Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.1.3: Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
| Passage | Page |
|---|---|
| Raining Fish | 9 |
| The Black Cloud | 10 |
| A City Without Cars | 11 |
| Should You Wear a Raincoat? | 12 |
| A Kangaroo Hero | 13 |
| Nodding "No" | 14 |
| The Window Washer | 15 |
| Getting Ready for Antarctica | 16 |
| The Only Place | 17 |
| A Salt Mine | 18 |
| The Biggest Antique Ever Sold | 19 |
| Mail on Stilts | 20 |
| Easter Island | 21 |
| Getting to the Top | 22 |
| A Diamond to Keep | 23 |
| A Big Food Fight | 24 |
| A Wet Side and a Dry Side | 25 |
| The Biggest Country | 26 |
| A State That Grows | 27 |
| A Strange Find | 28 |
| What They Race in Qatar | 29 |
| Airport Island | 30 |
| Too Wet for a Race | 31 |
| A Name That Was a Trick | 32 |
| A Bridge to Jump Off | 33 |
| Idaho Before the Moon | 34 |
| A Gray Suit | 35 |
| A Famous Tower | 36 |
| A House on Stilts | 37 |
| Day and Night Are the Same | 38 |
| The Most Bones | 41 |
| The Turtle's Tears | 42 |
| Clam Drop | 43 |
| The Longest and the Shortest Days | 44 |
| The Hungry Shark | 45 |
| The First Refrigerator | 46 |
| A True Super Suit | 47 |
| A Snake That Can Catch a Bat | 48 |
| What the Owl Throws Up | 49 |
| Why Astronauts Sneeze | 50 |
| Popcorn | 51 |
| Why Spiders Don't Get Stuck | 52 |
| The Most Kinds | 53 |
| The Quiet Flyer | 54 |
| Different Seasons | 55 |
| The Place to Throw Far | 56 |
| Plant Trap | 57 |
| What the Rings Tell | 58 |
| Impossible to Sink | 59 |
| How to Tell the Oldest Mountains | 60 |
| Twinkling Stars | 61 |
| Dinosaur Fossils | 62 |
| Claws of the Fastest | 63 |
| The Darker Hand | 64 |
| Blue Blood | 65 |
| Wolf Den | 66 |
| Doctors Who Spread Germs | 67 |
| Why We Burp | 68 |
| Make It Go One Hundred Miles an Hour! | 69 |
| A Horse That Bolted | 70 |
| An Old Hairstyle | 73 |
| Cleaning Without Soap | 74 |
| A Game with a Snake | 75 |
| Birthday Count | 76 |
| May You Sit? | 77 |
| The Moat | 78 |
| The Hammock | 79 |
| Left Foot, Right Foot | 80 |
| How Many Knots? | 81 |
| Rescue Dogs | 82 |
| Wearing a Cage | 83 |
| Why the Tree Was Scraped | 84 |
| Talking with Signs | 85 |
| Gifts for the Guests | 86 |
| Sodbusters | 87 |
| The First Rubber Ball | 88 |
| How to Be Polite in a Tepee | 89 |
| How to Pack | 90 |
| Did Kids Drink Milk? | 91 |
| Fishing with Birds | 92 |
| Easier Not to Smile | 93 |
| A High-Priced Meal | 94 |
| Toothbrushes | 95 |
| A Land of Invention | 96 |
| Why People Burned Bamboo | 97 |
| Fuel on the Plains | 98 |
| Pitch Lake | 99 |
| A Secret | 100 |
| Pigeon Heroes | 101 |
| The Bad Wish | 102 |
| Can You Run Faster Than a Flying Bird? | 105 |
| You and the Rhino | 106 |
| Seventeen Years Underground | 107 |
| From Ship to Building | 108 |
| Don't Open the Window! | 109 |
| A Fruit That Can't Go on a Train | 110 |
| Why People Wore Antlers on Their Eyes | 111 |
| Most Buildings Are Made Of . . .? | 112 |
| Why Beekeepers Work at Night | 113 |
| Silly Laws | 114 |
| A Flower That Stinks | 115 |
| Hurricane Names | 116 |
| The Fox and the Badger | 117 |
| Tail Talking | 118 |
| Climbing a Waterfall | 119 |
