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Curriculum Integration Reading Program

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Chapter 1 - Concept map p 113

Chapter 2 - Concept map p 115

Chapter 3 - Concept map p 117

Chapter 4 - Concept map p 119

Science

Music

Social Studies Literature

Science & Health

Social Studies

1 Everything Grows in Spring! 93 6

3 India’s Colorful Spring Festival 98 20

4 The Spring Wind Returns 106 26

9 The Holes of the Human Body 101 58

11 A Famous Hole in France 94 72

5 Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn 104 32

6 Amazing Animal Families 103 40

7 Echo the Mother Elephant 102 46

8 Bobbie the Wonder Dog 104 52

13 The Life Cycle of a Butterfly 94 84

14 Butterflies and Moths 105 92

16 The Hopi Butterfly Dance 103 104

Supplementary Material

Contents

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In spring, I look at all the new

plants and animals I like seeing

all the bright colors around me

Key Words

Read the words Then circle them in the sentences above.

Everything rows

in Spring!

What happens in spring?

In spring, the weather gets warmer The days become longer There is more rain in spring The spring weather brings new life everywhere!

When plants get more sunshine and rain, they grow quickly Trees sprout new leaves Flowers

bloom

Animals wake up from their long winter naps

Also, many baby animals are born They have lots

of fresh food and water

Many birds fly north in spring They build nests and have babies These parent birds have more daytime to look for food

Spring is special It is the season of new life!

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Everything rows in Spring!

What other things do you see in spring?

In spring, trees sprout

new leaves, and flowers

bloom Animals wake up

from their long winter

naps, and many animal

babies are born.

Spring is a very special In spring, the days are longer and

New baby animals are born They have a lot to eat Many birds fly

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box

Complete the summary with the words from the box

Choose the best answers.

1 What is the main idea of this passage?

a Spring has rainy weather

b Spring wakes many animals up

c Spring brings new life

2 When there is more sunshine and rain, plants

a dry out b grow fast c need water

3 What do many animals do in spring?

a bloom b have babies c sprout leaves

4 Where do many birds fly in spring?

a east b south c north

Check true or false

5 We get more rain in spring

6 Animals wake up from their summer naps

Write the correct answer.

7 What do many birds do in spring?

They build and have babies

warmer nests winter flowers

rain build naps season bloom

Plants

grow new leaves and

Birds

fly north build

What sounds do you hear in spring? Circle your ideas

Warm Up

Practice

Read and choose the correct words

1 The horse is very quick

windy

2 The rain is falling

sprouting on the grass.

3 Spring is one of the four orchestras

seasons

4 Everyone is joyful

cold because it is sunny

5 I am scared of the lightning

season in the sky.

6 There are many musicians in the lightning

orchestra

A Song for Spring Fill in the blanks and read the words

season quick orchestra lightning

snowball fights gentle wind

falling rain thunder

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How does Vivaldi’s

Allegro sound like

spring?

Antonio Vivaldi was a musician in Italy He wrote songs about the four seasons His song

“Spring” has a famous part called Allegro

Allegro is the first part of the song It sounds

a lot like spring Its rhythm is quick and joyful

In Allegro, violins make the cheerful sounds of birds You can also hear the gentle wind Then the whole orchestra creates the sound of falling rain

Later, one violin makes the sound of thunder and lightning Finally, all the violins sound like birds singing again

Do you want to hear the sounds of spring?

Listen to Vivaldi’s Allegro!

The instruments make

the sounds of birds, the

gentle wind, the falling

rain, and thunder and

lightning

I love the sound of birds singing in spring

Vivaldi’s Allegro has spring in it Its rhythm is fast and

In Allegro, violins make the sounds of birds and the gentle

make bird sounds again

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box

Complete the summary with the words from the box

Choose the best answers.

1 What is this passage mainly about?

a singing birds in the woods

b the spring sounds of violins

c a song about spring

2 What is the rhythm of Antonio Vivaldi’s Allegro like?

a slow and sad b fast and joyful c quick and angry

3 Which instruments make the cheerful sounds of birds?

a flutes b drums c violins

4 In Allegro, the whole orchestra sounds like falling

Check true or false

5 In Allegro, there is a part like the gentle wind

6 In Allegro, a violin makes the sound of thunder and lightning

Write the correct answer.

