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a n ote to p arentS and t eaCherS

Brain Q uest r eading focuses on literacyskills in addition to the standard lan-guage arts curriculum. Our new formatallows parents and teachers to assessindividual students strengths and weak-nesses in the areas of reading andlanguage and to monitor their progressthrough-out the year.

t eSt and t eaChThe stories and questions are scaled fromless challenging to advanced levels so thatall students, whether struggling or suc-

cessful, can enjoythe satisfaction of answering correctly.Because Brain Quest r eading is based onthe curriculum taught throughout theschool year, some questions may be more

difficult to answer early inthe year and may thus require more inputfrom parent or teacher. Working one-on-one with a student can pinpoint his or herspecific needs or abilities.

Students who need assistance in read-ing can benefit from looking at the storycards as they are read aloud by an adultand/or taking turns reading out loud.

a dd Fun to the g ameThe purpose of Brain Quest is to engagestudents interest and to teach that learn-ing can be fun both at home and in the

classroom. The Extensions category atthe end of each language arts card invitescreative pursuits, such as making up newstories, aswell as outside research. Interactionshould be encouraged in this cate-gory, with sufficient time allowed forwriting, drawing, extra reading, and dis-cussion.

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Side One

1. THE PUPPET SHOW2. TADPOLE TO FROG3. RIDE INTO SPACE4. THE TRICK

5. AHOY, MATE!6. ITS A BABY!7 . CRUMB CATCHER8.

BIRDS EVERYWHERE9. THE MATTRESS TEST

10. THE TEDDY BEAR11. YOSEMITE12. THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE13. JIM AND SAM14. OH! SAY, CAN YOU SEE?

Side twO

15. THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW16. FLYING AWAY

17. BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES18. SNACKS19. FOSSILS

20. TWO HEADS ARE BETTER!21. SOUR GRAPES22. BILLS SKILLS23. THE PLANT DOCTOR24. SOUND SCIENCE25. CAMPING U.S.A.26. hola!

27. DOWNHILL RACER28. ASOKA THE KING

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Side One

29. TIME FOR A CHANGE30. MILLIES NEW HOME31. WHAT IS WHEAT?32. THE BIG APPLE33. EATING RIGHT34. BURROWING IN35. SITTING BULL36. A SCARY NIGHT37. BIGGER THAN LIFE38. A NEW NEIGHBOR

39. THE SOGGY SWAMP40. THE FORTY-NINERS41. THE RIGHT BALANCE

42. A RIDDLESide twO

43. PATTY AND GERTIE

44. ABRAHAM LINCOLN45. EDDIES ADVENTURE46. THE RIGHT TO RIDE47.

BILLS, BILLS, BILLS48. SONG DOGS49. STARS AND STRIPES50. COSMIC CRUSADERS51. CHINESE NEW YEAR52. JONIS COLLECTION53. MUSCLE MAGIC

54. RIDING THE RANGE55. THE CONTINENTS56. A FUN POEM

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The PuPPeT Show Mike, Casey, Bob and Katieare neighbors. They liketo play together and arealways thinking of newways to have fun.

One day, theycreated hand puppets outof old socks, bits of fabric,yarn and buttons. Theybuilt a stage out of a bigcardboard box and madeadmission tickets fromscraps of colored paper.

They even wrote a funnyscript about a boy and girlwho get lost in Crazyland.In Crazyland, dogs meow,cats wear glasses, horsesfly and children walk ontheir hands.

The audience loved the

puppet show and hopedto see another one realsoon.

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What did the audience hopefor at the end of the show?

Who gets lost in Crazyland?

Name at least two thingsthat were used to makethe puppets.

What are the four friends inthe story always thinking of?

Did they create hand puppetsor string puppets?

What was used to build

the stage?

What do cats wear inCrazyland?

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to see another one real soon

a boy and a girl

socks, fabric, yarn, buttons

new ways to have fun

hand puppets

a big cardboard box

glasses

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Create your ownCrazyland. Tell whathappens there.

Do actors memorizethe words in a ticket,a fabric or a script?

Find the verbs inthis sentence:The dogs meow and

the horses fly.

Which word refersto a person: neighbor

or neighborhood?

The plural of sock

is spelled socks.How do you spell theplural of box?

Which letters in the word audience arenoT vowels?

Put these names in ABCorder: Mike, Katie, Bob,

Casey.

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Dont forget to include

opposites of the waysthings happen in reallife.

a script

meow, fly

neighbor

boxes (boxes)

d, n, c

Bob, Casey, Katie, Mike

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What hatches froman egg? If its a frogsegg, what hatches is atadpole, wiggling in thewater like a little fish.

A tadpole eats and swimsand gets bigger every day.Then something amazinghappens.

Legs begin to sprout.The tail shrinks. The

gills are replaced by lungs.Bit by bit, the tadpole is

transformed into a froglet,which then grows up to bean adult frog.

The frog uses its stickytongue to catch bugs andworms. Some frogs spendtheir whole lives in the water,but most divide their time

between the water and theland. Some even live in trees!

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Are tadpoles gills used for breathing or swimming?

Name two things that youngfrogs eat.

Most frogs live partly in the water and partly on land. True or false?

Is a young frog called a froggy or a froglet?

Does a tadpole look likea fish or a frog?

Is a tadpole born with legs

or a tail?

How do they catch their food?

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breathing

worms and bugs

true (Animals who live this way are called amphibians.)

a froglet

a fish

a tail

with their sticky tongues

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Make a list of other animals that hatchfrom eggs.

When somethingshrinks, does it be-come larger or smaller?

Find the action word:breath, breathe.

Does sprout meanto grow or to divide?

Spell the word thatmeans to come outof an egg.

How many syllables are

in the word wiggles?

Find a word in tadpolefor something that holds

a flag.

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Did you remember

to name insects, fish,snakes and turtles,as well as birds?

smaller

breathe(When you breathe, you take a breath.)

to grow

hatch (hatch)(Genius Point!)

two (wiggles)

pole

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r ide inTo SPaceDo you love knowingthings? Then youre justlike Sally Ride.

In school, Sally workedhard to learn everything she

could. When she grewup, she might havebeen a writer, but

she decided tobecome an astronaut

instead. She learned tofly jets, and she helped todesign a robot arm that

could grab things in space.Then, in 1983, she joined thecrew of the Challenger space

shuttle and became the firstAmerican woman to fly inspace. Afterwards, she wroteall about her adventures andbecame a teacher, too.

Sally Ride sure proved onething. With knowledge, youllgo places!

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What did Sally Ride prove?

Before Sally flew onthe shuttle, what did shelearn to fly?

Did Sally become a writer before or after she flew in space?

Finish this sentence: Sally Ride was the first American

woman to . . .

What was the name of her space shuttle?

What kind of arm can grab

things in space?

After flying in space, did Sally become a doctor or a teacher?

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With knowledge, youll go places!

jets

after

. . . fly in space.

the Challenger

a robot arm

a teacher

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What do you dreamof doing when yougrow up?

What is the base wordin knowledge?

Today, I fly. Yesterday, I. . . what?

Challenger is to chal- lengeas teacher

is to . . . what?

Which word can meanalso: to or too?

Which word doesnoT have a long i vowel

sound: ride, wing, like, write?

Which letters in the word author spell a

word for 60 minutes?

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Write it down, date it

and save it, so youllalways remember your dream.

know

flew

teach

too (too)

wing

hour (hour)

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The Trick

Trudy the trout went fora swim with Mickey the

mackerel. The two friendswere looking for a morsel toeat.

Look at that worm squig-gling in the water! saidTrudy. She began to swimtoward the worm.

Wait! shouted Mickey.

Whats that shiny thing at-tached to the worm?As the two fish swam clos-

er to the worm, they saw thatthe shiny object was a hook!Its a good thing we werecareful, Trudy said. Theworm looked like a snack, but

it was a trick.Yes, said Mickey. Oneof us might have been the

snack today!The two friends swam

off to safety.

