How are growth and change related?

This unit is about ways in which people and things grow and change. You’ll find out how seeds grow. You’ll read about young people
growing up and Americans moving.
Reading, writing, and talking about
these topics will give you practice
using academic language and help you
become a better student.
READING 1: Science Article,
Folktale
■ “How Seeds and Plants Grow”
■ “Two Brothers and the Pumpkin
Seeds” by Barbara Baumgartner
READING 2: Novel Excerpt
■ From Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor
READING 3: Social Studies Article
■ “Migration Patterns”
READING 4: Short Story
■ “Abuela Invents the Zero”
by Judith Ortiz Cofer