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ContentsGrade 2

Issue 1One Tough Job ....................................... 6–7

Compare and ContrastPhotos and CaptionsContext Clues

Issue 2A Hero’s Life ........................................12–13

Cause and EffectMapAntonyms

Issue 3Tree Houses for Everyone ................. 18–19

Main Idea and DetailsBar GraphsPrefixes and Suffixes

Issue 4Champs for Chimps ........................... 24–25

Compare and ContrastBar GraphsSynonyms

Issue 5Is Anyone Out There .......................... 30–31

Main Idea and DetailsPhotos and CaptionsContext Clues

Issue 6 A New Deal on School Meals ............. 36–37

Author’s PurposeChartsContext Clues

Issue 7From Seed to Fruit ............................. 42–43

Sequence of EventsDiagramsContext Clues

Issue 8Dinosaur Hunters ..............................48–49

Main Idea and DetailsBar GraphsContext Clues

Issue 9These Robots Are Wild ......................54–55

Author’s PurposeDiagramsContext Clues

Issue 10On the Beach ...................................... 60–61

Compare and ContrastChartsAntonyms

Issue 11Losing the Lynx..................................66–67

Main Idea and DetailsMapSynonyms

Issue 12A Big Turtle Comeback ...................... 72–73

Main Idea and DetailsPhotos and CaptionsContext Clues

Issue 13It’s Getting Crowded Around Here ... 78–79

Cause and EffectTime LineHomophones

Issue 14Windy Weather ..................................84–85

SummarizePhotos and CaptionsHomographs

Issue 15A Story Collector ............................... 90–91

Author’s PurposeTime LineContext Clues

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Condoleezza Rice wanted to make a difference.

Condoleezza Rice was the first

African American woman to be

U.S. Secretary of State. She was

not elected to this job. The

President appointed her to it.

The secretary of state works

with leaders of other countries.

It can be a tough job.

Working Hard

Condie Rice was born in 1954,

in Birmingham, Alabama. She

played the piano at 5. As a teen

she was a talented ice-skater.

She finished college at age 19.

Racism kept most African

Americans out of top jobs

when Rice was young. But her

parents told her that she could

do anything. She planned to

study music after college.

Then she decided to make a

difference in the world. She

studied hard so she could do

just that.

Before she was secretary of

state, Rice had other important

jobs. She sat on the National

Security Council. She was the

National Security Advisor to

President George W. Bush from

2001 to 2005.

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↑ Rice plays a tune with Yo-Yo Ma.

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Travel and Tough Talk

The secretary of state

meets with world leaders.

Success is when the U.S.

meets its goals without

war. In one year Rice took

18 trips to 33 countries.

She traveled 247,603 miles.

She worked on problems with

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and

North Korea. Rice believes

that problems can be solved in

a peaceful way. Someone who

knows her well once said, “She

won’t take no for an answer.”

Listening in the Middle EastIsraelis and Palestinians have

had differences for a long time.

Finding a peaceful way to solve

their land problem has been

hard. Sometimes it helps to

listen. A secretary of state

needs to be a good listener.

Rice spent time in the Middle

East listening to people. She

said, “It was a good opportunity

to come and to listen to people

. . . [talk about] how they saw

the future.”— Andrea Delbanco,

Romesh Ratnesar, Elaine Shannon

AP Photo/Murad Sezer

↓ Rice meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

↑ Rice tells people about the war in Iraq. It is her goal to solve differences in a peaceful way.

Olivier Douliery/Abaca USA/Newscom

Issue 1 • 7

Condoleezza Rice wanted to make a difference.

Condoleezza Rice was the first

African American woman to be

U.S. Secretary of State. She was

not elected to this job. The

President appointed her to it.

The secretary of state works

with leaders of other countries.

It can be a tough job.

Working Hard

Condie Rice was born in 1954,

in Birmingham, Alabama. She

played the piano at 5. As a teen

she was a talented ice-skater.

She finished college at age 19.

Racism kept most African

Americans out of top jobs

when Rice was young. But her

parents told her that she could

do anything. She planned to

study music after college.

Then she decided to make a

difference in the world. She

studied hard so she could do

just that.

Before she was secretary of

state, Rice had other important

jobs. She sat on the National

Security Council. She was the

National Security Advisor to

President George W. Bush from

2001 to 2005.