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Is this story mainly about be-ing hungry, friendly or careful?

How were the friends careful?

What caught the attentionof the fish?

Who was swimming withTrudy the trout?

Were the two friends hungry,sleepy or thirsty?

The worm looked like asnack, but it was a trick. What was the trick?

If Trudy and Mickey hadntseen the hook, they might

have ended up as . . . what?

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careful

They checked before eatingthe worm.

a squiggling worm

Mickey the mackerel

hungry

The worm looked like some-thing good to eat, butit was attached to a hook.

a snack

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Write a short story in which two animalsspeak to each other.

Find another wordfor squiggle: swim,squirm, squat, squeak.

Choose the right verb:The two fish (swum,swam, swimmed) to

safety.

Is a morsel a large mealor a small piece

of food?

Spell the word that ends

this sentence: Mickey the mackerel is a friendof Trudy the . . .

Which words rhyme witheach other: book, spook,look, hook?

Why are quotation marksused in a story?

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Be sure to use quota-tion marks when theanimals speak.

squirm

swam

a small piece of food

trout (trout)

book, look, hook

to show that someone(or something) is talking

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a hoy , M aTe !Pirates were seamen whostole from other ships.Their own ships usuallyflew a black flag called aJolly Roger, which was

decorated with a whiteskull and crossbones.One famous pirate

was nicknamed Black-beard because he braidedhis long black beard andtied the braids with rib-bons. Blackbeard terror-

ized sailors and stole theirships treasure, includingchests of gold coins andprecious jewels. Peoplebelieved that he buried histreasure on a secret islandin the Caribbean Sea.

Blackbeard lived over 200

years ago, but people arestill hunting for histreasure!

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How long ago did Blackbeardlive?

What is a Jolly Roger?

How did Blackbeard get hisnickname?

Were pirates real or imaginary people?

Did pirates steal from houses,trains or ships?

What treasures did

Blackbeard steal?

Is Blackbeards stolen trea-sure believed tobe buried on an islandor under the water?

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over 200 years ago

a pirates flag

He braided his black beard andtied the braids with ribbons.

real

ships

gold coins and precious jewels

on an island

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What do you picture in your mind when youhear the word pirate?

Is a container full of treasure called a crate,a chest or a barrel?

Find the proper noun:pirate, Blackbeard,treasure, island.

Find a synonym of steal: fly, tie, bury,

rob.

Is the word for

a person who sailsspelled sailer or sailor?

The ship flew a black flag. Which words

in this sentence start with the same sound?

The name of this story is Ahoy, Mate! Whatsanother word for thename of a story?

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Make a drawing of apirate or write a story about one.

a chest

Blackbeard

rob

sailor (sailor)

flew, flag

title(Genius Point!)

a hoy , MaTe !

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iTS a B aBy !John and Jenny went tothe zoo to see the babyanimals.

In the zebra exhibit, thecolt stood next to its

mother, the mare.The father zebra, orstallion, was graz-

ing at the far end of thefield.

The lions were lying sideby side in the shade. Thelioness and her cub seemed

to like the warmth of thefather lion.John spotted the joey, or

baby kangaroo, in the doespouch. The babys dad, abuck, was taking a nap.

Jennys favorite was

the elephant calf. The cowstroked her baby with hertrunk. It was fun

to find all thebabies at the zoo.

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What was Jennys favoritebaby animal?

In the story, which mother animal is called a cow?

A lioness is a male lion.True or false?

Where did John and Jenny goto see the baby animals?

Is a baby zebra called a cubor a colt?

What is a joey?

What do we call a femalekangaroo?

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the elephant calf

the elephant mother

false (A lioness is a femalelion.)

to the zoo

a colt

a baby kangaroo

a doe

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Look up the names of

these baby animals:goose, sheep, deer, whale.

Find the female in thislist of animals: bull,buck, mare, stallion.

Fix the verb in this sen-tence: The lions werelaying side by side.

What do we call anelephants nose?

Spell the word for morethan one baby.

Which words rhyme witheach other: moose, zoo,cow, kangaroo?

Rearrange the letters innap to make the wordfor something used inthe kitchen.

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Find out what themother is called ineach case.

mare (a female zebraor horse)

The lions werelying side by side.(Genius Point!)

a trunk

babies (babies)

zoo, kangaroo

pan (pan)

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c ruMB c aTcher

Ted shared a cookie with hislittle sister, Snooky. Sudden-ly, he saw a crumb movingon the ground.

Oh, look! said Ted.

A little ant is carrying acrumb back to its colony.Whats a colony? Snooky

asked.Ants and other insects live

in colonies, said Ted, whohad just read a book aboutthe insect world. Each mem-

ber of an ant colony has a job.The queen lays eggs. Workersfind food, dig tunnels andcare for the babies. Its a lot ofwork being an ant.

Well, I hope they like thecookie, Snooky said.

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What does Snooky hope?

Do worker ants lay eggsor find food?

Ted and Snooky each had their own cookie. True or false?

Did Ted learn about antsby reading a book or

watching TV?

What did Ted see movingon the ground?

How do we know that Snooky

is younger than Ted?

Do ants belong to the insect world or the world of spiders?

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that the ants will likethe cookie

They find food.

false (Ted shared his cookie with Snooky.)

reading a book

a crumb

because shes his little sister

the insect world

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What would it be like to

be an ant? Write a story with pictures about the way you would live.

What word rhymes withfunnel and meansundergroundpassage?

Ted shared a cookie with his little sister. Which word is a verb?

Find a word that meansthe same as colony:

nest, group, ground.

Rearrange the letters inant to spell something you can get from the sun.

Which two words havethe same a sound as

back: bake, black, lay,snack?

What punctuation mark do you need to make a

contraction of it is?

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Would you live in

an anthill? Would yoube the queen or oneof her workers?

tunnel

shared

group

tan (tan)

black, snack

an apostrophe (its)

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B irds E vErywhErE

I look out my windowAnd what do I see?A red-breasted robinSinging in a tree.

Ho! Whats that over there?It must be a sparrowSurveying the scene fromThe rim of a wheelbarrow.

Now down on the beach,Landing in a wind lull,Some perky sandpipersAnd a graceful

seagull.

Rat-a-tat-tat!Who could be so rude?A redheaded woodpeckerDrilling for food.

And high on a cliff,Tall, proud and regal,Stands none other than

The mightybald eagle.

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What bird stands tall andregal?

Is the woodpecker baldor redheaded?

Which bird is perched on therim of a wheelbarrow?

What kind of bird do we meetfirst in the poem?

What is the robin doing?

What is the woodpecker look-

ing for?

Name one kind of bird thatlands on the beach.

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the bald eagle

redheaded

a sparrow

a red-breasted robin

singing in a tree

food

sandpiper, seagull

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Make up a line to rhyme

with this line:I hear the squawkingof a crow.

Is a lull the sameas a pause, a gust or a storm?

Find the nouns:The mighty bald eaglestood on a cliff.

Does the word rimmean the same as

middle or edge?

Is the word for

a strip of sandspelled beechor beach?

Which consonant is not pronounced in the wordspelled scene?

What letter can replacethe r in regal to make

a synonym of lawful?

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Possible rhymes in-clude: bow, flow,slow, no, know.

a pause(Genius Point!)

eagle, cliff

edge

beach (beach)

c (scene)

l (legal)

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ThE M aTTrEss TEsTOnce upon a time, therewas a prince who wantedto get married. To be surethat her sons bride was atrue princess, the queen

made up a test. She put ahard, dried pea under ahuge stack of mattressesin the guest room. Onlya true princess would beable to feel this pea whenshe sleeps here, thoughtthe queen.

Each girl awoke feelingrested and refreshed. Andeach was told to leave thecastle. Then one morninga girl complained that shehadnt slept well. There

was a hardlump in my

back all night!she said.The prince

had found hisbride. They gotmarried andlived happilyever after.

