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Recycle Bins
By Beth Beutler
"That would work to help us sort cans, glass, and plastic, don't you
think?" Mom asked, turning to look at me.
"I wonder if it would be better to get something stronger and have separate bins. Wouldn't that be easier to move
into the truck to take to the recycling station?"
"You have a good point. This bag would not fit very well in the back of the truck when the bed cover is on it. The
bins could slide in."
"Plus, we could take just the bins that are full and ready to go," I suggested.
"Great idea. It looks like they have heavier duty bins over there," Mom said, pointing toward the end of the aisle.
"I'm glad you came along!"
Recycle Bins
Questions
1. What is the main goal for the child and the mom in this story?
A. to spend money wisely
B. to learn how to recycle
C. to enjoy a day together
D. to purchase proper bins for recycling
2. The story states that the mom and child bought seven heavy duty bins.
A. false
B. true
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21 22 23 24 25 26 73 75 35
31 32 33 34 35 36 83 43 44 45
42 43 46 93 94 95
47 71 73 74 75
55 56 82 83
69 92 93 95 96 72
4 + x
4 + = 7 31 + = 33 25 + = 27 14 + = 21
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Introduction to Groundhogs
By Vickie Chao
Rewritten as a short reader by Cindy Grigg
Groundhogs build homes under the ground. Their burrows can be five
feet deep and over thirty feet long. To stay dry, they always construct
their homes on sloped, grassy areas so that water flows away from them.
Their burrows have several rooms. They are linked by tunnels. Each
room is for a different job. For example, they have separate toilet rooms so they don't soil their sleeping rooms.
Groundhogs are famous for predicting the coming of spring. On February 2 every year, people gather in
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to celebrate Groundhog Day. On that day, the renowned weather-predicting
groundhog named Phil is put on display. He comes out of his underground home to look for his shadow. Believers
say that we will have six more weeks of winter if Phil sees his shadow. If he doesn't, spring will come soon. This
tradition was brought to America by German settlers. In Europe, the badger was the weather predictor. Groundhog
Day has been celebrated in Punxsutawney since 1886. So, can we always rely on Phil? It seems that only
thirty-nine percent of Phil's predictions have been correct. What a disappointment!
Introduction to Groundhogs
Questions
1. Groundhogs are found on which continent?
A. Punxsutawney
B. South America
C. Europe
D. North America
3. Groundhogs can correctly predict when spring will come. Is this a fact or an opinion?
A. opinion
B. fact
4. Readers can infer that Phil is the only groundhog that "predicts" the coming of spring.
A. false
B. true
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5. The tradition of an animal predicting when spring will come is from what country?
15 + = 19 14 + = 29 4 + = 9 6 + = 17
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April Reading Packet
Draw 3 pictures in the correct order. Use each of the clues so you will know what to draw.
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Baseball Tournament
By Beth Beutler
"Whatever happens today, bud," Dad said as they turned into the
parking lot, "you are a winner to me. I'm very proud of you."
Baseball Tournament
Questions
1. In what type of event was Bradley participating?
A. a football game
B. a baseball tournament
C. a hike
D. a musical
Plants are special living things. They are special because they can
make their own food. Plants use energy from the sun, along with air
and water, to make sugars for the plant to use as food. Plants are
primary producers. Plants are the beginning of most food chains.
One animal eats another animal to get the energy that is stored in
the dead animal's body tissues. Energy is passed from the producers
(plants) to the consumers (animals). A food chain shows how food energy moves from one thing to another.
There are always more producers in a food chain than consumers.
Grass is a producer. It makes its own food. Rabbits eat grass. Then a fox may eat the rabbit. A food chain helps
you see how energy moves through an ecosystem. Each time an animal eats, only a small amount of the energy
becomes food for the next level consumer.
Decomposers break down the dead tissues of plants and animals. Some decomposers are bacteria, fungi (like
mushrooms), and some insects. Decomposers use some of the dead tissues as food. What they don't use becomes
part of soil. These nutrients help the soil grow more producers. Decomposers join the top and bottom of the food
chain.
Food chains make a circle of life. Living things take in food and die. They become food for other living things.
A food chain shows us how energy passes from one thing to another. Plants make their own food. Then an animal
eats the plant. Another animal may eat the first animal. Energy passes from plant to animal to animal. We call this
the food chain. All living things are connected and help balance life on Earth.
