6. The clouds moved quickly across the sky.

Cause 7. Mother sang softly to the baby.

8. Tomas and Ivan talked quietly.

Effect
9. The crowd cheered loudly for the team.

Home-School Explain cause and effect to a family member. Give an example from Home-School Pick out your favorite toy. Think of five adjectives that describe it.
Connection the selection. Connection Read your adjectives to your family. Have your family guess the toy.

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Spelling: Compound Words Spelling Tip Writing: Write a Friendly Letter

Use with Student Edition pages 164–165. To spell compound
words, spell each
Unscramble the shorter words. 41 Oak Road
shorter word first.
Write the compound word. Bigtown, MD 09050, U.S.A.
(1) Dear grandma,
1. n w e s pprae
(2) I learned about a really interesting insect in school today.
(3) Have you ever seen a walking stick. (4) It is an insect that looks
2. s s r o c klwa
exactly like a tree branch or twig. (5) It uses camouflage, so birds
can’t find it. (6) A walking stick moves very slowly. (7) Amazingly,
3. m e s o ghnit
it can walk on water! (8) It have claws and suction cups on its
4. c r e a s wroc feet, so it can walk upside down. (9) Isn’t that cool?
Love,
5. r i a nlepa Ahmed

6. n s u seri
1. What change, if any, should be made to the greeting (1)?
7. g r e n f i lnia A Change grandma to Grandma
B Change Dear to dear
8. y d a remad C Change , to !
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D Make no change

Write a story. Use three of the compound words. 2. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 3?
A Change seen to see
B Change Have you to You have
C Change . to ?
D Make no change.

3. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 8?

A Change claws and suction cups to claw and suction cup
B Change have to has
C Change its to it’s
D Make no change.
Home-School
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Key Words butterfly Academic Words

Use with Student Edition pages 166–167. Use with Student Edition page 168.
leaf
A. Choose the Key Word from the box that hatch A. Read each clue. Find the Academic Word in the row of
best completes each sentence. Write the caterpillar
letters. Then circle the word.
word.
chrysalis 1. completely change lpelenlnmentransform
1. The flies from tadpole
2. happens enoccurslapdriconmeh
flower to flower.

2. A builds B. Read each sentence. Write TRUE or FALSE.

a around itself. 3. Leap year occurs every four years.

3. When a grows up, it is a frog. 4. A tadpole will transform into a butterfly.

4. In autumn the will turn red. 5. A full moon occurs every night.

5. The baby birds out of their shells. 6. A rooster will transform into a hen.

7. My birthday occurs every year.

B. Read each clue. Find the Key Word in the row of letters.
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Then circle the word. C. Answer the questions.

6. part of a plant t w s d f n t e l e a f m n 8. What occurs each year in the spring?

7. insect with a long body

and large wings p e b u t t e r f l y p e
9. What could you do to transform a bedroom?
8. insect with a round body
and many legs c a c a t e r p i l l a r e g

9. baby frog s e r f u t e t a d p o l e

10. come out of an egg d h a t c h j r t i o n h x

Home-School Draw the life cycle of a butterfly. Write labels and captions.
Connection Share your picture with a family member.

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Phonics: Digraphs ch, sh, th Comprehension: How Do They Grow?

Use with Student Edition page 169. Use with Student Edition pages 170–173.

Answer the questions about the reading.

The letters ch, sh, and th are digraphs.
Each digraph stands for one sound.
Recall
A. Circle the digraph in each word. 1. Where is a good place for a butterfly to lay eggs?

1. chick
2. Where do frogs lay eggs?
2. ship

3. gather
3. What two ways do frogs move?
4. munch

5. thing
Comprehend
B. Add ch, sh, or th to make a word.
4. How are caterpillars and tadpoles alike?
6. oe
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7. a n o er

8. anks
Analyze
9. t o u
5. What is the difference between the life cycles of butterflies
10. r u and frogs?

Home-School Think of two more words each with ch, sh, and th.
Connection Read your words to a family member.

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Reader’s Companion Use the Strategy

Use with Student Edition pages 170–173. What does the caterpillar do?

How Do They Grow?

Use What You Know
A butterfly must find a place to lay
List two insects you see
eggs. A leaf is a good place.
outside.
Soon an egg will hatch. A tiny
1.
caterpillar crawls out. The caterpillar
Retell It!
starts to eat right away. It munches on 2.
Tell how the butterfly grows and changes. Explain the steps as if
plants.
Reading Strategy
Mark
MARK
the you are the teacher in a science class.
THE
Next, the caterpillar builds a chrysalis TEXT
TEXT

around itself. The chrysalis sticks to a Find four steps in a

tree branch. It hangs there and does not butterfly’s life. Write the
move. But changes happen inside. numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4
Then the butterfly breaks out of the next to each step.
chrysalis. It spreads its wings. It is ready Comprehension Check
to fly.
Where does the Mark
the
MARK
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TEXT
THE
butterfly lay eggs? TEXT
Reader’s Response
Circle the answer. Think of different butterflies that you have seen. What did they
look like?

