BIMONTHLY EXAMMARCHFIFTH GRADE NAME _____________________________________________________ L.N. _______________DATE ______________________________________________________ GRADE ____________TOTAL POINTS _____________________________ FINAL GRADE _______________________

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Tennis Time!Story By: Andrew Frinkle

Cara played tennis. It was her favorite sport. She really enjoyed all kinds of similar sports, like ping pong, volleyball, and badminton, but she really liked tennis the most. There was something about running back and forth on that green court and delivered a great backhanded return that really made her smile.Tennis requires only a net, a racket, and some tennis balls. Tennis is played in singles or doubles. It is very much like badminton that way. If you have a wall, you can practice against yourself, returning the bouncing balls. You can also practice in an empty court, just serving a bucket of balls, or practicing against a machine that launches tennis balls your way (sort of like a batting machine for baseball).Tennis is about serving and returning. Someone serves the ball, and the other player(s) have to return it from the other side of the net. The object is to get the ball to touch the ground in the other teams side twice, or to touch once and bounce out of bounds. If you do that, you either get the serve from the other team if they had it, or you score points.When you serve, you have to serve from a certain area on the court. You have to hit the ball over the net and into a specific area of the court marked by white lines. If you hit the net on the way over, you get a redo. If you hit the net and it stops, your serve is done. If you hit the ball out of bounds, your turn is also done. The receiving team or player gets to stand wherever they want, and theyre supposed to hit it back toward the serving players side of the court. They want to get it to touch once and skip out of bounds so the other player cant send it back their way again. They can also try to get two bounces in on the other persons side, but that can be hard. These volleys can go back and forth pretty quickly, and they might go for several strokes before one player is put in a position where they cant return the ball, giving their opponent a point.Scoring is strange in tennis. You need to get to 4 points to win, and you have to win by 2 points. However, they call the points strange thing. Instead of saying 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 points, they say: love, 15, 30, 40, game. A lot of games get stuck at 3-4 or 4-4, and they have to keep playing to get a 2 point win. So even though it seems easy to score 4 points and beat someone by 2, strong players can go back and forth a long time. Usually you play a set of several games

After one player wins so many games, they get credit for winning the set and a new set is started. A match is won when you win enough sets, usually 3 or 5 sets. So, to win an entire match of tennis, you might have played several games in several sets! Thats complicated,right?

Cara liked playing doubles games. She had a really good partner, and they worked well as a team. She was best at returning, while her teammate was great at serving. They worked well together. Still, Cara knew that her game wasnt as popular in America as some other sports. In Europe it was a big deal, and there were some very famous tennis players and matches you might have even heard of.Are you going to try to watch or play tennis

Tennis Time!Story By: Andrew FrinkleA. Use the information in the story to answer the questions below.

1. What sport does Cara play?A. Pickle ballB. TennisC. BadmintonD. Ping Pong

2. What is it called when you have 0 points in tennis?A. loveB. 15C. 30D. 40

3. Usually there are how many players on a tennis team?A. 1 or 2B. 2 or 3C. Always 2D. Always only 1

4. TRUE OR FALSE: According to the story, tennis is similar to ping pong, volleyball, and badminton.A. TrueB. False

5. TRUE OR FALSE: You have to win just one set to win a match in tennis.A. True

B. False

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RAINBOWS

Rainbows are often seen when the sun comes out after or during a rainstorm. Rainbows are caused when sunlight shines through drops of water in the sky at specific angles. When white sunlight enters a raindrop, it exits the raindrop a different color. When light exits lots of different raindrops at different angles, it produces the red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet that you see in a rainbow. Together, these colors are known as the spectrum. These colors can sometimes be seen in waterfalls and fountains as well.

Did you know that there are double rainbows? In a double rainbow, light reflects twice inside water droplets and forms two arcs. In most double rainbows, the colors of the top arc are opposite from those in the bottom arc. In other words, the order of colors starts with purple on top and ends with the red on bottom. In addition, rainbows sometimes appear as white arcs at night. These rainbows are called moonbows and are so rare that very few people will ever see one. Moonbows are caused by moonlight (rather than sunlight) shining through drops of water.

B. Read the questions. Write the answer in complete sentences.

1. When are rainbows often seen? ____________________________

2. Rainbows are produced when?______________________________

3. What color is not in a rainbow? ______________________________

______________________________4. Which of the following is not true?____________________________

A. Moonbows are caused by moonlight.B. Rainbows are usually seen after or during a storm.C. Double rainbows are two rainbows that are exactly the same.D. Spectrum colors sometimes appear in fountains and waterfalls.

______________________ 5. What color is a moonbow? __________________________________

6. What question is answered in the last paragraph? _________________________________________A. How long do rainbows last?B. How to double rainbows form?C. What colors appear in a rainbow?D. Why do waterfalls produce rainbow-like spectrums?

7. What would be a good title for this passage? ___________________________A. Moonbows!B. The History of RainbowsC. Differences Between Normal Rainbows and Double RainbowsD. The Basics About Rainbows

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Superhero JoeyJoey put on his mask.

He flapped his cape in front of the mirror. This is the best costume, he thought.Im sure to win the contest. Joey skipped downstairs.

Here I come to rescue you! Joey shouted. Nice costume, said Joeys dad.Im a superhero, said Joey.

Joey, said Mom, I need you to watch Mindy at the party.

Joey looked at his little sister. But Mom, superheroes dont have kid sisters.

Well this superhero has a sister, said Mom. What will Mindys costume be? asked Dad. Im not sure, said Mom.Joey got an idea. I know!

Joey took Mindy upstairs to his room. He dug through his closets.

Joey found his baby blanket.

He put it around Mindys shoulders.

At the party, Superhero Joey and his sidekick Supergirl Mindy won first prize!

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C. Answer the following questions about superhero joeSuperhero Joe

1. Why was Joey dressed like a superhero?

2. What was Joey supposed to do at the party?

a. fly in the air b. help make the foodc. watch his little sister d. clean up

3. Name all four characters in this story.

4. When does this story take place?

a. at the party b. before the partyc. after the party d. at Joey's house

5. What did Joey put on Mindy when he dressed her up as Supergirl?

Something extra: On the back of this paper, draw a picture of Super Joey.