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1、www.readinga-WritingWrite a newspaper article from May 1,1931,highlighting the opening of the Empire State Building.Include facts from the book in your article.Social StudiesMake a timeline of the construction of the Empire State Building.Include at least five dates on your timeline.ConnectionsEmpir
2、e State BuildingVisit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.LEVELED BOOK MLEVELED BOOK MWritten by Willy A.HughesEmpire State BuildingA Reading AZ Level M Leveled BookWord Count:543Written by Willie A.Hugheswww.readinga-What makes the Empire State Building special?Focus QuestionFront an
3、d back cover:From the top of the Empire State building,you can see all the way to New York Harbor.Title page:The Fifth Avenue entrance to the Empire State BuildingPage 3:You can see the East River from the top of the Empire State Building.Photo Credits:Front cover,back cover:cocozero003/123RF;title
4、page:Dave King/DK Images;page 3:dbimages/Alamy;page 4:Venemama/D;page 5:Esta/Esta/Superstock;page 6:REX USA/Stuart Atkins;page 7:Underwood&Underwood/Corbis;pages 8,9:Granger,NYC;page 10:Riveters on the Empire State Building,193031(gelatin silver print),Hine,Lewis Wickes(18741940)/Private Collection/
5、Photo Christies Images/Bridgeman Images;page 11:Everett Collection Inc/Alamy;page 12:Everett Collection Historical/Alamy;page 13:Bettmann/Corbis;page 14:Science and Society/Science and Society/Superstock;page 15:REX USA/Caiaimage/RexbeamsconstructelevatorrivetsskyscrapersteelWords to KnowEmpire Stat
6、e BuildingWorld Landmarks Level M Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Willy A.HughesAll rights reserved.www.readinga-CorrelationLEVEL ML1924Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAEmpire State Building 34Table of ContentsTwo Friends Think Big .4Stars and States .5Making Room for Greatness .7Sky Boys .9Zoom
7、 to the Top .11Happy Birthday!.15Glossary .16Two Friends Think BigTwo friends,John Raskob and Al Smith,wanted to build the tallest skyscraper in the world.As children,they were poor.Both had to quit school and go to work.Years later,Raskob was rich and Smith was famous.Together,the two friends made
8、a good team and built the Empire State Building.Their building was the tallest in the world for forty-one years.The builders chose the middle of New York City for their building.Empire State Building Level M34Table of ContentsTwo Friends Think Big .4Stars and States .5Making Room for Greatness .7Sky
9、 Boys .9Zoom to the Top .11Happy Birthday!.15Glossary .16Two Friends Think BigTwo friends,John Raskob and Al Smith,wanted to build the tallest skyscraper in the world.As children,they were poor.Both had to quit school and go to work.Years later,Raskob was rich and Smith was famous.Together,the two f
10、riends made a good team and built the Empire State Building.Their building was the tallest in the world for forty-one years.The builders chose the middle of New York City for their building.Empire State Building Level M56The Empire State BuildingThe Empire State BuildingThe Empire State Building is
11、known as the“worlds most famous office building,”“Americas favorite building,”and even one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.Stars and StatesTake an elevator to the top of this building and you can see parts of five states.Look around and you might see stars,even in the daytime.Famous movie s
12、tars visit to see the view,too.The 102nd floor is for visitors.The 86th floor is for visitors.From the ground to the top is 1,454 feet(443 m).The building has its own zip code10118.The ground floor is much larger than a football field.The address is 350 Fifth Avenue,New York City.From the top of the
13、 Empire State Building,you can see five states.ATLANTIC OCEANNew YorkNew JerseyPennsylvaniaConnecticutMassachusettsView From the Empire State BuildingView From the Empire State Building80 miles(129 km)Empire State Building Level M56The Empire State BuildingThe Empire State BuildingThe Empire State B
14、uilding is known as the“worlds most famous office building,”“Americas favorite building,”and even one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.Stars and StatesTake an elevator to the top of this building and you can see parts of five states.Look around and you might see stars,even in the daytime.Fam
15、ous movie stars visit to see the view,too.The 102nd floor is for visitors.The 86th floor is for visitors.From the ground to the top is 1,454 feet(443 m).The building has its own zip code10118.The ground floor is much larger than a football field.The address is 350 Fifth Avenue,New York City.From the
16、 top of the Empire State Building,you can see five states.ATLANTIC OCEANNew YorkNew JerseyPennsylvaniaConnecticutMassachusettsView From the Empire State BuildingView From the Empire State Building80 miles(129 km)Empire State Building Level M78Huge cranes were used to move giant beams into place.Maki
17、ng Room for GreatnessThe place Raskob and Smith chose for their building was a busy one.A grand hotel was already standing there.The hotel had to go.A skyscraper as big and heavy as the one they planned needed to sit on solid rock.Workers dug down 40 feet(12.2 m)to reach solid rock.Huge trucks carri
