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Use It ! Don’t Lose It !
LANGUAGE
Daily Skills Practice
Grade 5
by Pat Alvord
Illustrated by Kathleen Bullock
Cover by Geoffrey Brittingham
Edited by Marjorie Frank and Jill Norris
Copy edited by Cary Grayson
ISBN 978-0-86530-650-9
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Don’t let those language skills get lost or rusty!
As a teacher you work hard to teach language skills to your students. Your students
work hard to master them. Do you worry that your students will forget the material as
you move on to the next concept?
If so, here’s a plan for you and your students—one that will keep those skills sharp.
Use It! Don’t Lose It! provides daily language practice for all the basic skills. There
are five language problems a day, every day for 36 weeks. The skills are correlated to
national and state standards.
Students practice all the fifth-grade skills, concepts, and processes in a spiraling
sequence. The plan starts with the simplest level of fifth-grade skills, progressing
gradually to higher-level tasks, as it continually circles around and back to the the same
skills at a little higher level, again and again. Each time a skill shows up, it has a new
context—requiring students to dig into their memories, recall what they know, and
apply it to another situation.
The Weekly Plan —Five Problems a Day for 36 Weeks

Monday – Thursday ................• one vocabulary or other word skills item
• one spelling or mechanics item (capitalization,
punctuation)
• one grammar or language usage item
Monday and Wednesday .........• one reading item

• one literature item
Tuesday and Thursday ............• one writing item

• one research /information skills item
Friday.......................................• one longer reading comprehension passage

with questions
• one writing task
Contents
36 Weeks of Daily Practice, Five Problems a Day .......................................... 5–112
Scope and Sequence Charts of Skills, Concepts, Processes ......................... 113–117
(all the details of what’s covered, where, and when)
Answer Key ........................................................................................... 118–127
How to Use Daily Skills Practice
To get started, reproduce each page, slice the Monday–Thursday lesson pages in half or
prepare a transparency. The lessons can be used . . .
• for independent practice—Reproduce the lessons and let students work individually
or in pairs to practice skills at the beginning or end of a language class.
• for small group work—Students can discuss and solve the problems together
and agree on answers.
• for the whole class review—Make a transparency and work through the problems
together as a class.
Helpful Hints for Getting Started
• Though students may work alone on the items, always find a way to review and discuss
the answers together. In each review, ask students to describe how they answered the
challenges or other problems that involve choices of strategies.
• Allow more time for the Friday lesson, as these tasks may take a little longer. Students can
work in small groups to discover and discuss their answers.
• Provide dictionaries and other resources that may be helpful to students as needed. There
will not always be room on the sheet for some of the longer writing tasks.
• Many of the writing tasks can be expanded into full writing lessons. When you have time
to do so, extend the activity to work on all or various stages of the writing process. Find
time for students to share and enjoy their written products.
• The daily lessons are designed to be completed in a short time period, so that they can be
used along with your regular daily instruction. However, don’t end the discussion until
you are sure all students “get it,” or at least until you know which ones don’t get
something and will need extra instruction. This will strengthen all the other work students
do in language class.
• Keep a consistent focus on thinking skills for reading comprehension activities. Allow
students to discuss their answers, particularly those that involve such higher-level
thinking skills as drawing conclusions, inferring, predicting, or evaluating.
• Find ways to strengthen the knowledge and use of new vocabulary words students learn
in the daily practice. Keep a running list of these words. Use them in classroom
discussions and activities. Find ways to share and show off knowledge of the words.
Encourage students to include the new words in their writing.
• Take note of which items leave some or all of the students confused or uncertain. This will
alert you to which skills need more instruction.
• The daily lessons may include some topics or skills your students have not yet learned. In
these cases, students may skip items; or, you might encourage them to consider how the
problem could be solved; or, you might use the occasion for a short lesson that would get
them started on this skill.
MONDAY WEEK 1 __________________________________ LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Name
1. Change this phrase into a complete sentence.

On the world’s largest roller coaster. 5. Which statements are opinions?
2. Edit this sentence.

millions of fun-seekers visit disneyland
every year.
3. Which words mean “not clear”?

a. disclear c. unclear
b. imclear d. misclear
4. What literary technique is used in this

sentence describing an amusement park?
Shrill shrieks and sharp shouts of
delight are heard from dawn to dusk.
personification alliteration
exaggeration rhyme
TUESDAY WEEK 1 _________________________________LANGUAGE PRACTICE

Name
1. Circle the simple subject in the following sentence:

John, daredevil of a kid, thinks all of the rides 5. Cross out the unnecessary words in the
are too tame.
passage.
2. Which words are misspelled?

a. meny
b. goes
c. gone
d. becuse
3. Add the correct ending punctuation.

Do you know what time Six Flags opens
4. Look in a book’s _____________ to find the title of

each chapter.
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WEDNESDAY WEEK 1 ______________________________ LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Name
1. Name two pairs

of rhyming words.
5. Place the sentences in the correct
order.
___ Matt’s nachos fell on the
2. Choose the synonym. sidewalk when a rambunctious
When we got tired of the crowds preschooler bumped into him.
at the park, we went back to the hotel ___ Because they had spent all
pool for a diversion. their money, Matt and Margo
rest change snack shared the chili dog.
___ Matt ordered nachos and
3. Circle the correctly spelled words. Margo chose a chili dog.
laugh does culd again ___ Margo and Matt hurried to the
refreshment stand to buy lunch.
4. Which sentence is correct?
a. Save a lot of money for you’re day
at Coney Island.
b. Whose ready to leave now?
c. Let’s ride the Ferris wheel before
the line gets too long.
THURSDAY WEEK 1 _________________________________ LANGUAGE PRACTICE

Name
1. Number the words in alphabetical order.

___ fast ___ scary 5. Edit the passage for correct
___ thrilling ___ amusing capitalization and punctuation.
2. What part of the sentence is underlined?

We waited forever to ride the my sixty-eight year old grandpa
Accelerator. is a thrill-seeker who spends
every birthday at an amusement
park riding its wildest roller
3. Circle the synonym for remarkable.
coaster he began this tradition
unnecessary outrageous when he turned twenty-one and
shameful unusual has not missed a year since old
gramps has visited every
4. Choose the best word for the blank. adventure center from maine to
Heavy rains _________________ the california and keeps a list of the
roadways, slowing traffic to a crawl. best and worst roller coasters
filled wet
puddle flooded
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FRIDAY WEEK 1 ________________________________________ LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Name
READ ___________________________________________
1. To what kind of amusement park

ride is the writer referring? My seatbelt’s buckled; I slouch down low
My hands grip the metal bar.
2. Circle five words that describe the
movement of the ride. With a slow click-clack
Cars jerk up the track
3. Underline four words that describe And climb toward the nearest star.
the writer’s reaction to the ride.
I’m anxious, excited, my eyes are wide.
4. Describe the poem’s rhyme pattern.
I quiver with dread and fear
As we reach the top
And jolt to a stop.
Now, the time for flying is here!
WRITE A sudden plummet, a dip, a plunge—

I shriek and laugh and scream.
1. Give the poem a good title. I gasp for breath.
Write this above the poem. Am I facing death?
Is this real or a scary dream?
2. Write a summary of the poem.
A snake of six cars slithers along

And twists itself down the rail
There’s a jerk, then a dive.
Am I still alive?
I am, but my skin looks pale.
We lean to the left, lurch to the right

Final corners we swiftly round.
After one sharp drop,
We slow to a stop.
My feet touch the solid ground.
I stumble down the exit ramp.

My dad waits at the end.
“Did you like the ride?
You looked terrified.”
“Not me! I’m going again!”

MONDAY WEEK 2 ______________________________________ LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Name
1. During a hurricane the sea sometimes rises

like the dome of a large stadium. This is
called a storm surge. This passage:
a. explains exactly how a storm surge
develops.
b. describes how a storm surge looks.
2. Choose the compound words.

coastline evacuate
weather flashlight
3. Correct the capitalization.

the caribbean sea east 5. What is the writer’s purpose?
hurricane gulf of mexico a. to educate the reader about window
protection
4. Put commas where they are needed. b. to make the reader aware of the
To prepare for the hurricane we stocked seriousness of hurricanes
up on canned goods bread cereal c. to convince the reader to visit his store
crackers and peanut butter d. to inform the reader that hurricane
season has begun
TUESDAY WEEK 2 _____________________________________LANGUAGE PRACTICE

Name
1. Which is an example of descriptive writing?

a. encyclopedia article on hurricanes 5. The word hurricane would be found
b. poem by a person who observed on page _____ in this dictionary:
a hurricane
c. essay on reasons for hurricanes
d. poster of hurricane safety tips
2. Circle the subject pronouns.

him I you we they
3. Which words could be used in place of

the bold word?
steady regular continual occasional
A hurricane is a tropical storm with a
constant wind speed of 74 mph or more.
4. Circle the correctly spelled words.

evry first wonce never
Name
1. Circle the cause.

The power was out for five days 5. Describe mom’s attitude about going to
because strong winds downed
the storm shelter.
many lines.
2. Add capitals to make the book title

correct.
galveston: the worst hurricane “Relax, kids,” said Mom.
3. Circle an antonym for support.
“We’ll make the best of it
at the shelter during the
ignore care assist encourage
storm. You can bring books
4. Which is a simple sentence? and games, we’ll be dry
a. After the hurricane, which lasted and safe, and maybe
six hours, we went outside to see there’ll be other children
the damage. your age to play with.
b. Since I never had experienced a Now let’s move fast and try
hurricane, I was curious. not to forget anything!”
c. Listen for hurricane information
on your local radio station.

Name
1. Which sentences are correct?

a. Dad and me put up hurricane shutters.
b. Is that water bottle for me?
c. She and I will get some supplies.
d. Please find flashlights for
he and mom.
2. Give two different meanings

for the word bow.
5. From which of the following sources
3. Correct the misspelled words. might you learn the important
aftir broun rool give information above?
mor come myself whin a. a book about weather
b. national TV news
4. You are about to write a paragraph telling c. local radio station
why you would (or would not) want to d. a nature magazine
experience a hurricane. Write a topic e. a current local newspaper
sentence for this paragraph.
Name
The eye of the hurricane is the area of

lowest air pressure in the whole
hurricane. The eye can measure 20-30
miles wide or more. The eyewall is a ring
of tall thunderstorms where winds may
gust up to 200 mph. When the eye passes
over a certain place, the strong winds
suddenly stop in that place. After the eye
passes, the strong winds begin again, but
they blow from the opposite direction.
READ
Study the diagram and read the text to answer the following questions.
1. You can tell from the diagram that the eye of a hurricane is located in __________________
2. As the eye passes over a portion of the earth, what changes in wind and wind direction
occur in that area both during and after?
3. What is the part of the hurricane that directly surrounds the eye?
WRITE
1. Edit the passage for punctuation and capitalization.
2. Give the passage a good title.
_________________________________________________
where I live in oregon we don’t have to worry about hurricanes and earthquakes
volcanoes could destroy our house, but not hurricanes in fact, we rarely have a thunder
storm so a visit with my grandparents on the atlantic coast side of florida the week that
hurricane ivan smacked into their neighborhood was the scariest experience of my life
the worst part was the noise the wind howled branches snapped and lawn chairs
crashed against the house and clunked onto our roof we lost the power about an hour after
sunset and all we had was a battery-operated radio the only messages on the radio were
the warnings to evacuate I looked at my grandpa in his lazy boy chair he just smiled and
told me stories about how many hurricanes he had sat through in that chair
around midnight we were all still sitting in the living room when a crash shook the
house and scared us terribly I jumped out of my seat and screamed when I looked at
grandpa, I saw his mouth was open in amazement as he stared up at the ceiling his face
was glistening with water because the roof was gone and the rain was pouring in on us
grandma shouted come on everyone quick get into the garage so grandma, grandpa, duke
and I scooted out of the house and crawled into the mini-van that’s where we spent the
next six hours before we woke to absolute stillness
Name
1. Circle the correct word.

Tourists (visit, visits) Yellowstone National
5. Does the author give enough detailed
Park to vacation and to see new things.
information to lead to the conclusion
2. Circle the word that does not belong. written in the last sentence?
writer teacher reader bigger walker
3. Are the apostrophes used accurately? If not,

Yellowstone bears sometimes
place them correctly.
surprise hikers, so it’s important
Yellowstones’ beauty and uniqueness caused to take necessary precautions.
it to become our countrys’ first national park. As you hike, alert bears to your
presence by making occasional loud
4. Who probably wrote the passage? noises. Hike in groups and remain
extra watchful when twists and
a. a park naturalist
turns of the path obstruct your
b. a travel agent vision. Hike only during daylight
c. an astronomy student hours. Lastly, stay clear of carcasses,
a source of food for bears, which
Come enjoy nighttime at Yellowstone,
they will protect and defend.
a place where city lights don’t pollute
By following this advice, you’ll
the evening sky. Use state-of-the-art increase your chances of safety
telescopes. Listen to star stories from and enjoyment on beautiful trails.
experts, and discover constellations
you didn’t realize existed.
TUESDAY WEEK 3 ____________________________________ LANGUAGE PRACTICE

Name
1. Choose the correct word.
Campers must store food and (personal,
personnel) items in airtight containers since
odors attract bears.
2. Which is the best key word for finding

encyclopedia information about bears at
Yellowstone?
a. wildlife c. bears 5. Correct the errors.
b. Yellowstone Park d. zoology a. Dinner at Yellowstone Lodge
costed Dad a lot of money.
3. Correct the spelling of these words.
b. Our trail mix has nuts crackers
fite bothe redy whent
pretzels and dried fruit.
4. Which sentence shows more action? c. We buyed our sleeping bags at
a. Many trees and animals were destroyed by a camping outlet store.
the Yellowstone fire of 1988.
b. Yellowstone’s 1988 fire destroyed many
trees and animals.

Name
1. Add the correct punctuation.

After singing around the campfire we crawled 5. Brielle checked these books out of
into warm sleeping bags and slept soundly.
the library. What can you tell about
her interests?
2. What is the meaning of the bold phrase?
Janie finally broke out of her shell at last
night’s campfire.
a. broke the eggs c. sat in the circle
b. broke up the circle d. relaxed and had fun
3. To which sense does this appeal?

Crickets chatter, whippoorwills sing,
and campfires crackle at day’s end in
Yellowstone.
4. Which apostrophes signal possession?

a. Annette’s feet blister easily.
b. I’d like to carry a lightweight backpack.
c. Yellowstone’s beauty surpasses other
national parks.

Name
1. In which reference book would you probably find

information about the number of people who visit
5. Correct the spelling errors below.
national parks each year?
a. dictionary b. encyclopedia c. almanac
d. atlas e. thesaurus
2. Which verbs are in the past tense?

hiked eat swam caught
3. Which word does not belong?

adventure journey explore quest
4. Write the plural form of each word.

coyote ____________________________
fox ____________________________
bass ____________________________
wolf ____________________________
Name
READ
Read each passage. Identify the genre (form) of writing (poem, article, story,
advertisement, joke, etc.). Tell the main idea.
The 1988 Yellowstone fire

devastated vegetation and
wildlife, but did not destroy all
of it. Some plant and animal
life, in fact, actually benefited
from the blaze. The grasses
that elk eat were more
nutritious after the fires.
Aspen seedlings thrived on the
bare soil left behind in the
charred forest. Grizzly bears
enjoyed grazing more in
burned sites than unburned.
Also, bluebirds flocked to the
cavities of dead trees to build
nests and raise their young.
WRITE
1. Write a title for passage B.
2. Reread passage A. Then

write a description, in prose
or poetry, of an animal
you’ve closely observed.

Name
1. The sentence is an example of

a. simile c. alliteration 5. Underline the topic sentence of
b. metaphor d. personification this passage.
The bridge stands erect; it never slouches.
Bridges have always helped people
2. Write the past tense get across obstacles like streams and
canyons. Bridges have not, however,
of each verb.
always been built out of steel and
build ______________________ concrete as modern bridges are.
draw ______________________ The earliest bridges were made of
plan ______________________ woven vines or logs. A strong vine
or single log worked for people
3. Circle each pronoun. Then draw a line traveling on foot. Several connected
connecting it to the noun to which it refers. logs would be necessary for
Engineers draw precise plans for a bridge. travelers on horseback or in wagons.
They are concerned about its safety. Wood piles and boulders were laid
under the logs for support when
4. Is it logical for the word structure to be greater strength was necessary.
associated with bridges? __________
Explain why or why not.

Name
1. What is the meaning of the bold word?

A suspension bridge can collapse in a 5. Write a caption for the picture.
fierce wind unless it is carefully built.
2. Write the plural form (more than one) of

each noun.
truss ___________________________
beam ___________________________
arch ___________________________
3. Is the statement true or false?

A history book about
early bridges would be
found in the fiction section
of the library.

How long did the famous
London Bridge stand
Name
1. Circle the words that need capital letters.

The verazano narrows bridge was designed 5. What is the tone of this passage? (joking,
by o. h. ammann and is the longest suspension critical, serious, worried, angry)
bridge in the united states.
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, built
2. Which is an interrogative sentence? in 1937, was designed to hold up to strong
a. Let’s walk across the Golden Gate Bridge. ocean currents. Its builders were successful,
and millions of travelers safely cross it
b. How long is the Brooklyn Bridge?
yearly. Since earthquakes have rattled
c. Imagine a 20-mile long bridge!
the city several times, engineers are now
concerned about making the bridge
3. Tell the main idea of the passage in #5.
stronger. It will take 175 million dollars
4. Replace each to make it “earthquake safe.”
incorrect
homophone
in the letter.

Name
1. Conjunctions are little words that join two

simple sentences into one. Find a conjunction
5. Number these in alphabetical order.
in the sentence below.
___ Confederation Bridge
Bridges are important for travel but many
are also works of art. ___ George Washington Bridge
___ Akasyi-Kaikyo Bridge
2. Finish the analogy. ___ Chesapeake Bay Bridge
breeze : gale : : ____________ : pour ___ Golden Gate Bridge
___ Clifton Suspension Bridge
3. Think about a bridge you’ve recently crossed
in a vehicle or on foot. Write two sentences
to describe it.
4. Correct the spelling.

werk whant
pleeze hav

Name
READ
1. What is the meaning of the word ludicrous in the comic strip?
2. What does the word intimidate mean? What would unintimidated mean?
3. What word in the comic strip means the opposite of skeptical?
4. What four nouns are used to refer to the belief that a troll lives under the bridge?
WRITE
Write a smashing beginning (up to three sentences) for a story that involves a troll (or other
interesting creature) who lives under a bridge.
Name
1. Is this statement fact or opinion?

Strong teeth and bones require 5. Which of these is most likely
calcium in the diet.
to be imaginative writing?
2. Circle the compound word that does not a. a pizza recipe
belong in the set. b. a biography of a
milkshake grapefruit famous chef
cornmeal wishbone
c. an article about the
popcorn cupcake
importance of
drinking milk
3. Write the past tense of each verb.
bake _________________________ d. a story about a
kitchen robot
eat _________________________
e. a shopping list
fry _________________________
f. an argument in favor
4. The prefix re- means to do again. Write of a vegetarian diet
a sentence using each word.
reheat rewrite

Name
1. Cross out the words that are not needed.

Every night Mom cooks and prepares 5. Explain the writer’s bias.
a wonderful delicious dinner for us.
We’re so very fortunate!

I ate all of my lunch (accept, except)
I refuse to eat in fast food
the cookies.
restaurants even though they
3. One word shows up twice. Explain both provide quick, cheap meals. They
meanings of the word. care about people’s happiness but
not their health. Most choices at
After you open your birthday present we’re
going to present you with a special award. fast food restaurants contain
more fat, sugar, and calories than
4. Add the missing words. I care to eat in one day, let alone
big bigger biggest one meal. I strongly believe fast
fine ________ ________ food is one of the reasons why so
many Americans are overweight.
many ________ ________

Name

The culinary class (plan, plans) to prepare 5. What did Aaron do just before he
Asian food this week. brushed the crust’s edges with olive oil?
Aaron rolled and slid the dough onto his
2. What words appeal to your senses? well-worn pizza pan. Using a wooden
My lips and tongue tingled as I chewed the spoon, he ladled steaming sauce over the
cool, crisp apple. top and spread it to the edges. Next he
sprinkled fresh cut mushrooms, green
3. Choose an antonym for the word delicious. peppers, black olives, and mozzarella
cheese over the sauce. He admired his
delectable scrumptious repulsive tasty
masterpiece, then gently brushed olive oil
on the outer edges of the crust. The oven
4. Edit the business letter heading and greeting. dial registered 450 degrees, so he placed
the pizza on the top rack and set his timer
for fifteen minutes.

Name
1. Which is correct?
Her and Sam will eat with Mark and I. With a sharp knock on the door, my favorite
cousins Dan and Lisa marched in bearing a
She and Sam will eat with Mark and me.
pan of freshly-baked brownies. “We brought
She and Sam will eat with Mark and I.
you a treat!” Dan shouted excitedly. “Made
them myself. First time. Hope you like them,”
2. Correct the misspelled words. he added. Lisa and I filled glasses with milk as
pleasent presidant accident importent Dan began to cut his dessert. A blush rose in
his cheeks and slowly moved to his neck as he
3. Which can be found in a dictionary? confessed, “Can’t get the knife in. They’re
a. word meanings hard as a rock!” As he jiggled and banged the
b. syllabication pan in frustration, the whole batch popped out
c. word pronunciation like a slab of slate. It looked good to us, so we
passed it around and gnawed off pieces.
d. synonyms
4. Use these words to create

two compound words. 5. a. What mood is set by the above selection?
knife proof b. Circle five strong action verbs.
pocket child
Name
READ
1. What is the purpose of the Holiday Bake-Off table?
2. What is the age difference between the oldest and youngest contestant?
3. Draw one conclusion from this information.
4. Find a. three compound words ________________________
b. a word that rhymes with judge ________________________
c. a person whose name (first plus last) has five syllables ________________________
Holiday Bake-Off
Name Age Entry Prize
Anna Adams 8 Double Lemon Cake Honorable Mention
Tami Chen 11 Oatmeal Muffins Third Place
Lane Fletcher 9 Poppyseed Cake Honorable Mention
Katie O’Connell 10 Applesauce Cake Second Place
Lebraun Lewis 10 Honey Walnut Bread First Place
J. D. Shields 12 Date Fudge Cake Honorable Mention
WRITE
Write a recipe for one of
your favorite foods. List the
ingredients. Explain carefully
(step-by-step) how to prepare
the food. Don’t forget to give
clear times and temperatures
for cooking or baking.

Name
1. Circle the topic sentence. Underline the details that

support it.
Canoes are handy boats. They travel smoothly on
rivers, lakes, and streams. They are easily carried
around waters that can’t be navigated. With a little
instruction, children and adults learn to paddle
correctly. They are cheap compared to other boats
and give the paddler a good upper-body workout. 5. Which literary devices are used
in the sentence?
My hands feel like a
beuty already among brekfast
slippery, slimy frog.
3. What is the meaning of the bold word? a. metaphor
Rapids rush over a mound of boulders at b. personification
the confluence of Keene and Mill Creeks. c. idiom
d. simile
4. Which example contains a linking verb?
e. alliteration
a. Barges travel up and down the Mississippi.
f. hyperbole
b. The river is low and flowing slowly because of
last summer’s drought.

Name
1. Draw a line under the action verb. Circle the

direct object.
5. Write the encyclopedia page
Crewmembers assist the pilot. number on which each phrase
would be found:
2. Circle the correct words.
Which rivers flow (threw, through) Seine River _____
(your, you’re) state?
Snake River _____
3. Which punctuation is needed in the space? Sacramento River _____
Prepare for your river rafting adventure by
gathering the following ___ a life jacket, a
windbreaker, a water bottle, two snacks, a
hat, and sunscreen.
a. , b. “ c. ; d. :
4. Write two sentences that state details to

support this topic sentence.
Sailing is fun, but precautions are important.
Name
1. Which literary techniques are used?

Heavy clouds collided causing a clap of 5. In each sentence, circle the cause and
thunder and flash of lightning. Seconds
underline the effect.
later angry raindrops pelted the picnickers
who ran like the wind for shelter. a. Tragically, some pioneers died
a. simile when their rafts capsized on
b. alliteration rough rivers.
c. metaphor b. When the river reaches the
d. personification ocean, the flow is slowed, and
much of the sediment drops to
2. Edit the sentence. the river bottom.
How long will we be rafting on c. The paddler heard the roar of
the Colorado River asked Kent. a waterfall ahead on the river,
so she quickly steered the canoe
3. What is the meaning of
to shore.
the word perishable?
d. I grabbed my camera when the
4. Rewrite the sentence correctly. fish started jumping.
It’s two hard for to children too paddle in
one canoe for a long distance.