| The Song Most Sung | 120 |
| Wet Money | 121 |
| Baby Eyes That Look Big | 122 |
| Charming Cobras | 123 |
| Word in Reverse | 124 |
| The Fishing Cat | 125 |
| Blue from Space | 126 |
| In the Mouth of a Crocodile | 127 |
| All About Antlers | 128 |
| Ouch! | 129 |
| Ants for Stitching | 130 |
| First in the Air | 131 |
| Scurvy | 132 |
| What the Otter Uses | 133 |
| The Baby's Ride | 134 |
| Tightrope Walker | 137 |
| The Sailor Without Shoes | 138 |
| What Frank Forgot | 139 |
| Swimming Through Hot and Cold | 140 |
| Walking to a Lesson | 141 |
| Nonstop Around the World | 142 |
| The Alaskan Flag | 143 |
| Gorilla Lady | 144 |
| The Mad Cook | 145 |
| Short Lessons | 146 |
| How Gino Zoomed | 147 |
| From No-Good to Good | 148 |
| A Dog and Flares | 149 |
| Something New at the White House | 150 |
| Dancing on Ice | 151 |
| A Lost President | 152 |
| Losing Eighty Times | 153 |
| Pen Name | 154 |
| Why the Hedges Were Trimmed | 155 |
| What Ben Didn't Do | 156 |
| The Old Lady That Wasn't | 157 |
| Swimming at the Poles | 158 |
| No One Knew | 159 |
| What Saved Susan | 160 |
| A Twisted Wire | 161 |
| A Sleeping Bag with Hooks | 162 |
| Pushing Wheels | 163 |
| A Polite Traveler | 164 |
| Sixteen Sunrises | 165 |
| Air Stunt | 166 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.1.1: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
| Passage | Page |
|---|---|
| Raining Fish | 9 |
| The Black Cloud | 10 |
| A City Without Cars | 11 |
| Should You Wear a Raincoat? | 12 |
| A Kangaroo Hero | 13 |
| Nodding "No" | 14 |
| The Window Washer | 15 |
| Getting Ready for Antarctica | 16 |
| The Only Place | 17 |
| A Salt Mine | 18 |
| The Biggest Antique Ever Sold | 19 |
| Mail on Stilts | 20 |
| Easter Island | 21 |
| Getting to the Top | 22 |
| A Diamond to Keep | 23 |
| A Big Food Fight | 24 |
| A Wet Side and a Dry Side | 25 |
| The Biggest Country | 26 |
| A State That Grows | 27 |
| A Strange Find | 28 |
| What They Race in Qatar | 29 |
| Airport Island | 30 |
| Too Wet for a Race | 31 |
| A Name That Was a Trick | 32 |
| A Bridge to Jump Off | 33 |
| Idaho Before the Moon | 34 |
| A Gray Suit | 35 |
| A Famous Tower | 36 |
| A House on Stilts | 37 |
| Day and Night Are the Same | 38 |
| The Most Bones | 41 |
| The Turtle's Tears | 42 |
| Clam Drop | 43 |
| The Longest and the Shortest Days | 44 |
| The Hungry Shark | 45 |
| The First Refrigerator | 46 |
| A True Super Suit | 47 |
| A Snake That Can Catch a Bat | 48 |
| What the Owl Throws Up | 49 |
| Why Astronauts Sneeze | 50 |
| Popcorn | 51 |
| Why Spiders Don't Get Stuck | 52 |
| The Most Kinds | 53 |
| The Quiet Flyer | 54 |
| Different Seasons | 55 |
| The Place to Throw Far | 56 |
| Plant Trap | 57 |
| What the Rings Tell | 58 |
| Impossible to Sink | 59 |
| How to Tell the Oldest Mountains | 60 |
| Twinkling Stars | 61 |
| Dinosaur Fossils | 62 |
| Claws of the Fastest | 63 |
| The Darker Hand | 64 |
| Blue Blood | 65 |
| Wolf Den | 66 |
| Doctors Who Spread Germs | 67 |
| Why We Burp | 68 |
| Make It Go One Hundred Miles an Hour! | 69 |
| A Horse That Bolted | 70 |
| An Old Hairstyle | 73 |
| Cleaning Without Soap | 74 |
| A Game with a Snake | 75 |
