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Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Correlations

Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading Grade 5

Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading Grade 5

English Language Arts

Strand - Reading Standards: Informational Text, Grade 5

Key Ideas and Details

ELA.RI.5.2: Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

Passage Page
Mystery of the Rolling Stones 9
A Misnamed Ocean 10
Tet 11
A Massive Structure 12
The Legend of Lady Carcas 13
No International Postage 14
Where the Unicorn Lives 15
The Forbidden City 16
The Tree in the Desert 17
The Ice Bowl 18
No Need to Build 19
Needed: Hot and Cold Hands 20
The Race Across the Sky 21
The Giant's Causeway 22
So Just Where Are You? 23
Back on the Map 24
The Case of the Poisoned Tiger 25
Where Mud Blisters 26
Squeaking Floors 27
The Salt Is Always on the Table 28
A City Instead of a Plant 29
Tunnels in the Netherlands 30
A Glowing Meal 31
Where Are the Vikings? 32
A Lake Impossible to Swim In 33
The State Known for Syrup and Bridges 34
Basketball Team Names 35
Grasshoppers in Ice 36
Hadrian's Wall 37
Sleeping in a Capsule 38
A Weighty Puzzle 41
A Living Dragon 42
Pop Goes the Knuckle 43
Lightning Strikes Twice 44
Danger! Exploding Seeds! 45
Lethal to Nonlethal 46
An Animal Like a Raincoat 47
One Plant, Two Cats 48
What Could Be Humming? 49
Into a Hurricane 50
Positive Identification 51
The Amazing Cat 52
Invasion of Wings 53
Strolling Across Venus 54
All About the Jump 55
What Cut Time? 56
Bee Air Conditioning 57
Yucky Breath 58
The Strongest 59
Robot Pills 60
Surprise at the Necropsy 61
The Disappearing Spoon 62
Extreme Flying 63
All About Nerves 64
The Gutless Wonder 65
Why the Scientist Knew 66
Meat-Eating Caterpillars 67
Motion Sickness 68
An Impressive Crown 69
Big Snakes 70
The Painting That Rode in an Ambulance 73
The Year Without a Summer 74
Long-Ago Manners 75
The Dog Who Came Home 76
Left to Burn 77
Uncle Sam 78