18、ed tons of dirt and rock away.It took five months to tear down the hotel and make the hole.Then,on April 7,1930,construction of the Empire State Building began.Men worked day and night to tear down the hotel quickly.The two friends needed to construct their building fast.The hotel was large and hard
19、 to tear down.Empire State Building Level M78Huge cranes were used to move giant beams into place.Making Room for GreatnessThe place Raskob and Smith chose for their building was a busy one.A grand hotel was already standing there.The hotel had to go.A skyscraper as big and heavy as the one they pla
20、nned needed to sit on solid rock.Workers dug down 40 feet(12.2 m)to reach solid rock.Huge trucks carried tons of dirt and rock away.It took five months to tear down the hotel and make the hole.Then,on April 7,1930,construction of the Empire State Building began.Men worked day and night to tear down
21、the hotel quickly.The two friends needed to construct their building fast.The hotel was large and hard to tear down.Empire State Building Level M910Sky BoysStrong metal beams rose.Beams support the skyscraper much as your bones support your body.As the steel beams went higher and higher,crowds gathe
22、red on the streets below.They looked up in wonder as men walked the narrow beams high above.People called the men“sky boys.”Sky boys worked in teams of four to join the beams together with red-hot rivets.Every team member was brave and fast.The steel beams zoomed up an amazing four floors a week.Som
23、e of the best teams were Mohawk Indians from New York State.Some of them could set a rivet every minute.The sky boys were the best show in town.Riveters worked far above the ground floor.They often worked without a safety line.Empire State Building Level M910Sky BoysStrong metal beams rose.Beams sup
24、port the skyscraper much as your bones support your body.As the steel beams went higher and higher,crowds gathered on the streets below.They looked up in wonder as men walked the narrow beams high above.People called the men“sky boys.”Sky boys worked in teams of four to join the beams together with
25、red-hot rivets.Every team member was brave and fast.The steel beams zoomed up an amazing four floors a week.Some of the best teams were Mohawk Indians from New York State.Some of them could set a rivet every minute.The sky boys were the best show in town.Riveters worked far above the ground floor.Th
26、ey often worked without a safety line.Empire State Building Level M1112Zoom to the TopBy June,the steel reached the twenty-fifth floor.Behind the sky boys came other workers.They built the outside wall of the building.These workers were so fast that they started to catch up to the sky boys.August wa
27、s the busiest month.The sky boys were almost to the top.The outside wall made of stone,windows,and metal was going up a floor a day.Inside,thousands of workers were busy.In August,there were 3,500 workers doing 60 different kinds of jobs.By June,the Empire State Building was higher than most of the
28、buildings around it.Empire State Building Level M1112Zoom to the TopBy June,the steel reached the twenty-fifth floor.Behind the sky boys came other workers.They built the outside wall of the building.These workers were so fast that they started to catch up to the sky boys.August was the busiest mont
29、h.The sky boys were almost to the top.The outside wall made of stone,windows,and metal was going up a floor a day.Inside,thousands of workers were busy.In August,there were 3,500 workers doing 60 different kinds of jobs.By June,the Empire State Building was higher than most of the buildings around i
30、t.Empire State Building Level M1314Getting supplies to so many workers was taking too much time.Workers laid tracks around each floor to speed things up.Carts were loaded and pushed along the tracks right to the workers.In November,Al Smith stood proud.He was on the 102nd floor.The steel beams had r
31、eached the very top.He was also scared standing that high up on a beam.The last rivet was placed.When he smashed it into the beam,the steel work was done!That rivet made newspaper headlines.Not only was it the last one set,but it was also the only one made of gold.These two steel workers are very cl
32、ose to the top.Their work is almost done.Working so high off the ground was dangerous.The men had to be brave.Empire State Building Level M1314Getting supplies to so many workers was taking too much time.Workers laid tracks around each floor to speed things up.Carts were loaded and pushed along the
33、tracks right to the workers.In November,Al Smith stood proud.He was on the 102nd floor.The steel beams had reached the very top.He was also scared standing that high up on a beam.The last rivet was placed.When he smashed it into the beam,the steel work was done!That rivet made newspaper headlines.No
34、t only was it the last one set,but it was also the only one made of gold.These two steel workers are very close to the top.Their work is almost done.Working so high off the ground was dangerous.The men had to be brave.Empire State Building Level M1516Happy Birthday!The building opened on May 1,1931.