Name
1. Which are synonyms for mediocre?

a. average c. splendid 5. Replace the inactive verbs is and
b. ordinary d. grand were with strong active verbs as in
the sample.
2. Circle the complete subject.
Draw a line under the complete predicate.
The Hudson River flows from New York City
to the northern part of New York State.
3. Circle the silent letters.

a. r h y t h m c. c h o r d
b. d o u g h d. w r e n
4. What information is found on the spine

of a novel? a. The sailor is navigating the rough river.
a. title, author, publisher __________________________
b. title, author, card catalog number
b. Birds were searching for food in the
c. title, author, date of publication water below.
__________________________
Name
READ
Read the post cards Shawn
sent from his trip on the
Amazon River.
1. What day did his trip end?
2. What was the name of his
riverboat?
3. Circle two facts Shawn tells
about the river.
4. Which part of Shawn’s
adventure sounds the most
exciting to you?
WRITE
Write another post card
that Shawn might have sent
to Sam. Include an
imaginary adventure or
describe some of the plants
and animals of the Amazon
River area. These ideas
might help get you started:
• 2,000 different birds and
mammals: alligators,
monkeys, parrots
• thousands of exotic plants:
3,000 plant species,
130-foot-tall trees
• 2.5 million insect species
Name

A comedian on board the flight 5. Study the Table of Contents below.
entertained all the passengers.
Think of a good title for the book.
They laughed throughout (his,
their) entire flight. _____________________________
Contents
2. What mood might these phrases page
set in a story? Ch 1 The Right Brothers 7
a sudden power outage violent winds Wilbur and Orville Wright
bolts of lightning falling tree limbs Master Human Flight
Ch 2 The Lindy Hop 26
3. Edit the sentence. Charles Lindbergh Flies
Students who enjoy imaginary stories Solo Across Atlantic Ocean
should check out the flight of the Ch 3 The Queen of Speed 53
silver turtle by john fardell. Amelia Earhardt Sets Record for
Solo Cross-Country Flight
4. Replace each wrong word. Ch 4 Doolittle Does A Lot 71
During takeoff the passengers General James Doolittle Leads
delighted in the bright son and blew Bombing Raid on Tokyo
sky. Little did they no they wood
soon be flying threw reign and hale.

Name
1. Which sentence is exclamatory?

a. I can’t believe I’m actually traveling to Hawaii! 5. Number these in alphabetical order.
b. Our plane should land at 12:05 pm.
c. I’ll call you when we arrive.
2. Explain the meaning of the sentence.

It was a red-letter day for my cousin when she
finally earned her pilot’s license.
3. Correct the misspelled words.

wimen Wenesday
vegetable proteen
4. Finish the poem.

Asleep, Pete dreamed he was an astronaut
Orbiting the world vast and round.
Awake, poor Pete was distraught to find
______________________________________________

Name
1. Rewrite each bold pair of words as a

contraction.
5. What technique does the writer use early in
a. A helicopter can not land on a this passage to “hint” that Charles Lindbergh’s
steep-pitched roof. story doesn’t have a happy ending?
b. I am considering a career as an
airline pilot.
c. We are leaving for the airport at
5:00 pm. They called him “Lucky Lindy”
but was he really? In 1927 Charles
d. We will each carry two suitcases.
Lindbergh, an accomplished pilot, flew solo
across the Atlantic Ocean. He left Roosevelt
2. Is an amicable child likely to have Field in New York and arrived in Paris over
many friends? Why or why not? 33 hours later. As the first pilot to accomplish
this feat, Lindbergh received a hero’s welcome
3. Correct the run-on sentence. on both sides of the Atlantic. Five years
Fowl weather delayed the departure of later he experienced a horrible
flight 275 it arrived two hours late. tragedy when his infant son
was kidnapped and later
4. Read the paragraph in question #5. found dead.
Explain Charles Lindbergh’s nickname.

Name
1. Write the past tense sentence correctly.

“We rided above the clouds, Grampie!” 5. a. How can Tricia be reached at 7 a.m. on
shouted the two-year-old as he ran into
Saturday morning?
his grandfather’s arms.
b. Brenda lives 35 minutes from the agency.
2. Finish the analogy. When must she leave home to arrive by
closing time on Tuesday?
pilot : plane : : ___________ : train

A plain lands or takes off
from O’Hare Aerport, in
Chicago, Ilinois, every fourty-five
seconds every day of the yeer.
4. Circle the words that appeal to your senses.

I poured the fizzy root beer over
a mound of ice, watched and
listened as it foamed and
settled, and took a
long, slow sip.
Name
READ
Read the story once for enjoyment.
Then look back through it to follow these directions.
1. Circle two examples of idioms.
2. Underline two sentences or phrases that create strong
visual images.
The Reluctant Traveler

Ten-year-old Maria Gonzalez arrived with her mom at the Denver airport. Maria would soon
board a plane to Chicago to visit her grandmother. Since she was traveling alone, Maria’s mom
had arranged for the airline attendants to look after her daughter. Maria had told her mom
several times she did not want to visit her grandma and was frightened of flying alone. Her
mom assured her everything would work out fine, but Maria could tell that Mom wasn’t all that
sure herself about sending her ten-year-old off alone.
They held hands, walking at a funereal pace to the gate where the airline attendant met them.
While Mom and the attendant talked, Maria suddenly dropped her backpack and streaked
down the concourse back toward the parking lot. Mom yelled for her to come back, but Maria
flew, her new running shoes accelerating like a jet on a runway. The airline attendant tried to
catch her, but he was an old guy with such a barrel stomach and skinny pigeon legs that he ran
out of gas after about ten yards.
Mom was another story. She put it in high gear and tackled Maria as the girl ducked under the
security barrier. The two of them tumbled onto the rug and began wrestling, mama bear and
her cub. Mom finally pinned Maria down. The two of them looked at the people gathered
around staring at them and both broke into giggles. Giggles became belly laughs, and pretty
soon they were rolling around on the floor feeling foolish but happy. Mom spoke first: “You
want me to come, don’t you?”
“Of course,” blurted Maria, “how would you like to fly all alone? It’s better with someone else!”
Mom smiled and a tear fell onto the
carpet. “I get it. Let’s go home.”
WRITE
Write a short description or
explanation for each story element.

Name
1. Draw one line under the subject of the

sentence and two lines under the predicate.
5. Underline words and phrases that
An Olympic swimmer trains many hours support Karla’s sentence:
each week.
I know you’ll be glad you came.
2. Which sentence has correct punctuation?
6
a. Jared an expert swimmer will compete July 15, 200
with his team, Saturday.
b. Jared, an expert swimmer, will compete ,
Dear Angela onday at
with his team Saturday. im te a m practice is M
The first sw . You
c. Jared, an expert swimmer will compete lly h o p e to see you there
a e team,
3:00 pm. I re ex pert to join th
with his team Saturday. to b e a n
don’t have elping
Ja m es is great at h
and Co ach ercise is
3. Give the meaning of the bold words. p ro v e . T h e aerobic ex
everyone im etic
l m e et lo ts of fun, energ
My last swimming suit had so much use it ou’l eets last
great, and y a t our away m
didn’t last very long. d a b la st
kids. We ha be glad you
came! Call
no w y o u ’l l
year. I k ut it.
4. Identify the mode of writing in #5.
w e ca n ta lk more abo
me so n,
a. imaginative c. expository See you soo
b. narrative d. persuasive Karla

Name
1. Which phrase correctly shows that the pool

belongs to Kate?
5. Which example shows antonyms
a. Kates pool b. Kate’s pool c. Kates’s pool (opposites)?
glum – gloomy
2. Write the plural of each word.
placid – calm
monkey fox ostrich panda
superb – exceptional
3. Which reference book would be useful in foe – buddy
finding Olympic gold medalists who set
swimming records in the summer of 2004?
a. Guinness Book of Records
b. encyclopedia
c. atlas
The Caribbean Sea is paradise for swimmers. The aquamarine,
d. dictionary
tepid water begs you to take the plunge. Once in, you’ll float
effortlessly over gentle swells buoyed by the sea’s saltiness.
4. Explain the writer’s Bring a snorkel and mask and treat yourself to an underwater
bias in the passage: show of colorful corals and tropical creatures. There’s no
better place to swim than the Caribbean!
Name
1. Correct each of the following sentences.

a. Patrick doesn’t have 5. Give a good title to this passage.
no swim goggles.
b. Isn’t nobody going to dive _______________________________________
off the high board? Bethany Hamilton, a star surfer from
Hawaii, had a harrowing experience in
2. Correct the misspelled words. October, 2003. While surfing, she was
liberian minite fountain attacked by a shark who bit off her left
arm. Recovery was long and painful,
dangerous heven fragil
but she didn’t give up. Bethany is back
to surfing and adjusting to the
3. Explain the underlined idiom.
difficulties of climbing onto her board
With seven gold medals around his and paddling with only one arm.
neck, Olympic champion Mark Spitz
must have been on top of the world.
4. The dictionary meaning for ocean is “a great

body of salt water.” What do you personally
think about when you consider the word ocean?

Name
1. Which of these are compound words?

bluebird dishwasher restful 5. Compare the information about the
nowhere overpass operator two swimming champions. Write two
similarities and two differences.
2. Circle the nouns.
bashful eager surfer
team competition difficulty
3. Correctly capitalize this story title:

i’ll never give up: bethany hamilton tells her story
4. Circle the pronouns.

That’s Penny’s beach towel. Please take
it to her. She’s just come in from playing
in some strong waves. They knocked
her down over and over. We were
starting to worry about her safety!

Name
READ
1. How long did the runner-up in the Polar Bear Swim stay in the water?
2. What race did Lacey LaRoux win?
3. Who sponsored the City Swim Competition?
4. What can you infer about the Polar Bear swimmers?
WRITE
Write the missing captions. Use your imagination to decide what is happening.
Then write an explanation to inform the readers.
Name
1. Circle the metaphors.

Tom Edison was a difficult student. His 5. Follow the directions to finish the picture.
mother was an angel for teaching him.
He was an eager beaver about beginning 1. Finish drawing the light bulb.
new experiments. 2. Draw a wire to connect the positive posts
on the socket and the battery. Draw a
2. Add re, mis, or pre to each base word. second wire to connect the negative posts.
____understand ____caution ____do
3. Draw lines or designs to show the bulb
lighting up.
3. Choose the best adjective for the blank:
often continual random
Thomas Edison was a sickly child who
suffered from _______________ colds.
4. Edit the passage.

tom edison’s curious nature
regularly got him into trouble he
was often scolded by his parents
because his curiosity caused
damage around their property

Name
1. Write this sentence in past tense.

An inventor creates, observes, agonizes, 5. Tell in your own words what the notice says.
and waits for results.
2. Which of these would be found between

dictionary guide words: ill and invent?
___interest ___ issue ___ion ___ iron
3. What is the meaning of the bold word? Edison Elementary’s Invention Convention will be
held the week of November 11th. Contest
If you want to learn more about
participants must bring the following: a written
Tom Edison, you’ll be delighted by
paragraph that describes the invention and
the myriad of books about him
explains why it’s important and a scale drawing of
available in public libraries.
the invention with labeled parts. Judging will
occur between 1:00 and 4:30 pm on Friday,
4. Write the correct forms of the words
November 15. Participants are encouraged to be
in parentheses. present to answer the judges’ questions.
Many folks consider Thomas Edison to be
the _________ (good) inventor of all time.
Some believe the light bulb was his
________________ (great) invention.

Name
1. Choose the word that would not describe an inventor

after a successful experiment.
5. Which is most likely to
jubilant ecstatic euphoric doleful include descriptive writing?
a. encyclopedia article
about Tom Edison
a. I’m so excited about our upcoming trip
b. What kind of weather should we expect b. brochure inviting
c. Be ready to leave at 6:30 am tourists to visit Tom
Edison’s home
3. Read the passage. Predict what will happen as the c. application for a
week goes on. job as guide at the
Kristie poured an inch of water into a glass and Edison home
recorded its temperature. She placed the glass on d. list of Edison’s
the window sill with the intention of measuring the experiments
water’s temperature at the same time every day
for one week
4. Correct the capitalization and

punctuation for the beginning
of this friendly letter.

Name
1. Is this book likely

to be in the fiction,
5. Thomas Edison said,
nonfiction, or biography
“Genius is 1% inspiration
section of the library?
and 99% perspiration.”
Write a sentence to explain
2. Add –ing to each verb.
what he meant.
a. create _____________________
b. produce _____________________
c. originate _____________________
3. Add the ending –ed, –er, or –able to make

the sentence correct.
Congratulations! You did a respect________
job on that experiment.
4. Which example is correct?

a. Jack and I have great invention ideas.
b. Us students loved the movie about the life of Edison.
Name
READ
Review the “electric” definitions to find the answers:
1. How is static electricity different from other electrical charges?
2. What is the difference between a conductor and an insulator?
3. What is the unit for measuring electrical power?
4. Would you assume that copper electrical wire has a high or low resistance?
5. What is the difference between alternating current and direct current?
conductor – something that allows electricity to electric power – the rate at which a device
flow through it easily changes electricity into another form
of power
electric current – the steady flow of electrons
through a conductor electron – a negatively charged atomic particle
alternating current – current that changes insulator – a substance that is a poor
directions conductor of electricity
direct current – current that flows in one direction resistance – the measure of how hard it is to
push electrons through a conductor
electricity – the energy resulting from the flow
of electrons static electricity – an electric charge built up
in one place
electric charge – occurs when an object
has too many or too few electrons watt – unit for measuring electrical power
WRITE
Painted writing is one name for a
piece of writing that places words on
the paper to create a picture. The
words look like the “thing” that is the
subject of the writing.
1. Collect words and short phrases
that would describe a streak of
lightning. Use all of your senses!
2. Combine some of your ideas into a
one or two-sentence description.
Write the sentences in the shape of
a lightning strike to produce an
example of painted writing!

MONDAY WEEK 10 _____________________________________ LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Name
1. Circle the nouns. Underline the verbs.

Twelve million tourists from all over the 5. Describe a technique that the writer
world visit Niagara Falls each year. uses in writing this passage.
2. Write the misspelled words correctly.

Did you know that Walt Disney invented
receive beleive weigh freind Niagara Falls in 1947? Some business
people in Western New York invited him to
3. What is the meaning of the bold word? make their area less boring. They had only
Boaters are cautioned against floating the Niagara River to attract tourists, but it
too close to Niagara Falls to avoid was just a short, flat ditch. Disney strung
a calamity. a huge silver screen across the river. Then
he made a movie of a falls somewhere in
4. Who is the intended audience for Africa. His workers hid a projector in the
this announcement? top floor of a hotel downstream. Some
plumbers hooked up hoses that shot sprays
of water in front of the movie screen and
they created fake fog with dry ice. Then he
turned on the movie. People have gone
there for years now to see the “mighty”
falls while enjoying their honeymoons.
TUESDAY WEEK 10 ____________________________________LANGUAGE PRACTICE

Name
1. Which word completes the analogy?

brave : cowardly : : lie : ________ 5. What kind of book would have this index?
a. falsehood b. deceive c. truth d. rest a. history b. science
2. Edit the sentence. c. geography d. vocabulary
zip up your jacket and get that

hood up scolded mom as we
locked the car and walked toward
the edge of the falls
3. Choose the correct words.

The first (person, persons) to go over
Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive was
(a, an) elderly female schoolteacher.
4. Correct the error.

Over the years thousands of
authors have wrote stories
about the amazing Niagara Falls.
WEDNESDAY WEEK 10 _____________________________LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Name
1. Circle the literary device used in the

following sentence?
5. Why are visitors no longer allowed
rhyme alliteration imagery simile to walk on the ice bridge?
With an air-splitting roar, the riotous
Niagara River rolls over the spillway.
2. Rewrite each word, adding the –ed ending:

manage _____________ rub _____________
3. Circle the subject of the sentence.

Underline the predicate.
Blondin, a tightrope walker,
carried his manager across
Niagara Falls on his shoulders!
4. Choose an antonym for luminous.

dull shining
brilliant glowing
THURSDAY WEEK 10 ________________________________LANGUAGE PRACTICE

Name
1. Add apostrophes to the bold words to

show possession.
5. Predict the outcome.
Tourists cameras often fall over the railing
Martha Barnard managed the
and crash on the rocks below. Spectators Niagara Falls gift shop. Business
must never get close to the waters edge. was usually good, and books,
postcards, and souvenirs sold
2. Explain the meaning of each word: quickly. One day last November,
weight wait however, she had looked around
and realized the card rack was
3. Remove unnecessary words. overflowing with postcards.
There was no room for the holiday
The amazing, wondrous natural spectacle
assortment due to arrive any time.
attracts and beckons visitors to observe.
“I need to get rid of some of these
postcards,” she said to herself.
4. Number the words in
Ms. Barnard took out a large sheet
alphabetical order. of paper and some markers.
___ sounds ___ spillway
____________________________________
___ sensational ___ splendid ____________________________________
___ scenes ___ sights ____________________________________

FRIDAY WEEK 10 _______________________________________LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Name
READ
Read the signs. Then answer the questions.
1. What is the purpose of the signs?
2. Who is the intended audience?
3. What word is an antonym for permitted?
4. What word means thick?
5. Which word is not used correctly?
WRITE
Edit the passage below for punctuation, capitalization,
and proper grammar. Cross out unnecessary words
and replace any words that are used incorrectly.
Believe It Or Not!
Niagara falls, it actually stopped flowing! not once, but twice the first time was an
act. of nature. On march 29 1848 an ice Jam formed in the upper niagara River. This
stopped the flow of the water so that it didn’t flow. Some people say that the river froze
over that day, but this wasn’t never true. The river would of flowed, accept for the ice
jam. That there jam held back the River for several hours many brave people they took
the opportunity to walk out and explore the Riverbed. then In 1969: authorities they
stopped the American Falls stopped for several months. This was intentionally done on
purpose to study the possibility, of removing some of the rocks at the base of the Falls
Name
1. Add quotation marks where they belong.

I can’t wait to show you my new mountain 5. What is the setting of this passage?
bike, Ivan shouted to Carlos.
Leeanne noticed that her palms
were sweaty as she tightened
2. Circle the root word. Tell what it means. her helmet strap. She breathed
unicycle bicycle slowly and deeply. “I’m always
tricycle motorcycle nervous at the starting line,”
she assured herself. “After the
3. Add another word to each word to make whistle blows and I’m sailing
along, I love it!” She glanced
compound words.
down to make sure her wheel
butter__________ _________ room was behind the starting line,
sun____________ _________ bone heard the familiar shrill sound,
and was off.
4. Which sentence shows correct usage?

a. Pedal your bike quick so
you won’t be late for school.
b. Pedal your bike quickly so
you won’t be late for school.
TUESDAY WEEK 11____________________________________ LANGUAGE PRACTICE

Name
1. An adjective describes a noun. Underline

the adjectives in the sentences.
5. Read the encyclopedia article to find the
a. Marc bought his new road bike at meaning of velodrome.
Branson’s Cyclery.
b. It was hard to ride his new bike on
sixteen inches of packed snow! bicycle racing—an internationally
famous sport which takes place
2. Give the meaning of the bold word. on closed tracks or the open
road. Track racing generally
Gregorio, an eleven-year-old bike
occurs on a velodrome, a
enthusiast, wants to emulate
1,093-foot banked oval.
Lance Armstrong.
Olympic racers participate
in individual, team events,
3. Write three phrases that describe a
or both.
successful athlete.
4. Circle the correct words.

After a (grate, great) bike ride along
the shoreline, we cooled down under a
(beech, beach) tree.

Name
1. Which example contains a simile?

a. Grandpa’s motorcycle is as old as 5. What is the main idea of the passage?
the hills.
Reg Harris, a British cyclist, was
b. Several family members will chip in blown up in a tank during World War
to buy Gramps a new motorcycle. II. Not long after, he broke his neck in
a car accident. While some folks
2. Correct the misspelled words. might be tempted to take it easy after
such catastrophes, he went on to win
candel bananna
four world racing titles!
pleeze toward
3. Underline the action verb in each sentence.

a. Five preschoolers dawdled across the
playground on little red tricycles.
b. The Tour de France lasts four weeks.

At the end of the race, the contestants
made a beeline for the restroom.

Name
1. Moriah wants a book about famous female

cyclists. Which kind of search should she do
5. A bias is a strong opinion in favor of or
in the library catalog?
against something. Tell what this author’s
a. title b. subject c. author bias is. Then write a concluding sentence.
2. Edit to make two complete sentences.

Biking is the only sport worth pursuing.
If you like biking over rough terrain, you
might enjoy cyclocross in this sport racers
Buy a good bike, and it will serve you
compete on an obstacle-filled course
well for years. Swimming, football,
hockey, you name it—all require special
3. Which word does not belong? clothing, which you’ll wear out or
outgrow and have to replace year after
sluggish motivated year. With biking, you don’t have to
determined ambitious worry about rigid practice schedules or
getting along with teammates. Bike any
4. In this sentence, the object is underlined: time during the daylight hours and
Dad bought a dirt bike. enjoy your own good company.
_________________________________
Underline the object in these sentences:
_________________________________
a. Two friends discussed the race.
b. Eager photographers snapped pictures.
Name
READ
Read the descriptions of the bikers who came to the Lane County Cycle Race.
1. In each description, circle a phrase that shows an interesting
or effective use of words by the writer.
2. Give a brief oral response to each character, telling how you think you
would get along with that person.
Sam and Pam are dressed alike
in green shirts, white shorts, and
at every race
ha s an au dien ce. He shows up red helmets—the colors of their
Charlie always hair in
it wi th his pumpkin-colored tandem bike. Every move each
in a silver-striped
su icycle and
ds . H e si ts atop his rickety un
twisted, tangled
br ai
other competito
rs, one makes is precisely matched
y jo ke s. H is jo kes relax all the lf. by the other. They wave in
tells wack t is Charlie himse
t th e one wh o laughs the loudes unison. They smile in unison.
bu
They bend forward in unison.
TANYA clearly intends to win this They inhale and exhale in unison.
race. Everything about her is They even sweat in unison.
fiercely competitive. Her body is
For Monica, b
a tightly-wound spring, ready to icycling is all
ties, the socks, about fashion
snap to the lead the minute the and the jewel . The hair
match her shin ry (There’s plenty
whistle is blown. With her nose y pink shirt an of it!) all
pink as her na d tights. Her b
in the air, she avoids the casual il polish and sh ike is as
hairspray on oelaces. There’
group that’s listening to Charlie’s her head to p s enough
The judges will ave the entire
certainly notic racing track.
jokes, and goes off by herself to e her!
do her pre-race exercises.
Terry seems to break every rule. He shows up late, wears tattered clothes and Paul Bunyan-
sized sunglasses. His bare feet, the bottles of soda strapped to the bike, and the blaring radio in
his pocket—are all against regulation. Terry flaunts them proudly. But don’t be fooled! He is
a superb biker. It’s too bad he’ll be disqualified before the race even begins!
WRITE
Write a short description
of another biker who might
show up at this race.
Describe the character in a
way that would make your
reader curious to meet him
or her. Draw the character,
if you wish!

Name
1. Which selection is probably imaginative?

a. story of a dog who traveled to the arctic 5. Underline phrases that support
b. explanation of melting of the polar icecap the writer’s opinion.
c. advertisement for polar fleece that’s suitable
The ice cover in the
for sub-zero temperatures Arctic Sea is disappearing
at an alarming rate. Scientists
2. Circle the silent letters. have compared satellite data
collected in 2005 with that
comb knee hymn wrap
of 1978 and found that the
ice cover has decreased by
3. Which sentence is correct? 500,000 square miles.
With warmer than average
a. Did you and him like the North Pole movie?
temperatures and increasing
b. We and they will finish our projects early. areas of open ocean water,
c. Sam and me read about the Arctic Ocean. experts fear that melting
will happen even faster in
the future.
4. Which word means the process of investigating
new places?
explore explored explores exploration

Name
1. Circle the objects of prepositions.