An Engineering Masterpiece 79
Seeing the Hidden Stomach 80
The First Speed Trap 81
First Play, Then Invention 82
How Banneker Saved the Capital 83
The Wall 84
The Great Molasses Flood 85
The Fruit That Wouldn't Sell 86
The Trial 87
Two Invitations 88
Ship Numbers 89
Second Only to Salt 90
The First Skyscraper 91
A Daring Rescue 92
The Gold Miner's Diet 93
The Man in the Mail 94
Silk as Armor 95
Why Sequoyah Wore a Turban 96
Two Anecdotes 97
Don't Be Late! 98
Shopping Without Money 99
The Hidden Medals 100
Chained Shoes 101
What Chipped China Led To 102
Dog in the Bathtub 105
A Boot That Is Not a Shoe 106
When a Submarine Was an Iron Fish 107
The State Bird That Isn't 108
Fallacies 109
Air Force One 110
Painted Food 111
When Ghoti Equals Fish 112
What the Folding Chair Became 113
Undercover Zookeepers 114
Fire Dogs 115
Gum in the Museum 116
Athletes Wearing Plastic Bottles 117
Ludicrous Laws 118
If You Meet the Queen 119
A Snake for Healing 120
Why Round? 121
Who Is Calling? 122
The Black Box 123
Memory Tricks 124
The Nut That Must Be Shelled 125
The Story Behind the Bug 126
Setting Records 127
Duct Tape 128
What the Appraisers Knew 129
Seen from the Moon 130
The First Coin with Braille 131
Do You Know Chameleons? 132
Uluru 133
The Mummy's Passport 134
Running Around the World 137
Nurse on Board 138
Fire! 139
Why a New Grove 140
A Mystery Solved 141
Shark Lady 142
Just Water 143
A Sticky Lesson 144
A Fast Descent 145
A River Test 146
What to Say 147
The Windsock That Dangled 148
Only Faster 149
A Fighting Chance 150
A Walk Across the Ocean 151
A Silent Discovery 152
The First to Summit 153
Searching Hot and Cold Deserts 154
When the Fog Rolled In 155
The Lucky Flat Tire 156
The Boy Who Fed Cows 157
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes 158
The Only Man with This Degree 159
Six Months Inside 160
Attack of the Ants 161
In Search of Glowing Dots 162
At 3,000, He Stopped Counting 163
Saved by Charlie 164
In Pursuit of Whales 165
Another Way of Living 166

