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TCM 14620

Level 2.4

Word Count: 462

Reading Level Correlations:

Early Intervention Level 20

Guided Reading Level K

DRA Level 24

Lexile 630L

In big cities, people work

and live in skyscrapers.

Have you ever wondered

how these towers are

built? How tall can they be?

Follow along to see how a

skyscraper goes up and what

goes on inside!

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Madison Spielman

Teacher Created Materials

5301 Oceanus Drive

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ISBN 978-1-4333-3620-1

2012 by Teacher Created Materials, Inc.

Consultant

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.

Kent State University

Publishing Credits

Dona Herweck Rice, Editor-in-Chief

Robin Erickson, Production Director

Lee Aucoin, Creative Director

Conni Medina, M.A.Ed., Editorial Director

Jamey Acosta, Editor

Stephanie Reid, Photo Editor

Rachelle Cracchiolo, M.S.Ed., Publisher

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Based on writing from TIME For Kids.

TIME For Kids and the TIME For Kids logo are registered trademarks of TIME Inc.

Used under license.

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ISBN-13: 978-1-68444-789-3 (e-book)

Table of Contents

Room for Millions ..................... 4

Elevators ..................................... 8

What Is a Skyscraper? ............ 10

Building Skyscrapers ............. 12

What Is Inside a

Skyscraper? .......................... 22

The Tallest Skyscrapers ..........

Glossary .................................... 28

Room for Millions

Millions of people live and

work in the worlds biggest cities.

Is there enough room for

them? Where do they live?

Where do they work?

Long ago, big cities started

to become too crowded.

People had to find a way to

make room for everyone.

Since they had no more room

to build out , they decided to

build up instead.

Elevators

At first they could not build

very high. How would people

climb all of those stairs? Then

the elevator was invented.

People could easily get to the top

of tall buildings.

That is how the first

skyscrapers came to be.

What Is a Skyscraper?

A skyscraper is a building

that seems to scrape the sky.

You must look up, up, up to see

the top.

Skyscrapers must be very

strong to go that high. Long

ago, people did not know how

to build such strong buildings.

Now they know how.

Building Skyscrapers

First, machines dig a large,

deep hole.

A structure of steel and

concrete is then built in the hole.

This is the base .

In order to be sturdy, a

skyscraper must have a wide,

strong base.

column

iron plate

concrete

pad

steel

beams

base

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