| Birthday Count | 76 |
| May You Sit? | 77 |
| The Moat | 78 |
| The Hammock | 79 |
| Left Foot, Right Foot | 80 |
| How Many Knots? | 81 |
| Rescue Dogs | 82 |
| Wearing a Cage | 83 |
| Why the Tree Was Scraped | 84 |
| Talking with Signs | 85 |
| Gifts for the Guests | 86 |
| Sodbusters | 87 |
| The First Rubber Ball | 88 |
| How to Be Polite in a Tepee | 89 |
| How to Pack | 90 |
| Did Kids Drink Milk? | 91 |
| Fishing with Birds | 92 |
| Easier Not to Smile | 93 |
| A High-Priced Meal | 94 |
| Toothbrushes | 95 |
| A Land of Invention | 96 |
| Why People Burned Bamboo | 97 |
| Fuel on the Plains | 98 |
| Pitch Lake | 99 |
| A Secret | 100 |
| Pigeon Heroes | 101 |
| The Bad Wish | 102 |
| Can You Run Faster Than a Flying Bird? | 105 |
| You and the Rhino | 106 |
| Seventeen Years Underground | 107 |
| From Ship to Building | 108 |
| Don't Open the Window! | 109 |
| A Fruit That Can't Go on a Train | 110 |
| Why People Wore Antlers on Their Eyes | 111 |
| Most Buildings Are Made Of . . .? | 112 |
| Why Beekeepers Work at Night | 113 |
| Silly Laws | 114 |
| A Flower That Stinks | 115 |
| Hurricane Names | 116 |
| The Fox and the Badger | 117 |
| Tail Talking | 118 |
| Climbing a Waterfall | 119 |
| The Song Most Sung | 120 |
| Wet Money | 121 |
| Baby Eyes That Look Big | 122 |
| Charming Cobras | 123 |
| Word in Reverse | 124 |
| The Fishing Cat | 125 |
| Blue from Space | 126 |
| In the Mouth of a Crocodile | 127 |
| All About Antlers | 128 |
| Ouch! | 129 |
| Ants for Stitching | 130 |
| First in the Air | 131 |
| Scurvy | 132 |
| What the Otter Uses | 133 |
| The Baby's Ride | 134 |
| Tightrope Walker | 137 |
| The Sailor Without Shoes | 138 |
| What Frank Forgot | 139 |
| Swimming Through Hot and Cold | 140 |
| Walking to a Lesson | 141 |
| Nonstop Around the World | 142 |
| The Alaskan Flag | 143 |
| Gorilla Lady | 144 |
| The Mad Cook | 145 |
| Short Lessons | 146 |
| How Gino Zoomed | 147 |
| From No-Good to Good | 148 |
| A Dog and Flares | 149 |
| Something New at the White House | 150 |
| Dancing on Ice | 151 |
| A Lost President | 152 |
| Losing Eighty Times | 153 |
| Pen Name | 154 |
| Why the Hedges Were Trimmed | 155 |
| What Ben Didn't Do | 156 |
| The Old Lady That Wasn't | 157 |
| Swimming at the Poles | 158 |
| No One Knew | 159 |
| What Saved Susan | 160 |
| A Twisted Wire | 161 |
| A Sleeping Bag with Hooks | 162 |
| Pushing Wheels | 163 |
| A Polite Traveler | 164 |
| Sixteen Sunrises | 165 |
| Air Stunt | 166 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.1.2: Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
| Passage | Page |
|---|---|
| Raining Fish | 9 |
| The Black Cloud | 10 |
| A City Without Cars | 11 |
| Should You Wear a Raincoat? | 12 |
| A Kangaroo Hero | 13 |
| Nodding "No" | 14 |
| The Window Washer | 15 |
| Getting Ready for Antarctica | 16 |
| The Only Place | 17 |
| A Salt Mine | 18 |
| The Biggest Antique Ever Sold | 19 |
| Mail on Stilts | 20 |
| Easter Island | 21 |
| Getting to the Top | 22 |
| A Diamond to Keep | 23 |
| A Big Food Fight | 24 |
| A Wet Side and a Dry Side | 25 |
| The Biggest Country | 26 |
| A State That Grows | 27 |