Key Ideas and Details

ELA.RI.5.3: Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.

Passage Page
Mystery of the Rolling Stones 9
A Misnamed Ocean 10
Tet 11
A Massive Structure 12
The Legend of Lady Carcas 13
No International Postage 14
Where the Unicorn Lives 15
The Forbidden City 16
The Tree in the Desert 17
The Ice Bowl 18
No Need to Build 19
Needed: Hot and Cold Hands 20
The Race Across the Sky 21
The Giant's Causeway 22
So Just Where Are You? 23
Back on the Map 24
The Case of the Poisoned Tiger 25
Where Mud Blisters 26
Squeaking Floors 27
The Salt Is Always on the Table 28
A City Instead of a Plant 29
Tunnels in the Netherlands 30
A Glowing Meal 31
Where Are the Vikings? 32
A Lake Impossible to Swim In 33
The State Known for Syrup and Bridges 34
Basketball Team Names 35
Grasshoppers in Ice 36
Hadrian's Wall 37
Sleeping in a Capsule 38
A Weighty Puzzle 41
A Living Dragon 42
Pop Goes the Knuckle 43
Lightning Strikes Twice 44
Danger! Exploding Seeds! 45
Lethal to Nonlethal 46
An Animal Like a Raincoat 47
One Plant, Two Cats 48
What Could Be Humming? 49
Into a Hurricane 50
Positive Identification 51
The Amazing Cat 52
Invasion of Wings 53
Strolling Across Venus 54
All About the Jump 55
What Cut Time? 56
Bee Air Conditioning 57
Yucky Breath 58
The Strongest 59
Robot Pills 60
Surprise at the Necropsy 61
The Disappearing Spoon 62
Extreme Flying 63
All About Nerves 64
The Gutless Wonder 65
Why the Scientist Knew 66
Meat-Eating Caterpillars 67
Motion Sickness 68
An Impressive Crown 69
Big Snakes 70
The Painting That Rode in an Ambulance 73
The Year Without a Summer 74
Long-Ago Manners 75
The Dog Who Came Home 76
Left to Burn 77
Uncle Sam 78
An Engineering Masterpiece 79
Seeing the Hidden Stomach 80
The First Speed Trap 81
First Play, Then Invention 82
How Banneker Saved the Capital 83
The Wall 84
The Great Molasses Flood 85
The Fruit That Wouldn't Sell 86
The Trial 87
Two Invitations 88
Ship Numbers 89
Second Only to Salt 90
The First Skyscraper 91
A Daring Rescue 92
The Gold Miner's Diet 93
The Man in the Mail 94
Silk as Armor 95
Why Sequoyah Wore a Turban 96
Two Anecdotes 97
Don't Be Late! 98
Shopping Without Money 99
The Hidden Medals 100
Chained Shoes 101
What Chipped China Led To 102
Dog in the Bathtub 105
A Boot That Is Not a Shoe 106
When a Submarine Was an Iron Fish 107
The State Bird That Isn't 108
Fallacies 109
Air Force One 110
Painted Food 111
When Ghoti Equals Fish 112
What the Folding Chair Became 113
Undercover Zookeepers 114
Fire Dogs 115
Gum in the Museum 116
Athletes Wearing Plastic Bottles 117
Ludicrous Laws 118
If You Meet the Queen 119
A Snake for Healing 120
Why Round? 121
Who Is Calling? 122
The Black Box 123
Memory Tricks 124
The Nut That Must Be Shelled 125
The Story Behind the Bug 126
Setting Records 127
Duct Tape 128
What the Appraisers Knew 129
Seen from the Moon 130
The First Coin with Braille 131
Do You Know Chameleons? 132
Uluru 133
The Mummy's Passport 134
Running Around the World 137
Nurse on Board 138
Fire! 139
Why a New Grove 140
A Mystery Solved 141
Shark Lady 142
Just Water 143
A Sticky Lesson 144
A Fast Descent 145
A River Test 146
What to Say 147
The Windsock That Dangled 148
Only Faster 149
A Fighting Chance 150
A Walk Across the Ocean 151
A Silent Discovery 152
The First to Summit 153
Searching Hot and Cold Deserts 154
When the Fog Rolled In 155
The Lucky Flat Tire 156
The Boy Who Fed Cows 157
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes 158
The Only Man with This Degree 159
Six Months Inside 160
Attack of the Ants 161
In Search of Glowing Dots 162
At 3,000, He Stopped Counting 163
Saved by Charlie 164
In Pursuit of Whales 165
Another Way of Living 166