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↑ Rice is a big football fan.

↑ Rice plays a tune with Yo-Yo Ma.

6 • Time For Kids

Travel and Tough Talk

The secretary of state

meets with world leaders.

Success is when the U.S.

meets its goals without

war. In one year Rice took

18 trips to 33 countries.

She traveled 247,603 miles.

She worked on problems with

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and

North Korea. Rice believes

that problems can be solved in

a peaceful way. Someone who

knows her well once said, “She

won’t take no for an answer.”

Listening in the Middle EastIsraelis and Palestinians have

had differences for a long time.

Finding a peaceful way to solve

their land problem has been

hard. Sometimes it helps to

listen. A secretary of state

needs to be a good listener.

Rice spent time in the Middle

East listening to people. She

said, “It was a good opportunity

to come and to listen to people

. . . [talk about] how they saw

the future.”— Andrea Delbanco,

Romesh Ratnesar, Elaine Shannon

AP Photo/Murad Sezer

↓ Rice meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

↑ Rice tells people about the war in Iraq. It is her goal to solve differences in a peaceful way.

Olivier Douliery/Abaca USA/Newscom

Issue 1 • 7

Martin Luther King, Jr., dreamed that

the world could change through peace.

Every January, we celebrate the life

of Martin Luther King, Jr. King changed

our nation. He believed all people should

have the same rights.

King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in

1929. At that time, many laws kept black

and white people apart.

During the 1950s, King and other

leaders peacefully protested against those

unfair laws. King believed in the power of

protest without violence.

A 1965 march to Montgomery, Alabama, made the news. ↓

King made a famous speech. He told people, “I have a dream!”

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In 1963, King led a march to Washington, D.C.

After the march, King and other leaders met with

President John F. Kennedy. They talked about fair

laws for all. These talks helped start a law. It was

called the Civil Rights Act. The law said African

Americans must have equal rights. In 1964, King

won the Nobel Peace Prize. It goes to people who

try to bring peace and unity to the world.

Sadly, Martin Luther King, Jr., died before his

dreams came true. He was killed in April 1968 in

Memphis, Tennessee. Today, King’s message still

lives on.

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Issue 2 • 13

A 340-foot-long ramp allows kids with

disabilities to get to the tree house.

TTree houses are wonderful places to play with friends.

You can even just sit in them and dream. But for some

kids, tree houses are only a dream. Many kids have never

been in a tree house. Why? Th ey have disabilities. Th ey

are unable to climb. Bill Allen and Phil Trabulsy are good

citizens. Th ey wanted to make these kids’ dreams come true.

In 1998, they started Forever Young Treehouses in Vermont.

Th is group makes tree houses for kids with disabilities.

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The tree houses have long ramps. Ramps

help kids in wheelchairs get into the houses.

Kristen Messer, 17, visited a tree house

for the first time. “It was really great having

a tree house that I could get into without

any help,” Kristen says.

Chaz Freeman, a 19-year-old, uses a

wheelchair. After he visited a tree house in New Hampshire,

he said with a smile, “We get to experience what it is like to

be a normal kid.”

Allen and Trabulsy’s tireless group is working hard

around the U.S. to build tree houses.

Chaz Freeman visits a New Hampshire tree house.

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ChampsChamps forfor ChimpsChimps

By Anna Prokos

FFort Pierce, Florida, is a great place to

monkey around. Th is city is home to 300

chimpanzees. Th e chimps live at a sanctuary.

A sanctuary is a safe place.

These chimps once lived in labs for years. Some were taken

as babies from their homes in Africa. They were brought to the

United States for scientists to study. They were kept in small

cages. Many had not seen another chimp. They didn’t know

how to climb trees.

Wild chimps help each other meet

their needs. They look at the fur of

other chimps to find bugs. They take

the bugs off. This keeps the chimps

healthy.

Wild chimps also use the

environment to meet their needs.

They use sticks to get bugs and honey

to eat. They use rocks to open nuts.↑ People rescued these chimps from

little cages in labs. Now they live in a more natural place.

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Many chimps help save people.

Now people are saving these chimps.

Champs for ChimpsLynne Sladky/AP Photo

↑ Chimps climb and play at the sanctuary in Florida.