| A Strange Find | 28 |
| What They Race in Qatar | 29 |
| Airport Island | 30 |
| Too Wet for a Race | 31 |
| A Name That Was a Trick | 32 |
| A Bridge to Jump Off | 33 |
| Idaho Before the Moon | 34 |
| A Gray Suit | 35 |
| A Famous Tower | 36 |
| A House on Stilts | 37 |
| Day and Night Are the Same | 38 |
| The Most Bones | 41 |
| The Turtle's Tears | 42 |
| Clam Drop | 43 |
| The Longest and the Shortest Days | 44 |
| The Hungry Shark | 45 |
| The First Refrigerator | 46 |
| A True Super Suit | 47 |
| A Snake That Can Catch a Bat | 48 |
| What the Owl Throws Up | 49 |
| Why Astronauts Sneeze | 50 |
| Popcorn | 51 |
| Why Spiders Don't Get Stuck | 52 |
| The Most Kinds | 53 |
| The Quiet Flyer | 54 |
| Different Seasons | 55 |
| The Place to Throw Far | 56 |
| Plant Trap | 57 |
| What the Rings Tell | 58 |
| Impossible to Sink | 59 |
| How to Tell the Oldest Mountains | 60 |
| Twinkling Stars | 61 |
| Dinosaur Fossils | 62 |
| Claws of the Fastest | 63 |
| The Darker Hand | 64 |
| Blue Blood | 65 |
| Wolf Den | 66 |
| Doctors Who Spread Germs | 67 |
| Why We Burp | 68 |
| Make It Go One Hundred Miles an Hour! | 69 |
| A Horse That Bolted | 70 |
| An Old Hairstyle | 73 |
| Cleaning Without Soap | 74 |
| A Game with a Snake | 75 |
| Birthday Count | 76 |
| May You Sit? | 77 |
| The Moat | 78 |
| The Hammock | 79 |
| Left Foot, Right Foot | 80 |
| How Many Knots? | 81 |
| Rescue Dogs | 82 |
| Wearing a Cage | 83 |
| Why the Tree Was Scraped | 84 |
| Talking with Signs | 85 |
| Gifts for the Guests | 86 |
| Sodbusters | 87 |
| The First Rubber Ball | 88 |
| How to Be Polite in a Tepee | 89 |
| How to Pack | 90 |
| Did Kids Drink Milk? | 91 |
| Fishing with Birds | 92 |
| Easier Not to Smile | 93 |
| A High-Priced Meal | 94 |
| Toothbrushes | 95 |
| A Land of Invention | 96 |
| Why People Burned Bamboo | 97 |
| Fuel on the Plains | 98 |
| Pitch Lake | 99 |
| A Secret | 100 |
| Pigeon Heroes | 101 |
| The Bad Wish | 102 |
| Can You Run Faster Than a Flying Bird? | 105 |
| You and the Rhino | 106 |
| Seventeen Years Underground | 107 |
| From Ship to Building | 108 |
| Don't Open the Window! | 109 |
| A Fruit That Can't Go on a Train | 110 |
| Why People Wore Antlers on Their Eyes | 111 |
| Most Buildings Are Made Of . . .? | 112 |
| Why Beekeepers Work at Night | 113 |
| Silly Laws | 114 |
| A Flower That Stinks | 115 |
| Hurricane Names | 116 |
| The Fox and the Badger | 117 |
| Tail Talking | 118 |
| Climbing a Waterfall | 119 |
| The Song Most Sung | 120 |
| Wet Money | 121 |
| Baby Eyes That Look Big | 122 |
| Charming Cobras | 123 |
| Word in Reverse | 124 |
| The Fishing Cat | 125 |
| Blue from Space | 126 |
| In the Mouth of a Crocodile | 127 |
| All About Antlers | 128 |
| Ouch! | 129 |
| Ants for Stitching | 130 |
| First in the Air | 131 |
| Scurvy | 132 |
| What the Otter Uses | 133 |
| The Baby's Ride | 134 |
| Tightrope Walker | 137 |
| The Sailor Without Shoes | 138 |
| What Frank Forgot | 139 |
| Swimming Through Hot and Cold | 140 |
| Walking to a Lesson | 141 |
| Nonstop Around the World | 142 |
| The Alaskan Flag | 143 |
| Gorilla Lady | 144 |
| The Mad Cook | 145 |
