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ISBN-13: 978-0-547-87410-4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 XXXX 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 4500000000 A B C D E F G If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company retains title to the materials and they may not be resold. Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited. Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into electronic format. Contents Jess Makes Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1C Cooking With Mom Fox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5C Trains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9C The Waiting Game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13C The Shell Sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17C Reef Sees the Wide World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21C Bill E. Goat and Wise Crow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25C Mud Bugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29C What Does It Say? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33C In the Grove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37C Unit 3 Jess likes to use things she has at home to make some gifts. Jess makes gifts for Mom, Dad, Mike, and Gram. Jess uses different things to make those gifts. Jess wishes that Mom, Dad, Mike, and Gram will like the gifts she makes. Jess Makes Gifts by Louise Tidd illustrated by Anne Sibley O’Brien Jess bakes muffins for Gram because she likes muffins. Jess adds things and Mom mixes them. Jess places those muffins on dishes. Just then, Jess heard Gram come in. Gram sat and had muffins with them. Gram thanked Jess. Jess smiled. She was thinking about what to make next. 1C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 18 Unit 3/Week 1/Selection 1 Jess stacks the boxes. Mike makes them crash down, and that makes him smile. Then Mike stacks the boxes and makes them fall. Another smile flashes across his face. Jess uses paper strips and makes red roses for Mom. Jess adds stems and places bunches of roses in vases. She puts these roses on the table. Jess makes roses because Mom likes roses. 2C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2 7 Unit 3/Week 1/Selection 1 Jess makes boxes of different sizes for Mike. Jess makes five boxes red and five boxes tan. Mike will use them as blocks. Jess makes blocks because Mike likes to play with them. In spring, Mom will plant rose plants. Mom will make sure that the rose plants get water and sun. Mom will be glad when those roses grow. For now, Mom has these paper roses. 3C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 6 3 Unit 3/Week 1/Selection 1 Jess sketches and uses brushes. She makes a big sun, grass, a tan flag, and golf clubs. Jess makes them because Dad likes to play golf. When the grass is wet, Dad cannot play golf. Dad wishes he could, but he cannot. Now Dad has these nice golf pictures that Jess made and he will smile. 4C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 54 Unit 3/Week 1/Selection 1 Mom Fox makes good food. Mom Fox will give classes. Mom Fox wishes little foxes will take her classes. She hopes those classes will be fun. Cooking with Mom Fox by Cesar Perez illustrated by Barry Gott “We are great at this!” Chet yells as he munches on his pancake. “We had a great teacher,” Chuck adds. “We’ll take another class,” says Chet. “Yes, we will,” says Chad. When Mom Fox heard that, she smiled. 5C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 18 Unit 3/Week 1/Selection 2 Mom Fox places pancakes on their plates. She dashes to get napkins. The foxes take grapes and use them to make cute fox faces on the pancakes. Chip, Chuck, Chet, and Chad sit in class. Mom Fox passes around boxes of mix and some cups. “Fill a cup with mix and place the mix in those big dishes,” Mom Fox tells them. “Do not spill.” 6C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2 7 Unit 3/Week 1/Selection 2 Mom Fox drops bits of the fluffed up mix on a pan. When Mom Fox finishes, she lets the foxes see. “We made pancakes!” Chuck yells. Next, Mom Fox will show how to crack eggs. Chip cracks an egg, but it smashes in his hand. Chuck cracks an egg, but drops it. Chad cracks an egg, and it drips on him. Chet cracks an egg, and it splashes all over. What a mess! 7C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 6 3 Unit 3/Week 1/Selection 2 Mom Fox cracks eggs for the foxes. “What are we making?” Chip asks. “Will it be an egg sandwich? Will it be an egg dumpling or an egg muffin?” Chet asks. “You will see,” Mom Fox tells them. The foxes add milk. They whip the milk, eggs, and mix until it fluffs up. “Add five pinches of spice,” Mom Fox tells them. “Mix it well, too,” she adds. 8C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 54 Unit 3/Week 1/Selection 2 Would you say that playing with trains is fun? Many children think that playing with trains is fun. Children spend time making trains zip and stop on long, thin tracks. by Prima Secunda This train is at its last stop. Everyone must get off. This train will wait and wait until other people can get on it. Then this train will be on its way again. 