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This preview includes the entire resource. The teacher information pages and two of the student pages are unmarked so that you can try before you buy! I I Literacy is a challenging, quick, and fun way to reinforce ELA and reading skills. Each page features a different theme, so not only will your students be practicing skills, they will also be learning about curriculum-based, high-interest topics. Each page has its own unique design, so students will never get bored seeing the same old thing over and over. While each page is different, they do have some elements in common.

Each page features: • 6 standards-based ELA/Reading activities, each in its own space. Activities are numbered for easy reference. • An open-ended bonus activity, marked by a star, at the bottom of the page to be completed on the backside. Perfect for fast finishers, as homework, or extra credit. • A short reading passage with one or two text-dependent questions. Most of the passages are informational text (written by a published author of over 100 nonfiction books for children), but a few are fictional – just to shake things up. The questions are more closely aligned to close reading than simple comprehension. • A theme-based joke or fun fact (joke answers can be found upside down in the bottom right hand corner). • A list of the skills addressed at the bottom (indicated by a picture of a nail – which stands for “nailed it!”) This list repeats in the table of contents for easy reference. • A picture of a whale in the upper right corner simply because it is so adorable.

Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com Suggestions for Use • As morning work: • Use one or two days a week combined with math and/or other activities on the other days. • Select specific pages with themes that correlate with what you are studying. • Use here and there throughout the year as a break from routine morning work. • Use every morning as review for the two months before standardized testing. • Assign as homework. • Use at a center. • Use as enrichment for younger, highly capable students or as remediation for older, struggling students.

Common Core Almost every grade 4 and 5 Common Core Language standard is addressed as well as several of those for Reading Informational Text. Review of some third grade standards is also included. While the Common Core was referenced to build this resource, it is not meant to exhaustively cover each standard. Rather, it was made to be a fun, rigorous, and well-rounded way to review basic ELA skills.

Copyright This resource was created by Rachel Lynee, copyright 2016. It may be printed and photocopied by the original purchaser for single classroom and personal use only and may not be put on the internet, sold, or distributed in any form. If you would like to share it with your colleagues, please purchase mulple licenses from the product page on Teachers Pay Teachers.

Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com Title Skills Addressed # Weather Compare and contrast, word work, sequence, figurative language, shades of RAIN meaning, parts of speech. 7 Author’s purpose, fragments and run-ons, prefixes, compound words, figurative SUNSHINE language (simile), verb tenses. 8 Verb tenses, vocabulary/context clues, suffixes/comparative and superlative WIND adjectives, homograph, fact and opinion, word work. 9 SNOW Inference, antonyms and synonyms, editing, propositions, word work, pronouns. 10 Biomes Comparative and superlative adjectives, reading for details, contractions, MOUNTAINS capitalization, figurative language (idiom), better sentences. 11 Paraphrasing, plural nouns, fact and opinion, suffixes, commonly confused DESERTS homophones, proper nouns. 12 Synonyms, text feature/author’s style, word work, subject-verb agreement, RAINFOREST figurative language/inference, suffixes. 13 Plural nouns, text structure, adjectives, vocabulary/synonyms, figurative language, RIVERS sentence structure. 14 Subject/predicate, verb tenses, homophones, compound words, drawing conclusions/ OCEAN inference, word roots. 15 CAVES Genre, helping verbs, word work, main idea, suffixes, sentence structure. 16 Animals Parts of speech/better sentences, point of view/inference, commas, word work, SNAKES suffixes, editing. 17 Summarizing, figurative language, parts of speech (verbs/adjectives), syllables, PENGUINS plural nouns, homophones. 18 Punctuation (quotation marks), contractions, cause and effect, prepositional phrase, SPIDERS word work, fact and opinion. 19 Possessive pronouns, reading for details, suffixes, capitalization, sentence subject, RABBITS synonyms. 20 Synonyms, word work, verb tenses, parts of speech (adjectives and adverbs), OWLS editing, reading for details. 21 Main idea, irregular plural nouns, editing/punctuation, vocabulary/context clues, SHARKS parts of speech (adjectives), suffixes 22 Vocabulary (context clues, suffix)summarizing, figurative language, word work, KANGAROOS sentence structure, helping verbs. 23 Inference, antonyms, editing, prepositional phrases, vocabulary/context clues, GIANT PANDAS affixes. 24 Suffixes, editing, text structure, capitalization, prepositions, figurative language/ FROGS AND TOADS simile. 25 Space THE SUN Figurative language, editing, word work, analogies, text structure, homophones. 26 Word work, parts of speech (adjectives), sentence structure, inference, THE MOON homophones, fact and opinion. 27 Punctuation (commas), contractions, comparative and superlative adjectives, word MARS work, interpreting a text feature (table), suffix. 28 Verb forms, cause and effect/inference, plural nouns, context clues, antonyms, COMETS adverbs. 29 Prepositional phrase, author’s purpose, figurative language (idiom), nouns (common, STARS proper, pro), quotation marks, sentence structure. 30 Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com Title Skills Addressed # Sports Problem and solution, compound words, homophones, editing, context clues/ FOOTBALL synonym, helping verbs. 31 Parts of speech (proper nouns), sequence, restating the question, editing, parts SOCCER of speech (verbs), homophones. 32 Prepositional phrases, main idea/supporting details, verbs/nouns, homophones, BASEBALL editing, punctuation. 33 Suffixes, summarizing, analogies, parts of speech (nouns, verbs), vocabulary/ GO FOR THE GOLD! context clues, comma usage. 34 Reading for detail, sequence/inference, punctuation, figurative language, fact EXTREME! and opinion, homophones. 35 Places/Landmarks Preposition, editing, vocabulary/context clues, main idea, fact and opinion, NIAGARA FALLS comparative/superlative adverb. 36 Figurative Language (idioms), simile, vocabulary/context clues, parts of speech, THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA sentence structure, pronouns. 37 Word work (silent letters), text feature, verbs and helping verbs, prepositional CASTLES phrases, nouns, sentence structure. 38 Pronoun agreement, inference, vocabulary/context clues, suffixes, syllables, THE STATUE OF LIBERTY possessive nouns, subject/predicate. 39 Suffix, prepositions, text feature (map), conjunction/sentence structure, THE PANAMA CANAL punctuation (commas), editing. 40 Possessive pronoun, reading for detail, word work, vocabulary/context clues, THE EIFFEL TOWER figurative language, verb tense. 41 Food Possessive pronouns, restating the question, author’s purpose, word work, verb PIZZA tense, figurative language. 42 VEGGIES Nouns and verbs, punctuation, text feature, editing, word work, sequence. 43 Figurative language (idiom), pronoun-antecedent agreement, adjectives, FRUIT interpreting a text feature, analogies, sequence/visualization. 44 ICE CREAM Restating the question, text structure, adjectives, suffixes, editing, antonyms. 45 Tone, figurative language (idiom), homophones, suffixes, plural nouns, sentence BREAD structure. 46 Holidays Figurative language (simile), shades of meaning, syllables, synonyms, HALLOWEEN summarizing, plural nouns. 47 Simple subject, text structure, sentence structure, prefix, figurative language THANKSGIVING (alliteration), contractions. 48 Possessive pronoun, fact and opinion, reading for detail, verb tense, CHRISTMAS prepositional phrases, vocabulary (synonym). 49 Superlative adjectives, point of view & author’s purpose, editing, parts of HANUKKAH speech, homophones, restating the question. 50 NEW YEAR’S Antonyms, word choice, main idea, editing, vocabulary/context clues, verb tense. 51 Summarizing, context/prefix, sentence structure, helping verbs, capitalization, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. homophones. 52 Reading for detail, idioms, prepositional phrase, editing, context clues/synonym, VALENTINE’S DAY restating the question. 53 Possessive nouns, punctuation, analogies, reading for detail/comprehension, PRESIDENT’S DAY word work/vocabulary, homophones 54 Point of view/inference, prepositional phrases, simile, word work, comparative ST. PATRICK’S DAY and superlative adjectives, adjectives and adverbs. 55 Parts of Speech (pronoun), editing, problem-solution, prefix/base word/suffix, EARTH DAY verb tense, context clues/synonym. 56 Answer Keys 57-69 Thank you for purchasing I I Literacy. You can find more literacy resources in my TeachersPayTeachers Store. Close Reading

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Task Card Bundles Joke: When 1 Umbrellas 2 In each cloud, write a word that does it rain Before there were rhymes with the word rain, but does I money? - umbrellas, there were not contain the letter i. I parasols. A parasol is Literacy 3 Number these sentences from 1 to 6 to similar to an umbrella put them in the correct order. except that it is used as 2 He opened his umbrella. protection from the sun. The main difference between an umbrella Mr. Jones looked out the window. and a parasol is that an umbrella is waterproof. The first umbrellas appeared in China in the the 11th century BC. They were made from He went outside. silk and only used by nobility and royalty. + He opened the door. Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com He saw that it was raining outside. What is the difference between a parasol and an umbrella? ______He got his umbrella from the closet. ______Name 4 Explain the meaning of each of these idioms: ------3 - It’s raining cats and dogs: ______- When it rains it pours: ______- I don’t want to rain on your parade: ______4 5 6 shower The word “rain” can be a noun or a verb. Use it in a sentence for each one: Date downpour Noun: ______Verb: ______sprinkle drizzle Now use it in a sentence as an adjective (hint: add a “y” to the end). Write each ______Adjective:______word from ______weakest to ______strongest. Make a T-Chart on the back of this paper. On one side write bad things

______k about rain and on the other side write good things about rain. When there is a change in the weather. weather. the in change a is there When

Compare and contrast, word work, sequence, figurative language, shades of meaning, parts of speech. A: 1 Joke: Why did A Remember Your Sunscreen! Joke: When the sun go to school? It is very important to wear sunscreen when you does it rain go out in the sun. If you don’t, you will probably money? 2 Read each group of words. Write F it is a fragment, R get a sunburn and it will hurt a lot! Not only that, if it is a run-on, and C if the sentence is complete. ultraviolet rays in sunlight can damage your body. Too much sun can cause cancer, which is a serious My sister and I stayed out in the sun too long today. illness. So, next time you go out in the sun, be sure Really hot so we all went inside where it was cooler. to apply sunscreen wherever your skin is not Don’t look directly at the sun it is dangerous. covered with clothing. M Without a doubt, the sun. What is the author’s purpose? Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved The sun is bigger than the Earth. a) persuade b) inform c) entertain Those sunglasses are really cute I want a pair too.

Name How do you know? ______3 4 Underline all of the compound words ______on this page. ______

Use the prefix re- The sun was as hot as ______to make a 5 Finish the simile: word on

Date each ray 6 Fill in each blank with the correct verb tense: melted melt will melt

) If you don’t eat your ice cream quickly, it ______. When there is a change in the weather. weather. the in change a is there When

) My ice cream ______before I could eat it. A: www.rachel-lynette.com ) Don’t let your ice cream ______in the sun! What does the prefix re- mean? A a) not b) again c) before d) wrongly k Write a paragraph personifying the sun on the back of this paper. Use one of your re- words in a sentence: ______What would the sun think, feel, and

______say? Illustrate your paragraph. To get brighter! brighter! get To

Author’s purpose, fragments and run-ons, prefixes, compound words, figurative language (simile), verb tenses. A: Fun Fact: The windiest planet in our 1 Use the words to fill in the blanks. solar system is Neptune, where winds blow blew blue can reach up to 1,200 mph (2,000 kph)! v The wind ______the tree down. 2 v My kite is yellow and Energy from the Wind What does the word generate ______. Did you know that there are farms mean? v Can you hear the wind______? for wind? Instead of plants or a) steal b) use animals, wind farms have giant wind c) make d) shock 3 Add the suffixes to make new words. turbines. These turbines use wind -er -est What does the word renewable to generate electricity. Wind power windy mean? CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com does not cause pollution like energy a) good b) natural breezy made from coal or oil. Also, unlike c) make d) unending drafty The image cannot be displayed. Your computer may not have enough memory to open the image, or the image may have been corrupted. Name Restart your computer, and then open the file again. If the red x still oil and coal, wind is a renewable appears, you may have to delete the image and then insert it again.

source of energy. Some day we will 5 4 Write F if the statement is a fact. Make 3 words in run out of coal and oil, but we will each kite with Write O if it is an opinion. O S never run out of wind! ______the letters It is fun to fly a kite on a windy day. around it. ______6 Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. ______The word wind is a homograph P T I because has two different sounds Wind can be used to make electricity. ______and two different meanings: Wind chimes make a lovely sound. ______Date wind : a guest of air ______Very strong winds can be dangerous. ______wind: to twist or curve around H N

Use the word wind in two different sentences, one for each meaning.

1.______k On the back of this 2.______paper, make a list of at least 10 things that are Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______harder to do in the wind. Verb tenses, vocabulary/context clues, suffixes/comparative and superlative adjectives, homograph, fact and opinion, word work. Joke: E 1 We were being pummeled by those Olson kids across How do snowmen the street. Amelia and I were doing our best, for sure, but get to work? there were three of them and just two of us. I wanted to go inside. My mittens had soaked through, but Amelia would have 2 none of it and I didn’t want to look like a wimp in front of timid reject my little sister. Luckily, Mom came to our rescue and called us in for hot chocolate. I think she knew we were being beat Match the mittens by because she winked at me as I was pulling off my boots. 5 enormous drawing lines to narrow connect the antonyms. What was the narrator doing in this story? ______CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com

______factual bold miniature accept What clues from the text helped you to know? Name ______

Write synonyms from the words on the mittens: ______shy ______fake______brave______

3 Rewrite this sentence correctly: I need too find mine hat mittens and boots befor i go out side ______

4 Underline the preposition in each sentence. 5 Circle the word that 6 Fill in each blank with the Date does not belong. correct pronoun. E He stomped through the snow. owe E The sleigh glided merrily over the snow. snow blow him me we she hoe dough E I pulled my sled up the steep hill. sew now ______all went sledding today. E My feet were warm in my snow boots. throw row tow ______built a snowman. E They walked around the snowdrift. Why? ______I played in the snow with ______. E We put a colorful hat on the snowman. ______Will you hand ______my mittens?

k On the back of this paper, write a short story about a magic sled. By icicle icicle By

Inference, antonyms and synonyms, editing, propositions, word work, pronouns. A: 1 Use the words to fill in the blanks. tall taller tallest Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______Mount Everest is very ______. It 2 Mammals in the Mountains 3 is the ______mountain in the Mammals that live in mountain habitats have thick Fill each world. It is than all the Write F if the statement is a fact. blank with ______fur to protect them from the cold. Many mountain Write O if it is an opinion. the correct other mountains. mammals, such as yaks and marmots have dark fur. contraction. It is fun to fly a kite on a windy day. Dark colors absorb more light from the sun, which I ______want to meet a mountain lion. Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. helps to keep them warm. Some animals, like mountain would not goats and snowshoe hares, have white fur. While they CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com Wind can be used to make electricity. ______climbed this mountain three times. do not stay as warm as animals with dark fur, the Wind chimes make a lovely sound. She has Name white fur helps them to blend in with the snow to stay They ______make it to the summit. Very strong winds can be dangerous. safe from predators. will not Why do some mountain mammals have white fur?

