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Editing

100

When you finish reading this, stand up. Jump up and down for ________ [ⓐ won ⓑ win ⓒ one ⓓ once] minute. Then count your heartbeats for 15 seconds.

c

200

When you exercise, you heart beats faster. Your _________ [ⓐ hart ⓑ hard ⓒ heart ⓓ heart] is a muscle.

d

300

When it beats _______ [ⓐ fastest ⓑ faster ⓒ fast ⓓ slow] , it gets stronger. It even grows a little!

b

400

It even grows a little! You should exercise at least three days each ________ [ⓐ weak ⓑ weke ⓒ Weak ⓓ week] for 20 to 30 minutes at a time. Get up and do something. Make your heart stronger!

d

500

____________ [ⓐ Thats ⓑ That wasⓒ That’s ⓓ That’is] because some places do not get snow. ______________ [ⓐ Austin texas ⓑ austin, texasⓒ Austin Texas ⓓAustin, Texas], is one place where it rarely snows.

c/d

Inferences

100

Crack! Thunder struck and rain poured. Max stared blankly out the window, trying to contain his emotions that raged like the weather. He was beginning to lose it. Dropping the kite from his hand, Max broke out into full sobs. His mother comforted him, “There, there, Max. We’ll just find something else to do.” She began to unpack the picnic basket that was on the counter and offered him a sandwich. Max snapped, “I don’t wanna sand-mich!” A flash from the sky lit up the living room. Boom! Mom sighed. Why is Max sad?

It is raining and he cannot go outside to play.

200

"Tommy!" Mom called out as she walked in the front door. "Tommy," she continued shouting, "I sure could use some help with these groceries. There was still no reply. Mom walked into the kitchen to put the grocery bags down on the counter when she noticed shattered glass from the picture window all over the living room floor and a baseball not far from there. "I'm going to kill you, Tommy!" Mom yelled to herself as she realized that Tommy's shoes were gone. Why is Mom mad at Tommy?

Tommy broke the window with the baseball

300

Today was a special day in Ms. Smith's class. Some of the children were walking around the room, some of them were standing in small groups, and some of them were at their desks, putting finishing touches on cardboard mailboxes. After coloring a cool flame on the side of his racecar mailbox, Johnny hopped out of his chair, strutted over to Veronica's desk, and dropped a small white envelope into her princess castle mailbox. Veronica blushed and played with her hair. While this was happening, Bartleby was frantically trying to put a small white envelope into everyone's mailbox. After giving one to Ms. Smith, Bartleby pulled out a medium-sized red envelope from his pocket. He blushed and tried to put it in Veronica's mailbox, but it wouldn't quite fit. Bartleby struggled with it for a few seconds and then ran off with the envelope. Veronica rolled her eyes and popped her gum. What day is it? How do you know?

Valentines day

400

Today was a special day in Ms. Smith's class. Some of the children were walking around the room, some of them were standing in small groups, and some of them were at their desks, putting finishing touches on cardboard mailboxes. After coloring a cool flame on the side of his racecar mailbox, Johnny hopped out of his chair, strutted over to Veronica's desk, and dropped a small white envelope into her princess castle mailbox. Veronica blushed and played with her hair. While this was happening, Bartleby was frantically trying to put a small white envelope into everyone's mailbox. After giving one to Ms. Smith, Bartleby pulled out a medium-sized red envelope from his pocket. He blushed and tried to put it in Veronica's mailbox, but it wouldn't quite fit. Bartleby struggled with it for a few seconds and then ran off with the envelope. Veronica rolled her eyes and popped her gum. Which boy does Veronica like? How do you know?

Johnny

500

Every day after work Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. Alice would have a fit if the boots made it so far as the welcome mat. He then took off his dusty overalls and threw them into a plastic garbage bag; Alice left a new garbage bag tied to the porch railing for him every morning. On his way in the house, he dropped the garbage bag off at the washing machine and went straight up the stairs to the shower as he was instructed. He would eat dinner with her after he was “presentable,” as Alice had often said. What kind of Job does Paul have? How do you know?

any job that requires him to work outside

Vocabulary

100

Impede: In order to not impede the construction effort and to help the job get done quicker, the town closed the road and kept people away.

slow down, stop

200

Contaminate: Don’t bring your drinks into the chemistry lab – you will contaminate the science experiments with your soda.