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How does this story end?

In the story, the bed was very comfortable for mostof the girls who slept on it.True or false?

How did the princes mother plan to find a true princessfor her son?

Who wanted to get marriedin this story?

Is the mother of a princecalled a queen or a princess?

If a girl woke up feelingrested, why was she askedto leave the castle?

How did the prince know hehad found his bride?

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The prince and princess mar-ried and lived happily ever after.

true

She put a hard, dried peaunder a stack of mattresses totest each girls sensitivity.

a prince

a queen

because sleeping well meant

she didnt feel the pea

The girl felt the pea under allthe mattresses.

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Tell your own fairy tale.

Begin with Once upona time and end withhappily ever after.

What small word do yousee in all these words:prince, king, complain?

Fix the mistake:I telled the girl toleave the castle.

Find the antonyms:hard, round, soft, dried.

Rearrange the letters

in the word lumpto make the word for a kind of fruit.

What sound do the let-ters gh makein the word enough?

What letter of the alpha-bet sounds like

the name of a vegetable?

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Did you base your story characters on people you know?

in

I told the girl to leavethe castle.

hard, soft

plum

an f sound

p (sounds like pea)

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ThE TEddy BEar One day, on a huntingtrip, President TheodoreRoosevelt saw asmall bear in thewoods. The bear

would have been easyto shoot, but the Presidentlet it run away.

Newspapers printedthe story, and a famouscartoon showed the bearwith the President, whosenickname was Teddy.

Then companies beganmaking little Teddybears to sell.

President Rooseveltwent on to make newlaws that protectednature. He also set asidemillions of acres where

animals and plants couldbe safe in the wild.

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What office did TheodoreRoosevelt hold at the timeof this story?

What was TheodoreRoosevelts nickname?

Where did people readthe story of Rooseveltand the bear?

What kind of trip was Theo-dore Roosevelt on

when he met the bear?

What size was the bear thatTheodore Roosevelt saw?

What did Roosevelt do to help

animal and plant life?

What name did the companiesgive to the bears they began

to make?

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He was President of theUnited States.

Teddy

in the newspapers

a hunting trip

It was a small bear.

He made laws and set asideland to protect animals andplants.

Teddy bears

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Write a short story

about a teddy bear that wants to be someonesspecial toy.

Is a funny drawingcalled a carton or a cartoon?

Fill in the missing word:I am, you are, he . . .

What word rhymes withtall but means the

opposite of big?

Is the name of the ani-

mal in the story spelledbear or bare?

Which word has a tthats pronounced

like tch: nationor nature?

The bear lived safely in the wild. In this sen-tence, is wild a noun or an adjective?

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What kind of person would the teddy bear want to belong to?

a cartoon

is

small

bear (bear)

nature(The t in nation is

pronounced like sh.)(Genius Point!)

a noun

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y osEMiTEYosemite National Park

lies in the heart of theSierra Nevada mountainsin California. The park has

a large pine wildernessarea full of plants andanimals. Giant sequoiatrees grow there, and adeep valley runs through

its middle. The valley wascreated by big sheets ofice called glaciers. There

are also spectacular cliffsand Americas highestwaterfall.

The best way to see Yo-semites natural wonders

is to hike through the parkand camp overnight.

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Whats the best way to seethe sights in the park?

What runs through the middleof Yosemite National Park?

Sequoia trees grow to be very tall. True or false?

In which state can you visit Yosemite National Park?

At Yosemite, you can see Americas highest . . . what?

What mountains can you see

in Yosemite National Park?

Was Yosemite Valley createdby glaciers, an earthquake or

a meteorite?

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to hike through the park andcamp overnight

a valley

true

California

waterfall

the Sierra Nevada mountains

glaciers

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Tell about a beautifulplace where you wenthiking or camping.

What do we call an areathat is uninhabited by humans?

Which words should start with capital letters?tuesday we will visit

yosemite national park.

Find another wordfor a big sheet of ice: valley, glacier, cliff,mountain.

Spell the word that starts

with m and comesbetween beginningand end.

Which word doesnot rhyme with grow:crow, know, now, show?

Which word has all the vowels in the alphabet:Sierra, sequoia, heart, waterfall?

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What did you like about

the place you visited? Was there anything you didnt like?

a wilderness(Genius Point!)

Tuesday, Yosemite,National, Park

glacier

middle (middle)

now (rhymes with cow)

sequoia

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ThE TorToisE and ThE h arE

In the forest there lived

a tortoise and a hare. Atortoise is a turtle. A hareis a rabbit.

One afternoon, the hareteased the tortoise aboutbeing so slow. The tortoisetold the hare that he wasfaster than he looked and

challenged the hare to arace. The hare laughed outloud at such a silly idea!

The two animals beganto race, and soon the harewas so far ahead that hedecided to take a nap.While he slept, the tortoise

not only caught up butquietly passed the hare.The hare woke up

just in time to see thetortoise win!

The moral: Slowand steady winsthe race.

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What is the moral of this story?

What did the rabbit do inthe middle of the race?

What did the hare do whenthe tortoise challenged himto a race?

Where did the tortoiseand the hare live?

What kind of animal isa tortoise?

Did the race take place in the

morning or the afternoon?

Who won the race?

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Being slow but steady is better than just being fast.

He took a nap.

He laughed out loud.

in the forest

a turtle

the afternoon

the tortoise

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Make a list of other animals that are knownfor being fast.

Find the oppositeof quietly: softly,smoothly, loudly,quickly.

Fix the mistake:The tortoise catchedup and won the race.

Is a moral the samething as a challenge

or a lesson?

Is the word for a kind of rabbit spelled hareor hair?

How many syllables are

in the word animal?

Which should alwaysbe written as two words: outloud, ahead,afternoon?

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What animals are slow?

loudly

The tortoise caught upand won the race.

a lesson

hare (hare)

three (an imal)

out loud

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J iM and s aM

Jim invited Sam to hishouse to play cars andtrucks. Sam brought hisfast red car, his bluedump truck and his favor-ite vehicle of alla yellow bulldozer.

Jim has many vehiclesof his own. He also hasa racetrackand a parking garage.

The boys had a goodtime pretending to workat a construction site.And there were many

thrills and spills as theyraced their cars!When Jims dad called

them to the kitchen for asnack, they parked their

vehicles in thegarage. It was afun day.

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Where did the boys park their vehicles?

At a construction site, would you expect to see a race car or a dump truck?

What is Sams favorite vehicle?

Which happened first?The boys had a snack.Sam went home. Jim invited Sam over.

Which word would definitely not

describe Jim and Sam:enemies, classmates, friends,neighbors?

Where did the boys pretend

they were working?

Where was Jims dad whenhe called the boys to come

and have a snack?

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in the garage

a dump truck

a yellow bulldozer

Jim invited Sam over.

enemies

at a construction site

in the kitchen

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Whats your favoritegame to play with afriend?

Find another word for place: sit, site, suit.

Find the two nouns inthis sentence: Most vehicles have wheels.

Are vehicles usedfor education or trans-

portation?

Rearrange the letters in

the word own to spelltwo other three-letter words.

Which g in the wordgarage is pronouncedlike a j?

Choose another title for this story: Time for aSnack, Cars and Trucks,Its Mine, Not Yours.

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Is there a game that you play at home with your family?

site

vehicles, wheels

transportation

now, won

the second g

Cars and Trucks

J iM and saM

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o h ! s ay , C an y ou s EE?

The War of 1812 was two

years old, and British war-ships were lined upto attack Fort McHenry

on the Baltimore harbor.Inside the fort, Americansoldiers got ready to fightthe enemy. The flag of theUnited States flew proudly

atop the fort. Soon bombswere bursting in the air.Francis Scott Key was

watching the battle. Whowill win? he wondered.Dawn finally came, and inthe daylight he saw thatthe flag still flew atop the

fort. The British had beenturned away!Key wrote a poem about

that night. His poem wasset to musicand became

The Star-SpangledBanner, the

Americannational anthem.