7 What did Vivaldi write songs about?

He wrote songs about the four

thunder and lightning

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rain first birds quick gentle

thunder orchestra sounds joyful violins

orchestra

violins

thunder joyful

What do you think of these kids? Read and check

Read and choose the correct words.

1 My room is (bright / messy) I need to clean it up.

2 He is (throwing / blooming) the ball across the field

3 We use colorful (festivals / powders) to draw pictures.

4 We are (celebrating / falling) our birthdays together

5 People wear beautiful dresses at the (festival / powder)

6 I like (bright / messy) colors like yellow and pink.

In March, there is a festival of color in India It is called Holi.

During Holi, people eat lots of sweet foods

They also sing and dance outside with their families and friends

People make colorful powders as well They believe they look like the colors of spring

Then, they throw them at each other! They also throw balloons The balloons are filled with colored water Everyone gets messy but has lots of fun

Holi is a time when Indian people celebrate

spring How do you like to celebrate spring?

They eat sweet foods,

sing, and dance outside

They also throw colorful

powder and water

balloons at each other

Indian people have a in March It is called Holi, and it

spring During Holi, people eat sweet foods, sing, and dance

colors are fun

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box.

Complete the summary with the words from the box

Choose the best answers.

1 What is this passage mainly about?

a India’s delicious food during Holi

b India’s springtime festival of color

c colorful powders and balloons in India

2 When is Holi held?

a in January b in March c in May

3 During Holi, Indian people like to

a travel around b rest at home c sing and dance

4 What do Holi balloons have inside?

a colored water b colorful food c colored pencils

Check true or false

5 During Holi, people make colorful powders

6 Only children get messy during Holi

Write the correct answer.

7 What do Indian people do with powders and balloons during Holi?

They them at each other

When Where Why What

foods sing India powders spring

colorful water festival bright celebrates

bright

India

spring foods sing

powders

Read and choose the correct words.

1 The thief (stole / promised) the wallet

2 In winter, many bears sleep in (weasels / dens).

3 I (dragged / promised) to wake up early.

4 The (weasel / den) has short legs

5 The (magpie / powder) has black and white feathers.

6 The boy is (stealing / dragging) his sled behind him.

Read the words and find them in the puzzle

spring rain beautiful flowers

baby animals warm wind

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The Spring Wind Returns

How did the boy and

the animals get the

spring wind back?

Many years ago, there was a very long, cold winter in Canada

A young boy wanted to feel the warm spring wind He asked his animal friends, “Where is the spring wind?” Magpie said, “Bear stole the wind.”

So the boy said, “Let’s find it!”

At night, they went to Bear’s den He was sleeping Weasel saw the wind in a bag Coyote

dragged the bag out of the den Then, Chicken opened the bag with his beak

Suddenly, the warm spring wind came out It woke Bear up He promised that he would never steal the wind again Everybody was happy to get spring back!

The wind was in a bag

in Bear’s den Coyote

dragged the bag out of

the den, and Chicken

opened it with his beak.

A boy and his animal friends heard that Bear the spring

Everybody was happy to have spring back

Write the numbers in the correct order

Complete the summary with the words from the box

Choose the best answers.

1 What is this passage mainly about?

a putting the spring wind in a bag

b getting the spring wind back

c sharing the spring wind with everyone

2 What did the boy and his animal friends want?

a the den b a new bag c the spring wind

3 Who stole the spring wind?

4 Chicken opened the bag with his

Check true or false

5 The spring wind was in Bear’s den

6 Weasel dragged the bag out of the den

Write the correct answer

7 What did Bear do at the end?

He not to steal the wind again

They went to Bear’s den and saw the spring wind in a bag

The warm spring wind returned

Coyote dragged the bag out, and Chicken opened it

A boy and his animal friends wanted the spring wind back.

wind

opened

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My family is special because we are

very friendly and talkative We love

meeting new people!

Read and choose the correct words

1 I can (play / promise) the flute well

2 Sisters and brothers are called (siblings / geniuses).

3 Mozart was a great (orchestra / composer)

4 My sister is (talented / close) at ballet

5 The two girls are very (close / fresh) friends.

6 Jake can solve difficult math problems He is a (composer / genius)!

Read the words and find them in the puzzle

How did Fanny’s

dream come true?

