Photograph of storefronts in New York City's Chinatown depicting signs in Chinese.
Selection 3 Overview

  • ► Build Background

  • ► Language & Grammar

    Give Commands

    Use Statements and Commands

  • ► Prepare to Read

    Learn Key Vocabulary

    Learn a Reading Strategy

    Plan Your Reading

  • ► Read and Write

    Focus on Genre

    Expository Nonfiction

    Apply the Reading Strategy

    Plan Your Reading

    Critical Thinking

    Reading Fluency

    Read with Appropriate Phrasing

    Vocabulary Review

    Write About the Guiding Question

  • ► Connect Across the Curriculum

    Literary Analysis

    Analyze Text Structure: Main Idea

    Vocabulary Study

    Use Context Clues

    Writing/Speaking

    Give Directions

    Research/Speaking

    Tell About Traditions

    Language and Grammar

    Give Commands

    Writing and Grammar

    Write About a Special Event

Build Background
See How Places Change

Communities change over the years. Take a tour of a city with a longtime resident. Explore the community’s history.

Connect

TV Commercial Imagine you and some friends are in charge of encouraging visitors to come to your city. Think about special events, customs, and places in your community. Then plan and present a short TV ad for your town.

Digital Library

InsideNG.com

Illustration of an arrow inside blue dot. View the video.

Every town has its own history.

Every town has its own history.

Background photograph of a city scene.