(Prepositions are words such as in, on, about,
beside, around, of.)
a. I’m reading a book about resources in the
Arctic Ocean.
b. The melting of the Arctic Sea could affect
climate around the world.
2. What is the denotation (dictionary definition)

of the word glacier?
3. Add capitals to correct the book title.

wildlife of the arctic sea
4. Choose the best key word or phrase for finding

an encyclopedia article on the topic of
endangered species in the Arctic Circle.
seals whales
Arctic endangered species
WEDNESDAY WEEK 12 ____________________________ LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Name
1. Add necessary capitals and punctuation.

in 1958 the united states atomic 5. Write O for opinion or F for fact.
submarine nautilus became the first
submarine to pass under the ice at ___ Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett
the north pole made the first airplane flight over
the North Pole.
2. Could an explorer give an account ___ The North Pole would be a good
of his or her trip to the North Pole? place for a school field trip.
3. Write the plural form of each word. ___ Siberian Huskies make the
igloo explorer ocean depth best pets.
___ Huskies are used as sled dogs,
4. What stereotype does the author support? watchdogs, and pets.
Only nerdy scientists work in the Arctic.
___ It’s better to read about the Arctic
There are no movie theaters, shopping
malls, video arcades, or fast foot circle than it is to go there.
restaurants there. Scientists live in
darkness most of the time, have little
social contact, and are in big trouble if
they get seriously ill. Anyone who chooses
that place for a job must be nuts.

Name

Arctic explorers faced (perilous, 5. Complete the last sentence to sum
pretentious) weather conditions, up the paragraph and give it a
putting them constantly on the alert. pleasing, logical ending.
Siberian Huskies are unusually
2. Where is the best place to find several synonyms
clean, intelligent, graceful, and
for the word treacherous? docile animals. Their soft, thick
a. thesaurus b. almanac c. dictionary undercoat and smooth outer
coat give them a well-groomed
3. Write this sentence in the past tense. appearance. With blue eyes,
strong, straight legs, erect ears,
Arctic Circle scientists gather valuable and a bushy tail, the husky
information about weather, climate, is truly a beautiful canine. It’s
and wildlife. no wonder
_____________________________
4. Add ance or ence to each word.
_____________________________
depend_________
_____________________________
attend_________
_____________________________
appear_________

Name
READ
Read the story below. Then answer these questions:
1. Circle one or two examples of personification.
2. How does Alex know that her cabin mates are asleep?
3. What words does the writer use to let you know how cold it is?
4. Do you think Alex is doing the right thing in leaving the cabin?
“What’s wrong with me?” Alex thought. Had the bitter cold crept into
her bones and chilled her brain? Was it just the Arctic wind that called
her name? Perhaps the magic of the shimmering northern lights
temporarily altered her senses. Alex knew that her cabin mates were
asleep because she could hear their slow, deep breathing. She could see that none of them were moving
or responding to the voice. Then what was that voice, moaning quietly and urgently?
“Help me,” she heard again. “Help me. I’m hurt.”
Careful not to disturb the snuffling sleepers, she reluctantly climbed out of the safe, soft sleeping bag
and crossed the rough floor to the window. Again came the voice, pleading, “Alex, hurry.”
She looked around the cabin again. No one moved. Who was calling her? Who, besides these heavy
sleepers, knew her name? She peered out into the darkness. A white mass outside moved. She rubbed
and scraped at the window to get a better view. The form moved closer and took the clear shape of a
bear. No, it couldn’t be—a polar bear talking to her? “I must be dreaming!” she said aloud, shaking
herself and diving back into her sleeping bag. She pulled a pillow down over her head, snuggled into the
protection of her bed, and tried to go back to sleep. But, try as she might, she couldn’t shake the sound
of that pitiful voice.
Throwing off the warm comfort of the down bag once again, she hurried into her heavy clothes
and pulled open the door to a blast of icy cold. The frigid night grabbed her and pulled her into the
dark, while her friends awoke from the shock of the wind on their faces. “Alex, what are you
doing?” she heard as she closed the door behind her.
WRITE
Write a brief response
to the story. You might
tell how it makes you
feel, what the writer did
that you liked or didn’t
like, or how you think
the story should end.
Name
1. What type of sentence?

declarative interrogative imperative 5. Predict what will happen next.
Do not swim in an area where lifeguards
have spotted a shark!
Jenny and her 10-year-old
2. Edit the sentence. twin brothers, Matthew and
Micah, head for the beach in
have you ever seen the movie jaws Miami to try out their new boogie
asked anya boards. Just last week, the boys
had watched the old movie Jaws.
3. The series of events in a story that usually So as they step onto the sand,
relate to a problem or conflict is called the Micah says, “We’d better watch
out for sharks.” Matthew laughs
a. theme c. plot nervously. The boys zip up their
b. conflict d. setting wet suits and streak across the
hot, white sand, while Jenny
settles down on her blanket to
4. Which word is least likely to be used
tan. But then she spies a nice
to describe a shark? piece of driftwood floating near
sleek amorous the shore. While the boys splash
through their first breaker,
carnivorous massive Jenny scampers into the water,
grabs the driftwood, and . . .

Name
1. Draw one line under the subject.

Draw two lines under the predicate.
5. Compare the two fish. Describe how
Jordan watched two National Geographic movies they are alike and different.
about sharks.
2. Classify the words into two groups.

coarse smooth
velvety abrasive
soft rough
bristly downy
3. Spell each word correctly.

restrant seprate spagetti
4. Cross out unnecessary words.

Sharks have the reputation of attacking
and injuring or killing human beings or
people. Actually, in reality, fewer, or less
than 100 attacks are reported throughout
the world annually each year.
Name
1. Which pairs of words are synonyms?

murky – clean valiant – brave 5. Number the lines in correct sequence
savory – tasty dismal – bright to create a limerick.
__ And nipped out the seat of his pants.
2. Which examples are correct? __ Bragged a fit and fast swimmer
a. Most sharks eats live fish, from France,
including other sharks. __ A shark matched his speed
b. Some sharks live in the depths __ ”A fish outswim me? Not a chance!”
of the ocean. __ ‘Til one day indeed
c. Sharks varies greatly
in size and habits.

sincerly amusing
writing danceing
4. Complete question #5. Then describe

the rhyme scheme (pattern).

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1. Can seaweed undulate?

5. Combine the three simple sentences
2. Correct any misspelled words.
into one.
Unlik other boney fish, shark skeletones
We walked along the beach.
are made of cartilage.
We collected seashells.
3. Find and correct two mistakes in usage. We occasionally used our
Hardly no sharks live in cold water. binoculars to check the water
He seem to prefer warm seas. for sharks.
4. Number the words in alphabetical order.

___size
___species
___swim
___shark
___sea
___surface
Name
READ
Read all the poems. Answer the questions.
1. Which poem will have an a–b–c–b

rhyme scheme?
2. Which poems have no rhyme pattern?
3. Circle a line that has rhyme within the line.
4. Which poem uses repetition of a consonant

sound to create a mood?
5. Which poem hints at the shark’s

graceful movements?
WRITE
1. Give poem C a title.
2. Finish poems D, F, and G.

Name
1. Which literary technique is used? Are you curious about what ancient people
a. alliteration b. personification c. simile drew and carved on the walls of caves? If so,
read the book, Four Hundred Centuries of Cave
A dank odor drifted down from the mouth
Art by Henri Breuill. The author copied
of the dingy cave.
hundreds of examples of rock carvings and
drawings from caves in Europe and Africa.
2. Choose the correct word. Then he printed them in his book. Sure, it
would be great to crawl through the caves and
a. (Leave, Let) the guide begin her tour.
see the pictures yourself, but this book will
b. Will she (leave, let) us explore help you experience the caves vicariously.
the cave? It was a fun discovery for me!
c. Tourists must (let, leave) everything
just as they found it. 5. Who is the likely author of
this passage?
3. Write the singular form of each noun. a. a publisher who wants to
sell the book
ceilings bats caverns
b. a student who read the
formations ice explorers book for a report
c. the author (Henri Breuill)
4. Use the context of the paragraph in #5 d. a history professor
to give the meaning of vicariously.

Name
1. Underline each proper noun.
Europeans and Africans included natural 5. Correct ten misspelled
objects in their pictographs. Australians homophones (words that
and Americans, on the other hand, sound the same but have
used geometric designs. different meanings).
2. A dictionary page has guide words

antelope and appendix. Would
ancient be on this page?
3. Add correct punctuation to the sentence.

Pictographs rock paintings were
often drawn with charcoal.
4. Add a word ending in –graph to complete

each sentence.
a. Before the telephone, people often sent
messages via _________________ .
b. Perhaps the author will _________________
your copy of her book.
Name

The temperature and humidity in caves is 5. Follow the directions.
invariable throughout the year.
2. An article about spelunking (caving) safety

would be written in which mode? • Get a blank sheet of paper.
a. expository c. imaginative • Fold it twice so you have

b. descriptive d. persuasive four sections.
• Unfold the paper and number
3. Add the ending to each word. the sections 1– 4.
Spell the new word correctly.
• Draw a bat in the first section,
love + ly = explore + ing = carve + ed =
a pictograph in the second,
a limestone column in the third,
4. Choose the best conjunction for each sentence:
and an insect in the fourth.
and, but, or
a. This summer we will visit either Mammoth • Title the paper: Cave Treasures
Cave _____ Wind Cave Park.
b. I’d like to take a friend on the trip, ____
our car is big enough for only our family.

Name
1. Which word is the most effective one to use

in the sentence?
5. Write a topic sentence for the letter.
scary troublesome traumatic
Being alone in a cave might Dear Parents,
be a _________experience
___________________________________________________
for a young child.
___________________________________________________
2. Finish the analogy.
We plan to leave school at 8:45 a.m. and return
spelunker : cave : : diver : _____________
by 3:00 p.m. Each student needs to bring a
backpack with the following items: a hearty
3. What reference source would be best for
lunch, a helmet, a jacket, a flashlight, and paper
finding the origin (beginning, history) of
the word cavern? and pencil. On the bus trip home, students will
write about the most interesting things they saw
4. Add the apostrophe where it is needed in each in the caves. We trust this will be a worthwhile
contraction. experience for all.
Sincerely,
youre Im cant youll hes
Mr. Jones

Name
READ WRITE
Use the context of the conversations to Turn the talk in frame 2 into a paragraph
determine the meanings of these words: with written conversation. Use quotation
marks and other punctuation correctly.
1. loath ______________________________________
______________________________________
2. audacious
______________________________________
3. dearth ______________________________________
______________________________________
4. onus
______________________________________
5. rampant ______________________________________
______________________________________
6. imminent
______________________________________
Name
1. Which sentence shows possession?

a. A wide variety of plants and 5. Choose the words to complete each
animals live in tropical forests. sentence correctly.
b. The Amazon Rainforest covers
1.4 million square miles.
c. The parrot’s habitat is
the rainforest.
2. Circle the correct word. a. I wish my friend could have

“The devastation of the rainforest is not a ___________ that beautiful
(tiny, trivial) matter,” said wildlife biologist ___________.
Thomas Winthrop.
b. “Don’t worry about bringing
3. Edit the sentence. __________,” said Sydney. “Your
meny shade-loving creetures live in the __________ at my party will make
reinforrest because the canapy of tall me happy.”
trees keeps the forrest dim and moist
c. A wild ____________ can
___________ a hole in a tree stump.
4. Read the example in #3. Explain what keeps the
forest shady.

Name
1. Find the dictionary meaning of the bold word.

Deforestation of Brazil’s rainforest was 5. A National Geographic photographer
particularly heavy in the early 1990s. who has recently returned from a
month in the Philippine rainforest is
2. Choose the book of maps.
scheduled to visit your classroom.
encyclopedia almanac atlas Write three questions you could ask
the photographer to learn more
3. Underline each preposition. (Hint: Find the
about his or her experience.
preposition by asking “Where?” or “When?”
about the verb.)
a. A parrot chatted after dark.
b. Six monkeys swung from branch to branch.
c. We hiked before breakfast.

Name
1. Add the correct form of the adjective.

a. In my next poster, I’ll use ____________ colors 5. Read the paragraph carefully.
than I did in the first one.(few) Then write a two-sentence
b. This week’s schedule is _____________ than last summary in your own words.
week’s.(busy)
c. “Science is the _______________ subject of all,”
said Brenda.(good)
2. Add capital letters where necessary.

dr. peter jones, a canadian botanist, is an
expert on rain-forest plants.
3. Notice the prefix. Write the meaning of each word.

monorail ____________________________
monotone ____________________________
monologue ____________________________
4. Who is the intended audience for the writing in #5?

Name

Rainforests help regulate the world’s Climate. 5. Which part of the science book is
green Plants absorb carbon dioxide a gas that
page xii?
seems to contribute to global warming since
the rain forest is thick with green plants it is
able to absorb more carbon dioxide than any
other ecosystem

once insted guess exaust
3. Correct the language usage.

It’s well to study about the rain forest.
You did good on your report.
4. One word is used three times. Give the

meaning for each use.
We’ll play a tape of birds chirping when we
perform our rain-forest play. I hope to play the
part of the young scientist.
Name
READ 2. Which inferences are reasonable ones

Read the article. Then answer the questions. to make based on the information in
the article?
1. Which title best fits the article? a. A cure for cancer may very well
a. The Truth About the Rain Forests come from the rain forest.
b. Companies Develop New Medicines b. Pharmaceutical companies will
c. New Drugs For Treating Cancer continue to study rain forest
d. The Rainforest: Pharmacy to the World plants.
e. Plants of the Rain Forest c. Vincristine will eventually cure
all cancer.
The periwinkle plant is a major

Rain forests are a rich source of ingredient in a drug called Vincristine.
products that contribute to medicines. This medicine has greatly increased the
Over 100 prescription drugs already are rate of survival for children with leukemia.
made from plant sources, and many of
these plants are found in the rain forest. One hundred pharmaceutical (drug)
The United States National Cancer companies already are involved in
Institute has identified 3,000 plants that researching rain-forest products as
are helpful in preventing or treating sources for new medicines. The rain
cancer, and 70 percent of these are rain forest is a place of hope for those
forest plants. working to discover new treatements for
viruses, infectious diseases, and cancer.
WRITE
The structure of a sentence may make its meaning confusing
and unclear. Rewrite each sentence below to make the meaning clear.
1. Mario admired the tropical flowers walking along a trail through the rain forest.
2. Weary from a day of hiking, dinner looked good to us.
3. The yellow tourists’ canoes were tied up at the dock.
4. Jordan saw a huge snake paddling in a dugout canoe.
5. Listening to the monkeys chatter, a heavy rainfall began.
6. Sam saw a colorful parrot this morning outside the tent still wearing his pajamas.

Name

Felipe saves most of his earnings 5. Follow the directions to complete an
in hopes of buying a car when he application for a job at a local car wash.
graduates from high school.
2. Give a synonym and antonym for the a. On the top line of a clean piece of
word expensive. paper, write your name, last name first.
b. To the right of your name, write your
3. The time and place where a story age followed by your date of birth.
happens is called the c. Write your full address on line two.
plot mood theme d. On line three, write your phone number.
e. To the right of your phone number, write
conflict setting tone
your parent or guardian’s name.
4. Add correct punctuation and f. On lines 4–6, write two sentences
capitalization to this closing explaining why you believe you’re
of a business letter. qualified for the job.
g. On the bottom line, write the day
sincerely yours
and time that you’d be available for
justin p royce
an interview.

Name
1. Name the part of speech of the

bold word.
5. Write a good title for this passage.
The automobile is the most important
means of personal transportation
for many people.
__________________________________________
soloes tomatos heroes Original cars can be traced to Europe.
Built by hand, they were very expensive, and
3. Use your dictionary to help answer only a few people could afford them. Traffic
was not a problem.
the question.
Would an old-car connoisseur In the early 1900s, automakers like Henry
Ford began mass-producing cars. These
enjoy the gift of a vintage vehicle?
assembly-line autos were much cheaper to
build. Before long, people with average
4. What is the meaning of impeccable? salaries were able to purchase them.
clean perfect Today’s big cities are often clogged by
quality flawed bumper-to-bumper traffic, a testimony to the
fact that we’ve become a world on wheels.
Name
1. Add correct punctuation.

The first American auto race which began in 5. What is the main idea?
Chicago and ended in Waukegan Illinois took
place on November 28 1895
2. What is the meaning of this sentence?

In terms of luxury and efficiency, a Model T
Ford can’t hold a candle to a Ford Explorer.
3. An advertisement from a local car dealership

is an example of what kind of writing?
imaginative descriptive persuasive
4. These are meanings for the word trunk.

Choose the correct meaning for each blank.
a. a large piece of luggage
b. men’s shorts used for sports
c. the storage compartment of an auto
d. the main stem of a tree
Dad threw a pair of swim trunks (___)
in his leather trunk (___) and loaded
everything into the trunk (___) of the car.

Name
1. In which section of the library would you find

the life story of the famous auto manufacturer,
Henry Ford?
a. fiction c. reference Corporation president Denise Arturo
hurries to a lunch date she scurries
b. periodical d. biography
to the curb, hails a cab and jumps in
the Driver sets the meter at zero and
2. Draw one line under the pronoun and she tells him her destination as he
two lines under the word to which it refers. maneuvers the cab through heavy
The owner of a vehicle should traffic the meter clicks miles and
always carry its registration in dollars the taxi arrives she pays and
the glove compartment. darts into the building as she catches
the elevator she remembers learning
3. Write a homophone for each word. about the taxis of her Roman
ancestors: wooden-wheel, horse-drawn
cent dew bare carts the meter consisted of a drum
air flour flee and pebbles each time the rear wheel
revolved, a pebble fell into the drum at
4. Write the present tense of each verb. the destination, the driver counted the
drove bought built pebbles and charged the traveler

Name
READ
1. Read all the bumper stickers.
2. Draw a conclusion about each car owner,
based on the sticker that he or she has
placed on the bumper. Be ready to
share your ideas.
The race is on. Twenty homemade cars, carefully built by kids of all ages,
leave the starting line. The hopes of the drivers soar. A wild collection of
designs delights the spectators. One looks like a giant roller skate. Another
WRITE is a gigantic pickle. There’s the house from The Wizard of Oz, a flying
1. This story has a saucer on wheels, a tube of toothpaste, and a jar of mustard. “What fun!” a
beginning and bystander hollers.
an ending, but its
____________________________________________________________
middle is missing.
____________________________________________________________
Fill it in.
2. Give the story
____________________________________________________________
a good title. “We’ve never seen a race end like this!” the TV reporter shouts above the
noise. “A roller skate covered with toothpaste, and a pickle smothered in
mustard—this is one for the record books!”
Name
1. What will happen next?

Luigi hummed an Italian aria as he chopped 5. Which sentences contain
green peppers on his thick wooden chopping
metaphors?
block. Suddenly he shrieked, “Ouch!” and
ran to the kitchen sink. a. When pizza is served, Jared’s
stomach is a bottomless pit.
By the time I got to the soccer picnic, there b. We’ll finish the job as quick as
was one miniscule piece of pizza left. a wink.
3. Edit the sentence. c. “Guess what, Mom?” exclaimed

Matt. “I just landed a part-time job
in 1895 new york city became the
at Domino’s!”
home of the first US pizza restaurant
d. “Have a slice of Italy,” said Julian
4. Choose the correct label for the sentence. as he cut his steaming masterpiece
a. fragment b. run-on c. complete into wedges.
Cheese, pepperoni, and black
olives on top.

Name
1. Which sentence has an active verb?

a. Elizabeth is an Italian chef. 5. Play this game with compound
b. Elizabeth cooks superb pizza. words. In each box, write a word
that finishes a compound for the first
2. Write the contractions. word and begins a compound for
we + are = _________ the word that follows.
they + will = ________
a. waste ball
I + am = __________
3. Which words would be on a dictionary page b. book hole

with the guide words cheese and class?
circle chap create chip c. horse lace
clone clan clue cinch
d. pop bread
4. Which pronouns show possession (belonging)?
his mine them ours e. flash bulb
she their where we

Name
1. Underline the phrase that tells how Antonio

is related to the writer.
5. How much did Artie have to pay for his
Antonio, my second cousin, recently pizza party?
moved from Italy to the United States.
See, I have a buddy Artie
Who wishes for a pizza party.
2. Which is not a synonym for pleasure? He asks his mom, “Is it OK?”
delight satisfaction “Sure thing, son, but you’ll have to pay.”
So, he meets his friendly neighbor Nan
disappointment contentment Who helps him to create a plan.
They dial up their good pal Hazel.
“C’mon over and bring some basil.”
3. Capitalize the story title correctly. She stops off to pick up Stella
italian recipes for novices Who packs a brick of mozzarella.
Stella has a boyfriend, Joe,
Who joins them with a bowl of dough.
On the way they stop for Tony
4. What can you infer (guess) “Hey man, bring your pepperoni.”
about the person who wrote Finally they pick up Ross,
the book in #3? Who just whipped up a batch of sauce.
Artie’s house is the place they meet
For a pizza pie. “Come on! Let’s eat!”

Name

the idea for delivering pizza 5. Rewrite the passage so it flows more
began in italy in the 1800s the smoothly and has more interesting
pizza was kept warm in a small word choice.
tin stove which a delivery boy
Every Saturday night we go to
carried on his head my grandparents’ for dinner. It’s
a tradition to have pizza. Grandma
2. What key word or phrase would be makes the pizza crust before we get
best for an encyclopedia search about there. When we get there we help
the process of making cheese? put on the toppings. Grandma is
very generous. She knows we love
3. Correct the error. pizza. She makes three large ones
Of all the foods I love, pizza are at the for the seven of us. I like the
top of the list. pepperoni and mushroom pizza
best. I tend to overeat because it’s
4. Choose a word to finish the analogy. so good.
_______ : chef : : song : composer

a. spoon c. oven
b. refrigerator d. dinner
Name
READ
Read the directions and follow carefully.
1. Gather some crayons or makers.
2. Draw a pizza crust on the dotted line.
3. Draw 9 pieces of pepperoni on one
half and 14 mushroom pieces on the
other half.
4. Add 5 shrimp to the half with
the mushrooms.
5. Use a yellow crayon or marker to add
sprinkles of shredded cheese on the
whole pizza.
6. Use red to color the sauce in all the
empty spaces on the whole pizza,
leaving a half-inch of crust on the edge.
7. Use a black crayon or marker to show
that your pizza is cut into 6 slices.
WRITE
Use this pizza slice
graphic organizer to
collect ideas that
would help you (or
someone else) write a
description of a pizza-
eating experience.
Write some words

and phrases in each
slice to describe the
pizza through different
senses, and write a
different ending for
each sentence starter.

Name
1. Which literary technique is used in the sentence?

The balloon called me to join its flight as it 5. Draw a line through the sentence
danced lightly in the early morning breeze. that doesn’t belong. Then write a
a. alliteration c. personification title for the passage.
b. simile d. metaphor Balloons come in numerous designs,
sizes, and shapes and have many
2. Write the plural form of each noun. uses. Some balloons are used by
woman goose tooth mouse scientists for gathering important
information about weather. Many
3. What is the meaning of the bold word? people consider ballooning a
We love to hang out with Uncle Jim dangerous sport. Children play with
because of his jocose nature. latex toy balloons. Remote areas
rely on balloons that carry
4. Add correct punctuation. transmitters for relaying radio and
Is it true that the first hot-air TV signals. And some large
balloon was created by a man balloons are piloted by people who
who watched his wife’s wedding enjoy the thrill of silently floating on
dress fill with hot air as it dried a current of air.
by the fire

Name
1. Choose the most precise word.

A hot-air balloon is __________ by the 5. Combine the simple sentences
wind.
into one complex one.
powered moved driven • An airship is a
powered balloon.
• An airship gets power from
2. Circle the suffixes. Each one means
an engine and propellers.
“the person who.”
• An airship has rudders
balloonist driver
for steering.
actor conductor
3. What kind of information can be found in

Roget’s Thesaurus?

crumb knuckle wedge
wrist scene honest
Name
1. Which literary techniques are used?

Filled with hot air, the flaming-red 5. Label each statement as fact (F) or
balloon lifts, floats, and flutters
opinion (O).
in flight.
___ You can’t enjoy ballooning
because it’s too dangerous.
When the balloon reached a high
(altitude, attitude), we could ___ A balloon’s altitude is
no longer see its vivid design. controlled by changing the
temperature of the heated air.
3. Which sentence shows correct usage? ___ The first hot air balloon was
a. Whom is piloting the blimp? launched in 1782.
b. Who designed that gorgeous ___ Around the World in Eighty
airship? Days is not very well written.
4. Correct the ___ Everyone should take at least

misspelled words. one hot-air balloon ride.
mischeif weigh
believe peice

Name
1. Is the sentence in the present or past tense?

A team of men, including Ben Abruzzo, 5. Number the fiction books in the
made the first transatlantic balloon flight.
order in which they would be found
on a library shelf.
2. Choose the pair of synonyms.
flimsy – stiff timid – strong
manage – control punctual – late
3. Circle the adjectives.

