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Suggested levels for Guided Reading, DRA,Suggested levels for Guided Reading, DRA,™™ Earth ScienceEarth Science Lexile,Lexile,®® and Reading Recoveryand Reading Recovery™™ are providedare provided FunFun in the Pearson Scott Foresman Leveling Guide.in the Pearson Scott Foresman Leveling Guide. withwith Science!Science! by Kelly Kongby Kelly Kong ComprehensionComprehension GenreGenre Text FeaturesText Features Skills and StrategySkills and Strategy ExpositoryExpository • Generalize• Generalize • Captions• Captions nonfictionnonfiction • Draw Conclusions• Draw Conclusions • Labels• Labels • Prior Knowledge• Prior Knowledge • Heads• Heads • Glossary• Glossary Scott Foresman Reading Street 3.4.3Scott Foresman Reading Street 3.4.3 ì<(sk$m)=bddheb<ì<(sk$m)=bddheb<ISBNISBN 0-328-13374-40-328-13374-4 +^-Ä-U-Ä-U+^-Ä-U-Ä-U
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Reader Response 1. Write a general statement about binoculars and telescopes. 2. Before you read this book, what did youknow about archaeologists? What doFun you know about archaeologists now? What would you still like to learn aboutarchaeologists? Use a graphic organizerwith like the one below to show your thoughts.Science! Knew Know Now by Kelly Kong Want to Learn 3. There are three vocabulary words in this book that are plural words. Which ones are they? Use them in sentences of your own. 4. Go back to the part of the book that talks about birds. According to the book, how long can a hummingbird be? How large can an eagle’s wingspan be? Editorial Offices: Glenview, Illinois • Parsippany, New Jersey • New York, New York Sales Offices: Needham, Massachusetts • Duluth, Georgia • Glenview, Illinois Coppell, Texas • Ontario, California • Mesa, Arizona
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It’s the weekend and you have finished your chores. What will you do with your free time? Maybe you will play a game or read a book. There are many ways to spend your spare time! You probably have many hobbies. Some may take you outside. Others may involve friends or adults. One of your hobbies could even become your job one day! Did you know that many hobbies are related to science? Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions. Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman, a division of Pearson Education. Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd) Opener: Angus Beare/DK Images, (C) Arthur Morris/Corbis, (B) Gary Ombler/DK Images; 1 Getty Images; 3 (C) Tony Freeman/PhotoEdit, (CR) Spencer Grant/PhotoEdit, (BR) Momatiuk Eastcott/The Image Works, Inc., (BL) Getty Images, ©Comstock Inc.; 4 (TR) Spencer Grant/PhotoEdit, (CL) ©Kenneth Garret/NGS Image Collection, (BR) Tony Freeman/PhotoEdit; 5 Digital Stock, (R) ©Royalty-Free/Corbis; 7 (CL) Tom Vezo/Peter Arnold, Inc., (BR) Larry West/Getty Images, (T) Arthur Morris/Corbis; 8 ©Royalty-Free/ Corbis; 9 (BL) Cathy Melloan/PhotoEdit, (CR) Bill Aron/PhotoEdit; 10 (C) Getty Images, (B) ©Royalty-Free/Corbis; 11 David Young-Wolff/PhotoEdit; 12 (B) ©Royalty-Free/ Corbis, (L) Getty Images; 13 Getty Images; 14 (TL) Getty Images, (B) Kevin Fleming/ Corbis; 15 Jeff Greenberg/Index Stock Imagery ISBN: 0-328-13374-4 Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V0G1 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 3
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Zoology? Zoology For example, do you enjoy taking care of animals? Scientists who study animals are called zoologists. Archeology? Do you like digging A hummingbird around in search of old is a tiny bird. objects? Archeologists are people who use clues found in today’s world to study history and past cultures. Learning from Animals Astronomy? Have you ever spotted a bluebird flying across the sky? Have you ever seen a red Maybe you like cardinal sitting on a tree branch? Birds are watching the stars? incredible creatures. They come in many An astronomer different shapes, sizes, and colors. studies outer space. Birds can be tiny. Some hummingbirds are only two inches long! Other birds are much larger. Eagles have wingspans of Each of these hobbies is connected to almost eight feet! Birds can be very different science. Read on to find out more about the from each other. A simple but powerful tool connections between hobbies and science! makes it easy to spot birds’ differences. 4 5
