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Children of the Storm
flooding from Hurricane Katrina
Tenisha Dounseroux was supposed to start the fourth grade in New Orleans back in the fall of
2005 But just before classes began Hurricane Katrina one of the worst hurricanes ever to hit
the United States slammed the states on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico on August 29 2005
Tenisha was sad and scared as she watched heavy rains and high winds rip through her city
on the Mississippi River When New Orleans flooded school was the last thing on Tenishas
mind as she and her family drove 350 miles west to Houston
More than 24000 evacuees from New Orleans moved to the Houston Astrodome but Tenisha
and her family spent five days in a hotel Within a week a generous Houston family had given
the Dounseroux family shelter in the loft above their home A few days later Tenisha started
school in Houston She was one of an estimated 125000 New Orleans children who
scattered across Louisiana and neighboring states to start a new school year
The Houston school district alone enrolled almost 2000 students in the days following
Katrina including Tenisha and her brother Terren The district also reopened two schools that
it had closed the previous spring Those schools were devoted entirely to children displaced
by the storm
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children displaced from the states hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina School guidance
counselors said that relocating to an unfamiliar school is bound to affect many of the children
Tenisha and Terren though were doing well They had enrolled at MacGregor Music and
Science Magnet School MacGregor accepted more than a dozen displaced students
After just two days at school Tenisha and Terren were making new friends [Our new] school
is great Tenisha told Senior Edition
Many of Tenishas and Terrens classmates embraced the new arrivals We want to make our
new classmates feel good because we know theyve gone through so much James
McKethen a fourth grader at MacGregor told Senior Edition
Its cool to have new friends added Tiye McKethen Jamess sister a third grader And they
get to have fun in a new school and stay in a safe place
Terren missed playing basketball with his friends in New Orleans Tenisha missed the
teachers and students at her old school But the family said they would most likely settle down
in Texas for good I want to stay in Houston Tenisha toldSenior Edition
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1 Why did the Dounseroux family move out of a Houston hotel
A The hotel manager told them they had to leave
B A Houston family gave them shelter in a loft
C The Dounseroux family was assigned to the Astrodome
D The Dounseroux family decided to move back to New Orleans
2 Which sentence is opinion rather than fact
A More than 24000 evacuees moved to the Houston Astrodome
B Tenisha was supposed to start fourth grade in New Orleans
C Almost 2000 students enrolled in the Houston school district
D Its hard to move and start going to a new school
3 Read this paragraph from the text
The Houston school district alone enrolled almost 2000 students in the days following
Katrina including Tenisha and her brother Terren The district also reopened two
schools that it had closed the previous spring Those schools were devoted entirely to
children displaced by the storm
Based on this evidence why might the Houston school district have reopened two
schools
A to make room for almost 2000 displaced students
B to make getting to school easier for many Houston students
C to start the new school year with plenty of extra space
D to give jobs to displaced teachers from New Orleans
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4 Tenisha stated that she thinks her new school in Houston is great Based on the text
what probably caused her to think this
A Tenishas Houston school has better teachers and more advanced technology than her New Orleans school
B Tenishas Houston classmates made the new arrivals feel unwelcome
C Tenishas Houston classmates embraced the new arrivals and tried to make them feel good
D Tenishas Houston classmates were kinder than her former classmates in New Orleans
5 Tenisha said that she wants to stay in Houston Based on the information in the text
why might she want to stay there Support your answer with evidence from the text
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Phvsical Science 7 Articfes
Check articles you have read
Light the Way 116 words
Everyday Einstein Lasers 181 words
Train of Thought Light Speed 464 words
Einstein in Time 161 words
Train of Thought Newtons Ball 408 words
Equation Invasion 248 words
Its All Relative 195 words
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Whats the fastest thing in the universe If you said light youre right It takes us about 6 hours to fly from
New York to California Light can go there - and back - in 130 of a second
Theres more to Ii ht than meets the eye
It is a special kind of energy called electromagnetic radiation and it travels in waves
atom
WAVELENGTH ABOUT THE amoeba SIZE OF
fly
I
building
Gamma Rays
X Rays
Ultraviolet radiation Visible light
Infrared radiation
Microwaves
Radio waves
Visible light waves come in different sizes short ones look blue and long ones look red All other
electromagnetic radiation is invisible to our eyes - like the very long waves that can carry signals to
radios
Whatever the size you wont find anything that goes faster than light Why not Thats a light mystery
thats kept scientists in the dark - so far
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Everyday Einstein Lasers This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Einsteins work helped in the making of many things
Heres how his ideas led to lasers
Before Einstein
Scientists pondered the nature of matter and energy and
how they interacted They knew that energy comes out of
matter as light but how was a mystery Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins
During Einsteins
Life
By imagining electrons being forced into unstable orbits
in an atom Einstein figured out how energy could be
Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins released by atoms By making this discovery he helped
pave the way for the invention of lasers
After Einstein
Scientists can now make the electrons in atoms all emit
the same kind of energy in the same direction in a narrow
beam
What Lasers Mean to You
Did you know the word LASER stands for Light
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Lasers are used in all sorts of things today including supermarket checkout scanners
medical equipment and CD players A tiny laser is used to read the bumps and grooves on a
CD and translate the pattern into sound
Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins
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Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks
Train of Thought Light Speed This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Light is fast Its the only thing that can reach the universal speed limit - 186000 miles
per second (If you could travel as fast as light the universe would look very different)
Because it moves so quickly light can seem to appear instantaneously Think about when you
turn on a TV images pop up right away
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You have to be a really big thinker to imagine the size of the Universe Its so big that light from the most distant galaxies takes over 10 billion years just to reach us on Earth Thats twice as long as Earths been around Everything weve ever
observed in space is part of our Universe We dont know whats beyond it or if there are other Universes out there
How does the speed of light affect our lives and what we know about the universe To shed
some light on the subject power up this thought experiment
Question What if light could only travel 1 footsecond
Example Imagine you are watching a live concert broadcast on TV
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Logic When light travels at its normal speed of 186000 milessecond you see the broadcast
immediately You could be 1 mile or 3000 miles away from the concert - it doesnt matter
Why Light can travel distances very rapidly If you changed how fast light could travel then
you would change the amount of time it would take for it to reach your eyes
Eric Hamilton
We see light every day -- whether from light bulbs flames flashlights or the Sun (our most important source of light) We see objects because they reflect or bounce light into our eyes Light is a form of energy called electromagnetic radiation Its
made of tiny particles called photons that travel in straight lines In a vacuum nothing can travel faster
1 ay 3606 miles awa
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h~ -vmiddot we see$ the e braadcci 6 month b oadcas over an ho r a erf 1f a -er
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Prediction If light could only travel 1 footsecond the broadcast would reach viewers at
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would receive the broadcast with a delay of over an hour Somebody 3000 miles away would
receive the broadcast about 6 months later Not exactly live TV
Conclusion The farther away you are from a source of light the longer it takes the light to
reach you
Did you know Distances on Earth are relatively short which is why live TV can be seen
anywhere on Earth at almost exactly the same time But distances in the universe are SO
great that by the time light from an object in space like a star reaches our eyes what we are
seeing is a snapshot of how it looked hundreds or even millions of years ago
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Albert Einstein has been called one of the freest people who ever lived He didnt let anything hold back his imagination and it powered him to completely new places As a great humanitarian Einstein supported causes that helped people around the globe Take a trip through his incredible life and see for yourself
Albert Einstein is born on March 14 to a
Jewish family in Ulm Germany
Receives a compass from his dad bullvhich
sparks his curiosit y about hov things work This currosity leads to a l ifelong l1ove of
physics mathematics and ph ilosophy
Starts playing the violin
Enrolls in university in Switzerland and
gives up German citizenship He later becomes a Swiss citizen
After graduating from Zurich Polytechnic
Inst itute he takes a job in a Swiss patent office
1 f I wer not a ph ysic ist 1 w ould probably be a musician get most joy
in life out of music
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1905
Publishes papers that deal with his Special Theory of RelativitY1 photoelectric effect and the original version of the equation E=mc2bull This has been called his year of miracles 0
Becomes a worldwide celebrity when Sir
Arthur Eddington confi rms hi s 1915 General Theory of Relativity Begins to use his celebrity to champion causes he be lieves in including the formation of a
Jewish state
ltl ins the Nobe[ Prize in Physics
1Vhife in Jerusalem I e delivers the first scientific lecture at The Hebrew University
Signs a document with Gandhi against forcing men into military servirn
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Trc r1clmw Unioirsit- of Jcmso~m Israel
middotmiddotone should not pursue goals t hat are easily ~c hl ebullbulled One must develop a n lnst ln-ct for wha
one can just barelbullt achieve thro gh ones greatest efforts
Spends several mont hs teaching at
CalTech in Pasadena California where his fame leads to contact wi th movie
stars and other celebrities
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Gives up his job at a school in Germany as the Na2i party comes to power Joins the lnsti1tut e for Advanced Study at
Princeton University in Nevl Jersey
Writes to President Franklin D Roosevelt urging the US to develop atomic energy research He is concerned that Nazi
Germanys research will soon allow it to build an atomic bomb Later he regrets
sending the letter
Becomes a US citizen
Turns dmvn an offer from the State of Israe l vrhkh is 4- years old t o be its president
Speaks out against the mistreatment of those unjustly accused of being communists during the era of McCarthyism
I cSd not wish to Uve In a country whern the ifldlvidual does not cnjoy equality
before the law and freedom lo say and
teach what he Dlltes bull
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I ade one m istake In my life -whe I signed that letter to President
Roosevelt advocating that the bomb should be bui lt
America is today the hope or as honorable men who respect the ri9h1s of lhef1middot tetlow rrtefl and whO believe In the prfndl)les of freedom
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In t he last analbullsfs -everybacy is a
hu a n being
Di es on April 18 at Princeton Hos pitilL
Time magazine names Einsteirl igtersori
ol the Century
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Everyday Einstein Humanitarian
Einstein is now a household word that means genius During his life Einstein used his fame
to draw attention to things he believed in He spoke about peace between Jews and Arabs
and about finding homes for both Jewish and political refugees He opposed all forms of racial
and ethnic discrimination such as segregation He was also an activist for world peace and
democracy Einstein realized that the scientific community can either help or hurt our
civilization and believed that scientists are responsible for their actions
If you were a superstar celebrity how would you use your fame to make the world a better
place
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Train of Thought Newtons Ball This text is provided courtesy of OLogy the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
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Eric Hamilton
A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed Instead it is carried out by the mind using reasoning and logic Thought experiments have been used by great thinkers since ancient times and they are still used today to explain concepts such as quantum physics and relativity These virtual experiments help us explore the
world
Have you ever wondered how satellites in the sky stay in orbit Before there were
satellites Newton asked himself the same thing about objects such as the moon
Why do things stay in orbit
Get your brain on the ball and explore Newtons question with the thought experiment below
Question Can you throw a ball so hard that it never falls to Earth
Example Imagine you are on a mountain and throw a ball in front of you
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Logic Think about what happens if you throw a ball softly It goes a bit and then falls to the
ground If you throw the ball harder it will go farther before it hits the ground right
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Courtesy of NASA Jim Paillot
The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
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Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
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Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
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The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
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5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
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6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
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8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
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9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
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10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
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11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
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2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
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3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
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5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
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6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
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8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
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10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
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12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
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Children of the Storm
flooding from Hurricane Katrina
Tenisha Dounseroux was supposed to start the fourth grade in New Orleans back in the fall of
2005 But just before classes began Hurricane Katrina one of the worst hurricanes ever to hit
the United States slammed the states on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico on August 29 2005
Tenisha was sad and scared as she watched heavy rains and high winds rip through her city
on the Mississippi River When New Orleans flooded school was the last thing on Tenishas
mind as she and her family drove 350 miles west to Houston
More than 24000 evacuees from New Orleans moved to the Houston Astrodome but Tenisha
and her family spent five days in a hotel Within a week a generous Houston family had given
the Dounseroux family shelter in the loft above their home A few days later Tenisha started
school in Houston She was one of an estimated 125000 New Orleans children who
scattered across Louisiana and neighboring states to start a new school year
The Houston school district alone enrolled almost 2000 students in the days following
Katrina including Tenisha and her brother Terren The district also reopened two schools that
it had closed the previous spring Those schools were devoted entirely to children displaced
by the storm
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children displaced from the states hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina School guidance
counselors said that relocating to an unfamiliar school is bound to affect many of the children
Tenisha and Terren though were doing well They had enrolled at MacGregor Music and
Science Magnet School MacGregor accepted more than a dozen displaced students
After just two days at school Tenisha and Terren were making new friends [Our new] school
is great Tenisha told Senior Edition
Many of Tenishas and Terrens classmates embraced the new arrivals We want to make our
new classmates feel good because we know theyve gone through so much James
McKethen a fourth grader at MacGregor told Senior Edition
Its cool to have new friends added Tiye McKethen Jamess sister a third grader And they
get to have fun in a new school and stay in a safe place
Terren missed playing basketball with his friends in New Orleans Tenisha missed the
teachers and students at her old school But the family said they would most likely settle down
in Texas for good I want to stay in Houston Tenisha toldSenior Edition
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1 Why did the Dounseroux family move out of a Houston hotel
A The hotel manager told them they had to leave
B A Houston family gave them shelter in a loft
C The Dounseroux family was assigned to the Astrodome
D The Dounseroux family decided to move back to New Orleans
2 Which sentence is opinion rather than fact
A More than 24000 evacuees moved to the Houston Astrodome
B Tenisha was supposed to start fourth grade in New Orleans
C Almost 2000 students enrolled in the Houston school district
D Its hard to move and start going to a new school
3 Read this paragraph from the text
The Houston school district alone enrolled almost 2000 students in the days following
Katrina including Tenisha and her brother Terren The district also reopened two
schools that it had closed the previous spring Those schools were devoted entirely to
children displaced by the storm
Based on this evidence why might the Houston school district have reopened two
schools
A to make room for almost 2000 displaced students
B to make getting to school easier for many Houston students
C to start the new school year with plenty of extra space
D to give jobs to displaced teachers from New Orleans
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4 Tenisha stated that she thinks her new school in Houston is great Based on the text
what probably caused her to think this
A Tenishas Houston school has better teachers and more advanced technology than her New Orleans school
B Tenishas Houston classmates made the new arrivals feel unwelcome
C Tenishas Houston classmates embraced the new arrivals and tried to make them feel good
D Tenishas Houston classmates were kinder than her former classmates in New Orleans
5 Tenisha said that she wants to stay in Houston Based on the information in the text
why might she want to stay there Support your answer with evidence from the text
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Phvsical Science 7 Articfes
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Light the Way 116 words
Everyday Einstein Lasers 181 words
Train of Thought Light Speed 464 words
Einstein in Time 161 words
Train of Thought Newtons Ball 408 words
Equation Invasion 248 words
Its All Relative 195 words
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Whats the fastest thing in the universe If you said light youre right It takes us about 6 hours to fly from
New York to California Light can go there - and back - in 130 of a second
Theres more to Ii ht than meets the eye
It is a special kind of energy called electromagnetic radiation and it travels in waves
atom
WAVELENGTH ABOUT THE amoeba SIZE OF
fly
I
building
Gamma Rays
X Rays
Ultraviolet radiation Visible light
Infrared radiation
Microwaves
Radio waves
Visible light waves come in different sizes short ones look blue and long ones look red All other
electromagnetic radiation is invisible to our eyes - like the very long waves that can carry signals to
radios
Whatever the size you wont find anything that goes faster than light Why not Thats a light mystery
thats kept scientists in the dark - so far
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Everyday Einstein Lasers This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Einsteins work helped in the making of many things
Heres how his ideas led to lasers
Before Einstein
Scientists pondered the nature of matter and energy and
how they interacted They knew that energy comes out of
matter as light but how was a mystery Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins
During Einsteins
Life
By imagining electrons being forced into unstable orbits