Key Ideas and Details

ELA.RI.5.1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Passage Page
Mystery of the Rolling Stones 9
A Misnamed Ocean 10
Tet 11
A Massive Structure 12
The Legend of Lady Carcas 13
No International Postage 14
Where the Unicorn Lives 15
The Forbidden City 16
The Tree in the Desert 17
The Ice Bowl 18
No Need to Build 19
Needed: Hot and Cold Hands 20
The Race Across the Sky 21
The Giant's Causeway 22
So Just Where Are You? 23
Back on the Map 24
The Case of the Poisoned Tiger 25
Where Mud Blisters 26
Squeaking Floors 27
The Salt Is Always on the Table 28
A City Instead of a Plant 29
Tunnels in the Netherlands 30
A Glowing Meal 31
Where Are the Vikings? 32
A Lake Impossible to Swim In 33
The State Known for Syrup and Bridges 34
Basketball Team Names 35
Grasshoppers in Ice 36
Hadrian's Wall 37
Sleeping in a Capsule 38
A Weighty Puzzle 41
A Living Dragon 42
Pop Goes the Knuckle 43
Lightning Strikes Twice 44
Danger! Exploding Seeds! 45
Lethal to Nonlethal 46
An Animal Like a Raincoat 47
One Plant, Two Cats 48
What Could Be Humming? 49
Into a Hurricane 50
Positive Identification 51
The Amazing Cat 52
Invasion of Wings 53
Strolling Across Venus 54
All About the Jump 55
What Cut Time? 56
Bee Air Conditioning 57
Yucky Breath 58
The Strongest 59
Robot Pills 60
Surprise at the Necropsy 61
The Disappearing Spoon 62
Extreme Flying 63
All About Nerves 64
The Gutless Wonder 65
Why the Scientist Knew 66
Meat-Eating Caterpillars 67
Motion Sickness 68
An Impressive Crown 69
Big Snakes 70
The Painting That Rode in an Ambulance 73
The Year Without a Summer 74
Long-Ago Manners 75
The Dog Who Came Home 76
Left to Burn 77
Uncle Sam 78
An Engineering Masterpiece 79
Seeing the Hidden Stomach 80
The First Speed Trap 81
First Play, Then Invention 82
How Banneker Saved the Capital 83
The Wall 84
The Great Molasses Flood 85
The Fruit That Wouldn't Sell 86
The Trial 87
Two Invitations 88
Ship Numbers 89
Second Only to Salt 90
The First Skyscraper 91
A Daring Rescue 92
The Gold Miner's Diet 93
The Man in the Mail 94
Silk as Armor 95
Why Sequoyah Wore a Turban 96
Two Anecdotes 97
Don't Be Late! 98
Shopping Without Money 99
The Hidden Medals 100
Chained Shoes 101
What Chipped China Led To 102
Dog in the Bathtub 105
A Boot That Is Not a Shoe 106
When a Submarine Was an Iron Fish 107
The State Bird That Isn't 108
Fallacies 109
Air Force One 110
Painted Food 111
When Ghoti Equals Fish 112
What the Folding Chair Became 113
Undercover Zookeepers 114
Fire Dogs 115
Gum in the Museum 116
Athletes Wearing Plastic Bottles 117
Ludicrous Laws 118
If You Meet the Queen 119
A Snake for Healing 120
Why Round? 121
Who Is Calling? 122
The Black Box 123
Memory Tricks 124
The Nut That Must Be Shelled 125
The Story Behind the Bug 126
Setting Records 127
Duct Tape 128
What the Appraisers Knew 129
Seen from the Moon 130
The First Coin with Braille 131
Do You Know Chameleons? 132
Uluru 133
The Mummy's Passport 134
Running Around the World 137
Nurse on Board 138
Fire! 139
Why a New Grove 140
A Mystery Solved 141
Shark Lady 142
Just Water 143
A Sticky Lesson 144
A Fast Descent 145
A River Test 146
What to Say 147
The Windsock That Dangled 148
Only Faster 149
A Fighting Chance 150
A Walk Across the Ocean 151
A Silent Discovery 152
The First to Summit 153
Searching Hot and Cold Deserts 154
When the Fog Rolled In 155
The Lucky Flat Tire 156
The Boy Who Fed Cows 157
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes 158
The Only Man with This Degree 159
Six Months Inside 160
Attack of the Ants 161
In Search of Glowing Dots 162
At 3,000, He Stopped Counting 163
Saved by Charlie 164
In Pursuit of Whales 165
Another Way of Living 166