______4 Which sentence written correctly? ______a) Mount st. helens is a volcano in southwest Washington.

What is a disadvantage of having white fur? b) Mount St. Helens is a volcano in southwest washington. ______c) Mount St. Helens is a Volcano in southwest Washington. ______d) Mount St. Helens is a volcano in southwest Washington.

Date Fun Fact: The youngest 6 Rewrite this sentence to make it better by adding two adjectives and an 5 person to make it to adverb. What The girls climbed the mountain. the top of Mount. does it ______Everest was mean to: Jordon Romero, make mountain ______who did it at out of a molehill? age 13! ______k On the back of this paper, write about a time when you ______or someone you know made a mountain out of a molehill.

Comparative and superlative adjectives, reading for details, contractions, capitalization, figurative language (idiom), better sentences.

Ti p : You can keep from getting the words 1 The Sahara Desert desert and dessert mixed up by remembering that dessert has two The Sahara Desert is the largest hot Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______s’s because it went back for seconds! desert on our planet. It covers ten Write F if the statement is a fact. percent of the continent of Africa and Write O if it is an opinion. 2 Fill in each blank with the plural form of the noun from the box. is nearly as big as the United States. You It is fun to fly a kite on a windy day. can walk for hundreds of miles in the jackal leg room burrow meerkat group Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. Sahara and see nothing but sand dunes. Wind can be used to make electricity. Meerkats live in the Kalahari Desert in Africa. They live in large Paraphrase this paragraph: ______. A group of meerkats is called a mob or a gang. Wind chimes make a lovely sound.

______Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com Meerkats dig large ______with many tunnels and ______. Very strong winds can be dangerous. ______While a mob of ______is eating, one of them stands guard. ______The guard stands up on its back ______and looks for Fill in the chart. Name ______predators, such as eagles and ______. If the guard sees a predator, it whistles loudly. When the other meerkats hear the ______whistle, they jump into a nearby burrow. ______3 Add the –er suffix to make new adjectives: ______4 Use the words to fill in the blanks. Write F if the statement is a fact. hot ______Write O if it is an opinion. blow blew blue dry ______Meerkats are cute! v The wind ______the tree down. Date 5 Circle the correct homophone for each blank. There are deserts in Africa. v My kite is yellow and______. Deserts get less _____ ten inches (25 cm) of rain a year. then than People should not live in the desert. v Can you hear the wind______? A female roadrunner may build _____ nest in a cactus. it’s its It is very dry in a desert. Bring a lot of water if _____ going to hike in the desert. your you’re Deserts are beautiful at sunset. k Most deserts are hot. On the other side of this synonym paper, make a list of other things that are hot. barren 6 Underline all of the proper nouns on this page. Try to get at least 25 different things. Paraphrasing, plural nouns, fact and opinion, suffixes, commonly confused homophones, proper nouns. scorching drafty Fun Fact: The Amazon Rainforest in 1 moist South America is the largest in the world. broiling It covers 5 ½ million square kilometers! e soaked dewy cloudy 2 The Tropical Rainforest 3 Which of these is not true dry damp Tropical rainforests are warm, humid, and about the word rainforest? drenched teeming with plant and animal life. Although a) It is a compound word. frigid soggy rainforests only cover about 2% of the b) It would come after the word A planet’s surface, about half of the Earth’s railroad in the dictionary. arid rainforest plants and animal species live there. Four c) It has three syllables. is a very wet place. Circle the square miles (10.4 km) of rainforest will d) It is a proper noun. synonyms for Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com contain about: the word wet.

• 1,500 species of flowering plants 4 Write have or has in each blank. 5 Draw a picture of Name She ______seen the monkey. what these onomato- • 75 species of trees poeias describe: The toucans ______big beaks. • 125 species of mammals slither slide, hiss • 400 species of birds Those snakes ______fangs. • 100 species of reptiles The rainforest ______a lot of bugs. • 60 species of amphibians Use the words to fill in the blanks. • 150 species of butterflies along with 6 Add the suffix –less or –ful to the base words in the box and use the new words to complete the sentences. blow blew blue thousands of other insect species. v The wind ______the tree down. Date harm motion help plenty Why do you think the author chose to use bullet v My kite is yellow and______. points for the second part of the passage? e Many rainforest plants are ______for treating illnesses. v Can you hear the wind______? ______e Tarantulas look scary, but are ______to humans. ______e Insects are ______on the forest floor of a rainforest. ______e ______The crocodile lay ______waiting for its prey to approach.

k On the back of this page, use the word RAINFOREST to make as many small words as you can. Synonyms, text feature/author’s style, word work, subject-verb agreement, figurative language/inference, suffixes. Fun Fact: 17 1 Circle the plural nouns in each sentence: countries do not Most of the world’s big cities are located near rivers. 3 have any rivers. People and beavers build dams across rivers. river the In

2 A River is Born Most rivers begin high in the mountains. Water from melting snow and falling rain runs down the slope,

following natural cracks and crevices in the land. These small streams join together, growing larger until they write become a river. Over many year, the flowing water shapes the land, creating ravines, valleys, and canyons. river

Rivers flow faster in the mountains because the land is steeper. As the land flattens out, the current slows adject diver down and the river gets wider. A river can empty into another river, a lake, or the ocean. giver CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com

Which text structure was used to write this passage? liver shiver a) compare and contrast b) problem/solution c) description d) sequence e) cause and effect 4 quiver Name sliver

How do you know? ______which ______of these does not’ mean a Write F if the statement is a fact. 5 Fill in the blanks with the onomatopoeias to complete the sentences.. small river? Write O if it is an opinion. It is fun to fly a kite on a windy day. splash trickled babbling a) geyser b) creek d d c) brook d) stream Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. A ______brook runs through the forest. Wind can be used to make electricity. Date The boys ______happily in the stream. Add a coordinating conjunction to make these Wind chimes make a lovely sound. two simple sentences into one compound sentence. Very strong winds can be dangerous. The stream ______down the hill. The Nile is the longest river. The Amazon carries more water. Find an example of alliteration in one ______of the sentences: ______6

k Pretend that you are sitting by a stream. On the other side of this paper, make a list of all the things that you might see. Plural nouns, text structure, adjectives, vocabulary/synonyms, figurative language, sentence structure.

Joke: How do 1 Add a predicate to each of these subjects: shellfish get to The hungry shark ______the hospital? A baby sea turtle ______2 Draw lines to match each sentence to the All of those sea horses______correct tense. The injured octopus ______The fish swam away. past

The fish will swim away present 3 Use the words in the fish to make 6 compound words. The fish is swimming away future ray sea boat weed sting 4 ship Write the correct homophone in the blank. jelly CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com

sail Those fish have spots on their______. tails/tales under water wreck fish We saw a ______of dolphins near our boat. pear/pair Name I ______not want to swim in the Artic Ocean. would/wood ______

______5 Deep Down in the Ocean ______The Mariana trench is the deepest part of the ocean biome. It is more than 36,000 (10,873 m) feet deep, which is about 7,000 (2,134 m) feet 6 What does the word root sub mean? deeper than Mt. Everest is tall! It is very cold in the trench. There is no submarine submerge subway light and a great deal of pressure from the weight of the water above. a) under b) over Very few animals are able to live there. Humans have only been to the c) inside d) water

Date bottom of the trench two times. Once in 1960 and then again in 2012. What does the word root mari mean? Why do you think humans have only been to the bottom of the submarine aquamarine marina Write F if the statement is a fact. Mariana Trench twice? Use evidence from the text to support your a) under b) boat Write O if it is an opinion. answer. c) sea d) blue It is fun to fly a kite on a windy day. ______Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. ______k On the back of this paper list Wind can be used to make electricity. ______every creature you can think of that

lives in the ocean. Wind chimes make a lovely sound. clambulance a In

Subject/predicate, verb tenses, homophones, compound words, drawing conclusions/inference, word roots. A: Very strong winds can be dangerous. Fun Fact: A person 1 Draw lines to match each book title to its who studies caves is genre called a speleologist. ______Dakota Smith and the Cavern of Doom fable Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? Circle the possessive noun in each sentence. 2 Circle the helping verb and underline the Stephen Bishop: Cave Explorer travel action verb in each sentence. The Bear and the Bat adventure The bats are hanging from the cave ceiling. Plan you Trip to Mammoth Cave fantasy The hikers will explore the cave tomorrow. wind: to twist or curve around The Unicorn and the Enchanted Cave biography Our flashlights might run out of batteries.

3 Change one letter in the 4 CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com Living in the Dark word cave to solve each clue: Some animals spend their whole lives deep inside a cave where it is completely

Name A curved stick ______dark. They are born in a cave and they never leave it. These animals are called

Past tense of give ______troglobites. Troglobites are all blind and some of them don’t even have eyes. The smallest troglobites are insects, spiders, crustaceans, and flatworms. A small bay ______They become food for bigger troglobites such as cave fish and blind Motion goodbye ______salamanders. There are no types of birds or mammals that are troglobites. A restaurant ______What is the main idea of this passage? 5 Add the suffix -ness to ______make new words. ______Cros. Date -ness

dark 6 Add a coordinating conjunction to make these two simple sentences black into one compound sentence damp It was dark in the cave. We had flashlights. cold ______

k On the back of this paper, write a short story that takes place in a cave. Illustrate your story. Genre, helping verbs, word work, main idea, suffixes, sentence structure. Fun Fact: Snakes 1 Make this sentence better by changing the verb smell with their and adding two adjectives and one adverb. tongues! The snake moved through the grass. 2 Time to Eat ______When I am hungry, I wait quietly in the water. I ______do not move at all. My prey does not see me as it approaches the water to get a cool drink. I 3 Add commas to the correct places in each sentence. spring suddenly and sink my teeth in deep. I coil my body around and around and squeeze tight! That snake has yellow red and green stripes. CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com

When it stops moving, I know it is time to eat. I start at the head and swallow it whole. I will not There are rattlesnakes in Phoenix Arizona.

Name need to eat again for many weeks. I like seeing snakes on TV but not in real life!

Fortunately we did not see any snakes on our hike. ______Who is narrating this story? How do you know? ______The long green snake slithered though the grass. ______4 Which word does 5 Add the suffix -ing to not belong? make new words. ______-ing a) snake b) worm wait From what point of view is this story written? c) turtle d) lizard Date bite a) first person b) third person ______Why? squeeze ______swallow 6 ______Rewrite the sentence correctly: digest They’re is snakes on every Continent except antarctica ______k There are more than 3,000 different kinds ______of snakes in the world. On the back of this paper, list as many different kinds as you can. . Parts of speech/better sentences, point of view/inference, commas, word work, suffixes, editing. Joke: Where does 1 Molting Penguins a penguin keep his A penguin needs its feathers to stay warm, but over the money? course of a year, they get tattered and broken. That is 2 What kind of figurative language is used in why each year a penguin will get a total feather this sentence: replacement! The process is called molting and takes about The penguins plopped into the water. two weeks. During this time, new feathers grow and push a) onomatopoeia b) simile c) personification the old feathers out. Penguins are not waterproof while they are molting, so they must stay on land the whole 3 Write 5 verbs 4 Underline all time. They do not eat while they are molting and instead that tell about of the words on this page live off stored body fat. When the molting is complete, the CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com

what penguins do on the that have 3 penguin has a thick layer of brand new feathers to penguin’s syllables. protect it from the cold. Name tummy. ______

Write F if the statement is a fact. ______Summarize this passage using 15 words or less. Write 2 ______Write O if it is an opinion. adjectives It is fun to fly a kite on a windy day. that ______describe ______Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. penguins on the 6 Write the correct homophone in the blank. Wind can be used to make electricity. penguin’s wings. The penguin ______a lot of food before it molted. eight/ate Wind chimes make a lovely sound. 5 Write the plural form for each word We went to ______the penguins at the zoo yesterday. Date see./sea Very strong winds can be dangerous. in the blank to complete the sentence. Do you know ______emperor penguins live in the wild? where/wear Penguin ______are called chicks. baby Penguins are ______for leopard seals and orca whales. prey/pray Groups of penguins live in ______. ______kinds of penguins live in Australia and New Zealand. sum/some colony Penguins have webbed ______. k You have been given a pet penguin. On the back of this paper, foot write about how you will take care of him. Don’t forget to give

him a name! In a snow bank! bank! snow a In

Summarizing, figurative language, parts of speech (verbs/adjectives), syllables, plural nouns, homophones. A: 1 2 Joke: How are Rewrite each spiders like tops? sentence with the correct punctuation.

Wow look at all those baby spiders said Cleo had he he ______jj

you is is

are are not wind: a guest of air There must be hundreds of them Sophie replied I wind: to twist or curve around ______will

3 4 Sonja’s Shoe Underline the prepositional phrase in this sentence: Name Sonja is a very sloppy spider. Yesterday she Combine the first two words in

just tossed her shoes around her web There is a spider in the corner. each section to make a contraction in the last space. instead of putting them away neatly. This morning, she could only find seven of her 5 Make 8 new words* 6 shoes! She finally found the last one wedged from the letters in Write F if the statement is a the word: fact. Write O if it is an opinion. in a corner, but by then she was late for Spiders have eight legs. her advanced web-weaving class. S P I D E R Use the words to fill in the blanks. 1. ______Spiders are not insects. blow blew blue What caused Sonja to lose her shoe? 2. ______v The wind ______the tree down.