in an atom Einstein figured out how energy could be
Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins released by atoms By making this discovery he helped
pave the way for the invention of lasers
After Einstein
Scientists can now make the electrons in atoms all emit
the same kind of energy in the same direction in a narrow
beam
What Lasers Mean to You
Did you know the word LASER stands for Light
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Lasers are used in all sorts of things today including supermarket checkout scanners
medical equipment and CD players A tiny laser is used to read the bumps and grooves on a
CD and translate the pattern into sound
Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins
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Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks
Train of Thought Light Speed This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Light is fast Its the only thing that can reach the universal speed limit - 186000 miles
per second (If you could travel as fast as light the universe would look very different)
Because it moves so quickly light can seem to appear instantaneously Think about when you
turn on a TV images pop up right away
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You have to be a really big thinker to imagine the size of the Universe Its so big that light from the most distant galaxies takes over 10 billion years just to reach us on Earth Thats twice as long as Earths been around Everything weve ever
observed in space is part of our Universe We dont know whats beyond it or if there are other Universes out there
How does the speed of light affect our lives and what we know about the universe To shed
some light on the subject power up this thought experiment
Question What if light could only travel 1 footsecond
Example Imagine you are watching a live concert broadcast on TV
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Logic When light travels at its normal speed of 186000 milessecond you see the broadcast
immediately You could be 1 mile or 3000 miles away from the concert - it doesnt matter
Why Light can travel distances very rapidly If you changed how fast light could travel then
you would change the amount of time it would take for it to reach your eyes
Eric Hamilton
We see light every day -- whether from light bulbs flames flashlights or the Sun (our most important source of light) We see objects because they reflect or bounce light into our eyes Light is a form of energy called electromagnetic radiation Its
made of tiny particles called photons that travel in straight lines In a vacuum nothing can travel faster
1 ay 3606 miles awa
f i t a-velle lft c lJ t t is vievver $ee$
h~ -vmiddot we see$ the e braadcci 6 month b oadcas over an ho r a erf 1f a -er
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Prediction If light could only travel 1 footsecond the broadcast would reach viewers at
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would receive the broadcast with a delay of over an hour Somebody 3000 miles away would
receive the broadcast about 6 months later Not exactly live TV
Conclusion The farther away you are from a source of light the longer it takes the light to
reach you
Did you know Distances on Earth are relatively short which is why live TV can be seen
anywhere on Earth at almost exactly the same time But distances in the universe are SO
great that by the time light from an object in space like a star reaches our eyes what we are
seeing is a snapshot of how it looked hundreds or even millions of years ago
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Albert Einstein has been called one of the freest people who ever lived He didnt let anything hold back his imagination and it powered him to completely new places As a great humanitarian Einstein supported causes that helped people around the globe Take a trip through his incredible life and see for yourself
Albert Einstein is born on March 14 to a
Jewish family in Ulm Germany
Receives a compass from his dad bullvhich
sparks his curiosit y about hov things work This currosity leads to a l ifelong l1ove of
physics mathematics and ph ilosophy
Starts playing the violin
Enrolls in university in Switzerland and
gives up German citizenship He later becomes a Swiss citizen
After graduating from Zurich Polytechnic
Inst itute he takes a job in a Swiss patent office
1 f I wer not a ph ysic ist 1 w ould probably be a musician get most joy
in life out of music
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1905
Publishes papers that deal with his Special Theory of RelativitY1 photoelectric effect and the original version of the equation E=mc2bull This has been called his year of miracles 0
Becomes a worldwide celebrity when Sir
Arthur Eddington confi rms hi s 1915 General Theory of Relativity Begins to use his celebrity to champion causes he be lieves in including the formation of a
Jewish state
ltl ins the Nobe[ Prize in Physics
1Vhife in Jerusalem I e delivers the first scientific lecture at The Hebrew University
Signs a document with Gandhi against forcing men into military servirn
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Trc r1clmw Unioirsit- of Jcmso~m Israel
middotmiddotone should not pursue goals t hat are easily ~c hl ebullbulled One must develop a n lnst ln-ct for wha
one can just barelbullt achieve thro gh ones greatest efforts
Spends several mont hs teaching at
CalTech in Pasadena California where his fame leads to contact wi th movie
stars and other celebrities
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Gives up his job at a school in Germany as the Na2i party comes to power Joins the lnsti1tut e for Advanced Study at
Princeton University in Nevl Jersey
Writes to President Franklin D Roosevelt urging the US to develop atomic energy research He is concerned that Nazi
Germanys research will soon allow it to build an atomic bomb Later he regrets
sending the letter
Becomes a US citizen
Turns dmvn an offer from the State of Israe l vrhkh is 4- years old t o be its president
Speaks out against the mistreatment of those unjustly accused of being communists during the era of McCarthyism
I cSd not wish to Uve In a country whern the ifldlvidual does not cnjoy equality
before the law and freedom lo say and
teach what he Dlltes bull
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I ade one m istake In my life -whe I signed that letter to President
Roosevelt advocating that the bomb should be bui lt
America is today the hope or as honorable men who respect the ri9h1s of lhef1middot tetlow rrtefl and whO believe In the prfndl)les of freedom
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In t he last analbullsfs -everybacy is a
hu a n being
Di es on April 18 at Princeton Hos pitilL
Time magazine names Einsteirl igtersori
ol the Century
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Everyday Einstein Humanitarian
Einstein is now a household word that means genius During his life Einstein used his fame
to draw attention to things he believed in He spoke about peace between Jews and Arabs
and about finding homes for both Jewish and political refugees He opposed all forms of racial
and ethnic discrimination such as segregation He was also an activist for world peace and
democracy Einstein realized that the scientific community can either help or hurt our
civilization and believed that scientists are responsible for their actions
If you were a superstar celebrity how would you use your fame to make the world a better
place
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Train of Thought Newtons Ball This text is provided courtesy of OLogy the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
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A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed Instead it is carried out by the mind using reasoning and logic Thought experiments have been used by great thinkers since ancient times and they are still used today to explain concepts such as quantum physics and relativity These virtual experiments help us explore the
world
Have you ever wondered how satellites in the sky stay in orbit Before there were
satellites Newton asked himself the same thing about objects such as the moon
Why do things stay in orbit
Get your brain on the ball and explore Newtons question with the thought experiment below
Question Can you throw a ball so hard that it never falls to Earth
Example Imagine you are on a mountain and throw a ball in front of you
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Logic Think about what happens if you throw a ball softly It goes a bit and then falls to the
ground If you throw the ball harder it will go farther before it hits the ground right
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Courtesy of NASA Jim Paillot
The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
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Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
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Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
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I learned and want to remember
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Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
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MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
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experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
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It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
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The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
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1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
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3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
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4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
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5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
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6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
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8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
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11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
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2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
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3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
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6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
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8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
ReadWorks Children of the Storm
children displaced from the states hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina School guidance
counselors said that relocating to an unfamiliar school is bound to affect many of the children
Tenisha and Terren though were doing well They had enrolled at MacGregor Music and
Science Magnet School MacGregor accepted more than a dozen displaced students
After just two days at school Tenisha and Terren were making new friends [Our new] school
is great Tenisha told Senior Edition
Many of Tenishas and Terrens classmates embraced the new arrivals We want to make our
new classmates feel good because we know theyve gone through so much James
McKethen a fourth grader at MacGregor told Senior Edition
Its cool to have new friends added Tiye McKethen Jamess sister a third grader And they
get to have fun in a new school and stay in a safe place
Terren missed playing basketball with his friends in New Orleans Tenisha missed the
teachers and students at her old school But the family said they would most likely settle down
in Texas for good I want to stay in Houston Tenisha toldSenior Edition
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1 Why did the Dounseroux family move out of a Houston hotel
A The hotel manager told them they had to leave
B A Houston family gave them shelter in a loft
C The Dounseroux family was assigned to the Astrodome
D The Dounseroux family decided to move back to New Orleans
2 Which sentence is opinion rather than fact
A More than 24000 evacuees moved to the Houston Astrodome
B Tenisha was supposed to start fourth grade in New Orleans
C Almost 2000 students enrolled in the Houston school district
D Its hard to move and start going to a new school
3 Read this paragraph from the text
The Houston school district alone enrolled almost 2000 students in the days following
Katrina including Tenisha and her brother Terren The district also reopened two
schools that it had closed the previous spring Those schools were devoted entirely to
children displaced by the storm
Based on this evidence why might the Houston school district have reopened two
schools
A to make room for almost 2000 displaced students
B to make getting to school easier for many Houston students
C to start the new school year with plenty of extra space
D to give jobs to displaced teachers from New Orleans
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4 Tenisha stated that she thinks her new school in Houston is great Based on the text
what probably caused her to think this
A Tenishas Houston school has better teachers and more advanced technology than her New Orleans school
B Tenishas Houston classmates made the new arrivals feel unwelcome
C Tenishas Houston classmates embraced the new arrivals and tried to make them feel good
D Tenishas Houston classmates were kinder than her former classmates in New Orleans
5 Tenisha said that she wants to stay in Houston Based on the information in the text
why might she want to stay there Support your answer with evidence from the text
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Phvsical Science 7 Articfes
Check articles you have read
Light the Way 116 words
Everyday Einstein Lasers 181 words
Train of Thought Light Speed 464 words
Einstein in Time 161 words
Train of Thought Newtons Ball 408 words
Equation Invasion 248 words
Its All Relative 195 words
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This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Whats the fastest thing in the universe If you said light youre right It takes us about 6 hours to fly from
New York to California Light can go there - and back - in 130 of a second
Theres more to Ii ht than meets the eye
It is a special kind of energy called electromagnetic radiation and it travels in waves
atom
WAVELENGTH ABOUT THE amoeba SIZE OF
fly
I
building
Gamma Rays
X Rays
Ultraviolet radiation Visible light
Infrared radiation
Microwaves
Radio waves
Visible light waves come in different sizes short ones look blue and long ones look red All other
electromagnetic radiation is invisible to our eyes - like the very long waves that can carry signals to
radios
Whatever the size you wont find anything that goes faster than light Why not Thats a light mystery
thats kept scientists in the dark - so far
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Everyday Einstein Lasers This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Einsteins work helped in the making of many things
Heres how his ideas led to lasers
Before Einstein
Scientists pondered the nature of matter and energy and
how they interacted They knew that energy comes out of
matter as light but how was a mystery Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins
During Einsteins
Life
By imagining electrons being forced into unstable orbits
in an atom Einstein figured out how energy could be
Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins released by atoms By making this discovery he helped
pave the way for the invention of lasers
After Einstein
Scientists can now make the electrons in atoms all emit
the same kind of energy in the same direction in a narrow
beam
What Lasers Mean to You
Did you know the word LASER stands for Light
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Lasers are used in all sorts of things today including supermarket checkout scanners
medical equipment and CD players A tiny laser is used to read the bumps and grooves on a
CD and translate the pattern into sound
Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins
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Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks
Train of Thought Light Speed This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Light is fast Its the only thing that can reach the universal speed limit - 186000 miles
per second (If you could travel as fast as light the universe would look very different)
Because it moves so quickly light can seem to appear instantaneously Think about when you
turn on a TV images pop up right away
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You have to be a really big thinker to imagine the size of the Universe Its so big that light from the most distant galaxies takes over 10 billion years just to reach us on Earth Thats twice as long as Earths been around Everything weve ever
observed in space is part of our Universe We dont know whats beyond it or if there are other Universes out there
How does the speed of light affect our lives and what we know about the universe To shed
some light on the subject power up this thought experiment
Question What if light could only travel 1 footsecond
Example Imagine you are watching a live concert broadcast on TV
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Logic When light travels at its normal speed of 186000 milessecond you see the broadcast
immediately You could be 1 mile or 3000 miles away from the concert - it doesnt matter
Why Light can travel distances very rapidly If you changed how fast light could travel then
you would change the amount of time it would take for it to reach your eyes
Eric Hamilton
We see light every day -- whether from light bulbs flames flashlights or the Sun (our most important source of light) We see objects because they reflect or bounce light into our eyes Light is a form of energy called electromagnetic radiation Its
made of tiny particles called photons that travel in straight lines In a vacuum nothing can travel faster
1 ay 3606 miles awa
f i t a-velle lft c lJ t t is vievver $ee$
h~ -vmiddot we see$ the e braadcci 6 month b oadcas over an ho r a erf 1f a -er
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Prediction If light could only travel 1 footsecond the broadcast would reach viewers at
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Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks different times depending on their distance from the concert Somebody sitting 1 mile away
would receive the broadcast with a delay of over an hour Somebody 3000 miles away would
receive the broadcast about 6 months later Not exactly live TV
Conclusion The farther away you are from a source of light the longer it takes the light to
reach you
Did you know Distances on Earth are relatively short which is why live TV can be seen
anywhere on Earth at almost exactly the same time But distances in the universe are SO
great that by the time light from an object in space like a star reaches our eyes what we are
seeing is a snapshot of how it looked hundreds or even millions of years ago
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Einstein in Time This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Albert Einstein has been called one of the freest people who ever lived He didnt let anything hold back his imagination and it powered him to completely new places As a great humanitarian Einstein supported causes that helped people around the globe Take a trip through his incredible life and see for yourself
Albert Einstein is born on March 14 to a
Jewish family in Ulm Germany
Receives a compass from his dad bullvhich
sparks his curiosit y about hov things work This currosity leads to a l ifelong l1ove of
physics mathematics and ph ilosophy
Starts playing the violin
Enrolls in university in Switzerland and
gives up German citizenship He later becomes a Swiss citizen
After graduating from Zurich Polytechnic
Inst itute he takes a job in a Swiss patent office
1 f I wer not a ph ysic ist 1 w ould probably be a musician get most joy
in life out of music
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1905
Publishes papers that deal with his Special Theory of RelativitY1 photoelectric effect and the original version of the equation E=mc2bull This has been called his year of miracles 0
Becomes a worldwide celebrity when Sir
Arthur Eddington confi rms hi s 1915 General Theory of Relativity Begins to use his celebrity to champion causes he be lieves in including the formation of a
Jewish state
ltl ins the Nobe[ Prize in Physics
1Vhife in Jerusalem I e delivers the first scientific lecture at The Hebrew University
Signs a document with Gandhi against forcing men into military servirn
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Trc r1clmw Unioirsit- of Jcmso~m Israel
middotmiddotone should not pursue goals t hat are easily ~c hl ebullbulled One must develop a n lnst ln-ct for wha
one can just barelbullt achieve thro gh ones greatest efforts
Spends several mont hs teaching at
CalTech in Pasadena California where his fame leads to contact wi th movie
stars and other celebrities
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Gives up his job at a school in Germany as the Na2i party comes to power Joins the lnsti1tut e for Advanced Study at
Princeton University in Nevl Jersey
Writes to President Franklin D Roosevelt urging the US to develop atomic energy research He is concerned that Nazi
Germanys research will soon allow it to build an atomic bomb Later he regrets
sending the letter
Becomes a US citizen
Turns dmvn an offer from the State of Israe l vrhkh is 4- years old t o be its president
Speaks out against the mistreatment of those unjustly accused of being communists during the era of McCarthyism
I cSd not wish to Uve In a country whern the ifldlvidual does not cnjoy equality
before the law and freedom lo say and
teach what he Dlltes bull
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I ade one m istake In my life -whe I signed that letter to President
Roosevelt advocating that the bomb should be bui lt
America is today the hope or as honorable men who respect the ri9h1s of lhef1middot tetlow rrtefl and whO believe In the prfndl)les of freedom
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In t he last analbullsfs -everybacy is a
hu a n being
Di es on April 18 at Princeton Hos pitilL
Time magazine names Einsteirl igtersori
ol the Century
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Everyday Einstein Humanitarian