Home-School
Connection Retell the passage to a family member.

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Learning Strategies: Steps in a Process Grammar: Adverbs of Time

Use with Student Edition pages 174–175. Use with Student Edition pages 176–177.

Read each passage. Then number the steps in the correct order. Adverbs of time tell the order in which actions happen.

Adverbs of Time Examples

Life Cycle of a Robin
now later Tomorow I will finish my project.
First, the mother robin lays eggs in a nest. Next, the eggs hatch.
early again I’ll see you later.
The babies have no feathers. They stay in the nest. The mother brings
them food. Then the young robins grow feathers and learn to fly. today before Let’s come here again.
They leave the nest and fly away. tomorrow soon The caterpillar will soon become
a butterfly.
The eggs hatch.

The mother robin lays eggs. A. Read each sentence. Circle the adverbs of time.
1. We woke early in the morning.
The young robins grow feathers and learn to fly.

The babies have no feathers. They stay in the nest. 2. Mother said she would be home soon.

3. We will study for the test later.

Life Cycle of a Frog 4. Now is the time to solve the problem.

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First, a frog lays eggs in water. Soon, the eggs hatch. Tiny tadpoles
come out of the eggs. These tadpoles live in water and have no legs. B. Unscramble each sentence. Write it in the correct order.
One day, they start growing legs. After ten weeks, the legs are big. The 5. Have a math test we later will.
tadpole can go onto land. The tadpole has become a frog.

Tadpoles start growing legs.

6. Bus soon our be here will.
A frog lays eggs in water.

The tadpole has become a frog.

Tadpoles come out of the eggs.

Home-School Tell a family member what you did after school today. Home-School Describe what you plan to do over the next few days. Use adverbs of time to
Connection Tell the steps in order. Connection tell about your plans. Read your description to your family.

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Spelling: Spelling with tch Spelling Tip Writing: Write a Personal Narrative
Use with Student Edition pages 178–179. The ch sound may Read the paragraph. Then read each question. Circle the letter of
be spelled tc h when the correct answer.
Add tch to make each word. it is in a one-syllable
word with a short
1. A hu is a home for rabbits. Maki Umenoto
vowel.
The Day I Lost My First Tooth
2. My dad will make a ba of cookies. (1) I lose my first baby tooth last week. (2) I felt the tooth
3. Pi the ball to the batter. loosen. (3) I moved it with my tongue. (4) I ran but showed
my mother. (5) The next day, I put my tongue where my loose
4. Can you ma the words and the pictures? tooth was. (6) I knew that it would fall out soon. (7) Later that day,
I was eating a sandwich. (8) I felt for my loose tooth again,
5. I will look at my wa to see what time it is.
but it was gone! (9) My mother and me looked everywhere for it.
6. It rained hard. The di is full of water. (10) Finally, I found it. (11) It was in my sandwich!

7. Let’s wa the soccer game.

1. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 1?
8. Can you draw or ske the butterfly?
A Change tooth to teeth
B Change my to mine
Write a story about a child who catches a big fish. C Change lose to lost
Use words with tch in your story.
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D Make no change

2. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 4?

A Change show to shows
B Change but to and
C Change ran to run
D Make no change

3. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 9?

A Change everywhere to somewhere
B Change me to I
C Change looked to looks
D Make no change
Home-School Read the sentences to a family member. Talk about what
Connection each word means.

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Review 4. What is a habitat? Circle the letter of the correct answer.

A an animal’s home C a camouflage
Use with Student Edition pages 130–179.
B an animal’s habit D a predator
Answer the questions after reading Unit 3. You can go back
and reread to help find the answers. 5. In How Do They Grow?, what steps does a frog go through as
it grows? Circle the letter of the correct answer.
1. In Animal Habitats, what animals live in the ocean? Circle the
A tadpole, egg, frog
letter of the correct answer.
B egg, caterpillar, frog
A camels, snakes, and foxes
C egg, tadpole, frog
B penguins and whales
D egg, chrysalis, tadpole
C sloths and snakes
D fish, sharks, coral, and sea otters 6. Where does a tadpole live?

2. Read this sentence from Alligators and Crocodiles.

Alligators prefer fresh water, crocodiles swim in the sea.