35、Fifty years later,in 1981,the building was made a landmark.It is protected by law and cannot be torn down.Al Smith said his building was made for the future,and he was right!It will be standing tall in New York for a long time to come.Glossarybeams(n.)long,sturdy pieces of wood or metal that are use
36、d in building(p.9)construct(v.)to make or build something(p.7)elevator(n.)a platform that carries people and things to different floors in a building(p.5)rivets(n.)bits of metal that hold something together (p.10)skyscraper(n.)a very tall building(p.4)steel(n.)a kind of strong metal made of iron and
37、 carbon(p.9)On special holidays,the building uses colorful lights to put on shows.Empire State Building Level M1516Happy Birthday!The building opened on May 1,1931.Fifty years later,in 1981,the building was made a landmark.It is protected by law and cannot be torn down.Al Smith said his building was
38、 made for the future,and he was right!It will be standing tall in New York for a long time to come.Glossarybeams(n.)long,sturdy pieces of wood or metal that are used in building(p.9)construct(v.)to make or build something(p.7)elevator(n.)a platform that carries people and things to different floors
39、in a building(p.5)rivets(n.)bits of metal that hold something together (p.10)skyscraper(n.)a very tall building(p.4)steel(n.)a kind of strong metal made of iron and carbon(p.9)On special holidays,the building uses colorful lights to put on shows.Empire State Building Level MWritten by Willie A.Hughe
40、swww.readinga-What makes the Empire State Building special?Focus QuestionFront and back cover:From the top of the Empire State building,you can see all the way to New York Harbor.Title page:The Fifth Avenue entrance to the Empire State BuildingPage 3:You can see the East River from the top of the Em
41、pire State Building.Photo Credits:Front cover,back cover:cocozero003/123RF;title page:Dave King/DK Images;page 3:dbimages/Alamy;page 4:Venemama/D;page 5:Esta/Esta/Superstock;page 6:REX USA/Stuart Atkins;page 7:Underwood&Underwood/Corbis;pages 8,9:Granger,NYC;page 10:Riveters on the Empire State Buil
42、ding,193031(gelatin silver print),Hine,Lewis Wickes(18741940)/Private Collection/Photo Christies Images/Bridgeman Images;page 11:Everett Collection Inc/Alamy;page 12:Everett Collection Historical/Alamy;page 13:Bettmann/Corbis;page 14:Science and Society/Science and Society/Superstock;page 15:REX USA
43、/Caiaimage/RexbeamsconstructelevatorrivetsskyscrapersteelWords to KnowEmpire State BuildingWorld Landmarks Level M Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Willy A.HughesAll rights reserved.www.readinga-CorrelationLEVEL ML1924Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAEmpire State Building www.readinga-WritingWrit
44、e a newspaper article from May 1,1931,highlighting the opening of the Empire State Building.Include facts from the book in your article.Social StudiesMake a timeline of the construction of the Empire State Building.Include at least five dates on your timeline.ConnectionsEmpire State BuildingVisit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.LEVELED BOOK MLEVELED BOOK MWritten by Willy A.HughesEmpire State BuildingA Reading AZ Level M Leveled BookWord Count:543