| Short Lessons | 146 |
| How Gino Zoomed | 147 |
| From No-Good to Good | 148 |
| A Dog and Flares | 149 |
| Something New at the White House | 150 |
| Dancing on Ice | 151 |
| A Lost President | 152 |
| Losing Eighty Times | 153 |
| Pen Name | 154 |
| Why the Hedges Were Trimmed | 155 |
| What Ben Didn't Do | 156 |
| The Old Lady That Wasn't | 157 |
| Swimming at the Poles | 158 |
| No One Knew | 159 |
| What Saved Susan | 160 |
| A Twisted Wire | 161 |
| A Sleeping Bag with Hooks | 162 |
| Pushing Wheels | 163 |
| A Polite Traveler | 164 |
| Sixteen Sunrises | 165 |
| Air Stunt | 166 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.RI.1.4: Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
| Passage | Page |
|---|---|
| Raining Fish | 9 |
| The Black Cloud | 10 |
| A City Without Cars | 11 |
| Should You Wear a Raincoat? | 12 |
| A Kangaroo Hero | 13 |
| Nodding "No" | 14 |
| The Window Washer | 15 |
| Getting Ready for Antarctica | 16 |
| The Only Place | 17 |
| A Salt Mine | 18 |
| The Biggest Antique Ever Sold | 19 |
| Mail on Stilts | 20 |
| Easter Island | 21 |
| Getting to the Top | 22 |
| A Diamond to Keep | 23 |
| A Big Food Fight | 24 |
| A Wet Side and a Dry Side | 25 |
| The Biggest Country | 26 |
| A State That Grows | 27 |
| A Strange Find | 28 |
| What They Race in Qatar | 29 |
| Airport Island | 30 |
| Too Wet for a Race | 31 |
| A Name That Was a Trick | 32 |
| A Bridge to Jump Off | 33 |
| Idaho Before the Moon | 34 |
| A Gray Suit | 35 |
| A Famous Tower | 36 |
| A House on Stilts | 37 |
| Day and Night Are the Same | 38 |
| The Most Bones | 41 |
| The Turtle's Tears | 42 |
| Clam Drop | 43 |
| The Longest and the Shortest Days | 44 |
| The Hungry Shark | 45 |
| The First Refrigerator | 46 |
| A True Super Suit | 47 |
| A Snake That Can Catch a Bat | 48 |
| What the Owl Throws Up | 49 |
| Why Astronauts Sneeze | 50 |
| Popcorn | 51 |
| Why Spiders Don't Get Stuck | 52 |
| The Most Kinds | 53 |
| The Quiet Flyer | 54 |
| Different Seasons | 55 |
| The Place to Throw Far | 56 |
| Plant Trap | 57 |
| What the Rings Tell | 58 |
| Impossible to Sink | 59 |
| How to Tell the Oldest Mountains | 60 |
| Twinkling Stars | 61 |
| Dinosaur Fossils | 62 |
| Claws of the Fastest | 63 |
| The Darker Hand | 64 |
| Blue Blood | 65 |
| Wolf Den | 66 |
| Doctors Who Spread Germs | 67 |
| Why We Burp | 68 |
| Make It Go One Hundred Miles an Hour! | 69 |
| A Horse That Bolted | 70 |
| An Old Hairstyle | 73 |
| Cleaning Without Soap | 74 |
| A Game with a Snake | 75 |
| Birthday Count | 76 |
| May You Sit? | 77 |
| The Moat | 78 |
| The Hammock | 79 |
| Left Foot, Right Foot | 80 |
| How Many Knots? | 81 |
| Rescue Dogs | 82 |
| Wearing a Cage | 83 |
| Why the Tree Was Scraped | 84 |
| Talking with Signs | 85 |
| Gifts for the Guests | 86 |
| Sodbusters | 87 |
| The First Rubber Ball | 88 |
| How to Be Polite in a Tepee | 89 |
| How to Pack | 90 |
| Did Kids Drink Milk? | 91 |
| Fishing with Birds | 92 |
| Easier Not to Smile | 93 |
| A High-Priced Meal | 94 |
| Toothbrushes | 95 |
| A Land of Invention | 96 |
| Why People Burned Bamboo | 97 |
| Fuel on the Plains | 98 |
| Pitch Lake | 99 |