Date Spiders are scary. ______3.______Spider webs are beautiful. v My kite is yellow and______. ______4. ______Spiders are carnivores. v 5. ______Can you hear the wind______? What was the effect of Sonja’s lost 6. ______shoe? 7. ______k Many people are afraid of ______spiders. On the back of this paper, Write F if the statement is a fact. 8. ______write a paragraph to convince them Write O if it is an opinion.

______* Challenge: Make all your words four that spiders are not scary.

letters long or longer. It is fun to fly a kite on a windy day. They are always spinning! spinning! always are They

Punctuation (quotation marks), contractions, cause and effect, prepositional phrase, word work, fact and opinion. A: Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. Wind can be used to make electricity. Wind chimes make a lovely sound. Very strong winds can be dangerous. Joke: What did the 1 Circle the possessive pronouns:. rabbits do after My rabbit’s name is Henry. His hutch is in our backyard. their wedding?

2 Too Many Rabbits 3 Divide each word into a Once, there were no rabbits at all in Australia, but now there are far base word and a suffix. too many! In 1859 a European settler released 24 rabbits so that he could hunt them. The rabbits multiplied and now there are millions of base word suffix them all over Australia. All of these nonnative rabbits cause millions of furry dollars of crop damage each year. They also compete with native animals nibbling such as bandicoots and bilbies, making it hard for them to find food. In Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com addition, they ruin grazing lands for sheep, cattle, and other livestock. careful hopper What are three problems that rabbits are causing in Australia?

Name hutches 1.______bunnies 2.______3.______4 Underline the subject of the sentence. Circle the predicate. Use Writethe words F if theto fillstatement in the blanks. is a fact. 5 Write O if it is an opinion. Which sentence written correctly? blow blew blue The frightened little rabbits scampered into their burrows. It is fun to fly a kite on a windy day. a) I read The Tale of Peter Rabbit to Emily and Claire v The wind ______the tree down. Date b) I read The tale of Peter Rabbit to Emily and Claire. Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. k Having too many rabbits in Australia is not a v My kite is yellow and______. c) I read The Tale Of Peter Rabbit to Emily and Claire. good thing. On the other side of this paper, make Wind can be used to make electricity. a list of at least ten other things that are not v Can you hear the wind______? good to have too much of. Wind chimes make a lovely sound. 6 Write a synonym for each word in the empty bunny. Very strong winds can be dangerous.

hop graze adorable timid

! ! bunnymoon their on went They

Possessive pronouns, reading for details, suffixes, capitalization, sentence subject, synonyms. A: Fun Fact: A group 1 Circle the synonyms 2 Change one letter for . of owls is called a for the underlined word. each clue H O O T

parliament. Owls fly quietly. Shoe for snow ______Small ship 3 toneless silent ______Why? ______Use the words to fill in the blanks. rowdy Jacket ______flew fly flown inaudible hushed noiseless Young horse ______Owls usually ______during the night. mournful soundless Freezing ______unknown Those owls have ______back to the barn. 4 Circle the adjectives. Underline the adverbs. The ______low to look for prey. CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com

The gray owls flew swiftly and quietly through the dark night.

5 Name Rewrite each sentence correctly.

Owls has special feathers that help them too fly quietly? ______

if you is a knight owl it means you like two stay up late ______

6 Burrowing Owls Write T if the statement true. Date Most owls build there nests in trees, but the burrowing owl Write F if the statement is false. builds its nest in the ground! These small owls live in burrows Burrowing owls live in the United states. made by prairie dogs, badgers, or other small mammals. Burrowing owls cannot fly. Although they can fly, burrowing owls usually hunt by walking, hopping and running on the ground. They live in open Burrowing owls are large. grassy areas in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Burrowing owls dig burrows in grassy area.

k Pretend you are an owl. Write a journal entry telling what you do in a typical night as an owl. Synonyms, word work, verb tenses, parts of speech (adjectives and adverbs), editing, reading for detail. 1 Joke: What kind of Shark Teeth sharks make the Sharks don’t chew their food. Instead, they use their best carpenters? razor-sharp teeth to tear off chunks of flesh that 2 they swallow whole. A shark may have up to 3,000 Write the plural form for each noun in the blank. teeth at one time. The teeth are arranged in rows. Write F if the statement is a fact. Write O if it is an opinion. Sharks have thousands of sharp ______. Most sharks have five rows of teeth. When a shark loses a tooth, the tooth from the row behind it takes It is fun to fly a kite on a windy day. tooth ______kill about 73 million sharks each year. its place. Sharks are constantly growing new teeth. Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. Person wind: a guest of air Which of these is the main idea of this passage? Wind can be used to make electricity. Shark teeth are as sharp as ______. CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com wind: to twist or curve around a) Shark teeth grow in rows. Wind chimes make a lovely sound. knife b) Sharks have a lot of teeth. Name Sheldon the Shark ate five ______for lunch. Very strong winds can be dangerous. fish c) Sharks do not chew their food.

d) Sharks are constantly growing new teeth. 3 Rewrite the sentence correctly. Shark can swimming fast but they cant swim back wards? 4 Choose the synonym for the underlined word. ______The hungry shark devoured the small fish. Use the words to fill in the blanks. ______a) chased b) ate c) killed d) protected blow blew blue v The wind ______the tree down. Date 5 6 – Write an adjective that describes sharks in each shark. Add the ing suffix to each v My kite is yellow and______. word to make a new word. v Can you hear the wind______? swim hunt k Unfortunately, you have run into a shark that wants to eat you. bite Fortunately, it is a talking shark. On the back of this paper, write devour

what you would say to the shark to convince it not to eat you. Hammerheads! Hammerheads!

Main idea, irregular plural nouns, editing/punctuation, vocabulary/context clues, parts of speech (adjectives), suffixes. A: Fun Fact 1 Kangaroos are plentiful in Australia. kangaroos There are between 50 and 60 million of them! can swim! What does the word plentiful mean?

2 Kangaroos Can’t Walk! a) many b) some c) jumping d) increasing Kangaroos have large strong legs; however, they cannot move them one at a time. They must move them both together. This Divide the word plentiful into a base word and means that they cannot walk or run. They can only jump! suffix. Jumping doesn’t slow them down, though. A large kangaroo can ______+______jump 30 miles (48 km) an hour! A kangaroo that is jumping base word suffix

across a plain can cover 15 feet (5 m) in a single bound! 3 What kind of figurative language is CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com being used in this sentence? Summarize this paragraph: Name Kangaroos are the boxers of the animal kingdom. ______Write F if the statement is a fact. a) hyperbole b) simile c) metaphor d) idiom Write O if it is an opinion. ______

It is fun to fly a kite on a windy day. 4 Circle the word that 5 Draw lines to match each sentence to it’s structure. Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. does not belong. Kangaroos can swim, but they don’t do it very often. simple Hint: There are three Wind can be used to make electricity. Kangaroos live together in groups called mobs. compound Use the words to fill in the blanks. possible answers. Wind chimes make a lovely sound. Kangaroos are marsupials because the females have pockets. complex blow blew blue kangaroo pocket v The wind ______the tree down. Very strong winds can be dangerous. Date Answer the question again, but choose a different answer. powerful Australia v My kite is yellow and______. Why? ______kangaroo pocket Why? ______v Can you hear the wind______? ______powerful Australia ______

6 Circle the helping verbs and underline the action verbs. k On the other side of this paper, make a list of how things would Those kangaroos are jumping fast. I have seen kangaroos in Australia. change if humans could not run or walk, but only hop like kangaroos. Vocabulary (context clues, suffix)summarizing, figurative language, word work, sentence structure, helping verbs. Fun Fact: One giant panda 1 Panda Cubs can eat up to 27 pounds Newborn panda cubs are tiny and helpless. (12 kg) of bamboo a day! When a panda cub is born, it is about the Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______size of a stick of butter. It is pink, nearly 2 Fill in each of the two blanks with a pair of antonyms. hairless, and its eyes are closed. It is also Adult pandas are ______, but their babies are ______too weak to stand. The mother panda stays with her cub constantly for the first few All pandas have fur that is ______and ______. months of its life. She must nurse the cub When pandas are born, their eyes are ______, and do not every two hours and protect it from harm. By the time the cub is three months old, its ______until they are a few weeks old. CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com eyes have opened and it can move around on its own. The cub will start to eat The word wind is a homograph 3 Rewrite the sentences correctly: because has two different sounds Name bamboo at around a year of age. and two different meanings: Giant panda’s lives in china in the Mountains? wind: a guest of air What would happen to a panda cub ______that lost its mother? Use evidence from wind: to twist or curve around the text to support your answer. Write F if the statement is a fact. “pandas are sew cute. Amelia exclaimed”. Write O if it is an opinion.

______It is fun to fly a kite on a windy day. Use the words to fill in the blanks. ______Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. blow blew blue 4 Underline the prepositional phrases in this sentence: ______v The Wind wind can ______be used to themake tree electricity. down. Date We went to the zoo and saw pandas eating bamboo in trees. ______v My Wind kite ischimes yellow make and______. a lovely sound.

______Very strong winds can be dangerous. v Can you hear the wind______? 5 Pandas are solitary. They do not 6 Giant pandas are an ______live together in groups or families. endangered species. Divide the word endangered. What does the word solitary mean? k You have been given a giant panda. _____ + ______+ _____ a) unfriendly b) lazy On the other side of the paper, list 5 c) communal d) alone prefix base word suffix challenges you will face in caring for him. Inference, antonyms, editing, prepositional phrases, vocabulary/context clues, affixes. 1 Divide each word into Joke: Why are its base word and suffix. frogs so happy? Word base suffix Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______jumper 2 Rewrite this sentence correctly: Britely colered frog’s maybe poisonous. hopper

______swimming eating 3 What’s the Difference? 4 Which slimier Frogs and toads are amphibians, which means that they sentence poisonous CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com

live in both the water and on land. They look similar, but is correct? they are not the same. Most frogs spend the majority The word wind is a homograph a) There are many kinds of frogs in south America. because has two different sounds Name of their time in the water and have moist, smooth skin. b) There are many kinds of frogs in South america. and two different meanings:

Most toads, on the hand, prefer the land and have c) There are many kinds of frogs in South America. wind: a guest of air rough, dry skin. Frogs have long legs and slim bodies – d) There are many kinds of frogs in south america. wind: to twist or curve around perfect for jumping. Toads have thicker bodies and shorter legs. They hop, but also walk. Fill in the blanks with the prepositions in the box. Which text structure was used to write this passage? 5 The frog jumped ______the pond. Use the words to fill in the blanks. on ______a) cause and effect b) description c) sequence The toad sat ______the log. under blow blew blue v The wind ______the tree down.

Date d) problem/solution e) compare and contrast The frog swam ______the water. over into v My kite is yellow and______. How do you know? The toad hopped ______the stick. ______v Can you hear the wind______? ______6 Finish the simile. : What was Jeremiah Jeremiah was : What ______The frog was as green as ______

Bonus kWhat if people hopped like frogs instead of walking? On the other side of this paper, make a T-chart.

Use one side to list reasons this would be good and the other side to list reasons it would be bad. They eat whatever bugs them! them! bugs whatever eat They

Suffixes, editing, text structure, capitalization, prepositions, figurative language/simile. A: Fun Fact: A million 1 Fill in the blank with the letter for the correct Earths could fit inside figure of speech. the sun. Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______a) personification b) metaphor 2 Rewrite the sentence correctly. M c) alliteration d) hyperbole M It take lite from the Sun ate minutes too reech earth. ______The sun was a yellow ball in the clear blue sky. ______Ouch! That pot is hotter than the sun! _____ The sun peeked timidly through the clouds. 3

_____ do not contain the letter u. ______and ______The word wind is a homograph because has two different sounds Name 5 4 Use the words in the box A Sun is Born and two different meanings:

Our sun was born about 4.6 billon years ago. Like all stars, it was formed in a cloud to complete each analogy. wind: a guest of air of gas and dust called a nebula. Inside the nebula, gasses and dust were drawn A day cold planet Earth together by gravity to form a protostar. The protostar got hotter and hotter. wind: to twist or curve around When it got hot enough to fuse hydrogen into helium, it became a main sequence sun : star : : Mars : ______star. When the sun has fused all of the hydrogen into helium, it will get much bigger Use the words to fill in the blanks. sun : hot : : Neptune : ______and become a red giant. As a red giant, it will engulf Mercury, Venus and maybe Write F if the statement is a fact. our earth as well. But don’t worry, that won’t happen for another 6 million years. blowWrite O blew if it is an blue opinion. Moon : night : : sun : ______v The wind ______the tree down.

Date It is fun to fly a kite on a windy day. Which text structure was used to write this paragraph? M M M M M M v My kite is yellow and______. Earth : sun : : Moon : ______a) cause and effect b) description c) sequence d) compare and contrast Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall.

How do you know? ______v Can you hear Wind the can wind be ______used to make? electricity. 6 Fill in the blanks with A ______Wind chimes make a lovely sound. the correct homophones. ______Very strong winds can be dangerous.

k The sun is really hot. On the back of this ______planet orbits around the ______. our hour son sun paper, make a list of other things that are hot. Figurative language, editing, word work, analogies, text structure, homophones.

