Smart Reading 4-1 Student Book

Smart READING 4•1

Contents Under the Sea Unit 1

Science

Amazing Sharks

Nonfiction

6

Animal Friends

Nonfiction

12

A Surprise

Fiction

18

Helping Out

Nonfiction

24

Leading the Orchestra

Nonfiction

32

Unit 6

A Big Hit

Nonfiction

38

Plants

Science

Unit 7

Deep Roots

Nonfiction

44

Desert Cactuses

Nonfiction

50

Unit 2

Neighborhoods Unit 3 Unit 4

Music Together Unit 5

Unit 8

Social Studies

Music

Healthy Body and Mind Unit 9

PE

LeBron James

Unit 10 Try Again

Nonfiction

58

Fiction

64

Nature

Science

Unit 11

Colorful Corals

Nonfiction

70

The Food Chain

Nonfiction

76

Fiction

84

Nonfiction

90

Fiction

96

Nonfiction

102

Unit 12

Food

Social Studies

Unit 13 Stone Soup

Unit 14 Meals around the World

Airplanes

Science

Unit 15 Speed Away Unit 16 First Flight

Under the Sea Unit

1 Amazing Sharks

Nonfiction

Unit

2 Animal Friends

Nonfiction

Neighborhoods Unit

3 A Surprise

Fiction

Unit

4 Helping Out

4

Nonfiction

Science

Social Studies

5

Unit

1

Amazing Sharks

Where do sharks live?

6

Key Words Listen and repeat. Then match and write.

02

1.

The human body has many . scary 2.

The Halloween pumpkin looks . fit 3.

He holds a lemon to it. bones 4.

There is

on the

finger. bend 5.

The new shoes the boy perfectly. smell 6.

The fishing rod

s.

blood 7

Amazing Sharks

While You Read Which shark is the biggest?

03

Are sharks scary? Maybe. But they are really cool.

Sharks are very old animals.

Sharks are older than the dinosaurs.

Sharks are all different sizes. The whale shark is the biggest. It is 15 meters long. The dwarf lantern shark is the smallest.

It can fit in your hand.

Sharks do not have bones. They have cartilage. Cartilage is like bone, but it can bend. Humans have cartilage too. It is inside our ears and noses.

8

Sniff, sniff. Sharks have amazing noses. They can smell one drop of blood in a swimming pool.

But do not worry. Sharks eat fish, not people!

9

Comprehension Check Choose the correct answers.

1. What is the passage mainly about? a amazing facts about sharks b sharks’ amazing noses 2. Which shark is the smallest? a the whale shark

b the dwarf lantern shark

3. Sharks can smell one drop of a

in a swimming pool. b

paint

blood

4. Where do humans have cartilage? a Humans have cartilage inside their ears and noses. b Humans have cartilage inside their mouths and fingers.

BACK TO THE PASSAGE

Read and write the correct words.

5. Sharks are one of the oldest animals. = Sharks are

animals.

6. You can put a dwarf lantern shark in your hand. = The dwarf lantern shark can 10

in your hand.

Points to Remember A Complete the chart.

Shark Sizes Whale Shark

- It is the

Dwarf Lantern Shark

shark.

- It is 15 meters

.

smallest

- It is the

shark.

- It can fit in your

long

.

biggest

hand

B Complete the sentences.

Amazing Sharks Sharks are older than the Sharks are all different

. .

Sharks do not have bones, but they have Sharks have amazing blood in a swimming pool. noses

sizes

.

. They can smell one drop of

cartilage

dinosaurs 11