Craft and Structure

ELA.RI.5.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.

Passage Page
Mystery of the Rolling Stones 9
A Misnamed Ocean 10
Tet 11
A Massive Structure 12
The Legend of Lady Carcas 13
No International Postage 14
Where the Unicorn Lives 15
The Forbidden City 16
The Tree in the Desert 17
The Ice Bowl 18
No Need to Build 19
Needed: Hot and Cold Hands 20
The Race Across the Sky 21
The Giant's Causeway 22
So Just Where Are You? 23
Back on the Map 24
The Case of the Poisoned Tiger 25
Where Mud Blisters 26
Squeaking Floors 27
The Salt Is Always on the Table 28
A City Instead of a Plant 29
Tunnels in the Netherlands 30
A Glowing Meal 31
Where Are the Vikings? 32
A Lake Impossible to Swim In 33
The State Known for Syrup and Bridges 34
Basketball Team Names 35
Grasshoppers in Ice 36
Hadrian's Wall 37
Sleeping in a Capsule 38
A Weighty Puzzle 41
A Living Dragon 42
Pop Goes the Knuckle 43
Lightning Strikes Twice 44
Danger! Exploding Seeds! 45
Lethal to Nonlethal 46
An Animal Like a Raincoat 47
One Plant, Two Cats 48
What Could Be Humming? 49
Into a Hurricane 50
Positive Identification 51
The Amazing Cat 52
Invasion of Wings 53
Strolling Across Venus 54
All About the Jump 55
What Cut Time? 56
Bee Air Conditioning 57
Yucky Breath 58
The Strongest 59
Robot Pills 60
Surprise at the Necropsy 61
The Disappearing Spoon 62
Extreme Flying 63
All About Nerves 64
The Gutless Wonder 65
Why the Scientist Knew 66
Meat-Eating Caterpillars 67
Motion Sickness 68
An Impressive Crown 69
Big Snakes 70
The Painting That Rode in an Ambulance 73
The Year Without a Summer 74
Long-Ago Manners 75
The Dog Who Came Home 76
Left to Burn 77
Uncle Sam 78
An Engineering Masterpiece 79
Seeing the Hidden Stomach 80
The First Speed Trap 81
First Play, Then Invention 82
How Banneker Saved the Capital 83
The Wall 84
The Great Molasses Flood 85
The Fruit That Wouldn't Sell 86
The Trial 87
Two Invitations 88
Ship Numbers 89
Second Only to Salt 90
The First Skyscraper 91
A Daring Rescue 92
The Gold Miner's Diet 93
The Man in the Mail 94
Silk as Armor 95
Why Sequoyah Wore a Turban 96
Two Anecdotes 97
Don't Be Late! 98
Shopping Without Money 99
The Hidden Medals 100
Chained Shoes 101
What Chipped China Led To 102
Dog in the Bathtub 105
A Boot That Is Not a Shoe 106
When a Submarine Was an Iron Fish 107
The State Bird That Isn't 108
Fallacies 109
Air Force One 110
Painted Food 111
When Ghoti Equals Fish 112
What the Folding Chair Became 113
Undercover Zookeepers 114
Fire Dogs 115
Gum in the Museum 116
Athletes Wearing Plastic Bottles 117
Ludicrous Laws 118
If You Meet the Queen 119
A Snake for Healing 120
Why Round? 121
Who Is Calling? 122
The Black Box 123
Memory Tricks 124
The Nut That Must Be Shelled 125
The Story Behind the Bug 126
Setting Records 127
Duct Tape 128
What the Appraisers Knew 129
Seen from the Moon 130
The First Coin with Braille 131
Do You Know Chameleons? 132
Uluru 133
The Mummy's Passport 134
Running Around the World 137
Nurse on Board 138
Fire! 139
Why a New Grove 140
A Mystery Solved 141
Shark Lady 142
Just Water 143
A Sticky Lesson 144
A Fast Descent 145
A River Test 146
What to Say 147
The Windsock That Dangled 148
Only Faster 149
A Fighting Chance 150
A Walk Across the Ocean 151
A Silent Discovery 152
The First to Summit 153
Searching Hot and Cold Deserts 154
When the Fog Rolled In 155
The Lucky Flat Tire 156
The Boy Who Fed Cows 157
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes 158
The Only Man with This Degree 159
Six Months Inside 160
Attack of the Ants 161
In Search of Glowing Dots 162
At 3,000, He Stopped Counting 163
Saved by Charlie 164
In Pursuit of Whales 165
Another Way of Living 166

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

ELA.RI.5.8: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).