Happily Ever AfterSave the Chimps runs the Florida

sanctuary. Th is group makes life

happier for chimpanzees. Now the

animals live on 12 islands. Th e islands

have lots of large trees. Now these

animals are active and happy.

For the first time in their lives, the

chimps have families. They eat three fresh meals

a day. They gulp down delicious foods like bananas,

apples, pasta, and oatmeal with raisins.

↑ Dr. Carole Noon started Save the Chimps in 1997.

Oldest Chimps in U.S. Zoos In the wild, chimps can live to their forties.

They can live even longer in zoos. Take a look.

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Issue 4 • 25

“Is Anyone Out There?”

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Scientists study signals for clues about what happens in space. ↑

Scientists are listening for sounds in outer space.By Kathryn Satterfield

In 1870 the telephone was invented. It allowed people who were far apart to talk to each other. Today Jill Tarter spends her days listening to signals from outer space. She is a scientist.

Earth makes many signals every day. They come from radios, televisions, and cell phones. In the past, signals from radios couldn’t reach deep into space. Their frequencies, or number of radio waves, kept them from traveling far. But tools changed in the 1930s. Since then, signals have traveled to other stars. Things in space might give off signals, too. Scientists use tall wires, called antennas, to “listen” for these signals.


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A Sound PlanTarter’s group also uses radio telescopes. These giant metal dishes pick up out-of-this-world sounds. The tools have heard sounds from 800 stars. Scientists studied the sounds. The sounds did not show signs of life in outer space.

Tarter wanted to study science from an early age. After 16 years, she still loves her job. “We may detect a signal at any moment and answer one of humankind’s oldest questions,” says Tarter. “Are we alone?” She thinks the answer is no. There are 100 billion stars in the universe. So scientists still have plenty to search!

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Do you eat sweet treats at school? If you do, you probably don’t live in Texas. In 2004, Texas made new rules about school snacks.

The Texas government checked on its students. It found a big problem. About one third of the state’s elementary school children weighed too much.

The Texas Department of Agriculture is part of the state government. It is in charge of school lunches. It made new rules for healthful eating in schools. The rules say kids should eat balanced meals. Kids should also cut back on foods with too much fat or sugar. Children now eat foods that give them energy to grow, work, play, and learn.

More schools are serving healthful foods.

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School lunches slim down to keep kids healthy.


Sometimes, sugar is added to food and drinks. But too

much sugar is bad for your health. See how much sugar

is in some foods.

How Sweet It Is!

Food or Drink Added Sugar (in teaspoons)

one slice of bread

one cup of chocolate milk

one bar of chocolate

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Sugar Added to Food and Drinks

New Rules for Vending MachinesThe new rules change vending machines in schools, too. Many foods sold in vending machines have too much sugar or fat. Now, students cannot buy unhealthy foods from vending machines during the school day.

Some Texas schools have changed their vending machines. Now they sell healthy foods such as fruit, carrot sticks, and yogurt. They are helping kids in the community be healthy! Vending machines now

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These steps show how a pumpkin grows.

From Seed to FruitFrom Seed to Fruit

Start with Seeds Seeds go into the soil. Sunny

spots are best. Sunlight helps

pumpkins grow.

Leaves and FlowersWeeks pass. Leaves grow

on the pumpkin vines.

Then come fl owers. One

fl ower opens at a time.

Next Come the Sprouts Small sprouts come up from the

soil. Their roots take in water.

Water and sunlight help sprouts

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Green Pumpkins Fruits grow on the vines.

They are tiny at fi rst.

Each fruit stays green for

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Pumpkin Plant Pumpkin plant parts work together to grow more plants.

Flowers make seeds and fruit.

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Dinosaur Hunters

MMany important fossils have been found

in the Gobi Desert in China. Paleontologist

Meng Jin found a fossil of a mammal in the

Gobi Desert. It was about the size of a cat.

The big surprise was what else Meng and

his team found. They found the bones of a

young dinosaur inside the

mammal fossil. This discovery

changed how people think of

dinosaurs and mammals.

Scientists used to think

ancient mammals were

not hunters. They thought

these mammals ate

insects and seeds. These

mammals, scientists believed,

were hunted by dinosaurs.

Meng’s discovery showed

that these mammals hunted

dinosaurs and ate them!

