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Monday , December 3, 2012

Skills and Strategies: Sequence
For more than 160 million years, dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Some were no larger than chickens. Others were more than 100 feet long and may have weighed 100 tons. Some dinosaurs ate plants. Others are other dinosaurs! The last of these reptiles vanished 65 million years ago.
When did dinosaurs vanish from the Earth?
  1. About 65 million years ago
  2. More than 100 million years ago
  3. Before a meteorite landed
/ Vocabulary
“In the winter of 1852, John and Washington were crossing the East River, a waterway that bisects Brooklyn and Manhattan on either bank in New York City.”
As used in this passage, what does the word bisects mean?
  1. Ices over
  2. Cuts between
  3. Rises above
  4. Flows over

Figurative Language
“Like a champion boxer, the wind came back round after round, but eventually it sighed and relaxed into a soft gentle breeze.”
These lines suggest that the wind
  1. picked up speed over time
  2. was strong and stayed strong
  3. found something else to move
  4. was strong but then gave up
/ Conventions
Find and mark the three capitalization errors.
a healthy Human’s blood pressure is about the same as a healthy Spider’s.

Tuesday,December 4, 2012

Skills and Strategies: Sequence
Until recently scientists have thought that dinosaurs disappeared slowly. They thought that the temperature on Earth cooled. Plants and dinosaurs that were used to warm weather couldn’t survive the cold climate. Also, early mammals might have eaten dinosaur eggs. Over many years, all the dinosaurs finally died.
In 1980, two scientists came up with a news idea about how the dinosaurs vanished. Luis Alvarez and his son Walter studied a layer of clay. In this clay the two men found iridium. This substance is rarely found in Earth’s crust. It is found in meteors that fall to Earth from outer space. The two men now think that dinosaurs might have died quickly.
What happened as Earth grew colder?
  1. The mammals disappeared
  2. The dinosaurs died
  3. Meteorites fell
/ Vocabulary
“I’ll build a bridge on this very place,” he thought. Building the Brooklyn bridge was a novel idea. Others had thought of it- and abandoned it- before.
As used in the passage what does the word novel mean?
  1. Book
  2. New
  3. Clear
  4. clever

Figurative Language
Pressed on by the wind, the waves scurried to the shore, then, just as quickly, made their retreat. Each time, they licked the sand but left no trace. Like a champion boxer, the wind came back round after round, but eventually it sighed and relaxed into a soft, gentle breeze that coaxed the waves no more.
The author suggests that when the waves scurry they seem
  1. afraid
  2. slow
  3. hurried
  4. angry
/ Conventions
Find and correct the six capitalization and spelling errors.
The First bottle of coke was bottled in vicksburg, misisippi.
Rewrite the sentence correctly.

Wednesday December 5, 2012

Skills and Strategies: Sequence
The Alvarezes think that millions of years ago a huge meteorite might have slammed into warm, sunny Earth. The impact sent a huge cloud of dust into the air. For months the dust cloud shut out the light of the Sun. With no sunlight all plants on Earth died. The plant-eating dinosaurs had no food, so they died too. The meat eating dinosaurs then died quickly because their food source was gone.
Today not all scientists agree with the idea of “quick death.” Some think the idea should be studied. As time goes by, scientists will continue to study how the dinosaurs disappeared.
When did the huge dust cloud fill the air?
  1. After the plants died
  2. When the meteorite fell
  3. After the dinosaurs died
According to the Alvarezes, when did the dinosaurs die?
  1. While Earth was sunny
  2. Thousands of years ago
  3. After sunlight was shut out
/ Vocabulary
Animals, like humans, emit sounds as a way to communicate.
As used in the sentence, the word emit means
  1. hear from
  2. confuse
  3. measure
  4. give off

Figurative Language
Pressed on by the wind, the waves scurried to the shore, then, just as quickly, made their retreat. Each time, they licked the sand but left no trace. Like a champion boxer, the wind came back round after round, but eventually it sighed and relaxed into a soft, gentle breeze that coaxed the waves no more.
Underline an example of personification.
Circle an example of a simile. / Conventions
Cross out the six spelling mistakes and correct them.
The gam of baskettball was invented in 1892. It was playd with a socker ball and peech bascets.
Rewrite the sentence correctly below.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Skills and Strategies: Sequence
After reading all the passages found in the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday section you will be able to complete the following activity.
Put the events in the order they happened by numbering them 1-4.
______The Alvarezes found iridium
______The Alvarezes developed a new idea
______The Alvarezes studied the clay.
______Most scientists thought that dinosaurs disappeared slowly. / Vocabulary
With nuances in volume and stress, we can say, “Come on!” in a way that means “Please, come with me.” or “You’ve got to be kidding!”
As used in the passage, the word nuances means
  1. variety
  2. regions
  3. chirps
  4. echoes

Figurative Language
Read the following sentence.
“In one sense, my heart really bleeds for you.”
This sentence suggests that the speaker feels
  1. respected
  2. sympathy
  3. happy
  4. injured
/ Conventions
Find and correct the six punctuation errors.
Diane Sheer of London England, is the worlds fastest stamp licker? She licked 225 stamps; and stuck them onto envelopes. In just five minutes:
Rewrite the sentences correctly below.

Friday, December 7, 2012

Skills and Strategies: Main Idea
Computers have changed quite a bit through the years. An early model could add 18 million numbers per hour. One person would have needed many years to do the same job. A modern computer can add 1 ½ trillion numbers in less than three hours.
The story mainly tells
  1. who uses computers
  2. how long one person takes to do a job
  3. how computers have gotten faster over time
  4. how has modern computers can add
/ Vocabulary
“And, quite frankly, I think this is a grave injustice!”
As used in the passage, what does the word grave mean?
  1. Burial place
  2. Understandable
  3. Very serious
  4. believable

Figurative Language
Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?
  1. “This idea is the key to unlock my prison.”
  2. “He even tried to jump into the man’s lap.”
  3. “This is the way it always goes for me.”
  4. “As best I can, I’ll imitate the dog.”
Explain what it means: / Conventions
UnderProofread the sentences and mark the 15 mistakes
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