Einstein is now a household word that means genius During his life Einstein used his fame
to draw attention to things he believed in He spoke about peace between Jews and Arabs
and about finding homes for both Jewish and political refugees He opposed all forms of racial
and ethnic discrimination such as segregation He was also an activist for world peace and
democracy Einstein realized that the scientific community can either help or hurt our
civilization and believed that scientists are responsible for their actions
If you were a superstar celebrity how would you use your fame to make the world a better
place
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Train of Thought Newtons Ball This text is provided courtesy of OLogy the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
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Eric Hamilton
A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed Instead it is carried out by the mind using reasoning and logic Thought experiments have been used by great thinkers since ancient times and they are still used today to explain concepts such as quantum physics and relativity These virtual experiments help us explore the
world
Have you ever wondered how satellites in the sky stay in orbit Before there were
satellites Newton asked himself the same thing about objects such as the moon
Why do things stay in orbit
Get your brain on the ball and explore Newtons question with the thought experiment below
Question Can you throw a ball so hard that it never falls to Earth
Example Imagine you are on a mountain and throw a ball in front of you
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Logic Think about what happens if you throw a ball softly It goes a bit and then falls to the
ground If you throw the ball harder it will go farther before it hits the ground right
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Courtesy of NASA Jim Paillot
The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
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Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
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My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
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Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
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Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
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Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
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The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
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The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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Children of the Storm - Cause amp Effect Questions ReadWorks0
Name Date
1 Why did the Dounseroux family move out of a Houston hotel
A The hotel manager told them they had to leave
B A Houston family gave them shelter in a loft
C The Dounseroux family was assigned to the Astrodome
D The Dounseroux family decided to move back to New Orleans
2 Which sentence is opinion rather than fact
A More than 24000 evacuees moved to the Houston Astrodome
B Tenisha was supposed to start fourth grade in New Orleans
C Almost 2000 students enrolled in the Houston school district
D Its hard to move and start going to a new school
3 Read this paragraph from the text
The Houston school district alone enrolled almost 2000 students in the days following
Katrina including Tenisha and her brother Terren The district also reopened two
schools that it had closed the previous spring Those schools were devoted entirely to
children displaced by the storm
Based on this evidence why might the Houston school district have reopened two
schools
A to make room for almost 2000 displaced students
B to make getting to school easier for many Houston students
C to start the new school year with plenty of extra space
D to give jobs to displaced teachers from New Orleans
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4 Tenisha stated that she thinks her new school in Houston is great Based on the text
what probably caused her to think this
A Tenishas Houston school has better teachers and more advanced technology than her New Orleans school
B Tenishas Houston classmates made the new arrivals feel unwelcome
C Tenishas Houston classmates embraced the new arrivals and tried to make them feel good
D Tenishas Houston classmates were kinder than her former classmates in New Orleans
5 Tenisha said that she wants to stay in Houston Based on the information in the text
why might she want to stay there Support your answer with evidence from the text
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Phvsical Science 7 Articfes
Check articles you have read
Light the Way 116 words
Everyday Einstein Lasers 181 words
Train of Thought Light Speed 464 words
Einstein in Time 161 words
Train of Thought Newtons Ball 408 words
Equation Invasion 248 words
Its All Relative 195 words
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Light the Way ReacIWorks
Light the Way by American Museum of Natural History
This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Whats the fastest thing in the universe If you said light youre right It takes us about 6 hours to fly from
New York to California Light can go there - and back - in 130 of a second
Theres more to Ii ht than meets the eye
It is a special kind of energy called electromagnetic radiation and it travels in waves
atom
WAVELENGTH ABOUT THE amoeba SIZE OF
fly
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building
Gamma Rays
X Rays
Ultraviolet radiation Visible light
Infrared radiation
Microwaves
Radio waves
Visible light waves come in different sizes short ones look blue and long ones look red All other
electromagnetic radiation is invisible to our eyes - like the very long waves that can carry signals to
radios
Whatever the size you wont find anything that goes faster than light Why not Thats a light mystery
thats kept scientists in the dark - so far
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ReadWorks Everyday Einstein Lasers
Everyday Einstein Lasers This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Einsteins work helped in the making of many things
Heres how his ideas led to lasers
Before Einstein
Scientists pondered the nature of matter and energy and
how they interacted They knew that energy comes out of
matter as light but how was a mystery Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins
During Einsteins
Life
By imagining electrons being forced into unstable orbits
in an atom Einstein figured out how energy could be
Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins released by atoms By making this discovery he helped
pave the way for the invention of lasers
After Einstein
Scientists can now make the electrons in atoms all emit
the same kind of energy in the same direction in a narrow
beam
What Lasers Mean to You
Did you know the word LASER stands for Light
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Lasers are used in all sorts of things today including supermarket checkout scanners
medical equipment and CD players A tiny laser is used to read the bumps and grooves on a
CD and translate the pattern into sound
Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins
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Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks
Train of Thought Light Speed This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Light is fast Its the only thing that can reach the universal speed limit - 186000 miles
per second (If you could travel as fast as light the universe would look very different)
Because it moves so quickly light can seem to appear instantaneously Think about when you
turn on a TV images pop up right away
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You have to be a really big thinker to imagine the size of the Universe Its so big that light from the most distant galaxies takes over 10 billion years just to reach us on Earth Thats twice as long as Earths been around Everything weve ever
observed in space is part of our Universe We dont know whats beyond it or if there are other Universes out there
How does the speed of light affect our lives and what we know about the universe To shed
some light on the subject power up this thought experiment
Question What if light could only travel 1 footsecond
Example Imagine you are watching a live concert broadcast on TV
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Logic When light travels at its normal speed of 186000 milessecond you see the broadcast
immediately You could be 1 mile or 3000 miles away from the concert - it doesnt matter
Why Light can travel distances very rapidly If you changed how fast light could travel then
you would change the amount of time it would take for it to reach your eyes
Eric Hamilton
We see light every day -- whether from light bulbs flames flashlights or the Sun (our most important source of light) We see objects because they reflect or bounce light into our eyes Light is a form of energy called electromagnetic radiation Its
made of tiny particles called photons that travel in straight lines In a vacuum nothing can travel faster
1 ay 3606 miles awa
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h~ -vmiddot we see$ the e braadcci 6 month b oadcas over an ho r a erf 1f a -er
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Prediction If light could only travel 1 footsecond the broadcast would reach viewers at
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Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks different times depending on their distance from the concert Somebody sitting 1 mile away
would receive the broadcast with a delay of over an hour Somebody 3000 miles away would
receive the broadcast about 6 months later Not exactly live TV
Conclusion The farther away you are from a source of light the longer it takes the light to
reach you
Did you know Distances on Earth are relatively short which is why live TV can be seen
anywhere on Earth at almost exactly the same time But distances in the universe are SO
great that by the time light from an object in space like a star reaches our eyes what we are
seeing is a snapshot of how it looked hundreds or even millions of years ago
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Einstein in Time This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Albert Einstein has been called one of the freest people who ever lived He didnt let anything hold back his imagination and it powered him to completely new places As a great humanitarian Einstein supported causes that helped people around the globe Take a trip through his incredible life and see for yourself
Albert Einstein is born on March 14 to a
Jewish family in Ulm Germany
Receives a compass from his dad bullvhich
sparks his curiosit y about hov things work This currosity leads to a l ifelong l1ove of
physics mathematics and ph ilosophy
Starts playing the violin
Enrolls in university in Switzerland and
gives up German citizenship He later becomes a Swiss citizen
After graduating from Zurich Polytechnic
Inst itute he takes a job in a Swiss patent office
1 f I wer not a ph ysic ist 1 w ould probably be a musician get most joy
in life out of music
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1905
Publishes papers that deal with his Special Theory of RelativitY1 photoelectric effect and the original version of the equation E=mc2bull This has been called his year of miracles 0
Becomes a worldwide celebrity when Sir
Arthur Eddington confi rms hi s 1915 General Theory of Relativity Begins to use his celebrity to champion causes he be lieves in including the formation of a
Jewish state
ltl ins the Nobe[ Prize in Physics
1Vhife in Jerusalem I e delivers the first scientific lecture at The Hebrew University
Signs a document with Gandhi against forcing men into military servirn
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Trc r1clmw Unioirsit- of Jcmso~m Israel
middotmiddotone should not pursue goals t hat are easily ~c hl ebullbulled One must develop a n lnst ln-ct for wha
one can just barelbullt achieve thro gh ones greatest efforts
Spends several mont hs teaching at
CalTech in Pasadena California where his fame leads to contact wi th movie
stars and other celebrities
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Gives up his job at a school in Germany as the Na2i party comes to power Joins the lnsti1tut e for Advanced Study at
Princeton University in Nevl Jersey
Writes to President Franklin D Roosevelt urging the US to develop atomic energy research He is concerned that Nazi
Germanys research will soon allow it to build an atomic bomb Later he regrets
sending the letter
Becomes a US citizen
Turns dmvn an offer from the State of Israe l vrhkh is 4- years old t o be its president
Speaks out against the mistreatment of those unjustly accused of being communists during the era of McCarthyism
I cSd not wish to Uve In a country whern the ifldlvidual does not cnjoy equality
before the law and freedom lo say and
teach what he Dlltes bull
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I ade one m istake In my life -whe I signed that letter to President
Roosevelt advocating that the bomb should be bui lt
America is today the hope or as honorable men who respect the ri9h1s of lhef1middot tetlow rrtefl and whO believe In the prfndl)les of freedom
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In t he last analbullsfs -everybacy is a
hu a n being
Di es on April 18 at Princeton Hos pitilL
Time magazine names Einsteirl igtersori
ol the Century
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Everyday Einstein Humanitarian
Einstein is now a household word that means genius During his life Einstein used his fame
to draw attention to things he believed in He spoke about peace between Jews and Arabs
and about finding homes for both Jewish and political refugees He opposed all forms of racial
and ethnic discrimination such as segregation He was also an activist for world peace and
democracy Einstein realized that the scientific community can either help or hurt our
civilization and believed that scientists are responsible for their actions
If you were a superstar celebrity how would you use your fame to make the world a better
place
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Train of Thought Newtons Ball This text is provided courtesy of OLogy the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
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Eric Hamilton
A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed Instead it is carried out by the mind using reasoning and logic Thought experiments have been used by great thinkers since ancient times and they are still used today to explain concepts such as quantum physics and relativity These virtual experiments help us explore the
world
Have you ever wondered how satellites in the sky stay in orbit Before there were
satellites Newton asked himself the same thing about objects such as the moon
Why do things stay in orbit
Get your brain on the ball and explore Newtons question with the thought experiment below
Question Can you throw a ball so hard that it never falls to Earth
Example Imagine you are on a mountain and throw a ball in front of you
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Logic Think about what happens if you throw a ball softly It goes a bit and then falls to the
ground If you throw the ball harder it will go farther before it hits the ground right
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Courtesy of NASA Jim Paillot
The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks
Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
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My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
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Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
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2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
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2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
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4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
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MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
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It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
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The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
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1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
ReadWorks Children of the Storm - Cause amp Effect Questions
4 Tenisha stated that she thinks her new school in Houston is great Based on the text
what probably caused her to think this
A Tenishas Houston school has better teachers and more advanced technology than her New Orleans school
B Tenishas Houston classmates made the new arrivals feel unwelcome
C Tenishas Houston classmates embraced the new arrivals and tried to make them feel good
D Tenishas Houston classmates were kinder than her former classmates in New Orleans
5 Tenisha said that she wants to stay in Houston Based on the information in the text
why might she want to stay there Support your answer with evidence from the text
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Light the Way 116 words
Everyday Einstein Lasers 181 words
Train of Thought Light Speed 464 words
Einstein in Time 161 words
Train of Thought Newtons Ball 408 words
Equation Invasion 248 words
Its All Relative 195 words
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Light the Way ReacIWorks
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Whats the fastest thing in the universe If you said light youre right It takes us about 6 hours to fly from
New York to California Light can go there - and back - in 130 of a second
Theres more to Ii ht than meets the eye
It is a special kind of energy called electromagnetic radiation and it travels in waves
atom
WAVELENGTH ABOUT THE amoeba SIZE OF
fly
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building
Gamma Rays
X Rays
Ultraviolet radiation Visible light
Infrared radiation
Microwaves
Radio waves
Visible light waves come in different sizes short ones look blue and long ones look red All other
electromagnetic radiation is invisible to our eyes - like the very long waves that can carry signals to
radios
Whatever the size you wont find anything that goes faster than light Why not Thats a light mystery
thats kept scientists in the dark - so far
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ReadWorks Everyday Einstein Lasers
Everyday Einstein Lasers This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Einsteins work helped in the making of many things
Heres how his ideas led to lasers
Before Einstein
Scientists pondered the nature of matter and energy and
how they interacted They knew that energy comes out of
matter as light but how was a mystery Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins
During Einsteins
Life
By imagining electrons being forced into unstable orbits
in an atom Einstein figured out how energy could be
Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins released by atoms By making this discovery he helped
pave the way for the invention of lasers
After Einstein
Scientists can now make the electrons in atoms all emit
the same kind of energy in the same direction in a narrow
beam
What Lasers Mean to You
Did you know the word LASER stands for Light
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Lasers are used in all sorts of things today including supermarket checkout scanners
medical equipment and CD players A tiny laser is used to read the bumps and grooves on a
CD and translate the pattern into sound
Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins
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Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks
Train of Thought Light Speed This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Light is fast Its the only thing that can reach the universal speed limit - 186000 miles
per second (If you could travel as fast as light the universe would look very different)
Because it moves so quickly light can seem to appear instantaneously Think about when you
turn on a TV images pop up right away
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You have to be a really big thinker to imagine the size of the Universe Its so big that light from the most distant galaxies takes over 10 billion years just to reach us on Earth Thats twice as long as Earths been around Everything weve ever
observed in space is part of our Universe We dont know whats beyond it or if there are other Universes out there
How does the speed of light affect our lives and what we know about the universe To shed
some light on the subject power up this thought experiment
Question What if light could only travel 1 footsecond
Example Imagine you are watching a live concert broadcast on TV
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Logic When light travels at its normal speed of 186000 milessecond you see the broadcast
immediately You could be 1 mile or 3000 miles away from the concert - it doesnt matter
Why Light can travel distances very rapidly If you changed how fast light could travel then
you would change the amount of time it would take for it to reach your eyes
Eric Hamilton
We see light every day -- whether from light bulbs flames flashlights or the Sun (our most important source of light) We see objects because they reflect or bounce light into our eyes Light is a form of energy called electromagnetic radiation Its
made of tiny particles called photons that travel in straight lines In a vacuum nothing can travel faster
1 ay 3606 miles awa
f i t a-velle lft c lJ t t is vievver $ee$
h~ -vmiddot we see$ the e braadcci 6 month b oadcas over an ho r a erf 1f a -er
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Prediction If light could only travel 1 footsecond the broadcast would reach viewers at
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Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks different times depending on their distance from the concert Somebody sitting 1 mile away
would receive the broadcast with a delay of over an hour Somebody 3000 miles away would
receive the broadcast about 6 months later Not exactly live TV
Conclusion The farther away you are from a source of light the longer it takes the light to
reach you
Did you know Distances on Earth are relatively short which is why live TV can be seen
anywhere on Earth at almost exactly the same time But distances in the universe are SO
