Level: M DRA: 28 Science Strategy: Monitor/Clarify Word Count: 273 2.6.30 Build Vocabulary by Ann Takman illustrated by Joanne Friar HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books 1033124 H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN by Ann Takman illustrated by Joanne Friar Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Houghton Mifflin Company unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Address inquiries to School Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company, 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116. Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02998-6 ISBN-10: 0-547-02998-5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SDP 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 2_029986_VR6_5BL_Philadelphia.in1 1 1/23/08 11:27:13 AM In the 1700s, many people sailed to America from other countries. Many of them were poor. They hoped to find work in America’s growing cities. Many of these people went to the remarkable city of Philadelphia. 2 2_029986_VR6_5BL_Philadelphia.in2 2 1/23/08 11:27:16 AM There was lots to do in Philadelphia! If you just got off the boat, you might go to the market. That’s where all the crowds were. Some people were there to sell food. Others were there to shop. 3 2_029986_VR6_5BL_Philadelphia.in3 3 1/23/08 11:27:19 AM You might be amazed by the amounts of fruit and meat for sale! You could buy some bread at a bakery and eat it as you looked around the city. 4 2_029986_VR6_5BL_Philadelphia.in4 4 1/23/08 11:27:23 AM You might walk past Pennsylvania Hospital. It was the first hospital built in America. Benjamin Franklin helped start it! Franklin was a man of many accomplishments, as you will see. 5 2_029986_VR6_5BL_Philadelphia.in5 5 1/23/08 11:27:28 AM You might also see the State House. Workers finished building it in 1756. Twenty years later, someth