9C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 18 Unit 3/Week 2/Selection 1 Look at this gray train with its red, white, and blue stripes. Would you like a ride on this train? Someone is waving. He will wait until everyone gets on. Then he will wave to say it is safe for the train to go. A train may pass this place. This red light flashes when a train is on its way. When this red light flashes, everyone must stop and wait as the train passes.RAI L ROAD CR O S SI N G 10C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2 7 Unit 3/Week 2/Selection 1 Trains carry people and other things. This train will take these logs a long way. Trains bring us mail and food. Trains bring many things that we use every day. People may take train rides to visit places. This train rides on tracks that stay close to the water. This boy and his dad see white waves crashing against the sand. It is fun to be on this train as it rides on its way. 11C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 6 3 Unit 3/Week 2/Selection 1 Subway trains ride on tracks under a big city. Subway trains make stops, and people get on and off. People say that subway trains are a fast way to get places in a big city. Trains can ride on tracks that go on flat land. Trains can ride on tracks that go on high land. This train can ride on tracks along this bridge. What a nice ride people can have on this train! 12C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 54 Unit 3/Week 2/Selection 1 13C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 18 Unit 3/Week 2/Selection 2 Gail and Gram like playing the waiting game. Gram and Gail fix lunch and then wait for the mail. Gram and Gail say it is their best time of day! by Tyler Martin illustrated by John Nez At last, the waiting game ended at six o’clock when a big train with red stripes stopped. Someone jumped off and ran to Gram and Gail. Ray gave Gram, his mom, a big hug. Dad gave Gail a big hug, too! 14C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2 7 Unit 3/Week 2/Selection 2 Gail and Gram went to wait for Ray and the train. Gail played the waiting game with Gram. Three trains passed them on the rails and didn’t stop. Gram and Gail waited and waited and waited. Gram and Gail sat in a waiting spot to play the waiting game. Gram and Gail kept track of time with the big clock. Gram and Gail liked to see if the mail truck came on time. The big clock chimed. DING! 15C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 6 3 Unit 3/Week 2/Selection 2 At one o’clock, the mail truck drove next to the mailbox. Down went the flap. In went the mail, lots and lots of mail. The mail truck drove away. “It’s as plain as day, you got mail today, Gram. We win the waiting game,” exclaimed Gail. “What does it say?” asked Gram. “Ray is on his way. Wait at the train at six o’clock,” said Gail. Gail jumped up and gave Gram a hug and kiss. That note made Gail and Gram glad! 16C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 54 Unit 3/Week 2/Selection 2 Gail ran and got the mail and gave it to Gram. “No notes! Just junk mail and ads,” said Gram. “That is fine with me!” said Gail. Gail had such fun waiting with Gram and running to get mail in the mailbox! Just then, Gram and Gail spotted a big mail truck. “Two in one day?” asked Gail. “That is odd,” said Gram. This time the mail was a note for them. It had lots and lots of stamps. Gram handed Gail the note. Lots and lots of sheep came to see Bev. Those sheep liked seashells as much as Bev did. Bev gave sheep free seashells each time one came in the shop. It made the sheep happy. That made Bev glad. This is a story about a sheep named Bev. Each day Bev went to the beach and picked up seashells. Bev collected them. The Shell Sheep by Anne Miranda illustrated by Deborah Colvin Borgo 17C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 18 Unit 3/Week 3/Selection 1 Bev put an ad in the paper. It said: “Sheep sells seashells at the seashore. Sheep sells seashells cheap. This week, free seashells with each visit!” Bev liked seashells. Bev liked to feel them. Seashells came in such neat shapes. Bev liked to see them. Bev liked striped shells best. Bev liked to hear the sea when she held big shells to her ear. 18C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2 7 Unit 3/Week 3/Selection 1 Bev had a plan. Bev named her shop Shell World. Bev made lamps with seashells. Bev made seashell frames. Bev made seashell magnets and pencils. Each day, when Bev got back home, she packed seashells in boxes and stashed them in neat lines. Bev had boxes and boxes and boxes of seashells stacked in her little shed. 19C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 6 3 Unit 3/Week 3/Selection 1 Last week, Bev needed a rake. When Bev reached in the shed, boxes and boxes of shells spilled out. It seemed like a sea of seashells! Bev had a huge problem. Bev had way too many seashells. Bev liked seashells, but