Are you close with your sister or brother? Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn were German musical

geniuses They were also very close siblings.Fanny and Felix dreamed of becoming

composers However, their father only wanted Felix to study music Felix was sad because he knew Fanny was talented He told her, “Keep writing songs.” They often played their songs together

In 1842, Felix met Queen Victoria from the United Kingdom She told him that she loved his song “Italien.” He said, “Actually, I didn’t write it

Fanny did.”

Finally, Fanny’s dream came true She wrote over

400 songs Together, Fanny and Felix became great composers

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Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn

Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

How do you help your family members?

She wrote over 400

songs and became a

great composer.

Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn were close They were also

songs Queen Victoria loved “Italien,” one of Fanny’s songs Fanny

over 400 songs

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box

Complete the summary with the words from the box

Choose the best answers.

1 What is this passage mainly about?

a a musical genius and her father

b two close sibling composers

c a composer’s meeting with a queen

2 Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn were from

a Italy b Germany c the United Kingdom

3 Fanny and Felix’s father only wanted to study music

a Felix b Fanny c their mother

4 How many songs did Fanny write?

a more than 400 b more than 1400 c more than 4000

Check true or false

5 Felix wrote the song “Italien.”

6 Felix was a good composer, but Fanny wasn’t

Write the correct answers

7 Who loved the song “Italien”?

Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn

songs composers musical close

wrote German siblings music father

composers

father

wrote

Did you know that animals have different types of families? Guess and

check true or false

Warm Up

Amazing Animal Families

Science

F a mi l e

Practice

Read and choose the correct words.

1 Baby cheetahs are called cubs

seahorses

2 The man raises

plays many cows on his farm

3 Pouches

Seahorses are fish, but they look strange

4 The baby kangaroo stays in its mother’s swan

pouch

5 The mother baboon is writing

carrying her baby

6 The beautiful cub

swan is swimming on the lake.

Fill in the blanks and read the words

swan cub pouch seahorse

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1 In swan families, only the fathers care for the babies

2 In cheetah families, only the mothers care for the babies

3 In seahorse families, both parents care for their eggs

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What kinds of animal

families are there?

Animals have different types of families like

In cheetah families, the mothers raise their cubs

alone Cheetah cubs’ eyes don’t open for almost two weeks So, their mothers help them a lot! Later, they also teach them to hunt

In seahorse families, the fathers take care of the eggs They keep them in special pouches The eggs become healthy babies thanks to them

These animal families are different But all the parents love their babies

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Amazing Animal Families

How do your parents take care of you?

families, only mothers

raise their cubs And in

seahorse families, the

fathers take care of the

eggs.

Animals have kinds of families For example, both swan

take care of their babies Sometimes they even carry them

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box

Complete the summary with the words from the box

Choose the best answers.

1 What is the main idea of this passage?

a Animal mothers care for their babies alone

b Animal families have lots of babies

c Animals have different types of families

2 What do swan parents NOT do for their babies?

a care for them b carry them c catch them

3 Cheetah cubs open their eyes when they are almost

a two weeks old b four weeks old c six weeks old

4 Where do seahorse fathers keep their eggs?

a in nests b in pouches c in plants

Check true or false

5 Swan babies can fly when they are born

6 Cheetah mothers and fathers both raise their babies

Write the correct answer

7 How are all these animal families similar?

All the parents love their

cubs eggs parents different hunt

pouches backs carry teach alone

Swan Families Both parents care for their babies

They them on their

Cheetah

They help and them

Seahorse Families The fathers take care of the eggs

They keep them in

pouches

cubs parents

hunt eggs

Key Words

Read the words Then circle them in the sentences above.

Echo the Mother Elephant

What do you know about

African elephants?

Warm Up

Female elephants move

in groups

Male elephants leave the family

when they are 12-15 years old

The leader walks in front

If an elephant baby is weak or hurt, it can’t join the other elephants

Echo tried to help Ely stand But he couldn’t do it

After three days, Ely stood up slowly Soon he could walk by himself! Before long, Echo and Ely joined

the other elephants again

Thanks to Echo, Ely has a healthy, happy life

What did Echo do

when Ely couldn’t

stand up?

