Grade 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 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 Piđa 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 Continued on page 234 A Published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, of McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Two Penn Plaza, New York, New York 10121 Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, network storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning, except for the Copying Masters and Plays, which may be reproduced in print form for non-profit educational use with Macmillan/McGraw-Hill TREASURES Printed in the United States of America 10 DUB 13 12 11 10 09 CONTENTS Introduction Literature Selections The Case of the Muscle Maker 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 44 A poem by Mari Paz Pradillo Amazing Animals 47 Nonfiction/Expository by Maryalice Yakutchik and Adrienne Mason Grade I Have a Dream 51 A speech by Martin Luther King, Jr The Get Rich Quick Club 55 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 72 Biography by Constance Keremes At the Flick of a Switch 77 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 Table of Contents 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 132 153 167 182 203 220 Think-Aloud Copying Masters Generate Questions Make Connections Visualize Draw Inferences Analyze Text Structure Determine Importance in Text Summarize Monitor Comprehension 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 Index by Genre 232 Grade 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 PQZJOH.BTUFS 5IJOL"MPVE$ 5TIhJT isX wBaTsN mPoTsUtMZ ly BaCbPouVtU.. QZJOH.BTUFS 5IJOL"MPVE$P *XPOEFS BVXb^aaVc$B X