1 2 Joke: The word moon has two o’s. Use Write five S E A T When is the the clues to find the double o words. adjectives that describe the moon. moon not hungry? Antonym for later ______Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______3 Section of a house ______Break this compound sentence into two simple Reading material ______sentences. Hint: Leave out the conjunction. ______Where chickens live ______The moon has two sides, but we only see one of them. Ice cream server ______1.______A small stream ______2. ______

5 Cross off the incorrect homophones and The word wind is a homograph 4 replace them with the correct ones. Letters on the Moon because has two different sounds Name The last two men to walk on the moon were Eugene Cernan would and two different meanings:

You wood way less on the moon then on Earth and Harrison Schmitt in 1972. Because the moon has no wind: a guest of air atmosphere and no wind, all of the footprints they left are because the gravity their is week. wind: to twist or curve around still there, even after more than forty years! In addition to his footprints, Cernan also left his daughter’s initials. 6 Write F if the statement is a fact. Write O if it is an opinion. According to Cernan, “I took a moment to kneel and with a Use the words to fill in the blanks. single finger, scratched Tracy’s initials, ‘TDC,’ in the lunar The moon orbits the Earth. dust, knowing those three letters would remain there blow blew blue The first moon landing was in 1969. v The wind ______the tree down. Date undisturbed for more years than anyone could imagine.” The full moon is beautiful tonight. v My kite is yellow and______. Who is Tracy?______There is a full moon about once a month. v Can you hear the wind______? How do you know? ______It would not be fun to live on the moon. ______k “Once in a blue moon” is an idiom for Which of these could be Tracy’s middle name? something that does not happen very often. On a) Christine b) Dora c) Sarah d) David the back of this paper, list as many things as

you can that only happen once in a blue moon. When it’s full! full! it’s When

Word work, parts of speech (adjectives), sentence structure, inference, homophones, fact and opinion. A: Fun Fact: Mars One is an organization 1 Which sentence written correctly? whose mission is to have people living a) Mars is a cold, dry and, barren planet. on Mars by 2026. ______b) Mars is a cold dry and barren planet. Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? 2 Fill in each blank with the correct contraction. c) Mars is a cold dry, and barren planet. Write F if the statement is a fact. Write O if it is an opinion. If you lived on Mars, ______have to wear a Mars suit d) Mars is a cold, dry, and barren planet. you would It is fun to fly a kite on a windy day. whenever you went outside. You ______be able to breathe 3 Use the words to fill in the blanks. Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. would not cold colder coldest Wind can be used to make electricity. the air because ______full of carbon dioxide. There Mars is not the planet in our ______CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com Wind chimes make a lovely sound.

it is solar system. It is ______than our Earth, The word wind is a homograph ______any plants or animals on Mars either. Very strong winds can be dangerous. but not nearly as ______as Neptune. because has two different sounds Name are not and two different meanings:

4 5 Earth and Mars Comparison wind: a guest of air Change one letter for each clue. Earth Mars wind: to twist or curve around

North or South ______P O L E Distance from the Sun 93 million miles (150 km) 142 million miles (228 km)

Rodent ______Planet diameter 7, 926 miles (12,756 km) 4,220 miles Use the words to fill in the blanks. Man or boy ______Length of Day 23 hours, 56 minutes 24 hours, 37 minutes blow blew blue Female horse ______Length of Year 365.25 days 687 earth days v The wind ______the tree down. Date Red Planet ______Average Temperature 57° Fahrenheit (15 C) -81 Fahrenheit (-63 C) What are 3 things you can learn from this table about the differences v My kite is yellow and______. 6 Many people think it is pointless between Mars and the Earth? v Can you hear the wind______? to try to live on a lifeless planet. 1.______What does the suffix –less mean? 2.______a) result b) without 3.______c) become d) cause k It is 2050 and you are living on Mars. Describe what it is like to live there.

Punctuation (commas), contractions, comparative and superlative adjectives, word work, interpreting a text feature (table), suffix. Fun Fact Halley’s Comet was 1 Write the correct form of each verb. last seen in 1986 and won’t be seen again until 2061. Halley’s comet ______named after Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______were/was 2 Dirty Snowballs Comets are sometimes called dirty snowballs because they astronomer Edmond Hallley. He ______are mostly made from ice, dirt, and dust. Comets have huge studied/study orbits that take them very far from the sun – way past past sightings of the comet and ______it Neptune and Pluto. As a comet orbits closer to the sun, the predicts/predicted ice heats up and vaporizes, releasing gases that create the would ______again in 1758. His prediction comet's tail. . A comet’s tail can be millions of kilometers long. returning/return CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com

______correct, and so the comet was The word wind is a homograph What causes a comet to form a tail? because has two different sounds Name is/was ______and two different meanings: ______in his honor. 3 Circle all the wind: a guest of air ______plural nouns name/named wind: to twist or curve around on this page. What do you think happens to a comet’s tail when it is far away from the sun? ______4 Astronomers have been accurately Write F if the statement is a fact. predicting when Halley’s comet will be visible Why do you think so? ______Use the words to Writefill in the O ifblanks. it is an opinion. from Earth for many years. ______blow blew blue What does the word accurately mean? It is fun to fly a kite on a windy day. ______v The wind ______the tree down. Date Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. a) correctly b) quietly c) happily d) cleverly v My kite is yellow and______. Wind can be used to make electricity. 5 Fill in the blanks with a pair of antonyms. 6 v Can you hear the wind Wind______chimes make? a lovely sound. Comets are ______when they are close to Underline the adverb. Very strong winds can be dangerous. the sun and ______when they are far away. Comets travel faster when they are near the sun.

k How old will you be when Halley’s passes Earth again? On the back of this paper, make a list of things that have not yet been invented, but that you think will be a part of daily life in 2061. Verb forms, cause and effect/inference, plural nouns, context clues, antonyms, adverbs. Fun Fact: Almost all the stars 1 Underline the prepositional phrase in that can be seen in the night this sentence: sky are bigger than our sun. You can only see about 5,000 stars from the Earth. Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______

2 3 Write F if the statement is a fact. Star Neighbors Explain what this idiom means: o If you don’t count the sun, the closest star to o o Write O if it is an opinion. Earth is Proxima Centauri. Proxima Centauri is Always try to reach for the stars. o It is fun to fly a kite on a windy day. the dimmest star in a triple star system called ______Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. Alpha Centauri. These three stars are so close ______Wind can be used to make electricity. together that they look like just one, bright

CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com Wind chimes make a lovely sound. star in the night sky. Even though it is our 4 Underline the common nouns. Double underline the closest neighbor, at 4.2 light years, it is still The Veryword strong wind windsis a homograph can be dangerous. proper nouns. Circle the pronouns. because has two different sounds Name very far away. 4.2 light years is nearly 300,00 The largest known star is VY Canis Majoris. It is more than and two different meanings: times the distance from the Earth to the sun. wind: a guest of air 1,540 times bigger than our sun. In fact, if it were located What is the author’s purpose? wind: to twist or curve around where our sun is, it would reach beyond Saturn’s orbit. a) to persuade b) to inform c) to entertain

5 Which sentence written correctly? How do you know? ______Use the words to fill in the blanks. a) “Look over there, said Nathan. “You can see the Big Dipper.” ______b) “Look over there.” Said Nathan. “You can see the Big Dipper.” blow blew blue ______v The wind ______the tree down. Date c) “Look over there,” said Nathan. “You can see the Big Dipper”. ______d) “Look over there,” said Nathan. “You can see the Big Dipper.” v My kite is yellow and______. v Can you hear the wind______? 6 Draw lines to match each sentence to it’s structure. o k Would you rather Stars come in several colors, but there are no green stars simple be a rock star, a movie star, or the star Since they burn their fuel faster, bigger stars have shorter lives compound player on a team? There are about 400 billion stars just in the Milky Way galaxy. complex Explain your choice on the back of this paper. Prepositional phrase, author’s purpose, figurative language (idiom), nouns (common, proper, pro), quotation marks, sentence structure. Fun Fact: The Super 1 Huddle Up! Bowl is the most watched Football players often huddle together to plan their TV show in the US. next play. The huddle was invented in 1892 by deaf Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______quarterback, Paul Hubbard. Hubbard attended 2 Use the words in the footballs to make 6 compound Gallaudet University, which is a college for deaf words. 1.______turn students. One day, his team was playing another deaf time touch 2.______school. Hubbard did not want the players on the back 3.______opposing team to see him signing the plays to his side down team 4.______teammates, so he gathered them together in a huddle formation. It wasn’t long before hearing teams began out CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com off 5.______to use the huddle too. The word Write wind F ifis thea homograph statement is a fact. quarter mate over 6.______Write O if it is an opinion. ______because has two different sounds Name What problem did Paul Hubbard have? and two different It is fun tomeanings: fly a kite on a windy day.

______3 Fill in the correct homophone: past 9 passed wind: a guest of air Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. ______The quarterback ______the ball to the receiver. wind: to twist or curve around Wind can be used to make electricity.

The receiver ran ______the 50 yard line. How did his solution solve the problem? Wind chimes make a lovely sound. ______4 Very strong winds can be dangerous. Rewrite the sentence correctly. ______Use the words to fill in the blanks. More persons ordering pizza on super bowl Sundae then any ______blow blew blue v The wind ______the tree down.

Date other day durring the years. ______5 Choose the synonym for the underlined word. v My kite is yellow and______. ______Helmets were not mandatory for football players until 1939. v Can you hear the wind______? a) wanted b) required c) allowed d) included 6 Circle the helping verbs. Underline the action verbs.

9 We will win if we can make one more touchdown. k On the back of this paper, write a paragraph 9 He might kick the ball far enough to make a filed goal. explaining how the game of football would be 9 He was running with the ball when he was tackled. different if it were played with a baseball. 9 Problem and solution, compound words, homophones, editing, context clues/synonym, helping verbs. Fun Fact: In countries 1 Underline the proper nouns. outside the US, soccer Darwin Jones plays forward for the Seattle Sounders. is called football. Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______Lucy has soccer practice every Tuesday in August. 2 My Soccer Life I love soccer! I want to be on a professional soccer team 3 Answer the question with a complete sentence. when I grow up, but for now, I play on my neighborhood Do you like to play soccer? team, the Wildcats. We have practices every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. We have our games on Saturday. ______We usually win. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I practice

too. On Sundays, we go to my grandma’s house. My The word wind is a homograph cousins come too. They are younger than me, so I am In soccer you are’nt aloud too touch the ball with you’re hands because has two different sounds Name teaching them how to play soccer. They are getting ______and two different meanings: wind: a guest of air pretty good! Uncle Jess says I am a good coach. ______wind: to twist or curve around

Tell what the narrator does on each day: 5 Sunday: ______Imagine that you are at a soccer game. In each of the Monday: ______spaces on the soccer ball write Use the words to fill in the blanks. Tuesday: ______a verb that tells what you blow blew blue Wednesday: ______might be seeing and hearing. v The wind ______the tree down. Date Thursday: ______Use two of your verbs in a v My kite is yellow and______. Friday: ______sentence:______v Can you hear the wind______? Saturday: ______

6 Fill in the blanks with the correct homophone: k Personify a soccer ball. On the Jason ______the ______to Amber who ______the a goal! back of this page, write a paragraph from the soccer ball’s point of view. past passed ball bawl maid made Parts of speech (proper nouns), sequence, restating the question, editing, parts of speech (verbs), homophones. Joke: Why was 1 Underline the prepositional phrases. Cinderella bad William hit the ball over the fence and into the cornfield. at baseball? Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______

2 Jackie Robinson 3 Circle N if the underlined word is a Like other sports, baseball was segregated during the first half of the noun. Circle V if it is a verb. th 20 century. This meant that black players could not play on major @ There are six bats in the box. N V league teams. That all changed on April 15, 1947 when Jackie Robinson @ It is my turn to bat next. N V became the first major league African American player. Robinson was She bats left-handed. drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson handled threats from angry @ N V He is a left-handed batter. players and fans with grace and played so well that he was named @ N V CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com

Write F if the statement is a fact. He practices batting everyday. Rookie of the Year. Although he was one of the best players in the @ N V The word wind is a homograph Write O if it is an opinion. Bats are mammals that can fly. N V because has two different sounds Name league, he is most remembered for breaking the baseball color barrier. @ and two different meanings: It is fun to fly a kite on a windy day.

What is the main idea of this passage? wind: a guest of air Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. 4 Fill in the correct homophone: ______@ wind: to twist or curve around Wind can be used to make electricity. Ana is the ______for our team.

pitcher/picture Wind chimes make a lovely sound. List 3 supporting details: Ana ______a tricky curve ball. Very strong winds can be dangerous. Use the words to fill in the blanks. 1.______through/threw 2.______blow blew blue The batter swung and ______. v The wind ______the tree down.

Date 3. ______missed/mist v My kite is yellow and______. 5 6 Write this sentence correctly: @ Punctuate this sentence correctly. v Can you hear the wind______? the national baseball haul of fames is in I play baseball on Mondays Wednesdays and Saturdays cooperstown new york ______k Would you rather be the best player on a baseball team ______that lost every game or the worst player on a team that

always won? Explain your answer on the back of this page. She had a pumpkin for a coach coach a for pumpkin a had She

Prepositional phrases, main idea/supporting details, verbs/nouns, homophones, editing, punctuation. A: Quiz: What are the Summer 1 Add the suffix and Winter Games usually called? -er to each word to form a new word. The ______jump ______2 A World-Wide Event 3 Complete the analogies: The Summer and Winter Games are said to be swim ______the greatest sporting events on Earth. Every two ski : slope : : swim ______dive ______years, thousands of athletes from dozens of hockey : puck : : tennis : ______skate ______countries come to the host city to compete in a gold : first : : bronze : ______run ______variety of events. The Winter Games features thrill : victory : : agony ______ski ______sports such as skiing, snowboarding, ice hockey CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com

and figure skating. Summer Games include track 4 The word skate can be both a noun and a verb. Write The word wind Write is aF ifhomograph the statement is a fact. two sentences using the word skate, one as a noun and because has Writetwo different O if it soundsis an o pinion. Name and field, archery, gymnastics, and basketball. one as a verb. and two different It is meanings: fun to fly a kite on a windy day. wind: a guest of air Summarize this passage using 15 words or less. 1.______Wind blows leaves off of trees in fall. wind: to twist or curve around ______2.______Wind can be used to make electricity. ______Wind chimes make a lovely sound. ______6 Add commas to the correct places in each sentence. Use the words to Veryfill in strong the blanks. winds can be dangerous. Our team won a bronze medal two silvers and a gold. blow blew blue 5 Athletes must follow the rules for v The wind ______the tree down. Date After the event the the national anthem of the gold their sport or risk being disqualified. medalist’s country is played. v My kite is yellow and______. What does the word disqualified mean? The 2014 Winter Games were held in Sochi Russia. v Can you hear the wind______? a) disliked b) unhappy c) frustrated d) banned The ski jump event looks fun but it also looks scary!

Divide the word disqualified.