Make dirty or spoiled

300

Kevin accepted the job even though he was still in school, but his mom thought he might be biting off more than he could chew. What is the meaning of this idiom?

doing more than he can handle

400

We tried to give Tommy a surprise party for his birthday, but you let the cat out of the bag. What is the meaning of this idiom?

told the secret

500

Jude was on pins and needles waiting for the results of the test. What is the meaning of this idiom?

someone is very anxious or worried about something

Literary text

100

Which type of text has stage directions?

Drama

200

What do stage directions help explain in the text?

What the actor should ve doing for feeling

300

What are some features of a poem? Name 3

Stanzas, verses, rhythm

400

How can you tell if a story is in first person or third person?

pronouns, is the narrator part of the story or not

500

Create a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast dramas and poetry

see student work

Evidence

100

Go long, Howard," Mike said to me. Having not played much football before, it took me a couple seconds to process the words, but then I took off like a getaway car. I ran as fast as I could for about thirty yards and then I hooked left, turning around just in time to see the ball spiraling toward my head. "Aaah!" I let out a startled shout and then attempted to grab the ball. It did not go well. The ball jammed my pointer finger and bounced down the field. "Again!" I heard Mike shout, but all I wanted to do was nurse my jammed finger. What evidence supports that the narrator isn't a fan of football?

having not played before it did not go well but all I wanted to do was nurse my jammed finger

200

It’s hard to imagine what things were like before there was money, but such a time did exist. During these times people exchanged goods using the barter system. The word barter means to trade. People using the barter system traded things instead of buying and selling them. So if you were a rice farmer, you would trade your rice with many people to get all of the things that you wanted or needed. Unfortunately, the people from whom you needed things might not want your rice. Isn’t it nice to just go to the store and buy candy instead of having to trade rice for it? What evidence supports the main idea that Bartering used to be used before money?

trade rice for things you did before money exchanged goods using the barter system

300

There are eight planets in the Solar System, and each one is very different. Some planets, like Jupiter and Saturn are very large. Others, like Mercury and Mars are smaller. Jupiter has moons that are larger than Mercury. The planets also have different atmospheres. Uranus, Jupiter and Saturn have atmospheres of hydrogen and helium. The atmosphere on Venus is made up of carbon dioxide. Earth has a nitrogen and oxygen atmosphere. Neptune’s atmosphere is mostly hydrogen. The planets also have different temperatures. Uranus is the coldest and Venus is the hottest. What evidence supports the main idea the planets are different?

evidence from text

400

Dolphins are mammals that live in the ocean. Mammals are different than fi sh, reptiles or birds. As a mammal, dolphins breathe oxygen, even though they live in water. Because they are mammals, a dolphin mother gives birth to a live baby, unlike reptiles and birds who lay eggs. A dolphin mother also feeds her baby milk like other mammals. What is the main idea? Evidence to support it?

A dolphin is a mammal breathe oxygen, give birth to live baby, feed baby milk

500

Find the Main IdeaWrite the main idea of the paragraph in your own words.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Write two supporting ideas for the main idea.1. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Find the Main IdeaIn 1803, President Thomas Jefferson completed a treaty with the French government to purchase a large section of land in North America. This land is now known as the Louisiana Purchase. The purchase was important to the future of the U.S. It was the fi rst major expansion of the U.S. since it had won its independence from Great Britain 20 years earlier. The territory gained in the Louisiana Purchase was the largest in U.S. history, totalling 828,000 squares miles, about 23% of the current U.S. land area. The Louisiana Purchase also secured the U.S.’s right to passage along the Mississippi River and allowed access to the important port of New Orleans. What is the main idea and two pieces of evidence to support it?

The Louisiana Purchase was important to the US. first large land purchase allowed access to the mississippi river