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This is a model of the little dinosaur found inside the mammal fossil. These dinosaurs ate plants. →

A scientist points to dinosaur bones in the mammal fossil. →


Mammals that lived 130 million years ago

were not very big. The cat-sized mammal from

China is bigger than other ancient mammals.

The dinosaur found inside the mammal was not

full-grown. As an adult, that dinosaur would be

much bigger than the mammal that ate it!

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Issue 8 • 49

These robots look strange. But one day, they may work for you!

↓ Scientists look at Robot V. It moves like a roach.

Most people hate cockroaches. Not Roy Ritzmann.

He thinks they are great. “Th ey’re fast,” he says. Ritzmann

is a scientist. He is helping other scientists to build robots.

Th ey are using bugs as models!

Acting Like AnimalsScientists are looking closely at insects, lobsters, and

scorpions. Why? Because they have all the right moves!

Their bodies let them live in different places. Their many

legs help the animals travel easily over bumpy ground.

An insect has antennas and little hairs. These help it

sense changes around it.

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Scientists are working to build robots with animal-

like parts. The parts would make the robots more

useful. These robots could find people who are trapped

in a building. They could climb, crawl, or swim into

dangerous places.

Creepy, crawly robots may one day help the U.S.

military and NASA. The RoboLobster will search for

underwater weapons called mines. Robots may also

go into space. A robot based on scorpions and roaches

will explore Mars. These ’bots will rock!

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Robot Roach Real Roach

Uses sensors to feel.Six legs help it move easily.

Moves 5 body lengths in a second.Issue 9 • 55

A big animal crawls out of the sea to lay her eggs on this beach. Then she uses her two back flippers to bury the eggs in the sand. This will hide the eggs and keep them from getting too warm or too cool. The mother crawls back to the sea and swims away. She will not be here when her eggs hatch.

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Turtles hatch on beaches around the world.

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The eggs hatch. Little turtles crawl to the sea. For many years they will swim, eat, and grow. Some will come back to this beach to lay eggs.

Many Kinds of Eggs Turtles h atch from eggs, and so do lots of other animals. Look

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Robin Robin parents make nests for their eggs. They warm the eggs until they hatch. Then, they feed the baby birds.

Monarch butterflyFemale butterflies lay eggs on leaves and fly away. Caterpillars hatch from the eggs. Later, they become butterflies.

Poison dart frogFemale frogs lay eggs. The males watch the eggs. Tadpoles hatch from the eggs. They crawl to their mother’s back. She puts each one in a small pool of water. Each tadpole will grow into a frog.

Green TurtleFemale turtles lay eggs on the beach. They bury them in sand and crawl away. Baby turtles hatch and crawl to the sea.

Issue 10 • 61

LosingLosing the the LynxLynx

Scientists hope this female lynx will have cubs.

Twelve Iberian lynx cubs were born in Doñana National

Park in Spain. Th e cubs are part of a program to help save

these big cats. Iberian lynx are in danger of disappearing.

In 1900, there were about 100,000 Iberian lynx in Spain

and Portugal. Today, there are fewer than 200. These wild

cats are the most endangered cat in the world.

Scientists are working to save these wild cats.By Andrea DelBanco

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What’s Wrong?Why are the lynx in danger? Th ey are losing

their homes. People have built houses, farms,

and roads where the lynx live. Th e large cats also

can’t fi nd enough food. Lynx eat rabbits. But

most of the rabbits where the lynx stay are gone.

Many lynx began to starve, or go hungry.

Scientists hope more cubs will be born. So

far, about 24 lynx live in Doñana National Park.

People are trying to protect the babies and their

parents. Roads around the park will be closed.

This will keep lynx safe from passing cars.

Big Cats There are 37 types of wild cats in the world. Many of them

may soon disappear. Here are facts about some of these cats.

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Cat Habitat

Jaguar Mexico, Central and South America 292

Lion Africa 15,000

Siberian tiger Russia, Asia 500

Number in the World

Issue 11 • 67

New laws are helping to protect sea turtles in Mexico.

↑ Some sea turtles are safer in the water.

Thousands of female sea turtles crawl out

of the water on La Escobilla Beach in Mexico.

Each one digs a nest in the sand to lay its eggs.

Then it covers the eggs with sand and returns

to the ocean. In 45 days, the babies hatch and

crawl into the water.

These types of sea turtles are called olive

ridleys. Around the world, the number of sea

turtles is decreasing. But the number of olive

ridleys on La Escobilla Beach has gone up. Why?