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What is the name of the American national anthem?

How did Key know thatthe Americans had won?

Where was the American flagduring the battle?

This story takes place duringthe War of 1812. What enemy

were the Americans fighting?

Name the poet who was watch-ing the battle.

Was it dawn or evening when it became clear thatthe Americans had won?

Is a national anthem meantto be sung or recited like a

poem?

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The Star-Spangled Banner

The American flag was stillflying over the fort.

atop Fort McHenry

the British

Francis Scott Key

dawn

sung

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Read about the famous

Battle of New Orleanson the Internet or atthe library.

Does dawn come be-tween night and morn-ing or between after-noon and night?

Which two words need ahyphen between them:day light, star spangled,

war ship?

Choose the right word:Francis Scott Key saw bombs (busting,bursting) in air.

Spell the plural of enemy.

Which word has asilent b: bomb or bom-bardment?

Which word comes firstin a dictionary: fort, flew,

flag, fight.

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Compare the date of the

battle to the dateof the treaty that endedthe War of 1812.

between night andmorning

star-spangled(Daylight and war-ship are written

as one word.)

bursting

enemies(enemies)

bomb

fight

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There OughT TO

Be a L aw Dear Congresswoman Kelly:I think too many people aremean to kids. Heres my idea:

Congress is where laws are

written. So writethe always-be-nice-to-kids

law and getCongressto vote

on it!Aftereveryone

votes yes, send it to thePresident. If the President saysyes, its a done deal! If theanswer is no, Congress canvote yes again and make ita law anyway!

If some meanie doesnt likethe law and asks the Supreme

Court to overturn it, I knowthe court will say, No, its thegreatest law ever!

Yours respectfully,Tanya Baker

P.S. My parentsvoted for you!

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Did she sign her full nameor just her first name?

Congress can vote to make anew law even if the Presidentsays no. True or false?

In our government, a singleperson can make a new law.True or false?

Did Tanya write to a manor a woman?

What did Tanya call her law?

According to Tanya, what kindof person might ask the Su-

preme Court to overturnthe law?

Did Tanya write a formalletter or an informal note?

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She signed her full name.

true

false (Laws have to be ap-proved by Congress.)

a woman (CongresswomanKelly)

the always-be-nice-to-kidslaw

a meanie

a formal letter

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What law would you write if you were incharge of our country?

Finish this series:great, greater, . . .

How do you punctuateRespectfully yoursat the end of a letter?

Find two synonyms:great, idea, deal,

thought.

Spell the four-letter

word that begins withm and means the op-posite of yours.

Which word doesnOT have the i sound inwrite: hide, shine, gift?

Rearrange the letters inkids to make a word

that means to slide.

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Get a grown-up to help

you and send your ideato your representativein Congress!

greatest

with a commaafter yours

idea, thought

mine (mine)

gift

skid

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FLying a way Mario is about to take atrip. He and hisparents areflying to Canadafor a vacation.

At the airport, Mariowaits in line at the airlineticket counter. When itshis turn, the ticket agenttakes his suitcase and putsit on a moving belt. Airportworkers at the other endof the belt will load his

suitcase onto the plane.

When their tickets havebeen checked, Marioand his parents go to theplanes departure gate.Through the window, they

can see another plane getready to take off.Mario is thrilled.

This will be his firstride on a jet plane!

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Why is Mario thrilled?

Where do Mario and his par-ents wait to board the plane?

Where does Mario wait in line?

Where are Mario andhis parents going for

a vacation?

How are they getting there?

What will happen to Mariossuitcase when it gets to theend of the moving belt?

What do they see throughthe window?

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This will be his first ride ona jet plane.

at the departure gate

at the airline ticket counter

Canada

by airplane

Airport workers will load it

onto the plane.

another plane getting ready to take off

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Tell about a trip youvealready taken or wantto take in the future.

Is a person who checksairplane tickets calleda ticket counter or aticket agent?

Fill in the missing word:I fly, you fly, he . . .

When you boarda plane, are yougetting on the planeor off the plane?

Is the word that comesbefore second spelledfurst or first?

Which words rhyme witheach other: you, go, to,through?

Which should be written as two words:airport, airforce,airline, aircraft?

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Do you have a favorite

way of traveling (car, bus,train or plane)? Whats your least favorite?

a ticket agent

flies

on the plane

first (first)

you, to, through

air force(Genius Point!)

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BeauTiFuL BuTTerFLiesTo make your very ownbutterfly, all you needis a piece of paper,a paintbrush andsome paint.

1. Fold the paper in halfto make a crease downthe center. Open up thepaper and lay it flat.

2. Fill in the wings withcolor. Let dry. On one

side of the creaseput two spots of a

different color, one abovethe other. Refold the pa-per and press down.

3. Open up the paper.There will be four spotsof color on the wings. Useyour paintbrush to add abody down the crease and

two antennae on the head.Hang up your print orsend it to someone as a

card. Be sure to sign it!

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Name two things you can do with your butterfly print.

Where do you paint the but-terflys body?

Which do you do first:fold the paper or fill inthe wings with color?

What does this project teach you to make?

What three things do you needfor this project?

Are the wings at the sidesof the paper or on the topand bottom?

Where do the antennae go?

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hang it up; send it as a card

on the crease

fold the paper

a butterfly

a piece of paper, a paintbrushand some paint

at the sides

on the head

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Try painting other designs using foldedpaper.

Does a butterfly have two antennasor two antennae?

Fix the verb: I draweda beautiful butterfly.

Which word means thesame as fold: print,

crease, center, flat?

Spell the word that be-

gins with c and meansthe oppositeof open.

Everything you need for the project on the story

card starts with the sameletter. Say the letter.

What two letters can you put in front of foldto make a word thatmeans fold again?

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Valentines are a goodexample of designsmade with folded paper.

two antennae

I drew a beautiful but-terfly.

crease

close (close)

p (paper, paintbrush,

paint)

re (refold)

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s nacks

Josh had a great treat for

snacktime. His motherhad packed two big raisincookies in his lunch box.

Michael was feeling sadabout snacktime. He gotup late that morning andforgot his lunch box whenhe rushed off to school.

When snacktime came,Josh was lookingforward to eating his

cookies. Then he saw thatMichael had no snack at all.

Josh sat down next toMichael and offered himone of his cookies.

Oh, wow! Thank you,said Michael. I forgotmy lunch box today.

Dont worry, saidJosh. My mother packeda huge lunch for meenough forboth of us!

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Is this story about baking,sharing or selfishness?

What did Josh do whenhe saw that Michael hadno snack at all?

In the story, did snacktimecome before lunch or after lunch?

What treat did Joshs mother pack in his lunch box?

Why didnt Michael havea treat for snacktime?

How did Michael feel when

snacktime came?

What will Josh do when lunch-time comes?

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sharing

He offered Michael oneof his cookies.

before lunch

two big raisin cookies

He forgot his lunch box whenhe left home in the morning.

sad

Hell share his lunch with Michael.

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Tell about a time when

you shared somethingof yours with another person.

Find the definitionof raisin: bakedapple, dried grape,shredded wheat.

Find the verbs: Joshsaw that Michael hadno food.

Is sad the oppositeof happy, late or

great?

Spell the opposite of backward.

In which words are theletters ch pronounced

like a k: lunch, school,Michael, cherry?

Josh is a nicknamefor Joshua. Whatsa common nicknamefor Michael?

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What about a time when someone sharedsomething with you?

dried grape

saw, had

happy

forward (for- ward)

school, Michael

Mike or Mickey

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FOssiLs

Splat!

Splat! Splat! A dinosaur stompsthrough the swamp,leaving footprints in themud. Days pass. The mudhardens into clay. Weekspass. Sand covers thetrack. Millions of years

pass. The swamp is now adesert.Chip! Chip! Chip!

