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An E-mail from Dharma the Dust StormBy Kathleen W. Redman

Hi, there! You probably don't like dirty, noisy people, do you? I'm dirty and noisy, but I think you'll find me to be pretty amazing.

My name's Dharma, and I'm a dust storm. You can find me in many parts of the world. You can find me most of the time in Africa and the Middle East. There are many deserts there. Deserts, of course, have lots of sand. There aren't many plants in a desert to hold the sand or soil in place. Winds and loose sand or soil are what I need.

For me to show up, there has to be a lot of wind. In very dry areas, winds pick up sand and dust from the ground. The winds pick them up and throw them down, which loosens even more sand and dust.

When I carry sand, I stay close to the ground. I look like a dark, mean cloud traveling on the ground. When I arrive, I make it very hard for people to see. It's also very hard to breathe in a sandstorm. For both of those reasons, I can be very dangerous.

When I carry lighter dust, I don't have to stay so close to the ground. In fact, I can carry dust thousands of feet into the air! When I do this, I can carry dust more than halfway around the world! I can make it hard to breathe when I arrive.

When I leave an area, I take with me a lot of sand and dust. When I do that, there sometimes isn't much soil left. Soil is important for farmers to grow crops. Because I take away soil, I can make it hard for people to grow food.

I can get a lot worse when people don't take care of the land. For many years, people in the American Midwest didn't take care of the land they farmed. The land got very dry, and I came to stay. For most of the 1930s, I blew dust all over the middle of the United States. Many of the people who used to farm there had to leave.

These days, I'm rare in the United States but still common in other places around the world. You can imagine I'm not very popular, but I really am something impressive to see.

An E-mail from Dharma the Dust Storm

Questions

1. What two things does a dust storm need to form?

2. Most dust storms form in ______.

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3. A dust storm can carry dust or ______.

A. sandB. rainC. lightningD. water

4. A dust storm carrying dust can travel more than halfway around the world.

A. trueB. false

5. It is hard to ______ in a dust storm.

6. When a dust storm leaves an area, there isn't much ______ left.

A. airB. sunshineC. soilD. water

7. There were very bad dust storms in the United States in the ______.

A. 1990sB. 1960sC. 1980sD. 1930s

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Peter wants to play basketball. He will need special glasses to play. The special glasses are expensive. They cost $160. His grandmother gave him $59 to help buy the glasses. How much more does Peter need to buy the special glasses?

Jack made 5 bologna sandwiches for his friends. He used 3 slices of bologna on each sandwich. How many slices of bologna did he use in all?

Jack found 85 seashells on Monday. He found 91 seashells on Tuesday. He found 84 seashells on Wednesday. On which day did he find the closest to 89 seashells?

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There are four hundred fifty-eight students at Justin's school. They could choose to go to a magic show, or they could choose to go to a basketball game. Two hundred eight of the students are going to the magic show. How many are going to the basketball game?

Nathan is a volunteer. He works in the school library. Every week he works for 2 hours. He cleans off the tables and puts books on the cart. Yesterday he put 79 books on the cart. Today he put 85 books on the cart. How many books did he put on the cart in all?

Alex weighs 48 pounds. Peter weighs 3 pounds less. How much does Peter weigh?

On the first day of winter Erin made cookies. She made forty-seven chocolate chip cookies. She gave seven cookies to her little brother. She gave five cookies to her sister. She gave nine cookies to her mother. She gave nine cookies to her father. How many cookies did she have left?

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Simple Machines: The Wheel and AxleBy Brandi Waters

Simple machines make it easier for us to do work. A wheel and axle is one of the six simple machines. The wheel and axle work together to make one simple machine. A round water faucet knob is one example of a wheel and axle. The round knob is the wheel. Under the knob is a thin shaft. The knob is connected to the shaft. The shaft turns the water on and off. The shaft is the axle. The thin shaft would be hard to turn with your hands. The knob is larger. It is easy to turn with your hand. When you turn the knob, it also turns the shaft. The water is easy to turn off and on, thanks to a wheel and axle! There are many objects that use wheels and axles. A car uses many wheels and axles. The steering wheel is a wheel that turns an axle. That axle is connected to more wheels and axles that turn the wheels that move the car. A dolly is a tool that uses a wheel and axle to make heavy things easy to move. The weight is balanced on the dolly. You move the weight by rolling the dolly on its wheels. That is much easier than pushing a heavy object across the floor. The wheel and axle is a simple machine that makes many hard jobs easy to do.

