1 5 4 the wonder of wheels (nonfiction)

Reader

The Wonder
of Wheels

Genre

Nonfiction

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Extend Language

• Simple
Machines
• The Wheel
• Ideas That
Help

• Labels in
Pictures
• Repetition
• Patterned
Text

• W Words

Scott Foresman Reading Street 1.5.4

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ISBN 0-328-14124-0

by Mae Lin Chin
Illustrated by Linda Pierce


Talk About It
1. How can people move heavy things from place
to place?
2. What has wheels and can help us carry things?

The Wonder
of W heels

Write About It

3. On a separate sheet of paper, draw a picture
of something that has wheels. Write about how
people use it.

Extend Language
Wagon and way begin with the same sound,
the sound of w. Can you find another word in the
story that begins with that sound?

by Mae Lin Chin
Illustrated
by Linda Pierce
Copyright © Pearson

Education, Inc.
ISBN: 0-328-14124-0

All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the
publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission
in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For
information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900
East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.
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wagon
wood

wheels
toolbox

People want to build a table.
They need wood.
They need tools.
Tools are kept in a toolbox.
Wood and tools are heavy.
How will they carry wood and tools?
2

They can use a wagon!

A wagon has wheels.
The wagon moves on its wheels.
The wheels turn around and around.
It is easy to move a wagon.
3


shopping cart

milk
cereal
juice
fruit

People go shopping.
They buy many kinds of food.
They buy cereal and fruit.
They buy milk and juice.
How can they carry the food
around the store?
4

wheels

They can use a shopping cart!
A shopping cart has wheels.
A shopping cart moves on its wheels.
The wheels turn around and around.
A shopping cart is easy to move.
5

school bus

children

Some children live far from school.
It is too far to walk.
How can they get to school?
They must find a way to get there.

6

wheel

They can ride on a school bus!
The school bus has wheels.
The bus goes to school on its wheels.
The wheels turn around and around.
The bus takes the children to school.
7


Talk About It
1. How can people move heavy things from place
to place?
2. What has wheels and can help us carry things?

Write About It
3. On a separate sheet of paper, draw a picture

of something that has wheels. Write about how
people use it.

Extend Language
Wagon and way begin with the same sound,
the sound of w. Can you find another word in the
story that begins with that sound?

Wheels turn around and around.
Wheels help us carry things from place
to place.
Wheels help people move from place
to place.
What else can wheels do?
8

ISBN: 0-328-14124-0
Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the
publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission
in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For
information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900
East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V034 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05