Questions
1. Plants are ______.
A. decomposers
B. primary producers
C. consumers
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sum of 64 and 4 twenty-two
A B
156, 168, 180, ____ seventy-two minus two
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41 minus 4 31 more than 5
2 4 9
+ 1 0 + 1 0 4
8 6 6 9 6 9
Color in 3 .
1 1 2 8 23 4
x 2 x 2 x 7 + 65
2 10
2 1 4
x 7 x 8 x 2 15 + = 28
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"I need new batteries for my video game," Brandon said, making a
beeline for the display.
Mom raised her eyebrows and tried to maneuver the cart into the tight
area. "Again?"
Mom walked over to the display. At the top of the display was a sign
that read, "April 3rd is CHECK YOUR BATTERIES DAY." "Hmm,"
said Mom. "That's today!"
A store clerk walked over to Mom and Brandon. "Can I help you find something?"
"I think we found what we need," said Mom. "I just need to remember what other types of batteries I might need."
"Well, let me know if I can help you," said the clerk. Then he turned and left.
Mom pointed to the sign on the display. "Here's a list of items that we should check to be sure the batteries work,"
said Mom.
"We need to check the batteries in most of these things," said Mom. "It's been quite some time since we have
replaced them."
"Why do we need to check them?" asked Brandon. "I think all of those things you mentioned are working okay."
"Batteries in flashlights and smoke detectors need to be replaced once in a while to be sure they are working."
Mom picked out a package of 9-volt batteries, two packages of double As, one package of Cs, and one package of
Ds. "I think this will do it," said Mom as she tossed them into the shopping cart. "Let's go get the other things we
need and head home. We have some work to do."
When they got home, Brandon helped Mom carry the bags into the house. After their purchases had been put
away, Brandon ran to get the emergency kit out of the laundry room cabinet. As he brought it to the kitchen, he
noticed Mom was glancing at the newspaper.
"There was a fire last night," said Mom, showing Brandon the front page of the newspaper. "It started in the
basement. The family was able to escape because their smoke detectors went off and warned them."
"I'm glad we're going to check ours," said Brandon, picking up a flashlight and turning it on and off. "This doesn't
work."
"Let's go check the smoke detectors first," said Mom, handing a 9-volt battery to Brandon. "Then we can work on
the flashlights."
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Mom and Brandon headed to the smoke detector at the bottom of the stairs. She pulled a chair over, climbed up,
and pressed the test button. Nothing happened. She looked down at Brandon. "I guess this needs a new battery."
Brandon handed Mom the battery. After she replaced it, she pressed the test button again. A loud, piercing sound
echoed through the house. "Wow," said Brandon. "That would even wake up Dad!"
Mom smiled. "It sure would." She climbed down off the chair.
They found that the one in the basement wasn't working either, and so they replaced its battery, too.
"Boy," said Brandon. "I'm sure glad my video game needed batteries!"
"Me, too," said Mom. "Now let's go check the rest of the batteries in the house. Then we can take care of the
flashlights."
Questions
1. Where did Mom see the sign about "CHECK YOUR BATTERIES DAY"?
A. at the store
B. on television
C. in the newspaper
D. on a flyer in the mail
6. Mom read a newspaper article about a family that had escaped a fire because their smoke detectors worked.
A. false
B. true
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Word Bank
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41 + 1 = 66 + 3 =
floow
7 + = 9 11 + = 15 flow
floww
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April Reading Packet
Fill in the boxes so each line equals 7. You ask Mary for the time. She
7 says it is four minutes past 2
eleven. Write the time on your x 8
digital clock:
19 -
9
1 x Circle the odd numbers. x 4
52 127 63 65
÷ 1 86 48 32 41
40 147 35 72
5 + x
( + ) + 3
- 0 0 - 3 4 0
3 18
1 5 2
92 + 43 = 95
+ 89
3 12 6 42
5 + = 25
Who was the first explorer of America? Do you know? Some people
think it was Christopher Columbus. Some people think it was a Viking
named Leif Eriksson. Others credit a Chinese monk named Hoei Shin.
The first explorers from Spain were led by Columbus. He was sent by
Isabella, the queen of Spain. His job was to find a shorter way to get to
China. It took months to get to China by sailing around Africa.