great that by the time light from an object in space like a star reaches our eyes what we are
seeing is a snapshot of how it looked hundreds or even millions of years ago
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Einstein in Time This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Albert Einstein has been called one of the freest people who ever lived He didnt let anything hold back his imagination and it powered him to completely new places As a great humanitarian Einstein supported causes that helped people around the globe Take a trip through his incredible life and see for yourself
Albert Einstein is born on March 14 to a
Jewish family in Ulm Germany
Receives a compass from his dad bullvhich
sparks his curiosit y about hov things work This currosity leads to a l ifelong l1ove of
physics mathematics and ph ilosophy
Starts playing the violin
Enrolls in university in Switzerland and
gives up German citizenship He later becomes a Swiss citizen
After graduating from Zurich Polytechnic
Inst itute he takes a job in a Swiss patent office
1 f I wer not a ph ysic ist 1 w ould probably be a musician get most joy
in life out of music
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1905
Publishes papers that deal with his Special Theory of RelativitY1 photoelectric effect and the original version of the equation E=mc2bull This has been called his year of miracles 0
Becomes a worldwide celebrity when Sir
Arthur Eddington confi rms hi s 1915 General Theory of Relativity Begins to use his celebrity to champion causes he be lieves in including the formation of a
Jewish state
ltl ins the Nobe[ Prize in Physics
1Vhife in Jerusalem I e delivers the first scientific lecture at The Hebrew University
Signs a document with Gandhi against forcing men into military servirn
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Trc r1clmw Unioirsit- of Jcmso~m Israel
middotmiddotone should not pursue goals t hat are easily ~c hl ebullbulled One must develop a n lnst ln-ct for wha
one can just barelbullt achieve thro gh ones greatest efforts
Spends several mont hs teaching at
CalTech in Pasadena California where his fame leads to contact wi th movie
stars and other celebrities
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Gives up his job at a school in Germany as the Na2i party comes to power Joins the lnsti1tut e for Advanced Study at
Princeton University in Nevl Jersey
Writes to President Franklin D Roosevelt urging the US to develop atomic energy research He is concerned that Nazi
Germanys research will soon allow it to build an atomic bomb Later he regrets
sending the letter
Becomes a US citizen
Turns dmvn an offer from the State of Israe l vrhkh is 4- years old t o be its president
Speaks out against the mistreatment of those unjustly accused of being communists during the era of McCarthyism
I cSd not wish to Uve In a country whern the ifldlvidual does not cnjoy equality
before the law and freedom lo say and
teach what he Dlltes bull
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I ade one m istake In my life -whe I signed that letter to President
Roosevelt advocating that the bomb should be bui lt
America is today the hope or as honorable men who respect the ri9h1s of lhef1middot tetlow rrtefl and whO believe In the prfndl)les of freedom
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In t he last analbullsfs -everybacy is a
hu a n being
Di es on April 18 at Princeton Hos pitilL
Time magazine names Einsteirl igtersori
ol the Century
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Everyday Einstein Humanitarian
Einstein is now a household word that means genius During his life Einstein used his fame
to draw attention to things he believed in He spoke about peace between Jews and Arabs
and about finding homes for both Jewish and political refugees He opposed all forms of racial
and ethnic discrimination such as segregation He was also an activist for world peace and
democracy Einstein realized that the scientific community can either help or hurt our
civilization and believed that scientists are responsible for their actions
If you were a superstar celebrity how would you use your fame to make the world a better
place
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Train of Thought Newtons Ball This text is provided courtesy of OLogy the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
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A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed Instead it is carried out by the mind using reasoning and logic Thought experiments have been used by great thinkers since ancient times and they are still used today to explain concepts such as quantum physics and relativity These virtual experiments help us explore the
world
Have you ever wondered how satellites in the sky stay in orbit Before there were
satellites Newton asked himself the same thing about objects such as the moon
Why do things stay in orbit
Get your brain on the ball and explore Newtons question with the thought experiment below
Question Can you throw a ball so hard that it never falls to Earth
Example Imagine you are on a mountain and throw a ball in front of you
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Logic Think about what happens if you throw a ball softly It goes a bit and then falls to the
ground If you throw the ball harder it will go farther before it hits the ground right
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Courtesy of NASA Jim Paillot
The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
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Equation Invasion
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The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
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Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
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2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
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2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
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4 Cause _________________ _
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The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
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MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
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experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
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It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
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The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
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The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
ReadWorlltsreg ARTICLE-A-DAY
Phvsical Science 7 Articfes
Check articles you have read
Light the Way 116 words
Everyday Einstein Lasers 181 words
Train of Thought Light Speed 464 words
Einstein in Time 161 words
Train of Thought Newtons Ball 408 words
Equation Invasion 248 words
Its All Relative 195 words
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Whats the fastest thing in the universe If you said light youre right It takes us about 6 hours to fly from
New York to California Light can go there - and back - in 130 of a second
Theres more to Ii ht than meets the eye
It is a special kind of energy called electromagnetic radiation and it travels in waves
atom
WAVELENGTH ABOUT THE amoeba SIZE OF
fly
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building
Gamma Rays
X Rays
Ultraviolet radiation Visible light
Infrared radiation
Microwaves
Radio waves
Visible light waves come in different sizes short ones look blue and long ones look red All other
electromagnetic radiation is invisible to our eyes - like the very long waves that can carry signals to
radios
Whatever the size you wont find anything that goes faster than light Why not Thats a light mystery
thats kept scientists in the dark - so far
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Everyday Einstein Lasers This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Einsteins work helped in the making of many things
Heres how his ideas led to lasers
Before Einstein
Scientists pondered the nature of matter and energy and
how they interacted They knew that energy comes out of
matter as light but how was a mystery Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins
During Einsteins
Life
By imagining electrons being forced into unstable orbits
in an atom Einstein figured out how energy could be
Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins released by atoms By making this discovery he helped
pave the way for the invention of lasers
After Einstein
Scientists can now make the electrons in atoms all emit
the same kind of energy in the same direction in a narrow
beam
What Lasers Mean to You
Did you know the word LASER stands for Light
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Lasers are used in all sorts of things today including supermarket checkout scanners
medical equipment and CD players A tiny laser is used to read the bumps and grooves on a
CD and translate the pattern into sound
Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins
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Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks
Train of Thought Light Speed This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Light is fast Its the only thing that can reach the universal speed limit - 186000 miles
per second (If you could travel as fast as light the universe would look very different)
Because it moves so quickly light can seem to appear instantaneously Think about when you
turn on a TV images pop up right away
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You have to be a really big thinker to imagine the size of the Universe Its so big that light from the most distant galaxies takes over 10 billion years just to reach us on Earth Thats twice as long as Earths been around Everything weve ever
observed in space is part of our Universe We dont know whats beyond it or if there are other Universes out there
How does the speed of light affect our lives and what we know about the universe To shed
some light on the subject power up this thought experiment
Question What if light could only travel 1 footsecond
Example Imagine you are watching a live concert broadcast on TV
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Logic When light travels at its normal speed of 186000 milessecond you see the broadcast
immediately You could be 1 mile or 3000 miles away from the concert - it doesnt matter
Why Light can travel distances very rapidly If you changed how fast light could travel then
you would change the amount of time it would take for it to reach your eyes
Eric Hamilton
We see light every day -- whether from light bulbs flames flashlights or the Sun (our most important source of light) We see objects because they reflect or bounce light into our eyes Light is a form of energy called electromagnetic radiation Its
made of tiny particles called photons that travel in straight lines In a vacuum nothing can travel faster
1 ay 3606 miles awa
f i t a-velle lft c lJ t t is vievver $ee$
h~ -vmiddot we see$ the e braadcci 6 month b oadcas over an ho r a erf 1f a -er
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Prediction If light could only travel 1 footsecond the broadcast would reach viewers at
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Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks different times depending on their distance from the concert Somebody sitting 1 mile away
would receive the broadcast with a delay of over an hour Somebody 3000 miles away would
receive the broadcast about 6 months later Not exactly live TV
Conclusion The farther away you are from a source of light the longer it takes the light to
reach you
Did you know Distances on Earth are relatively short which is why live TV can be seen
anywhere on Earth at almost exactly the same time But distances in the universe are SO
great that by the time light from an object in space like a star reaches our eyes what we are
seeing is a snapshot of how it looked hundreds or even millions of years ago
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Einstein in Time This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Albert Einstein has been called one of the freest people who ever lived He didnt let anything hold back his imagination and it powered him to completely new places As a great humanitarian Einstein supported causes that helped people around the globe Take a trip through his incredible life and see for yourself
Albert Einstein is born on March 14 to a
Jewish family in Ulm Germany
Receives a compass from his dad bullvhich
sparks his curiosit y about hov things work This currosity leads to a l ifelong l1ove of
physics mathematics and ph ilosophy
Starts playing the violin
Enrolls in university in Switzerland and
gives up German citizenship He later becomes a Swiss citizen
After graduating from Zurich Polytechnic
Inst itute he takes a job in a Swiss patent office
1 f I wer not a ph ysic ist 1 w ould probably be a musician get most joy
in life out of music
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1905
Publishes papers that deal with his Special Theory of RelativitY1 photoelectric effect and the original version of the equation E=mc2bull This has been called his year of miracles 0
Becomes a worldwide celebrity when Sir
Arthur Eddington confi rms hi s 1915 General Theory of Relativity Begins to use his celebrity to champion causes he be lieves in including the formation of a
Jewish state
ltl ins the Nobe[ Prize in Physics
1Vhife in Jerusalem I e delivers the first scientific lecture at The Hebrew University
Signs a document with Gandhi against forcing men into military servirn
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Trc r1clmw Unioirsit- of Jcmso~m Israel
middotmiddotone should not pursue goals t hat are easily ~c hl ebullbulled One must develop a n lnst ln-ct for wha
one can just barelbullt achieve thro gh ones greatest efforts
Spends several mont hs teaching at
CalTech in Pasadena California where his fame leads to contact wi th movie
stars and other celebrities
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Gives up his job at a school in Germany as the Na2i party comes to power Joins the lnsti1tut e for Advanced Study at
Princeton University in Nevl Jersey
Writes to President Franklin D Roosevelt urging the US to develop atomic energy research He is concerned that Nazi
Germanys research will soon allow it to build an atomic bomb Later he regrets
sending the letter
Becomes a US citizen
Turns dmvn an offer from the State of Israe l vrhkh is 4- years old t o be its president
Speaks out against the mistreatment of those unjustly accused of being communists during the era of McCarthyism
I cSd not wish to Uve In a country whern the ifldlvidual does not cnjoy equality
before the law and freedom lo say and
teach what he Dlltes bull
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I ade one m istake In my life -whe I signed that letter to President
Roosevelt advocating that the bomb should be bui lt
America is today the hope or as honorable men who respect the ri9h1s of lhef1middot tetlow rrtefl and whO believe In the prfndl)les of freedom
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hu a n being
Di es on April 18 at Princeton Hos pitilL
Time magazine names Einsteirl igtersori
ol the Century
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Everyday Einstein Humanitarian
Einstein is now a household word that means genius During his life Einstein used his fame
to draw attention to things he believed in He spoke about peace between Jews and Arabs
and about finding homes for both Jewish and political refugees He opposed all forms of racial
and ethnic discrimination such as segregation He was also an activist for world peace and
democracy Einstein realized that the scientific community can either help or hurt our
civilization and believed that scientists are responsible for their actions
If you were a superstar celebrity how would you use your fame to make the world a better
place
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Eric Hamilton
A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed Instead it is carried out by the mind using reasoning and logic Thought experiments have been used by great thinkers since ancient times and they are still used today to explain concepts such as quantum physics and relativity These virtual experiments help us explore the
world
Have you ever wondered how satellites in the sky stay in orbit Before there were
satellites Newton asked himself the same thing about objects such as the moon
Why do things stay in orbit
Get your brain on the ball and explore Newtons question with the thought experiment below
Question Can you throw a ball so hard that it never falls to Earth
Example Imagine you are on a mountain and throw a ball in front of you
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Logic Think about what happens if you throw a ball softly It goes a bit and then falls to the
ground If you throw the ball harder it will go farther before it hits the ground right
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Courtesy of NASA Jim Paillot
The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
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Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
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Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
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2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
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Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
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2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
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MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
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It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
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The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
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The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Light the Way ReacIWorks
Light the Way by American Museum of Natural History
This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Whats the fastest thing in the universe If you said light youre right It takes us about 6 hours to fly from
New York to California Light can go there - and back - in 130 of a second
Theres more to Ii ht than meets the eye
It is a special kind of energy called electromagnetic radiation and it travels in waves
atom
WAVELENGTH ABOUT THE amoeba SIZE OF
fly
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building
Gamma Rays
X Rays
Ultraviolet radiation Visible light
Infrared radiation
Microwaves
Radio waves
Visible light waves come in different sizes short ones look blue and long ones look red All other
electromagnetic radiation is invisible to our eyes - like the very long waves that can carry signals to
radios
Whatever the size you wont find anything that goes faster than light Why not Thats a light mystery
thats kept scientists in the dark - so far
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ReadWorks Everyday Einstein Lasers
Everyday Einstein Lasers This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Einsteins work helped in the making of many things
Heres how his ideas led to lasers
Before Einstein
Scientists pondered the nature of matter and energy and
how they interacted They knew that energy comes out of
matter as light but how was a mystery Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins
During Einsteins
Life
By imagining electrons being forced into unstable orbits
in an atom Einstein figured out how energy could be
Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins released by atoms By making this discovery he helped
pave the way for the invention of lasers
After Einstein
Scientists can now make the electrons in atoms all emit
the same kind of energy in the same direction in a narrow
beam
What Lasers Mean to You
Did you know the word LASER stands for Light
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Lasers are used in all sorts of things today including supermarket checkout scanners
medical equipment and CD players A tiny laser is used to read the bumps and grooves on a
CD and translate the pattern into sound
Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins
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Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks
Train of Thought Light Speed This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Light is fast Its the only thing that can reach the universal speed limit - 186000 miles
per second (If you could travel as fast as light the universe would look very different)
Because it moves so quickly light can seem to appear instantaneously Think about when you
turn on a TV images pop up right away
The image of the universe copy American Museum of Natural History and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications 1999
You have to be a really big thinker to imagine the size of the Universe Its so big that light from the most distant galaxies takes over 10 billion years just to reach us on Earth Thats twice as long as Earths been around Everything weve ever
observed in space is part of our Universe We dont know whats beyond it or if there are other Universes out there
How does the speed of light affect our lives and what we know about the universe To shed
some light on the subject power up this thought experiment
Question What if light could only travel 1 footsecond
Example Imagine you are watching a live concert broadcast on TV
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Logic When light travels at its normal speed of 186000 milessecond you see the broadcast
immediately You could be 1 mile or 3000 miles away from the concert - it doesnt matter
Why Light can travel distances very rapidly If you changed how fast light could travel then
you would change the amount of time it would take for it to reach your eyes
Eric Hamilton
We see light every day -- whether from light bulbs flames flashlights or the Sun (our most important source of light) We see objects because they reflect or bounce light into our eyes Light is a form of energy called electromagnetic radiation Its
made of tiny particles called photons that travel in straight lines In a vacuum nothing can travel faster
1 ay 3606 miles awa
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h~ -vmiddot we see$ the e braadcci 6 month b oadcas over an ho r a erf 1f a -er