_____ + ______+ _____ k In which event would you most like to compete? On the back prefix base word suffix of this paper, write a paragraph explaining your choice. Suffixes, summarizing, analogies, parts of speech (nouns, verbs), vocabulary/context clues, comma usage. Fun Fact: Zorbing 1 What are Extreme Sports? involves rolling down a big Extreme sports are physical activities that are hill inside a giant ball! also dangerous. Often the difficulty comes from Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______2 nature. For example, surfing, white-water river What happened just before this picture? rafting, mountain climbing, and mountain biking all ______require the athlete to deal with challenging weather and terrain. Many extreme sports include What will happen next? an element of speed or height. Some examples ______include snowmobiling, snowboarding, ski-diving,

hang gliding, and bungee jumping. Even the most Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com 3 Rewrite this sentence with the correct punctuation. skilled extreme athletes risk injury and even death. The word wind is a homograph Do you want to go bungee jumping tomorrow Grandma asked because has two different sounds Explain what makes extreme sports dangerous. and two different meanings: ______Name ______wind: a guest of air ______wind: to twist or curve around ______4 Circle the type of figurative language is used here: ______Sam skis down the steep slope. simile alliteration idiom ______Use the words to fill in the blanks. blow blew blue 5 Write F if the statement is a fact. 6 Fill in the blanks with: there, their, or they’re v The wind ______the tree down. Date Write O if it is an opinion. ______are six people in my snowboarding class. v My kite is yellow and______. People who do extreme sports are crazy! ______all a year or two older than me. They all own v Surfing and kayaking are water sports. Can you hear the wind______? ______own snowboards. I am just renting mine. I like to go snowboarding Children should not rock climb. k Choose an extreme sport. On the other side of this paper, write You need a parachute to skydive. a paragraph either to persuade people to participate in the sport or to explain why participating in the sport is not a good idea. . Reading for detail, sequence/inference, punctuation, figurative language, fact and opinion, homophones. Fun Fact: About 30 1 Underline the preposition. million people come to The water rushed quickly over the falls. see the falls each year. Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______

2 Rewrite the sentence correctly: 3 Select the meaning for the underlined word.

If you goes to niagara falls you wil wanted to brung a Camera. Niagara Falls is the oldest state park in the United ______States. It was established in 1885. ______a) created b) celebrated c) destroyed d) protected

On June 23, 2012, tightrope walker Nik Wallenda got a unique view of Write O if it is an opinion. The word wind is a homograph Niagara Falls is actually made up because has two different sounds Name Niagara Falls – from directly above it! At 10:30 in the evening, Wallenda up of 3 falls that come together. and two different meanings:

became the first person to cross the falls on a tightrope in 112 years. wind: a guest of air Wallenda spend two years convincing authorities on both the American Four of the five Great Lakes and Canadian side of the falls to allow him to make the walk. Starting flow into Niagara Falls. wind: to twist or curve around on the American side, Wallenda walked through wind and heavy mist Niagara Falls is the most beautiful from the falls for about half an hour before making safely to the waterfall in the world. Canadian side. Just like any other visitor to Canada, Wallenda was Everyone should visit Niagara Falls Use the words to fill in the blanks. required to present his passport upon entering the country. at least once. blow blew blue Niagara Falls generates electricity v The wind ______the tree down.

Date What is the main idea of this passage? for both the US and Canada. ______v My kite is yellow and______. Niagara Falls is a good place to go ______on your honeymoon. v Can you hear the wind______?

6 Fill in the blank with the correct adverb. k Goat Island is a small island located in the middle of Niagara Falls. At one time, PT Barnum The falls were even than I had expected! wanted to make this island into circus grounds. On big bigger biggest the back of this page, write a paragraph explaining why you think this is either a good or a bad idea. Preposition, editing, vocabulary/context clues, main idea, fact and opinion, comparative/superlative adverb.

______. ? the down tree ______. is a homograph homograph is a wind ______: : a guest of air twist: to or curve around wind wind

The word The sounds two different has because meanings: two different and The wind My is and kite yellow Can hear you the wind Use the words to fill to the in the Use words blanks. blue blow blew v v v Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? you think Can Bonus: that of another homograph? is a word

the were include silly – ______

the wall. ______by millions by of workers : The Great : The Great builders building build built builders

4 ______years. many over and hard dangerous was wall work. Many of the soldiers or paid workers, but others slaveswere to who forced were ______Fill in each blank with Fill in each word a the box. from The Great of China Wall was Fun Fact 13,170 is of China Wall km) long. (21,195 miles , while others have have others , while

k The Great Wall was mostly was bricks. and built of rocks Wall Great The On the of this list back page, other that be could materials your imagination Use wall. a to make used Illustratethings like too, marshmallows! of your ideas. one China someday soon. soon. someday China : preserved I hope to visit the Great Wall of Wall Great the visit to I hope a) a) simple b) compound

d) complex d) Choose the Choose correct sentence structure: 3 5 Choose the Choose the synonym for word. underlined have Wall Great of the Some parts been ruin. into been destroyed or fallen b) hidden a) decorated rebuilt c) protected d) ______: ______: A Long Wall A Long Wall just a hole in the wall and ends deep in the Gobi Gobi in the deep ends and driving me up the wall Figurative Language (idioms), simile, vocabulary/context clues, parts of speech, sentence structure, pronouns. structure, speech, sentence of parts clues, (idioms), simile, vocabulary/context Language Figurative Explain the meaning of each of these theExplain idioms meaningof each see the writing on the wall:

It was the was It biggest seen. she wall had ever of pictures. on of it a lot top and took stood They Circle the pronouns. the Circle pronouns.

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______What simile is used in this paragraph? in simile this is used What paragraph? Shanhaiguan desert. China like a giant snake. The wall begins begins The wall snake. giant a China like in the city of border China’s eastern at is often called the Great Dragon of of Dragon the Great called is often it winds China because across northern The Great Wall of China is the longest longest is the China of Wall Great The It Earth. on planet built ever structure 6

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: preserved in build, blank: fll building builder idioms vcab Look for recovered: from paragraph book simile inimage corner about age fact Fun Fact: In a castle, the toilet was 1 The word castle has a silent “t:” just a hole over the moat, which Find and circle ten words on this made the castle a very smelly place! page that also contain silent letters. Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______

2 Built for Protection 3 Make the words in the box into Castles were built all over Europe in the middle ages. They were built plural nouns and use them to fill for protection from enemies, so they were usually made from stone, in the blanks.

with tall, steep walls to keep enemies out. Some castles were soldier prisoner noble person servant surrounded by a moat to help stop attackers. Many castles had high, narrow windows called arrow loops. Archers shot their arrows through Many ______lived in a castle. In

these slits.. The up and down stonework often seen at the top of a CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com addition to ______such as the king castle are called battlements. The tall parts protected knights and The word wind is a homograph and queen, there were ______to because has two different sounds Name soldiers who were defending the castle. and two different meanings: clean and cook, ______to protect Which of these text features would help you to better understand wind: a guest of air this passage? the castle, and the unlucky ______wind: to twist or curve around a) A map of Europe showing where important castles were located. who were kept in the dungeon. b) A photo of a well-known castle, such as the Tower of London 4 Underline the prepositional phrases. Use the words to fill in the blanks. c) A labeled diagram of a castle showing the different parts. Most castles could only be entered by going over blow blew blue d) An illustration of a castle under attack. the drawbridge and through the gatehouse. v The wind ______the tree down. Date v My kite is yellow and______. 5 Circle the helping verbs. Underline the action 6 Make this compound sentence into two simple sentences. verbs. The castle is well protected, but we have a clever plan. v Can you hear the wind______? The Tower of London is located on the banks of the River ______Thames. The first part of the castle was built by William ______the Conquer in 1066. More sections were added later. k Would you want to live in a castle? On the back of You can visit the Tower if you go to London. this page, write a paragraph explaining why or why not. Word work (silent letters), text feature, verbs and helping verbs, prepositional phrases, nouns, sentence structure. ______the tree. down is a homograph is a wind ______: to twist or curve around : a guest of air blow blew blue wind wind because has two different sounds two different has because meanings: two different and The word Use the words to fill in the Use the blanks. words v The wind v My kite is yellow and______. v Can you hear the wind______? Bonus: Can you think Can Bonus: thatanother of homograph? is a word

Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com A: Becauseshecan’t sit down! he/him we/us we/us 1 Fill in theFill in with blank the pronoun. correct them/it he/she had ever seen. ______had ever The word liberty is The word the as statedefined of On thebeing free. back of this write page, a what about paragraph to you. means freedom k 5 Underline the Underline possessive nouns. Liberty’s on Lady The points seven crown represent the world’s seven continents. he/ him ______the camera so______they/she visiting ______the stature?

in front front a picture in of ______can take of the of Liberty. Statue Give Give Is Mysaid mother the ______was most thing amazing : Why does the the does : Why Statue of Liberty stand stand Liberty of Statue Harbor? York in New Joke

the statue and and the statue ______Use dashes to divide these to divide Use dashes into syllables. words statue liberty ______America______4 reassemble mean? ______mean? suffix suffix From France to America to America France From base word word base About four million people visit the Statue of Liberty each year. each year. of Liberty Statue the visit million people About four Divide each word into base into base word each Divide suffix. a and word Pronoun agreement, inference, vocabulary/context clues, suffixes, syllables, possessive nouns, subject/predicate. syllables, nouns, possessive clues, suffixes, vocabulary/context inference, agreement, Pronoun tourist builder builder sculptor sculptor

crates. The crates were loaded onto a ship for their journey to New New to their journey for ship a onto loaded were The crates crates. to workers for months four took It York. The Statue of Liberty was designed and built in France. When it was When it was in France. built designed and was Liberty of The Statue 200 than more into packed and apart taken it was 1885, in completed was dedicated by President Grover Cleveland on October 28, 1886. 28, October on Cleveland Grover President by dedicated was mount it on the pedestal, which had already been built. The statue The statue built. been already had which the pedestal, it on mount What does the word reassemble the does What word ______Why did theWhy did to be taken statue in France? apart have Circle the the underline Circle and complete complete subject predicate. 2 3

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Fun Fact: Up to 14,000 1 The Panama Canal is one ships go through the of the most ambitious building canal each year. projects in human history. Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______The suffix –ious means: 2 Circle the prepositions. Underline the prepositional phrases. The Panama Canal was built across the Continental Divide, 85 feet (26 m) above sea level. a) full of b) across c) the opposite of c) most 3 World’s Largest Shortcut The Panama canal was built to connect 4 Use a conjunction to combine the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic these two simple sentences:

Ocean. Before the canal was built, The canal was owned by the US. Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com sailors had to take their ships all the Now it belongs to Panama. The word wind is a homograph way around South America. This added ______because has two different sounds thousands of miles and about 5 months and two different meanings:

Name ______to the trip. It was also very dangerous wind: a guest of air ______as the waters around the tip of South wind: to twist or curve around America are often stormy. 5 Add punctuation to the How does the map relate to the text? sentence. ______The workers who built the Panama Use the words to fill in the blanks. Canal faced many challenges ______blow blew blue including rough terrain tropical v The wind ______the tree down. Date How many miles shorter is the trip from San storms flooding landslides food ______Francisco to New York when using the Panama Canal? shortages and tropical diseases v My kite is yellow and______. such as yellow fever and malaria 6 Rewrite the sentence Correctly. v Can you hear the wind______? It take between ate and ten ours four an ship two past threw the Panama canal. ______

k A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL – PANAMA is a palindrome because it reads the same backwards as it does forwards. On the back of this page, write as many words and phrases as you can that are palindromes. Suffix, prepositions, text feature (map), conjunction/sentence structure, punctuation (commas), editing. ______the tree. down is a homograph is a wind ______: to twist or curve around : a guest of air blow blew blue wind wind because has two different sounds two different has because meanings: two different and The word Use the words to fill in the Use the blanks. words v The wind v My kite is yellow and______. v Can you hear the wind______? Bonus: Can you think Can Bonus: thatanother of homograph? is a word

Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com Tower. Tower. ! Eiffel Eiffel exhausting alk. alk. t What is theWhat of meaning the word? underlined a) exciting b) tiring b) fun d) easy l Tower five times. five Tower l 4 We had to rest twice before we before twice rest had to We Climbing all those top. the to got was stairs What is theWhat suffix of the ______word: underlined l Tower next month. next Tower l Give each y if it could up the stairs right now. upnow. right the stairs to the Eiffe the to Underline the possessive pronoun: pronoun: possessive the Underline 1

She took her children to the to children her took She to visit the Eiffe the visit to types of figurative language used here: here: used types language of figurative ______will be / has been ______is climbing / has climbed

Fill in each blank with blank theFill in each verb tense. correct will go / has gone ______Fun Fact : The ffel Ei Tower Tower is repainted years. every seven

ketches of the Eiffel Tower. That group ______My teacher My We 6 Circle the Circle two flame. the to a moth like tower the to drawn were We simile alliteration personification idiom hyperbole metaphor Use the clues to find words the Use words find clues to that rhyme with tower. Strength ______Pretty ______plant In a bathroom ______minutes60 ingredient Baking * homophones. two by the star Put 5 3 s e 4 different things to tower would sa e 4 different It is is . It writ a s well The tower tower . The the om all over le fr a) number bulbs b) number steps of c) yearly visitors d) number stories of e) of the height tower f) year built f) number of elevators on peop At night, the tower is lit with with lit is tower the night, . At speech bubble and Tower by the Numbers by the Numbers Tower en milli a steps, 1,710 and tories

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Possessive pronoun, reading for detail, word work, vocabulary/context clues, figurative language, verb tense. tense. verb language, clues, figurative vocabulary/context work, word detail, for reading pronoun, Possessive On the back of this page, make four quick s sketch a

two elevators two minutes five for sparkle which bulbs 20,000 show. light brilliant a on putting hour, each Near 1889 as an entrance to the Word’s Fair Word’s the to entrance an as 1889 year. each tower the see to come world 324 meters tall, which at that time made it it made time that at which tall, meters 324 world the in building highest the s 108 has el tower in Paris, France was built in built was France Paris, in tower Eiffel The ____1,710 ____324 ____20,000 ____1889 ____7,000,000 ____2 In each blank, write blank, In each the letter the of description that goes the number.

