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Newcomers Handbook Practice Book 5

Spotlight on Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Spotlight on Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Spotlight on Content: Language Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Spotlight on Content: Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Spotlight on Content: Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Spotlight on Content: Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Table of Contents

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clouds

endless

extreme

rain

raincoat

rhythm

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weather

wind

1. what is happening to the air in nature ____________________

2. great masses seen in the sky that are made of water particles ____________________

3. a sound or action that repeats regularly in a pattern ____________________

4. never stopping ____________________

5. water that falls in drops from clouds ____________________

6. a waterproof jacket worn in wet weather ____________________

7. a natural movement of air ____________________

8. a weather event with strong winds and rain or snow ____________________

9. being far beyond normal ____________________

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b r h y t h m a o r t a o n

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Find the words in the puzzle. B

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1. Label the top box First. Label the second box Next. Label the third box Then.

Label the bottom box Last.

2. Which season comes first in a year? Which comes then? Which comes next?

Which comes last?

3. In each box, draw and label the correct season.

4. Draw an arrow from the Last box to the First box. What might this show about the

seasons? Write your answer on the lines.


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Clouds are made of

water.

The air gets warm.

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Leaves of some trees change color.

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1. Label the left column Causes. Label the right column Effects.

2. Read the causes in the first row. Think about the reading. Write the effect

in the Effects box.

3. Read the effect in the second row. Think about the reading. Write the causes

in the Causes box.

4. Think of another weather effect. Think of its causes. Write the causes and the effect

in the last row.

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1. Label the large top bubble Main Idea.

2. Label each smaller bubble Detail.

3. Write details from the text about one season of the year in the Detail bubbles.

3. What bigger idea do all of your details support? Write that bigger idea in the

Main Idea bubble.


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Clues from Text Clues from What I Know Inference

Example:There are four seasons in a year.

Spring is…Flowers might bloom in

spring because…

There are 12 months in a year.12 ÷ 4 = 3

Each season might last about three months.

1. Look at the example row. Read the clues. Circle the inference.

2. Look at the next row. You will infer why flowers might bloom in the spring.

3. Think about the reading. Add clues from the reading to the first column.

4. Think of what you know about flowers. Write those clues in the middle column.

5. Think about all of your clues. Then, complete the last column.

6. Make another inference about seasons. Use the reading and what you know. Write

your clues and your inference in the last row.

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An analogy is a comparison of two pairs of words that have the same relationship.

Analogies are expressed with colons (:).

Example

boy : girl as man : woman

This is read, “Boy is to girl as man is to woman.”

Boy is the opposite of girl. Man is the opposite of woman.

clouds fall rain seasons sun wind

1. Monday : days as summer : _______________

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2. pot : stove as air : _______________

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3. shovel : winter as rake : _______________

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4. water : raft as wind : _______________

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5. winter : snow as spring : _______________

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Find the relationship between the two words in each pair. Next, fill in the word from

the word bank that completes the analogy. Then, explain the relationship on the lines

below each analogy.

Match each picture to the correct word. Write the letter in the blank.

______ 1.

______ 2.

______ 3.

______ 4.

______ 5.

______ 6.

______ 7.

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a. gloves

b. raincoat

c. jacket

d. sun-block

e. boots

f. sunglasses

g. mittens

h. umbrella

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Read each sentence. Choose the best word. Fill in the blank.

1. It is cold. Zack ____________________ to wear gloves. (needs, likes)

2. It is winter. Zack ____________________ to play in the snow. (needs, likes)

3. It is hot. We ____________________ to swim in the pool. (need, like)

4. It is summer. We ____________________ to protect our eyes. (need, like)

5. It is rainy. I ____________________ an umbrella and a raincoat. (need, like)

6. It is sunny. I ____________________ to protect my skin. (need, like)

7. It is rainy. I ____________________ to jump in puddles. (need, like)

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Long ago, there was a girl named Goldilocks. One sunny morning,

Goldilocks took a walk in the woods. Goldilocks walked and walked. Soon, Goldilocks

was tired. It began to rain. Then, Goldilocks saw a small house. Goldilocks went inside.

Inside, it was warm and dry. Goldilocks saw a bed. She went to sleep. That afternoon,

three bears came in. The bears saw Goldilocks. “Who is in our bed?”

said the bears. Goldilocks woke up. She saw the bears. She jumped up. She ran out.

Goldilocks ran all the way home.