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Prediction If light could only travel 1 footsecond the broadcast would reach viewers at
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Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks different times depending on their distance from the concert Somebody sitting 1 mile away
would receive the broadcast with a delay of over an hour Somebody 3000 miles away would
receive the broadcast about 6 months later Not exactly live TV
Conclusion The farther away you are from a source of light the longer it takes the light to
reach you
Did you know Distances on Earth are relatively short which is why live TV can be seen
anywhere on Earth at almost exactly the same time But distances in the universe are SO
great that by the time light from an object in space like a star reaches our eyes what we are
seeing is a snapshot of how it looked hundreds or even millions of years ago
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Einstein in Time ReaclWorksreg
Einstein in Time This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Albert Einstein has been called one of the freest people who ever lived He didnt let anything hold back his imagination and it powered him to completely new places As a great humanitarian Einstein supported causes that helped people around the globe Take a trip through his incredible life and see for yourself
Albert Einstein is born on March 14 to a
Jewish family in Ulm Germany
Receives a compass from his dad bullvhich
sparks his curiosit y about hov things work This currosity leads to a l ifelong l1ove of
physics mathematics and ph ilosophy
Starts playing the violin
Enrolls in university in Switzerland and
gives up German citizenship He later becomes a Swiss citizen
After graduating from Zurich Polytechnic
Inst itute he takes a job in a Swiss patent office
1 f I wer not a ph ysic ist 1 w ould probably be a musician get most joy
in life out of music
Photo Credit courtesy of the Albert Einstein Archives The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel
(top ond bottom)
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Einstein in Time ReaclWorks
1905
Publishes papers that deal with his Special Theory of RelativitY1 photoelectric effect and the original version of the equation E=mc2bull This has been called his year of miracles 0
Becomes a worldwide celebrity when Sir
Arthur Eddington confi rms hi s 1915 General Theory of Relativity Begins to use his celebrity to champion causes he be lieves in including the formation of a
Jewish state
ltl ins the Nobe[ Prize in Physics
1Vhife in Jerusalem I e delivers the first scientific lecture at The Hebrew University
Signs a document with Gandhi against forcing men into military servirn
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Trc r1clmw Unioirsit- of Jcmso~m Israel
middotmiddotone should not pursue goals t hat are easily ~c hl ebullbulled One must develop a n lnst ln-ct for wha
one can just barelbullt achieve thro gh ones greatest efforts
Spends several mont hs teaching at
CalTech in Pasadena California where his fame leads to contact wi th movie
stars and other celebrities
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Gives up his job at a school in Germany as the Na2i party comes to power Joins the lnsti1tut e for Advanced Study at
Princeton University in Nevl Jersey
Writes to President Franklin D Roosevelt urging the US to develop atomic energy research He is concerned that Nazi
Germanys research will soon allow it to build an atomic bomb Later he regrets
sending the letter
Becomes a US citizen
Turns dmvn an offer from the State of Israe l vrhkh is 4- years old t o be its president
Speaks out against the mistreatment of those unjustly accused of being communists during the era of McCarthyism
I cSd not wish to Uve In a country whern the ifldlvidual does not cnjoy equality
before the law and freedom lo say and
teach what he Dlltes bull
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I ade one m istake In my life -whe I signed that letter to President
Roosevelt advocating that the bomb should be bui lt
America is today the hope or as honorable men who respect the ri9h1s of lhef1middot tetlow rrtefl and whO believe In the prfndl)les of freedom
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Di es on April 18 at Princeton Hos pitilL
Time magazine names Einsteirl igtersori
ol the Century
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Everyday Einstein Humanitarian
Einstein is now a household word that means genius During his life Einstein used his fame
to draw attention to things he believed in He spoke about peace between Jews and Arabs
and about finding homes for both Jewish and political refugees He opposed all forms of racial
and ethnic discrimination such as segregation He was also an activist for world peace and
democracy Einstein realized that the scientific community can either help or hurt our
civilization and believed that scientists are responsible for their actions
If you were a superstar celebrity how would you use your fame to make the world a better
place
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ReadWorks0 Train of Thought Newtons Ball
Train of Thought Newtons Ball This text is provided courtesy of OLogy the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
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Eric Hamilton
A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed Instead it is carried out by the mind using reasoning and logic Thought experiments have been used by great thinkers since ancient times and they are still used today to explain concepts such as quantum physics and relativity These virtual experiments help us explore the
world
Have you ever wondered how satellites in the sky stay in orbit Before there were
satellites Newton asked himself the same thing about objects such as the moon
Why do things stay in orbit
Get your brain on the ball and explore Newtons question with the thought experiment below
Question Can you throw a ball so hard that it never falls to Earth
Example Imagine you are on a mountain and throw a ball in front of you
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Logic Think about what happens if you throw a ball softly It goes a bit and then falls to the
ground If you throw the ball harder it will go farther before it hits the ground right
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Courtesy of NASA Jim Paillot
The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks
Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
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I learned and want to remember
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I learned and want to remember
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Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
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The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
ReadWorks Everyday Einstein Lasers
Everyday Einstein Lasers This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Einsteins work helped in the making of many things
Heres how his ideas led to lasers
Before Einstein
Scientists pondered the nature of matter and energy and
how they interacted They knew that energy comes out of
matter as light but how was a mystery Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins
During Einsteins
Life
By imagining electrons being forced into unstable orbits
in an atom Einstein figured out how energy could be
Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins released by atoms By making this discovery he helped
pave the way for the invention of lasers
After Einstein
Scientists can now make the electrons in atoms all emit
the same kind of energy in the same direction in a narrow
beam
What Lasers Mean to You
Did you know the word LASER stands for Light
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Lasers are used in all sorts of things today including supermarket checkout scanners
medical equipment and CD players A tiny laser is used to read the bumps and grooves on a
CD and translate the pattern into sound
Illustrations courtesy of Daryll Collins
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Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks
Train of Thought Light Speed This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Light is fast Its the only thing that can reach the universal speed limit - 186000 miles
per second (If you could travel as fast as light the universe would look very different)
Because it moves so quickly light can seem to appear instantaneously Think about when you
turn on a TV images pop up right away
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You have to be a really big thinker to imagine the size of the Universe Its so big that light from the most distant galaxies takes over 10 billion years just to reach us on Earth Thats twice as long as Earths been around Everything weve ever
observed in space is part of our Universe We dont know whats beyond it or if there are other Universes out there
How does the speed of light affect our lives and what we know about the universe To shed
some light on the subject power up this thought experiment
Question What if light could only travel 1 footsecond
Example Imagine you are watching a live concert broadcast on TV
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Logic When light travels at its normal speed of 186000 milessecond you see the broadcast
immediately You could be 1 mile or 3000 miles away from the concert - it doesnt matter
Why Light can travel distances very rapidly If you changed how fast light could travel then
you would change the amount of time it would take for it to reach your eyes
Eric Hamilton
We see light every day -- whether from light bulbs flames flashlights or the Sun (our most important source of light) We see objects because they reflect or bounce light into our eyes Light is a form of energy called electromagnetic radiation Its
made of tiny particles called photons that travel in straight lines In a vacuum nothing can travel faster
1 ay 3606 miles awa
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h~ -vmiddot we see$ the e braadcci 6 month b oadcas over an ho r a erf 1f a -er
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Prediction If light could only travel 1 footsecond the broadcast would reach viewers at
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Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks different times depending on their distance from the concert Somebody sitting 1 mile away
would receive the broadcast with a delay of over an hour Somebody 3000 miles away would
receive the broadcast about 6 months later Not exactly live TV
Conclusion The farther away you are from a source of light the longer it takes the light to
reach you
Did you know Distances on Earth are relatively short which is why live TV can be seen
anywhere on Earth at almost exactly the same time But distances in the universe are SO
great that by the time light from an object in space like a star reaches our eyes what we are
seeing is a snapshot of how it looked hundreds or even millions of years ago
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Einstein in Time This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Albert Einstein has been called one of the freest people who ever lived He didnt let anything hold back his imagination and it powered him to completely new places As a great humanitarian Einstein supported causes that helped people around the globe Take a trip through his incredible life and see for yourself
Albert Einstein is born on March 14 to a
Jewish family in Ulm Germany
Receives a compass from his dad bullvhich
sparks his curiosit y about hov things work This currosity leads to a l ifelong l1ove of
physics mathematics and ph ilosophy
Starts playing the violin
Enrolls in university in Switzerland and
gives up German citizenship He later becomes a Swiss citizen
After graduating from Zurich Polytechnic
Inst itute he takes a job in a Swiss patent office
1 f I wer not a ph ysic ist 1 w ould probably be a musician get most joy
in life out of music
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(top ond bottom)
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1905
Publishes papers that deal with his Special Theory of RelativitY1 photoelectric effect and the original version of the equation E=mc2bull This has been called his year of miracles 0
Becomes a worldwide celebrity when Sir
Arthur Eddington confi rms hi s 1915 General Theory of Relativity Begins to use his celebrity to champion causes he be lieves in including the formation of a
Jewish state
ltl ins the Nobe[ Prize in Physics
1Vhife in Jerusalem I e delivers the first scientific lecture at The Hebrew University
Signs a document with Gandhi against forcing men into military servirn
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Trc r1clmw Unioirsit- of Jcmso~m Israel
middotmiddotone should not pursue goals t hat are easily ~c hl ebullbulled One must develop a n lnst ln-ct for wha
one can just barelbullt achieve thro gh ones greatest efforts
Spends several mont hs teaching at
CalTech in Pasadena California where his fame leads to contact wi th movie
stars and other celebrities
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Gives up his job at a school in Germany as the Na2i party comes to power Joins the lnsti1tut e for Advanced Study at
Princeton University in Nevl Jersey
Writes to President Franklin D Roosevelt urging the US to develop atomic energy research He is concerned that Nazi
Germanys research will soon allow it to build an atomic bomb Later he regrets
sending the letter
Becomes a US citizen
Turns dmvn an offer from the State of Israe l vrhkh is 4- years old t o be its president
Speaks out against the mistreatment of those unjustly accused of being communists during the era of McCarthyism
I cSd not wish to Uve In a country whern the ifldlvidual does not cnjoy equality
before the law and freedom lo say and
teach what he Dlltes bull
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I ade one m istake In my life -whe I signed that letter to President
Roosevelt advocating that the bomb should be bui lt
America is today the hope or as honorable men who respect the ri9h1s of lhef1middot tetlow rrtefl and whO believe In the prfndl)les of freedom
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In t he last analbullsfs -everybacy is a
hu a n being
Di es on April 18 at Princeton Hos pitilL
Time magazine names Einsteirl igtersori
ol the Century
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Everyday Einstein Humanitarian
Einstein is now a household word that means genius During his life Einstein used his fame
to draw attention to things he believed in He spoke about peace between Jews and Arabs
and about finding homes for both Jewish and political refugees He opposed all forms of racial
and ethnic discrimination such as segregation He was also an activist for world peace and
democracy Einstein realized that the scientific community can either help or hurt our
civilization and believed that scientists are responsible for their actions
If you were a superstar celebrity how would you use your fame to make the world a better
place
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ReadWorks0 Train of Thought Newtons Ball
Train of Thought Newtons Ball This text is provided courtesy of OLogy the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
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Eric Hamilton
A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed Instead it is carried out by the mind using reasoning and logic Thought experiments have been used by great thinkers since ancient times and they are still used today to explain concepts such as quantum physics and relativity These virtual experiments help us explore the
world
Have you ever wondered how satellites in the sky stay in orbit Before there were
satellites Newton asked himself the same thing about objects such as the moon
Why do things stay in orbit
Get your brain on the ball and explore Newtons question with the thought experiment below
Question Can you throw a ball so hard that it never falls to Earth
Example Imagine you are on a mountain and throw a ball in front of you
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Logic Think about what happens if you throw a ball softly It goes a bit and then falls to the
ground If you throw the ball harder it will go farther before it hits the ground right
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Courtesy of NASA Jim Paillot
The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks
Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
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I learned and want to remember
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I learned and want to remember
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Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
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My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
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The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks
Train of Thought Light Speed This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Light is fast Its the only thing that can reach the universal speed limit - 186000 miles
per second (If you could travel as fast as light the universe would look very different)
Because it moves so quickly light can seem to appear instantaneously Think about when you
turn on a TV images pop up right away
The image of the universe copy American Museum of Natural History and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications 1999
You have to be a really big thinker to imagine the size of the Universe Its so big that light from the most distant galaxies takes over 10 billion years just to reach us on Earth Thats twice as long as Earths been around Everything weve ever
observed in space is part of our Universe We dont know whats beyond it or if there are other Universes out there
How does the speed of light affect our lives and what we know about the universe To shed
some light on the subject power up this thought experiment
Question What if light could only travel 1 footsecond
Example Imagine you are watching a live concert broadcast on TV
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Logic When light travels at its normal speed of 186000 milessecond you see the broadcast
immediately You could be 1 mile or 3000 miles away from the concert - it doesnt matter
Why Light can travel distances very rapidly If you changed how fast light could travel then
you would change the amount of time it would take for it to reach your eyes
Eric Hamilton
We see light every day -- whether from light bulbs flames flashlights or the Sun (our most important source of light) We see objects because they reflect or bounce light into our eyes Light is a form of energy called electromagnetic radiation Its
made of tiny particles called photons that travel in straight lines In a vacuum nothing can travel faster
1 ay 3606 miles awa
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Prediction If light could only travel 1 footsecond the broadcast would reach viewers at
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Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks different times depending on their distance from the concert Somebody sitting 1 mile away
would receive the broadcast with a delay of over an hour Somebody 3000 miles away would
receive the broadcast about 6 months later Not exactly live TV
Conclusion The farther away you are from a source of light the longer it takes the light to
reach you
Did you know Distances on Earth are relatively short which is why live TV can be seen
anywhere on Earth at almost exactly the same time But distances in the universe are SO
great that by the time light from an object in space like a star reaches our eyes what we are
seeing is a snapshot of how it looked hundreds or even millions of years ago
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Einstein in Time This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Albert Einstein has been called one of the freest people who ever lived He didnt let anything hold back his imagination and it powered him to completely new places As a great humanitarian Einstein supported causes that helped people around the globe Take a trip through his incredible life and see for yourself
Albert Einstein is born on March 14 to a
Jewish family in Ulm Germany
Receives a compass from his dad bullvhich
sparks his curiosit y about hov things work This currosity leads to a l ifelong l1ove of
physics mathematics and ph ilosophy
Starts playing the violin
Enrolls in university in Switzerland and
gives up German citizenship He later becomes a Swiss citizen
After graduating from Zurich Polytechnic
Inst itute he takes a job in a Swiss patent office
1 f I wer not a ph ysic ist 1 w ould probably be a musician get most joy
in life out of music
Photo Credit courtesy of the Albert Einstein Archives The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel
(top ond bottom)
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1905
Publishes papers that deal with his Special Theory of RelativitY1 photoelectric effect and the original version of the equation E=mc2bull This has been called his year of miracles 0
Becomes a worldwide celebrity when Sir
Arthur Eddington confi rms hi s 1915 General Theory of Relativity Begins to use his celebrity to champion causes he be lieves in including the formation of a
Jewish state
ltl ins the Nobe[ Prize in Physics
1Vhife in Jerusalem I e delivers the first scientific lecture at The Hebrew University
Signs a document with Gandhi against forcing men into military servirn
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Trc r1clmw Unioirsit- of Jcmso~m Israel
middotmiddotone should not pursue goals t hat are easily ~c hl ebullbulled One must develop a n lnst ln-ct for wha
one can just barelbullt achieve thro gh ones greatest efforts
Spends several mont hs teaching at
CalTech in Pasadena California where his fame leads to contact wi th movie
stars and other celebrities
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Gives up his job at a school in Germany as the Na2i party comes to power Joins the lnsti1tut e for Advanced Study at
Princeton University in Nevl Jersey
Writes to President Franklin D Roosevelt urging the US to develop atomic energy research He is concerned that Nazi
Germanys research will soon allow it to build an atomic bomb Later he regrets
sending the letter
Becomes a US citizen
Turns dmvn an offer from the State of Israe l vrhkh is 4- years old t o be its president
Speaks out against the mistreatment of those unjustly accused of being communists during the era of McCarthyism