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Joke: Why did the 1 Circle the possessive pronouns:. man open a pizza Julian likes mushrooms on his pizza, and I like pepperoni on mine. restaurant? Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______

2 Answer the question. Remember to restate the question and use a correct punctuation. What is your favorite kind of pizza? ______

3 Pizza Please 4 Use the word parts to make 7 pizza-related words. Mom- 1. ______I know that you are planning to make meatloaf cru 2. ______talian CreatedRachelbyLynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com

for tonight for dinner, but I think we should go 3.______nd I de sy out for pizza instead. Here are three reasons chee 4. ______ce The word wind is a homograph rou peroni because has two different sounds Name why. First, pizza is yummier than meatloaf pep 5. ______st and two different meanings: (obviously). Second, if we go out for pizza you sau 6. ______liver wind: a guest of air will not have to cook anything and I won’t have to 7. ______wind: to twist or curve around clean up. Third, yesterday we got a coupon in the Fill in each blank with the correct verb tense: mail for $2 off of a large pizza at Pizzaland., so 5

we would be saving money! I hope you will agree ate eats will eat

with me that pizza is the perfect choice for Use the words to fill in the blanks. tonight’s dinner. She ______pizza every Thursday. blow blew blue v The wind ______the tree down. Date -Your loving son, Dayne She ______her pizza after she finishes her salad. What is the author’s purpose? She ______her pizza while it was still hot. v My kite is yellow and______.

a) persuade b) inform c) entertain v Can you hear the wind______? 6 k On the other Choose the correct figure of speech: How do you know? side of the paper, They put a ton of cheese on our pizza! write a paragraph ______explaining what a ______a) simile b) hyperbole pizza is to someone ______who has never

c) alliteration d) metaphor seen or tasted one. He wanted to make some dough dough some make to wanted He

Possessive pronouns, restating the question, author’s purpose, word work, verb tense, figurative language. A:

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Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com A: Because hewas Because ahead! N V N V N V N V . . roast the mushrooms? slice of mushroom pizza. Peas in my Garden Garden in my Peas vegetables in the vegetables oven. slice roast You can c) A photo of the narrator’s garden.c) photo A showingd) A table the in nutrients peas. If you come to my garden, you will see three see will you my garden, to come If you are English ones The tallest kinds pea plants. of eat When you my favorite. are also peas. They the shells. not the peas, eat only you English peas, are They Snap peas are my second favorite. both eat You plump also and but sweet. smaller, type are and the the shell peas inside. The third and shells small flat sugar peas. peas Sugar have the shells both eat snap you peas, like peas. Just used in stir-fries. the peas. Sugar peas are often Which of these would most text help features you to understand the passage? a) A labeled illustration of the 3 types of peas. b) A labeled diagram of the parts of a pea plant.

Circle N if the underlined word is a isN a if the Circle word underlined V if it verb. is a Circle noun. please you Would like a I would Dad served with carrots the 1 3

: Why did the the :did Why Joke cabbage win the vegetable race? Add theAdd salad dressing. Eat the Eat salad. the Toss salad. the Wash vegetables. Put a into the vegetables Slice the vegetables. 6 big bowl. Number these sentences 1 them to put to 6 from in the order. correct k On the of thiskinds of vegetables you as list back paper, different many as tried. stars Put never next to your 5 favorites. that ones Underline can. you have of Lettuce Spinach and Kale. and Spinach of Lettuce alot the name of a kind of vegetable. of vegetable. name of kind a the Challenge: Find a word that is also also is that word a Find Challenge: Nouns and verbs, punctuation, text feature, editing, word work, sequence. work, editing, word feature, text punctuation, Nouns and verbs, V EV G E T A B L E ______

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On the back of this paper, list many as different kinds of fruits you can. as ones Underline that you have tried. never starsPut next to your 5 favorites. eeeeeee k

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6 5 Complete each analogy: analogy: Complete each banana cherry: : yellow : : apple seeds: peach: : : lemon : : grapes : sweet :

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Figurative language (idiom), pronoun-antecedent agreement, adjectives, interpreting a text feature, analogies, sequence/visualization. analogies, feature, text a interpreting adjectives, agreement, (idiom), pronoun-antecedent language Figurative Select the correct pronoun for each blank. each for the pronoun correct Select Source: US Apple Associaon

I ate My friends didn’t want My friends didn’t want May some I have of Tom says ______

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On the back of this paper, write a flavor of ice cream for each letter each for On the of this of ice cream write back paper, flavor a of them some to make if you need up). (it is okay of the alphabet k Rewrite the sentence correctly. you’re on sprinkles likes you “Wood ______5 3 6 ) ) ) )

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Joke: What does 1 Memories bread do when it When I was a little girl, I would go to my grandma’s is done baking? house every Saturday and we would make bread Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______together. Grandma always gave me a special piece of the 2 What does the underlined idiom mean? dough to knead by myself, which made me feel very I bet she’ll get a new car for her 16th birthday. Her grown up. While the dough was rising, we would play folks are rolling in dough. cards together at the little table in her kitchen. One of ______the things I remember most is how the aroma of baking ______bread filled the whole house. As soon as we took the

3 Fill in the blanks with the correct homophones: and slather it with butter. I have never in my life tasted The word wind is a homograph You ______to bake the bread for 45 minutes. anything else so delicious. because has two different sounds Name need/knead and two different meanings: What is the tone of this passage? Give evidence wind: a guest of air I ate a ______wheat ______today. from the passage to support your answer. wind: to twist or curve around hole/whole role/roll ______Dad tore a ______of bread off the loaf. ______peace/piece ______Use the words to fill in the blanks. 4 ______blow blew blue – Add the ing suffix ______v The wind ______the tree down. Date to each base word ______to make 3 ______v My kite is yellow and______. new words. Combine these two simple sentences into one compound ______6 sentence. Hint: you will need to add a conjunction. v Can you hear the wind______? 5 Circle the We were out of bread. I bought some more. plural nouns. Use one The hungry people ate seven loaves of bread. ______of______the new words in a sentence. ______

k On the back of this paper, write step-by-step instructions for making your favorite kind of sandwich. It loafs around! around! loafs It

Tone, figurative language (idiom), homophones, suffixes, plural nouns, sentence structure. A: ______the tree. down is a homograph is a wind ______: to twist or curve around : a guest of air blow blew blue wind wind because has two different sounds two different has because meanings: two different and The word Use the words to fill in the Use the blanks. words v The wind v My kite is yellow and______. v Can you hear the wind______? Bonus: Can you think Can Bonus: thatanother of homograph? is a word

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in our our in ______disguise ______. holiday holiday ______favorite favorite feline party We go to all the go to ______We kiss I go trick-or-treating with 3 best my Fill in each blank with the plural form of the form with blank theFill in each plural the noun from box. 1 Finish each simile: simile: each Finish The dark as night was black as ______like was scream terrified Her The full moon round was like The monster’s teeth were sharp were teeth The as monster’s ______The as ghost was quiet as ______friend sugary sugary k and get lots of candy. My candy. of lots neighborhoodget and ______. are Milky and Chocolate Ways ______. Halloween is one of my favorite ______! I always is favorite Halloween one of my Halloween two different go to to get Then, 6 On the back of this paper, write a paragraph of this On the write paper, back paragraph a of, but something thatabout to be afraid you used Illustrate you now. not scare does your paragraph.

: Why : Why into are ghosts ghosts are bad liars? Joke ghoul They believed believed They . . st Use dashes to dashes Use thedivide word Halloween syllables. syllables. ______3

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______the evening before All Saints day was holy, or hallowed. hallowed. or holy, was day All Saints before the evening “Halloween.” became Eve” time, “Hallowed Over Summarize thisSummarize passage: them. Hundreds of years later, Catholics began to to began Catholics later, years them. Hundreds of 1 November on Day All Saints celebrate spirits of the dead came to visit on October 31. The October on visit to came the dead spirits of also evil spirits. They away scare fires to Celts lit big recognize not the the spirits would so masks wore Halloween was first celebrated hundreds of years ago ago years of hundreds celebrated first was Halloween the that Celts believed called People Britain. in Great

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Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com A: Becausethey suspected fowl play. unheat k On the back On the back of this paper, Ten write Top a list of things that you are thankful for. a sentence? a Write the contraction correct pair. word each for 1 Underline the simple subject: theUnderline subject: simple pies. pecan the helped make sister My little were not ______not were ______should not ______should not I will I will ______did not we have will they . in put turkey the you before oven should ______the You : Why did the did the : Why Complete the alliterations: ______the Turkey Tom My______mother Select the word with the correct prefix. with the the word prefix. Select correct a) overheat b) reheat c) preheat d) 6 5 4 3 a) The Pilgrims came America to on a the Mayflower. b) Helped the Pilgrims teachingand by them plant. hunt to c) a difficult The was first winter the one Pilgrims. for d) The Pilgrims the invited Indians eat to with them. Which of these Which is not police arrest the the arrest police turkey? Joke problem solution problem d) ______and and and and The Children’s Table Table The Children’s Simple subject, text structure, sentence structure, prefix, figurative language (alliteration), contractions. (alliteration), language figurative prefix, structure, sentence structure, text Simple subject, a) compare b) description and contrast c) sequence

Which textstructure to write used was this passage? over at the children’s table and saw my cousin doing doing my cousin saw and the children’s table at over the Maybe laughing. was Everyone silly. something all. after place bad a such wasn’t children’s table and eagerly took my place next to my mother, but I soon I soon but mother, my to next my place took eagerly and I looked serious! so were the adults . All bored. grew when I could join the adults at the big table. That day day That table. the big at the adults join I could when excited I was first At old. 13 years I turned when came table set with fancy china dishes and crystal glasses for for glasses crystal dishes and china fancy with set table dishes ordinary with set table smaller a and the adults the day for little, I longed When I was the kids. for Every year my grandma big a tables: two always There are hosts family. whole our for a big Thanksgiving dinner ______Find 4 pairs of antonyms in the of antonyms 4 pairs Find passage: ______2

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1 We did our did Christmas year this early shopping We cookies together. It is a family family a is together. It cookies Underline the possessive pronoun. the Underline pronoun. possessive Rudolf theRudolf Reindeer Red-Nosed Every year my grandma, mom, and I make Christmas mom, I make and my grandma, year Every 6 Select the the synonym for word. underlined Select a) a) activity b) requirement c) habit d) custom

Jingle Bells Bells Jingle ______written in 1939 by Robert L. May. May worked for Montgomery Montgomery for worked May L. May. in by Robert 1939 written a write to was inHis task Chicago. store department a Ward, they when form children in booklet to given be could that story gained popularity The story the store. at Santa see to came Marks, Johnny a song by May’s brother, when it was made into in an animated, RudolphInin starred 1964 1949. later years ten classic. Christmas a has become TV special that stop-motion Who created the Rudolf Reindeer? Red-Nosed a) Robert L. May b) Johnny Marks Ward c) Montgomery Why the did write author the story? Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer may look young, but he isbut Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer young, may look was The original old! story than more 70 years actually the tree. 3 Santa. Santa. the tree Fun Fact: written originally was song. Thanksgiving a as the tree.

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Write preposition a blank in each you see. what to describe gived Many people buy Christmas online. gifts Christmas is on December 25 Christmas is the best day of the year. a gingerbread make is It to fun house. Clause Santa has a white beard. Possessive pronoun, fact and opinion, reading for detail, verb tense, prepositional phrases, vocabulary (synonym). prepositional phrases, vocabulary tense, verb detail, and opinion, reading for pronoun, fact Possessive 5 gave/ k Pretend you are on one of Santa’s elves. On the back of this paper, write a journal entry about your day. Pretend On the of this on of Santa’s one you are write back paper, entry your day. elves. about journal a ______

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noun verb . adjective adjective yeer than this this latkes______in 1 Use the words to Use the words fill in the blanks. the fill in blanks. yummier yummiest yummy . shade blue. of light . On the On . other of this side page is a light the Hanukkah candles. light My Aunt SarahMy makesthe Aunt the ______world! areThey even mom’s and hersmy are pretty ______. actually holds 9 candles: candles: 9 holds actually Rewrite this sentencecorrectly: partys hanukkah too is attending We Draw lines to match the sentence Draw to the the of speech for part word. underlined I will That dreidel Please turn on the 3 4 ______The Festival of Lights menorah : A . one for each night of Hanukkah and a helper a helper and of Hanukkah night each for one candles. other the light is used to that candle Fun Fact dreidel . My brother and I and . My brother . After dinner we dinner we . After house (that’s (that’s house Bubbe’s latkes 6 Answer the question complete using a sentence. of Hanukkah? night last on the on a menorah candles are many How ______menorah k make a list of things that give off light. Try to get at least 20 different things. least to get at list a make 20 different of things that Try give off light. Hanukkah is often Hanukkah called Celebrating Hanukkah Hanukkah Celebrating

, we usually go to my to go usually , we in December. Hanukkah lasts for eight days! days! eight for lasts Hanukkah in December. night/knight Hanukkah. Fill in the correct homophone. first person b) second person c) third person third c) person second b) person first made/maid Superlative adjectives, point of view & author’s purpose, editing, parts of speech, homophones, restating the question. the question. restating speech, homophones, of editing, parts purpose, & author’s view of point adjectives, Superlative ______latkes on

yummy potato pancakes called pancakes yummy potato what I call my grandma) for a special dinner. She makes She makes dinner. special a for my grandma) I call what Each evening, we gather together and light candles in a in a candles light and together gather we evening, Each a called candleholder special a) persuade to b) inform to c) entertain to What is the purpose? What author’s a) From which point of view is this storyview which point of written?From Hanukkah Hanukkah My family is Jewish. That means that we celebrate celebrate we that means That is Jewish. My family also get a small gift each evening. On the first night of of night On the first evening. each gift small a get also play a game with a spinning top called a a called spinning top a with game a play

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Fun Fact: In Italy people wear red 1 Underline the antonyms. underwear on New Year’s Eve to I had to get up early after bring them luck in the coming year. staying up late on New Year’s Eve.. Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______