Columbus thought he could get there by sailing due west.
When Columbus sailed west in 1492, he did not find China. He found
the island of Haiti. He thought the land was really India and called the
natives, Indians. He soon found out that he was wrong. That did not matter. He saw that the land was good and the
people had gold. He went back to Spain and told the queen. She was very happy with him. He made three more
trips back to the New World.
Many people in Spain wanted more money. Some thought they could get rich quick in the New World. One of
those men was Vasco Balboa. During his search for gold in 1513, he crossed Panama. On the other side he saw the
Pacific Ocean. He claimed it for Spain.
That same year, Ponce de Leon began to explore Florida. He called it that because of all the flowers. He tried to
start many settlements. He also looked for something. He tried to find the Fountain of Youth, but he never did.
The king of Spain saw that the New World was full of riches. He wanted more gold. He was fighting wars at home
and needed the money.
To help get more gold from the New World, soldiers called "conquistadors" were sent in. Their job was to stop the
natives from fighting the Spaniards. The soldiers killed thousands of people, but sickness killed even more. Some
of the soldiers were led by a man named Cortez.
In 1519, a man named Ferdinand Magellan began to sail around the world. He took five ships. He crossed the
Atlantic Ocean and sailed around the bottom of South America. Then he sailed northwest again. The ships got to
the Philippine Islands where Magellan was killed in a fight with the natives. After three years, only one of the ships
made it home to Spain again.
Hernando De Soto did not just look for gold in the New World. He looked for cities of gold. In 1539, he began to
search for the seven golden cities of Cibola. He wanted to add the gold to Spain's wealth. He died during the
search. A man named Coronado took over the search in 1540. Neither of the men ever found the fabled cities. They
did explore a lot of America's Southwest.
Spain claimed much of the land in Central America and Florida. They did not make colonies in the colder parts of
America. That was left to England, France, and a few other countries.
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Questions
1. Why did Spain send Columbus on his voyage west?
3 2
4
1
Write the correct symbol.
11 12 1 48
< = > 10 2 - 2 1
06 41 9 3
925 1,025 8
7 6 5
4
67 - 19 = 9 7 6 9
x 6 x 6 x 2 x 7
17 + = 21
When most people think about insects, they shudder. Most people don't
like insects. They think of strange, creepy bugs. They think of scurrying
ants. They think of stinging bees. Did you know that butterflies are
insects, too? They aren't like most insects. They are pretty. They fly
gracefully through the air. People aren't afraid of them. Most people like
to see butterflies fluttering around flowers. No one would guess that
butterflies are so strange!
One strange thing about butterflies is that they taste with their feet!
Butterflies don't have mouths. Instead, they have a long straw-like body
part that they use to drink nectar or other liquids. It is called a proboscis.
Since they do not have mouths, butterflies have tiny taste sensors on their feet. They are much like the taste buds
on our tongues. When a butterfly lands on a flower or anything else, it can taste it!
Want to know an even stranger fact about butterflies? They don't poop! A butterfly's diet is made up only of
liquids. Its body uses almost all of the liquids that it drinks. Sometimes, a butterfly will spray a mist of liquid when
it has had a lot to drink. This liquid is waste, but it is almost pure water.
Do you ever wonder why you only see butterflies in the summer? It is because they cannot fly when they are cold.
A butterfly cannot fly if its body temperature falls below 86 degrees Fahrenheit. In tropical places, you can find
butterflies year round.
These are just a few of the things that make butterflies so interesting. There is much more to learn about these
strange and beautiful insects!
Questions
1. Butterflies do not have ______.
A. mouths
B. brains
C. eyes
D. ears
2. Instead of having taste buds on their tongues, butterflies taste with their ______.
A. wings
B. antennae
C. noses
D. feet
4. What happens when a butterfly's body temperature drops below 86 degrees Fahrenheit?
A. It spins a cocoon.
B. It lays its eggs.
C. It cannot fly.
D. It dies.
How Much Pizza? Fill in the blanks with Fill in the blanks with
these numbers: these numbers:
Manny 4 8, 8, 5 6, 2, 7
Alex 2 4 3
Felix 1
+ 4 + 1 4
Who ate the most slices
of pizza? 8
sunny
6 + = 9
69 40 75 82 89
+ 1 0 + 52 + 24 + 1 3 - 1 2
4 + = 14
13 + = 27 6 + = 23 8 + = 10 15 + = 31
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April Reading Packet
Complete each analogy with the best word. Jessica's mother bought
blue art class orange red twenty-four stamps.
purple lunch recess spelling One-half of the stamps
had birds on them. The rest
: orange :: of the stamps had pictures
sunflower : yellow of bears on them. How
many stamps had pictures
singing : :: of bears on them?
painting : art class
7 tens : 70 :: 7 hundreds :
Explain why you think your answer is correct.