I cSd not wish to Uve In a country whern the ifldlvidual does not cnjoy equality
before the law and freedom lo say and
teach what he Dlltes bull
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I ade one m istake In my life -whe I signed that letter to President
Roosevelt advocating that the bomb should be bui lt
America is today the hope or as honorable men who respect the ri9h1s of lhef1middot tetlow rrtefl and whO believe In the prfndl)les of freedom
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In t he last analbullsfs -everybacy is a
hu a n being
Di es on April 18 at Princeton Hos pitilL
Time magazine names Einsteirl igtersori
ol the Century
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Everyday Einstein Humanitarian
Einstein is now a household word that means genius During his life Einstein used his fame
to draw attention to things he believed in He spoke about peace between Jews and Arabs
and about finding homes for both Jewish and political refugees He opposed all forms of racial
and ethnic discrimination such as segregation He was also an activist for world peace and
democracy Einstein realized that the scientific community can either help or hurt our
civilization and believed that scientists are responsible for their actions
If you were a superstar celebrity how would you use your fame to make the world a better
place
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Train of Thought Newtons Ball This text is provided courtesy of OLogy the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
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Eric Hamilton
A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed Instead it is carried out by the mind using reasoning and logic Thought experiments have been used by great thinkers since ancient times and they are still used today to explain concepts such as quantum physics and relativity These virtual experiments help us explore the
world
Have you ever wondered how satellites in the sky stay in orbit Before there were
satellites Newton asked himself the same thing about objects such as the moon
Why do things stay in orbit
Get your brain on the ball and explore Newtons question with the thought experiment below
Question Can you throw a ball so hard that it never falls to Earth
Example Imagine you are on a mountain and throw a ball in front of you
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Logic Think about what happens if you throw a ball softly It goes a bit and then falls to the
ground If you throw the ball harder it will go farther before it hits the ground right
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Courtesy of NASA Jim Paillot
The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
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Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
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Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
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I learned and want to remember
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Article 4
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Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
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Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
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The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
ReaclWorks Train of Thought Light Speed
Logic When light travels at its normal speed of 186000 milessecond you see the broadcast
immediately You could be 1 mile or 3000 miles away from the concert - it doesnt matter
Why Light can travel distances very rapidly If you changed how fast light could travel then
you would change the amount of time it would take for it to reach your eyes
Eric Hamilton
We see light every day -- whether from light bulbs flames flashlights or the Sun (our most important source of light) We see objects because they reflect or bounce light into our eyes Light is a form of energy called electromagnetic radiation Its
made of tiny particles called photons that travel in straight lines In a vacuum nothing can travel faster
1 ay 3606 miles awa
f i t a-velle lft c lJ t t is vievver $ee$
h~ -vmiddot we see$ the e braadcci 6 month b oadcas over an ho r a erf 1f a -er
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Prediction If light could only travel 1 footsecond the broadcast would reach viewers at
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Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks different times depending on their distance from the concert Somebody sitting 1 mile away
would receive the broadcast with a delay of over an hour Somebody 3000 miles away would
receive the broadcast about 6 months later Not exactly live TV
Conclusion The farther away you are from a source of light the longer it takes the light to
reach you
Did you know Distances on Earth are relatively short which is why live TV can be seen
anywhere on Earth at almost exactly the same time But distances in the universe are SO
great that by the time light from an object in space like a star reaches our eyes what we are
seeing is a snapshot of how it looked hundreds or even millions of years ago
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Einstein in Time This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Albert Einstein has been called one of the freest people who ever lived He didnt let anything hold back his imagination and it powered him to completely new places As a great humanitarian Einstein supported causes that helped people around the globe Take a trip through his incredible life and see for yourself
Albert Einstein is born on March 14 to a
Jewish family in Ulm Germany
Receives a compass from his dad bullvhich
sparks his curiosit y about hov things work This currosity leads to a l ifelong l1ove of
physics mathematics and ph ilosophy
Starts playing the violin
Enrolls in university in Switzerland and
gives up German citizenship He later becomes a Swiss citizen
After graduating from Zurich Polytechnic
Inst itute he takes a job in a Swiss patent office
1 f I wer not a ph ysic ist 1 w ould probably be a musician get most joy
in life out of music
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1905
Publishes papers that deal with his Special Theory of RelativitY1 photoelectric effect and the original version of the equation E=mc2bull This has been called his year of miracles 0
Becomes a worldwide celebrity when Sir
Arthur Eddington confi rms hi s 1915 General Theory of Relativity Begins to use his celebrity to champion causes he be lieves in including the formation of a
Jewish state
ltl ins the Nobe[ Prize in Physics
1Vhife in Jerusalem I e delivers the first scientific lecture at The Hebrew University
Signs a document with Gandhi against forcing men into military servirn
Photo Cridit courtesy of the Albert Eins tein Arc iimiddotr~s
Trc r1clmw Unioirsit- of Jcmso~m Israel
middotmiddotone should not pursue goals t hat are easily ~c hl ebullbulled One must develop a n lnst ln-ct for wha
one can just barelbullt achieve thro gh ones greatest efforts
Spends several mont hs teaching at
CalTech in Pasadena California where his fame leads to contact wi th movie
stars and other celebrities
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Gives up his job at a school in Germany as the Na2i party comes to power Joins the lnsti1tut e for Advanced Study at
Princeton University in Nevl Jersey
Writes to President Franklin D Roosevelt urging the US to develop atomic energy research He is concerned that Nazi
Germanys research will soon allow it to build an atomic bomb Later he regrets
sending the letter
Becomes a US citizen
Turns dmvn an offer from the State of Israe l vrhkh is 4- years old t o be its president
Speaks out against the mistreatment of those unjustly accused of being communists during the era of McCarthyism
I cSd not wish to Uve In a country whern the ifldlvidual does not cnjoy equality
before the law and freedom lo say and
teach what he Dlltes bull
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I ade one m istake In my life -whe I signed that letter to President
Roosevelt advocating that the bomb should be bui lt
America is today the hope or as honorable men who respect the ri9h1s of lhef1middot tetlow rrtefl and whO believe In the prfndl)les of freedom
Photomiddot Credi t cowte5y of j11fJ9JArthiveGetty
In t he last analbullsfs -everybacy is a
hu a n being
Di es on April 18 at Princeton Hos pitilL
Time magazine names Einsteirl igtersori
ol the Century
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Everyday Einstein Humanitarian
Einstein is now a household word that means genius During his life Einstein used his fame
to draw attention to things he believed in He spoke about peace between Jews and Arabs
and about finding homes for both Jewish and political refugees He opposed all forms of racial
and ethnic discrimination such as segregation He was also an activist for world peace and
democracy Einstein realized that the scientific community can either help or hurt our
civilization and believed that scientists are responsible for their actions
If you were a superstar celebrity how would you use your fame to make the world a better
place
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Train of Thought Newtons Ball This text is provided courtesy of OLogy the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
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Eric Hamilton
A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed Instead it is carried out by the mind using reasoning and logic Thought experiments have been used by great thinkers since ancient times and they are still used today to explain concepts such as quantum physics and relativity These virtual experiments help us explore the
world
Have you ever wondered how satellites in the sky stay in orbit Before there were
satellites Newton asked himself the same thing about objects such as the moon
Why do things stay in orbit
Get your brain on the ball and explore Newtons question with the thought experiment below
Question Can you throw a ball so hard that it never falls to Earth
Example Imagine you are on a mountain and throw a ball in front of you
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Logic Think about what happens if you throw a ball softly It goes a bit and then falls to the
ground If you throw the ball harder it will go farther before it hits the ground right
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Courtesy of NASA Jim Paillot
The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
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Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
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I learned and want to remember
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I learned and want to remember
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Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
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MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
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experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
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The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
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The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Train of Thought Light Speed ReadWorks different times depending on their distance from the concert Somebody sitting 1 mile away
would receive the broadcast with a delay of over an hour Somebody 3000 miles away would
receive the broadcast about 6 months later Not exactly live TV
Conclusion The farther away you are from a source of light the longer it takes the light to
reach you
Did you know Distances on Earth are relatively short which is why live TV can be seen
anywhere on Earth at almost exactly the same time But distances in the universe are SO
great that by the time light from an object in space like a star reaches our eyes what we are
seeing is a snapshot of how it looked hundreds or even millions of years ago
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Einstein in Time This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
Albert Einstein has been called one of the freest people who ever lived He didnt let anything hold back his imagination and it powered him to completely new places As a great humanitarian Einstein supported causes that helped people around the globe Take a trip through his incredible life and see for yourself
Albert Einstein is born on March 14 to a
Jewish family in Ulm Germany
Receives a compass from his dad bullvhich
sparks his curiosit y about hov things work This currosity leads to a l ifelong l1ove of
physics mathematics and ph ilosophy
Starts playing the violin
Enrolls in university in Switzerland and
gives up German citizenship He later becomes a Swiss citizen
After graduating from Zurich Polytechnic
Inst itute he takes a job in a Swiss patent office
1 f I wer not a ph ysic ist 1 w ould probably be a musician get most joy
in life out of music
Photo Credit courtesy of the Albert Einstein Archives The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel
(top ond bottom)
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1905
Publishes papers that deal with his Special Theory of RelativitY1 photoelectric effect and the original version of the equation E=mc2bull This has been called his year of miracles 0
Becomes a worldwide celebrity when Sir
Arthur Eddington confi rms hi s 1915 General Theory of Relativity Begins to use his celebrity to champion causes he be lieves in including the formation of a
Jewish state
ltl ins the Nobe[ Prize in Physics
1Vhife in Jerusalem I e delivers the first scientific lecture at The Hebrew University
Signs a document with Gandhi against forcing men into military servirn
Photo Cridit courtesy of the Albert Eins tein Arc iimiddotr~s
Trc r1clmw Unioirsit- of Jcmso~m Israel
middotmiddotone should not pursue goals t hat are easily ~c hl ebullbulled One must develop a n lnst ln-ct for wha
one can just barelbullt achieve thro gh ones greatest efforts
Spends several mont hs teaching at
CalTech in Pasadena California where his fame leads to contact wi th movie
stars and other celebrities
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Gives up his job at a school in Germany as the Na2i party comes to power Joins the lnsti1tut e for Advanced Study at
Princeton University in Nevl Jersey
Writes to President Franklin D Roosevelt urging the US to develop atomic energy research He is concerned that Nazi
Germanys research will soon allow it to build an atomic bomb Later he regrets
sending the letter
Becomes a US citizen
Turns dmvn an offer from the State of Israe l vrhkh is 4- years old t o be its president
Speaks out against the mistreatment of those unjustly accused of being communists during the era of McCarthyism
I cSd not wish to Uve In a country whern the ifldlvidual does not cnjoy equality
before the law and freedom lo say and
teach what he Dlltes bull
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I ade one m istake In my life -whe I signed that letter to President
Roosevelt advocating that the bomb should be bui lt
America is today the hope or as honorable men who respect the ri9h1s of lhef1middot tetlow rrtefl and whO believe In the prfndl)les of freedom
Photomiddot Credi t cowte5y of j11fJ9JArthiveGetty
In t he last analbullsfs -everybacy is a
hu a n being
Di es on April 18 at Princeton Hos pitilL
Time magazine names Einsteirl igtersori
ol the Century
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Everyday Einstein Humanitarian
Einstein is now a household word that means genius During his life Einstein used his fame
to draw attention to things he believed in He spoke about peace between Jews and Arabs
and about finding homes for both Jewish and political refugees He opposed all forms of racial
and ethnic discrimination such as segregation He was also an activist for world peace and
democracy Einstein realized that the scientific community can either help or hurt our
civilization and believed that scientists are responsible for their actions
If you were a superstar celebrity how would you use your fame to make the world a better
place
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A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed Instead it is carried out by the mind using reasoning and logic Thought experiments have been used by great thinkers since ancient times and they are still used today to explain concepts such as quantum physics and relativity These virtual experiments help us explore the
world
Have you ever wondered how satellites in the sky stay in orbit Before there were
satellites Newton asked himself the same thing about objects such as the moon
Why do things stay in orbit
Get your brain on the ball and explore Newtons question with the thought experiment below
Question Can you throw a ball so hard that it never falls to Earth
Example Imagine you are on a mountain and throw a ball in front of you
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Logic Think about what happens if you throw a ball softly It goes a bit and then falls to the
ground If you throw the ball harder it will go farther before it hits the ground right
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The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
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Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
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My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
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Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
My Sentence
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The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
Definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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Albert Einstein has been called one of the freest people who ever lived He didnt let anything hold back his imagination and it powered him to completely new places As a great humanitarian Einstein supported causes that helped people around the globe Take a trip through his incredible life and see for yourself
Albert Einstein is born on March 14 to a
Jewish family in Ulm Germany
Receives a compass from his dad bullvhich
sparks his curiosit y about hov things work This currosity leads to a l ifelong l1ove of
physics mathematics and ph ilosophy
Starts playing the violin
Enrolls in university in Switzerland and
gives up German citizenship He later becomes a Swiss citizen
After graduating from Zurich Polytechnic
Inst itute he takes a job in a Swiss patent office
1 f I wer not a ph ysic ist 1 w ould probably be a musician get most joy
in life out of music
Photo Credit courtesy of the Albert Einstein Archives The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel
(top ond bottom)
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1905
Publishes papers that deal with his Special Theory of RelativitY1 photoelectric effect and the original version of the equation E=mc2bull This has been called his year of miracles 0
Becomes a worldwide celebrity when Sir
Arthur Eddington confi rms hi s 1915 General Theory of Relativity Begins to use his celebrity to champion causes he be lieves in including the formation of a
Jewish state
ltl ins the Nobe[ Prize in Physics
1Vhife in Jerusalem I e delivers the first scientific lecture at The Hebrew University
Signs a document with Gandhi against forcing men into military servirn
Photo Cridit courtesy of the Albert Eins tein Arc iimiddotr~s
Trc r1clmw Unioirsit- of Jcmso~m Israel
middotmiddotone should not pursue goals t hat are easily ~c hl ebullbulled One must develop a n lnst ln-ct for wha
one can just barelbullt achieve thro gh ones greatest efforts
Spends several mont hs teaching at
CalTech in Pasadena California where his fame leads to contact wi th movie
stars and other celebrities
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Gives up his job at a school in Germany as the Na2i party comes to power Joins the lnsti1tut e for Advanced Study at
Princeton University in Nevl Jersey
Writes to President Franklin D Roosevelt urging the US to develop atomic energy research He is concerned that Nazi
Germanys research will soon allow it to build an atomic bomb Later he regrets
sending the letter
Becomes a US citizen
Turns dmvn an offer from the State of Israe l vrhkh is 4- years old t o be its president
Speaks out against the mistreatment of those unjustly accused of being communists during the era of McCarthyism
I cSd not wish to Uve In a country whern the ifldlvidual does not cnjoy equality
before the law and freedom lo say and
teach what he Dlltes bull
Photo Credit covrtesy of the Abrt f instein Arelives The Hebtew Universlty oj Jerusalem lsroet
I ade one m istake In my life -whe I signed that letter to President
Roosevelt advocating that the bomb should be bui lt
America is today the hope or as honorable men who respect the ri9h1s of lhef1middot tetlow rrtefl and whO believe In the prfndl)les of freedom
Photomiddot Credi t cowte5y of j11fJ9JArthiveGetty
In t he last analbullsfs -everybacy is a
hu a n being
Di es on April 18 at Princeton Hos pitilL
Time magazine names Einsteirl igtersori
ol the Century
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Everyday Einstein Humanitarian
Einstein is now a household word that means genius During his life Einstein used his fame
to draw attention to things he believed in He spoke about peace between Jews and Arabs
and about finding homes for both Jewish and political refugees He opposed all forms of racial
and ethnic discrimination such as segregation He was also an activist for world peace and
democracy Einstein realized that the scientific community can either help or hurt our
civilization and believed that scientists are responsible for their actions
If you were a superstar celebrity how would you use your fame to make the world a better
place
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Train of Thought Newtons Ball This text is provided courtesy of OLogy the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
~
Eric Hamilton
A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed Instead it is carried out by the mind using reasoning and logic Thought experiments have been used by great thinkers since ancient times and they are still used today to explain concepts such as quantum physics and relativity These virtual experiments help us explore the
world
Have you ever wondered how satellites in the sky stay in orbit Before there were
satellites Newton asked himself the same thing about objects such as the moon
Why do things stay in orbit
Get your brain on the ball and explore Newtons question with the thought experiment below