Simple Machines: The Wheel and Axle

Questions

1. A wheel and axle ______.

A. work together to make hard jobs easy to doB. is a kind of leverC. will not help you to carry heavy objectsD. all of the above

2. Which is NOT an example of a wheel and axle.

A. round water faucetB. dollyC. computer keyboardD. car steering wheel

3. A round faucet knob makes work easier because the knob is ______ than the thin shaft that controls whether the water is turned on or off.

4. A ______ is an example of something that we commonly use that has many wheels and axles that make it work.

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LugeBy Mary Perrin

There are three Olympic sledding sports. They are bobsled (bobsleigh), skeleton, and luge. Luge is the fastest of the three sledding sports. Luge can be done with one person or two. A luge athlete is called a "slider." Once sliders get started down the track, they lie with their backs on the sled and their feet out in front of them. Luge is a dangerous sport. Their heads are only centimeters from the ice. They have been known to reach speeds of nearly 90 miles per hour.

Big feet are not good for sliders. They must look over their feet to see where they are going. The bigger their feet, the harder it is to see the track ahead of them. Sliders steer the sled with the weight of their bodies. The luge sled is flat. There are two metal blades on the bottom of the sled. These blades, called runners, touch the ice. The blades help the sled to go faster. Imagine putting ice skating blades on the bottom of your sled. Wouldn't you go much faster?

A luge sled can weigh no more than 50.6 pounds for a single rider. Men and women have weight guidelines, too. These guidelines help make the competition fair. Singles races are held over two days. Doubles races take place on one day. Accuracy and strength matter. These give a slider speed. Speed wins races. Do not try this sport at home, kids. Leave it up to the Olympians who know exactly what they are doing!

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Questions

1. What are the blades on a luge sled called?

2. Which of the following does NOT describe a luge sled?

A. It travels down a course.B. It has big feet.C. It is flat.D. It has blades on the bottom.

3. Which of the following is NOT important in a luge competition?

A. speedB. the weight of the sliderC. the strength of the sliderD. the color of the sled

4. Luge is a ______ sport.

A. waterB. summerC. dangerousD. kids'

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Gavin lives on a farm. He takes care of the pigs. There are 14 baby pigs and 5 grown-up pigs. How many pigs are there in all?

Tim has 15 toy cars. He gave 7 cars to Jim. How many cars does Tim have left?

Mary went to the doctor. Her doctor's office is in a skyscraper.It took Mary fifteen minutes to walk up the steps. It took her eleven minutes to walk down. How much longer did it take her to walk up the steps?

Estimate. Write an EVEN number. About how many pencils can you hold with two hands?

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fourteen

twenty-two

Maria has a garden. She planted 3 tomato plants. Each plant had 5 tomatoes. How many tomatoes were there in all?

Wendy needs to make 19 pretzels. She has made 8 pretzels. How many more pretzels does she need to make?

Mr. Young poured 154 cups of orange juice. Then he poured 39 more cups of juice. How many cups of juice did he pour in all?

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Max ate three pieces of cake. Alex ate five pieces of cake. Alex was very sick! How many pieces of cake did they eat in all?

Maria had 9 dimes. She used 4 dimes to buy an apple. She gave the apple to her horse. How many dimes did she have left?

Fairview School baked 216 cupcakes for Valentine's Day. The students ate 214 cupcakes. How many cupcakes were left?

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April has 14 bird pins. Five are bluebirds, two are robins, and the rest are hummingbirds. How many hummingbird pins does she have?

Gail's Gifts sold 824 valentines this year. Mothers and fathers bought 631 valentines. Children bought the rest. How many valentines did children buy?

Gavin had 44 turkey feathers. He gave his best friend 25 of them. How many feathers does he have left?

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Ms. Smith made a big bowl of Jell-O. She has 5 sons. Each boy ate one cup of Jell-O for lunch. Each boy ate two cups of Jell-O for a snack. There were three cups of Jell-O left. How many cups of Jell-O did Ms. Smith make?

Robert had 46 pennies. He gave 11 pennies to his brother. He gave 7 pennies to Robert. He gave 8 pennies to Kevin. How many pennies did he have left?

Justin went to the beach. He found 3 quarters, 1 nickel, 4 dimes, and 6 pennies. How much money did he find in all?

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Nathan put some candy in a bag. He recorded the outcome of 19 pulls: lemon drops (4), peppermints (5), and red hots (10). Which candy did he pull least often?

Kevin saw 8 butterflies. Peter saw double that number. How many butterflies did Peter see?