| A Secret | 100 |
| Pigeon Heroes | 101 |
| The Bad Wish | 102 |
| Can You Run Faster Than a Flying Bird? | 105 |
| You and the Rhino | 106 |
| Seventeen Years Underground | 107 |
| From Ship to Building | 108 |
| Don't Open the Window! | 109 |
| A Fruit That Can't Go on a Train | 110 |
| Why People Wore Antlers on Their Eyes | 111 |
| Most Buildings Are Made Of . . .? | 112 |
| Why Beekeepers Work at Night | 113 |
| Silly Laws | 114 |
| A Flower That Stinks | 115 |
| Hurricane Names | 116 |
| The Fox and the Badger | 117 |
| Tail Talking | 118 |
| Climbing a Waterfall | 119 |
| The Song Most Sung | 120 |
| Wet Money | 121 |
| Baby Eyes That Look Big | 122 |
| Charming Cobras | 123 |
| Word in Reverse | 124 |
| The Fishing Cat | 125 |
| Blue from Space | 126 |
| In the Mouth of a Crocodile | 127 |
| All About Antlers | 128 |
| Ouch! | 129 |
| Ants for Stitching | 130 |
| First in the Air | 131 |
| Scurvy | 132 |
| What the Otter Uses | 133 |
| The Baby's Ride | 134 |
| Tightrope Walker | 137 |
| The Sailor Without Shoes | 138 |
| What Frank Forgot | 139 |
| Swimming Through Hot and Cold | 140 |
| Walking to a Lesson | 141 |
| Nonstop Around the World | 142 |
| The Alaskan Flag | 143 |
| Gorilla Lady | 144 |
| The Mad Cook | 145 |
| Short Lessons | 146 |
| How Gino Zoomed | 147 |
| From No-Good to Good | 148 |
| A Dog and Flares | 149 |
| Something New at the White House | 150 |
| Dancing on Ice | 151 |
| A Lost President | 152 |
| Losing Eighty Times | 153 |
| Pen Name | 154 |
| Why the Hedges Were Trimmed | 155 |
| What Ben Didn't Do | 156 |
| The Old Lady That Wasn't | 157 |
| Swimming at the Poles | 158 |
| No One Knew | 159 |
| What Saved Susan | 160 |
| A Twisted Wire | 161 |
| A Sleeping Bag with Hooks | 162 |
| Pushing Wheels | 163 |
| A Polite Traveler | 164 |
| Sixteen Sunrises | 165 |
| Air Stunt | 166 |
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
ELA.RI.1.10: With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1.
| Passage | Page |
|---|---|
| Raining Fish | 9 |
| The Black Cloud | 10 |
| A City Without Cars | 11 |
| Should You Wear a Raincoat? | 12 |
| A Kangaroo Hero | 13 |
| Nodding "No" | 14 |
| The Window Washer | 15 |
| Getting Ready for Antarctica | 16 |
| The Only Place | 17 |
| A Salt Mine | 18 |
| The Biggest Antique Ever Sold | 19 |
| Mail on Stilts | 20 |
| Easter Island | 21 |
| Getting to the Top | 22 |
| A Diamond to Keep | 23 |
| A Big Food Fight | 24 |
| A Wet Side and a Dry Side | 25 |
| The Biggest Country | 26 |
| A State That Grows | 27 |
| A Strange Find | 28 |
| What They Race in Qatar | 29 |
| Airport Island | 30 |
| Too Wet for a Race | 31 |
| A Name That Was a Trick | 32 |
| A Bridge to Jump Off | 33 |
| Idaho Before the Moon | 34 |
| A Gray Suit | 35 |
| A Famous Tower | 36 |
| A House on Stilts | 37 |
| Day and Night Are the Same | 38 |
| The Most Bones | 41 |
| The Turtle's Tears | 42 |
| Clam Drop | 43 |
| The Longest and the Shortest Days | 44 |
| The Hungry Shark | 45 |
| The First Refrigerator | 46 |
| A True Super Suit | 47 |
| A Snake That Can Catch a Bat | 48 |
| What the Owl Throws Up | 49 |
| Why Astronauts Sneeze | 50 |
| Popcorn | 51 |