Question Can you throw a ball so hard that it never falls to Earth
Example Imagine you are on a mountain and throw a ball in front of you
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Logic Think about what happens if you throw a ball softly It goes a bit and then falls to the
ground If you throw the ball harder it will go farther before it hits the ground right
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Courtesy of NASA Jim Paillot
The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
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Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
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My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
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MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
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experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
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My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
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The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Einstein in Time ReaclWorks
1905
Publishes papers that deal with his Special Theory of RelativitY1 photoelectric effect and the original version of the equation E=mc2bull This has been called his year of miracles 0
Becomes a worldwide celebrity when Sir
Arthur Eddington confi rms hi s 1915 General Theory of Relativity Begins to use his celebrity to champion causes he be lieves in including the formation of a
Jewish state
ltl ins the Nobe[ Prize in Physics
1Vhife in Jerusalem I e delivers the first scientific lecture at The Hebrew University
Signs a document with Gandhi against forcing men into military servirn
Photo Cridit courtesy of the Albert Eins tein Arc iimiddotr~s
Trc r1clmw Unioirsit- of Jcmso~m Israel
middotmiddotone should not pursue goals t hat are easily ~c hl ebullbulled One must develop a n lnst ln-ct for wha
one can just barelbullt achieve thro gh ones greatest efforts
Spends several mont hs teaching at
CalTech in Pasadena California where his fame leads to contact wi th movie
stars and other celebrities
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Gives up his job at a school in Germany as the Na2i party comes to power Joins the lnsti1tut e for Advanced Study at
Princeton University in Nevl Jersey
Writes to President Franklin D Roosevelt urging the US to develop atomic energy research He is concerned that Nazi
Germanys research will soon allow it to build an atomic bomb Later he regrets
sending the letter
Becomes a US citizen
Turns dmvn an offer from the State of Israe l vrhkh is 4- years old t o be its president
Speaks out against the mistreatment of those unjustly accused of being communists during the era of McCarthyism
I cSd not wish to Uve In a country whern the ifldlvidual does not cnjoy equality
before the law and freedom lo say and
teach what he Dlltes bull
Photo Credit covrtesy of the Abrt f instein Arelives The Hebtew Universlty oj Jerusalem lsroet
I ade one m istake In my life -whe I signed that letter to President
Roosevelt advocating that the bomb should be bui lt
America is today the hope or as honorable men who respect the ri9h1s of lhef1middot tetlow rrtefl and whO believe In the prfndl)les of freedom
Photomiddot Credi t cowte5y of j11fJ9JArthiveGetty
In t he last analbullsfs -everybacy is a
hu a n being
Di es on April 18 at Princeton Hos pitilL
Time magazine names Einsteirl igtersori
ol the Century
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Everyday Einstein Humanitarian
Einstein is now a household word that means genius During his life Einstein used his fame
to draw attention to things he believed in He spoke about peace between Jews and Arabs
and about finding homes for both Jewish and political refugees He opposed all forms of racial
and ethnic discrimination such as segregation He was also an activist for world peace and
democracy Einstein realized that the scientific community can either help or hurt our
civilization and believed that scientists are responsible for their actions
If you were a superstar celebrity how would you use your fame to make the world a better
place
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Train of Thought Newtons Ball This text is provided courtesy of OLogy the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
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Eric Hamilton
A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed Instead it is carried out by the mind using reasoning and logic Thought experiments have been used by great thinkers since ancient times and they are still used today to explain concepts such as quantum physics and relativity These virtual experiments help us explore the
world
Have you ever wondered how satellites in the sky stay in orbit Before there were
satellites Newton asked himself the same thing about objects such as the moon
Why do things stay in orbit
Get your brain on the ball and explore Newtons question with the thought experiment below
Question Can you throw a ball so hard that it never falls to Earth
Example Imagine you are on a mountain and throw a ball in front of you
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Logic Think about what happens if you throw a ball softly It goes a bit and then falls to the
ground If you throw the ball harder it will go farther before it hits the ground right
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Courtesy of NASA Jim Paillot
The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
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Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
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My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
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Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
My Sentence
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Name
The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
ReadWorksreg Einstein in Time
Gives up his job at a school in Germany as the Na2i party comes to power Joins the lnsti1tut e for Advanced Study at
Princeton University in Nevl Jersey
Writes to President Franklin D Roosevelt urging the US to develop atomic energy research He is concerned that Nazi
Germanys research will soon allow it to build an atomic bomb Later he regrets
sending the letter
Becomes a US citizen
Turns dmvn an offer from the State of Israe l vrhkh is 4- years old t o be its president
Speaks out against the mistreatment of those unjustly accused of being communists during the era of McCarthyism
I cSd not wish to Uve In a country whern the ifldlvidual does not cnjoy equality
before the law and freedom lo say and
teach what he Dlltes bull
Photo Credit covrtesy of the Abrt f instein Arelives The Hebtew Universlty oj Jerusalem lsroet
I ade one m istake In my life -whe I signed that letter to President
Roosevelt advocating that the bomb should be bui lt
America is today the hope or as honorable men who respect the ri9h1s of lhef1middot tetlow rrtefl and whO believe In the prfndl)les of freedom
Photomiddot Credi t cowte5y of j11fJ9JArthiveGetty
In t he last analbullsfs -everybacy is a
hu a n being
Di es on April 18 at Princeton Hos pitilL
Time magazine names Einsteirl igtersori
ol the Century
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ReaclWorksreg Einstein in Time
Everyday Einstein Humanitarian
Einstein is now a household word that means genius During his life Einstein used his fame
to draw attention to things he believed in He spoke about peace between Jews and Arabs
and about finding homes for both Jewish and political refugees He opposed all forms of racial
and ethnic discrimination such as segregation He was also an activist for world peace and
democracy Einstein realized that the scientific community can either help or hurt our
civilization and believed that scientists are responsible for their actions
If you were a superstar celebrity how would you use your fame to make the world a better
place
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ReadWorks0 Train of Thought Newtons Ball
Train of Thought Newtons Ball This text is provided courtesy of OLogy the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
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Eric Hamilton
A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed Instead it is carried out by the mind using reasoning and logic Thought experiments have been used by great thinkers since ancient times and they are still used today to explain concepts such as quantum physics and relativity These virtual experiments help us explore the
world
Have you ever wondered how satellites in the sky stay in orbit Before there were
satellites Newton asked himself the same thing about objects such as the moon
Why do things stay in orbit
Get your brain on the ball and explore Newtons question with the thought experiment below
Question Can you throw a ball so hard that it never falls to Earth
Example Imagine you are on a mountain and throw a ball in front of you
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Logic Think about what happens if you throw a ball softly It goes a bit and then falls to the
ground If you throw the ball harder it will go farther before it hits the ground right
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ReadWorksreg Train of Thought Newtons Ball
Courtesy of NASA Jim Paillot
The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks
Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
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My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
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Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
My Sentence
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Name
The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
Definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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Everyday Einstein Humanitarian
Einstein is now a household word that means genius During his life Einstein used his fame
to draw attention to things he believed in He spoke about peace between Jews and Arabs
and about finding homes for both Jewish and political refugees He opposed all forms of racial
and ethnic discrimination such as segregation He was also an activist for world peace and
democracy Einstein realized that the scientific community can either help or hurt our
civilization and believed that scientists are responsible for their actions
If you were a superstar celebrity how would you use your fame to make the world a better
place
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Train of Thought Newtons Ball This text is provided courtesy of OLogy the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
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Eric Hamilton
A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed Instead it is carried out by the mind using reasoning and logic Thought experiments have been used by great thinkers since ancient times and they are still used today to explain concepts such as quantum physics and relativity These virtual experiments help us explore the
world
Have you ever wondered how satellites in the sky stay in orbit Before there were
satellites Newton asked himself the same thing about objects such as the moon
Why do things stay in orbit
Get your brain on the ball and explore Newtons question with the thought experiment below
Question Can you throw a ball so hard that it never falls to Earth
Example Imagine you are on a mountain and throw a ball in front of you
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Logic Think about what happens if you throw a ball softly It goes a bit and then falls to the
ground If you throw the ball harder it will go farther before it hits the ground right
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Courtesy of NASA Jim Paillot
The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
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Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
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My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
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The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
Definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
ReadWorks0 Train of Thought Newtons Ball
Train of Thought Newtons Ball This text is provided courtesy of OLogy the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
~
Eric Hamilton
A thought experiment is an experiment that can be described but is not actually performed Instead it is carried out by the mind using reasoning and logic Thought experiments have been used by great thinkers since ancient times and they are still used today to explain concepts such as quantum physics and relativity These virtual experiments help us explore the
world
Have you ever wondered how satellites in the sky stay in orbit Before there were
satellites Newton asked himself the same thing about objects such as the moon
Why do things stay in orbit
Get your brain on the ball and explore Newtons question with the thought experiment below
Question Can you throw a ball so hard that it never falls to Earth
Example Imagine you are on a mountain and throw a ball in front of you
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Logic Think about what happens if you throw a ball softly It goes a bit and then falls to the
ground If you throw the ball harder it will go farther before it hits the ground right
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Courtesy of NASA Jim Paillot
The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks
Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
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My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
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My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
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The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
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8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
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8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
ReadWorksreg Train of Thought Newtons Ball
Courtesy of NASA Jim Paillot
The Earth is our home So far its the only place that we know Gravity is the force of attraction between all objects in of that has life Everywhere you look on Earth there is life This the Universe Objects with more mass have greater
is possible because Earth has lots of water Its also just the gravitational pull than objects with less mass Gravity right distance from the Sun Some people call Earth the keeps Earth and the planets orbiting around the Sun
Goldilocks planet Its not too hot (like Venus) and not too instead of floating off into space What would the cold (like Mars) its just right Universe be like without gravity
Prediction If you throw the ball hard enough it will
never hit the ground and continue to follow a stable path
around the earth This path is called an orbit (If
something is going a certain speed around Earth it will
stay in orbit around the Earth)
Conclusion By combining his theory of gravity with
his theory of motion Newton came up with a formula that
showed how fast an object has to go to stay in orbit He
was right Today scientists use his formula to put
satellites in orbit
Who said science couldnt be a ball
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
Illustration Credit Eric Hamilton
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks
Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
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Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
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My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
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My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
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2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
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4 Cause _________________ _
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Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
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My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
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The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
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8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Equation Invasion ReadWorks
Equation Invasion
This article is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History 2
The worlds most famous equation is probably Einsteins E=mc Einstein made an
astounding discovery about the relationship between energy and mass and put it into this
formula What does it mean
E =mc 2
E = Energy
middot Energy makes things happen such as making objects move or get hotter
middot Energy often changes from one form to another It comes in many forms such as heat
and light
Equal sign= THE BIG THING
middot The equal sign lets us compare and connect two things that are equivalent For
exam~le 1 dollar = 100 pennies
middot E=mo2 compares and connects mass and energy
middot E=mc explains how much energy is in any amount of matter- the more mass
somethihg has the more energy it has
middot Since c is such a huge number a little bit of mass contains a huge amount of energy
m = MASS
middot Mass is the amount of stuff an object has
middot Mass isnt connected to size
middot Same-sized things can have different masses For example a box of tissues is the same
size as a brick But they have different masses - and different results if you drop one on
your foot 2
c = SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
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Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
ReadWorksora middot copy 2015 ReadWarksreg Inc All riahts reserved
Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
ReadWorksorg reg AM ER ICIN MUSEUM o I TU RIL Ht STORY copy 2015 American Museum of Natural History All rights reserved Used by Permission
My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
Unit 15 bull Everyday Comprehension Intervention Activities Grade 5 bull copy2010 Newmark Learning LLC 87
Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
Cause
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Day 3 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name __________ __
Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
I
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usinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
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Ditections Read each sentence in the chart Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the definition of the undetlined wotd
Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
Name -------
UsinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
My Sentence
-------------Context Clues
Name
The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Context Clues 11
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
Definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Equation Invasion ReadWorks middot c = the speed of light= 670 million miles per hour= 670000000 mph
middot In this equation c is squared which is 670 million mph x 670 million mph Thats a big
big number
middot c in the equation comes from the Latin word celeritas which means swiftness
ReadWorksora middot copy 2015 ReadWarksreg Inc All riahts reserved
Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
ReadWorksorg reg AM ER ICIN MUSEUM o I TU RIL Ht STORY copy 2015 American Museum of Natural History All rights reserved Used by Permission
My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
Unit 15 bull Everyday Comprehension Intervention Activities Grade 5 bull copy2010 Newmark Learning LLC 87
Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
93 lln1t 16 bull Evervdav Comprehension Intervention Activities Grade 5 bull copy2010 Newmark Learning LLC
Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
Unit 16 bull Everyday Comprehension Intervention Activities Grade 5 bull copy2010 Newmark Learning LLC
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1
Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
Unit 16 bull Everyday Comprehension Intervention Activities Grade 5 bull copy2010 Newmark Learning LLC 95
Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
Cause
~
L i Effect ~~--u =r r=bull- cc
Cause
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Day 3 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name __________ __
Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
I
Nome -------
usinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
-c0NTEXT middotw-ds--nd -~t~~e~o~d --~ord that ~ _ __1i~~eader~ clu~s~s to t~_w~rds ~a~ing _ J
CohtQgtltt C]UQS COh ihC]UqQ qQfihitiOhS1 QXCAmp]QS S1hOh1h1S1 Ohq CAhtOh)lms
Ditections Read each sentence in the chart Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the definition of the undetlined wotd
Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
Name -------
UsinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
My Sentence
-------------Context Clues
Name
The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Context Clues 11
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Context Clues 21
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Its All Relative ReadWorks
Its All Relative This text is provided courtesy of Ology the American Museum of Natural Historys website for kids
There is no absolute or same time and space This means time and space are different for
everyone How you experience events in time and space depends on TWO important things
1 Where youre looking from
Imagine youre sitting on a fast-moving train You see your friend moving by you your friend
sees you moving by him or her
2 How fast youre moving compared to the speed of light
Imagine you are still on the train and two lightning bolts
flash - one in front of the train the other behind it If
your friend sees them flash at the same time youll see
them flash at different times Why Because youre
moving toward the light of one bolt and away from the
light of the other
Time and space are different depending on your frame of reference Youve just been working on a thought experiment Einstein and others have used thought
experiments to try to explain how the universe works To perform a thought experiment you
dont need a laboratory or machines - just your imagination Once when someone asked
Einstein where his laboratory was he pointed to his pen