A scientist gentlytaps a rockwith hishammer.Suddenly, he whoops for

joy. A dinosaur footprint!The scientist has uncov-ered a fossil.

There are many kindsof fossils: tracks, bones,leaves, nests, even eggs.And each one tells ussomething about

life in prehistorictimes.

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Is there only one kindof fossil or are there many dif-ferent kinds?

What do fossils tell us about?

What kind of tool did thescientist use?

Was the scientist who discov-ered the dinosaur

track happy or angry?

Over millions of years, what did the swamp become?

What did the dinosaur

leave behind in the swamp?

Are fossils made when thingsturn to water or to stone?

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There are many differentkinds.

life in ancient times

a hammer

happy (He whooped for joy.)

a desert

footprints (a track)

to stone

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What fossils have been

discovered in your state? Check your locallibrary or the Internet.

Which word meansthe same as gently:slowly, softly, suddenly?

Find the verb in thissentence: The scientistgently taps a stone with

his hammer.

Which word can you add to printto make a new word:arm, finger, hair?

Which can you eat: dessertor desert?

Which word doesnOT have the o sound

in fossil: rock, hot,bone, bottle?

Which letters in the word dinosaur spellthe word for something we breathe?

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See if your state hasan official fossil or prehistoric animal!

softly

taps

finger (fingerprint)

dessert(dessert)

bone

air

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T wO h eads a re BeTTer !Sometimes it takes twopeople to solve a problem.For example, Ginny want-ed to make a tent out of ablanket in the living room.

First she tuckedthe blanket between thecouch and the wall. Thenshe draped the other endover a tall chair. But thatend kept coming loose.

Her sister Grace camein and saw the problem.

Why not put a heavybook on the loose end?she suggested. Thatshould hold it in place.

The two girls anchoredthe blanket with theheaviest book they couldfind.

Good idea, said Ginny.I guess two heads arebetter than one!

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Did the two girls work together or separately tosolve the problem?

In what part of the house didthe problem occur?

Which girl first realized there was a problem?

Explain the saying Two headsare better than one.

In this story, who are thetwo heads?

What problem was she having?

How was the problem solved?

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together

the living room

Ginny

If you cant solve a problem yourself, a second person

might be able to help you.

Ginny and her sister Grace

One end of the blanket kept

coming loose.

Grace said they should usea heavy book to hold the blan-

ket in place.

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Make a list of well-known sayings.

Turn the word lovesinto a verb meaningfind the answer to.

Which sentence isa statement?1) Can you help me?

2) I need help.

Find another word for couch: tuck, tent,

sofa, anchor.

Spell the word that be-

gins with l and meansthe oppositeof heavy.

Which name begins with the same sound

as the word game:Ginny or Grace?

Two heads is better thanone. Whats wrong with

this saying?

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Check with family andfriends to see what say-ings they like.

solve

2) I need help.

sofa

light (light)

Grace

Two heads are better than one.

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s Our g rapes

Once a hungry fox sawsome delicious-lookinggrapes hanging from

a vine not too far abovehis head. He leaped andsnapped at the grapes, butthey were still too high.He tried again and again,

but the grapes remainedout of reach.The fox leaped and

snapped until finally hewore himself out. Slink-ing away, he grumbled tohimself: Well, I bet thosegrapes were sour anyway.

They werent even goodenough to eat.The moral: People

sometimes criticizethings just because theycant have them.

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Its easy to decide you didntreally want something if youfind you cant have it.

no

yes (They were delicious-looking.)

because he was hungry

a vine

by leaping and snapping

that they were sour and notgood enough to eat

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Tell about a time you couldnt have some-thing you wanted.

Which word doesnt be-long in this list: grape,orange, bean, plum?

Fix the verb: The foxseen some grapeshanging from a vine.

When youre hungry,do you need food, water

or sleep?

Spell the four-letter wordthat means the oppositeof sweet.

What two letters are nOTpronounced in the wordspelled high?

How many syllablesare in the word

criticize?

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How did it make you feel?

bean (not a fruit)

The fox saw somegrapes . . .

food

sour (sour)

gh

three (cri ticize)

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B ill s s kills

Skills are things thatpeople do well. Bill hasgood computer skills. Thismeans he can control amouse, type accurately

on the keys, surf the Weband play lots of differentgames.

One of Bills favoritecomputer activities issending and receivinge-mail. Instead of writing aletter on paper and mail-

ing it at the post office, Billuses his computer to sendmessages. He can type a

note on his computer andsend it to someone elsescomputer in just a fewseconds. The message trav-els electronically between

computers. Thats why itscalled electronic mail, ore-mail for short.

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What does the e in e-mailstand for?

How long does it takefor e-mail to reach itsdestination?

Name at least two things Billdoes on his computer.

What does it mean to havea skill?

Is the mouse in thisstory an animal or partof a computer?

Is exploring the Webcalled surfing, swimmingor sledding?

How do e-mail messagestravel?

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electronic

a few seconds

He types, surfs the Web,plays computer games andsends e-mail.

to be able to do something well

part of a computer

surfing

electronically

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Make a list of all thethings you do well.

Rearrange the lettersin the verb mail toname a kind of bean.

Choose the right word:Bill types (good, well)on his computer.

Find another word forskill: control, talent,

game, letter.

Spell the plural ofactivity.

Put these words in ABC order: message,second, paper.

I have sent her ane-mail message. Whats a shorter wayto say I have?

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Are you skilled in

sports? A hobby? A particular chore? A school subject?

lima

well

talent

activities(activities)

message, paper, second

Ive sent her an e-mailmessage.

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The P lanT DocTor George WashingtonCarver was an Americanscientist whobecame famousas the Plant

Doctor. ButDr. Carvernever caredabout fame. He foundhappiness in doingexperiments that wouldhelp the whole world.

When farmers

grew morepeanutsthan peoplecould eat,

Dr. Carver invented 325practical uses for them,including ink and soap.He also invented uses for

sweet potatoes and forpecans, which could evenbe used to pave highways!

Dr. Carver receivedmany honors. Duringhis lifetime, 18schools werenamed for him.

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Which word doesnot describeDr. Carver: scientist, athlete,inventor?

Did his experiments benefitthe whole world or just hisneighborhood?

What was Dr. Carversmiddle name?

Dr. Carver had a nickname. What was it?

Farmers couldnt grow pea-

nuts, so Dr. Carvershowed them how.True or false?

Dr. Carver was happybecause he was famous.True or false?

Dr. Carver invented 325 usesfor something that grows.

What was it?

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athlete

the whole world

Washington

the Plant Doctor

false (Farmers grewmore peanuts thanpeople could eat.)

false (He never cared

about fame.)

the peanut

t he Plant D octor

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If you could invent

something to make the world a better place, what would it be?

What is the base wordin famous?

Fix the mistake:There was more pecanpie than we could ate.

Which part of the wordhelpful is the suffix?

Spell the word for morethan one potato.

Which word doesnothave the ar sound

in Carver: charge,farmer, scare, scar?

What four-letter verbdo you see in the name

Washington?

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Draw a picture of your

invention and writea description of whatit could do.

fame

There was more pecanpie than we could eat.

-ful

potatoes (po-tatoes)

scare

wash

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s ounD s cienceQuestion: Can soundtravel through a pencil?Lets see:

1. Tie one end of astring to a fork. Tie the

other end around a pencil.2. Using a spoon, hit the

fork so it vibrates. Listento the sound: its volume(loud or soft) and pitch

(high or low).3. Now place the eraserend of the pencil gently

against the outside of yourear. Hit the fork, and youhave the answer.

Answer: Yes! The soundwaves from the vibrating

fork went up the string intothe pencil. The wavestraveled directly to yourear, and you heard thesound.

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Does the text of this experi-ment start with a question or astatement?

How is sound like waterin the ocean?

What was the first thing you were asked to do in thisexperiment?

Does sound travel throughstring?