7. Read these sentences from the selection.
Most of the water in the world is salt water. Which animal do
you think has spread to more places, alligators or crocodiles? Soon an egg will hatch. A tiny caterpillar crawls out.
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What does hatch mean? Circle the letter of the correct answer.
A close up C crawl out
B break open D fly away
3. Read these sentences from Can You See Them? Then write the
cause and the effect. 8. What step is the same for both frogs and butterflies?

The cottontail rabbit hides in some leaves on the ground in

the forest. It must hide from predators.

Cause

Effect

Home-School
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Writing Workshop: Write a Personal

2. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 8?
A Change said, to said
Narrative B Change in to on
Read the passage. Then read each question. Circle the letter of C Change you to You
the correct answer. D Make no change
Pat Waters 3. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 11?
On Stage A Change to: showed to show
B Change to: mine to my
(1) This summer I was in a opera. (2) It was Hansel and Gretel.
C Change to: me to I
(3) The opera was in a big theater.
D Make no change
(4) I tried out for the part. (5) I sang a song. (6) Then I had to
dance. (7) The director liked my song and dance. (8) He said, “you 4. What is the best way to combine sentences 15 and 16?
can be in the opera.” (9) I was very excited. A The curtain opened because I sang my song.
(10) The next day I got a costume. (11) The director showed me B Since the curtain opened I sang my song.
mine part. (12) I practiced over and over again. C The curtain opened until I sang my song.
D The curtain opened and I sang my song.
(13) The night of the opera I was nervous. (14) The director said,
“You will be fine.” (15) The curtain opened. (16) I sang my song. 5. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 17?
(17) Then I dance around the stage. (18) The audience cheered. A Change dance to danced
(19) I was very happy. B Change around to under
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C Change the to a
1. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 1?
D Make no change
A Change summer to Summer
B Change a to an
C Change was to is
D Make no change

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Fluency Learning Checklist

Use with Student Edition page 187. Check off what you have learned well. Review if needed.
How fast do you read? Use a clock. Read the text about
animals that hide. How long did it take you? Write your Word Study and Phonics
time in the chart. Read three times. Consonant Clusters
Compound Nouns
Digraphs: ch, sh, th
Many insects, birds, and other animals hide. They may 9
hide to keep safe from predators. Or, they may hide so 20
that they can catch prey. This kind of hiding is called 31
Strategies
Inferences
camouflage. When animals have camouflage, they are 38
hard to see in their habitats. Arctic foxes, for example, 48 Cause and Effect
live where the weather is very cold. 55 Recognize Sequence
They can change color. In winter, the foxes are white. 65 Steps in a Process
In summer, they are brown. Bengal tigers are another 74
example. These big cats have stripes that help them 83 Grammar
blend in with the trees and plants. 90 Prepositions of Location
Adjectives and Adverbs
Adverbs of Time
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Writing
Write a Poem about an Animal
Write a Friendly Letter
Write a Personal Narrative
Writing Workshop: Write a Personal Narrative
My Times
Listening and Speaking
Recite a Poem

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Test Preparation Directions

Use with Student Edition pages 188–189. Read the selection. Then read each question. Decide which
Read this selection. Then choose the correct words to fill in the answer is best. Mark the space for the answer you have chosen.
blanks. Mark the space for the answer you have chosen.
An African Adventure
The Traveling Tank 1 Many people like to take pictures. It is a treat to visit Africa. There
are many wild animals there. But sometimes the animals are hard
1 An armadillo is a small 1 whose back, head, legs,
to find. So visitors have to look very carefully.
and tail are covered with bony plates of “armor.” The name
2 The lions hide in the tall grasses. Their fur is yellow just like the
“armadillo” is a Spanish word that means “little armored
grass. Leopards hide in the trees. Their spots are brown like tree
one.” These bands of armor give protection to the armadillo.
branches. Hippos stand in lakes with just the tops of their heads
If an armadillo feels unsafe, it will curl up into a ball until the
and eyes showing.
danger is gone.
3 Animals blend in with their surroundings. This is called
2 Armadillos have small eyes. They cannot see very well.
camouflage. Want a picture of an animal? You will have to look
Instead, they rely on their 2 sense of smell to hunt.
carefully to find one.
An armadillo uses its sharp 3 and strong legs to dig for food. It
uses its pointy snout and long, sticky tongue to find and eat
1. Why do animals hide?
all sorts of insects.
they want to find a home
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1. flower 3. feet they don’t want their pictures taken
mammal face they want to protect themselves
fish claws they want to scare visitors
tree armor 2. Why do some people go to Africa?
to hide with the animals
2. weak
to stand in the lakes
colorful
to see wild animals
small
to camouflage themselves
strong

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