Wings
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question. Give them time to find the answer and write it down. Then discuss the answer. Only do
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Answer
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1. 18, first
Touch the exclamation point. Write the word before it.
boy
2. 18, 4
Write the action verb.
shake
3. 18, 5
Write the compound word
rooftops
4. 18, 7
Write 2 contractions.
don’t, he’s
5. 18, 8
Write 2 words that tell who the fly boy is.
Ikarus Jackson
6. 18, 12
Write 2 words that tell what they whispered about.
his wings
7. 18, last
Write the possessive pronoun and the noun that it goes with.
his shoes
8. 21, first
Write the two common nouns.
teacher, kids
9. 21, 2 & 3 Write 3 words that tell what his wings did.
blocked the blackboard
10. 21, 6 & 7 Write the words that tells how he left the room.
quietly
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1. 21, 9 & 10
2. 21, 10 & 11
3. 21, 17
4. 21, 19
5. 22, 2
6. 22, 6
7. 22, 7
8. 22, last 2
9. 23, first 2
10. 23, 4
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1. 24, first
2. 24, 3
3. 24, 5
4. 24, last
5. 25, 2-4
6. 25, 5 & 6
7. 26, first
8. 26, 2 & 3
9. 26, 4
10. 26, last 2
Question
Answer
Write 2 words that tell what grew into a giggle at recess.
Write 3 words that tell where the giggle spread.
Write the past tense verb.
Write the word that means two.
Write the hyphenated compound word.
Write the word that is the opposite of everybody.
Write 4 words that tell where their words sent Ikarus
Write 4 words that tell where Ikarus floated.
Write one word that tells how he felt.
Write 3 words that tell where I ran
the snicker
across the playground
looked
couple
slow-motion
nobody
drifting into the sky
farther and farther away
lonely
through the streets
Question
Answer
Write5 words that tell why he struggled.
Write one word that tells how he landed.
Write 4 words that tell who blew his whistle.
Write the contraction and the two words it stands for.
What 2 reasons might the policeman put him in jail for?
Write 3 words that tell who exploded with laughter.
Wrote 3words that tell where Ikarus sailed.
Write 4 words that tell what “I” told him.
Write 2 words that tell what I saw for the first time.
Write 4 words that tell what Ikarus was doing.
to stay in the air
heavily
a policeman passing by
you’ll - you will
flying, being too different
the neighborhood kids
closer to me
Your flying is beautiful.
Ikarus smile
swirling through the sky
Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest
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question. Give them time to find the answer and write it down. Then discuss the answer. Only do one
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1. 42, first
Write the proper noun.
Earth
2. 42, 3
Write 2 words that describe wonders.
amazing natural
3. 42, 4
Write 1 word that tells what the deserts haven’t seen.
rain
4. 42, 6
Write 3 words that tells when it’s below freezing
in the summer
5. 42, last
Write the possessive noun.
planet’s
6. 43, first
Where is the Nile River?
Africa
7. 43, 4
Where is the Amazon River?
South America
8. 43, 9
What is the longest river in the United States?
Mississippi-Missouri River
9. 44, first 3
What is the oldest and deepest lake?
Lake Baikal
10. 44, last 2
How many Great Lakes are there?
5
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1. page 45
2. page 45
3. page 45
4. page 46
5. page 46
6. page 46
7. page 47
8. page 47
9. page 47
10. page 47
Question
Answer
What is the highest mountain in the world?
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
How many feet of Mauna Kea is above sea level?
What is the hottest desert in the world?
What is the highest temperature recorded?
Where was the hottest temperature ever recorded in the United States?
What is the coldest place on the planet?
Where is the coldest place in the United States?
What is the average yearly rainfall of Tutunendo, Colombia?
Which state in the United States has the most rainy days each year?
Mount Everest
Mauna Kea
13,796 feet
Sahara
over 136 degrees F.