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Oops, I BouncedBy Patti Hutchison

Josh ran into the bank. He had a look of panic on his face. A teller saw him. "Can I help you?" she asked.

"Is Kate around? I need to see her. She's been helping me with my new checking account," Josh said breathlessly.

"Have a seat for a minute. I'll get her for you," the teller told Josh.

Soon Kate came out of her office. "How nice to see you, Josh. How can I help you today?"

Josh pulled an envelope out of his pocket. "I got this letter from the bank," he said, showing it to Kate.

"Uh-oh," Kate said, "that doesn't look good."

"Can you explain it to me?" Josh asked.

Kate took the letter out of the envelope. "This is an overdraft notice," she told Josh. "You tried to take money out of the bank when there was not enough in your account to cover it."

"How can that be?" Josh asked. "I have tried to keep track of all my transactions."

"It happens," Kate told him, "even when you are really careful. Come into my office; we'll take a look at your account history. Did you bring your check register?"

"Yes," Josh said, taking it out of his pocket.

Kate pulled Josh's account history up on the computer. She and Josh looked at the screen. Josh opened his register. They began to compare what Josh had written in his register with the transactions listed on the computer.

At first, everything matched. Josh had listed all his deposits and checks in his register. Kate checked his arithmetic for each transaction. It was all correct. Finally,she found what was missing.

"Here we go," Kate said. "There is an ATM withdrawal missing. On July 27, you withdrew $50 from your checking account at an ATM. You forgot to write it in your check register."

Josh slapped himself on the forehead. "I tried to remember to write everything down. I remember now; I was in a hurry that day. It completely slipped my mind."

"It is common to forget to write in ATM transactions and debit card purchases. But now you have to pay the price," Kate said, frowning. "You are charged fees when this happens. Where was the check written to, the one that bounced?"

"The grocery store," Josh told her. "I bought groceries, thinking I had enough money in the bank to cover the check."

"The grocery store will charge you for that bounced check. You need to go to the store and pay the amount of the check, plus the fee. It will probably be $20, maybe more. I hate to tell you this, but the bank will also charge you a fee. We charge $15 for returned checks. We take the money right out of your account. Sorry," Kate frowned.

"It's okay," Josh said, "I should have been more careful. You told me it would cost me money if I bounced a check. You sure were right!"

"I see you have made a deposit since then, so you shouldn't bounce any more checks. From now on, make sure you write down every transaction," Kate said.

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days, when I get my bank statement. You promised to help me read it. Meanwhile, I'd better go pay the grocery store for this bounced check."

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Questions

1. When you try to take money out of your account when you don't have enough to cover it, the bank will send you:

A. an overdraft noticeB. a deposit slip

2. When you write a check for which you don't have enough money to cover, it is called:

A. bouncing a checkB. making a deposit

3. Name two transactions that are easy to forget about writing in your check register.

4. The business that you write a bounced check to will charge you a fee. What other business will charge you a fee for bouncing a check?

5. How can you avoid bouncing a check?

A. make sure you write every transaction in your check registerB. don't make any more deposits

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The Nervous SleepBy Kathleen W. Redman

What's your favorite way to relax? Do you have a hobby that completely puts your mind at ease? Think about the last time you saw a really great movie. For the first few minutes of the movie, you noticed people sitting around you - your friends, your family, the people sitting right in front of you. As the movie got really good, you probably forgot about the people sitting around you. If the movie was absolutely amazing, you even might have forgotten you were in the movie theater!

Many people believe that being that involved in a movie is a kind of hypnosis. Your mind relaxes and focuses so much on the movie that you react as if the movie was real. You jump in your seat when something is scary. You cry when something is sad. It's almost like the movie is wired directly to your brain.

Scientists, doctors, therapists, and entertainers use this idea to hypnotize people. They get their subjects relaxed and very focused. They are so relaxed and focused they forget about the people around them. They respond to suggestions much like people do in a movie theater. They're "caught up in the moment" and feel free to do what is suggested.

Some psychiatrists use hypnosis to help people relax and focus on solving deep emotional problems. Sometimes, hypnosis is used to focus on remembering a long-forgotten memory. Hypnosis can be very helpful to people trying to break habits like smoking or eating too much.

Stage hypnosis can be very entertaining. Hypnotists can suggest crazy things, like telling someone her shoe is a phone she needs to answer. Some people think that hypnotists can make people do things they wouldn't ever normally do. That's not true. Even though someone is relaxed and focused, she still has a conscience and her own thoughts that keep her from doing something she doesn't want to do.