2 Replace each verb with a better, more 3 Successful Resolutions descriptive verb. Many people make New Year resolutions. A resolution a kind of promise you make to yourself to help make your life better. That was a ______New Year’s Eve party. For example, you might resolve to eat less sugar, try harder in good math, or learn to play the piano. Often people make resolutions The fireworks at midnight were ______. that are hard to keep. One way to increase your chances of

nice success is to make smaller resolutions. For example, instead of Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com Everyone ______“Happy New Year!” resolving to stop eating sugar, you could decide to drink water The word wind is a homograph because has two different sounds said instead of sugary drinks like soda and juice, but still allow and two different meanings:

Name yourself some sugary treats. 4 Rewrite the sentences correctly. wind: a guest of air What is the main idea of this passage? wind: to twist or curve around We allways going to the movies on knew years day. ______Use the words to fill in the blanks. blow blew blue i no this wills bee a grate year Select the meaning of the 6 Fill in the blanks with 5 v The wind ______the tree down. Date underlined word. the correct verb tense. ______I tried to coax Emmett into coming to the New Year’s went will go v My kite is yellow and______. ______Eve party, but he just wanted to stay home and watch TV. I ______to summer v Can you hear the wind______? a) trick b) persuade c) force d) shame camp last year. Next year I Use the word coax in a new sentence: ______to visit my ______cousins in Vermont.

k On the back of this paper, make a list of at least ten things you are looking forward to in this new year. Antonyms, word choice, main idea, editing, vocabulary/context clues, verb tense. Fun Fact: Martin Luther King skipped two grades and started college at age 15. Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______

1 Dr. King lead peaceful protests. He believed that 2 A Great American laws could be changed through nonviolent actions. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader in the Civil Rights What does the prefix non- mean? movement in the 1950s and 60s. He wanted black people to have the same rights as white people. At that time, black people were a) part of b) less than segregated from white people. That meant they could not go to c) again d) the opposite of the same schools, restaurants, swimming pools, theaters and other

3 Choose the correct sentence structure: public places as white people. Dr. King gave thousands of speeches Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com and wrote five books. He lead nonviolent demonstrations, marches, The word wind is a homograph Dr. King accomplished a great deal in his short life. and boycotts. In 1963 Dr. King gave his famous I Have a Dream because has two different sounds speech to more than 250,00 people. A year later in 1964, the Civil and two different meanings: Name a) simple b) compound d) complex wind: a guest of air Rights Act was passed which outlawed segregation in public places. 4 Fill in the blanks with helping verbs. Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968. We celebrate Martin wind: to twist or curve around have was will Luther King Jr. Day to honor and remember his life and his work. Martin Luther King Jr. ______born in Georgia. Summarize this passage______Use the words to fill in the blanks. ______I ______learned a lot about Dr. King. blow blew blue We ______celebrate MLK day tomorrow. ______v The wind ______the tree down. Date v My kite is yellow and______. 5 Circle the letters that 6 Cross out the incorrect homophones in this sentence from Dr. King’s I Have a should be capitalized. Dream speech and replace them with the correct ones.. v Can you hear the wind______? we celebrate martin I luther king jr. day on the Eye have a dream that my for little children will won day live inn a nation ware they will third monday in january. knot bee judged buy the color of they’re skin butt bye the content of there character. plays/playing gave/gived k What is your dream for your country? Write a paragraph about your dream on the back of this paper. Summarizing, context/prefix, sentence structure, helping verbs, capitalization, homophones.

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classmates. classmates. imental delivering valentines to my to valentines delivering I walked around the classroom classroom the around I walked ! ! 3 Underline the Underline prepositional phrases. Show how Kyla decorated decorated Show how Kyla mailbox. Valentine’s her

Hint: Read the entire description first and and description first entire the Read Hint: decorations the draw will outplan you how of time. ahead 1 ______: Why :do Why On what day of the week is Valentine’s Day this year? year? this Day Valentine’s is week of the day what On Joke celebrate skunks Va l e n t i n e ’ s Day ?

______Answer the question in complete a sentence. 6 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH : I maid an Valentine four me mother four Valentine I maid an My Mailbox ______is to make five five make to is : ______: ______: strategy by heart by heart of gold put his it heart into Pretend you have been put in charge of planning your class Valentine’s Day party. On the of Day back Valentine’s your class of planning in put been charge Pretend you have this write page, activities and kinds the of games What party. about will you eat? What will there be? Reading for detail, idioms, prepositional phrase, editing, context clues/synonym, restating the question. restating clues/synonym, idioms, prepositional phrase, editing, context detail, Reading for Explain the meaning of each of these theExplain idioms meaning ofeach Rewrite the sentence correctly: k She has a I thatknow song He really

I also drew a purple heart on each side of my name. Now that my box is my box that sideon each myNow name. of drew Ipurplea also heart tomorrow! party Day Valentine’s the for ready all I am done, one in each corner, with the points sticking in toward the slot. Then, I used the slot. in toward sticking inone corner, each with the points on the front. letters in capital big, Kyla, my name, write to purplea marker started by painting my whole box red. While the paint was drying, was I cut red. While the paint box my whole by painting started the lid, onto big pink hearts I four glued paper. construction of out hearts Today, we decorated our mailboxes for Valentine’s Day. We had all brought brought had all We Day. Valentine’s for our mailboxes decorated we Today, in the lids. I cut slot a to had used special a knife and Ms. Kurtz in shoeboxes

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5 4 2 Valentines each night for the week before Valentine’s Day. Day. Valentine’s before week the for night each Valentines b) plan a) task c) mother d) wish Select a synonym for the underlined word. the synonym a for word. underlined Select my so biga class, have We

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toothbrush toothbrush assembly about weekend weekend February America America ______strawberry strawberry : : Underline theUnderline predicate: simple George George holiday holiday Everyone at our school our at school Everyone attended a special special a attended president president

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Day. Day. • with 3 syllables. • words compound • the underline nouns. proper • next to words that have nothing to do with Presidents’ : What do you call call do you : What Joke Washington’s George false teeth? : : Washington : : : th (our/hour)

3 Lincoln penny: Washington: : : Presidents’ Day Monday: Mother’s: : Day Complete each analogy Completeeach : president : : castle : queen Obama 44: , started to gain to , started first president. president. first th no school. no school. ______theres theres Washington was George Washington’s Birthday or Presidents’ or Birthday Day? Washington’s George Fill in the blank: Possessive nouns, punctuation, analogies, reading for detail/comprehension, word work/vocabulary, homophones work/vocabulary, word detail/comprehension, reading for analogies, nouns, punctuation, Possessive 6

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d) Monday is Presidents’ Day so, there’s no school. b) Monday is so there’s Presidents’ Day, no school. c) Monday is so Presidents’ Day, Select the correctly punctuatedSelect sentence. a) Monday is Presidents’ Day so

______Why is Washington’s Birthday often Presidents’ Birthday called Day? Why is Washington’s ______but the name change has never been officially changed by changed congress. officially been has never change the name but popularity around this time and many people started calling the holiday calling started people popularity around this time and many Day, as Presidents’ the holiday is widely known Today, Day. Presidents’ create a three-day weekend. The idea that this holiday also celebrates thiscelebrates holiday also The idea that three-daya weekend. create 12 which is February Lincoln’s Abraham birthday, a federal holiday. In 1971, George Washington’s Birthday was moved moved was Birthday Washington’s George In 1971, holiday. federal a to in order inMonday February the third to birthday his actual from held ceremonies to remember his life on his birthday, February 22. In22. February on his birthday, his remember life to held ceremonies Birthday George Washington’s make 1800s, a law was passed to the late In the years following George Washington’s death in 1799, Americans in 1799, death Washington’s George following In the years

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Make new words words new Make the letters from in the word: ______’ nearby. Last week, I played a a I week, played Last ’ nearby. A Bit O’ Mischief A Mischief Bit O’ livin , for the most part. The forest be me me be The forest part. the most , for meself true I sometimes cause a bit o’ mischief for for bit a o’ cause mischief true I sometimes ’ shoes. ‘Tis On the other of this side write paper, illustrate and story short a called: Point of view/inference, prepositional phrases, simile, word work, comparative and superlative adjectives, adjectives and adverbs. adjectives adjectives, and superlative comparative work, prepositional phrases, simile, word view/inference, of Point k

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______How do you know? Give evidence from the text from to How you know? do Give evidence your answer. support cobblerin Who is narrating this story? bonny wife, and a new pair o’ shoes for the wee ones and a new pair o’ shoes for wife, bonny knacka for I’ve too. were, they shoes, Fine as well. you! The silly townsfolk wouldn’t buy the green milk, so wouldn’t The silly townsfolk you! his and farmer the for table the on gold o’ bit a I left a shamrock. That caused quite a commotion, let me tell tell me let commotion, a quite caused shamrock.a That the farmer who be the farmer milk as green as give merry trick little and had his cows I keep to to I keep home.

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Fun Fact: Earth Day is 1 Circle the pronoun. celebrated by more than We picked up litter on Earth Day. a billion people worldwide! Bonus: Can you think of another word that is a homograph? ______

2 Rewrite this sentence correctly: 3 How Earth Day Began Re cycling just won aluminum can save enouf Earth Day was started by a senator from Wisconsin base word suffix named Gaylord Nelson. Nelson loved nature and was energie two watch tv for three ours! sculptor concerned that nothing was being done by the government ______to protect the environment. “For several years, it has been builder ______troubling me that the state of the environment is simply a tourist Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com Divide these words. non-issue in the politics of our country,” Nelson wrote in a 4 5 Fill in the blanks with the correct verb tense. 1962 article. Nelson tried for years to get congress to take The word wind is a homograph reusing because has two different sounds planted will plant his concerns seriously, but they were not interested., so he _____ + ______+ _____ and two different meanings:

Name decided to take his cause directly to the people. On April prefix base word suffix Last year we ______wind: a guest of air 22, 1970, more than 20 million people from colleges, high 50 trees on Earth Day. wind: to twist or curve around renewable schools, and local communities around the country This year we ______+ ______+ _____ participated in a demonstration bring awareness to prefix base word suffix at least 75 trees. environmental issues. In 1971, Earth Day was made an Use the words to fill in the blanks. 6 Select the synonym for the underlined word. official international holiday. blow blew blue What was the problem that Nelson wanted to solve? You can conserve energy by turning off lights when you are not v The wind ______the tree down. Date using them and by walking or riding a bike instead of driving. ______v My kite is yellow and______. a) waste b) save c) use d) create ______v Can you hear the wind______? Use the word conserve in a new sentence. How did Nelson solve the problem? ______k On the back of this page, make a list of at least ten things you could do to celebrate Earth Day. Parts of Speech (pronoun), editing, problem-solution, prefix/base word/suffix, verb tense, context clues/synonym. Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com -bold brave -false, -false, the shirt to get the stain out. out. the the shirt stain get to fake rewash -timid, shy now, becausenow, it rhyme does with not the other words. she, him,We, me. The narrator is having a snowball fight. Clues: being pummeled, mittens soaked were through, didn’t look like a wimp, to andwant she being were knew were beat. timid-bold, false-factual, reject-accept, wide-narrow, miniature-enormous. Synonyms: mittens, find hat, before I go outside.I need to my and boots up,through, in, around, on. over, b. again I had to sunshine, answers. sunscreen, sunburn,student sunlight,in inside, without, ultraviolet, words +all copyright, underline, sunglasses, Answers The will fire sun as a forest vary. as was hot melt. melted, melt, will a persuade. The author says it is and important not tells why wearing sunscreen can be dangerous. Also at the end, the author reminds the reader wear sunscreen wherever skin is with covered clothing.not C, R R, F, C, F, Answers will reuse, vary: resaid, recook, remake, return, reschedule rework, replay, rewash, recreate, rerun, retake,

⑤ ⑥ SNOW ① ② ③ ④ ④ ⑤ ⑥ SUNSHINE ① ② ③

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I will Bonus: duck, back, bar, park, land, bat, can, fine, file, tear, sink, mind, just, spoke. match, rose, rock, sign, permit, watch, foot, Answers will vary: Answers will (samples) vary The top, stop (or post) pot hit hint), (or thin tin, blew, blue, blow blow blue, blew, d. unendingc. make draftiest draftier, breeziest breezier, windiest windier, O, F, F, O, F

sprinkle, drizzle, downpour shower, Answers may (sample): vary I don’t want to rain on your rain parade to I don’t want plans. 6, 1, 5, 4, 2, 3 rainingIt’s cats and dogs When it it rains pours Answers may cane, vary: lane, crane, mane, pane, sane, vane, wane, Parasols protect people theParasols sun from protect and umbrellas protect people Umbrellas rain. from are waterproof and parasols are not.

⑥ ⑤ ③ ④ ① ② WIND WIND Verb: If it rains Today we will cancel we to the have it picnic. Today If rains Verb: Noun: I love walking Noun: in I love the rain. ⑥ ⑤ ④ ③ ②

① RAIN Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com dangerous, sparkling, deep,long, shallow, wide, muddy, polluted. a geyser– babbling, splash, trickled babbling brook alliteration: The Nile is the but longest river, the Amazon carries more water. cities, rivers People, beavers, dams, rivers sequenced – The passage is written in sequence telling because by it starts a river begins.how Then small it tells how streams come the make river rivers to together and shape how canyons, ravines it and Finally, tells where valleys. a river ends. Answers will wild, samples:– vary rough, meandering, wet, slow, loud, big, thundering,fast, rushing, lazy, flowing, gentle, quiet, O, F, O, F, O than, you’re its, times), Sahara, (several Sahara United Desert, States, Africa name, Student (if month writtenKalahari Desert, Rachel Lynette, answers) student line, date on Answers will sample:– vary The desert largest on is Earth the Sahara Desert. is It so big that a person can walk hundreds of miles and only see sand the Sahara, by which is covered percent of Africa dunes. Ten means it is only a little smaller than the United States. groups, burrows, rooms, meerkats, legs, jackals, drier is drier an adjective, while (note: hotter, dryer is a noun).