Bev could not keep them. The shed got full and shells fell out. That made Bev sad. Just then, Bev spotted a shop for sale on the beach. That made Bev glad. For Sale 20C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 54 Unit 3/Week 3/Selection 1 This story is about a seal named Reef. Like all seals, Reef spent his life swimming in the vast green sea. Reef could swim fast and dive deep. Reef Sees the Wide World by Saturnino Romay illustrated by Fian Arroyo Reef dove in the deep green sea. He swam as Squeak led the way. Reef and Squeak went to those far lands. At long last, Reef got his wish to see the wide world, and he saw it with his pal! 21C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 18 Unit 3/Week 3/Selection 2 Reef dreamed of seeing far off lands. Reef dreamed of seeing the big wide world, but Reef did not know which way to go to see the wide world! Reef just stayed close to home. Reef and Squeak planned a long trip to lands with green trees, green grass, and beaches with white sand. In time, Squeak felt well and her wings felt strong. It was time for Reef to swim away with Squeak. 22C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2 7 Unit 3/Week 3/Selection 2 One day, Reef spotted a bird bobbing on the waves. It flapped and flapped its wings, but it could not lift off. Reef dove in and swam at top speed to it. “May I help?” asked Reef. Reef spent the next day chatting with Squeak. Squeak had seen the big wide world. She had lots of tales to tell. Her tales made Reef think of his dream. He asked Squeak to help him get to far off lands. 23C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 6 3 Unit 3/Week 3/Selection 2 Reef helped that bird get back to his stretch of beach. “Stay with me. Take it easy. Rest until you feel well,” said Reef. “Thanks. I’m Squeak,” said Squeak. “I’m Reef,” said Reef. Squeak needed to eat and sleep. Reef fixed Squeak a big meal. Squeak ate well and then lay in a nice safe spot to sleep. Reef felt glad he had helped Squeak. 24C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 54 Unit 3/Week 3/Selection 2 25C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 18 Unit 3/Week 4/Selection 1 The wind felt so cold. White snow hid the green grass. Bill E. Goat did not like this cold and snow. He liked to be warm. “Hot oats will be so good,” Bill E. said. by Chenile Evans illustrated by Lorinda Bryan Cauley Bill E. Goat made Wise Crow a big stack of hot oat cakes. He and Wise Crow both ate loads of oat cakes. Bill E. Goat told Wise Crow “Thank you” over and over. 26C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2 7 Unit 3/Week 4/Selection 1 Bill E. Goat felt so glad to be inside The Old Oat Shop. It was nice and warm. Nan Goat sold him three sacks of oats. Bill E. Goat paid for them at the front of The Old Oat Shop. Then Bill E. Goat and Wise Crow went to bake oat cakes. Bill E. Goat ran to the shed where he kept his oats. Bill E. could not fill his bowl with oats. He must go and get more oats at The Old Oat Shop. He wished he did not need to go out on such a cold day. 27C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 6 3 Unit 3/Week 4/Selection 1 Wise Crow flapped her wings and began to fly fast. “I can’t keep up with that speed. This snow makes me slow,” yelled Bill E. Goat. Wise Crow came back. “We are close. Follow me,” she said. Bill E. Goat tucked his long hair inside his yellow hat. He put on his green coat and his red mittens. He set off in snow so deep that he could not see the road. Bill E. Goat went left, but he needed to go the other way. 28C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 54 Unit 3/Week 4/Selection 1 Bill E. Goat had made a mistake by not going left. He went on and on in the deep snow. He ended up in a thick grove of trees. He did not know which way to go. He began to get cold. Bill E. Goat wished he had stayed home. Just then, Bill E. Goat spotted his old pal Wise Crow. “Can you please help me get to The Old Oat Shop?” Bill E. asked. “Yes, if you will bake me a big oat cake,” said Wise Crow. She winked. Bill E. Goat smiled and nodded “Yes.” Eb and Flo were both yellow bugs with black stripes, but you would not know it. Eb and Flo had just played in the mud. Eb and Flo had the most mud on them that two bugs could get! by Tyler Martin illustrated by Dominic Catalano Both bugs thanked the pig time and time again. At last, it was time to go. Eb and Flo went back home safe and clean, thanks to the pig who had that soap that floats! 