| Why Spiders Don't Get Stuck | 52 |
| The Most Kinds | 53 |
| The Quiet Flyer | 54 |
| Different Seasons | 55 |
| The Place to Throw Far | 56 |
| Plant Trap | 57 |
| What the Rings Tell | 58 |
| Impossible to Sink | 59 |
| How to Tell the Oldest Mountains | 60 |
| Twinkling Stars | 61 |
| Dinosaur Fossils | 62 |
| Claws of the Fastest | 63 |
| The Darker Hand | 64 |
| Blue Blood | 65 |
| Wolf Den | 66 |
| Doctors Who Spread Germs | 67 |
| Why We Burp | 68 |
| Make It Go One Hundred Miles an Hour! | 69 |
| A Horse That Bolted | 70 |
| An Old Hairstyle | 73 |
| Cleaning Without Soap | 74 |
| A Game with a Snake | 75 |
| Birthday Count | 76 |
| May You Sit? | 77 |
| The Moat | 78 |
| The Hammock | 79 |
| Left Foot, Right Foot | 80 |
| How Many Knots? | 81 |
| Rescue Dogs | 82 |
| Wearing a Cage | 83 |
| Why the Tree Was Scraped | 84 |
| Talking with Signs | 85 |
| Gifts for the Guests | 86 |
| Sodbusters | 87 |
| The First Rubber Ball | 88 |
| How to Be Polite in a Tepee | 89 |
| How to Pack | 90 |
| Did Kids Drink Milk? | 91 |
| Fishing with Birds | 92 |
| Easier Not to Smile | 93 |
| A High-Priced Meal | 94 |
| Toothbrushes | 95 |
| A Land of Invention | 96 |
| Why People Burned Bamboo | 97 |
| Fuel on the Plains | 98 |
| Pitch Lake | 99 |
| A Secret | 100 |
| Pigeon Heroes | 101 |
| The Bad Wish | 102 |
| Can You Run Faster Than a Flying Bird? | 105 |
| You and the Rhino | 106 |
| Seventeen Years Underground | 107 |
| From Ship to Building | 108 |
| Don't Open the Window! | 109 |
| A Fruit That Can't Go on a Train | 110 |
| Why People Wore Antlers on Their Eyes | 111 |
| Most Buildings Are Made Of . . .? | 112 |
| Why Beekeepers Work at Night | 113 |
| Silly Laws | 114 |
| A Flower That Stinks | 115 |
| Hurricane Names | 116 |
| The Fox and the Badger | 117 |
| Tail Talking | 118 |
| Climbing a Waterfall | 119 |
| The Song Most Sung | 120 |
| Wet Money | 121 |
| Baby Eyes That Look Big | 122 |
| Charming Cobras | 123 |
| Word in Reverse | 124 |
| The Fishing Cat | 125 |
| Blue from Space | 126 |
| In the Mouth of a Crocodile | 127 |
| All About Antlers | 128 |
| Ouch! | 129 |
| Ants for Stitching | 130 |
| First in the Air | 131 |
| Scurvy | 132 |
| What the Otter Uses | 133 |
| The Baby's Ride | 134 |
| Tightrope Walker | 137 |
| The Sailor Without Shoes | 138 |
| What Frank Forgot | 139 |
| Swimming Through Hot and Cold | 140 |
| Walking to a Lesson | 141 |
| Nonstop Around the World | 142 |
| The Alaskan Flag | 143 |
| Gorilla Lady | 144 |
| The Mad Cook | 145 |
| Short Lessons | 146 |
| How Gino Zoomed | 147 |
| From No-Good to Good | 148 |
| A Dog and Flares | 149 |
| Something New at the White House | 150 |
| Dancing on Ice | 151 |
| A Lost President | 152 |
| Losing Eighty Times | 153 |
| Pen Name | 154 |
| Why the Hedges Were Trimmed | 155 |
| What Ben Didn't Do | 156 |
| The Old Lady That Wasn't | 157 |
| Swimming at the Poles | 158 |
| No One Knew | 159 |
| What Saved Susan | 160 |
| A Twisted Wire | 161 |
| A Sleeping Bag with Hooks | 162 |
| Pushing Wheels | 163 |
| A Polite Traveler | 164 |
| Sixteen Sunrises | 165 |
| Air Stunt | 166 |
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