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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS “The Case of the Muscle Maker” from ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN SOLVES THEM ALL by Donald J. Sobol. Copyright © 1968 by Donald J. Sobol. Used by permission of Thomas Nelson Inc. “Some Rivers” by Frank Asch from MY AMERICA: A POETRY ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Copyright © 2000 by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Used by permission of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. “Persistence” by Paul W. Richards from Highlights for Children, January 2004, Vol. 59, Issue 1. Copyright © 2004 by Highlights for Children. Used by permission of Highlights for Children. Excerpt from WILD AND SWAMPY by Jim Arnosky. Copyright © 2000 by Jim Arnosky. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers. Excerpt from LILY AND MISS LIBERTY by Carla Stevens. Copyright © 1992 by Carla Stevens. Used by permission of Scholastic Inc. “Erh-Lang and the Suns” from THE MAGIC BOAT AND OTHER CHINESE FOLK STORIES by M. A. Jagendorf and Virginia Weng. Copyright © 1980 by M. A. Jagendorf and Virginia Weng. Used by permission of Gage Publishing Co. “What REA Service Means to Our Farm Home” by Rose Dudley Scearce from Rural Electrification News, March 1939. Copyright © 1939 by Rural Electrification Administration. Used by permission of Rural Electrification Administration.

“The Odd Couple,” “Yes, Deer,” and “Spotty Friendship” from National Geographic Kids, May, July/August, and September 2004. Copyright © 2004 by National Geographic Kids. Used by permission of National Geographic Kids. “I Have a Dream,” excerpt from speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Copyright © 1963 by Writers House. Used by permission of Writers House. Excerpt from THE GET RICH QUICK CLUB by Dan Gutman. Copyright © 2004 by Dan Gutman. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers. “Old Crow Warriors” by Frederick M. Howe III, from NIGHT IS GONE, DAY IS STILL COMING, edited by Annette Piña Ochoa, Betsy Franco, and Traci L. Gourdine. Copyright © 2003 by Annette Piña Ochoa, Betsy Franco, and Traci L. Gourdine. Used by permission of Candlewick Press. WATER DANCE by Thomas Locker. Copyright © 1997 by Thomas Locker. Used by permission of Harcourt Brace & Company. HACHIKO: THE TRUE STORY OF A LOYAL DOG by Pamela S. Turner. Copyright © 2004 by Pamela S. Turner. Used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. “At the Flick of a Switch” from EARTH LINES: POEMS FOR THE GREEN AGE by Pat Moon. Copyright © 1991 by Pat Moon. Used by permission of Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins Publishers. WHALE IN THE SKY by Anne Siberell. Copyright © 1982 by Anne Siberell. Used by permission of E.P. Dutton, Inc.

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CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Literature Selections The Case of the Muscle Maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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A mystery by Donald J. Sobol

The Fox and the Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 A fable by Aesop

Some Rivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 A poem by Frank Asch Persistence

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Autobiography by Paul W. Richards

Wild and Swampy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 A memoir by Jim Arnosky

Take Me Out to the Ball Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 A song by Jack Norworth

The Present from France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Historical fiction by Carla Stevens

Erh-Lang and the Suns

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 A folktale retold by M. A. Jagendorf and Virginia Weng

What REA Service Means to Our Farm Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 A primary source article by Rose Dudley Scearce

A Word to the Wise

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Amazing Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Nonfiction/Expository by Maryalice Yakutchik and Adrienne Mason

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I Have a Dream. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 A speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Get Rich Quick Club

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From the novel by Dan Gutman

Old Crow Warriors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 A poem by Frederick M. Howe III Water Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 A poem by Thomas Locker Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Narrative nonfiction by Pamela S. Turner

William “Dummy” Hoy: Baseball’s Silent Hero

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Biography by Constance Keremes

At the Flick of a Switch

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A poem by Pat Moon

Whale in the Sky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 A legend by Anne Siberell

Long Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 A poem by Langston Hughes

Reading and Riding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Historical fiction by Kathi Appelt and Jeanne Cannella Schmitzer

Another Op’nin’, Another Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 A song by Cole Porter

On Our Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Narrative nonfiction by Thor Heyerdahl

Small Artist Has a Big Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 News article by Fabiola Santiago

Misty of Chincoteague

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 From the novel by Marguerite Henry

The Golden Wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 A myth retold by Geraldine McCaughrean

Darkness Is My Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 A poem by Joanne Ryder

Mary Anning and the Sea Dragon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Biography by Jeannine Atkins

The Flying Fool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Nonfiction/Expository by Thomas Fleming Ant Jokes and Riddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Humor

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Plays and Choral Readings Whodunit? Woo Knows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Nightingale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nat Love, Western Hero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All the Money in the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Camera in the Attic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Little Talk/But I Wonder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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INTERACTIVE

ANTHOLOGY with PLAYS Developing Listening Comprehension Read Alouds help to build students’ listening comprehension. This anthology offers selections from a variety of genres, including biography, fiction, folktales, nonfiction, primary sources, songs, and poetry, to share with students. Instruction is provided with each selection to develop specific comprehension strategies. Students are asked to set a purpose for listening as well as to determine the author’s purpose for writing. Using the instruction provided, each Read Aloud becomes an enjoyable, purposeful learning experience.

What Makes a Read Aloud Interactive? With each selection, Teacher Think Alouds are provided to help you model the use of comprehension strategies during reading. Using Think Alouds allows students to listen and to observe how a good reader uses strategies to get meaning from text. After reading, students are given the opportunity to apply the comprehension strategy. Students are asked to “think aloud” as they apply the strategy. By listening to a Student Think Aloud you can determine if the student is applying the comprehension strategy appropriately and with understanding. Think-Aloud Copying Masters included in the Read-Aloud Anthology provide sentence starters to help students “think aloud” about a strategy.  5IJOL"MPVE
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