What four objects are usedin this experiment?

In the experiment, which ob- ject vibrated and madea sound?

Sound can be loud or soft.Is this called volume or pitch?

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a question

They both travel in waves.(Genius Point!)

Tie one end of a stringto a fork.

yes (Sound waves traveledthrough the string to the

pencil.)

string, a fork, a penciland a spoon

the fork

volume

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Blow up a balloon, then

squeeze the air out ofit. How many differentsounds can you make?

Find the opposites:high, low; loud, noisy;soft, quiet.

Fix the verb in thissentence: I hittedthe fork.

What two-syllable wordstarts with an s andmeans the opposite ofsound?

Which is the

correct spelling:sceinceor science?

Which word doesnothave the same vowel

sound as shout: out,sound, spoon, around?

How many syllablesare in the word

conclusion?

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Can you create a

high-pitched sound? A low-pitched sound?Loud and quiet sounds?

high, low

I hit the fork.

silence

science(science)

spoon

three (conclusion)

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c amPing u.s.a

Dear Katy,

We did it! My family

and I camped fromsea to shining sea!We started in Maine

on the Atlantic Ocean. Then wedrove west. We paddled canoeswhere the St. Lawrence Riverflows into Lake Ontario. It wasthe first Great Lake I ever saw.

I took a picture of a moose atLake Superior, rode an innertube on the Mississippi River,

and watched antelope andbuffalo on an island in Great SaltLake. Finally, we reachedCalifornia on thePacific Ocean.

I saw a whale jump all the wayout of the water.

It was the best camping

adventure in history!Your friend,Becky

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Becky camped on the shoresof two different oceans.Name them.

Where did Becky ride inan inner tube?

Name the first Great Lakethat Becky ever saw.

Is Becky writing to a friendor a cousin?

Name the state where Beckybegan her camping trip.

Did Becky watch antelopeand buffalo at Great Salt Lakeor Lake Superior?

Did Becky travel from westto east or east to west?

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the Pacific and AtlanticOceans

on the Mississippi River

Lake Ontario

a friend

Maine

Great Salt Lake

east to west

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Find a map of the

United States and puta mark on the state where you live.

Which word meansthe same as ocean:river, lake, sea?

Fix the mistake:I catched a fish.

Today, we drive. Yester-day, we . . .

what?

Which spelling is correct:Missippi orMississippi?

Which word doesnothave a silent letter: is-land, history, picture?

What letters in campspell the word for some-thing that helps you find your way?

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Trace the route from your

state to a place youd likto visit. What bodies of water would you see?

sea

I caught a fish.

drove

Mississippi(Mississippi)

history (The s in is-land and the ein picture are silent.)

map (map)

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H ola !

Most people who live inMexico speak Spanish.They say hola when they

greet each other, andadis or hasta maana when they say good-bye.

Mexico lies just south ofthe United States. Ithas long beaches,forests, mountainsand even volcanoes.

More people live in itscapital, Mexico City, thanin any other city in theworld.

Mexico City was builton top of the ancientcapital of the Aztecs, whocreated a powerful empire

in Mexico 800 years ago.The ruins of their greatstone buildings andpyramids can stillbe seen today.

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What ruins can still be seenin Mexico today?

Mexico has volcanoes.True or false?

How would you say good-byeto a friend in Mexico?

What language is spoken bymost people in Mexico?

What does hola

mean inEnglish?

Name the capital of Mexico.

Who built a powerful empirein Mexico 800 years ago?

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the ruins of the Aztecs stonebuildings and pyramids

true

adis or hasta maana

Spanish

hello

Mexico City

the Aztecs

H ola !

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Make a list of allthe foreign words you know.

Which words are closein meaning: synonymsor antonyms?

Are foreign words inEnglish sentencesalways italicized or

capitalized?

What two smaller wordsmake up the word an-

other?

Spell the plural of city.

Is the a in the wordsay pronounced as

a short vowel or long vowel?

Rearrange the lettersin live to make a word

that means wicked.

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Do you know

the word for yesin French ( oui ) andin Spanish ( s )?

synonyms(Antonyms have op-posite meanings.)

italicized(Genius Point!)

an, other

cities (cities)

a long vowel

evil (evil)

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Downhill r acer Amy pushes off. Whoosh! Down the hill she flies! Sheloves the feel of the windin her hair and the stingof cold air on her face.

Shes in a world of herown as she races past thehouses that line the hill.All too soon, she reachesthe bottom and slows to astop. But theres time forone more ride and maybeanother . . .

Trudging back up thehill is tiring. Amy cansee her breath in the airwith every step. Shedoesnt want to rest,though. She keepsgoing and going.

By the end of the day,

Amy is ready for a cupof hot chocolate and acomfortable chair!

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What hot drink does she lookforward to?

Amy goes home aftertwo rides down the hill.True or false?

Is she glad to get to thebottom?

Where is Amy when the storybegins?

What does she feel inher hair as she races down-hill?

What can Amy see in the air

as she climbs to the top?

Why is she ready for a com-fortable chair at the end of the

day?

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hot chocolate

false (She keeps going andgoing.)

no (She gets there alltoo soon.)

at the top of the hill

the wind

her breath

Shes tired.

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Make a list of yourfavorite winter sports.

Find the antonyms:Amy starts at the topof the hill and races allthe way to the bottom.

Which kind of wordis used to describea noun: an adjective

or a verb?

Is dusk another wordfor the beginning ofthe day or the end ofthe day?

Put a letter in front of

love to make a wordfor something to wearon your hand.

Which word has the most

vowels: own, air, end?

Put these wordsin ABC order: stop,

slow, sting, step.

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Is it more fun to watchthem or to do them yourself?

top, bottom

an adjective

the end of the day

glove

air (a and i)

slow, step, sting, stop

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a soka The k ing

Two thousand yearsago, India was ruled by ayoung king named Asoka.One day, after leading his

army in a battle wheremany people were hurt,Asoka decided to stop

making war. Instead, hebegan to study the lessonsof Buddha, whotaught that it waswrong to hurt

living things.As a follower ofBuddha, Asoka built

hospitals for the peopleand animals of India.He also planted trees anddug wells for water.

And he made India

a peaceful placeto live.

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Asoka didnt care at all aboutanimals. True or false?

Whose lessons did Asoka be-gin to study?

Was Asoka old or young whenhe led his army in battle?

Where did King Asoka live?

How long ago did he rule?

Why did Asoka decide to stop

making war?

Name at least two things Asoka did for India.

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false (He built hospitals foranimals.)

Buddhas lessons

young

India

2,000 years ago

because so many people

were hurt

He built hospitals, plantedtrees, dug wells and made

India a peaceful place to live.

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Read all about India

in an almanac orencyclopedia or onthe Internet.

Does the u in Buddhasound like the oo inbook or pool?

Fix the verb in this sen-tence: Asoka buildedhospitals.

Is ruler another namefor a teacher or a king?

Spell the word that be-

gins with y and meansthe oppositeof old.

Turn the word stopinto a word for things

you can use for cookingor planting.

The names of countriesand people always begin with small letters. Trueor false?

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Learn about Indias

ancient history as well as its place inthe modern world.

pool(Genius Point!)

Asoka built hospitals.

a king

young (young)

pots

false (Proper nouns be-gin with capital letters.)

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T ime for a Change

Imagine that youre acaterpillar and youve justhatched from your egg.In this stage of your life,youre called a larva. You

crawl around for weeks,munching on leaves andgrowing strong. Then you

find a twig or a leafand build a hard casearound yourself.While youre insidethis case, youre called

a pupa and you changefrom a caterpillar to abutterfly.

Finally, its timeto push free. At

first youre weak, butsoon youre ready tofly. Food! you say to

yourself as you land on aflower. The nectar fills youup, and off you go on your

first butterfly adventure.

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Where do they find their food?

What happens insidethe cocoon?

Do caterpillars swim, crawlor fly?