Passage Page
Mystery of the Rolling Stones 9
A Misnamed Ocean 10
Tet 11
A Massive Structure 12
The Legend of Lady Carcas 13
No International Postage 14
Where the Unicorn Lives 15
The Forbidden City 16
The Tree in the Desert 17
The Ice Bowl 18
No Need to Build 19
Needed: Hot and Cold Hands 20
The Race Across the Sky 21
The Giant's Causeway 22
So Just Where Are You? 23
Back on the Map 24
The Case of the Poisoned Tiger 25
Where Mud Blisters 26
Squeaking Floors 27
The Salt Is Always on the Table 28
A City Instead of a Plant 29
Tunnels in the Netherlands 30
A Glowing Meal 31
Where Are the Vikings? 32
A Lake Impossible to Swim In 33
The State Known for Syrup and Bridges 34
Basketball Team Names 35
Grasshoppers in Ice 36
Hadrian's Wall 37
Sleeping in a Capsule 38
A Weighty Puzzle 41
A Living Dragon 42
Pop Goes the Knuckle 43
Lightning Strikes Twice 44
Danger! Exploding Seeds! 45
Lethal to Nonlethal 46
An Animal Like a Raincoat 47
One Plant, Two Cats 48
What Could Be Humming? 49
Into a Hurricane 50
Positive Identification 51
The Amazing Cat 52
Invasion of Wings 53
Strolling Across Venus 54
All About the Jump 55
What Cut Time? 56
Bee Air Conditioning 57
Yucky Breath 58
The Strongest 59
Robot Pills 60
Surprise at the Necropsy 61
The Disappearing Spoon 62
Extreme Flying 63
All About Nerves 64
The Gutless Wonder 65
Why the Scientist Knew 66
Meat-Eating Caterpillars 67
Motion Sickness 68
An Impressive Crown 69
Big Snakes 70
The Painting That Rode in an Ambulance 73
The Year Without a Summer 74
Long-Ago Manners 75
The Dog Who Came Home 76
Left to Burn 77
Uncle Sam 78
An Engineering Masterpiece 79
Seeing the Hidden Stomach 80
The First Speed Trap 81
First Play, Then Invention 82
How Banneker Saved the Capital 83
The Wall 84
The Great Molasses Flood 85
The Fruit That Wouldn't Sell 86
The Trial 87
Two Invitations 88
Ship Numbers 89
Second Only to Salt 90
The First Skyscraper 91
A Daring Rescue 92
The Gold Miner's Diet 93
The Man in the Mail 94
Silk as Armor 95
Why Sequoyah Wore a Turban 96
Two Anecdotes 97
Don't Be Late! 98
Shopping Without Money 99
The Hidden Medals 100
Chained Shoes 101
What Chipped China Led To 102
Dog in the Bathtub 105
A Boot That Is Not a Shoe 106
When a Submarine Was an Iron Fish 107
The State Bird That Isn't 108
Fallacies 109
Air Force One 110
Painted Food 111
When Ghoti Equals Fish 112
What the Folding Chair Became 113
Undercover Zookeepers 114
Fire Dogs 115
Gum in the Museum 116
Athletes Wearing Plastic Bottles 117
Ludicrous Laws 118
If You Meet the Queen 119
A Snake for Healing 120
Why Round? 121
Who Is Calling? 122
The Black Box 123
Memory Tricks 124
The Nut That Must Be Shelled 125
The Story Behind the Bug 126
Setting Records 127
Duct Tape 128
What the Appraisers Knew 129
Seen from the Moon 130
The First Coin with Braille 131
Do You Know Chameleons? 132
Uluru 133
The Mummy's Passport 134
Running Around the World 137
Nurse on Board 138
Fire! 139
Why a New Grove 140
A Mystery Solved 141
Shark Lady 142
Just Water 143
A Sticky Lesson 144
A Fast Descent 145
A River Test 146
What to Say 147
The Windsock That Dangled 148
Only Faster 149
A Fighting Chance 150
A Walk Across the Ocean 151
A Silent Discovery 152
The First to Summit 153
Searching Hot and Cold Deserts 154
When the Fog Rolled In 155
The Lucky Flat Tire 156
The Boy Who Fed Cows 157
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes 158
The Only Man with This Degree 159
Six Months Inside 160
Attack of the Ants 161
In Search of Glowing Dots 162
At 3,000, He Stopped Counting 163
Saved by Charlie 164
In Pursuit of Whales 165
Another Way of Living 166

