CONTENTS 1
1.Famous Names 1
2.Mr.and Mrs.Ryan 4
3.A Language Game 6
4.Mr.Neff 8
5.Around the World 10
6.An Experience and a Word 13
7.A Letter to a Teacher 15
8.Good News 17
9.At Rudy's Restaurant 19
10.A Big American and a Little American 21
11.A Letter From a Pen Pal 23
12.People in a Picture 26
13.Rain on a Monday Morning 29
14.The Climate of the United States 32
15.Paul's Headache 35
16.Before the History Test 38
17.Vacation Plans 41
18.Don't Fail tbe Memory Test! 44
19.The Size of the United States 46
20.Where Did Americans Come From? 49
21.A Dangerous Sport 51
22.The Four Largest Cities 54
23.Schools in the U.S.A 57
24.The President 60
25.Two Great Men of Science 63
26.The Housing Problem 66
27.Sittingon the Steps 69
28.Quintuplets 72
29.The House Was Not Big Enough 75
30.I Hope You Can Visit New York 79
31.I'm Sorry I Can't 82
32.Two Women 84
33.Mail Service 87
34.A Poem by Emily Dickin?on 89
35.How Did the States Get Their Names? 92
36.In Another Country 95
37.After Nancy's Party 98
38.America in the Machine Age 100
39.People and Things 104
40.Twenty Questions 106
41.The Three Bears 109
42.In the Three Bears'House 111
43.Stone Walls in New England 114
44.Farm Life in the United States 117
45.New Tools for Old 121
46.A Television Advertisement 125
47.An Invitation and Two Replies 127
48.The Walk 130
49.The Information Would Be Appreciated 132
50.The Newspaper Boy 135
51.Please Send Me the Necessary Forms 138
52.Neighbors 141
53.American Youth 145
54.Who Was He? 148
55.Mr.,Mrs.,Miss,and Ms 151
56.A Child Who Could Not See,Hear,or Speak 154
57.Helen Keller's First Lesson 157
58.Spelling by Touching 160
59.Discovering How Words Work 163
60.Into the World of Language 166
APPENDIX 1 169
APPENDIX 2 176
Suggestions to the Teacher 199