Caterpillars hatch from eggs.True or false?

What is a caterpillar calledin its earliest stage of life?

Does each caterpillar find a

cocoon or make one itself?

What food do butterflies like?

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in flowers

The caterpillar changesinto a butterfly.

They crawl.

true

a larva

Each caterpillar makes

its own cocoon.

nectar

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Imagine that yourean insect. Can you fly? What do you eat?

When a caterpillarmunches, is itfeeding or flying?

Whats a shorter wayto say you are?

Find the word thatdoesnt belong in thisgroup: egg, leaf, larva,pupa.

Is the opposite

of strong spelled week or weak?

The words color, caseand caterpillar all begin

with a k sound. True orfalse?

Which words rhyme:hatch, special, catch,

nectar?

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You could be an antor a bee. (Remember,insects have six legs.)

feeding

youre

leaf (not a stageof life)

weak (weak)

true

hatch, catch

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m illie s n ew h ome

Millie Ryan was sad. She wasmoving to a new city and

leaving her friends.Dont worry, her dadsaid. Youll make new

friends right away.No, I wont, answered

Millie, trying not to cry.But when the Ryans got

to their new home, the

neighbors were there togreet them. Millie met Danand Fran, who were twins.

She also met Judy, Joey andJune. Before she could evenunpack, her new friendswhisked her off to Judysbirthday party.

Millie waved good-byeto her parents and shouted,Im going to love it here!

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Where was Millie going when she waved good-byeto her parents?

How many new friendsdid Millie meet?

What was Millie trying notto do?

Why was Millie Ryan feelingsad?

What did her dad say tocomfort her?

What did the Ryans see when they arrived at theirnew home?

Which new friendhad the same name as

a month of the year?

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to a birthday party

five

She was trying not to cry.

She was moving to a new cityand leaving her friends.

He told her that she wouldmake new friends right away.

the neighbors (They were

there to greet them.)

June

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Think of all the ways you could make newneighbors feel at home.

Find a synonym oftry: fly, whisk, attempt, worry.

What word was usedto make all threeof these contractions:

wont, dont, cant?

Youve just greetedsomeone. Did you say

hello or good-bye?

Which spelling iscorrect: friendor freind?

Find the rhyming words:

met, meet, greet, shout.

Which word comesfirst in a dictionary:

pack or parent?

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What would you wantpeople to do if you werea new neighbor?

attempt

not (will not,do not, cannot)(Genius Point!)

hello

friend (friend)

meet, greet

pack

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w haT i s w heaT ?

Huge fields of wheatstretch across theAmerican Midwest.Wheat is a grain thatlooks like ordinary

green grass when itsyoung and then turnsgolden brown as it ripens

in the sun.By harvest time, it maystand five feet tall!

Wheat provides us withmany foods. The seeds

of the wheat plant areground up to make flour,which is the basic ingredient

in bread, pastry and pasta.Wheat is also used to makebreakfast cereal.

And when wheat is driedinto hay, it feeds

many farm animals.

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hay

the seeds

a golden brown color

Midwest

ordinary green grass

five feet tall

bread, pastry, pasta

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Pasta can be made from wheat. How many kindsof pasta can you name?

Find a synonym ofhuge: basic, golden,enormous, young.

In grammar, pluralmeans more than one.Find the plural nouns:

feet, wheat, fields, hay.

When farmers harvest wheat, do they plant it

or gather it?

Do the seeds of wheatgive us flouror flower?

How many syllablesare in the word ordi-nary?

Put these words in ABC order: pasta,

grass, golden, cereal.

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What is your favoritepasta? How do you likeit served?

enormous

feet, fields

They gather it.

flour (flour)

four (or dinar y)

cereal, golden, grass,pasta

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Who will they learn abouton the island?

What are New York Citystall buildings called?

Who will get to choosethe restaurant?

Is New York City nicknamedthe Big Apple or the Big

Grape?

What will Margie see in the windows of New York Citysstores?

What monument will Margie

and Dan climb?

What island will Margieand Dan visit when they

go sightseeing?

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the immigrants who came to America over 100 years ago

skyscrapers

Dan

the Big Apple

the latest fashions

the Statue of Liberty

Ellis Island

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What city would youlike to visit?

Which word meansthe same as newest:later, lately, latest?

Which words shouldstart with a capital letter:margie visited new york

city?

Find the words thatmean the opposite:

tall, busy, high, short.

Spell the day of the weekthat comes after Friday.

Does the first letterin the word city soundlike an s or a k?

Dan is to Daniel as Margie is to . . .

what?

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Include all the places youd like to see there.

latest

Margie, New York City(Proper nouns arealways capitalized.)

tall, short

Saturday (Sat-urday)(Genius Point!)

an s

Marjorie or Margaret (Dan and Margie are

nicknames.)

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e aTing r ighT

One of the best ways to stayhealthy is to eat all the rightfoods. Some of the mostimportant ones are listed

below: Fruits and vegetables.

Vitamins and minerals inthese foods areimportant to goodhealth, especially whenyoure still growing.

Breads and cereals, or

grains. Nutrients from thisgroup give you quickenergy and help youdigest other foods.

Milk and cheese. Youget protein and fats fromthese foods. Your bodystores fats for extra energy.

Fish, meat and soy. Protein in these foodsbuilds and repairs the cellsin your body.

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Which group is also calledgrains?

Do breads and cereals give youquick energy or help you getto sleep?

What do proteins buildand repair?

Why is it important to eatthe right foods?

Each food group provides thesame nutrients. True or false?

Which food group has both

proteins and fats?

Finish this sentence:Fruits and vegetables are

full of vitamins and . . .

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breads and cereals

They give you quick energy.

the cells in your body

to stay healthy

false (The food groupsprovide different nutrients.)

milk and cheese

minerals

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Keep a record of what you eat in a day.

Does the word repairmean to mix orto fix?

Find all the adjectives:Our delicious lunch was served on big blue

plates.

Find another word forquick: extra, fast, sick,

healthy.Spell the word that be-

gins with d and meansthe oppositeof same.

How many syllablesare in the wordcereal?

Turn the word eatinto something you

can drink.

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Are you eating

healthfully? If not, what changes should you make?

to fix

delicious, big, blue

fast

different (dif-ferent)(Genius Point!)

three (cereal)

tea

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Burrowing i n

I have stripes around myeyes, along my sides andon my tail. In the summer,you can hear me chatter-ing loudly in the woods.

In the fall, you can watchme fill the pouches inmy cheeks with nuts and

seeds. Who am I?Im a chipmunk!

When the cold weathercomes, I settle down in myburrow, where Ive stored

the nuts and seeds. I sleepfor weeks at a time, andevery once in

a while I poke my head outfor a breath of fresh air. Ispend the whole winter thisway, warm and cozy in myburrow, waiting for spring.

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Why does a chipmunk pokeits head out?

In what season do they takea long nap?

What does a chipmunk put inits cheeks?

Is this story told by a persona chipmunk?

What does a chipmunk havearound its eyes?

In cold weather, where do

chipmunks settle down?

In what season can you hearthem chattering in the woods?

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to get a breath of fresh air

winter

nuts and seeds

a chipmunk

stripes

in their burrows

summer

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Look up information onother animals that sleepduring the winter.

Does the phraseonce in a whilemean always, neveror sometimes?

What punctuationmark ends a tellingsentence?

Find another wordfor snooze: play,

run, nap, eat. Which word describes

what its like outside: whether or weather?

Name the consonants in

the word chipmunk.

Put these words in ABC order: nuts, berries,

seeds, acorns.

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Dont forget ground-hogsand bears.

sometimes

a period

nap

weather(weather)

c, h, p, m, n, k

acorns, berries,nuts, seeds

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s iTTing Bull

Sitting Bull belonged tothe Lakota nation, alsoknown as the Sioux. As aboy, he was called Slowbecause he alwaysthought before heacted. Then,when he became a great

leader, he was given thename Sitting Bull becausehe was like a powerful bullbuffalo who couldnt bemoved against his will.

