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CONCEPTS OF COMPREHENSION: CAUSE AND EFFECT 2n d GRADE UNIT Reading Passage We Need Water! Every living thing needs water to live. People need clean, fresh water for drinking, washing, and having fun. How do you use water? Watch the Water Cycle Water is found nearly everywhere. It is in the ground we walk on and in the air we breathe. Water moves from land to sky and back again. That journey is called the water cycle. Did you ever wonder where that glass of water comes from? Take a look! USGS The water cycle. 1 Text: Copyright © 2005 Weekly Reader Corporation. All rights reserved. Weekly Reader is a registered trademark of Weekly Reader Corporation. Used by permission. From Weekly Reader 2, Student Edition, 4/1/05. © 2010 Urban Education Exchange. All rights reserved. CONCEPTS OF COMPREHENSION: CAUSE AND EFFECT 2n d GRADE UNIT Reading Passage 1. The sun warms the water in rivers, lakes, and oceans. Soon the warm water changes into a gas. That change is called evaporation1. The gas floats up and forms clouds in the sky. 2. The gas in clouds cools. Soon the cool gas turns back into water. That change is called condensation2. 3. Water falls from the clouds to Earth as raindrops or snowflakes. That process is called precipitation3. 4. Rain soaks into the ground. The water flows back into the rivers, lakes, and oceans. That process is called collection4. Soon the water cycle starts all over again. Protect Water! Photos.com Turn off the faucet while brushing your Here are some tips you can follow to teeth. protect Earth's water. • Pick up trash and do not litter. Trash can let harmful poisons flow into the water. • Don't waste water. Save water by turning off the faucet while brushing your teeth. 1 evaporation - the changing of a liquid to a gas 2 condensation - the changing of a gas to a liquid 3 precipitation – water falling from the clouds to Earth 4 collection - the gathering together of water 2 Text: Copyright © 2005 Weekly Reader Corporation. All rights reserved. Weekly Reader is a registered trademark of Weekly Reader Corporation. Used by permission. From Weekly Reader 2, Student Edition, 4/1/05. © 2010 Urban Education Exchange. All rights reserved. CONCEPTS OF COMPREHENSION: CAUSE AND EFFECT 2 n d G R A D E U N I T Question Sheet Name: Date: “We Need Water” Questions 1. Water changes to a gas because a. There is too much water in rivers, lakes, and oceans. b. Clouds pull the liquid into the air. c. The sun warms the water which changes it into a gas. d. Cold air freezes the water. 2. The correct order of the water cycle is a. Condensation, evaporation, precipitation, collection. b. Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection. c. Precipitation, condensation, evaporation, collection. d. Evaporation, collection, condensation, precipitation. 3. Why is the process that happens to water called the water cycle? a. Because water goes through the same steps over and over again. b. So the graph can be a circle. c. The process only happens once. d. The steps can happen in any order. 4. What happens if we don’t pick up trash and litter? a. The water cycle won’t work. b. Harmful poisons can leak into the water supply. c. You won’t get any candy. d. Birds will make nests. 5. If we turn off the faucets while brushing our teeth, we will: © 2010 Urban Education Exchange. All rights reserved CONCEPTS OF COMPREHENSION: CAUSE AND EFFECT 2 n d G R A D E U N I T Question Sheet Name: Date: “We Need Water” Answer Sheet C/E 1. Water changes into a gas because a. There is too much water in rivers, lakes, and oceans. b. Clouds pull the liquid into the air. c. The sun warms the water which changes it into a gas. d. Cold air freezes the water. Seq. 2. Which is the correct order of the water cycle? a. condensation, evaporation, precipitation, collection b. evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection c. precipitation, condensation, evaporation, collection d. evaporation, collection, condensation, precipitation DC 3. Why is the process that happens to water called the water cycle? a. Because water goes through the same steps over and over again. b. So the graph can be a circle. c. The process only ever happens once. d. The steps can happen in any order. C/E 4. What happens if we don’t pick up trash and litter? a. The water cycle won’t work b. Harmful poisons can leak into the water supply. c. You won’t get any candy. d. Birds will make nests. C/E 5. If we turn off the faucets while brushing our