8,557 is rounded to
9 72 6 36
61,312 is rounded to
12 x 12 = 3 x 8 =
5 x8= 9+ 1 = 8 -3= 17 - 8 =
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"How are you?" she said with excitement as Byron, who was just
leaving his chrysalis, stretched his wings.
"I'm great! Don't you just love being able to move around rather than
being huddled in that chrysalis?"
"Sure do! Let's go exploring as soon as my wings straighten out and dry." Beverly and Byron then spent the rest of
the day floating around and soaking in their new-found freedom.
Questions
1. What word could be a good title for this story?
A. freedom
B. color
C. sleep
D. winter
21 + = 29
54 83 53 94 99
- 50 - 6 1 - 35 - 7 1 - 20
10 + = 37
6,819 = + + +
6 48 4 32
27 + = 36 21 + = 33
39 - 3 1 = 1 1 x 7 = 1 6 45
+ 86 - 1 0
20 + = 38 12 + = 37
Count by 10s.
2 4
x 1 2 x 6
47 77
36 6 1 62 63 38 1 2
+ 53 + 34 + 1 1 + 70 - 37 x 5
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Yesterday, I had a big math test. It was the hardest math test I've ever taken. The
teacher let us know about the test about a month in advance. She gave us quizzes
every Friday and said, "These quizzes give you a taste of what the big test will be
like."
On Monday before each quiz, I began my study process. I would spend at least 15
minutes each evening practicing problems. By Friday, I was ready. I did well on
each quiz.
The week of the big test, I took out all my quizzes and reviewed the types of
problems that were on them. I did all the practice sheets from each chapter as well.
It was a lot of work, but when test day came, I felt well prepared.
Even so, I was nervous when the teacher passed out the test. It was long! It had 50
problems on it! We had two hours to take the test, and I used every minute of it. I
finished the test with 20 minutes to spare, but then I went back and reviewed as
much as I could.
I was so relieved to finally turn in that test. I feel like I did pretty well on it. I should find out by the end of the
week!
Questions
1. How long in advance did the student know about the big test?
A. two weeks
B. one week
C. three weeks
D. one month
2. What was the effect of the student studying for the math test?
A. She felt like she did pretty well on the test.
B. She got the test done in 20 minutes.
C. She felt like she would get a "100" on the test.
D. She didn't have to review the test.
5. How many minutes per evening did the student practice math problems?
A. 30 minutes
B. 15 minutes
C. 60 minutes
D. 40 minutes
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April Reading Packet
Write four words to describe this spider and her web.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Count by 1s.
5 , 6 , 7 , , , , , , ,
5 14
The early colonists didn't travel much, not nearly as much as we do now.
Their everyday trips were short. They didn't travel far for work. They didn't
visit distant friends often. They didn't take vacations either.
When they needed supplies, colonists who lived in town walked. The towns
were small, so it was a short walk to the store. Some colonists lived further
out. When they needed to go into town, they hitched up a wagon. Horses
pulled the wagon. The family rode into town. They bought supplies and
loaded their wagon. Their horses pulled the wagon home.
Settlers didn't commute to work. Some lived and worked in town. They
could walk to work. Many worked on their own farm.
Sometimes, the men needed to do business in another town. The best way for one man to travel was on horseback.
This was the fastest way. Messengers traveled on horseback too. Postriders carried mail on horseback.
Sometimes settlers visited a neighboring farm. If it was a few miles away, they might walk. One or two people
might go on horseback. A family might go in their farm wagon. In winter, they might hitch up their horses to a
family-size sled.