Illustration Credit Jim Paillot
ReadWorksorg reg AM ER ICIN MUSEUM o I TU RIL Ht STORY copy 2015 American Museum of Natural History All rights reserved Used by Permission
My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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Ditections Read each sentence in the chart Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the definition of the undetlined wotd
Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
Name -------
UsinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
My Sentence
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Name
The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Name
Context Clues 21
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
Unit 15 bull Everyday Comprehension Intervention Activities Grade 5 bull copy2010 Newmark Learning LLC 87
Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
93 lln1t 16 bull Evervdav Comprehension Intervention Activities Grade 5 bull copy2010 Newmark Learning LLC
Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
Unit 16 bull Everyday Comprehension Intervention Activities Grade 5 bull copy2010 Newmark Learning LLC
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1
Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
Unit 16 bull Everyday Comprehension Intervention Activities Grade 5 bull copy2010 Newmark Learning LLC 95
Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
Cause
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Day 3 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name __________ __
Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
I
Nome -------
usinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
-c0NTEXT middotw-ds--nd -~t~~e~o~d --~ord that ~ _ __1i~~eader~ clu~s~s to t~_w~rds ~a~ing _ J
CohtQgtltt C]UQS COh ihC]UqQ qQfihitiOhS1 QXCAmp]QS S1hOh1h1S1 Ohq CAhtOh)lms
Ditections Read each sentence in the chart Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the definition of the undetlined wotd
Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
Name -------
UsinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
My Sentence
-------------Context Clues
Name
The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Context Clues 11
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Context Clues 21
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
My Book of Knowledge
I learned and want to remember
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
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Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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Ditections Read each sentence in the chart Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the definition of the undetlined wotd
Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
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Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
My Sentence
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Name
The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Context Clues 11
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Name
Context Clues 21
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Day 2 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name ___________ _ _ bull i ~ _
Heron and Hummingbird
Read the story Draw a line under the cause-and-effect (~ r
signal words Then answer the q_uestions
Long ago Heron and Hummingbird both loved to eat
fish Because Heron was so much larger he ate more fish This worried Hummingbird Lets have a race Hummingbird proposed The winner will get all the
fish on Earth Youre on Heron agreed Well race to Faraway Lake Whoever catches the first
fish there is the winner
Heron flew steadily all the next day but Hummingbird kept stopping to admire the
beautiful flowers and sip their delicious nectar As a result he soon became so full and fat
he could barely fly When Hummingbird finally reached the lake Heron was dining on the fish he had
caught You won so you get all the fish on Earth said Hummingbird But I won too I found a new food that tastes even better than fish And that is why herons eat fish and
hummingbirds eat nectar to this very day
1 What caused Hummingbird to propose a race
2 Why did Hummingbird keep stopping during the race
3 What happened when Hummingbird drank nectar
4 What was the result of Herons steady flying
5 Why did Heron get all the fish on Earth
6 Why did Hummingbird say he won too
Unit 15 bull Everyday Comprehension Intervention Activities Grade 5 bull copy2010 Newmark Learning LLC 87
Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
Unit 16 bull Everyday Comprehension Intervention Activities Grade 5 bull copy2010 Newmark Learning LLC
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
Unit 16 bull Everyday Comprehension Intervention Activities Grade 5 bull copy2010 Newmark Learning LLC 95
Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
Cause
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Day 3 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name __________ __
Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
I
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usinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
-c0NTEXT middotw-ds--nd -~t~~e~o~d --~ord that ~ _ __1i~~eader~ clu~s~s to t~_w~rds ~a~ing _ J
CohtQgtltt C]UQS COh ihC]UqQ qQfihitiOhS1 QXCAmp]QS S1hOh1h1S1 Ohq CAhtOh)lms
Ditections Read each sentence in the chart Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the definition of the undetlined wotd
Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
Name -------
UsinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
My Sentence
-------------Context Clues
Name
The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Context Clues 11
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Day 2 Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _ - I
The Octopus
Read the passage Draw a line under the cause-and-effect signal words Then answer the q_uestions
The octopus is a strange-looking sea
animal with eight long strong arms and a body shaped like a bag Hidden in its body is a sac filled with black ink If the octopus
sees a shark eel or other enemy it beshycomes frightened As a result it sends out a _cloud of ink from its sac Then if the enemy attacks the octopus fights with its arms The octopus also uses its arms to grab prey such as crabs or mollusks Since each arm has two rows of suction cups the octopus
is able to hold onto its food easily
1 Why does an octopus sometimes become frightened
2 What happens when an octopus becomes frightened
3 What happens when an enemy attacks an octopus
4 What happens as a result of the suction cups on the octopuss arms
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Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
Unit 16 bull Everyday Comprehension Intervention Activities Grade 5 bull copy2010 Newmark Learning LLC
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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Ditections Read each sentence in the chart Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the definition of the undetlined wotd
Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
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Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
My Sentence
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Name
The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Context Clues 21
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Day 3 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name _________ __
Solar Eclipse Safety
Read the passage Then write an effect for each cause
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves in front
of the sun Since the moon blocks most of the sunlight people on Earth see only a small ring of light around the
moon A solar eclipse is an astonishing event However no one should ever look at an eclipse directly through
binoculars or through a telescope Why The lens of your eye will focus the suns light to a small spot on a membrane at the back of your eye called the retina which can cause permanent eye damage-even blindness Instead look at the eclipse through a pinhole
projector A pinhole projector is simple to make Go to an Internet search engine on a computer at home school or the library and enter solar eclipse pinhole projector for step-by-step directions
Cause Effect
1 The moon moves in front of the sun
2 The moon blocks most of the sunlight
3 A solar eclipse is an astonishing event
4 A solar eclipse can cause permanent eye damage or blindness
5 People make and use pinhole projectors
Unit 16 bull Everyday Comprehension Intervention Activities Grade 5 bull copy2010 Newmark Learning LLC
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
Unit 16 bull Everyday Comprehension Intervention Activities Grade 5 bull copy2010 Newmark Learning LLC 95
Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
Cause
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
I
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usinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
-c0NTEXT middotw-ds--nd -~t~~e~o~d --~ord that ~ _ __1i~~eader~ clu~s~s to t~_w~rds ~a~ing _ J
CohtQgtltt C]UQS COh ihC]UqQ qQfihitiOhS1 QXCAmp]QS S1hOh1h1S1 Ohq CAhtOh)lms
Ditections Read each sentence in the chart Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the definition of the undetlined wotd
Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
Name -------
UsinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
My Sentence
-------------Context Clues
Name
The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Name
Context Clues 21
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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Day 4 bull Identifying Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Name __________ _
The Western States
Read the passage Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Since Americas western states are full of
interesting attractions people from all over
the world plan vacations there For example
people go to Cheyenne Wyoming every
summer to see the worlds largest rodeo
Hanauma Bay Hawaii attracts visitors who love beautiful beaches and sea animals
People visit Virginia City Nevada to see Comstock Lode which once produced billions
of dollars in gold and silver They go to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to see rock
formations called hoodoos and they go to Sequoia National Park in California to see the
largest trees in the world A desert called Death Valley stretches across eastern California
and western Nevada The temperature can rise as high as 134degF (57degC) As a result few
people choose to visit in the summer However tourists flock to see the beautiful flowers
that bloom in Death Valley after the spring rains
Cause Americas western states are full of interesting attractions
Effect -------------------------------
2 Cause -------------------------------Effect People visit Cheyenne Wyoming in the summer
3 Cause Many people love beautiful beaches and sea animals Effect ___________________________ _
4 Cause
Effect People visit Virginia City Nevada
5 Cause People like to see unusual rock formations and large trees Effect ___________________________ _
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Cause ______________________________ _
Effect People prefer to visit after the spring rains instead
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
Cause
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Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
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Ditections Read each sentence in the chart Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the definition of the undetlined wotd
Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
Name -------
UsinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
My Sentence
-------------Context Clues
Name
The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Context Clues 11
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Context Clues 21
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Day 5 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name _________ _
Assessment
Read the story Then fill in the graphic organizers to show three of the cause-and-effect relationships
Are you ready for our bike trip asked Dad Ready said Roger
They both put on their backpacks Were taking River Road Dad said Lets go
After several miles of smooth riding Roger skidded on a small patch of gravel Ow he cried as he landed in the ditch
Dad raced back to Roger Are you okay he asked I have a first-aid kit in my pack Tm okay Roger answered Just a few scratches He climbed back on his bike and
soon forgot all about the mishap
After breaking for lunch Dad and Roger headed for the reservoir They had gone only
short distance when Dad pulled over I must have run over some glass at the picnic area because Ive got a flat he said Luckily Ive got my bike first-aid kit in my pack too
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Day 3 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name __________ __
Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
I
Nome -------
usinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
-c0NTEXT middotw-ds--nd -~t~~e~o~d --~ord that ~ _ __1i~~eader~ clu~s~s to t~_w~rds ~a~ing _ J
CohtQgtltt C]UQS COh ihC]UqQ qQfihitiOhS1 QXCAmp]QS S1hOh1h1S1 Ohq CAhtOh)lms
Ditections Read each sentence in the chart Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the definition of the undetlined wotd
Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
Name -------
UsinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
My Sentence
-------------Context Clues
Name
The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Name
Context Clues 11
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Name
Context Clues 21
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Day 3 Identifying Cause and Effect in Fiction Name __________ __
Peplo
Read the story Then fill in the missing causes and effects
Hi Molly said Betsy as she answered the doorbell
Im glad we can do our math homework together And look-I have a new cat Her name is Peplo
Shes beautiful Molly said petting Peplos long fur
As the girls walked up the stairs Molly sneezed Uh-oh she said I forgot to tell you-Im allergic to cats
The girls went into Betsys room and Peplo followed them Soon Molly began
coughing and rubbing her eyes Betsy picked up her pet and took her back downstairs I dont want you to feel miserable Betsy said when she returned Besides Pep lo doesnt
need to learn math
1 Cause Betsy and Molly have math homework
Effect ------------------
2 Cause ------------------
Effect Molly sneezes
3 Cause Peplo follows the girls into Betsys room
Effect ------------------
4 Cause _________________ _
Effect Betsy takes Peplo back downstairs
I
Nome -------
usinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
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CohtQgtltt C]UQS COh ihC]UqQ qQfihitiOhS1 QXCAmp]QS S1hOh1h1S1 Ohq CAhtOh)lms
Ditections Read each sentence in the chart Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the definition of the undetlined wotd
Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
Name -------
UsinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
My Sentence
-------------Context Clues
Name
The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Context Clues 11
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Name
Context Clues 21
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
I
Nome -------
usinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
-c0NTEXT middotw-ds--nd -~t~~e~o~d --~ord that ~ _ __1i~~eader~ clu~s~s to t~_w~rds ~a~ing _ J
CohtQgtltt C]UQS COh ihC]UqQ qQfihitiOhS1 QXCAmp]QS S1hOh1h1S1 Ohq CAhtOh)lms
Ditections Read each sentence in the chart Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the definition of the undetlined wotd
Sent-evu With lJYl~YlOWY1 Word Mj befiYmiOVl UsiW1 C-0Vlte~t 0lAtS We went for a brisK run around the parK and were done quicKly My father was infuriated when we hit a baseball through the front window The plane slowly descended to the ground from 35000 feet The mother carries an abundant amount of diapers so she never runs out The fire fighters wear breathing masKs to avoid inhaling smoKe Some types of aquatic animals are fish whales dolphins and sharKs There was a blacKout in the city so we had to use candles to illuminate the room
Name -------
UsinG context VOCABULARY STRATEGY
Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
My Sentence
-------------Context Clues
Name
The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Context Clues 11
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Context Clues 21
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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Dit-ections Reacf each sentence in the chatt Use the context clues in the sentence to come up with the cfefinition of the uncfet-linecf wot-cf Then use the wot-cf in ~out- own sentence
The politician got elected president because a lot of
people voted for him
My Definition
My Sentence
MaKe sure to go to the emergency room if you
My Definition
experience a trauma and need quicK assistance
My Sentence
It was not feasible to rebuild the tower that was
My Definition
destroyed in the earthquaKe overnight
My Sentence
The giant brownie we had for dessert with hot fudge
on top was sure scrumptious
My Definition
My Sentence
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The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Context Clues 11
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Context Clues 21
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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Name
The Meaning Is There A word in each sentence below is underlined Write each word in the blank provided Circle the word from the multiple choice that has a similar meaning Use the text of each sentence to find the correct word
1 The movie stars large and beautiful home was palatial _______________ _
A ugly B tiny C for dogs D like a palace
2 At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages like milk and ice tea
A bread B silverware C drinks D menus
3 Slavery was abolished in the U S after the Civil War ________________ _
A outlawed B exchanged C running D common
~- Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street ______________ _
A crosswalks B walkers C stoplights D parrots
5 When I fell off the trampoline I fractured my arm and wore a cast ___ _ ________ _
A rested B broke C avoided D looked at
6 The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents Night ___________ _
A lose B eat C trade D show
7 The frigid water made Elizabeths teeth chatter _ _________________ _
A cold B clean C green D warm
8 Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers _________ _
A popular B out-dated C careful D round
9 His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark _______ _________ _
A nervous B silly C happy D sleepy
1 After the rainstorm the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors ______ _______ _
A dark B funny C bright D normal
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Context Clues 11
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Name
Context Clues 21
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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Name
Context Clues 11
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
I Dignity Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother she maintained her dignity holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Splendid The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Particle John was so hungry that he didnt leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Elegant Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Injustice Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Decline After Gears of Pain 6 came out the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Name
Context Clues 21
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Paradise When Rex had a bone a warm spot to lie and someone petting him he was in paradise
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Fascinate Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Yearn Even though John had a good job and a nice family he yearned for more
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Seldom Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape most athletes seldom eat junk food
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Delicate Tracy held the flower as gently as she could fearing that the delicate stem would break
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Remark Jennie didnt like the jacket her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
Bonus Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers Attach your sheet
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Context Clues 21
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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Context Clues 21
Directions read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge Then explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning
1 Detest Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
2 Alter Grandpa didnt know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip and now he had to alter his plans
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
3 Melodramatic When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
4 Remorse As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
5 Inquiry When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
6 Perch The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
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7 Earnest Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred they didnt believe that he was being earnest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
8 Jovial Unlike Bob who treated others rudely and kept to himself Bobby was jovial friendly and outgoing
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
9 Demeanor My grandmas demeanor was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest
Definition
What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
10 Beckoned The lady decided that it was tea time and so by jingling a tiny silver bell she beckoned her servants to attend
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
11 Dismal With the field torn up by the players cleats and the cold rain falling in waves conditions on the playing field were dismal
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition
12 Immense Lula would have attempted the walk home had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination
Definition What clues in the sentence lead you to your definition