Matterhorn Bobsleds

1 Name: ______

Readability: 3.0

The Maerhorn Bobsleds

The Maerhorn Bobsled ride is a thrill ride at Disneyland, California. 11 The Bobsled ride is a roller coaster. The ride was build to look like a 26 mountain. The mountain was made to look like is the Maerhorn in the 39 Swiss Alps. 41 The roller coaster is a steel track. It is the ﬁrst tubular steel connuous 55 track roller coaster in the world. The ride opened on June 14, 1959. 68 The Maerhorn has a funny start. When Disneyland was constructed, 78 the workers put dirt from the castle between Fantasyland and 88 Tomorrowland. Everyone thought it looked like a mountain. 96 Walt Disney was just back from Switzerland, where the real Maerhorn 108 is. He thought up the ride. He sent a message to one of his workers. The 123 message had a picture of the Maerhorn. The message said: “Vic. Build 135 this. Walt.” 137 And the Maerhorn was born. 142

Words Read: ______minus mistakes: ______equals wpms: ______2 Name: ______

The Matterhorn Comprehension Quiz

Read and answer the following questions:

1. What is the name of the Disney park where the Maerhorn is?

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2. What year did the Maerhorn open? ______

3, The Maerhorn is ______steel connuous track roller coaster in the world.

4. What is the Maerhorn modeled aer? ______

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5. Write three sentences to summarize the arcle: ______

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3 Name: ______

The Matterhorn A Way With Words

Use the letters in the following sentence to make as many words as possible. The crazier the better.

We went to Disneyland in California and rode on the Matterhorn bobsleds.

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Name: ______

The Matterhorn Sentence Completer

Use each word in a sentence of your own.

1. (Matterhorn) ______

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2. (Disneyland) ______

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3. (bobsled) ______

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4. (constructed) ______

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5. (steel) ______

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6. (worker) ______

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7. (picture) ______

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5 Name: ______

The Matterhorn All in the Word Family

In each box, read the clues and add endings to the underlined word to make words that ﬁt the word family. Remember, an ending somemes changes the spelling of the base word.

Ride

Two or more: ______

A person who rides: ______

Ride in the past:______

Walk

Two or more: ______

A person who walks: ______

Walk in the past:______

Play

Two or more: ______

A person who plays: ______

Play in the past:______

6 Name: ______

The Matterhorn Puzzle Play

Think of the word that ﬁts in each box. Use the leers in the shaded boxes to guess the bonus word.

What the cars of the Matterhorn are called? What you put in a drink to make it cool? What would you do after a long day at Disneyland? The opposite of up. Sign to tell you it is the way out. We hope it is a ______day. Opposite of big. Red, green or yellow crunchy fruit. Water falling from the sky. What you do when you are thirsty.

Hint: The happiest place on earth.

7 Name: ______

How Many Ways Can You Say…

How many ways can you say the following words. List the synonyms for each of the words below

fun like

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ride said

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8 Answers – Where Applicable

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1. What is the name of the Disney park where the Maerhorn is? Disneyland, California

2. What year did the Maerhorn open? 1959

3, The Maerhorn is the ﬁrst teel connuous track roller coaster in the world.

4. What is the Maerhorn modeled aer? The Maerhorn Mountain in Switzerland

5. Write three sentences to summarize the arcle: Answers will vary

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What the cars of the Maerhorn are called. b o b s l e d What you put in a drink to make it cool. i c e What would you do aer a long day at Disneyland. s l e e p The opposite of up. d o w n Sign to tell you it is the way out. e x i t We hope it is a ______day. s u n n y Opposite of big. l i t t l e Red, green or yellow crunchy fruit. a p p l e Water falling from the sky. r a i n What you do when you are thirsty. d r i n k