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Reading

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Published by Spectrum? an imprint of Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLC

Greensboro, NC 27425 USA

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Spectrum? An imprint of Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLC P.O. Box 35665 Greensboro, NC 27425 USA

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ISBN 978-1-4838-1217-5

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Table of Contents

A Morning in Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A Slice of Ocean Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Grandpa's Light Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Mysterious Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The Land of the Northern Lights . . . . . . 10 A Mancala Morning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 It's All a Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Birthday Breakfast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Plenty of Pancakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Ready for a New Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 A Big Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Not Just Monkeying Around . . . . . . . . 24 Monkey Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Soccer Summer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Play Ball! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Quick Feet and a Big Heart . . . . . . . . . 32 Scoring a Goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Applecreek Orchard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 To Market, to Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Bees in the Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 An Apple a Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 A New Virginia Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 A Long Way Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 The Wild Side of the Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 A Friendly Hike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 On the Right Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 A French Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Tower Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Impressive Paintings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 A Museum Fit for a King . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Seeing the World Through

Different Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 An E-mail from Overseas . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Racing for the Yellow Jersey . . . . . . . . 66 Eat to Compete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 The Peregrine Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Keeping an Eye on Peregrine Falcons 72 Falcons in the City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 The World of Tomorrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 A Fair to Remember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 What a Thrill! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 The Story of a Quilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Patchwork History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 The Mystery of the Quilt Codes . . . . . . 86 Make Your Own Quilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 A Musical Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Trumpet Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 King of the Trumpet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 For the Love of Jazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 A Bebop Afternoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Plants on the Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Make Your Own Terrarium . . . . . . . . . 102 A Special Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Something in the Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 A Family Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 A Library Expedition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 The Wolves Are Back! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Geyser Capital of the World . . . . . . . 114 A Natural Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Mars Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 The Mysteries of Mars . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Space Travelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 A Friendly Lesson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Sink or Swim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Flood Watch! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 The Flood of the Century . . . . . . . . . . 130 Career Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 The Wright Stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 The World Underwater . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 E-mail Advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 On the Mail Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 The Trail West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 The Riders of the Pony Express . . . . . . 144 Lone Star Camels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 One Hump or Two? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Survivors in the Desert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

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A Morning in Maine

What would you like to see if you traveled to Maine?

1 "Cameron!" called Grandpa. "Are you awake yet? It's almost eight o'clock. We're wasting the day!" Grandpa stood in the doorway. He wore faded blue jeans, a checkered shirt, and a big grin.

2 "Grandpa," groaned Cameron, "it's the first day of my vacation. I never get up this early when I'm on vacation."

3 "That's because you don't live in Maine," replied Grandpa, opening the shutters and letting the sun spill across the bed. "There is so much to do here that you won't want to miss a thing. Besides, I'm making blueberry pancakes. If you don't get up soon, they may not last."

4 "Okay. The pancakes convinced me, Grandpa," said Cameron, swinging his legs out of bed.

5 "I had a feeling they might," Grandpa chuckled.

6 Over blueberry pancakes with warm maple syrup, Cameron and Grandpa discussed their plans for the day. "I'd like to do some exploring this morning," said Cameron, taking a gulp of milk. "Does that path next to the cabin go straight down to the beach? And how do you get to that little island with the pine trees? Do you think we could catch some fish for dinner?"

7 Grandpa laughed. "I thought there were a few things you might want to do today instead of sleep. Why don't we go for a walk on the beach after breakfast? Later, we can go fishing on the island."

8 "Sounds good to me," said Cameron excitedly.

9 Cameron and Grandpa did the dishes. Then, they put on some old sneakers and followed the sandy path to the beach. The air felt crisp and warm. There was not a cloud in the sky.

10 Cameron was a few steps ahead of his grandfather. He stopped to look at a pool of water that had formed between some rocks. "Look at this, Grandpa!" shouted Cameron. "It's like a miniature ocean."

11 Cameron crouched down to get a better look. Grandpa peered over his shoulder. "There are so many little creatures in there," Cameron said. "How did they get there?"

12 "It's a tide pool, Cameron," said Grandpa. "You'll see them all along this beach. They are my favorite thing to look for on my morning walks. You see, when the tide goes out, water gets caught in shallow pools. It's a pretty neat way to see a little slice of ocean life."

13 Cameron nodded. "This is very cool," he said. "If we had stuff like this at home, I might actually want to get up early. I have a feeling this is going to be a great vacation!"

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