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Naturet Cannon -The Bombardier Beetle 37

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Nonfiction - Social Studies

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fi Cumulative Reading Skill Practice

can become better readers.

fil Cumulitive Vocabulary Practice

students to memorize the new vocabulary.

flfngaging Stories with Colorful lllustrations & Animated Audio Recording

* Engaging stories motivate students to read.

* Colorful illustrations help students to understand.

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* Carefully graded non-fiction passages help students to build

academic reading skills.

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the target words.

Part B Discussion

This is Mom.

She is 39 years old.

She is very good at math

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How many of these dinosaurs can you name?

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"Did you know that the largest dinosaurs were as tall as a

three-story building, Mom?" he said.

"Wow!" said Mom.

"And velociraptor dinosaurs actually had feathers They were a lot

like birds."

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"Hey Brian," she said, "Did you learn about the blind dinosaur?"

"Hmmm no, I don't think so", Brian replied "What was it

called?" He looked very interested

"Awwww, Moml" said Brian.

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Brian was excited

Velociraptors had feathers

Mom and Brian laughed together

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a three - story building

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ffi Warm Up Look at the photographs and talk about ballet dance

Have you ever seen a ballet performance?

What skills do you need to become a ballet dancer?

to make something go into smaller pieces

skill

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toes lf Polina loses her balance, she could really hurt herself She might even break

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&t is not easy to be a prima ballerina Polina had to work very hard Some of her

ability came naturally, while the rest came with lots of hard work

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danced in a YouTube music

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What made Polina become one of the best prima ballerinas?

Qualities of a

Prirna Ballerina

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3 After Reading

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ability female created perfect break balanced

the world?

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'tr Are you a hard-working person like Polina?

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"What are exchange students?" Brian asked Mrs Martin.

"Oh, cooll" said Brian.

"Hello! Are you from Japan?" asked Brian.

"Cool!" said Brian.

T* "Hello! Are you from England?" asked Brian.

"Cool!" said Brian.

Finally, Brian saw a boy from lndia

"Hello! Are you from lndia?" he asked

"Nol" said the boy " l'm from lndia, not Americal"

"Oh!" said Brian "l should study geographyl"

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Brian met some exchange students

Exchange students came to school

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Where are the exchange students from?

How did Brian feel when he said, "l should study geography!"?

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@ Word PractiG€ Choose and complete the sentence.

exchanged overseas

so he can learn a new language

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ffi Warm Up took at the picture and talk about the pets.

to look afterthe soft thick hair on animals

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fun with your petl

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families have pets, and

more than half of these families have more than

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f,s" How to get a pet *i- How to take care of your pet

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d;n because some pets sleep a lot fu" because some pets need more care

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different take care of spent seems already fur

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ffi Oiscussion Write the answers and talk about them with your friend

Warm Up Look at the photographs and talk about squirrels.

,! New Words Write the word next to its definition or picture.

from the story on the next page

the things behind the main part of a picture

a larger amount of something

to not remember something

to take things from different places and put them together

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Acorns are one of the most

important foods for wildlife.

Birds such as pigeons, ducks,

woodpeckers; and some

animals like mice, pigs, bears

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"What are you doing, Brian?" Lucy asked She was curious

"l'm making some signs to help the squirrels," Brian said.

"Huh?" "Ho\ / can signs help squirrels?" Lucy replied.

"Ohhh," said Lucy, "That's a good idea, can I help?"

"Sure," said Brian "You can work on this sign."

"Yeahl" said Lucy "No more hungry squirrels!"

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Brian likes squirrels

Squirrels like acorns

Brian made signs to help squirrels

hungry signs

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that the squirrels need the acorns over winter

all the acorns

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* not to collect all the acorns.

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something that people in a certain place have done or believedfor a long time

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Complete the information about Australia.

Color the desert areas yellow Color the areas where people live in green

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unusual wildlife million desert major tradition

to give presents at Christmas

S Oiscussion Write the answers and talk about them with your friend

Warm Up took at the pictures and talk about them.

New Words Write the word next to its definition Use the words in bold from the story

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to start

to argue; to attack; to battle

a piece of writing, usually with short lines that may rhyme

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Lucy wants to fly to the moon

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The chemicals come out of the beetle's tail with a loud sound

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Brian sometimes gets bad headaches

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ffi Warm Up tvtatch the artist with the painting and talk about it

'tr Which painting do you like most? Why?

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a picture that someone makes with paint

a person who paints or draws pictureseasy to do or understand

north, south, east or west

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He is mostly famous for his

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with your classmates

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artist painting object direction pain simple

ffi Oiscussion Write the answers and talk about them with your friend

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"Why do you want a new car? This car is fine," said Dad "Old cars are more stylish."

"OK, OK," said Dad "Let's go car shopping tomorrow,"

"No, these are too expensive,"

"No, these are still too expensive," said Mom

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"Hmmm,l' said Mom "This car is very small, isn't it?"

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New cars have no style

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What kind of dogs do you like? Why?

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round, square, triangle, rectangle

very good, excellent

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