Death Valley, California
Vostok, Antarctica
Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska
463 inches
Hawaii
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1. page 48
2. page 48
3. page 48
4. page 49
5. page 49
6. page 50
7. page 51,
top box
8. page 51,
bottom box
9. page 52
10. page 53
Question
Answer
What is the driest desert in the world?
How long has it been since it rained here?
How much rain usually falls in Death Valley every year?
Where is Mount Washington?
What is the highest mountain range in the world?
Which country has the highest waterfall?
What is the average depth of the world’s oceans?
Atacama Desert
400 years
1 ½ inches
New Hampshire
Himalayas
Venezuela
3 miles
Who often does the Sangay volcano erupt?
once every 24 hours
Where are the most extreme tides?
What are masses of ice that move slowly called?
Bay of Fundy
glaciers
Rocks in His Head
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Page # &
Question
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Line #
1. 66, first
Write the word that begins with a consonant blend.
stamps
2. 66, 2 & 3
Write 5 words that tell when my father collected rocks.
when he was a boy
3. 66, 5 & 6
Write the two places people said he had rocks.
in his pockets and in his
head
4. 66, 10
Write the 2 homophones.
no, in
5. 66, 12 & 13 Write the other name for a gas station.
filling station
6. 66, 17
Write one word that tells how my father painted the name over the doorway. carefully
7. 67, 4
Write the plural noun.
rocks
8. 67, 5 & 6
Write words that tell what he placed on those shelves.
his rocks and minerals
9. 67, 8
Write 4 words that tell who had automobiles in those days.
lots of rich people
10. 67, last 2
Write the two places he bought parts.
dealers, junkyards
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1. 68, first
2. 68, 3
3. 68, 6
4. 68, 9 & 10
5. 68, 10
6. 68, 17
7. 69, first
8. 69, 8 & 9
9. 69, 9 & 10
10. 69, last
Question
Answer
Write the opposite of right.
Write the 3 homophones.
Write 2 words that tell what people came to buy.
Write 3 words that tell what my father was too busy for.
Write the present tense verbs.
Write the 2 proper nouns.
Write 3 words that tell what fell.
Write 4 words that tell when my father would play chess.
Write 4 words that tell what my grandfather would do when business was very
slow.
Write 2 words that tell what we hunted for with my father.
left
you, to, buy
that junk
the chess games
pumping, changing, fixing
Nevada, Connecticut
the stock market
when business was slow
mind the filling station
more rocks
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1. 70, 2
2. 70, 7-9
Question
Answer
Write the irregular plural noun.
Write 8 words that tell why people stopped coming.
3. 70, 10 & 11
4. 70, 14
5. 70, 19
6. 70, 23
7. 71, 7
8. 71, 8
9. 71, 10
10. 71, 11
Write 4 words that tell where my father packed the chess set.
Write 2 words that tell what his friends brought to help us move.
Write 4 words that describe the house we moved to.
Write 4 words that tell what he’d already built.
Write 5 words that tell how long most jobs lasted
Write 3 words that tell where my father went.
Write the word that means all.
Write the word that is a homophone.
shelves
They were all too busy looking for
work.
in a big box
a truck
old and falling apart
tiny little wooden shelves
only a day or two
the science museum
whole
whole
America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
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Question
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1. 92, 2
Write the word that names places that serve food.
restaurants
2. 92, 2
What were women not allow to do in most states?
vote
3. 92, 6
How many children were in Gertrude’s family?
6
4. 92, 7 & 8
Write 4 words that tell where her apartment was next to.
her father’s butcher shop
5. 92, last 2
What were Gertrude’s two nicknames?
Gertie, Trudy
6. 93, first 2
Write 3 words that tell when Trudy played on the sidewalks of New York.
her early years
7. 93, 3 & 4
Where id Gertrude’s grandmother live?
in Germany
8. 93, 4
Write 3 words that tell where Gertrude fell.
into a pond
9. 93, 7 & 8
Write 5 words that tell what her father tied to her waist.
one end of a rope
10. 93, 10 & 11 Write 3 words that tell who Margaret is.
her older sister
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1. 94, 2 & 3
Question
Answer
13
2. 94, 5
3. 94, 7 & 8
How old was Gertrude when she became a member of the New York
Women’s Swimming Association?