1. The words long ago tell you the time is the _________________________.

2. The _________________________ in the first setting is a house.

3. The _________________________ in the first setting is morning.

4. The _________________________ in the second setting is rainy.

5. The time in the last setting in this story is _________________________.

6. A time of day that is NOT in this story is _________________________.

7. A time in the _________________________ is happening now.

8. A time that has not happened yet is in the _________________________.

Read the story. Circle the words that tell about settings.

Read each sentence. Choose the correct word. Fill in the blank.

A

B

afternoon

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time

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weather

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place

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______ 1. symbols

______ 2. less than

______ 3. greater than

______ 4. number sentence

______ 5. equal to

a. exactly the same in amount or number

b. a group of numbers and symbols that tells a

story in math

c. being a larger amount or number

d. pictures that mean ideas or words

e. being a smaller amount or number

Match each number sentence to the correct word sentence. Write the letter in the blank.

______ 1. 5 < 8

______ 2. 7 = 7

______ 3. 10 > 9

______ 4. 2 > 1

______ 5. 4 = 4

______ 6. 3 < 6

a. Seven equals seven.

b. Ten is greater than nine.

c. Three is less than six.

d. Four equals four.

e. Five is less than eight.

f. Two is greater than one.

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blizzard

emergency

flashlight

hurricane

lightning

plan

severe

storm

thunder

tornado

ACROSS

1. a flash of light and electricity that travels

from cloud to cloud or cloud to ground

3. an event that requires immediate action

or need for help

5. a small light carried by hand and

powered by a battery

6. a weather event with strong winds and

rain or snow

8. a way of doing something that has been

decided in advance

9. causing pain, difficulty or damage

10. the sound made by a flash of lightning

DOWN

2. large storm that starts over the

ocean and has winds of 74 miles

per hour or greater

4. a long and heavy snow-storm

7. a cone-shaped storm with

violent winds that turn in a circle

Read each clue. Find the matching number in the puzzle. Fill in the correct word.A

Look at the directions on the compass rose. Put the letters in order. Write the word.

1. ntohr ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 10 2

2. ates ___ ___ ___ ___ 5

3. tusoh ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 8

4. tesw ___ ___ ___ ___ 9 7

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1. an object that can be moved by wind to show which way the wind is blowing from

ewaterh aven ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 4 6

2. guess or say what will happen before an event takes place

ripcedt ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 1

3. the line along which something lies, moves, or points

ndoiirtec ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 3

A weather vane helps predict ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Read each clue. Put the letters in order. Write the word.A

Find all the circled letters on this page. Match the numbers to the spaces below.

Fill in the spaces to complete the sentence.

B

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Choose the best answer. Circle the letter.

1. Which does NOT make weather?

a. the sun

b. water

c. the wind

d. time

2. Which is NOT an example of weather?

a. rainy

b. air

c. snow

d. sunny

3. Clouds are moved by

a. water.

b. weather vanes.

c. wind.

d. people.

4. When would you most likely see snow?

a. when warm air touches clouds

b. when it is spring

c. when it is winter

d. when leaves begin to fall

5. Which would you need in the rain?

a. sunglasses

b. gloves

c. mittens

d. umbrella

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6. Which is NOT part of the setting of a story?

a. time

b. weather

c. place

d. plot

7. Something that is greater than something else is

a. changing in amount or number.

b. smaller in amount or number.

c. the same in amount or number.

d. larger in amount or number.

8. A severe storm shaped like a cone is a

a. tornado.

b. hurricane.

c. thunderstorm.

d. blizzard.

9. Which information can you learn from looking at a weather vane?

a. the temperature of the wind

b. how long the wind will blow

c. the direction of the wind

d. how to predict the wind

10. What is the order of the seasons? Why do you think they happen in that order?

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emergency

hurricanes

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plan

seasons

severe

snow

summer

sunglasses

water

winds

Today at school, we learned about weather. We learned that the weather is made

by the sun, the wind, and ____________________. Weather is also affected by the

four ____________________. ____________________ is hot and sunny. We need

____________________ to protect our eyes. In winter, ____________________ falls from

the clouds. We need ____________________ clothing to stay warm. We learned that

some weather is ____________________. Storms such as ____________________ can be

dangerous. Their strong ____________________ can cause damage. Our class wrote a

____________________. It tells what to do in a storm ____________________. Now, we are

ready for any type of weather.

Read the passage. Choose the correct words. Fill in the blanks.