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To make a small make issueTo or problem a big deal. into Answers will - samplevary d – Mount St. Helens St. isd Mount – a volcano in southwest Washington. wouldn’t, she’s, won’t. she’s, won’t. wouldn’t, The disadvantage of havingThe disadvantage white fur is that it absorb does not themuch sun, from light so the it keep does animal not as warm would. fur dark as tall, tallest, taller mammalsSome mountain white have blend fur in to order in with predators. from safe stay the to snow

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The ⑥ ⑤ ④ ③ ② ① MOUNTAINS MOUNTAINS Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com – adventure– - fantasy – travel – biography– – fable run out run hanging explore When penguins feather new push molt, out old feathers. a - onomatopoeia Answers will samples: – vary verbs: slide, waddle, swim, sleep, eat adjectives: small cute, summarize, waterproof, replacement, adjectives, underline, emperor,syllables, Australia, homophone, yesterday, colony, adjectives,created, copyright, syllables, homophones, plus student answers. feet. colonies, babies, Some see, where,ate, prey, are are might might café. wave, cane, cove, gave, Troglobites are animals that spend their entire lives in a cave. darkness, blackness, dampness, coldness dark was It inthe but had flashlights. cave, we Stephen Bishop:The Bear Cave Planand Explorer theYour BatTripThe toUnicorn Mammoth and Cavethe Enchanted will Cave Dakota Smith and the Cavern of Doom

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A snake. because I know says It it coils body its around its andprey because whole prey its it and swallows will need to not I think weeks. several eat it for is an Anaconda because they spend of time in a lot the water. That red, and snake green has yellow, stripes. There are rattlesnakes in Phoenix, Arizona. seeingI like snakes in but real on life. TV, not see snakes any on did not our we hike. Fortunately, The long, green snake slithered though the grass. wormb – because a reptile. it is not or because c – a long it have body. does not waiting, biting, squeezing, swallowing, digesting There are except snakes Antarctica. continent on every Answers will sample: – vary The silent snake slithered silently through the grass. tall

The injured octopus Answers will - samples: vary The hungry All of those seahorses The baby sea turtle The past – fish away. swam The fish will future – swim away. The fish isswimming present – away. jellyfish,seaweed, stingray, shipwreck, underwater, sailboat. would. pair, tails, I think humans only have been the of the to bottom Mariana Trench twice because it is probably expensive and difficult to themake trip. The submarine be able to have withstand would to all the pressure and cold. Also,there be much see might not to there.down a. under c. sea

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③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ② Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com to Emily to and Claire. scampered their burrows. into , hop –er, hutch bunny –s, , hop -s –er, , care –ful ing b – sharksb – of teeth a lot have People,teeth, knives, fish (or fishes) Sharks but can’t they swim can swim backwards. fast, b - ate Answers carnivorous, ferocious, scary, will big, vary: gray, swimming, hunting, biting, devouring. hop jump, – graze adorable timid cute, – eat, – shy. – The Tale of Peter Rabbit of Peter I reada – The Tale My, His, our His, My, cause1. They damage crops. to eat2.They animals other all and it for the hard make food to food. find 3. ruin They grazing livestock. land for fur -y, nibble – The frightened littleThe frightened rabbits SHARKS SHARKS ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑥ ⑤ RABBITS RABBITS ① ② ③ ④ . : She could not find: She could her her shoe not last for and late was : Sonja tossed her shoes of around instead her web

BOOT, BOAT, COAT, COLT, COLD. COLT, COAT, BOAT, BOOT, flew flown, fly, darkadjectives: adverbs: gray, swiftly, quietly Owls special have feathers that help them fly to quietly. up late. are it you means a night owl, If stay like to you T, F, F, T silent, inaudible,silent, hushed, noiseless, soundless.

“Wow, look at look all those baby spiders!”“Wow, said Cleo. “There be must hundreds them,” of Sophie replied. she’d, isn’t, I’ll, don’t. he’d, we’ve, aren’t, you’re, Cause There is a spider in the corner web-weaving class. putting them neatly. away Effect Answers will dip, vary: dips, rid, ride, rip, ripe, rise, die, dies, red, rep, ire, per, dire, spire, spied, pie, pride, side, dries, ide, sire sir, F, F, O, O, F

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compound, simple, complex. are nouns. c - metaphor c - metaphor Possible answers: becauseAustralia it is the only proper noun. becausePocket it has 2 syllables and 3. the have other words becausePowerful it is an adjective and the are other words a – many plenty + a many – butKangaroos walk or cannot they run can jump and far, fast because their legs move must they together.

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④ ③ ② ① KANGAROOS KANGAROOS Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com , Saturn Majoris Canis pronouns: It, it, it, it, It, pronouns: there,” over said Nathan. can “Look d – see the “You Big Dipper.” compound, complex, simple. from the Earth from inform to b – The author is giving information factual about the nearest stars The Earth. authorto trying is convince not the to reader do to think or anything. your goalsSet high dream – big. common sun, nouns: sun, star orbit. VY nouns: proper d – Marsd – andis barren dry, a cold, planet. you’d, wouldn’t, it’s, aren’t. cold. colder, coldest, MARS. MARE, MALE, MOLE, Answers will possible – vary answers: Mars is about 50 million miles furtherthe son from than Earth. is of Earth The nearly diameter twice that of Mars. A day on Mars and a day on are Earth nearly the same length. A Mars year is much longer than an Year. Earth isIt much colder on Mars than on Earth. b - without ⑤ ⑥ STARS STARS ① ② ③ ④ MARS MARS ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ wrote his initials daughter’s wrote and in the quote

A comet forms a tail when forms a tail orbit its A comet brings it closer the to sun. The sun heats up so the that comet it releases gases make to the tail. disappears tail A comet’s when the it is sun from away because without the heat of the sun, the gases released are not to form it. sightings, snowballs, orbits, gases,comets, comets, comets, antonyms, years, astronomers, nouns, kilometers, millions, things, comets, forms, nouns, rights, comets, clues, antonyms, adverbs, plus answers. student a - correctly dark. cold or bright, hot, faster was, studied, predicted, return, was, named.

soon, room, book, coop, scoop, brook. scoop, coop, book, room, soon, Answers will Possible – vary answers: white, pale, round, bright, barren, rocky, mysterious. dusty, crescent, full, half, cold, distant, The moon has only two sides. see We one of them. is because I know Eugene Cernan’sTracy daughter. the text says that Cernan he says initials. that he scratched Tracy’s b - Dora weigh, than, there, weak. F, F, O, F, O

② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ COMETS COMETS ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ① THE MOON THE Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com . : Because the answer is a trademarked term, it term, be cannot trademarked used here. But it! know you I bet Quiz faster than brother. my faster skate Verb: I can jumper, swimmer, diver, skater, runner, skier runner, skater, diver, swimmer, jumper, Answers will sample: – vary Thousands in of athletes compete in sporting thedifferent Summer events Games. and Winter defeat third, ball, water), (or pool Answers will sample: – vary Noun: One of the wheels is left on broken my skate d – bannedd – dis + qualify + ed Our a bronze won team medal, two silvers, and a gold. the national anthem of the the gold medalist’s event, After iscountry played. GamesThe 2014 Winter held were in Sochi, Russia. The ski but looks fun, jump also looks scary! events Darwin Jones, Seattle Sounders Seattle Jones, Darwin Lucy, Tuesday, August Sunday: cousins Teach play to soccer at Grandmas. Monday:Wildcats practice. inTuesday: the Practice park with Dad. Wednesday: Wildcats practice. Thursday: in the Practice park with Dad. Friday: Wildcats practice Saturday: Soccer games. play like to soccer. or play No, I do not I like to soccer. Yes, touch theIn aren’t you to soccer, ball allowed with your hands. Possible answers: kicking, defending, running, jogging, slipping, falling, yelling, missing, goal-tending, head-bunting, dodging, cheering, resting, jumping, passed, ball, made. GO FOR THE GOLD! GOLD! THE FOR GO ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ SOCCER SOCCER ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ : tackled , was , was : Jackie Robinson the was first black player play to on , , can make kick running win

Robinson was drafted by theRobinson Brooklyn by drafted was Dodgers. Robinson handled threats angry from with fans grace. Robinson named was Rookie of the Year. N. N, V, V, N, V, missed. threw, pitcher, The National Baseball Hall is of Fame in York. Cooperstown, New I play baseball on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. Answers will sample – vary Main idea over the fence, into the cornfield. the into fence, over a major league baseball team. Supporting details

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② BASEBALL ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ① FOOTBALL Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com . , can visit , were added, were : which, some, middle, built, made, stone, were, built walked across walked Niagara Falls on a tightrope on June , was , was ocated Wallenda The castle is well protected. We have a clever plan. a clever have We The castle is well protected. Possible answers moat, attackers, high, narrow, windows, arrow, through, attackers, high, windows, arrow, moat, narrow, stonework, often, battlements,Europe, fill, where, photo, noble, queen,knight, who, dungeon, underline, soldiers, would,phrases, could, drawbridge, you, gatehouse, Conquer, more, live, back, write, explaining, Name Date, copyright, a labeledc – diagrama castle of showing parts. the different prisoners. soldiers, servants, nobles, people, the drawbridge,over through the gatehouse l is over bring Niagara to will Falls, you to go you a camera. If want a - created. Nik 23, 2012. F, F, O, O, F, O bigger ⑥ CASTLES ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ NIAGARA FALLS FALLS NIAGARA ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥

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Extremesports are dangerous because the sport often challenginginvolves in obstacles nature such as rough water, high or harsh mountains, weather may They also or terrain. moving at highinvolve speeds or jumping high from places. The skydiver jumped out an of airplane. The skydiver will land on the ground. go bungee to jumping“Do want you Grandma asked. tomorrow?” alliteration O, F, O, O, F There, their they’re,

② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA OF CHINA WALL THE GREAT ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ① EXTREME! EXTREME! Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com the Continental Divide the Continental sea level. his, mine his, Answers will sample: – vary kind of pizzaMy favorite is pepperoni with cheese. extra persuade to a – becauseI know the author who is is a boy trying convince to his pizza go out mom to for of cooking instead dinner at home. He gives three reasons should they why out go and says he hopes his mom will agree with him. round, sauce, deliver, cheesy, Italian crust, ate eat, will eats, b - hyperbole above a – fulla – of across The map the relates because to text much it how shows shorter the journey through the Panama Canal is than going all the around way South America. miles shorter. 7,800 The the canal US, owned by was but it belongs now Panama. to The workers who built the Panama challenges many Canal faced including: roughtropical terrain, flooding, storms, landslides, food shortages, and tropical diseases and such as fever yellow malaria. a a ship hours and between eight ten for pass takes to It through the Panama Canal. PIZZA ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ THE PANAMA CANAL CANAL PANAMA THE ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ist -i-ca , A-mer ty , lib-er-

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Lady Liberty’s,Lady world’s people million four About Subject: Predicate: visit the of Liberty Statue each year. she, it, she,she, him, it, us. he, apart be becauseThe taken in to had France statue it too was big and heavy ship to America. to Reassemble means put to back together. + tour er, + build or, + sculpt stat-

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⑥ ⑤ ② ③ ① ④ THE STATUE OF LIBERTY LIBERTY OF STATUE THE Created by Rachel Lynette copyright ©2016 all rights reserved www.rachel-lynette.com : rough,: tropical, orange, citrus, segmented, : red, smooth, hard, crunchy, red,: crunchy, smooth, hard, : round, juicy, sweet, edible, delicious, yummy, nutritious sweet, : round, juicy, people, loaves loaves people, out were of bread, soWe I bought some more. cities, rivers People, beavers, dams, rivers The in tone this passage The is happy authorand sentimental. is telling about a happy memory of baking bread with her She remembersgrandmother. good the how baking bread smelled, playing cards with of the her grandma and the taste freshly baked bread with butter. need, whole, roll, piece tasting baking, rising, The which apples are grown in the US and which ones are the Thegrown the is text about most. there how are thousands of kinds of apples, but are can available only You in a few stores. thesee chart from kinds that many not of apples are grown in amounts. large sourred, pit, 3, 2, 6, 4, 1, 5 c - boss my your, he, their, we, Answers will sample– vary answers: only orange only apple both

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love, hate hate love, “Would you like sprinkles you “Would on your sundae?” she asked. cold, hot Mom, Dad, and huge, small least most, frostier, frostiest hard, frosty, sweet, vanilla, tasty, drippy, homemade, frozen. drippy, vanilla, tasty, sweet, frosty, hard, creaminess creamier, tastier, tastiest and descriptive and phrases words such as, cold and creamy, fudge, and perchedstreams of hot red cherry. a bright, Answers will sample:– vary b- description Because the author describes the sundae using of detail lots I like to eatI like to creamice in a cone because then can you carry it with you.

able, gable, glee, gab, leave, eave, eve, ate, eat, beat, let, belt. belt. let, beat, eat, ate, eve, eave, leave, gab, glee, gable, able, 2, 6, 5, 1, 4, 3 bale, beet, lab, late, bate, gate, bleat, beg, bet, tab, tale, ale, blat, blat, ale, tale, tab, Answers vat, willbet, beg, possible– vary vet, table, bleat, answers: get, veg, gate, bate, late, lab, beet, bale, bee, age, bag, lee, bat, tea, lea, lave, lag,gave, tag, gal, gee, tee, a – a A labeled– illustration of the 3 types of pea plants. of lettuce,d I– eat spinach, a lot and kale. used the vegetables to make a big pot of soup.used dinner, a bigMom pot make At to the vegetables declared, “This is the best tasted!” soup ever I have V, N, N, V beans, celery, bought carrots, at the andWe potatoes store, washed home, we all Then of the got When vegetables. we Dad

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adjectives: sly, clever, littleadjectives: clever, sly, adverb: quickly, lucky, luckier, luckiest luckiest luckier, lucky, littlest little,littler, greenest greener, green, pare, pane, pale, plea, prance, lance, peal, real, hear, eel, nap, cleverest cleverer, clever, Answers will vary, possible answers: milk as green as a shamrock. answers: possible vary, will Answers can, cap, cape, carp, care, cane, lane, car, leap, cheap, ear, near, peach, reach, preach, peel, reel, heel, heal, heel, cheep, here, rap, I wore a greenI wore shirt Answers will samples:– vary I saw a leprechaun The of gold was pot leprechauns do. Also, he lives alone in and the he left forest the farmergold for and leprechauns of gold. Also, pots have he makes shoes, and leprechauns are cobblers. a leprechaun I itknow is a leprechaun because the narrator is using an Irish Alsoaccent. he is causing mischief, which is something

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