There are some scientists who think people are in a form of hypnosis - like in a movie theater, riding in a car or listening to music - at least once a day. Does it happen to you?

And, by the way, the word hypnotism comes from neuro-hypnotism, which means "nervous sleep." It seems very odd to call something nervous sleep when it is supposed to be relaxing, doesn't it?

The Nervous Sleep

Questions

1. According to the writer, what do most people notice during their first few minutes watching a movie?

A. the screenB. the people around themC. the lightsD. the movie

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3. Relaxation and ______ are both needed for hypnotism to be successful.

A. moneyB. focusC. happinessD. drugs

4. Some psychiatrists (and other mental health professionals) use hypnosis to help people ______.

A. focus on someone else's emotional problemsB. focus on their familiesC. become doctorsD. focus on their emotional problems

5. Hypnosis used to entertain people is called ______.

A. happy hypnosisB. hypno-happyC. entertainment hypnosisD. stage hypnosis

6. Hypnotists can make people do things they wouldn't usually do.

A. trueB. false

7. How often are people in a form of hypnosis, according to some scientists?

8. Why is nervous sleep an odd name for hypnotism?

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Leilani put 15 slices of pineapple in a bowl. She ate four slices. Her sister ate four slices. How many slices of pineapple were left?

Emily saw 10 cookies on a plate. She ate 4 of them. How many cookies were left on the plate?

Rose helped her mother pick up pecans. The pecans had fallen off the tree. Rose picked up 28 pecans. Her mother picked up 41 pecans. How many pecans did Rose and her mother pick up in all?

Max wants to buy a sea monkey. He has 7 dimes and 11 pennies. How much money does he have?

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Last year Sara hit 6 home runs. Wendy hit 16 home runs. How many more home runs did Wendy hit than Sara?

Connor walked in the woods. He found 8 red leaves. He found 6 yellow leaves. He gave 3 leaves to his mother. How many leaves did he have left?

Mrs. Hernandez has 25 plants. It got very hot one day. Some plants died. She had 20 plants left. How many plants died?

Amy loves reading. She read 2 books this month. She plans to read 10 more. How many books will she read this month?

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Gavin had 96¢. He bought a toy truck. It was very ugly. It only cost 24¢. How much money does Gavin have left?

Jacob went fishing with his father. Jacob caught some fish. His father caught 4 fish. They caught 9 fish in all.How many fish did Jacob catch?

Miss Johnson made 20 cups of hot tea. Gavin drank 2 cups of tea. Justin drank 4 cups. Emma drank 1 cup. Mary drank 3 cups. How many cups of tea were left?

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John loves candy. He went to get gas for his car. He bought 3 candy bars and 2 cans of soda while paying for the gas. As if that weren't enough, he also took 5 lollipops at the bank.Sally found a secret candy stash in her house. It had 6 full-sized chocolate bars. She took them all except for 1.Who got more candy today? By how much more?

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The PuffinBy Vickie ChaoRewritten as a very quick reader by Cindy Grigg

Puffins are small sea birds. Like penguins, they wear colors of black and white. Puffins are much smaller than penguins. They are about the size of a pigeon. They have large beaks. In fall and winter, the beak and feet are drab gray. In the spring, their beaks and feet become brightly colored. Some people call them "sea parrots." Puffins live on the open ocean for most of their lives. In the spring, they return to the land where they were born. Puffins use their large, brightly colored beaks to attract a mate. Mates stay together for many years. They use their beaks and feet to dig out a burrow for nesting. The female will lay one egg. They raise one chick each year. Both parents take care of the egg and the chick. In August, they return to the sea. Puffins are fast flyers. They can fly 55 mph! They flap their wings very fast. They dive under the water to catch fish to eat. In the water, they flap their wings to swim. Puffins are good swimmers. Long ago, some people thought that puffins were both birds and fish! Puffins are good at fishing, too. They can hold about ten fish in their beaks at one time. One puffin had a record of 62 fish in his beak at once!

The Puffin

Questions

1. Puffins are ______.

A. birdsB. fishC. both A and B

2. The story didn't say so, but which of these is most likely to be true?

A. Puffins are closely related to parrots.B. Puffins eat plants.C. Puffins are closely related to fish.D. Puffins have very strong wings.

3. Puffins are ______.

A. sea birdsB. black and whiteC. good at flying, swimming, and fishingD. all of the above

4. Some people call puffins ______.

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On the Map: Five Things That All Maps Have in Common€¦ · Little Loon Learns a Lesson By Joyce Furstenau The loon family made their nest near the edge of Lake Louise. Late that