1. compass

1. labored

1. overalls

1. jagged

1. fangs

2. darted

2. shortcut

2. eerie

2. horizon

2. reptiles

3. talker

3. occasions

3. huddled

3. squealed

3. patients

4. muttered

4. rhythms

4. squall

4. nursery

4. skills

5. mug

5. accidental

5. reins

5. mature

5. healthy

6. brand-new

6. shutters

6. pesky

6. assured

6. broad

1. strolling

1. exist

1. stitching

1. plantation

1. challenge

2. wharf

2. image

2. chanted

2. settlement

2. entertaining

3. admitted

3. inspire

3. nipped

3. fretted

3. mazes

4. elegantly

4. loft

4. pouch

4. gourd

4. combine

5. brisk

5. reference

5. scribbled

5. sunrise

5. requires

6. displaying

6. sketch

6. restless

6. weary

6. contained

Amelia's Road
Summary: A little girl moves from place to place with her migrant family. Though she longs for a real home, Amelia manages to find a place for herself.
Comprehension: Problem and Solution
Vocabulary:

“Sarah, Plain and Tall
Summary: A mail-order bride leaves Maine to start a new life as a wife and mother on the prairie. As the family adjusts to the changes and the new experiences, they have time to reflect on the things that are important to them.
Comprehension: Story Elements
Vocabulary:

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Time for Kids: Open Wide, Don't Bite!
Summary: A dentist works with some very special patients- animals. The unique problems of working on animals' teeth lead to some creative solutions.
Comprehension: Problem and Solution
Vocabulary:

The Lost Lake
Summary: A father and son set out to find a special place to camp and end up reflecting on the special relationship they have with each other.
Comprehension: Story Elements
Vocabulary:

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Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
Summary: On a visit to Grandpa's ranch, Justin learns all about cowboys. His special connection with Grandpa also teaches him a few things he never would have guessed about chores- or himself.
Comprehension: Make Predictions
Vocabulary:

Just a Dream
Summary: This fantasy tells of one boy's trip into a future shaped by the present day's disregard for the environment. When he awakes, the boy is glad to discover that his trip was "just a dream.".
Comprehension: Sequence of Events
Vocabulary:

Leah's Pony
Summary: Leah is a Depression-era girl whose prize possession is a pony. Drought ruins her family's crops, and Leah sells her pony to raise money. Her sacrifice inspires her neighbors to help her family keep their farm.
Comprehension: Cause and Effect
Vocabulary:

Baseball Saved Us
Summary: Baseball improved morale for Japanese-American families confined to a WWII relocation camp and it helped one boy discover his strengths.
Comprehension: Make Predictions
Vocabulary:

Time for Kids: Will Her Native Language Disappear?
Summary: The Choctaw language and many others are in danger of extinction. The Endangered Language Fund and other educational efforts are trying to keep them alive.
Comprehension: Cause and Effect
Vocabulary:

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The Hatmaker's Sign
Summary: Benjamin Franklin tells Thomas Jefferson a story about a hatmaker. The hatmaker's struggle to find just the right words for his sign consoles Jefferson as Congress debates his wording for the Declaration of Independence.
Comprehension: Judgments and Decisions
Vocabulary:

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Pat Cummings: My Story
Summary: This autobiography explains how children's illustrator Pat Cummings first started drawing as a young girl. It also tells why she enjoys drawing pictures of people she knows as well of things in her imagination.
Comprehension: Fact and Opinion
Vocabulary:

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Grass Sandals: The Travels of Basho
Summary: Basho, a seventeenth century Japanese poet, travels through Japan describing the aspects of nature that touch his heart and mind.
Comprehension: Author's Purpose, Point of View
Vocabulary:

A Place Called Freedom
Summary: A family of freed slaves help set up a thriving community in Indiana in 1832.
Comprehension: Fact and Opinion
Vocabulary:

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Time for Kids: Twisted Trails
Summary: Adrian Fisher designs walk-through mazes for a living. He had found a way to combine math and science, his favorite subjects, in a way he can share with other people.
Comprehension: Judgments and Decisions
Vocabulary:

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Scruffy: A Wolf Finds His Place in the Pack
 Summary: A photographer recounts what he learned observing Scruffy, an Arctic wolf, as he grows up and finds a place in the pack.
Comprehension: Compare and Contrast
Vocabulary

1. affection

1. confusion

1. connected

1. abandon

1. microscope

2. climate

2. freeze

2. endangered

2. absorb

2. ancestors

3. clinging

3. hilltop

3. haul

3. available

3. snout

4. injury

4. lodge

4. overcome

4. original

4. spikes

5. methods

5. messenger

5. poisonous

5. research

5. weird

6. threat

6. praised

6. sponge

6. traditional

6. disasters
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Gluskabe and the Snow Bird
 Summary: This traditional Penobscot tale explains the beginnings of several events in nature.
Comprehension: Fact and Nonfact
Vocabulary:

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 Meet an Underwater Explorer
 Summary: Sylvia Earle, a marine biologist and underwater explorer, has faced many dangers and made significant discoveries about ocean life.
Comprehension: Draw Conclusions
Vocabulary:

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Time for Kids: Earth's First Creatures
Summary: Diverse forms of animal life developed during the Cambrian Period, which began between 510 and 543 million years ago. Some scientists call this the "Cambrian explosion."
Comprehension: Compare and Contrast
Vocabulary:

On the Bus With Joanna Cole
Summary: This autobiography about Joanna Cole, the author of the famous Magic School Bus series, tells how she creates her books from an idea in her mind to the final publication.
Comprehension: Steps in a Process
Vocabulary:

1. festival

1. foul

1. county

1. endless

1. century

2. resounded

2. bulging

2. clustered

2. ditches

2. generations

3. prance

3. crumpled

3. sturdy

3. crate

3. communicate

4. inspecting

4. haze

4. glistened

4. mound

4. extinct

5. lingered

5. waddled

5. bidding

5. glinting

5. backgrounds

6. guilt

6. shrieking

6. overflowing

6. inning

6. native

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Seal Journey
Summary: A photographer and his son go to Prince Edward Island to learn about the life cycle of harp seals.
Comprehension: Main Idea
Vocabulary: