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[email protected] | 212-371-9199 | www.tcmpubnyc.com LANGUAGE POWER 2ND EDITION Dear Friend, Hello. My name is Jenny Yang. I go to school in China. In China, we do not use letters to read and write. We use characters. These are not the same characters that you read about in stories. Chinese characters are symbols we use in writing. In China, we go to school six days a week. Our only day off is Sunday. We also have longer school days. Education is an important part of our culture. I want to become a teacher. I would like to know more about school in the United States. How long are your schools days? What days of the week are you in school? What do you want to be when you grow up? Write back soon, Jenny Yang Name: ____________________________________ Date: _____________ Pen Pal Directions: Read the letter. Write a letter back to Jenny Yang, describing school in the United States. Be sure to write neatly. © | Teacher Created Materials 922995—Language Power —Student Guided Practice Book 119 24 119 119 Polar Bears in Trouble Polar Bears in Trouble P olar bears live in the Arctic. The Arctic is a large area of land and sea. It is at the top of the world. There are about 20,000 polar bears in the world. The bears spend a lot of time on sea ice. They hunt for seals on the ice. The Arctic winters are very long. The seas freeze over. Then the bears travel on the sea ice. The bears are also good swimmers. But polar bears have a problem. Too much sea ice is melting. Scientists say air pollution is to blame. This is making the world too warm. Bears then have to travel for food. They must go far. They have less time to hunt. Some get trapped on chunks of ice. These chunks are far from land. Many people are trying to help the polar bears. The Bear Facts Male polar bears can grow to be 11 feet tall when they stand on their back legs. That is as high as a one-story building. Some weigh as much as 1,400 pounds. Two layers of fur keep polar bears warm. This helps them during the cold Arctic winter. By Richie Chevat Warm winters make a polar bear’s life harder. Arcticnet-NCE © Teacher Created Materials i10872—Language Power Red Level A—Text Card Set TCM i7175 Text Card Set.indd 3 TCM i7175 Text Card Set.indd 3 Huda Essa The American Huda Essa grew up in America. She did not feel like a normal American. She saw Americans in books and on TV. T ey did not look like her family. T ey did not pray like them. T ey did not eat the same foods. T ey only spoke English. Essa hated feeling diff erent. She wanted to fi t in. So, she changed herself. She did not speak her other language. She changed her hair. She even tried to change her name. Essa grew older. T e feelings did not go away. T en, she visited her parents’ native land of Palestine. Her other language was normal there. Her family’s customs were normal there. She learned a lot and felt proud of who she was. Essa is a normal American. Americans are not one skin color. T ey do not speak only one language. T ey are from all over the world. Essa became a teacher. She asked her students to share their name stories. T e students felt proud and learned a lot. T is inspired Essa. She wrote a book about names! Essa wants people to feel welcome and included. She writes books and speaks about this to people around the world. She teaches people to love themselves and others. —Huda Essa I m a g es c o u rt e sy of H ud a Es sa 7/12/21 3:59 PM 7/12/21 3:59 PM Owl Acrostics JERRY AMSTER/AGE FOTOSTOCK Over the treetops Wings don’t make a sound. Listening for their dinner, Silent night hunters. Only at night… Who! Who! Goes their cry. Lonely singers Saying hello. Open saucers. Wide eyes. Looking in the dark, Seeking. Owl Acrostics JERRY AMSTER/AGE FOTOSTOCK Over the treetops Wings don’t make a sound. Listening for their dinner, Silent night hunters. Only at night… Who! Who! Goes their cry. Lonely singers onely singers onely Saying hello. Open saucers. Wide eyes. Looking in the dark, Seeking. © Teacher Created Materials i10885—Language Power Red Level B—Text Card Set i10885-i10889_LP Grades 3-5 Level B Text Card.indd 1 As storm clouds move across the sky, they sometimes leave behind one of nature’s most enchanting sights: the rainbow. This tale from Kenya offers a mythical explanation. Everyone knows that the god of thunder is Mkunga Mburu (Mah-koon-gah Mah-boo-roo). He travels across the sky on his huge black bull with a spear in each hand. When Mkunga sticks the clouds with his spears, it rains. Then the crops grow, and the people have enough to eat. Once, a long time ago, Mkunga did not visit Kenya for months. The ground dried up and the crops wouldn’t grow. “How much longer must we wait for Mkunga Mburu?” the people wondered. “When will he come?” Then the village chieftain said, “Long ago, Mkunga Mburu stayed away for a long time, just like now. Our grandfathers stood together and shouted in one voice, ‘We have been without rain for too long. Please, Mkunga Mburu, bring us rain!” That afternoon, the people assembled and shouted those words. They waited two days, but the rain did not come. They cried out once more. On the afternoon of the second day, the villagers looked up and saw Mkunga Mburu’s bull. On either side of it were great rain clouds. The clouds darkened, and the rain began to fall. The villagers shouted their thanks. Up in the sky, Mkunga Mburu heard the people. “The rain makes them so happy,” he thought. “I shall give them more!” It rained for many days. After two weeks of rain, the crops began to drown. The people called out to Mkunga Mburu to stop the rain. Mkunga Mburu heard their cries. He realized he had done too much and he hurried off on his bull. The clouds parted revealing the smiling face of the sun, and stretching across the sky was a ribbon of red, yellow, green, blue, and violet. “What is that?” the people asked, pointing at the shimmering rainbow. The village chieftain told them. “That is Mkunga Mburu’s robe. He was in such a hurry to leave that he dropped it.” And if you look up in the sky sometimes after it has rained, you too can see Mkunga Mburu’s robe. LYNNE YOSHII As storm clouds move across the sky, they As storm clouds move across the sky, they sometimes leave behind one of nature’s most sometimes leave behind one of nature’s most enchanting sights: the rainbow. This tale from sights: the rainbow. This tale from Kenya offers a mythical explanation. Everyone knows that the god of thunder is veryone knows that the god of thunder is Mkunga Mburu (Mah-koon-gah Mah-boo-roo). He travels across the sky on his huge black bull with a spear in each hand. When Mkunga sticks the clouds with his spears, it rains. Then the crops grow, and the people have enough to eat. Once, a long time ago, Mkunga did not visit Kenya for months. The ground dried up and the crops wouldn’t grow. “How much longer must we wait for Mkunga Mburu?” the people wondered. “When will he come?” Then the village chieftain said, “Long ago, Mkunga Mburu stayed away for a long time, just like now. Our grandfathers stood together and shouted in one voice, ‘We have been without rain for too long. Please, Mkunga Mburu, bring us rain!” That afternoon, the people assembled and shouted those words. They waited two days, but the rain did not come. They cried out once more. On the afternoon of the second day, the villagers looked up and saw Mkunga Mburu’s bull. On either side of it were great rain clouds. The clouds darkened, and the rain began to fall. The villagers shouted their thanks. Up in the sky, Mkunga Mburu heard the people. “The rain makes them so happy,” he thought. “I shall give them more!” It rained for many days. After two weeks of rain, the crops began to drown. The people called out to Mkunga Mburu to stop the rain. Mkunga Mburu heard their cries. He realized he had done too much and he hurried off on his bull. The clouds parted revealing the smiling face of the sun, and stretching across the sky was a ribbon of red, yellow, green, blue, and violet. “What is that?” the people asked, pointing at the shimmering rainbow. The village chieftain told them. “That is Mkunga Mburu’s robe. He was in such a hurry to leave that he dropped it.” And if you look up in the sky sometimes after it has rained, you too can see Mkunga Mburu’s robe. LYNNE YOSHII © Teacher Created Materials i10893—Language Power Red Level C—Text Card Set i10890-i10894_16400_3-5C_TextCardSet.indd 7 i10890-i10894_16400_3-5C_TextCardSet.indd 7 O