Unmanned balloon flights have reached
vast heights of up to 140,000 feet.
4. Edit the sentence.

thanks to walt disney, jules
verne’s book, around the world
in eighty days, became familiar
to many people
Name
The first successful hot- A hot-air balloon

air balloon flight carried has three parts:
an open balloon
animal passengers. In September of 1783,
(called an envelope)
the Montgolfier brothers sent a chicken, a that can be filled with air,
duck, and a sheep on a short flight over a burner to heat the air,
A hot-air balloon is not a vehicle France. This was a fabulous demonstration and a basket to hold
that will get you anywhere for the country’s king. passengers. The balloon
quickly. In fact, it’s hard to GET rises because of a basic
Just two months later, two Frenchmen,
anywhere specific at all, because scientific principle: warm
d’Arlandes and de Rozier became the first air is lighter than cold air.
you can’t steer a hot air balloon. humans to make such a flight. So when the pilot lights a
You just go where the wind takes More than 200 years later, modern propane burner to heat
you. But people who try it say balloons are still based on the original the air, the balloon rises
that ballooning is one of the most into the cooler air of the
design. But there have been many
exciting, yet calm and peaceful atmosphere. To lower the
improvements and innovations. Style, balloon, the pilot lets some
activities they have ever shape, basket size, heaters, and safety of the hot air out through
experienced. It seems they are features have all been updated. All these a vent.
not in a hurry to get anywhere. changes have contributed to adventures
and thrills for millions of passengers.
READ
1. What was the purpose of the first hot-air balloon flight?
2. Circle a synonym for serene.
3. Does passage A inspire you to consider taking a ride in a
hot air balloon? If so, what is it?
4. What is the reason for the balloon envelope?
2. Finish this outline of passage B.
The History of Ballooning

WRITE I. First successful flight
A.
1. Write a short summary of passage A. B.
C.
________________________________________________ D.
________________________________________________ II. First human flight
________________________________________________ A.
B.
________________________________________________
III. Modern Flights
________________________________________________ A.
________________________________________________ B.
________________________________________________ C.
Name
1. Add an apostrophe to show belonging in

each sentence. 5. Write a concluding sentence for a
a. The mountains peak is sharp and ragged. description that would match this picture.
b. Each climbers equipment is new. Your conclusion should show that you
understand the main idea of the picture.
2. Circle the conjunction in each sentence.
a. I wanted to hike to the summit, but my feet
were sore.
b. Mt. Hood and Mt. St. Helens are both
volcanoes.
3. Which literary device is used here?

Scaling K2 is such a fine book, I burned the
midnight oil to finish it.
alliteration idiom metaphor

biplane unicycle tricycle quarter

Name
1. One word is used twice. Give both meanings of

the word.
5. Number these in alphabetical order.
The head climber fell and cut her head.
2. Correct the sentence.

Me and him were the strongest climbers on the
Mt. St. Helen’s hike.
3. Rewrite each word correctly.

climbe freez blizzerd gorjus
4. Draw one line under the main idea and two lines
under each supporting detail.
Originally from Tibet, the Sherpas migrated to Nepal around 600

years ago. Sherpas are distinguished by their strength and ability to
survive at high altitudes.They are also well known for their stamina
and excellent mountaineering skills. Is it any wonder that Sherpas
are invited to be guides on most Himalayan mountain expeditions?

Name
1. Draw a line under the action verb(s).

Burmese mountain dogs average 65 5. Which selections are likely to be
pounds and measure about 24 inches examples of narrative writing?
tall at the shoulder. a. mountain climber’s diary
b. myth about the origin of Mt. Everest
2. Add quotation marks where necessary. c. documentary movie about
When a journalist asked George Mallory why mountaineering in the Himalayas
he wanted to climb Mt. Everest, Mr. Mallory d. fictional story about a St. Bernard who
replied Because it is there! saved an injured climber
3. Draw a circle around the cause.

Draw a line under the effect.
With a storm approaching, the team
gave up their hope of reaching the
summit and turned back.
4. Which word completes the analogy?

strength : fortitude : : courage : _______
cowardice energy bravery lethargy

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1. Underline the appositive (the phrase that

gives more information about the subject
5. What should climbers do to
of the sentence).
help their bodies get used to
The guide, a twenty-five-year-old changes in altitude?
Sherpa, led the climbers to safety
to wait out the storm.

Mountaineers must continually observe weather
assistent
conditions, especially changes in barometric
observant
pressure. When they reach high peaks, they must
accidant rest and allow time for their bodies to adjust to
smaller amounts of oxygen. Before beginning a
climb, they need to explore the possible routes up
The earliest British expeditions to attempt
the mountain and choose one that matches their
Everest donned tweed jackets, woolen
ability. And above all, they have to know when it
underwear, and leather boots.
is no longer safe to proceed. All of these
4. Underline the topic sentence in the precautions are necessary since mountaineering
passage with #5. can be dangerous.
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READ
Use the information from the
table to answer the questions.
1. Which mountain is not in
a specific country?
2. If someone climbed all
seven peaks, about how
many feet (total) would
they have climbed?
3. Which mountains have
over twice the number of
climbers each year as
Mt. Aconcagua?
4. How much higher is
Denali than Elbrus?
WRITE
Revise each sentence to make it more active. Hint: Look for passive (inactive)
verbs and replace them with interesting verbs that show strong action.
1. Seven climbers were on the mountain.
2. They seemed to be going at an extremely slow pace.
3. Three of them were quite far behind the others.
4. One was terribly tired.
5. Eventually, they were all at the summit.

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1. A story is told by a doctor who is a character

in the story. The point of view is
5. Match the underlined expression with
first person its meaning.
second person
third person

Doctor Heather Clark performed
emergency heart surgery on a man
on the floor of a pub in London
England and saved his life
3. Give an antonym for prudent.
4. Combine the simple sentences into one

compound sentence.
A heart needs rest in order to be healthy.
A heart needs exercise in order to
be healthy.
A heart needs a proper diet in order
to be healthy.

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after receiving a heart transplant 5. A dictionary lists these meanings for a
robert moss donated his damaged certain word. Write the word.
heart to the science museum in
london england

hieght allmost enough
diffrence forget
3. What does the bold word mean?

A heart attack victim is in a perilous
situation and must be cared for immediately.
4. Add the correct pronoun. Underline the person

to whom the pronoun refers.
“Have a heart,” said Dad to Janie when he
saw ________ tormenting her little brother.
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1. What is the setting of the story?

The room was silent. Doctors’ and nurses’ 5. Students at Wyatt Middle School were
eyes focused on the patient as the last life
asked to write articles for their fitness
support equipment was unplugged. If her
class. What is this writer’s bias?
new heart worked on its own, the energetic
four-year-old would have a chance to lead
a normal life. If Americans don’t get on the move, our country
will be in a sorry state. We sit at school and work.
2. Use a dictionary to find the correct word. Then we go home and sit in front of video games
A(n) ______________________ tends to or on the couch to watch TV. When are we going
people who have heart disease. to get smart? To be healthy and fit, kids need at
least 60 minutes of exercise each day, and adults
ophthalmologist dermatologist cardiologist
need a minimum of 30 minutes. Our heart muscles
are not getting the workout they need; we’re
3. Circle words that should be capitalized. prime targets for heart disease. I’m going to quit
ms. jensen exercises every day of the year writing so I can go outside and ride my bike!
except christmas, easter, and thanksgiving.
4. Give the part of speech of each bold word.

In 2000 an experimental robot performed
operations on the damaged valves of ten
patients’ hearts.

Name
1. Revise the sentence for clear meaning.

Surgeons moved around the 5. Who would benefit from Wilson
operating room, skillfully using Greatbatch’s invention?
tools wearing slippers.
2. Three homophones (words that sound the

same) have been used incorrectly in this
passage. Correct them.
“I’ve worked two long today,” said Nurse
Marty. “I’m taking a brake; I’ll be back in
an our.”
3. Write the plural of each noun.

potato shoe auto speech
4. Describe the kinds of information about

words that can be found in a dictionary.

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READ
1. Explain the meaning of genome.
2. Which headline refers to events that probably took place in a hospital?
3. How long before the hiccup theory did the discovery of anesthetics occur?
4. Which of these stories would you choose to read first?
WRITE
Write a headline for each article.
______________________
Dr. Norman E. Shumway of _____________________

______________________
Stanford surgery performed
According to the Guinness
a breakthrough surgery Doctors at Lewiston Hospital World Records, a cyclist from
yesterday with the help of received the surprise of their Spain has the lowest
assistant Dr. Richard Lower. lives this morning in the reported resting heart rate.
The two animal surgeons operating room. A team of Most athletes have a resting
transplanted the heart of a surgeons was performing heart rate of about 40 beats
dog into another dog, routine surgery to remove per minute, but Miguel
keeping the recipient alive. gallstones from a gallbladder. Indurain’s rate was tested at
So far, the patient has Instead of gallstones, they 28 beats per minute.
survived. found diamonds. The patient is
recovering well, but wishes to
remain anonymous.
Name
1. Underline the predicate in each sentence.

a. Desert plants and animals have adapted to
5. Not everyone would describe a desert
little water.
in the same way. Choose the adjective
b. Snakes, lizards, toads, and frogs live in hot
that best fits your description of a
deserts.
desert or write a different adjective that
you would use. Then write one or two
2. Alison will write a report on the deserts of
sentences to explain your choice.
Antarctica. She’ll glean most of her information
from ________________ works. beautiful eerie
a. expository c. narrative treacherous inhospitable
b. persuasive d. imaginative

usual wether tomorrow where
4. The prefix ir- means not. Write the meaning

of each of the following:
a. irrational __________________________
b. irresponsible _______________________
c. irregular __________________________

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1. Number the words in

alphabetical order. I. Moisture
___ soil ___ sand A. Average 10 inches or less per year
___ spider ___ scorpion
B. Sometimes no rain for years
___ species ___ snake
C. Evaporation may exceed
precipitation
2. Give the meaning of the bold word.
II. Soil
Gobi vegetation is hearty, but scanty.
A. Thin and dry
3. Are the pronouns used correctly? B. Crumbly soil or sand
He and I will ride dune buggies at the
North Carolina coast during spring break.
C. Supports sparse vegetation
4. Insert a colon and commas in the correct

places. 5. Use the information from the section
The Sahara Desert is so large that of an outline above to write a
only three countries have a greater paragraph about deserts.
area Russia Canada and China.
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1. Which examples include alliteration?

a. Snakes, spiders and sparrows scurry to safety. 5. Read the table below. Draw a
b. Falling raindrops sadly evaporate before they conclusion from the information shown.
reach the sand.
c. My throat is as parched as the Sahara.
2. Write the correct form of good for each blank.

a. This is the ___________ reptile display
I’ve ever seen.
b. The tortoise’s cage is ___________ than
the rattlesnake’s.
c. Overall, visiting the High Desert Museum
was a very ___________ experience.

trubble visable require shugar

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the mojave desert located in the united 5. Write an ending for this article. Then
states is 65000 square miles
give it a good title.
______________________________
2. What is the meaning of the sentence?
My report is a far cry from what I
Besides their breathtaking sights, sand dunes
wanted it to be.
can entertain visitors with a memorable
sound show. Scientists have noticed that
round sand particles, formed from crushed
3. Mindy checks out a book that has pictures quartz, tend to create loud, strange sounds.
and facts about the deserts in South America. This interesting occurrence is known as the
It is probably “booming dunes.” It happens most often
fiction during the hottest, driest seasons. A visitor
can get a dune “roaring” by climbing to the
nonfiction crest and sliding down the steepest side. This
biography causes a sand avalanche that will make the
particles vibrate. ______________________
4. Circle the prepositional phrase. ____________________________________
____________________________________
A scared scorpion scurried across the sand. ____________________________________
Name
READ
Examine the map to answer
the questions.
1. What direction is
Tumbleweed Valley from
Dreary Dunes?
2. About how far is it from
Bankrupt City to the
Whispering Sands Resort
(by way of roads)?
3. What roads or other
features cross Last Chance
Highway?
4. What direction is
Drop-Off Abyss from
Jeopardy Junction?
WRITE
You get off the train where the
railroad meets Drop-Off Road.
A visitor to the area asks how
to get to Lost Mine. (She is
traveling by car.) Write clear,
step-by-step directions that will
help her find her way.

Name
1. Rewrite the sentence in the future tense.

Nigel, who lives in Indiana, listened intently 5. What can you say about Francis
to the nightly news for information about
Beaufort’s education?
local tornadoes.
2. The prefix trans often means across or to

change. Give the meanings of each of the d
nt to sea at age 13 an
following words: Francis Beaufort we d
He stayed at sea, an
became a cabin boy.
transfer ___________________ he had moved up to
by the time he was 22
transform __________________ enant. Eventually he
the position of lieut
ral of the British
translate __________________ was appointed Admi
st known for the
Navy. Beaufort is be
3. Circle each common noun . This 1806 invention
Beaufort Wind Scale
and draw a line under de. The scale gives
is still used worldwi
each proper noun. ribe the force of the
people a way to desc a
In The Wizard of Oz, a tornado whisks of zero leaves the se
wind. A wind force
Dorothy away from her Kansas home. . A force of twelve
calm and mirror-like
with a driving spray
4. Read the paragraph in #5. Underline creates a white sea
y.
the sentence that best summarizes that hinders visibilit
Beaufort’s invention.

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1. The words damaging and devastating have

similar meanings. Which word would you use
to describe a tornado that destroys
buildings and cars?

Storm victims sometimes The tornado that toor
(loose, lose) valuables.
through bakersville valley
texas in 1990 did some
3. Circle the words that are always written
very unusul things. First it
with capital letters.
removed three hundred
american canadian doctor
feet of blacktop from a
4. On which dictionary page would the word highway. Then it rolld over
twister be found? two nintey ton oil tanks,
carryed them through the
air, and left them six
hundred feet up the side
of a mountan!
Name
1. Underline the prepositional phrase. (Find it by

asking where, when, or how of the verb.)
5. Underline the rhyming words in the
The worried family fled to the storm shelter. poem. Then write one sentence that
summarizes the content of the poem.
2. Add an apostrophe where needed.
A 1995 tornado picked up a dogs house (He
was inside!) and set it down several
blocks away without injuring the animal.
3. What is the meaning of recede?
4. The Red Cross has published a list of necessary

supplies for a storm shelter. Number the items
in alphabetical order.
__ first aid kit __ canned food
__ medications __ radio (battery powered)
__ flashlight __ sturdy shoes
__ work gloves __ dried food
__ batteries __ can opener

Name
1. Add punctuation to correct the run-on sentence.

Very few tornadoes cause serious damage 5. Choose the most precise word to
to houses ninety-nine percent of twisters do complete the paragraph.
not harm a well-built home.
good urgent necessary
wise helpful important
2. What information can be found on the title
page of a book?

cansel pummel spirle rural “This is Principal Reinig. School
will be dismissed early today.
4. Choose the pairs that are antonyms. The weather bureau has issued a
tornado watch, and we want all
absent – present students to be safe at home in
case of severe weather. Do not
lovable – endearing
linger with friends. It’s __________
impossible – unfeasible that you go directly home.”
courteous – impolite

Name
READ
Read the weather reports. Then answer the questions.
1. Which reports contain alliteration?

2. Which report contains personification?
3. What reports are clearly opinions?
4. What is the meaning of torrid in
report B?
5. What word is an antonym
for miniscule?
WRITE
People love to tell tall tales about the weather. Usually, tall tales include hyperbole (exaggeration).
Finish each statement about the weather with an exaggeration that might be used in a tall tale.
a. The tornado was so fierce that . . .
b. The sky was so dark that . . .
c. Yesterday, the heat was so intense that . . .
d. I hopped on that tornado and rode it until . . .
e. The wind was so strong that . . .
f. This week the temperatures dropped so low that . . .
g. Those hailstones yesterday were as big as ____________ and they . . .
Name

Wild turkeys pecked in our 5. What were Uncle Ollie’s relatives
front yard yesterday morning.
puzzled about?
A mother robin lands on the edge of her When he was eight years old, our Uncle Ollie began
nest with a wriggling worm in her beak. a lifelong hobby of raising homing pigeons. As an
As she feeds her babies their dinner, they
adult he loaded his birds into a carrier every Saturday,
thank her with a chorus of excited chirps.
They don’t know the neighborhood tomcat drove a distance, and released them. He loved
stalks below, looking for a meal too. watching his pets circle overhead and then head
home. The pigeons arrived before their keeper and
3. Create a compound word that begins with over to
cooed softly on their perch as he entered the yard to
complete each sentence.
count his flock. Uncle Ollie gave up raising homing
a. Do a quick ___________ of the book.
b. The sky was ___________ all day yesterday. pigeons on his eighty-eighth birthday. He announced,
c. Don’t let the tub ___________ . “Eighty years at one pastime is enough,” and died the
d. They rescued the sailor who fell ___________ . next day. We’ve always puzzled over that.
4. Write a title for passage #5.

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My impetuous sister was so fascinated by 5. Summarize the information shown on
the pair of doves in the local pet shop that the diagram.
she bought them on the spot.
2. Write a topic sentence to begin a story about an

orphaned peregrine falcon.
3. Finish the sentence.

When Gabe saw his parakeet fly out the
kitchen window, his first instinct was . . .
4. Place a colon where necessary.
Audubon Club Event

The Audubon Club will host an early-morning
bird walk on Thursday, April 15th. Bring the
following binoculars, guidebook, sketchpad,
pencil, and snacks. Please leave cell phones
at home.

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whole drawer cawff 5. What kind of audience will probably
auful every enjoy this movie?
2. Brayden used his new pocket knife to carve a

bird for his dad’s birthday. Did his father Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 movie, The Birds,
accept or except the gift? is still checked out of video stores for at-
home entertainment. The story is about a
3. Circle the pronoun. Underline the words to San Francisco girl, who travels to northern
which it refers. California to visit a friend. While rowing
Brazilian Beauty, a carrier pigeon, flew on a quiet pond shortly after her arrival,
25,507 miles during her seven years of she’s attacked by a gull. Suddenly all
competitive flying. kinds of vicious birds begin attacking the
innocent town folks. The attacks become
4. What is the purpose of the example below? more frequent, terrifying, and deadly.

Name
1. Rewrite each sentence in the past tense.

a. Bird watchers gather at sunrise. 5. Add correct punctuation and
b. A pair of wrens nest in our birdhouse. capitalization to this business letter.
2. Give the meaning for each different use of

the word swallow.
I watched a barn swallow swallow a worm.
3. Correct the sentence.

After bathing, starlings dries
themselves off by using sheeps
as towels.
4. Which of these can be found on the Internet?

today’s weather
the fastest-flying bird
directions to the local zoo
information on endangered raptors
Name
READ
Use the table of contents from
this book about birds to answer Contents
the questions. page
1. In what chapter would you Introduction ........................................7
find information about how
Ch 1 Characteristics ..........................11
birds are born?
2. Where would you probably
Life Cycles.............................15
find out about the part birds Body Structure.......................21
play in insect control? Ch 2 Kinds and distributions ............29
3. In what chapter could you
Ch 3 Birds of North America............47
read about birds found in
Australia? Ch 4 Birds of South America............85
4. How long is the section on Ch 5 Birds of Other Regions ..........127
bird migration? Ch 6 The Importance of Birds ........163
Ch 7 How Birds Live......................185
Ch 8 Bird Migration .......................217
Ch 9 Bird Protection .......................281
WRITE Index ..............................................299
An ode is a poem that expresses
great feeling about something.
Often an ode is spoken directly
to its subject explaining why the
subject is valued. It does not
need to rhyme.
Think about how a bird values
the earthworm. Write an ode to
a worm. Here are some words
and phrases to get help you
get started.
• plump • cool and moist
• round • in damp dirt
• squirm • fattening up
• tasty • curvy
• juicy • segments

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skier : snow : : skateboarder : ________ 5. How did the news of Gelfand’s trick
spread?
2. Write the singular form of each noun. Alan “Ollie” Gelfand mastered the first
cherries bosses families modern skateboarding trick in 1976.
bushes marshes parties To carry out this trick (an “ollie”), a
porches alleys pennies skater pops the tail of the board, slides
the front foot forward, and lifts the
back foot to level the board out. The
3. Insert commas in the correct places. skater and board lift into the air. At
Skateboarders can protect the first demonstrations, spectators
themselves by using the following were shocked to learn that Gelfand’s
equipment: slip-resistant shoes feet were not attached to the board!
helmets wrist braces and knee-
For a while, the trick remained a
and elbow pads.
Florida “secret,” but that changed in
the summer of 1978 when Gelfand
4. Read the passage for #5. demonstrated it in California. Once the
Underline the sentence that maneuver caught the attention of the
explains how a skateboarder media and skaters on the West Coast,
performs an “ollie.” it spread worldwide.

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1. For each meaning, write a word with a prefix.

• not practical • not important 5. Write a brief description to accompany
the picture.
Early skateboarders had to by there equipment
at locle serf shops where there was little
variaty.
3. Circle the adverb (a word that describes a verb)

in the sentence.
Between 1978 and 1989 skateboards
were temporarily banned in Norway
because they were considered
dangerous.
4. This book is probably

fiction
nonfiction
biography
Name
1. Capitalize the article title correctly.

sidewalk surfing: the history 5. Follow the directions to draw a design
of skateboarding on the skateboard deck.
2. Use a dictionary to find the meaning

of obstreperous.
3. Combine the two simple sentences

into one complex sentence.
It’s hard to learn new skateboard tricks.
You’ll have to practice your tricks a long time.
4. Identify the technique used

in the description.
alliteration metaphor
onomatopoeia simile
Defying gravity, the skater flips
and flies in one fleeting moment.

Name
1. Write a possessive phrase that means

a. the board of Amy b. the rules of the park 5. Give a possible explanation for the
change in the number of reported
injuries between 2001 and 2006.
The students were all eyes and
ears when Tony Hawk visited
their school and gave a
skateboarding demonstration.
3. Circle words that are not spelled correctly

for the context.
“How on erth due thay dew thos triks?”
wondered the spectators.
4. Rewrite each sentence with an active verb.

a. The skater is leaping over obstacles.
b. The experienced skater is rotating
his board with ease.
c. You seem to be concentrating hard.

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READ
Read the skateboarding rules. Then follow the directions
and answer the questions below.
1. One rule has an error in grammar. Find it and fix it.
2. Another rule gives bad advice. Find it and fix it.
3. Which rule contains a word that is an antonym for
increase?
4. What general statement can you make about skateboarding
based on the information and advice given in this list of rules?
1. Always wear protective gear. If you fall, this will absorb the impact.
2. Properly maintain your board. Give it a safety check every time you ride.
3. Never ride in the street.
4. Ride alone (no other people on the board with you).
5. Don’t never take chances.
6. Ride on safe surfaces. Watch out for holes, bumps, and rocks.
7. Obey the laws in your area. Only ride where skateboarding is permitted.
8. As often as possible, hitch a ride by grabbing onto a car or bicycle.
9. Avoid skating in crowds.
10. Learn how to fall. This will diminish the chances of a serious injury.
11. If you fall, try to stay relaxed (rather than stiff).
12. If you fall, roll (rather than fall on your arms).
13. If you are losing your balance, crouch down low on the board.
About 26,000 people are treated in emergency rooms every year for skateboard-related injuries.
WRITE
Write a paragraph that argues
for one of these viewpoints:
Why You Should Not
Take Up Skateboarding
OR
Why Skateboarding
is a Great Sport for You
Name
1. Give the part of speech for each

underlined word.
5. Seeds are dispersed in many ways. In
Hurricane Katrina destroyed an ancient oak each example, circle the cause of the
in the churchyard.
dispersal.
2. What literary device is used in this sentence?

The gymnast flips around the ropes as
a. A seed dropped in the water, was carried
skillfully as a monkey swings from branch
by the water’s current, and finally landed
to branch.
on shore.
3. Correct the spelling errors.

b. The dog’s fur caught a seed’s sharp
I shure hop to sea some banyon burrs and carried it across town.
trees during my tripe to Flordia
this summer.
c. The maple seed floated away
on a gentle breeze.
d. Suzie gleefully scattered
wildflower seeds at the
edge of her property.

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washington parks botanical 5. Add a missing detail to the passage.
garden are an excellent place to Write it in the arrow box.
spend a lazy summer afternoon.
2. Choose synonyms for move.

transfer transport neglect
relocate resign convey
3. What can be found in a book’s glossary?
4. Write the correct form of the adjective

good in the blank.
An arborist knows the _______
way of caring for each tree.

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Some people enjoy rakking leafs on 5. Circle the mode of literature.
a brisk autum day while others expository persuasive
considder it a boreing choor. narrative imaginative
2. Correct the mistakes in usage.

Me and Bret climbed to the top of the giant
cedar yesterday. Today we’re having a contest
to see who’s fastest. Want to join he and I?
3. Add a base word to the suffix -like to

a. Though she was quite a tomboy,
at the formal dinner Emily dressed
up and acted very _______like.
b. The statue is so _______like I thought
it might walk right off its pedestal!
4. Read the passage in question #5. Make a

prediction about the future of the business
described by the advertisement. Explain.