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what is happening to the air in nature ____________________

2.

great masses seen in the sky that are m

ade of water particles ____________________

3.

a sound or action that repeats regularly in a pattern ____________________

4.

never stopping ____________________

5.

water that falls in drops from

clouds ____________________

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orn in wet w

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7.

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1.

Label the top box First. Label the second box Next. Label the third box Then.

Label the bottom box Last.

2.

Which season com

es first in a year? Which com

es then? Which com

es next?

Which com

es last?

3.

In each box, draw and label the correct season.

4.

Draw

an arrow from

the Last box to the First box. What m

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seasons? Write your answ

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spring

summ

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fall

winter

Answ

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an understanding that

the seasons repeat in

order, year after year.

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The air gets warm

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Leaves of some trees change color.

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Label the left column C

auses. Label the right column Effects.

2.

Read the causes in the first row. Think about the reading. W

rite the effect

in the Effects box.

3.

Read the effect in the second row. Think about the reading. W

rite the causes

in the Causes box.

4.

Think of another weather effect. Think of its causes. W

rite the causes and the effect

in the last row.

Rain falls from the sky.

Fall is a cool, windy

season.

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Label the large top bubble Main Idea.

2.

Label each smaller bubble D

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3.

Write details from

the text about one season of the year in the Detail bubbles.

3.

What bigger idea do all of your details support? W

rite that bigger idea in the

Main Idea bubble.

Answ

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details of any season

described in the reading.

Main ideas m

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name the season described in the

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There are four seasons in a year.

Spring is…Flow

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There are 12 months in a year.

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onths.

1.

Look at the example row

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2.

Look at the next row. You w

ill infer why flow

ers might bloom

in the spring.

3.

Think about the reading. Add clues from

the reading to the first column.

4.

Think of what you know

about flowers. W

rite those clues in the middle colum

n.

5.

Think about all of your clues. Then, complete the last colum

n.

6.

Make another inference about seasons. U

se the reading and what you know

. Write

your clues and your inference in the last row.

Answ

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Flowers need sun and w

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Analogies are expressed w

ith colons (:).

Example

boy : girl as man : w

oman

This is read, “Boy is to girl as man is to w

oman.”

Boy is the opposite of girl. Man is the opposite of w

oman.

clouds fall rain seasons sun wind

1.

Monday : days as sum

mer : _______________

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2.

pot : stove as air : _______________

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3.

shovel : winter as rake : _______________

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4.

water : raft as w

ind : _______________

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5.

winter : snow

as spring : _______________

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Find the relationship between the tw

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ext, fill in the word from

the word bank that com

pletes the analogy. Then, explain the relationship on the lines

below each analogy.

seasons

sun

fall

cloudsrain

Monday is the nam

e of a day and summ

er is the name of a season.

A pot is heated by a stove, and air is heated by the sun.

A shovel is used to clean up snow

in the winter and a rake is used to clean up leaves

in the fall.

A raft floats on w

ater and clouds float on wind.

In winter precipitation falls as snow

and in spring precipitation falls as rain.


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ord. Write the letter in the blank.

______ 1.

______ 2.

______ 3.

______ 4.

______ 5.

______ 6.

______ 7.

______ 8.

a. gloves

b. raincoat

c. jacket

d. sun-block

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It is cold. Zack ____________________ to w

ear gloves. (needs, likes)

2.

It is winter. Z

ack ____________________ to play in the snow. (needs, likes)

3.

It is hot. We ____________________ to sw

im in the pool. (need, like)

4.

It is summ

er. We ____________________ to protect our eyes. (need, like)

5.

It is rainy. I ____________________ an umbrella and a raincoat. (need, like)

6.

It is sunny. I ____________________ to protect my skin. (need, like)

7.

It is rainy. I ____________________ to jump in puddles. (need, like)

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Goldilocks took a w

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oldilocks walked and w

alked. Soon, Goldilocks

was tired. It began to rain. Then, G

oldilocks saw a sm

all house. Goldilocks w

ent inside.

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arm and dry. G

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three bears came in. The bears saw

Goldilocks. “W

ho is in our bed?”

said the bears. Goldilocks w

oke up. She saw the bears. She jum

ped up. She ran out.

Goldilocks ran all the w

ay home.

1.

The words long ago tell you the tim

e is the _________________________.

2.

The _________________________ in the first setting is a house.

3.

The _________________________ in the first setting is morning.

4.

The _________________________ in the second setting is rainy.

5.

The time in the last setting in this story is _________________________.

6.

A tim

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T in this story is _________________________.

7.

A tim

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8.