Write 4 words that tell what Trudy won at fifteen.
Write 8 words that tell where she swam.
4. 94, 10
5. 94, last
6. 95, 2 & 3
Write the compound word.
Write the possessive noun.
Write 4 words that tell how newspapers described her.
7. 95, 4 & 5
8. 95, 6 & 7
9. 95, 10
10. 95, last 2
Write 2 words that tell who said she was “just a plain home girl.”
Write 4 words that tell what she was good enough to make in 1924.
How many records did Trudy set by 1925?
How many women had made it all the way across the English Channel?
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1. 96, 2
2. 96, 6
3. 96, 7
4. 96, 9 & 10
5. 96, 14
6. 97, 2
7. 97, 3-5
8. 97, 5
9. 98, 4 & 5
10. 98, 7-9
her first big race
from lower Manhattan to
Sandy Hook, New Jersey
lazybones
men’s
courageous, determined,
modest, poised
Trudy’s mother
the U.S. Olympic team
29
none
Question
Answer
Write the past tense verb.
Write 3 words that tell what she was going to do.
Write 4 words that tell what time of day she stepped into the water.
Write 3 words that tell how long she fought the strong current.
Write 2 words that could be made into a contraction.
What two things did Trudy wear on her head?
What 2 things did Margaret coat Trudy with to protect her from the icy cold
water?
Write 2 words that tell what took a long time.
What was the name of the tugboat?
Who was on the second boat?
declared
swim the Channel
early in the morning
almost nine hours
did not
red bathing cap, goggles
lanolin, heavy grease
the greasing
Alsace
reporters, photographers
Fly, Eagle, Fly
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Question
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1. 118, 2
Write 4 words that tell who had come back.
the little herd boys
2. 118, 3
Write 2 words that tell when there had been a terrible storm.
that night
3. 118, 5
Write the compound word.
riverbed
4. 118, 8
Write 2 words that describe tracks.
muddy cattle
5. 118, last
Write 2 words that tell what roared in the valley below.
the river
6. 119, first
Touch the noun calf. Write the plural form of it.
calves
7. 119, 4
Write 3 words that tell what the most unusual sight was.
an eagle chick
8. 119, 6
Write the irregular verb.
blown
9. 119, 9
Write 6 words that tell why he was still calling.
in case the calf might hear
10. 119, 10
Write 2 words that tell who ran out to meet him.
the children
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Line #
1. 120, 2
2. 120, last 2
3. 122, first
4. 122, 2
5. 122, 5-7
6. 122, last
7. 123, 2
8. 123, 2
9. 123, 5
10. 123, last
Question
Answer
Write the irregular plural noun.
Write 6 words that tell what it looked different from.
Write 2 words that tell when a friend dropped in.
Write 7 words that tell where the farmer sat.
Name 4 things it did like a chicken.
What did the farmer say?
Write 2 words that tells how heavy the bird was.
Write 3 words that tell where he lifted the bird.
Write 4 words that tell what the bird did.
Write the verb.
children
any chicken they had ever seen
one day
at the door of the kitchen hut
walks, talks, eats, thinks
Go ahead.
fairly heavy
above his head
stretched out its wings
roared
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1. 124, 4
Question
Answer
Write 7 words that tell what he struggled up.
2. 124, 7
Write 6 words that tell where the friend was.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Write 2 words that tell what the bird belonged to.
Write 2 words that begin with a consonant blend.
Write 2 verbs.
Write 4 words that tell what time of day the dogs began to bark.
the slippery thatch of
the tallest hut
swaying on top of
the hut
the sky
great, stretched
scrambled, slid
very early next
morning
outside
reluctantly
at, of
over
124, last 2
125, first
125, 4
125, 7 & 8
7. 125, 9
8. 125,15
9. 126, 3
10. 126, 4
Write the word that is the opposite of inside.
Write the adverb.
Write 2 prepositions.
Write the preposition.