Name
1. Replace the incorrect homophones.

People who live in rural areas have to protect 5. Review the outline below. Then
young trees from dear. Hour baby maple is
draw a conclusion about why trees
only five feat tall and last knight a dough and
are often planted on the side of
fawn eight all of its leaves.
new roadways.
2. Capitalize the phrases correctly.
Tree Parts and Functions
kew gardens, london
dr. johnson’s cherry tree I. Roots
A. Anchor the tree
3. Fix the run-on sentence. B. Absorb water and nutrients
C. Help prevent erosion
I counted the rings on the oak stump
the tree was about twenty-two II. Trunk
years old when it was cut. A. Supports the tree
B. Gives height to the
4. Underline the helping verb in each sentence. leaf-bearing branches
Helping verbs are sometimes used with main III. Leaves manufacture food
action verbs. through photosynthesis
a. He is planning it for Saturday morning.
b. Jackson will take a tour of the peach orchard.
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bark, 8
cambium, 12
deciduous, 51–57, 100 READ
evergreen, 58–67
growth rings, 10, 13 1. This is a page from one part of a book.
leaves, 35, 51 What part of the book is this?
roots, 28–33
trees, 2. The topic of this book probably is
aspen, 86, 56 _______________________ .
beech, 86, 55 3. On how many pages in this book
fir, 90, 58
could you find information about roots?
juniper, 91, 61
maple, 87, 56 4. From the information here, can you tell
oak, 88, 51 if this book includes information about
pine, 93, 65 willow trees?
sequoia, 95, 66
WRITE
The lines in this poem are all mixed up within each verse. Rewrite the poem,
placing the lines in a sequence that makes sense.

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Mom purchased the ingredients for making 5. Review the ad below. What can you
homemade ice cream this weekend. She’s an
infer (guess) about the season?
(angel, angle)!
2. Choose the correct word for each sentence.

a. Lindsay is a girl (who, whom) loves
ice cream more than any other food.
b. She’ll enjoy an ice-cream cone with
(whomever, whoever) is willing.
c. (Whose, Who’s) on her list this week?

My question is this How can
Lindsay eat so much ice cream
and still stay so fit
4. Which one includes a present tense verb?

a. Peggy opened an ice cream shop.
b. Peggy will open an ice cream shop.
c. Peggy is opening an ice cream shop.

Name
1. Rewrite the sign

so it uses
5. Edit the selection.
an antonym
and gives historians seem to agree that the
the opposite histry of ice cream had it had its
message. begining in the 1600s when Charles I
of England enjoyed it at his royle
2. Add -ing to each word. table. Apparently Charles had a
beg supply make write clever shef (either French or Italian)
who developed a recipee for ice cream
and a way to make it. One version of
the story explanes that Charles
Ancient Chinese people enjoyed
payed the shef to keep the recipe a
an ice-cream-like dessert made
from snow and fresh fruit.
secret. However, after Charles was
beheaded in 1649, the shef told the
well-kept secret. Soon after, all of the
4. What key word or phrase would
nobility in Urope were enjoing the
be best for an Internet search
delicacy known as “crème ice.”
on the history of ice cream?
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The ice-cream maker added salt rather than 5. Write a summary of the passage.
sugar to the recipe. Was the ice cream
incredible or inedible?
2. The primary purpose for this kind of writing ted a ranch in

Last summer when we visi
iest ice cream of our
is to give information. Colorado, we ate the cream
k buckets up to the
narrative persuasive lives. My brother and I too
the pasture and filled
descriptive snowfields on the edge of
picked plump
expository imaginary them with icy snow. Mom
helped the ranch owner
blackberries while Dad
ck cream off the
3. Capitalize and punctuate the sentence milk a cow and skim the thi
old hand-cranked
top. The rancher found an
in the talk bubble. den bucket and
ice-cream freezer with a woo
up the cream and
cast iron handle. We mixed
ew it into the can,
berries with some sugar, thr
chunks of snow and
surrounded the can with
turned that crank
sprinkles of rock salt, and
s worth the work.
until we were sweaty. It wa
felt and how
How smooth that ice cream
4. Read the passage in #5. yummy it tasted!
Underline ten verbs that show action.

Name
1. Explain the two meanings of the word case.

The detective’s case contained 5. Circle the adverbs. Adverbs describe
information about the case of
verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
The Sweet Shoppe robbery.
2. Revise the sentence to make it more active

and interesting.
My three-year-old brother, Alex, is
happiest when he gets to hold his own
ice-cream cone even though it’s messy.
3. A dictionary entry for the word leaf has the

symbol v. listed next to one definition and
n. listed next to another. What do these
symbols mean?

courteus sensible admireable
fashon enjoyable invisible

Name
READ
Read the menu. Then follow
the directions and answer Side-Splitting Banana Split 5.95
A scoop of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry sitting on fresh sliced bananas
the questions. are smothered with fudge sauce, whipped cream, nuts, and cherries
1. Describe a technique the Peppermint Tower of Pisa 3.95

writer of the menu has Three slices of vanilla cake layered with three slabs of peppermint ice cream
used to make the food infused with crushed peppermint sticks, and drizzled with chocolate
peppermint sauce
items appeal to the
customers. Here Comes the Fudge! 6.00
Double-fudge ice cream on dark fudge brownies swimming in gooey hot
2. Circle a phrase that fudge sauce, topped with shaved Belgian chocolate
appeals to one of
your senses. Caramel Apple Wrap-Around 4.75
Warm caramel sauce-laced crepe filled with French vanilla ice cream and
3. What is the meaning of freshly-sauteed cinnamon apples
the word sauce-laced in
the description of the Midnight Mocha Madness 4.25
wrap-around? There’s a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on when sweet Mexican chocolate, rich
coffee gelato, and fudge syrup all get whipped up into a double-sized shake.
4. What is the meaning of
the word infused in
the description of the
Peppermint Tower?
5. Draw a box around each

interesting use of a verb (a WRITE
verb that is colorful or helps A couplet is a two-line poem
to stimulate the senses). with final words that rhyme.
Finish each of the couplets by
filling in the missing lines.
Name
1. What is the writer’s point of view?

It’s unfortunate that I had only two 5. Which events took place about fourteen
vacation days in Philadelphia. Its
years apart?
varied architecture, beautiful parks,
historical sights, museums, concert
halls, and restaurants all invite me
to settle in and enjoy the city. I’ll
return soon.
2. Write the past tense of each verb.

bring come go make
run say find lose
3. Write six compound words that contain

the word door.
4. Is this sentence complete, a run-on,

or a fragment?
Philadelphia, nicknamed Philly, is
the largest city in Pennsylvania.

Name
1. Punctuate the sentence correctly.

Philadelphia William Penns Quaker colony 5. Cross out
was founded and developed in 1682. unnecessary
words or phrases.
2. Notice the two parts of the sentence. (One
clause before the comma and the other after
it) Which clause is a complete sentence?
When the American Revolution began
in 1776, Philadelphia’s population was
split between Loyalists and Patriots.
Jim Victor has sculpted a butter statue from butter
every year since 2003 for the Pennsylvania Farm
3. What does this sentence mean?
Show. In honor of Ben Franklin’s 300th birthday,
Dave, a history lover, was beside himself Victor’s 2007 sculpture in 2007 was a statue of Ben
when Uncle Dan took him to Philadelphia. Franklin where Ben Franklin is looking at the Liberty
Bell reading the inscription on the Liberty Bell. The
4. Number these in alphabetical order. sculpture contains 800 pounds of butter for the entire
___ population ___ property statue. He worked from December 26, 2006 to
January 3, 2007 for nine days in a refrigerated case.
___ problem ___ Philadelphia
He tries to spend no more than eight hours because
___ patriot ___ Pennsylvania of the cold temperatures in the cold case.

Name

The inscripshun on the Libertee Bell 5. Use the information to draw a picture of
says, “Proclame Libertee Threwout an open Philly cheesesteak sandwich.
the Land.”
2. Make the subject and verb agree.

People disagrees as to when the crack first
appeared in the Liberty Bell.
3. One way to learn about our country’s history

is to read the diaries of its founding fathers.
The above sentence is
narrative persuasive
expository imaginative
4. Underline the prefixes. Then give the

meaning of each word.
subway subtract substandard

Name
1. Circle a present-tense verb and draw a line

under a past-tense verb.
5. Add a topic sentence.
The Liberty Bell was ordered in 1751 __________________________________
to honor the fiftieth anniversary of __________ But how did this famous experiment
Pennsylvania’s first constitution. Millions
actually work? Ben Franklin attached a key to the
of tourists admire the bell every year.
string of a kite and used a thin metal wire to hang
2. Choose the correct words. a Leyden jar from the key. When a storm cloud
passed over the kite, negative electrical charges
Abolitionists (adapted, adopted)
from the cloud went into the kite and traveled to
the Liberty Bell as a (symbol, cymbal)
for their cause.
the string, key, and jar. The dry silk kite string
insulated Franklin from the charge. However, when
3. Insert commas where they belong. he touched the key, the negative charges were
J.D. enjoys biographies of Franklin attracted to the positive charges in his body and a
Jefferson Washington and Adams. spark jumped from the key to his hand. This
showed that lightning is actually static electricity.
4. Circle the reference book that contains
information about the history of Philadelphia.
thesaurus encyclopedia
atlas dictionary
Name
READ 1. What is the meaning of prohibited in #1?

2. Circle all the words or phrases used to mean
Read the unusual laws to answer the questions.
against the law.
3. In #11, what does must get a permit mean?
4. What is the meaning of utterly in #3?
5. In #3, what does discharge mean?
WRITE
Choose at least one of the
“strange” laws and think
about why that law might
have been passed in the
first place. Write about the
situation that you think led
to the existence of that law.
(You’ll be writing a little
“history” of the law!)

Name
1. Circle the letters that should be capitals.

ernest shackleton and his crew 5. Label each statement F for fact
of 27 sailed towards antarctica or O for opinion.
on the endurance.

___ The Endurance set sail on
Antarctica’s climate is frigid
December 5, 1914.
and unfriendly.
___ December is a bad month for beginning
3. To what sense does the passage an expedition to Antarctica.
appeal most? ___ Sixty miles from their landing point,
A fierce wind whistled, howled, an iceberg trapped the Endurance.
and flapped the sails of
___ Weak and malnourished, the crew
the stranded ship.
trekked to Elephant Island and were
eventually rescued.
___ Ernest Shackleton is the bravest
ship: sea : : car : ____
sea captain of all time.

Name

An oyl tanker, the Prestige, sank 5. On which dictionary page would each of
off the coste of spane in 2002,
these words be found?
causing the largist environmental
disaster in the countries histry. ______ Titanic ______ tinder
______ tiller ______ title
2. Which sentence has an active verb?
a. An iceberg damaged
the ship’s hull.
b. An iceberg did damage
to the ship’s hull.
3. Write two beginning sentences for a

speech that tries to get people interested
in diving and exploring sunken ships.
4. Find a synonym for the bold word.

An oil spill endangers vulnerable
sea life.
Name
1. Write a sentence about a shipwreck

that includes alliteration. Use some of
5. Why did the Sultana disaster get little
these words.
attention?
ship, shoals, shattered,
shook, shift, shiver
2. Circle the direct object.

Many divers have explored the
Thistlegorm (a sunken ship). When the steamship Sultana accident occurred in the same
exploded accidentally on April month that Lee’s surrender
3. Choose the type of sentence: 27, 1865, about 1,700 Union ended the war and President
interrogative imperative soldiers died. There were no Lincoln was assassinated.
declarative run-on life jackets or lifeboats. So Papers followed these stories
passengers had virtually no
You must read Iron from the Deep: and the nationwide manhunt
chance for survival in this
The Discovery and Recovery of Mississippi River disaster. to find the president’s killer.
the USS Monitor. The loss of young men who Soon forgotten were the just-
had endured the world’s released prisoners of war who
4. What are the bloodiest war received little died just a few miles from
meanings of the two newspaper coverage. The their destination in Memphis.
bold words in the
passage in #5?

Name
1. Write homophones to correct five

errors in the sentence.
5. Give the part of speech for each
The Read See has scene many underlined word in the passage.
shipwrecks because of its
intents storms, choral reefs,
and submerged islands.
2. Explain how non-fiction books

are organized in a library.
The Annie E. Smale had been at sea 100 days on
3. Add -ing to each word. its journey from Australia to San Francisco when
dive sink try it ran aground in a dense fog. Its experienced
captain suddenly realized his ship was approaching
learn lose
the coastline and ordered the anchors to be dropped.
The anchors didn’t hold, and the crash broke the
4. Write a title for the passage in #5.
vessel apart. Lifeboats were immediately lowered.
Within a few hours, the entire crew safely landed
in the Port of San Francisco. The ship and cargo . . .

Name
READ
Examine the map to answer the questions.
1. What sunken vessel can be found in the Sea of Sorrows, section 6B?
2. Which shipwreck can be found in F6 and G6?
3. How many years elapsed between the sinking of The Pirate’s Pride and of Davy’s Dinghy?
4. What is the location of The Bouncing Betty?
5. What is the location of the satellite?
6. Part of a shipwreck can be found in E4. What is the ship?
WRITE
Write a good ending (a few sentences) for a story about one of these:
• divers who found something astonishing when they explored a sunken ship
• a shipwreck with a heroic rescue of the passengers
• a luxury cruise that barely avoided being dashed against a rocky coast
• a shipwreck from the viewpoint of the undersea creatures
• OR . . . any of the shipwrecks on the map
Name
1. Fix the spelling errors.

The hoping of the tree frogg 5. Fables are short stories designed to
startld the gardner as she give a message or moral. Read the
watered her flours. following fable by Aesop and write a
short summary of the writer’s message.
2. Circle the prepositions.
Amphibians live part of their
lives in the water.
3. Why are these words in the same group?

dependable respectful richness
moisture kindly darkness
4. What literary device is used in the conversation

below?

Name
1. Circle the letters that should be capitals.

According to the time for kids almanac, 30 5. Write a caption for the illustration.
species of amphibians, including the houston
toad, are on the endangered or threatened list.
2. What is the best key word to begin a search for

information about red-spotted newts?
amphibians red-spotted newts
newts tailed amphibians
3. Which word is used as a verb?

Scientists discovered fossilized remains of
prehistoric salamanders in volcanic ash beds
in China and Mongolia.

The class was so captivated by the movie
that no one made a sound until it ended.

Name
1. Rewrite the sentence to clarify the meaning.

The salamander slid out of the 5. What is the rhyme pattern of this poem?
boy’s hands with slippery skin.
2. Punctuate the sentence properly.

The world’s smallest frog
discovered in Cuba is less
than one inch long.
3. As long as temperature changes

occur gradually, frogs can live
through freezing or extremely
hot conditions without discomfort.
Do frogs adept or adapt well?
4. What is the main idea of the passage with

question #5?

Name
1. Which example shows correct usage?

a. Newts hatch from eggs that are laid
The male West European
singly on the leaves of water plants.
midwife toad is the original
b. It takes three to five weeks for the “Mr. Mom.” After his wife lays
eggs to hatch. That’s quite quickly. her eggs, this guy goes to work
fertilizing them and winding
2. Circle the correct word to complete
the four-foot string of eggs
the sentence.
around his thighs. And that’s
The Goliath, a (rare, scarce) frog found in where he wears this slimy
Cameroon, is a foot long. chain for the next month!
When they’re ready to hatch, he
3. Give the denotation (dictionary definition)
doggie paddles into the water,
of newt.
releases his newborn tadpoles,
4. What words on the sign are spelled correctly? and treats himself to a massage.
5. Write a title for this passage.
Name
READ
Examine the diagram to answer the questions.
1. Which of the animals probably moves faster?
2. Which of the animals are amphibians?
3. Which animal is probably the hardest to hold on to?
4. Which animal would be most likely to be found on land?
WRITE
Use information from the diagram to write a one- or two-
paragraph essay that compares frogs and toads. Make sure
you include in your essay some similarities and differences
between the two animals.

Name
1. Fill in the blanks to show the tenses

of the verb communicate.
5. The BIC Company offered the
Present: She _____________________
following information. Write one or
Past She _____________________
two sentences explaining how the
Future She _____________________
company could have come to the
conclusion in the second sentence.
2. Does the pronoun agree with
the word to which it refers?
Ms. O’Connor, a cell phone sales person, is
respectful and helpful to her customers.
3. The feeling in a piece of writing is the ___________.

theme setting plot
mood point of view title
4. Find a pair of homophones to fill in the blanks in

this communication from Professor Brain to his class.

Name
1. Choose a possessive pronoun to

5. Where might you find the following
a. When practice ended, the advertisement?
players telephoned ____ parents.
b. Jacob plans to write ____ report tonight.
c. “I can’t find ____ laptop anywhere,”
Lisa groaned.

The devoted mom (insured, ensured, assured)
her child she’d be back in time for the concert.
3. Insert commas correctly.

More citizens of Qatar a country in the
Persian Gulf have TVs than people in
the U.S.
4. Write the meaning of the idiom.

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
Name
1. The underlined phrase is an example of

idiom personification imagery alliteration 5. Write a headline for the article.
The first Morse Code message of dots and
dashes was sent January 8, 1838. It said, “A
patient waiter is no loser.”
The New York Tribune
2. Use the context. Explain the meaning of anomaly. Saturday, March 10, 1876
A computer anomaly occurred in Sydney,
_______________________________
Australia, that caused programmed soda
machines to suddenly dial ambulance and Boston, MA. Alexander Graham Bell
fire emergency lines. has successfully used an electrical speech
machine. The invention, consisting of a
3. Circle the correctly spelled words. wooden stand, a funnel, a cup of acid,
communicashun invention and some copper wire, enabled Bell to
send a message to his assistant in a dif-
microchip televition
ferent room. Bell’s words, “Mr. Watson,
come here, I want you,” will likely go
4. Write possessive phrases to show
down in history!
a. the screen of the computer
b. the batteries of the DVD players

Name
1. Place a colon where needed.

Vic’s cell phone is capable of the following sending 5. Number the parts of Maria’s
verbal and text messages, recording phone speech in a logical order.
numbers, calculating math problems, taking
pictures, and waking him up!
2. Circle the proper nouns. Add capital letters. ___ The job of the FCC has become
more and more difficult because of
In june, 1999, more than 50,000 people
the rapid development in technology.
logged on to the internet to hear the
___ The FCC, established in 1934, is
opera, aida, performed in verona, italy.
one agency in our country’s
government.
3. Choose the most precise word that correctly
___ My speech is about the FCC.
completes the sentence. ___ The commission has five members
rich blessed wealthiest loaded who are chosen by the president.
John Paul Getty, one of the world’s ________ ___ The members make sure TV and
people, installed a pay telephone so his radio stations, phones companies,
guests wouldn’t run up his phone bill. and satellite companies follow
U.S. laws.
4. Give the meaning of each suffix. ___ FCC means Federal Communications
Commission.
dependable inventor energize
Name
WRITE
When this puzzle is complete, all the
words will have something to do with
communication. Some of the answers
are already filled in. But their clues are
missing. Write a clue for each of these
words. Solve the clues that are given to
finish the rest of the puzzle.
READ
Read the remaining clues carefully.
Finish solving the puzzle.
Down
1. distress message at sea
Across 2. early form of long-distance messages
1. transmits communications from space 3. World Wide Web
5. sources of daily news 4.
9. 6. early native American messages
13. 7. holds video communication
14. 8. one way to share information or music
15. talk without wires 10. quick email communication
16. communication travels on waves 11.
17. leave a phone message on this 12.
Name
1. Circle words containing silent letters.

The sumo wrestler put on his silk belt 5. Based on this recipe, what is tempura?
and prepared to fight.
2. What is the meaning of the

Japanese Tempura
underlined phrase? 1. Cut fresh vegetables (zucchini, sweet potatoes,
My friend Midori gets up at five eggplant, etc.) into bite-sized pieces.
1
o’clock every morning. I asked 2. Mix 1 C flour, 2 T of cornstarch, and –2 t. salt in
her why, and she answered, a bowl.
3. Hollow out a small area, like a well, in the
“The early bird catches the worm.” center of the flour mixture.
4. Use another bowl to combine 1 C of ice
3. Which is a compound sentence? water and one egg yolk.
a. Work and play are important
5. Pour the liquid into the well and stir until
to Japanese children. the particles are moist.
b. Work is important to Japanese children, 6. Beat the whites of two eggs until stiff.
but they also take time for play. 7. Fold the egg whites into the batter.
4. Write a synonym for the bold 8. Dip the vegetables in the batter, drop
word in step 5 of the tempura into hot oil, and fry for 3 minutes.
recipe. (See question #5.) 9. Drain them on a paper towel.
10. Enjoy with your favorite sauce!

Name
1. Underline three adjectives.

Many tourists visit Japan when 5. Refer to the table.
the spring blossoms and autumn
leaves are most vibrant. a. Who spent the shortest time
climbing?
2. Circle the proper nouns. b. From the information given, can
Edit for capitalization. you tell which route is the steepest?
tokyo, japan mt. fuji
earthquake cherry blossoms
pacific ocean monsoon
3. What is the meaning of vibrant in #1?
4. Which words would be found on a dictionary

page with the guide words send and state?
soccer skiing sumo
season spring sport

Name
1. Which example contains a simile?

a. The colors in the kimono are like a brilliant 5. Write F (fact) or O (opinion) for each
sunrise. statement.
b. The colorful kimono is a brilliant sunrise.
c. The colorful kimono reminds me of sunrise.
2. Underline the predicate of the sentence.

School lunches in Japan are tasty
and healthful.
3. Choose the antonym for conceal.

expose sneaky foolish hide

Japanese kids often attend after-school
clubes. Som of their favorites are
quoire, art, band, flour
arranging, and tee
serimony.

Name

Inflatable underwear was invented by 5. Write a brief summary of this passage.
a Japanese person who was afraid of
drowning he was probably embarrassed
when it inflated to thirty times its original
Since I like Japanese food so much, my
size in a packed subway
family took me to a Japanese restaurant
on my birthday. We started with sushi
2. Write a word with a prefix for each meaning:
that we dipped in delicious sauces.
a. not understand correctly Then our chef chopped and fried
b. against war mouth-watering meats and vegetables
c. to do over on a flaming grill right at our table.
Although I loved the food, eating
3. Rewrite the sentence correctly. wasn’t the only thing. The best part was
Don’t never leave Japan without when the cook flicked a shrimp in the
seeing the tower made of air with his shiny cleaver and caught it
in his shirt pocket. What aim!
5,000,000 postcards.
4. The passage in #5 is written in the

_______________ person.
first second third
Name
READ
Read the instructions for using chopsticks. Then answer the questions.
1. What should you do just before you hold the chopsticks parallel
to each other?
2. What needs to be done after you pick up the food?
3. What should you do just before trying to pick up food?
4. Which chopstick does not touch your index finger?
WRITE
Think of something that you know how to do well. Write clear step-by-step instructions to explain
to someone else how do to this.
Some ideas:
how to blow a bubble how to give a bath to a cat
how to thread a needle how to catch a fish
how to write a song how to build a web page
how to clean your bedroom how to get on and off a subway

Name
1. When Chris shouted, “I have two tickets to the

World Series,” this is how his friends responded.
5. How was Morey Thomas’s book
Correct the spelling.
helpful to Brendon?
2. Circle the letters of any true statements.

a. A sentence needs a subject and predicate.
b. An interrogative sentence gives an order.
c. An exclamatory sentence expresses
a strong feeling.
3. What does zenith mean in this sentence?

Isaiah broke his leg just as he reached
the zenith of his Little League season.
4. In the passage in #5, circle five words that

have the same meaning as mistake,
mistakes, or to make a mistake.

Name

Harvey Haddix Pittsburg player pitched 5. Rewrite the passage, replacing the
12 perfect innings against Milwaukee underlined words with more
on May 26 1959 interesting, active or precise words.
2. Which can be found in a world almanac? “You should have been there,”
a. history of baseball Meg said to her brother as she
b. number of runs hit in the last world series walked in the front door. In the
c. the story of Lou Gehrig’s tragic death bottom of the ninth, I hit a
grounder between second base
3. Circle the phrase that is correct. and shortstop. The girls on
Mom pitched a few balls to (me and Jacob; second and third got home and
Jacob and I; Jacob and me). our team won by two runs. All the
kids gave me a high five. It was
4. Circle letters that should be capitals. fun. What a really good game!
jackie mitchell, a female pitcher, is best
remembered for striking out both babe ruth
and lou gehrig in an exhibition game. In 1931,
at age seventeen, she signed a contract with a
minor league team, the chattanooga lookouts.
Name
1. Write a contraction for bold words.

a. We are leaving for practice at 3:30 p.m.
b. You are welcome to ride with us.
c. Otherwise I will see you there.
5. Underline the sentences or phrases that
2. Add correct punctuation support the main idea.
and capitalization. In 2005 the International Olympic
Can you believe Whitey Ford Committee decided that baseball
pitched 146 innings Ben said to Mark and softball would not be included
as they pored over the list of lifetime in the 2012 Olympic Games. The
world series records committee members believed this
would leave room for the inclusion
3. Finish the analogy. of other sports. Another reason for
the decision was the lack of appeal
quarter: basketball : : ____ : baseball
that baseball has in many countries
4. What literary device is used below? of the world. Lastly, they knew that
Major League Baseball had resisted
metaphor personification
taking a break from regular season
idiom simile games to allow its players to
Molly smacked the ball and participate in the Olympics.
flashed like lightning to first base.