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

ELA.RI.5.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Passage Page
Mystery of the Rolling Stones 9
A Misnamed Ocean 10
Tet 11
A Massive Structure 12
The Legend of Lady Carcas 13
No International Postage 14
Where the Unicorn Lives 15
The Forbidden City 16
The Tree in the Desert 17
The Ice Bowl 18
No Need to Build 19
Needed: Hot and Cold Hands 20
The Race Across the Sky 21
The Giant's Causeway 22
So Just Where Are You? 23
Back on the Map 24
The Case of the Poisoned Tiger 25
Where Mud Blisters 26
Squeaking Floors 27
The Salt Is Always on the Table 28
A City Instead of a Plant 29
Tunnels in the Netherlands 30
A Glowing Meal 31
Where Are the Vikings? 32
A Lake Impossible to Swim In 33
The State Known for Syrup and Bridges 34
Basketball Team Names 35
Grasshoppers in Ice 36
Hadrian's Wall 37
Sleeping in a Capsule 38
A Weighty Puzzle 41
A Living Dragon 42
Pop Goes the Knuckle 43
Lightning Strikes Twice 44
Danger! Exploding Seeds! 45
Lethal to Nonlethal 46
An Animal Like a Raincoat 47
One Plant, Two Cats 48
What Could Be Humming? 49
Into a Hurricane 50
Positive Identification 51
The Amazing Cat 52
Invasion of Wings 53
Strolling Across Venus 54
All About the Jump 55
What Cut Time? 56
Bee Air Conditioning 57
Yucky Breath 58
The Strongest 59
Robot Pills 60
Surprise at the Necropsy 61
The Disappearing Spoon 62
Extreme Flying 63
All About Nerves 64
The Gutless Wonder 65
Why the Scientist Knew 66
Meat-Eating Caterpillars 67
Motion Sickness 68
An Impressive Crown 69
Big Snakes 70
The Painting That Rode in an Ambulance 73
The Year Without a Summer 74
Long-Ago Manners 75
The Dog Who Came Home 76
Left to Burn 77
Uncle Sam 78
An Engineering Masterpiece 79
Seeing the Hidden Stomach 80
The First Speed Trap 81
First Play, Then Invention 82
How Banneker Saved the Capital 83
The Wall 84
The Great Molasses Flood 85
The Fruit That Wouldn't Sell 86
The Trial 87
Two Invitations 88
Ship Numbers 89
Second Only to Salt 90
The First Skyscraper 91
A Daring Rescue 92
The Gold Miner's Diet 93
The Man in the Mail 94
Silk as Armor 95
Why Sequoyah Wore a Turban 96
Two Anecdotes 97
Don't Be Late! 98
Shopping Without Money 99
The Hidden Medals 100
Chained Shoes 101
What Chipped China Led To 102
Dog in the Bathtub 105
A Boot That Is Not a Shoe 106
When a Submarine Was an Iron Fish 107
The State Bird That Isn't 108
Fallacies 109
Air Force One 110
Painted Food 111
When Ghoti Equals Fish 112
What the Folding Chair Became 113
Fire Dogs 115
Gum in the Museum 116
Athletes Wearing Plastic Bottles 117
Ludicrous Laws 118
If You Meet the Queen 119
A Snake for Healing 120
Why Round? 121
Who Is Calling? 122
The Black Box 123
Memory Tricks 124
The Nut That Must Be Shelled 125
The Story Behind the Bug 126
Setting Records 127
Duct Tape 128
What the Appraisers Knew 129
Seen from the Moon 130
The First Coin with Braille 131
Do You Know Chameleons? 132
Uluru 133
The Mummy's Passport 134
Running Around the World 137
Nurse on Board 138
Fire! 139
Why a New Grove 140
A Mystery Solved 141
Shark Lady 142
Just Water 143
A Sticky Lesson 144
A Fast Descent 145
A River Test 146
What to Say 147
The Windsock That Dangled 148
Only Faster 149
A Fighting Chance 150
A Walk Across the Ocean 151
A Silent Discovery 152
The First to Summit 153
Searching Hot and Cold Deserts 154
When the Fog Rolled In 155
The Lucky Flat Tire 156
The Boy Who Fed Cows 157
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes 158
The Only Man with This Degree 159
Six Months Inside 160
Attack of the Ants 161
In Search of Glowing Dots 162
At 3,000, He Stopped Counting 163
Saved by Charlie 164
In Pursuit of Whales 165
Another Way of Living 166

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