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Zoology The simple but powerful tool is a set of binoculars! Binoculars make faraway objects appear closer. With binoculars you can watch birds find food, eat, or care for their young. Birds are often fearful of people. If you Scarlet tanager are farther away, it is less likely birds can hear or smell you. That means you are more likely to see the birds behave normally. Watching birds and other animals is important. It helps zoologists understand more about their life cycles. By learning about animals’ habits, zoologists can help them survive in their environments. Flicker Use binoculars to watch birds without disturbing them. Eastern bluebird 6 7
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Archeology Digging Up the Past Have you ever found old items in an It is fun to find old treasures from the attic? People sometimes like to save old past. Sometimes old items are labeled. items, such as stamps or an oil painting on Other times they are not. When items are an old board. Then they may sell them to not labeled and you do not know what they customers at a yard sale. are, you can research the past to learn more Old and ancient items are found every about them! day in many different places. When an You can learn about the past by talking ancient item is found, it often tells something to your family and neighbors, searching about past peoples, cultures, and places. your attic, or going to the library and reading old newspapers. Talk to a neighbor or visit your library for more information about the past. 8 9
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Archeology Workers in China were digging a well Before you start digging holes in search to provide water for local people. As one of lost treasures, however, it is important worker dug, his shovel hit a hard object. He that you ask for permission from an adult. had hit a buried statue. Archeologists heard When you find something that is interesting, about the statue and visited the workers. ask an adult to help you identify it. When the archeologists dug deeper, they found a group of statues that were more than two thousand years old! Nobody had known that the statues existed. Archeologists researched the past to learn more about the treasured statues. Hidden treasures may be buried in your own backyard. These statues are treasures from the past! 10 11
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Astronomy Watching the Night Sky Do you enjoy gazing up at a dark sky filled with twinkling stars? Stargazing is another popular hobby that relates to science. People have watched the stars in the night sky for thousands of years. Saturn Space has been called the final frontier. That is because it contains many mysteries and was difficult to study in the past. Telescopes are tools that make observing space and the stars easier. Telescopes are made up of a set of lenses, mirrors, or both. They are used to make objects in the sky appear closer. You may use a small telescope when you stargaze. Astronomers use huge, powerful telescopes to study planets and stars that are trillions of miles away. Astronomers have learned many things by watching the night sky. 12 13
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As you have learned, many hobbies are related to science. And who knows? The science hobby that you start today could become your job in the future. Science is a part of our daily lives. Turn Fun with Hobbies your interests into hobbies to learn and have fun! There are many other popular science hobbies out there. If you love animals, you can help take care of them. What you learn about animals now may help you become a veterinarian in the future! A veterinarian is a Hobbies are fun and can doctor who takes care of animals. teach you a lot about science. Caring for animals can be an interesting hobby! 14 15
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Glossary Reader Response attic n. the space in labeled v. to put 1. Write a general statement about a house just below or write a label on binoculars and telescopes. the roof and above something. 2. Before you read this book, what did you the other rooms. spare adj. extra. know about archaeologists? What do board n. a broad, stamps n. small you know about archaeologists now? thin piece of wood pieces of paper with What would you still like to learn about for use in building. glue on the back; archaeologists? Use a graphic organizer chores n. small tasks postage stamps. like the one below to show your thoughts. or easy jobs that you Knew have to do regularly. customers n. people Know Now who buy goods or services. Want to Learn 3. There are three vocabulary words in this book that are plural words. Which ones are they? Use them in sentences of your own. 4. Go back to the part of the book that talks about birds. According to the book, how long can a hummingbird be? How large can an eagle’s wingspan be? 16
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