Name
1. Explain the difference between a book’s index

and its table of contents.
5. Predict what will happen next.
2. Complete the sentence with a word that has two
different sounds and meanings.
I enjoy watching a skilled pitcher _____ up and
hurl a ball as fast as the ________.

Ty Cobb, wun of the best bas runers, walkt
long distances with lead in his shoes.
4. What information is missing in Jared’s note?

Name
READ
Sue and Hugh have tickets to the big hometown
playoff baseball game. Read the information on
the tickets and use it to answer the questions.
1. Is it likely that the game will end at 6:10 pm

on Aug 24?
2. Which team is not the home team for this game?
3. Will Hugh and Sue be sitting together?
4. There are five sections with 20 rows each and
30 seats to a row. How any seats are in the
stadium?
5. Though their seats had the same original ticket
price, Hugh got a 25 percent discount on his
ticket. How much less did he pay than Sue?
WRITE
The web shows a collection of
ideas that can be used to describe
the exciting end to a close
baseball game.
1. Finish the web by adding

some ideas of your own.
2. Use some or all of the

information on the web
to write a paragraph
describing what
happens as the
game ends.
Name
1. Add the necessary punctuation.

The height of a skyscraper is measured from 5. Identify each sentence as IN
the sidewalk to the top of the building Spires
(interrogative), E (exclamatory), D
are included in the total height but not
(declarative), or IM (imperative).
flagpoles radio antennas or TV antennas
2. Use a dictionary to find the denotation of the

word immense.
3. Draw one line under the cause and two lines

under the effect.
The destruction of the twin towers of
the World Trade Center by a terrorist
attack was a huge tragedy.
4. Circle the most intense (exciting) point in a story.

resolution theme setting
climax plot conclusion

Name

When the Eiffel Tour was 5. Choose the best pronoun for each
completed in 1889, it was the sentence. Use each word one time.
tallist bilding in the werld.
2. Circle valuable reference tools for finding

how and when the Sears Tower was built.
• Mindy took the elevator to the top of
encyclopedia almanac dictionary
the Empire State Building with
thesaurus Internet atlas
___________.
3. Correct the usage errors. • We were ___________ queasy when
we looked down and saw matchbox-
Me and him saw a couple of lovebirds.
size cars and buses below!
They was kissing on top of the
• _____________ left their binoculars on
CN Tower.
the observation deck.
4. The root (word part) therm means heat. • We turned ____________ in at the lost
Write the meaning of each of the following. and found. I hope they’re claimed.
thermometer _________________________ ____________ looked valuable.
thermostat _________________________

Name
1. Underline the appositive (the phrase that

gives more information about the noun).
5. Write a title for the passage.
The Home Insurance Building, often referred
_____________________________________
to as the father of the skyscraper, was
completed in 1885 and demolished in 1931. During the 1977 construction of
the towering Citicorp Center,
2. Complete the sentence with a pair builders mistakenly bolted joints
of homophones. which should have been welded.
A year after the building’s
The Changs ____________ the early- completion, the chief engineer
morning ____________ rising from the discovered the problem. Workers
bay when they moved away from welded steel plates over the bolted
San Francisco. joints. Before they could complete
the repairs, Hurricane Ella headed
3. Add quotation marks where needed. for New York. Fortunately, she
The Taipei 101, built in 2004, is the tallest changed her course and blew out to
habitable building in the world, explained sea. The building and city were
Ms. Hammel, our Social Studies teacher. saved from a possible calamity.
4. Notice the underlined words in item #5.

Write them in alphabetical order.

Name
1. Correct any spelling errors.

The Petronas Towers, which our lokated 5. Rewrite this poem as prose.
in Malaysia, are shaped like ate-pointed
starrs and have so many windos that
it takes the washers a month
to cleen each tower!
2. Why are these words grouped together?

disaster ruin devastation cataclysm
3. An encyclopedia entry for the John

Hancock Center would be found
on a page with the guide words:
a. jackal and Jamestown
b. hall of fame and Harrison
c. Jefferson and judicial
4. Replace the wrong word in this sentence.

Krista is always respective of her
elderly grandparents.
Name
READ
Read the story to answer the questions.
1. Describe the different moods of the group
in the elevator as the story unfolds.
2. What is the meaning of the word
suppressed in the first paragraph?
3. Circle a sentence or phrase that “paints”
a vivid picture in your mind.
4. What did the writer say that amused or
surprised you?
The elevator door opened on the 17th floor, and Susannah Squirm, dressed in a duck
costume, joined five other people inside. Perhaps I should say “characters”—as they were
all dressed for some sort of a costume party. The duck squeezed in between a pirate and a
lizard. Behind them stood a man dressed as a pickle, and a pair of characters holding
hands. One was obviously a toothbrush. The other was a tube of toothpaste. All the
elevator riders suppressed giggles as the elevator climbed past a few floors. From the looks
of the panel on the wall, all of them were headed for the skyscraper’s 49th floor.
Somewhere after the 28th floor, the elevator began to whine and screech, and the lights
went out. Many gasps followed. The elevator continued upward with a metallic scraping
sound until it stopped abruptly. Gasps turned to moans, slight cries, and some bad words.
One passenger pounded all the keys on the panel and groped around for the emergency
button. Others called for help on their cell phones.
After several tense minutes, the elevator began to move slowly. The lights came on. A
collective sigh of relief filled the small space. But the relief was broken by a scream as they
began to realize that something was wrong. The pickle was no longer in the elevator.
Neither, it seems, were any of the other characters’ watches, purses, jewelry, or wallets.
The door opened on floor 49, and five people in silly costumes stood stunned, unable to
walk off the elevator.
WRITE
Choose one of these ways to respond to the story.
1. Pretend you are a detective that must solve the mystery of what happened in the elevator.
Write five or more questions you would ask the characters as a part of your investigation.
2. Explain what happened in the elevator. How did the pickle get out of the elevator?
3. Write your impressions about what you have just read. (For instance: What did the writer do
well? How did you feel as you read the story? What would you have changed?)

Name
1. What literary technique is used in this

opening line?
5. What type of business does Mr. Santos have?
alliteration personification hyperbole
My lazy old mare does no work and
eats a ton of food a day. Troy Peterson
126 Palomino Dr.
Bridlevale, CO 63142
Eva wants her colt to have luminescent May 15, 2007
hair so she brushes him every day. Dear Mr. Santos,
I read your advertisement in last
3. Tell the part of speech of each bold word. Sunday’s newspaper. Do you hire kids as
“Pat,” a United States Army horse, summer assistants? I’ll be eleven in June
lived to be forty-five years old. He and have a lot of experience in your line of
work because I’ve owned my own horse since
was buried at Fort Sam Houston
I was seven. I am a responsible worker.
in Texas.
I’d be glad to meet with you. Thank you
for considering me.
4. What information is missing from
Sincerely,
the greeting of the business letter
Troy Peterson
in #5?
217-364-5159

Name
1. Circle a helping verb and draw a line under

one action verb.
Emily cleans her neighbor’s stable daily.
In exchange, she can ride his horses on
the weekends.

The riders stopped often in the
scorching (desert, dessert)
to water the horses.
3. Find a synonym for obstinate.
4. Choose the most precise word. 5. Which horse has the fastest time in
runs takes off bolts scrams the Melbourne Cup?
I am learning to cope with a jittery
horse that _________ when a mosquito
buzzes near his ear.
Name

a. (Who’s, Whose) horse needs to be shod? 5. Circle the cause in a and b.
b. (Who, Whom) is the owner of that
a. The horses were spooked when a light rain
beautiful quarter horse?
turned into a torrential downpour.
2. What literary device is used in the sentence? b. A prize-winning thoroughbred sells for millions
My young Shetland, Shadow, stirs and shifts of dollars.
as I smooth her hair and strap on her saddle.
Circle the effect in c and d.
3. What word could be added to each of these to
make a compound word?
c. A jockey is disqualified from competition when
horn snow horse lace maker he or she exceeds the weight limit.
4. Add -ing and -ed to each word. d. The Triple Crown is awarded to horses who win
brush the Kentucky Derby, The Preakness Stakes, and
the Belmont Stakes.
race
lasso
trot

Name

goliath a percheron draft horse is the tallest 5. Number these book titles in
living horse and measures 196 centimeters are
alphabetical order.
you surprised that he eats fifty pounds of hay
and drinks thirty gallons of water per day
2. Which words need capital letters?

The first kentucky derby, held in 1875,
was won by a horse named aristides.
3. Circle antonyms for scold.

rebuke praise reprimand admonish commend
4. Add apostrophes to show possession.

• Bill Shoemakers career as a jockey
lasted 42 years.
• Cigars earnings for 19 races totaled
ten million.
• A few owners thoroughbreds are chosen for
the Kentucky Derby each year.
Name
READ
Read the classified ads above to answer these questions.
1. What two things are probably offered by the same person or place?
2. How could you find out the cost of the horse blankets?
3. On what day could you get a pony ride and a riding lesson?
4. What is the cost per square foot of the riding arena?
WRITE
Finish each sentence so that it contains the literary device named.
1. metaphor – a comparison of two unlike things

(One thing is written about as if it were another.)
Samantha riding a bucking bronco is a _________________________________.
2. personification – giving human attributes to a nonhuman object or being

The new saddle _____________________ when the 300-pound man leaped on the horse.
3. alliteration – the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words

A bell sounded, gates screeched open, and ______________________________.
4. hyperbole – an extreme exaggeration used for a particular purpose

That horse is so fast that _____________________________________________.
5. onomatopoeia – the use of words that sound like the thing or noise they make
_________________________________________ came from the pen of the sick horse.
Name
1. Circle the complete predicate. (The predicate must

tell what the subject does or did.)
5. Number the events in chronological order.
President Teddy Roosevelt signed the bill,
which designated Crater Lake as a
National Park, on May 22, 1902.
2. Which of the following is not a synonym for

designated in #1?
selected chose eluded authorized
3. What literary device is used here?

In late spring, clusters of wildflowers
whisper and dance in the meadows
around Crater Lake.
4. Correctly capitalize the newspaper headline.

Name
1. Which key word or phrase is best for beginning

an Internet search on handicapped facilities
at Crater Lake National Park?
wheel chairs tourist 5. Rewrite the sentences to
make the verbs active.
national parks Crater Lake
2. Correct the usage errors.

a. Where’s Crater Lake at anyway?
b. I’m like really excited that we’re
visiting the lake next summer.

relieve squirreles picnick
complete natchur national

doctor : patient : : ___________ : park

Name
1. Underline the verb(s) in each sentence.

a. Mt. Mazama, a great volcano, blew
its top and created the caldera.
b. Eventually the caldera filled with water. 5. What is the main idea of the passage?
c. Rolling mountains, rich forests, and One day in 1870, a young Kansas
volcanic peaks encircle the enormous lake. man unwrapped his lunch and began
d. Who witnessed the volcanic eruption? to eat it. His lunch had been wrapped
in a newspaper, and while he ate, he
read an article in the paper about an
2. Details in a piece of literature that appeal to our
unusual lake in Oregon. The man,
senses are examples of:
William Steel, moved to Portland,
imagery metaphors rhymes alliteration Oregon, two years later, but it was
13 years before he was able to see
3. Add apostrophes where needed. the lake. He was amazed by its
beauty, and immediately went to
We talked about how we wouldve liked
work to help survey, map, and
to witness the volcanos eruption.
protect the area. His dreams for the
Crater Lake preservation came true
4. Crater Lake’s tourists turn back for a final on May 22, 1902—when Crater Lake
look and slowly board the bus. Are they became a national park.
reluctant or reticent to leave?
THURSDAY WEEK 35 _______________________________ LANGUAGE PRACTICE

Name
1. Circle the direct object.

Local Native Americans witnessed the 5. Fill in the talk balloons to show what
collapse of Mt. Mazama about 7,700 years ago.
the animals might be thinking.
2. Correct the spelling.

attenshun colledge coler
decieve calender mountian
3. What does array mean?

An array of activities is available to
Crater Lake National Park visitors.
4. What category of writing could this be?

fiction nonfiction biography
The Father of Crater Lake is the
story of a man who devoted his
life to protecting a natural wonder.
Name
WRITE
Klamath Indians lived in the area of
Crater Lake about 7,700 years ago.
Their legends show that some of them
witnessed the catastrophic eruption of
Mt. Mazma and creation of Crater
Lake. Here is one of the legends The Legend of the Warring Volcanoes
explaining what happened. Edit the On top of the mighty volcano Shasta lived Skell,
story. Make corrections in grammar the sky spirit. Llao, the spirit of the Below World
or language usage, and eliminate
Earth, lived beneath Lao-Yaina about a hundred
unnecessary words or phrases.
miles to the north. This here volcano, it is now
known as Mt. Mazama. Llao, he often came out
from beneath the mountain and stood on top of
Mazama. One day he saw the beautiful daughter
of the Klamath Indian chief and fell in love with
she. This beauty, named Loha, didn’t want
nothing to do with him and rejected him. She
thought he was ugly, and besides that, he was
from the Below World. In his anger, he ranted
and raved, taking rampant revenge on her people
with a curses of fire. The Indian chief went to
Skell, beseeching him to help the tribe.
A fierce battle raged and began between Skell

and Llao. From the tops of the two mountains,
READ Shasta and Mazama, they hurled red hot rocks
Go back and read the legend again. back and forth and forth and back. All the spirits
Then answer the questions. of Earth and sky, they become involved in the
battle. A terrible darkness spread over the area,
1. What is the meaning
of beseeching? great slides of rocks plummet down the
mountainsides, and the mountains trembled as it
2. Circle an example cried out in pain. Skell fought so hard that Llao
of personification. hidden deep inside Mt. Mazama for protection.
The sky spirit then collapsed the mountain to
3. Circle an example of alliteration.
trapped Llao forever in the BelowWorld. This
4. Draw a picture that comes to your collapse caused a huge, ugly, terrible-looking pit.
mind as you read the legend. Skell wanted peace and tranquility. So he filled
the hole with beautiful sparkling blue water,
forming Crater Lake.

Name
1. For each example, tell if the bold word is an

action or helping verb. 5. Write a clever title (and author
a. The Mitchells invited 21 guests name) for this book.
to celebrate Brad’s 21st birthday. Contents
b. Some of Brad’s friends will bring I. Cheers, Bells, and Confetti
him humorous gifts. II. Countdown to Midnight
c. Sue Mitchell plans to serve a light III. Auld Lang Syne
supper, cake, and ice cream. IV. Celebrate Safely
V. Easy-to-Make Invitations
2. Write a synonym for festivity.
VI. Games for Young and Old
3. When a writer includes extreme VII. Recipe Ideas
exaggeration in a story, he or she
is using:
imagery simile metaphor
personification idiom hyperbole
4. Circle each correctly spelled word.

selebration hostess fantastick
parties musician tremendous

Name
1. Edit the quotation.

The best new year’s tradition is 5. Edit the sentences.
the dropping of the ball in new • The tradishun of birthday partys
yorks times square proclaimed started in Urope long ugo.
aunt ginny.
• It was feered that evil spirits
were attrackted to peple on
2. What are two words that could be
there birthdays.
found on a glossary page with the
guide words fireworks and • Guestes were invited to help
freedom? ward of the evil spirits.
• At first, only kings and qweens were
3. A party doesn’t have to be “important enuff” to have partys.
extravagant for the guests to • Later, the tradishun spred to include
have fun. What does this mean? common peple.
4. Rewrite the sentence to

make the meaning clear.
Fireworks caused the crowd with
their dazzling patterns and colors
to be spellbound.
Name
1. What is the meaning of the sentence?

Juliette was the life of the party at the Fourth 5. Give the main idea of what is
of July barbeque. She was more entertaining
happening in the illustration. Tell two
than the fireworks!
details that support that idea.
2. Tell if each statement is true or false.
___ An imaginary story is one kind of
narrative writing.
___ An account of an actual event is
one kind of narrative writing.
3. Does the verb agree with the subject?

The band tune their instruments in
preparation for the parade.

Name
1. Circle the preposition. Then underline

the prepositional phrase.
5. Rewrite the passage to eliminate
Are you curious about unnecessary words.
how fireworks get their
colors and patterns?
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READ
Carefully examine this picture of a celebration.
1. Find and circle a pair of homonyms in the illustration.
2. Color a character or parade entry that you might label
preposterous.
3. Color a parade participant with an ulterior motive.
4. Circle a parade entry where something seems inverted.
5. Which characters in the parade are ambulatory?
WRITE
Assume that you have attended the celebration pictured. Write a diary entry for the end of the
day of this event. Describe your reactions to the event. (Tell anything that is important to record in
your diary—your observations, something unusual that happened, your feelings, things you
overheard, things you did or ate, etc.)
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GRADE 5 LANGUAGE SKILLS
Vocabulary & Word Skills

Skill 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Prefix, suffix, and root meanings √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Compound words √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Knowledge of word meanings √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Word and phrase meaning
from context √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Denotation and connotation √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Identify synonyms √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Identify antonyms √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Words with similar meanings
or sounds √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Homonyms √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Multiple meanings √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
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Meanings of figurative language √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Word classification √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Analogies √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Capitalization & Punctuation