When his people werepushed off their land,Sitting Bull encouraged

them to fight back. In 1876,at Little Bighorn River inMontana, his warriors defeated

General George Custerand his army.

Today, Sitting Bull isremembered as aNative American

hero who bravelydefended therights of his

people.

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How is he remembered today?

Where did the battletake place?

What did the nameSitting Bull mean?

Sitting Bull belongedto an Indian nation.

What was it called?

Was the name Slow an insult oa compliment?

Did Lakota warriors defeatan army led by George Custeror George Washington?

Did Sitting Bull live inthe 19th century or the

20th century?

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as a Native American hero who bravely defended therights of his people

at Little Bighorn Riverin Montana

a powerful bull buffalothat couldnt be movedagainst his will

the Lakota nation(also known as the Sioux)

a compliment (Sitting Bullalways thought before heacted.)

George Custer

the 19th century

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If your name was

changed so it toldpeople about you, what would you be called?

Which word meansthe same as warrior: writer, leader, fighter?

Which is correct:He thought before heacted or He thinked

before he acted?

Is a native someone who is born in a certaincountry or someone who moves there?

How do you spell the word

that means forever:allways oralways?

Find the word with thesame ie sound aschief: pie, belief, tied.

What is the base wordin powerful?

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Make up new names for your friends and family.

fighter

He thought before heacted.

someone who is bornin a country

always (always)

belief

power

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A S cAry NightThe scouts were listeningto ghost stories aroundthe campfire. All of asudden, a twig snapped,and then another, as if

someone was sneakingbehind the cabins. Along moment of silence,then a soft grunt andscratching sounds . . .There! Over by the dininghall! A dark shape in theshadows. Was it a ghost?

Or a hungry monster?Clang! A garbage canrolled onto thestone walk. Inthe shadows, the scoutscould see a raccoon run-ning off with a pieceof lettuce in its mouth!

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What did the animal havein its mouth?

What was the next thingthey heard?

What sudden sound did they hear?

Where were the scouts sitting?

What stories were they listening to?

What did the scouts think

the sound might be?

What animal did they see?

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Write your scary story.

Is a grunt a kindof noise or a kindof movement?

Would you expect tofind a comma at thebeginning, middle or

end of a sentence?

Find two pairs of oppo-sites: The long silence was followed by a short,loud noise.

Spell the name of the

food group that begins with v and includeslettuce, peas and carrots.

Which word has the mostconsonants: strange,silence, shadow, shape?

Rearrange the lettersin the word sneakto make the name of a slithery reptile.

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Read it to friends to seeif it frightens them!

a kind of noise

middle

long, short;silence, noise

vegetables(vegetables)(Genius Point!)

strange (s, t, r, n, g)

snake

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B igger thAN Life

The hardworking settlersof early America madeup stories about men

who could do impossiblethings. One of the mostfamous of these talltales was about PaulBunyan, a lumberjack

whose helper was a giantblue ox named Babe.Paul Bunyan was a giant

himself. He could chopdown 500 trees before heeven had breakfast. Heand Babe worked theirway all across the north,

leaving huge footprintsin the ground. And whenthey traveled through

Minnesota,their footprintsfilled up withwater and formed10,000 lakes!

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Where were 10,000 lakesformed?

Were Paul and Babe very smallor very large?

Who was his helper?

Was Paul Bunyan realor make-believe?

What was his occupation?

It took Paul Bunyan all day to chop down 500 trees.True or false?

What marks did they leave inthe ground as they traveled

from place to place?

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Minnesota

very large(They were giants.)

an ox named Babe

make-believe

He was a lumberjack.

false (He could chop down 500

trees before breakfast.)

footprints

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In your own story,

be sure to makethe people or animalsbigger than life.

breakfast

Paul and Babe werefriends. (The wordthey is not needed.)

tiny

oxen (oxen)

two (giant and jam)

left (left)

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A N ew NeighBor Jake woke up early. Astrange noise was comingfrom his bedroom window.Opening the curtains, hesaw a bird in the bush

just a few feet away.The bird was pullingat a twig with her beak.She pulled and twistedthe twig until finally itbroke off the bush.

Then the bird flew offwith the twig in her beak

and landed on a branchof a nearbytree. To Jakessurprise, there wereother twigs neatly woventogether on the branch.The bird was buildinga nest.

Looks like I have anew neighbor! said Jake.

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What did Jake mean when hesaid he had a new neighbor?

Where did the bird land whenshe left the bush?

What did he have to do beforehe could look out the window?

Did Jake wake up early or late?

Did he hear a strange noiseor a familiar noise?

What was the first thing

he saw?

What was the bird building?

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The bird would be livingright next to his house.

on a branch of a nearby tree

He had to open the curtains.

early

a strange noise

a bird pulling at a twig

a nest

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Write or tell about

a time you were sur-prised by something you saw.

Feather is to bird as branch is to . . . what?

To Jakes surprise, anest was being built. Which word needs an

apostrophe?

Find the word for a small branch: tree,

bush, twig, beak.

Spell the past tenseof break.

Put these words in ABC order: bird, bush,beak, branch.

What word for a number can you find in nest?

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Was it serious or funny?Did it make you sador happy?

tree

Jakes

twig

broke(broke)

beak, bird, branch, bush

ten (10)

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t he S oggy S wAmp

In a smelly, soggy swampThere lived a little frogWho surveyed his domainFrom his seat on a log.

His dull and dreary days

Passed by very slowlyUntil a dapper, dandy dudeEntered the swamp so

lowly.This bright and brainy boy

Had something in his hand:A big, blue, bouncy bucketThat seemed so

very grand.But quietly and quicklyThe frog was put in jail!Oh, oh! No doubt about it,His home was now a pail!

With one big crazy croakFor he must always roamHe gave a long, leggy leapBack to his own

murky home.

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How did the frog get back home?

What was big, blue andbouncy?

The days went by very quickly for him.True or false?

Where did the frog live?

Did he sit on a rock, a logor a lily pad?

Was the boy dull and dreary

or bright and brainy?

Was the frog happy to bein a pail?

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He leaped out of the pail.

the bucket

false (The days went by very slowly.)

in a smelly, soggy swamp

a log

bright and brainy

no (He must be freeto roam.)

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What do you think hap-pened when the frog went back home?

Find the words thathave the same mean-ing: bucket, swamp,pail, home.

Fix the verb in this sen-tence: The frog sittedupon a log.

Find the oppositeof soggy: wet, dry,

deep, high.Spell the word that be-

gins with q and meansthe oppositeof loud.

Which two words be-gin with the same two

consonants: bright, blue,brainy, bouncy?

Put these words in ABCorder: murky, dandy,

smelly, crazy.

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What other animalsmight be living in thesame swamp?

bucket, pail

The frog sat upona log.

dry

quiet (quiet)

bright, brainy

crazy, dandy, murky,smelly

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t he f orty -N iNerSMore than 150 years ago,gold was discoveredin California. The newsspread quickly, and by1849 the Gold Rush was

under way. Travelingoverland in covered wag-ons or sailing fromother parts of the world,people arrived by thethousands to dig for gold.

The Forty-Ninersused pickaxes to dig in

the dirt and rocks. Theydug deep mines in theground. Some searchedthe rivers, scooping mudand water into pans,then swirling the mixtureto see if any gold wouldsettle in the bottom.

Most Forty-Ninersfound very little gold, butothers struck it rich!

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All the Forty-Niners founda lot of gold. True or false?

To dig in the dirt, didthe Forty-Niners usehammers or pickaxes?

Is gold a worthless metalor a valuable metal?

According to the story, where was gold discovered

more than 150 years ago?

Why is the story calledThe Forty-Niners?

How did the people travel

overland to California?

Why are people who lookedfor gold in rivers sometimes

called panners?

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