The turtles can thank a program in Mexico.

Sea turtles are in danger of

disappearing. Some have been

hurt by pollution. Others have

been caught in fi shing nets

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↑ S oldiers ask children to be careful around sea turtle eggs.

In 1990, Mexico passed a law to

stop sea turtle hunting. Soldiers

watch the beaches to protect sea

turtles. People are taught how to

help save sea turtles. Now there are

about one million olive ridley nests

at La Escobilla Beach. That’s four

times as many as there were in 1990.

Turtle TroubleThese four types of sea turtles are in danger of dying out.

Leatherbacks are the largest sea turtles. One third of them die every year. ↓

Hawksbill turtles are hunted for their beautiful shells to make jewelry. ↓

Green turtles and their eggs are eaten in many areas. ↓

Fewer than 1,000 loggerheads now nest on Japan’s beaches. ↓

This map shows La Escobilla Beach in Mexico. Can you fi nd it on the map? What is the capital city of Mexico? ↓

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A lot of people have to share Earth’s resources.

B link your eyes. In that time, three people

were born. Blink again. That’s another three

people! Every minute there are 184 more

people. Every hour there are 11,040 more.

Every day 264,960 people are added to the

total. That makes 97 million more people

on Earth every year.

By 2007 the total number of people on

Earth was six and a half billion. A stack of

6 billion pennies would be 5,000 miles high!

Growing PainsEarth has a limited amount of natural

resources. People need these resources to live.

Water covers most of Earth. But less than 1

percent of it can be used for drinking and

washing. One of every 13 people around the

world does not have enough clean water.

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It’s Getting Crowded Around Here!


Food is a problem too. One

of every 7 people in the world

does not get enough to eat.

Why? As cities grow bigger,

farmland vanishes. Buildings

and roads take its place. There

is less room to grow food, and

there are more people to feed.

Every person alive uses

Earth’s resources. Some use

more than others. Using less

and wasting less are ways to

conserve resources.

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This time line shows the population, or number of people,in the United States from 1800 to 2000. What happenedto the population?

1800 1850 1900 1950 2000

The U.S. Population Over Time

5,308,483 people

23,191,876 people

76,212,168 people

151,325,798 people

281,421,906 people

Making SureMaking SureThere’s EnoughThere’s Enoughto Go AroundCan six and a half billion people fi gure out how to share and save Earth’s resources? Bill Ryan of the United Nations thinks so. He believes young people will change the world. “There are more young people alive now than at any other time,” he says.

Issue 13 • 79

You can’t see air, but when the wind blows you can feel it. Wind is air on the move!

When the wind starts blowing

hard, it often means the weather is

changing. A summer rainstorm can

bring fast winds. A hurricane is a

dangerous kind of summer storm.

Its fast winds can uproot trees and

destroy houses. Hurricane winds

move 75 to 155 miles per hour.

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1907 She becam e a reporter at the Beaumont Journal.

Florence Stratton liked to hear people’s

stories. She wrote down stories told by

pioneers and Native Americans. Th ese folk

tales tell us what people thought long ago.

The Tejas were among the first people of

Texas. Stratton published their stories in a

book, When The Storm God Rides. People

liked the book so much, it became a school

book for children in Texas!

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1938 Stratton died.

1928 She began writing a weekly column for the Beaumont Enterprise.

Time Line of a Story Teller

1883 Florence Stratton was born.

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1936 When The Storm God Rides was published.

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Folk tales were often used to explain

how things happen. Stratton wrote down

this Tejas tale about Spanish moss.

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How the North Wind

Lost His Hair

Th e South Wind was a young man. He lived with the

Tejas by the Gulf of Mexico. He blew warm air.

The North Wind was an old man with long, gray

hair. He blew cold air. He visited the Gulf in winter.

Sometimes he brought snow.

One spring, the old North Wind would not leave

the Gulf. He kept South Wind away. It was cold.

The South Wind was tired of being kept

away. He fought with the North Wind.

The South Wind pulled out some of North

Wind’s long, gray hair during the fight.

The North Wind flew away.

The South Wind was so happy he had

won, he began dancing. As he danced, the

North Wind’s hair fell on trees. Today,

we call it Spanish moss. It still grows on

many trees in the Gulf.

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