ne day, the hare began to make fun of his neighbor, the tortoise. “Your feet are so small,” he laughed. “You’re so slow, even the snails pass you.” The tortoise looked at the hare. “You may be fast,” the tortoise said, “but I can beat you in a race.” The hare laughed. “You, beat me? Impossible!” The tortoise insisted he could win. The hare, still laughing, said, “Okay, let’s have a race. The fox can choose the racecourse.” On the morning of the race, the tortoise and the hare stood at the starting line. The other animals looked on as the fox said, “On your mark, get set, go!” The hare laughed loudly. “See you later!” he said to the tortoise. Then he took off running at full speed. The hare was so fast he was quickly out of sight. Meanwhile, the tortoise began plodding along slowly, one foot in front of the other. The hare ran along, and soon he was almost at the finish line. He looked back down the course and there was no sign of the tortoise. “He’s so slow,” the hare thought. “I’ll just lie down here and rest for a while since I’ve got some extra time. That tortoise will never be able to catch up to me.” So the hare lay down to rest, and without meaning to, fell fast asleep. He was still sleeping soundly when the tortoise came plodding by. The tortoise never stopped crawling as he inched step by step steadily toward the goal. When the hare finally woke up, he looked down the racecourse. There was the tortoise, about to step across the finish line! The hare leaped up in surprise and dashed for the finish, but it was no use. The tortoise crossed the line and won the race! Moral: Slow and steady wins the race. JOHN EDWIN NOBLE/BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY O ne day, the hare began to make fun of his neighbor, the tortoise. “Your feet are so small,” he laughed. “You’re so slow, even the snails pass you.” The tortoise looked at the hare. “You may be fast,” the tortoise said, “but I can beat you in a race.” The hare laughed. “You, beat me? Impossible!” The tortoise insisted he could win. The hare, still laughing, said, “Okay, let’s have a race. The fox can choose the racecourse.” On the morning of the race, the tortoise and the hare stood at the starting line. The other animals looked on as the fox said, “On your mark, get set, go!” The hare laughed loudly. “See you later!” he said to the tortoise. Then he took off running at full speed. The hare was so fast he was quickly out of sight. Meanwhile, the tortoise began plodding along slowly, one foot in front of the other. The hare ran along, and soon he was almost at the finish line. He looked back down the course and there was no sign of the tortoise. “He’s so slow,” the hare thought. “I’ll just lie down here and rest for a while since I’ve got some extra time. That tortoise will never be able to catch up to me.” So the hare lay down to rest, and without meaning to, fell fast asleep. He was still sleeping soundly when the tortoise came plodding by. The tortoise never stopped crawling as he inched step by step steadily toward the goal. When the hare finally woke up, he looked down the racecourse. There was the tortoise, about to step across the finish line! The hare leaped up in surprise and dashed for the finish, but it was no use. The tortoise crossed the line and won the race! Moral: Slow and steady wins the race. JOHN EDWIN NOBLE/BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY © Teacher Created Materials i10890—Language Power Red Level C—Text Card Set 10/29/20 1:03 PM 10/29/20 1:03 PM Student Guided Practice Book Grades 3–5 Language Power, 2nd Edition Product Level ISBN Price Grades 3–5 Student Collection Level A 9781087695006 $221.75 Grades 3–5 Student Guided Practice Book Level A 9781087690940 $18.47 Grades 3–5 Student Collection Level B 9781087695013 $221.75 Grades 3–5 Student Guided Practice Book Level B 9781087692135 $18.47 Grades 3–5 Student Collection Level C 9781087695020 $221.75 Grades 3–5 Student Guided Practice Book Level C 9781087692142 $18.47 Grades 3–5 Level A Kit 9798765979600 $831.59 Grades 3–5 Level B Kit 9798765979617 $831.59 Grades 3–5 Level C Kit 9798765971031 $831.59 ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT (ELL/ESL/ELD)
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