29C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 18 Unit 3/Week 4/Selection 2 Eb had clumps of mud on his feet and hands. Eb had no yellow stripes showing. Flo also had globs of mud on her back and legs. Flo had one yellow stripe showing. Both bugs needed a bath! “I’m going to throw the soap in the tub. It will float. Grab the soap and get on it!” she said. The soap splashed and landed in front of Eb. It floated just like a boat. Eb got on it and lifted Flo up on the soap boat. 30C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2 7 Unit 3/Week 4/Selection 2 The bugs spotted a nice place that had a big green bathtub with no one in it. The bath seemed so warm and inviting! It had lots of foam that smelled just like roses. Will the bugs get in? “Hello, hello! We need help, Flo can’t float!” yelled Eb. “We both can’t float!” yelled Flo. “Hold on! Help is on its way,” said a pig with long gold hair. She was holding some soap in her hand. 31C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 6 3 Unit 3/Week 4/Selection 2 “We must test to see if bugs with mud on them will float,” said Flo. “No way! I’m going in! Bugs always float,” said Eb. He dove in, but he did not float back up like he always did. Eb had to kick his feet to stay up. Flo followed Eb in. She didn’t float like she always did. She had to kick and kick to stay up as well. “I told you so! Bugs with mud can’t float. We will sink if we don’t get help,” said Flo. 32C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 54 Unit 3/Week 4/Selection 2 33C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 18 Unit 3/Week 5/Selection 1 That made you stop, didn’t it? When you see this at street crossings, stop! Don’t cross that street until you know it is safe. A grownup has that job and will tell you when it is safe. What Does It Say? by Suzanne Martinucci Many things in this world tell us things, but do not speak. Sunrises and sunsets tell us when a day begins and ends. Rainbows do not ever speak, but rainbows tell us that the rain has stopped. 34C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2 7 Unit 3/Week 5/Selection 1 Roz had a thought to tell Gram. Sam and Roz wrote Gram a note. Sam helped Roz send this note by dropping it in a mailbox. When Gram reads it, she will be glad that Sam and Roz care about her. Then Gram will write back to them. Can you read these bumps? Maybe not, but someone who can not see can read these bumps by feeling them. These bumps are a way of writing. People who can not see can read this writing. Each set of bumps has a meaning. 35C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 6 3 Unit 3/Week 5/Selection 1 June and her mom can not hear. Each uses her hands to speak. Mom sees what June says with her hands. Each way June holds those hands means something. Mom asks June if she had fun at camp. June tells Mom a joke. Val can send mail without a mailbox! Val sends mail on dad’s laptop. Mom and Dad helped Val write to Granddad on the laptop. Then, Val pushed “Send.” Her mail, with a family snapshot, was on its way in no time! 36C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 54 Unit 3/Week 5/Selection 1 Gram and Gramps like speaking each week on the phone with their grandchild Blake. Blake began Grade 2 this week. He is telling Gram and Gramps about his classroom and his classmates. This man speaks like you speak, but he uses his hands, too. On this play, someone slides into home base. This man uses his hands to show that the man who slid is safe. 37C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 18 Unit 3/Week 5/Selection 2 Gramp had a nice grove of chestnut trees on his land. It was time, at last, to collect chestnuts. So, Gramp invited his grandchildren to collect and roast the ripe chestnuts on his land. In the Grove by Anne Miranda illustrated by Diane Magnuson The smell of roasting chestnuts filled the grove. Gramp, Edwin, and James ate hot chestnuts. Then James saw Old Toad dig back in his toad hole. James had a fun day after all. 38C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2 7 Unit 3/Week 5/Selection 2 His grandsons, Edwin and James, came to help. Edwin liked plants, but James liked animals best. James liked hunting insects, not picking chestnuts. Edwin could not wait to begin! James thought he should have stayed at home. Gramp, James, and Edwin moved with care around Old Toad. Gramp opened the pods. Each pod had chestnuts inside. He cut slits in each nut. Then Gramp got his stove going. Edwin and James sat and waited with Old Toad. James felt as if they were three pals watching Gramp. 39C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 6 3 Unit 3/Week 5/Selection 2 “When chestnuts get ripe, the pods drop. The big problem is that chestnut pods have spines. Never pick chestnuts up with your hands. Use tongs,” instructed Gramp as he handed them each a big pail and tongs. James gave Old Toad a long look. James was not afraid. Edwin and Gramp ran to see Old Toad peeking at James. “Fantastic toad!” said Edwin. “May I hold him?” asked James. “No, Old Toad can watch us until we roast these chestnuts,” said Gramp. “Then he can dig back in his hole.” 40C © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 54 Unit 3/Week 5/Selection 2 “Take care! Old Toad has his home close by,” said Gramp. “Old Toad?” asked James. “Maybe you can spot him beneath a pod. He is this big!” said Gramp. James began picking up pods and placing them in his pail. He hunted for Old Toad. When James had filled his pail, he spotted a big black hole. He peeked in. Old Toad peeked back. Decodable Readers Take-Home Blackline Masters Grade 2 1505361-LV2