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 American School Textbook
Reading Key

The Best Preparation for Building

Academic Reading Skills and Vocabulary

The Reading Key series is designed to help students to understand

American school textbooks and to develop background knowledge
in a wide variety of academic topics. This series also provides learners
with the opportunity to enhance their reading comprehension skills
and vocabulary.

Reading Key <K> is a four-book series designed for

kindergarteners to beginning learners.
Reading Key <Easy> is a three-book series designed for
high-beginner to low-intermediate learners.
Reading Key <Basic> is a three-book series designed for
low-intermediate to intermediate learners.
Reading Key <Core> is a three-book series designed for
intermediate to advanced learners.

Features
A wide variety of topics that cover American school subjects
Intensive practice for reading skill development
Building vocabulary through school subjects and themed texts
Graphic organizers for each passage
Captivating pictures and illustrations related to the topics

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 Table of Contents

Social Studies History and Geography

Chapter

1
Unit 01 Seasons and Weather | 9
Unit 02 Our Land and Water | 15
Unit 03 Many Jobs | 21
Unit 04 Transportation | 27
Review Test 1 | 33

Chapter
Science

2
Unit 05 A World of Plants | 37
Unit 06 A World of Animals | 43
Unit 07 A World of Insects | 49
Unit 08 What Are the Five Senses? | 55
Review Test 2 | 61

Language Mathematics Visual Arts Music

Chapter

3
Unit 09 The Little Red Hen | 65
Unit 10 Numbers from 1 to 10 | 73
Unit 11 Lines and Shapes | 79
Unit 12 Lets Beat the Drum | 85
Review Test 3 | 91

Word List | 93

Components

Workbook for Daily Review

Answers and Translations

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 Syllabus Vol. 1

Subject Topic & Area Title

Social Studies Geography Seasons and Weather

Geography Our Land and Water
History and Economics Many Jobs
Geography Economics Transportation

Science A World of Plants A World of Plants

A World of Animals A World of Animals
A World of Animals A World of Insects
The Human Body What Are the Five Senses?

Language Reading Stories The Little Red Hen

Mathematics Numbers and Counting Numbers from 1 to 10
Visual Arts Visual Arts Lines and Shapes
Music A World of Music Lets Beat the Drum

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 Unit

01 Seasons
and Weather
Reading Focus

What are the four seasons?

What are some kinds of weather?
How does weather change?

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 track 01

Key Words

sunny cloudy
Weather

rainy snowy

spring

summer

Seasons

winter

fall (= autumn)

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 Power Verbs

rain snow
It is raining. It is snowing.

bloom change
Flowers bloom. Leaves change colors.

Word Families

hot hotter hottest

cold colder coldest

warm warmer warmest

cool cooler coolest

UNIT 01 11

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 Seasons and Weather track 02

Look outside.
Is it sunny? Is it cloudy?

Weather changes from day to day.

It can be sunny.
It can be cloudy.
It can be rainy or snowy.

Weather changes from season to season, too.

A year has four seasons.
They are spring, summer, fall, and winter.

Spring is warm.
Flowers begin to bloom in spring.

Summer comes after spring.

Summer is very hot and sunny.
Flowers bloom in spring.
It is the warmest season.

Seasons Change

Spring is warm.

Winter is cold.
Summer is hot.

Fall is cool.
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 Fall comes after summer.
Fall is cooler than summer.
Leaves change colors in fall.
Leaves change colors in fall.
Winter comes after fall.
Winter is very cold and snowy.
It is the coldest season.

Winter can be snowy.

Check Understanding

1 Which season does each picture show?

a. b.

2 Which season is the warmest?

a. spring b. summer c. fall
3 What happens to trees in fall?
a. Leaves change colors. b. Flowers bloom. c. Leaves turn green.
4 Winter can be .
a. hot b. warm c. snowy

Answer the questions below.

1 What are the four seasons?
 They are , , , and .
2 Which season comes after winter?
 comes after winter.

UNIT 01 13

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 Vocabulary and Grammar Builder

A Look, Read, and Write.

Look at the pictures. Write the correct words.

rainy bloom cloudy change colors

1 The weather can 2 The weather can

be . be .

3 Flowers 4 Leaves
in spring.
in fall.

B Warmer or Warmest?
Draw a circle around the right words and then write the words.

1 Spring is than winter.

cooler warmer
2 Fall is than summer.
cooler warmer
3 Summer is the season.
coldest warmest
4 Winter is the season.
coldest warmest

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 C Complete the sentences with the words below.

farm grew many ten

less count by herself grains

1 A little red hen lived on a with a pig, a duck, and a cat.

2 One day, the little red hen found some of wheat.
3 During the summer, the seeds of wheat .
4 The little red hen ate the bread all .
5 We use numbers when we .
6 You have fingers on both hands.
7 One is than two.
8 How eyes do you have?

D Complete the sentences with the words below.

shapes stick alike play

draw different percussion hands

1 We use lines when we pictures.

2 When lines join together, they make .
3 A circle and an oval look .
4 A circle and a triangle look .
5 Drums and triangles are instruments.
6 Percussion instruments are fun to .
7 You tap the xylophone with a .
8 You shake the tambourine with your .

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 Word
List

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 Unit .
Workbook
.

17 fall
01 Seasons and Weather (= autumn)

18 winter

1 look , 19 warm

2 outside , () 20 flower *: flowers

3 sunny , 21 begin to ~

4 cloudy , 22 bloom ,

5 weather 23 come after ~

6 change , 24 hot ,

7 from day to day , 25 the warmest ,

8 can be ~
9 rainy ,
10 snowy ,
*warmwarmerwarmest
26 cooler ,
*coolcoolercoolest
27 than ( ) ~

11 season 28 leaf

12 from season to season , 29 leaves

13 year , , 1 30 change colors

14 four seasons 31 cold

15 spring 32 the coldest

*coldcoldercoldest
16 summer

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 Workbook

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 st
Daily Te
Seasons and Weather

A Write the meaning of each word and phrase in Korean.

1 look 17 fall
2 outside 18 winter
3 sunny 19 warm
4 cloudy 20 flower
5 weather 21 begin to
6 change 22 bloom
7 from day to day 23 come after
8 can be 24 hot
9 rainy 25 the warmest
10 snowy 26 cooler
11 season 27 than
12 from season to season 28 leaf
13 year 29 leaves
14 four seasons 30 change colors
15 spring 31 cold
16 summer 32 the coldest

B Choose the word that best completes each sentence.

snowy changes cooler season

1 Weather from day to day.

2 Weather changes from to season.
3 Fall is than summer.
4 Winter is very cold and .

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 C Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks. track 03

Look .
Is it sunny? Is it ?

Weather changes from to day.

It can be .
It can be .
It can be or snowy.

Weather changes from to season, too.

A year has seasons.
They are spring, summer, fall, and .

Spring is .
Flowers begin to bloom in .

Summer comes spring.

Summer is very and sunny.
It is the season.

comes after summer.

Fall is than summer.
Leaves change in fall.

comes after fall.

Winter is very and snowy.
It is the season.

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 Answers
and
Translations

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 Unit

01 Seasons and Weather

Reading Focus
What are the four seasons? ?
What are some kinds of weather? ?
How does weather change? ?

Key Words Power Verbs

rain snow
sunny Weather cloudy ; ;
, , It is raining. It is snowing.
. .

rainy snowy
, , bloom change
, , ,
Flowers bloom. Leaves change colors.
. ( ).

spring

Word Families

summer
hot hotter hottest
Seasons

cold colder coldest

winter
fall (= autumn)

warm warmer warmest

cool cooler coolest

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