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Teacher Notes
Call on volunteers to read the words in the box. Dont define yet.
Guide the students in reading the passage. (They can read it silently
first and then orally or just orally.)
Discuss the passage as desired.
Have students answer questions 1-10 using appropriate strategies.
Make sure they can justify each answer choice. (You can do this
question by question or have them answer all 10 and then discuss.)
Use the vocabulary cards to play vocabulary games:
o Read My Mind
Pick one of the vocabulary words. Five clues are given about
that word. The class works individually (or in pairs, depending
on your group) to guess the word correctly. They have 5
chances to guess the word.
Have students number their paper from 1-5.
The first clueIt is a key word from the box on page 1 of the
passage. (Each student writes the word he/she thinks it is
next to #1 on his/her paper.)
Second clueIt has
letters. (Each student writes the
word he/she thinks it is next to #2.)
Third clueIt begins with the letter
. (Each student
writes the word he/she thinks it is next to #3.)
Fourth clueIt has
syllables. (Each student writes
the word he/she thinks it is next to #4.)
Fifth clueThe definition of the word is
. or use
the word in a sentence. (Each student writes the word he/she
thinks it is next to #5.)
Say, I know that you all have the correct word by now. What
is it? Who had the correct word by #1, by #2, by #3, by #4?
After you do this a few times, allow student volunteers to give
the clues and have their minds read.
o Read and Roll
Give each group a stack of vocabulary word definitions and a
number cube. Make sure each student has a piece of paper
on which to record his/her score and a pencil.
The student with the shortest first name goes first. He/she
reads the definition on the first card. If the student can recall
the vocabulary word that matches the definition, he/she rolls
the number cue and earns that number of points. If the
student is unable to recall the vocabulary word, he/she earns
no points. The definition is placed at the bottom of the stack
of cards.
The next player takes a turn.
Play continues until a student reaches the designated number
of points (usually 20-25). That student is the winner.
Answer Keys
Answer KeyMultiple Choice Questions
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dissolve
ingredient
mixture
physical property
separate
solution
substance
We often mix, or combine, different kinds of matter in our daily lives. A salad is a
combination of vegetables or fruit. Iced tea is a combination of water, tea, sugar and
ice. Concrete is a combination of sand, gravel, and water. These combinations are
called mixtures. Even our backpacks contain a combination of books, notebooks, pens,
pencils, and paper.
A mixture is a combination of two or more objects or substances. The
substances that mix together are called ingredients. Mixtures can be made up of
solids, liquids, or gases. The ingredients in a mixture do not join togehter to form any
new substances.
Mixtures are physically combined. Each ingredient retains, or keeps, some or all
of its own physical properties. The ingredients in a mixture can also be physically
separated. Some mixtures such as trail mix (raisins, peanuts, chocolate chips, and
coconut) can be easily separated by just using your fingers. You might pick out all of
the raisins and eat the rest. Other mixtures might require using tools to get them
separated.
When you eat a mixture like trail mix, the ingredients taste the same as they do
when they are not mixed together. The raisins are sweet; the peanuts are salty, and the
chocolate chips are crunchy. The ingredients stay the same color. Mixing the raisins,
peanuts, chocolate chips and coconut does not change their physical properties.
Lemonade is another mixture that has the properties of its ingredients. It is
sweet like sugar, sour like lemons, and a liquid like water. But, can you take lemonade
apart? It would be more difficult to achieve, but you can take the ingredients in
lemonade apart. Letting the water evaporate would leave behind the lemonade powder
and the sugar.
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B
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A mixture is a combination of
A
B
C
D
keeps
ingredients
mixtures
separated
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B
C
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3. Salad
Dressing
4. Mixed
Nuts
Which of the mixtures shown above could you separate using only your hands?
A
B
C
D
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2. Ocean
water
What is the best way to separate the ingredients in the first mixture?
A
B
C
D
10. Which mixture could you separate by allowing one substance to float on top of
another?
A
B
C
D
Mixture 1
Mixture 2
Mixture 3
Mixture 4
Combine
Dissolve
Ingredients
Mixture
A collection of ingredients in
which the substances do not
join together
Physical property
Separate
Solution
Substance