teeth, we will: Answers will vary but should include: We will save water and help the environment. Additional Suggested Vocabulary: poison, litter, journey, gas, vapor © 2010 Urban Education Exchange. All rights reserved CONCEPTS OF COMPREHENSION: PREDICTING 5 t h GRADE UNIT Reading Passage and Question Sheet Name: Date: Taste This “Everyone is good at something.” That was what Ms. Lowen always said. But Jake was not so sure. He hated doing math. He wasn’t much of a reader. He couldn’t toss a ball. And he had no idea what he wanted to do when he grew up. His best friend, Charlie, was going to be a firefighter. Charlie knew what he wanted. It seemed he had always known. He was strong and smart, so he would probably pass all the tests. And his friend Kyle was going to be a teacher, like his dad. Kyle loved math and was always winning contests. “What am I good at?” Jake wondered. “What will I be someday?” _____ 1. The rest of this passage will a. describe how sad Jake is. b. list many things that Jake is not good at. c. tell how Jake found something that he is good at. d. explain that Jake does not do well in school. Sometimes, after school, Jake visited his uncle at the restaurant where Uncle Mike worked. He liked to watch Uncle Mike stir sauces. He liked helping out. _____ 2. Jake will probably a. learn that he is good at cooking. b. learn that he is a good waiter. c. burn something. d. learn that he is good at the cash register. Sometimes he said things like, “This needs a little more pepper,” when he tested Uncle Mike’s recipes. He began to read cookbooks. “Let’s try this!” he’d tell Mike when he found something that seemed good. They experimented together. Jake got good at measuring. He learned to convert a recipe for six to a recipe for ten. He like playing with ingredients. “Instead of peaches, let’s try pears in this cake,” he would suggest. The school food fair was coming up. Most students brought in things that their parents had made. Jake decided to try a recipe he’d made Text: Copyright © 2007 Weekly Reader Corporation. All rights reserved. Weekly Reader is a registered trademark of Weekly Reader Corporation. Used by permission. © 2010 Urban Education Exchange. All rights reserved. CONCEPTS OF COMPREHENSION: PREDICTING 5 t h GRADE UNIT Reading Passage and Question Sheet up--pineapple pizza. At first, when he placed it on the table, some people said, “Yick. That sounds awful.” Then, one by one, some of his friends decided to try it. _____ 3. The author wrote, “one by one, some of his friends decided to try it”. His friends probably a. didn't like it, but tried it because they were his friend. b. took pieces but didn't really eat them. c. tried the pizza and teased Jake about how bad it was. d. liked the pizza and encouraged others to try it. _____ 4. The theme of this passage is a. being kind to your friends. b. finding something you are good at. c. helping others is important. d. making new friends. _____ 5. What genre is this passage? How do you know? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Text: Copyright © 2007 Weekly Reader Corporation. All rights reserved. Weekly Reader is a registered trademark of Weekly Reader Corporation. Used by permission. © 2010 Urban Education Exchange. All rights reserved. CONCEPTS OF COMPREHENSION: PREDICTING 5 t h GRADE UNIT Reading Passage and Question Sheet Name: Date: “Taste This” Answer Sheet _PRE_ 1. The rest of this passage will a. describe how sad Jake is. b. list many things that Jake is not good at. c. tell how Jake found something that he is good at. d. explain that Jake does not do well in school. _PRE_ 2. Jake will probably a. learn that he is good at cooking. b. learn that he is a good waiter. c. burn something. d. learn that he is good at the cash register. PRE_ 3. The author wrote, “one by one, some of his friends decided to try it”. His friends probably a. didn't like it, but tried it because they were his friend. b. took pieces but didn't really eat them. c. tried the pizza and teased Jake about how bad it was. d. liked the pizza and encouraged others to try it. _TH_ 4. The theme of this passage is a. being kind to your friends. b. finding something you are good at. c. helping others is important. d. making new friends. _G_ 5. What genre is this passage? How do you know? Answers will vary. The passage is fiction. We know because it is a story that was made up. It did not really happen. _______________ Suggested Additional Vocabulary: convert Text: Copyright © 2007 Weekly Reader Corporation.