In Kenya, there was a special elephant named Echo She was the leader of her elephant group

In 1990, Echo had a baby named Ely His front

legs were weak He couldn’t stand up

If a baby is hurt, elephants usually leave it behind Soon it was time to move away and find food But Echo didn’t leave Ely

Echo the Mother Elephant

What do your parents do when you are sick?

Echo stayed with Ely and

tried to help him stand.

Problem Solution

helped him Three days later, Ely slowly stood up, and they joined their

again

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box

Complete the summary with the words from the box.

Choose the best answers.

1 What is the main idea of this passage?

a Elephants leave hurt babies behind

b Echo helped Ely and waited for him

c Echo and Ely were in the same group

2 What was Echo in her group?

a the leader b the baby c the father

3 Ely had front legs when he was born

4 How long did it take for Ely to stand up?

a two days b three days c three weeks

Check true or false

5 All the elephants helped Ely stand up

6 Echo and Ely went back to the other elephants

Write the correct answer

7 Why did the other elephants move away?

They needed to find

She him stand

leave

group

Look at the picture What words come to your mind? Circle them

Warm Up

Bobbie the Wonder Dog

History

F a mi l e

Follow the lines and write the correct words

Practice

Read and choose the correct words

1 My brother always (appears / chases) me.

2 She is (amazed / talented) by the big carrot

3 The cars stopped at a (trip / gas station).

4 Suddenly, a rainbow (appeared / chased) in the sky

5 If you throw a boomerang, it will (leave / return) to you

6 I finished washing the dishes I’m very (born / tired) now.

appear

tired

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pet fun

boring trip

family happy

Bobbie the Wonder Dog

Bobbie the dog loved his human family very much He always wanted to be with them

In 1923, Bobbie and his family went on a trip

to Indiana At a gas station, some other dogs

chased Bobbie away Bobbie’s family looked everywhere, but they couldn’t find him They

returned sadly to their home in Oregon

Six months later, they were surprised Bobbie

appeared in their town! His feet were worn and

tired Later, many people said they saw Bobbie in other cities He walked over 4,500 kilometers for six months to get home

Everyone was amazed They started calling him

“Bobbie the Wonder Dog”!

Why did people call

Bobbie “the Wonder

Silverton, Oregon

Bobbie’s Journey

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Yes I went on a class trip

to Paris last year It took a long time to fly there, and I didn’t see my family for two weeks

He walked over 4,500

kilometers for six

months to get home.

Choose the best answers.

1 What is this passage mainly about?

a Bobbie and his dog family

b Bobbie and his amazing trip home

c Bobbie and his home

2 Bobbie got lost on a family trip to

a Indiana b Oregon c New York

3 How did Bobbie get lost?

a He chased a car b He took a nap c Some dogs chased him away

4 What happened six months after Bobbie got lost?

a He went to a gas station

b He found another family

c He came back home

Check true or false

5 Bobbie’s home was in Oregon

6 Bobbie walked over 5,400 kilometers to get home

Write the correct answers

7 How were Bobbie’s feet when he got home?

Graphic Organizer & Summary Reading Comprehension

him and went back home Six months later, he

amazed and started calling him “Bobbie the Wonder Dog.”

Write the numbers in the correct order

Complete the summary with the words from the box.

1

Step

2

Step

Bobbie and his family traveled to Indiana

Bobbie spent six months walking home

Bobbie’s family lost him at a gas station

People called him “Bobbie the Wonder Dog.”

Bobbie’s family sadly went home without him

chased

home

Art & Hi

st or y

I see holes in my old socks every

day I also see holes in some types

of food, like donuts!

Follow the lines and write the correct words

What do the holes in your face do? Guess and match

Warm Up

Practice

Read and choose the correct words

1 Look at the frog on the finger! It is very (tiny / messy)

2 You can clean up (weather / dust) with a broom

3 She (breathes / connects) the fresh air outside.

4 This green (dust / tube) looks like a snake

5 The baby has a little (belly button / gas station)

6 If you (connect / breathe) the plug, the TV will turn on.

1 ears a This hole helps us talk and eat.

2 nose b These holes help us smell.

3 mouth c These holes help us hear