Skill 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Capitalization of proper nouns
and adjectives √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Commas √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Ending punctuation √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Other punctuation: colon,
semicolon, quotation marks,
apostrophes, parentheses √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Capitalization in sentences,
titles, letters √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
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Literature
Skill 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Identify setting, plot, characters,
theme, tone, mood, point of view √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Identify literary devices: simile,
metaphor, alliteration, rhyme,
repetition, personification,
rhythm, imagery,
onomatopoeia, idioms √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Identify author’s audience,
purpose, bias √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Identify rhyme patterns √ √ √ √ √ √
Identify sensory appeal √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Identify effective word use √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Reading Comprehension
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Skill 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Main ideas √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
√ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Supporting details √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Sequence √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Read titles, headlines, captions √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Follow directions √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Find information √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Fact and opinion √ √ √ √ √ √
Cause and effect √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Interpret graphs, tables, graphics,
illustrations, maps, diagrams √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Draw conclusions √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Make inferences √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Make predictions √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Compare & contrast √ √ √ √
Summarize √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Give a personal response √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Grammar
Skill 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Sentences (completeness,
kinds, complexity, purpose) √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Subjects and predicates √ √ √ √ √ √
Conjunctions √ √ √
Parts of speech √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Common, proper nouns √ √ √ √ √
Singular, plural nouns √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Possessive nouns √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Pronouns √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
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Verb tenses √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Action and linking verbs √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Comparative and superlative
adjectives, adverbs √ √ √ √ √
Direct objects √ √ √ √ √
Prepositions, prepositional
phrases √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Appositives √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Proper usage:
Subject-verb agreement,
Pronoun-antecedent agreement,
Subject-object pronoun use,
Use of negatives, etc. √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Spelling
Skill 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Words with ie √ √ √
Endings (ed and ing) √ √ √ √ √ √
Singular and plural nouns √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Past tense of verbs √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Words with silent letters √ √ √ √ √ √
Words with final y √ √ √ √ √
Words that end in o √ √ √ √ √
Correct spelling of endings √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Confusing words √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Contractions √ √ √ √
Identify correctly spelled words √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Correct misspelled words √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
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Study & Research Skills
Skill 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Alphabetical order √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Guide words √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Key words √ √ √ √ √ √
Dictionary, encyclopedia entries √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Purposes and uses of
different reference materials √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Parts of a book √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Information from maps,
illustrations, diagrams,
tables, charts, timelines √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Information from an outline √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Fiction, biography, non-fiction √ √ √ √ √
Library organization √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Writing
Skill 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Pre-writing skills √ √ √
Choose effective words √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Eliminate repetitive or
unnecessary words √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Write in different genres
and modes √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Write prose and poetry √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Write topic sentences √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Add supporting details √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Write strong beginnings, middles,
endings, titles, headlines,
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and captions √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
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ANSWER KEY
Week 1 (pages 5–7) Write: Answers will vary: part was the noise. The wind astronomy.
MONDAY Examine student titles and howled, branches snapped, and THURSDAY
1. Answers will vary. summaries for relevance and lawn chairs crashed against the 1. c
2. Millions of fun-seekers visit accuracy. house and clunked onto our roof. 2. hiked, swam, caught
Disneyland every year. We lost the power about an hour 3. explore
Week 2 (pages 8–10)
3. c after sunset, and all we had was 4. foxes, coyotes, bass, wolves
MONDAY a battery-operated radio. The 5. roads, closed, early, until,
4. alliteration
1. b only messages on the radio were early, crowds, August
5. a, c
2. coastline, flashlight the warnings to evacuate. I FRIDAY
TUESDAY
3. Caribbean Sea; Gulf of looked at my grandpa in his lazy A. poem: a bear wanders
1. John
Mexico boy chair. He just smiled and along without noticing that
2. a, d
4. Place commas after told me stories about how many a human being is there, too.
3. question mark
hurricane, goods, bread, hurricanes he had sat through in B. article: Some plant and
4. table of contents
cereal, crackers. that chair. Around midnight we animal life has flourished
5. Cross out Each and or and
5. c were all still sitting in the living as a result of the fire.
every; cross out In my
TUESDAY room when a crash shook the Write: Titles/descriptions may vary.
opinion or I think; cross out it
1. b house and scared us terribly. I
(after amusement park); Week 4 (pages 14–16)
2. I, you, we, they jumped out of my seat and
cross out most (before best);
3. steady, regular, continual screamed. When I looked at MONDAY
cross out Hopefully or I
4. first, never Grandpa, I saw his mouth was 1. d
hope; cross out this trio of
5. 326 open in amazement as he stared 2. built, drew, planned
(replace with the word these)
WEDNESDAY up at the ceiling. His face was 3. they—engineers; its—bridge
WEDNESDAY
1. strong winds downed many glistening with water because the 4. yes; bridges are structures,
1. fine and line; smash and
lines roof was gone and the rain was any structure (including
crash
2. Galveston: The Worst pouring in on us. Grandma bridges) must be carefully
2. change
Hurricane shouted, “Come on everyone! designed and built for good
3. laugh, does, again
3. ignore Quickly get into the garage!” So function.
4. c
4. c Grandma, Grandpa, Duke and I 5. underline second sentence
5. Top to bottom: 3, 4, 2, 1
5. Answers may vary: scooted out of the house and TUESDAY
THURSDAY
lighthearted, encouraging, crawled into the mini-van. That’s 1. fall down or fall apart
1. Number from left to right:
upbeat where we spent the next six 2. trusses, beams, arches
2–fast; 3–scary; 4–thrilling;
THURSDAY hours before we woke to 3. false
1–amusing
1. b, c absolute stillness. 4. question mark
2. simple predicate
2. kneel or lower body; a 2. Titles will vary. 5. Captions will vary.
3. unusual
curved tool for shooting an WEDNESDAY
4. flooded Week 3 (pages 11–13)
arrow; an arrangement of 1. Verazano Narrows
5. My sixty-eight-year-old
tied ribbon or string MONDAY Bridge, O. H. Ammann,
grandpa is a thrill-seeker
3. after; more; brown; rule; 1. visit United States
who spends every birthday
when 2. bigger 2. b
at an amusement park riding
4. Answers will vary. 3. Yellowstone’s; country’s 3. The Golden Gate Bridge is
its wildest roller coaster. He
5. b, c, e 4. a strong, but may need to be
began this tradition when he
FRIDAY 5. Answers may vary: yes— stronger to withstand
turned twenty-one and has
1. the center of the hurricane author gives specific details earthquakes.
not missed a year since. Old
2. There is a period of calm, about hiking safely 4. great, night, hour, We’ll,
Gramps has visited every
then the wind direction TUESDAY through, hair, scenes, I’ll
adventure center from Maine
changes in that area. 1. personal waiting, by
to California and keeps a list
3. the eyewall 2. b 5. serious
of the best and worst roller
Write: 1. Where I live in 3. fight, both, ready, went THURSDAY
coasters.
Oregon, we don’t have to worry 4. b 1. but
FRIDAY
about hurricanes. Earthquakes 5. a. change costed to cost; b. 2. sprinkle or rain or drizzle
1. roller coaster
and volcanoes could destroy our place commas after nuts, 3. Student sentences will vary.
2. jerk, reach, jolt, flying,
house, but not hurricanes. In fact, crackers, pretzels; c. change 4. work, want, please, have
plummet, dip, plunge,
we rarely have a thunderstorm. buyed to bought 5. From top to bottom: 4, 5, 1,
slithers, twists, dive, lean,
So a visit with my grandparents WEDNESDAY 2, 6, 3
lurch, drop, slow, round,
on the Atlantic coast side of 1. place comma after campfire FRIDAY
3. anxious, excited, quiver,
Florida the week that hurricane 2. d 1. ridiculous
dread, fear, shriek, laugh,
Ivan smacked into their 3. hearing 2. frightened; not frightened
scream, gasp, pale
neighborhood was the scariest 4. a, c 3. persuaded
4. abccb
experience of my life. The worst 5. She’s interested in 4. myth, warning, rubbish,
ANSWER KEY
rumor sentence; Details: travel Week 7 (pages 23–25) mom, flight attendant;
Write: Story beginnings will smoothly, easily carried, with MONDAY Plot: Maria does not want to
vary. a little instruction, children 1. their travel alone and runs away from
and adults learn to paddle, 2. Answers will vary (scary, the airplane door.;
cheap, give the paddler a dangerous, wild) Resolution: Her mom decides that
MONDAY good upper-body workout Maria won’t have to make the
3. Students who enjoy
1. fact 2. already, among trip.
imaginary stories should
2. wishbone 3. place where creeks join check out The Flight of the Week 8 (pages 26–28)
3. baked, ate, fried together Silver Turtle, by John Fardell.
4. Sentences will vary. 4. b MONDAY
4. son–sun; blew–blue;
5. d 5. d, e 1. subject: an Olympic
no–know; wood–would;
TUESDAY TUESDAY swimmer; predicate: trains
threw–through; reign–rain;
1. wonderful or delicious; so or 1. verb: assist; d.o.: pilot many hours each week.
hale–hail
very 2. through, your 2. b
5. Titles will vary.
2. except 3. d 3. previous; hold up or endure
TUESDAY
3. The word is present. 4. Sentences will vary. 4. d
1. a
Meaning 1: gift; 5. Seine River: 678; Snake 5. 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th
2. It was a great day for my
Meaning 2: give River: 679; Sacramento sentences
cousin when she got her
4. finer, finest; more, most River: 675 TUESDAY
pilot’s license.
5. Food from fast food WEDNESDAY 1. b
3. women, Wednesday, protein
restaurants is not healthy. 1. a, b 2. monkeys, foxes, ostriches,
4. Poems will vary.
WEDNESDAY 2. “How long will we be rafting pandas
5. From top to bottom: 6, 7, 1,
1. plans on the Colorado River?” 3. a
4, 5, 9, 3, 2, 8
2. cool, crisp (Answers may asked Kent. 4. The author believes the
WEDNESDAY
vary.) 3. able to die or spoil Caribbean is the best place
1. a. can’t; b. I’m; c. We’re; d.
3. repulsive 4. It’s too hard for two children to swim.
We’ll
4. Alissa’s Pastry Shop to paddle on one canoe for 5. foe–buddy
2. yes; Amicable means
523 Cherry St. a long distance. WEDNESDAY
friendly or good-natured.
Grand Fork Junction, Idaho 5. a. Cause: their rafts 1. a. Change no to any. b.
3. Foul weather delayed the
83814 capsized; Effect: some Change Isn’t nobody to Isn’t
departure of Flight 275. It
Dear Mr. Baker: pioneers died; b. Cause: the anyone
arrived two hours late.
5. admired his masterpiece flow is slowed; Effect: much 2. librarian, minute, heaven,
4. People called him lucky
THURSDAY of the sediment drops; c. fragile
because he was fortunate to
1. She and Sam will eat with Cause: paddler heard the 3. feeling fantastic
accomplish the great feat of
Mark and me. roar of a waterfalls; Effect: 4. Answers will vary.
crossing the Atlantic Ocean
2. pleasant, president, she quickly steered the canoe 5. Titles will vary.
alone.
important to shore. d. Cause: fish THURSDAY
5. Author puts a question mark
3. a, b, c, d started jumping; Effect: I 1. bluebird, dishwasher,
after the title and asks a
4. pocketknife, childproof grabbed my camera. nowhere, overpass
question in the first sentence.
5. a. Answers will vary, THURSDAY 2. surfer, team, competition
THURSDAY
possibly frustration or humor; 1. a, b 3. I’ll Never Give Up: Bethany
1. We rode . . .
b. marched, shouted, 2. Subject: The Hudson River; Hamilton Tells Her Story
2. engineer
jiggled, banged, popped, Predicate: flows from New 4. That’s, it, her, She’s, some,
3. plane, Airport, Illinois, forty,
(Students may identify other York City to the northern part They, her, We, her
year
verbs as well.) of New York State 5. Comparisons will vary:
4. fizzy rootbeer, mound of ice,
FRIDAY 3. a. first h; b. gh; c: h; d: w Similarities: both champions,
foamed and settled, long
1. to give information 4. b both won titles in Berlin in
slow sip
2. four years 5. a. The sailor navigates the 2004; Differences: event,
5. a. emergency number:
3. Conclusions will vary. rough river. b. Birds time, race, gender
587–264–1904; b. 4:55 pm
4. a. oatmeal, poppyseed, searched for food in the FRIDAY
FRIDAY
applesauce; b. fudge; c. water below. 1. 65.4 seconds
1. walking at a funeral pace,
Katie O’Connell FRIDAY 2. freestyle
belly laughs, put it into high
Write: Recipes will vary. Check 1. Saturday 3. Lockmore Bank and the
gear
to see that they contain all the 2. the MV Rio Amazonas Aqua Swim Club
2. Answers will vary.
elements assigned. 3. world’s second longest river; 4. Inferences will vary: the
Write: Theme: child traveling
home to piranhas polar bear swimmers are
Week 6 (pages 20–22) alone; Setting: airport; Main
4. Answers will vary. hearty or courageous, or
MONDAY character: Maria Gonzalez;
Write: Postcards will vary. adventuresome or crazy!
1. Topic sentence: first Supporting characters: Maria’s
Write: Captions will vary.
ANSWER KEY
Week 9 (pages 29–31) c. originating upcoming is anticipated WEDNESDAY
MONDAY 3. respectable 3. Remove amazing or 1. a
1. his mother was an angel; 4. a wondrous and attracts or 2. candle, banana, please
eager beaver 5. Explanations may vary. beckons. 3. a. dawdled; b. lasts
2. misunderstood, precaution, Check to see that students 4. 1–scenes; 2–sensational; 4. After the race, the
redo have a sensible explanation. 3–sights; 4–sounds; contestants headed straight
3. continual FRIDAY 5–spillway; 6–splendid for the restroom.
4. Tom Edison’s curious nature 1. The charge is built up in one 5. Predictions will vary; Martha 5. Reg Harris survived many
regularly got him into place, it does not flow. will probably advertise a disasters, but didn’t give
trouble. He was often 2. Electricity flows easily sale price for the postcards. up—and went on to win
scolded by his parents through a conductor and FRIDAY many world cycle racing
because his curiosity caused poorly through an insulator. 1. to promote safety titles.
damage around their 3. watt 2. visitors to Niagara Falls THURSDAY
property. 4. low 3. prohibited 1. b
5. Check student drawings to 5. Direct current flows in one 4. dense 2. If you like biking over rough
see that they are correctly direction; alternating current5. lose terrain, you might enjoy
completed. changes directions. Write: cyclocross. In this sport,
TUESDAY Write: Painted writing samples Niagara Falls actually stopped racers compete on an
1. An inventor created, will vary. Check to see that flowing—not once, but twice. obstacle-filled course.
observed, agonized, and student writing actually forms the
The first time was an act of 3. sluggish
waited for results. shape of a lightning strike (not nature. On March 29, 1848, 4. a. race; b. pictures
2. interest words written inside a drawing). an ice jam formed in the upper 5. The author considers biking
3. large number Niagara River. This stopped the to be the best sport.
4. best, greatest flow of the water. Some people Concluding sentences will
MONDAY say that the river froze over that vary.
5. Summaries will vary: Take
1. Circled: tourists, world, day, but this was never true. FRIDAY
part in the invention
Niagara Falls, year; The river would have flowed, 1. Choices will vary.
convention on November
Underlined: visit except for the ice jam. The jam 2. Responses will vary.
15. Bring a labeled drawing
2. believe, friend held back the river for several Write: Descriptions will vary.
of the invention and a
3. disaster hours. Many brave people took
written description of its Week 12 (pages 38–40)
4. residents of Niagara Falls the opportunity to walk out and
workings and importance.
5. Answers may vary: humor, explore the riverbed. Then In MONDAY
Be ready to answer
exaggeration, suspending 1969, authorities stopped the 1. a
questions about it.
reality American Falls for several 2. comb: b; knee: k; hymn: n;
WEDNESDAY
TUESDAY months. This was intentionally wrap: w
1. doleful
1. c done to study the possibility of 3. b
2. a. exclamation point; b.
2. “Zip up your jacket and get removing some of the rocks at 4. exploration
question mark; c. period
that hood up,” scolded mom the base of the falls. 5. the ice cover has decreased
3. Predictions may vary; give
as we locked the car and by 500,000 square miles,
credit for any sensible Week 11 (pages 35–37)
walked toward the edge of warmer than average
prediction. Students may
the falls. MONDAY temperatures and increasing
predict that the temperature
3. person, an 1. “I can’t wait to show you my areas of open ocean water
was about the same each
4. change wrote to written new mountain bike!” Ivan TUESDAY
day. Or they may predict
5. b shouted to Carlos. 1. a. resources, Arctic Ocean;
that is was different each
WEDNESDAY 2. cycle—having wheels b. Arctic Sea, world
day. Or they may predict
1. imagery 3. Compound words will vary: 2. mass of ice formed in high
that, though Kristie intended
2. managed. rubbed butterfly, sunshine, mountains or polar areas by
to measure the water each
3. Circle: Blondin, a tightrope bathroom, wishbone compacted snow and kept
day, she didn’t follow
walker; underline: carried 4. b moving by the pressure of
through. Or they may
his manager across Niagara 5. a race with bicycles or some the mass
predict that the water will
Falls on his shoulders other wheeled vehicle 3. Wildlife of the Arctic Sea
evaporate—so the level will
4. dull TUESDAY 4. endangered species
be lower each day.
5. The ice bridge has broken, 1. a. new, Branson’s; b. new, 5. The North Pole is the
4. November 1, 2007
and people have died. sixteen, packed northernmost point on the
Dear Jasper,
THURSDAY 2. imitate or be like earth. It is also the place
5. b
1. Tourists’, water’s 3. Phrases will vary. where all lines of longitude
THURSDAY
2. weight: the measure of an 4. great; beech begin. Every other area on
1. nonfiction
object’s mass; wait: to let 5. a banked oval track for the surface of the earth is
2. a. creating; b. producing;
time pass as something bicycle track racing south from the north pole. It
ANSWER KEY
lies in the Arctic Ocean and 4. Cross out: human beings or charcoal. given by one speaker
is usually covered with ice. people; Actually or in 4. a. telegraph; b. autograph 4. prospective climbers to Mt.
WEDNESDAY reality; fewer or less 5. bee, not, break, way, you, Kilimanjaro or geography
1. In 1958, the United States 5. Alike: both fish, both have a one, time, wait, through, students
atomic submarine Nautilus tail, fins, eyes, both are new 5. Summaries will vary. There
became the first submarine swimming; Different: length, WEDNESDAY are several different climate
to pass under the ice at the shape, teeth 1. does not change and vegetation zones on Mt.
North Pole. WEDNESDAY 2. a or d Kilimanjaro. This is because
2. yes 1. savory–tasty, valiant–brave 3. lovely, exploring, carved altitude plays a major role in
3. igloos, explorers, oceans, 2. a, b 4. a. or, b. but the climate of a location.
depths 3. writing, amusing 5. Check to see that student has THURSDAY
4. Scientists who work in the 4. a-a-b-b-a followed the directions 1. Rain forests help regulate the
Arctic are nerds or “nuts.” 5. Top to Bottom: 5, 1, 4, 2, 3 correctly. world’s climate. Green
5. Top to Bottom: F, O, O, F, O THURSDAY THURSDAY plants absorb carbon
THURSDAY 1. yes 1. traumatic dioxide, a gas that seems to
1. perilous 2. Unlike, skeletons 2. pool, ocean, lake, sea, deep contribute to global
2. a 3. Hardly no should be Hardly sea, ocean, or sky warming. Since the rain
3. Arctic Circle scientists any, He should be They 3. dictionary forest is thick with green
gathered valuable 4. Top to Bottom: 3, 4, 6, 2, 1, 4. you’re , I’m, can’t, you’ll, plants, it is able to absorb
information about weather, 5 he’s more carbon dioxide than
climate, and wildlife. 5. Answers may vary 5. Topic sentences will vary. any other ecosystem.
4. dependence, attendance, somewhat: We walked FRIDAY 2. once, guess
appearance along the beach, collected 1. reluctant 3. It’s good . . . You did well . . .
5. Endings will vary. seashells, and occasionally 2. bold, brave 4. play: run, theatrical
FRIDAY used our binoculars to check 3. lack production, portray
1. bitter cold crept into her the water for sharks. or 4. burden, blame 5. index
bones, Arctic wind that We occasionally used our 5. everywhere FRIDAY
called her name, frigid night binoculars to check the 6. going to happen soon 1. d
grabbed her and pulled her water for sharks as we Write: Sentences may vary 2. a, b
into the dark walked along the beach and somewhat. Example: “John,” Write: Sentences may vary:
2. They were not moving, they collected seashells. shouted Jay, “we have a dearth 1. As he was walking along a
didn’t hear the voice, she FRIDAY of flashlights. There’s only one trail through the rain forest,
heard their deep slow 1. F light here!” John retorted, “Don’t Mario admired the tropical
breathing. 2. B, C, E put the onus on me, Jay. Weren’t flowers.
3. bitter, chilled, blast of icy 3. Yet we pale at the sight of you supposed to bring the other 2. We were weary from a day
cold, frigid your tail; We shiver, quiver four flashlights?” of hiking, and dinner looked
4. Answers will vary. at the sound of your name. good to us.
Write: Students’ personal 4. E 3. The tourists’ yellow canoes
responses will vary. 5. E MONDAY were tied up at the dock.
Write: Poem titles and 1. c 4. While paddling in a dugout
Week 13 (pages 41–43) 2. trivial
completions will vary. canoe, Jordan saw a huge
MONDAY 3. Many shade-loving creatures snake.
1. imperative Week 14 (pages 44–46) live in the rain forest 5. As we listened to the
2. “Have you ever seen the MONDAY because the canopy of tall monkeys chatter, a heavy
movie Jaws?” asked Anya. 1. a trees keeps the forest dim rainfall began.
3. c 2. a. Let. b. let. c. leave and moist. 6. When Sam, still wearing his
4. amorous 3. ceiling, formation, bat, ice, 4. the canopy of tall trees pajamas, went outside the
5. Predictions will vary cavern, explorer 5. a. seen, scene; b. presents, tent this morning, he saw a
TUESDAY 4. do something without presence; c. boar, bore colorful parrot.
1. Subject: Jordan; Predicate: actually being there or doing TUESDAY
watched two National it, doing something in your 1. cutting the forest Week 16 (pages 50–52)
Geographic movies about imagination 2. atlas MONDAY
sharks. 5. b 3. a. after; b. from; c. before 1. Felipe
2. soft, smooth, velvety, downy TUESDAY 4. busy, easy, often, should 2. Answers will vary: costly,
AND coarse, rough, bristly, 1. Europeans, Africans, 5. Questions will vary. cheap
abrasive (Students may find Australians, Americans WEDNESDAY 3. setting
other classifications.) 2. no 1. a. fewer; b. busier; c. best 4. Sincerely yours,
3. restaurant, separate, 3. Pictographs (rock paintings) 2. Dr. Peter Jones, Canadian Justin P. Royce
spaghetti were often drawn with 3. one rail, one tone, speech 5. Check student applications
ANSWER KEY
to see that the directions Week 17 (pages 53–55) honest: h climbers . . .
have been followed MONDAY 5. Sentences may vary; An 3. climb, freeze, blizzard,
correctly. 1. He’ll probably run water airship is a balloon powered gorgeous
TUESDAY over his bleeding finger, and by an engine and propellers 4. Main idea: Sherpas are
1. adjective find a bandage for it. with rudders for steering. invited to be guides on most
2. solos, tomatoes 2. tiny WEDNESDAY Himalayan mountain
3. yes 3. In 1885, New York City 1. alliteration, imagery expeditions; Details: Sherpas
4. perfect became the home of the first 2. altitude are distinguished by their
5. Titles will vary. U.S. pizza restaurant. 3. b strength and ability to
WEDNESDAY 4. a 4. mischief, piece survive at high altitudes;
1. The first American auto race, 5. a, d 5. Top to Bottom: O, F, F, O, O They are also well known for
which began in Chicago TUESDAY THURSDAY their stamina and excellent
and ended in Waukegan, 1. b 1. past mountaineering skills.
Illinois, took place on 2. we’re, they’ll, I’m 2. manage–control 5. Top to Bottom: 7, 4, 3, 6, 2,
November 28, 1895. 3. circle, clan, chip, cinch 3. Unmanned, balloon, vast, 1, 5, 8
2. A Ford Explorer is much 4. his, mine, their, ours 140,000 WEDNESDAY
more luxurious and efficient 5. a. basket; b. worm; c. shoe; 4. Thanks to Walt Disney, Jules 1. average, measure
than a Model T Ford. d. corn; e. light Verne’s book Around the 2. When a journalist asked
3. persuasive WEDNESDAY World in Eighty Days George Mallory why he
4. b, a, c 1. my second cousin became familiar to many wanted to climb Mt. Everest,
5. Mike Tonis got a great 2. disappointment people. Mr. Mallory replied,
deal—a car that cost him 3. Italian Recipes for Novices 5. Top to Bottom: 4, 3, 5, 2, 1 “Because it is there!”
little and lasted a long time. 4. Inferences will vary. FRIDAY 3. Cause: a storm
THURSDAY 5. nothing 1. a demonstration for the king approaching; Effect: the
1. d THURSDAY of France team gave up their hopes of
2. pronoun: its; refers to vehicle 1. The idea for delivering pizza 2. calm or peaceful reaching the summit and
3. scent, heir (ere, err), do, began in Italy in the 1800s. 3. Answers will vary. turned back
flower, bear, flea The pizza was kept warm in 4. It holds the air. 4. bravery
4. drive, buy, build a small tin stove which a Write: 1. Summaries will vary; 5. a, b, c, d (Since narrative is
5. Corporation president delivery boy carried on his Balloons move slowly and both an account and a story,
Denise Arturo hurries to a head. unpredictably, but most it can be argued that any of
lunch date. She scurries to 2. cheese balloonists enjoy the these four could be
the curb, hails a cab, and 3. pizza is . . . peacefulness and slow pace narrative.)
jumps inside. The driver 4. c of the ride. THURSDAY
sets the meter at zero, and 5. Revisions will vary. Look for 2. Outlines will vary some: 1. a twenty-five-year-old Sherpa
she tells him her variety in sentence lengths I. First Attempts 2. assistant, accident
destination. As he and interesting, colorful, A. September 1783 3. put on
maneuvers the cab through active word choice. B. Montgolfier brothers 4. All of these precautions are
heavy traffic, the meter FRIDAY C. Animal passengers necessary since
clicks miles and dollars. Check to see that students have D. Demonstration for the king mountaineering can be
The taxi arrives; she pays followed directions correctly. II. First Human Flight dangerous.
and darts into the building. Write: Answers will vary. A. November, 1783 5. they must rest and allow time
As she catches the B. d’Arlandes and de Rozier for their bodies to adjust to
elevator, she remembers Week 18 (pages 56–58) III. Modern flights smaller amounts of oxygen
learning about the taxis of MONDAY A. Based on original design FRIDAY
her Roman ancestors: 1. c B. Many changes 1. Vinson Massif
wooden-wheel, horse- 2. women, geese, teeth, mice C. Changes lead to adventures 2. Estimates will vary: 123,000
drawn carts. The meter 3. jolly 3. Mckinley, Kilimanjaro,
consisted of a drum and 4. question mark Elbrus, Kosciusko
pebbles. Each time the rear 5. Children play with latex toy MONDAY 4. 1,810 feet
wheel revolved, a pebble balloons. 1. a. mountain’s; b. climber’s Write: Revisions will vary.
fell into the drum. At the TUESDAY 2. a. but; b. and Check student sentences for
destination, the driver 1. powered 3. idiom active verbs.
counted the pebbles and 2. -ist, -er, -or, -or 4. quarter
5. Sentences will vary. Week 20 (pages 62–64)
charged the traveler. 3. synonyms
FRIDAY 4. crumb: b; wrist: w; knuckle: TUESDAY MONDAY
Personal conclusions will vary. k and e: scene: c and final 1. head: lead, structure at the 1. first person
Write: Middles and titles will vary. e; wedge: d and final e; top of the body 2. period at the end; comma
2. He and I were the strongest between London and
ANSWER KEY
England; comma following 2. a 2. carry or move across; FRIDAY
England 3. usual, where change form; change 1. D, E
3. foolish 4. a. not rational; b. not language 2. D
4. Sentences will vary. In order responsible; c. not regular 3. common: tornado, home; 3. C, H
to be healthy, a heart needs 5. Sentences will vary. proper: Wizard, Oz, 4. extremely hot
rest, exercise, and a proper TUESDAY Dorothy, Kansas 5. colossal
diet. 1. sand, scorpion, snake, soil, 4. The scale gives people a Write: Answers will vary.
5. a. the truth; b. a kind and species, spider way to describe the force
thoughtful personality; c. felt 2. scarce of the wind.
very sad: d. very much like 3. yes 5. Inferences may vary; MONDAY
me; e. by memory; f. have 4. The Sahara Desert is so perhaps he had no formal 1. Wild, front, yesterday
courage large that only three schooling past 13 since he 2. edge: d and final e;
TUESDAY countries have a greater was at sea. wriggling: w; chorus; h;
1. After receiving a heart area: Russia, Canada, and TUESDAY know: k; stalks: l
transplant, Robert Moss China. 1. devastating 3. a. overview; b. overcast;
donated his damaged heart 5. Paragraphs will vary slightly. 2. lose c. overflow; d. overboard
to the science museum in Make sure that the 3. American, Canadian 4. Titles will vary.
London, England. organization of the outline is 4. 109 5. How and why he died right
2. height, almost, difference followed and all the 5. Can You Believe It? after announcing that 80
3. dangerous information is included. The tornado that tore years was enough time to
4. her, refers to Jamie WEDNESDAY through Bakersville Valley, spend on one hobby.
5. shade 1. a Texas, in1990 did some TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY 2. a. best; b. better; c. good very unusual things. First, it 1. acting on impulse without
1. hospital operating room 3. moist removed 300 feet of thinking
2. cardiologist 4. trouble, visible, sugar blacktop from a highway. 2. Sentences will vary.
3. ms., jensen. christmas, 5. Conclusions will differ. Then, it rolled over two 3. Predictions will vary.
easter, thanksgiving. THURSDAY 90-ton oil tanks, carried 4. Place colon after following.
4. robot–noun; 1. The Mojave Desert, located them through the air, and left 5. Summaries will vary: The
performed–verb; in the United States, is them 600 feet up the side of cardinal and robin are two
damaged–adjective 65,000 square miles. a mountain! birds that can be found in
5. Americans don’t get enough 2. My report is not nearly as WEDNESDAY North America. While they
exercise. good as I wanted it to be. 1. to the storm shelter have similar structures, they
THURSDAY 3. nonfiction 2. dog’s have different coloring and
1. Revisions may vary; 4. across the sand 3. go back different diets.
Surgeons, wearing slippers, 5. Titles and endings will vary. 4. 1. batteries; 2. canned WEDNESDAY
moved around the operating FRIDAY food; 3. can opener; 1. whole, drawer, every
room skillfully using tools. 1. southwest 4. dried food; 5. first aid kit; 2. accept
2. “I’ve worked too long 2. about 20 miles 6. flashlight; 7. medications; 3. pronoun: her; refers to
today,” said Nurse Marty. 3. Rapid River, Rattlesnake 8. radio; 9. sturdy shoes; Brazilian Beauty (or pigeon)
“I’m taking a break. I’ll be Road, Take-A-Risk Railroad, 10. work gloves 4. fun, joke, amuse someone
back in an hour.” Drop-Off Road 5. rhyming words: 5. people who like to be
3. potatoes, shoes, autos, 4. northeast dawn–brawn; fair–air; scared or like suspense
speeches Write: Directions may vary Summary sentences will (horror movie buffs)
4. Answers will vary (word somewhat: Drive north on Drop- vary: In 1878, a tornado THURSDAY
definitions, derivations, Off Road to Jeopardy Junction. that tore through Nebraska 1. a. Bird watchers gathered at
pronunciations, etc.) Take Rattlesnake Road east. was so strong that it carried sunrise.; b. A pair of wrens
5. patients with irregular Cross Last Chance Highway, the a cow through the air. nested in our birdhouse.
heartbeats take Route A to the left (head THURSDAY 2. kind of bird; ingest or eat
FRIDAY northeast) for about eight miles. 1. Very few tornadoes cause 3. change dries to dry and
1. genetic structure There is no road to Lost Mine, so serious damage to houses. sheeps to sheep
2. beach ball removal you’ll have to watch for the sign Ninety-nine percent of 4. all of them
3. 160 years and walk north to the mine. twisters do not harm a 5. Paul Marston, Aviary Director
4. Personal responses will vary. well-built home. Chicago Zoo
Week 22 (pages 68–70) Chicago, IL 60606
Write: Headlines will vary. 2. title, author, publisher
MONDAY 3. cancel, spiral April 12, 2007
Week 21 (pages 65–67) 1. Nigel, who lives in Indiana, Dear Mr. Marston,
4. absent–present,
MONDAY will listen intently to the courteous–impolite I have recently earned a
1. a. have adapted to little nightly news for information 5. urgent Master’s degree in
water; b. live in hot deserts about local tornadoes. ornithology and hope to get
ANSWER KEY
hands-on experience by THURSDAY 4. Predictions will vary. Social Cancelled April 25
volunteering at a zoo aviary 1. a. Amy’s board; Students might guess that the 2. begging, supplying, making
this summer. Do you b. the park’s rules business may not do well writing
welcome volunteers in your 2. The students were attentive . . . because people would not 3. Ancient Chinese people
division of the zoo? I hope 3. earth, due, they, dew, those, want to pay for 4. ice cream history
to hear from you soon. tricks “babysitting” for their trees. 5. Historians seem to agree that
Sincerely yours, 4. Sentences may vary: a. The 5. persuasive the history of ice cream had
Monica Kelly skater leaps over obstacles. THURSDAY its beginning in the 1600s
FRIDAY b. An experienced skater 1. deer, Our, feet, night, doe, when Charles I of England
1. Ch 1 rotates his board with ease. ate enjoyed it at his royal table.
2. Ch 6 c. You concentrate hard. 2. Kew Gardens, London; Dr, Apparently Charles had a
3. Ch 5 5. Explanations will vary. Johnson’s cherry tree clever chef (either French or
4. 65 pages FRIDAY 3. I counted the rings on the Italian) who developed a
Write: Odes will vary. 1. 5. Don’t ever take chances. oak stump. The tree was recipe for ice cream and a
OR, Never take chances. about 22 years old when way to make it. One version
2. 8. Never hitch a ride by it was cut. of the story explains that
MONDAY grabbing onto a car or 4. a. is; b. will Charles paid the chef to keep
1. sidewalk, jump, street, ramp, bicycle. 5. Conclusions will vary the recipe a secret. However,
or other skateboarding 3. 10 (diminish) somewhat. Trees stabilize after Charles was beheaded
surface 4. Generalizations will vary. the soil, prevent erosion, and in 1649, the chef told the
2. cherry, bush, porch, boss, (Skateboarding is dangerous. provide shade. well-kept secret. Soon after,
marsh, alley, family, party, Or, Skateboarding can be FRIDAY all of the nobility in Europe
penny made safer by following 1. index were enjoying the delicacy
3. Skateboarders can protect safety rules.) 2. trees known as “crème ice.”
themselves by using the Write: Arguments will vary. Look 3. six WEDNESDAY
following equipment: for details to back up the 4. no 1. inedible
slip-resistant shoes, helmet, viewpoint. Write: 2. expository
wrist braces, and knee and Of all the trees that I could be, 3. “Did you know,” asked Mr.
elbow pads. Week 25 (pages 77–79)
I think I’d be a pine. Kiley, “that George
4. To carry out this trick (an MONDAY The needles and the prickly Washington paid $200 for
“ollie”), a skater pops the 1. destroyed: verb; ancient: cones an ice-cream recipe?”
tail of the board, slides the adjective And towering trunks are fine. 4. action verbs: visited, ate,
front foot forward, and lifts 2. simile Maple leaves that gleam in fall took, filled, picked, helped,
the back foot to level the 3. sure, hope, see, trip, Florida With brilliant, varied hue, milk, skim, found, mixed,
board out. 4. birch Might catch your eye and make threw, surrounded, turned,
5. Media and skaters on the 5. a. seed dropped in water, that tree felt, tasted
West Coast spread the was carried by the water’s A favorite for you. 5. Summaries will vary; Our
news. current; b. dog’s fur caught Or sounds of weeping willows family made homemade ice
TUESDAY a seed’s sharp burrs; Moaning in the breeze, cream after getting all the
1. impractical, unimportant c. floated away on a gentle Might sway your senses and ingredients from their natural
2. buy, their, local, surf, variety breeze; d. Suzie gleefully instill sources. It was the best ice
3. temporarily and dangerous scattered Them as your favorite trees. cream we ever tasted!
4. nonfiction TUESDAY But as for me, the evergreen THURSDAY
5. Descriptions will vary. 1. Washington Park’s Botanical Smell is just divine. 1. container or box (bag);
WEDNESDAY Garden is . . . And nothing is as elegant situation requiring
1. Sidewalk Surfing: The 2. transfer, relocate, transport, As the tall and regal pine. investigation
History of Skateboarding convey 2. Revisions will vary. My three-
2. Definitions may vary 3. definitions of key words used Week 26 (pages 80–82) year-old brother, Alex, insists
somewhat: stubborn, in the book MONDAY on holding his own ice-
obnoxious, rowdy 4. best 1. angel cream cone even when the
3. Sentences may vary; It’s 5. Missing detail: Someone 2. a. who; b. whomever; c. ice cream drips and smears
hard to learn new skate- forgot to order the trees, so Who’s all over his face.
board tricks, so you’ll have the whole project had to be 3. My question is this: How can 3. They identify the part of
to practice them a long time. cancelled. Lindsay eat so much ice speech for that definition
4. alliteration WEDNESDAY cream and still stay so fit? 4. courteous, fashion,
5. Check to see that 1. raking, leaves, autumn, 4. c admirable
students have followed consider, boring, chore 5. It is probably summer. 5. a. eagerly; b. nervously;
the directions accurately. 2. Bret and I; join him and me TUESDAY c. proudly; d. Tomorrow
3. 3. a. ladylike; b. lifelike 1. Barnett School Ice Cream
ANSWER KEY
FRIDAY THURSDAY author student has accurately included
1. Answers may vary; sensory 1. present: admire; past: was 3. diving, sinking, trying, some similarities and differences.
appeal, metaphor ordered learning, losing
2. Answers will vary. 2. adopted, symbol 4. Titles will vary.
3. mixed through or put 3. J.D. enjoys biographies of 5. ran: verb; experienced: MONDAY
through Franklin, Jefferson, adjective; his: pronoun; 1. She communicates. She
4. filled Washington, and Adams immediately: adverb; cargo: communicated. She will
5. smothered, drooling, 4. encyclopedia noun communicate.
layered, drizzled, 5. Topic sentences will vary. FRIDAY 2. yes
swimming, whipped Possibility: Ben Franklin’s 1. The Wrong-Way Rocket 3. mood
Write: New lines will vary. experiment involving a kite, 2. The Viking Dragon 4. write, right
a key, and electricity is a 3. 265 years 5. Answers may vary. The
Week 27 (pages 83–85) company probably has
well-known part of history, 4. B2 a and C2
MONDAY but many may not 5. H4, H5, I5 information about how long
1. first person understand how this proved 6. The Queen Vicky a line one pen could draw
2. brought, came, went, made, that lightning is electricity. Write: Endings will vary. before it runs out of ink.
ran, said, found, lost FRIDAY They could have multiplied
3. Answers will vary. (trapdoor, 1. not legal Week 29 (pages 89–91) this distance by fifteen
doorway, doorpost, 2. prohibited, forbidden, MONDAY million and compared it to
doorstop, backdoor, illegal, unlawful, bans 1. hopping, frog, startled, the distance from Earth to
outdoor) 3. have written permission from gardener, flowers the sun.
4. complete some government agency 2. of, in TUESDAY
5. colony announced 4. totally, completely 3. They all have suffixes. 1. a. their; b. his; c. my
independence and U.S. 5. fire 4. metaphor 2. assured
government moved to Write: Explanations (histories) 5. Be satisfied with what you 3. comma after Qatar and Gulf
Philadelphia will vary. are given, or you might get 4. Don’t plan on having
TUESDAY something worse. something until you actually
1. Philadelphia, William Penn’s Week 28 (pages 86–88) TUESDAY have it.
Quaker colony, was founded MONDAY 1. Time, Kids, Almanac, 5. Answers may vary. Since
and developed in 1682. 1. Ernest, Shackleton, Houston there is no address or phone
2. second one Antarctica, Endurance 2. newts number, a local newspaper
3. Dave was thrilled that he 2. Antarctica’s, frigid, 3. discovered is likely, but an argument
was invited. unfriendly 4. fascinated could be made for telephone
4. 1. patriot; 2. Pennsylvania; 3. hearing 5. Captions will vary. directory, magazine, sign in
3. Philadelphia; 4. 4. highway (road) WEDNESDAY a store window or other
population; 5. problem; 6. 5. F, O, F, F, O 1. Answers will vary. The public place, or Internet.
property TUESDAY salamander with slippery WEDNESDAY
5. Eliminate: butter OR from 1. oil, coast, Spain, largest, skin slid out of the boy’s 1. idiom
butter; 2007 or in 2007; country’s, history hands. 2. a glitch or unusual
where Ben Franklin is 2. a 2. parentheses around happening
looking at the Liberty Bell; 3. Beginnings will vary. discovered in Cuba 3. microchip, invention
for the entire statue.; from 4. Answers will vary: fragile, 3. adapt 4. a. computer’s screen; b.
December 26, 2006 to sensitive 4. Louie the frog got tired of his DVD players’ batteries;
January 3, 2007 OR for 9 5. Titanic: 565; tiller: 563; usual diet and decided to c. Brad’s cell phone
days; in the cold case. tinder: 564; title: 566 change it. 5. Headlines will vary.
WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY 5. a–b–c–b THURSDAY
1. inscription, Liberty, Proclaim, 1. Sentences will vary. THURSDAY 1. after following
Liberty, Throughout 2. Thistlegorm 1. a 2. June, Internet, Aida, Verona,
2. disagree 3. imperative 2. rare Italy
3. expository 4. virtually: nearly; coverage: 3. a small salamander 3. wealthiest
4. sub: vehicle or transportation accounts of 4. Countryside, Broiled, Frog, 4. -able: like or capable; -or:
that goes beneath the 5. Other newsworthy events Legs one who; -ize: to make
surface; take away; below overshadowed the event. 5. Titles will vary. 5. Top to bottom: 6, 3, 1, 4, 5,
standard THURSDAY FRIDAY 2
5. Drawings may vary 1. Red, Sea, seen, intense, 1. frog FRIDAY
somewhat. Check student coral 2. both Missing answers:
drawings to see that they have 2. by specific topics under a 3. frog Across: 1. satellite;
reasonably included all the numbering system, within the 4. toad 5. newspapers; 15. cellular;
ingredients on the sandwich. topic, alphabetically by Write: Essays will vary. Be sure 16. radio; 17. voice mail;
ANSWER KEY
Down: 1, SOS; 2, telegraph; up 3. one, base, runners, walked completion, construction,
3. Internet; 6. smoke signals; Write: Instructions will vary. 4. time of the game could course
7. DVD; 8. compact disc; 10. IM Check for good clarity 5. Predictions will vary. 5. Titles will vary.
Write: Clues will vary. Check to and sequence. FRIDAY THURSDAY
make sure they make sense and 1. No—that would be about 1. are, located, eight, stars,
are helpful to someone else 27 hours! windows, clean
wanting to solve the puzzle. MONDAY 2. Lake Avalon Comets 2. similar meanings
1. You do? No way, man! 3. no 3. c
Week 31 (pages 95–97) You’ve got to be kidding! 4. 3,000 4. respective—respectful
MONDAY Great news! 5. $7.25 5. Prose versions will vary.
1. wrestler, fight 2. a, c Write: Web completions and FRIDAY
2. You accomplish a lot if you 3. He broke his leg at the paragraphs will vary. 1. Answers will vary: At the
get to things first or early. height of his career. beginning: lighthearted, fun;
3. b 4. errors, goof, slip, blunders, Week 33 (pages 101–103)
After the lights went out:
4. Synonyms will vary: bits or bloopers MONDAY frightened, worried, irritated,
pieces 5. It helped Brendon laugh at 1. The height of a skyscraper is panicked; When the lights
5. Answers will vary; deep- his mistakes. measured from the sidewalk came on: shocked
fried, battered vegetables TUESDAY to the top of the building. 2. quieted or held back
TUESDAY 1. Harvey Haddix, Pittsburg Spires are included in the 3. Answers will vary.
1. Many, spring, autumn player, pitched 12 perfect total height, but not 4. Answers will vary.
2. Tokyo, Japan, Mt. Fuji, innings against Milwaukee flagpoles, radio or TV Write: Responses will vary.
Pacific, Ocean on May 26, 1959. antennas.
3. brilliant in color 2. b 2. huge, extra large Week 34 (pages 104–106)
4. soccer, skiing, spring, sport 3. Jacob and me 3. cause: by a terrorist attack; MONDAY
5. a. the 6th grade class; b. no 4. Jackie Mitchell, Babe Ruth, effect: The destruction of the 1. hyperbole
WEDNESDAY Lou Gehrig, Chattanooga Twin Towers (and/or: a huge 2. shiny
1. a Lookouts tragedy) 3. Army: adjective;
2. are tasty and healthy 5. Answers will vary. 4. climax horse: noun; lived: verb;
3. expose WEDNESDAY 5. I rode an elevator . . . D; He: pronoun; was buried:
4. clubs, Some, choir, flour, 1. a. We’re; b. You’re; c. I’ll You should . . . IM; Visit the . verb; in: preposition
tea, ceremony 2. “Can you believe Whitey . . IM; Did you know . . . IN; 4. the business address
5. F, O, F, F, O Ford pitched 146 innings?” You’ll love, . . . E 5. something related to
THURSDAY Ben said to Mark as they TUESDAY horses—perhaps care and
1. Inflatable underwear was pored over the list of lifetime 1. Tower, tallest, building, feeding of horses
invented by a Japanese World Series records. world TUESDAY
person who was afraid of 3. inning 2. encyclopedia, Internet, 1. helping: can; action: cleans,
drowning. He was probably 4. simile almanac ride
embarrassed when it inflated 5. the elimination of baseball 3. He and I saw a couple 2. desert
to 30 times its original size would leave room for the of lovebirds. They were 3. stubborn (Answers may vary.)
in a packed subway. inclusion of other sports, lack kissing . . . 4. bolts
2. a. misunderstand; of appeal that baseball has 4. thermometer: tool for 5. Kingston Rule
b. antiwar; c. redo in many countries of the measuring level of heat; WEDNESDAY
3. Leave out the word never. world, Major League thermostat: device for 1. a. Whose; b. Who
4. first Baseball resisted taking a controlling temperature 2. alliteration
5. Summaries will vary. I break from regular season 5. Answers may vary 3. shoe
enjoyed a special birthday games so its players could somewhat: me, both, 4. brushing, brushed; racing,
dinner at a Japanese participate in the Olympics Somebody, them, They raced; lassoing, lassoed;
restaurant. My favorite part THURSDAY WEDNESDAY trotting, trotted
was watching the cook do 1. An index lists specific topics 1. often referred to as the father 5. a. a light rain turned into a
tricks with the food. in the book in alphabetical of the skyscraper torrential downpour;
FRIDAY order with page numbers. 2. missed, mist b. prize-winning;
1. Place them between the tip It’s found at the end of the 3. “The Taipei 101, built in c. a jockey is disqualified;
of your thumb and your book. A table of contents is 2004, is the tallest habitable d. the Triple Crown
index finger. found at the beginning of the building in the world,” is awarded
2. Hold the food firmly. book and lists general topics explained Ms. Hammel, THURSDAY
3. Practice moving the second in the order that they appear our Social Studies teacher. 1. Goliath, a Percheron draft
chopstick toward the first one. in the book. 4. calamity, Center, changed, horse, is the tallest living
4. the first chopstick you pick 2. wind chief, Citicorp, complete, horse and measures
ANSWER KEY
196 centimeters. Are students may choose spirits of the Earth and Sky enough to have parties.
you surprised that he eats different active verbs; became involved in the battle. Later, the tradition spread to
50 pounds of hay and a. Rainbow trout and A terrible darkness spread over include common people.
drinks 30 gallons of Kokanee salmon the area, great slides of rocks WEDNESDAY
water per day? populate Crater Lake. plummeted down the 1. Juliette was conspicuous in
2. Kentucky Derby, Aristides b. Tourists delight to see mountainsides, and the the way she was having fun
3. praise, commend the wildlife in the park. mountains trembled as they cried at the party.
4. Bill Shoemaker’s career; c. Rain and melting snow out in pain. Skell fought so hard 2. T, T
Cigar’s earnings; A few keep the giant caldera that Llao hid deep inside Mt. 3. no
owners’ thoroughbreds full of water. Mazama for protection. The sky 4. d in fudge; w in wry; h in
5. 1. The Belmont Stakes; WEDNESDAY sprit then collapsed the mountain ghost; g in resign; l in stalk;
2. Bred to Win; 3. Bridle 1. a. blew, created; b. filled; to trap Llao forever in the Below p in raspberry
and Saddle: A Beginner’s c. encircle; d. witnessed World. This collapse caused a 5. Responses will vary:
Guide to Owning a Horse; 2. imagery huge, ugly pit. Skell wanted A strong wind is an
4. Bringing Home the Triple 3. would’ve, volcano’s peace and tranquility. So he uninvited guest at a birthday
Crown; 5. Bruno and Belle: 4. reluctant filled the hole with beautiful celebration.
Brother and Sister Belgians 5. From the day William Steel sparkling blue water, forming • The dishes are blown off
FRIDAY saw Crater Lake, he worked Crater Lake. the table.
1. hay and riding arena for its preservation, and was 1. begging or asking urgently • A man’s wig is blowing
2. call Amanda at 636–9001 rewarded when it became a 2. the mountains trembled as away.
3. Saturday national park. they cried out in pain. THURSDAY
4. $3 THURSDAY 3. he ranted and raved, taking 1. about; about how fireworks
Write: Answers will vary. Check 1. collapse rampant revenge get their colors and patterns
student sentence completions to 2. attention, deceive, college, 4. Pictures will vary. 2. portable—able to be
see that the literary device has calendar, color (or cooler, carried; transport—carry
Week 36 (pages 110–112)
been used correctly. or caller, collar), mountain across; porter—one who
3. A variety of different MONDAY carries; portage—state or
Week 35 (pages 107–109) 1. a. action; b. helping;
activities is available . . . place of being carried
MONDAY 4. nonfiction c. action 3. October 15, the triplets’ first
1. signed the bill, which 5. Answers will vary. 2. celebration birthday, will be a fun day
designated Crater Lake FRIDAY 3. hyperbole for them and their relatives.
as a National Park, Write: On top of the mighty 4. parties, hostess, musician, (Or the phrase the triplets’
on May 22, 1902. volcano Shasta lived Skell, the tremendous first birthday may be in
2. eluded sky spirit. Llao, the spirit of the 5. Titles will vary—something parentheses.)
3. personification Below World Earth, lived about New Year’s Eve. 4. periodicals
4. Crater Lake Celebrates Its beneath Lao-Yaina about a TUESDAY 5. Rewrites will vary. One
Centennial hundred miles to the north. This 1. “The best New Year’s possibility: Please come to a
5. (1) Mt. Mazama erupted volcano is now known as Mt. tradition is the dropping of surprise party for Katie’s
about 7,700 years ago. Mazama. Llao often came out the ball in New York’s Times 16th birthday. The dinner
(2) The eruption left a huge from beneath the mountain and Square,” proclaimed Aunt party will be at 6:00 p.m.
crater. (3) In a few years, the stood on top. One day he saw Ginny. Monday at our house, 114
crater filled up with water. the beautiful daughter of the 2. Answers will vary. Marigold Avenue. This is an
(4) Miners from California Klamath Indian chief and fell in 3. Answers will vary: Guests unusual costume party.
explored the area in 1853. love with her. This beauty, can have fun at a simple Please dress up like Katie!
(5) In 1869, newspaper named Loha, rejected him. She party. Let me know if you can
editor Jim Sutton first called thought he was ugly, and besides 4. Answers will vary. come.
it Crater Lake. (6) Crater that, he was from the Below With their dazzling patterns Marc, Katie’s brother
Lake became a national World. In his anger, he ranted and colors, the fireworks FRIDAY
park in 1902. and raved, taking rampant held the crowd spellbound. 1. Mayor and Mayer
TUESDAY revenge on her people with a 5. The tradition of birthday 2. Answers will vary.
1. Crater Lake curse of fire. The Indian chief parties started in Europe 3. Answers may vary (the
2. a. drop the word at; went to Skell, beseeching him to long ago. It was feared that politician campaigning for
b. drop the word like help the tribe. evil spirits were attracted to votes).
3. complete, national A fierce battle raged between people on their birthdays. 4. Answers may vary
4. Answers may vary (e.g., Skell and Llao. From the tops of Guests were invited to help (backwards rider, girl pulling
ranger, naturalist, caretaker, the two mountains, Shasta and ward off the evil spirits. At cart while pony rides).
gardener) Mazama, they hurled red hot first, only kings and queens 5. girl pulling pony
5. Sentences will vary as rocks back and forth. All the were considered important Write: Diary entries will vary.