A tim

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Read the story. Circle the w

ords that tell about settings.

Read each sentence. Choose the correct w

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future

weather

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place

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symbols

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less than

______ 3.

greater than

______ 4.

number sentence

______ 5.

equal to

a. exactly the sam

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b. a group of num

bers and symbols that tells a

story in math

c. being a larger am

ount or number

d. pictures that m

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e. being a sm

aller amount or num

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Match each num

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______ 1.

5 < 8

______ 2.

7 = 7

______ 3.

10 > 9

______ 4.

2 > 1

______ 5.

4 = 4

______ 6.

3 < 6

a. Seven equals seven.

b. Ten is greater than nine.

c. Three is less than six.

d. Four equals four.

e. Five is less than eight.

f. Tw

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blizzard

emergency

flashlight

hurricane

lightning

plan

severe

storm

thunder

tornado

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1. a flash of light and electricity that travels

from cloud to cloud or cloud to ground

3.

an event that requires imm

ediate action

or need for help

5.

a small light carried by hand and

powered by a battery

6.

a weather event w

ith strong winds and

rain or snow

8.

a way of doing som

ething that has been

decided in advance

9.

causing pain, difficulty or damage

10. the sound m

ade by a flash of lightning

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2.

large storm that starts over the

ocean and has winds of 74 m

iles

per hour or greater

4.

a long and heavy snow-storm

7.

a cone-shaped storm w

ith

violent winds that turn in a circle

Read each clue. Find the matching num

ber in the puzzle. Fill in the correct word.

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rite the word.

1.

ntohr ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

10 2

2.

ates ___ ___ ___ ___

5

3.

tusoh ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

8

4.

tesw ___ ___ ___ ___

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direction predict weather vane

1.

an object that can be moved by w

ind to show w

hich way the w

ind is blowing from

ewaterh aven ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

4

6

2.

guess or say what w

ill happen before an event takes place

ripcedt ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

1

3.

the line along which som

ething lies, moves, or points

ndoiirtec ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

3

A w

eather vane helps predict ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ .

1 2

3 4

5 6

7 8

9 10

Read each clue. Put the letters in order. Write the w

ord.A

Find all the circled letters on this page. Match the num

bers to the spaces below.

Fill in the spaces to complete the sentence.

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Choose the best answ

er. Circle the letter.

1.

Which does N

OT m

ake weather?

a.

the sun

b.

water

c.

the wind

d.

time

2.

Which is N

OT an exam

ple of weather?

a.

rainy

b.

air

c.

snow

d.

sunny

3.

Clouds are m

oved by

a.

water.

b.

weather vanes.

c.

wind.

d.

people.

4.

When w

ould you most likely see snow

?

a.

when w

arm air touches clouds

b.

when it is spring

c.

when it is w

inter

d.

when leaves begin to fall

5.

Which w

ould you need in the rain?

a.

sunglasses

b.

gloves

c.

mittens

d.

umbrella


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6.

Which is N

OT part of the setting of a story?

a.

time

b.

weather

c.

place

d.

plot

7.

Something that is greater than som

ething else is

a.

changing in amount or num

ber.

b.

smaller in am

ount or number.

c.

the same in am

ount or number.

d.

larger in amount or num

ber.

8.

A severe storm

shaped like a cone is a

a.

tornado.

b.

hurricane.

c.

thunderstorm.

d.

blizzard.

9.

Which inform

ation can you learn from looking at a w

eather vane?

a.

the temperature of the w

ind

b.

how long the w

ind will blow

c.

the direction of the wind

d.

how to predict the w

ind

10. W

hat is the order of the seasons? Why do you think they happen in that order?

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ers will vary.




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emergency

hurricanes

more

plan

seasons

severe

snow

summ

er

sunglasses

water

winds

Today at school, we learned about w

eather. We learned that the w

eather is made

by the sun, the wind, and ____________________. W

eather is also affected by the

four ____________________. ____________________ is hot and sunny. We need

____________________ to protect our eyes. In winter, ____________________ falls from

the clouds. We need ____________________ clothing to stay w

arm. W

e learned that

some w

eather is ____________________. Storms such as ____________________ can be

dangerous. Their strong ____________________ can cause damage. O

ur class wrote a

____________________. It tells what to do in a storm

____________________. Now

, we are

ready for any type of weather.

Read the passage. Choose the correct w

ords. Fill in the blanks.

water

seasonsSum

mer

sunglassesSnow

more

severehurricanes

winds

planem

ergency


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