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The Weekly Plan —Five Problems a Day for 36 Weeks

Monday and Wednesday .........• one reading item

Tuesday and Thursday ............• one writing item

Friday.......................................• one longer reading comprehension passage

Helpful Hints for Getting Started

1. Change this phrase into a complete sentence.

2. Edit this sentence.

3. Which words mean “not clear”?

4. What literary technique is used in this

TUESDAY WEEK 1 _________________________________LANGUAGE PRACTICE

1. Circle the simple subject in the following sentence:

2. Which words are misspelled?

3. Add the correct ending punctuation.

4. Look in a book’s _____________ to find the title of

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1. Name two pairs

THURSDAY WEEK 1 _________________________________ LANGUAGE PRACTICE

1. Number the words in alphabetical order.

2. What part of the sentence is underlined?

1. To what kind of amusement park

WRITE A sudden plummet, a dip, a plunge—

A snake of six cars slithers along

We lean to the left, lurch to the right

I stumble down the exit ramp.

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1. During a hurricane the sea sometimes rises

2. Choose the compound words.

3. Correct the capitalization.

TUESDAY WEEK 2 _____________________________________LANGUAGE PRACTICE

1. Which is an example of descriptive writing?

2. Circle the subject pronouns.

3. Which words could be used in place of

4. Circle the correctly spelled words.

1. Circle the cause.

2. Add capitals to make the book title

THURSDAY WEEK 2 _________________________________ LANGUAGE PRACTICE

1. Which sentences are correct?

2. Give two different meanings

The eye of the hurricane is the area of

1. Circle the correct word.

3. Are the apostrophes used accurately? If not,

TUESDAY WEEK 3 ____________________________________ LANGUAGE PRACTICE

2. Which is the best key word for finding

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1. Add the correct punctuation.

3. To which sense does this appeal?

4. Which apostrophes signal possession?

THURSDAY WEEK 3 _________________________________ LANGUAGE PRACTICE

1. In which reference book would you probably find

2. Which verbs are in the past tense?

3. Which word does not belong?

4. Write the plural form of each word.

The 1988 Yellowstone fire

2. Reread passage A. Then

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1. The sentence is an example of

TUESDAY WEEK 4 _____________________________________LANGUAGE PRACTICE

1. What is the meaning of the bold word?

2. Write the plural form (more than one) of

3. Is the statement true or false?

4. Add the correct punctuation.