Visits to far-away towns were rare at first. Later on, stagecoaches carried people from place to place. With
stagecoaches, more people could travel. They could travel further too. But, it was not a comfortable ride. A
stagecoach had hard wooden benches. It had no springs, so the ride was bumpy. The roads had ruts, rocks, and tree
stumps. The stagecoach bounced over every one. When it got stuck, the passengers had to get out and help.
Horseback was not the only way to travel fast. There was one other way. That was by water. The rivers were the
best and smoothest routes to travel. Many towns had grown up along a river. Settlers could travel from town to
town by canoe.
Settlers could travel across a river by ferry. Ferries were used to carry goods across a river too. Towns on both
sides of a river could trade using the ferry.
When goods needed to be moved over land, pack animals did the job. Pack horses and mules carried supplies.
Farm wagons and two-wheeled carts carried bigger loads. Strong animals pulled these wagons and carts too. A
team of oxen could pull a heavy load.
Sometimes a longer trip was planned. Maybe an explorer was going to see new places. Maybe a family was going
to settle on new land. These travelers were going into unknown territory.
Some of them chose to travel on foot. They followed trails. They took a Native American guide to show the way.
A large group might have loaded up a Conestoga Wagon. This was a big wagon. It could hold all of a family's
belongings. It was covered too. That gave some protection from the weather.
Travelers had to be ready for anything. If a horse went lame, they had to take care of it. If a wagon lost a wheel,
they had to fix it. If they got lost, they had to find their own way back. Traveling was not easy in colonial days.
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Questions
1. Colonists traveled by ______.
A. foot
B. horseback
C. wagon
D. all of the above
8. Some colonists are traveling in their Conestoga Wagon. The wagon loses a wheel. The colonists ______.
A. use their cell phone to call a friend
B. fix it themselves
C. ask someone to call a tow truck
D. wait for a police officer to come by
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April Reading Packet
Write + or - in the circles.
45 - 39 =
16 7 5 = 15 8 11
12 6 4 = 13 9 20
+ =
- + =
- 6 + 9 = 18
1 What fraction of the
Color in 2 of the rectangle. 88 box is shaded?
- 35
7 56
5 + = 22
5
Write the numeral for six
2 1 2 hundred twenty-three. 2 8
x 9 x 1 0 x 7 x 3
8 + = 10 19 + = 23 25 + = 31 19 + = 22
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Joe Mason couldn't believe the day had finally come. After thirty years of working at
the city zoo, he was retiring. He had mixed feelings. He loved his job, but it was
getting harder to do. His back was sore more often. He wished he had more time to
relax at home. However, he would miss many things about being at the zoo every day.
As Joe drove up to his parking place, he began to think back on his career. During
college, he had started working at the zoo in the summer. He cleaned cages and swept
paths the first summer. Then he learned about feeding various animals. Over time, the
zookeeper taught him a lot about the animals. He learned about creating the best habitat
for them. He was allowed to research how best to feed the animals. He even got to help
the trainers.
After 18 years doing a variety of jobs such as ticket-taker, cage cleaner, and tour
guide, Joe was promoted to assistant zookeeper. That's the job he had for the remaining
12 years of his career there. When the main zookeeper retired two years ago, Joe was
asked about taking his place. He had given it serious thought. In the end, because Joe
knew that he himself would retire soon, he decided to remain the assistant.
Joe got out of his two-door car and headed up the slope to the zoo entrance. As usual, he was one of the first ones
there. The zoo was quiet except for an occasional hoot from the resident owl. The sun hadn't even come up yet.
Joe unlocked the gate, let himself in, and turned to lock it again. He slowly strolled toward the office, taking the
long way around. The path wound past the elephants, giraffes, and tigers. Joe sighed. He had come to love some of
these animals. There were some that he kept his distance from, though. He had quickly learned you cannot treat
wildlife as domestic pets. However, each of them was special to him. Some of them even seemed to recognize him.
(This happened especially when he had food for them!) Even this morning, it seemed the animals knew he was
retiring. As he stopped at each cage, he whispered goodbye to them.
"People would think I am crazy," he thought to himself. "I'm talking to animals, after all. But I will miss them."
Joe sighed. Was retirement really the right thing for him?
He looked at his watch and yawned. He would not miss getting up so early each day to open the zoo.
He went into his office and began to pack the last of his personal items. After a few minutes, the head zookeeper
arrived.
The zookeeper came to sit on the edge of Joe's desk. "You've been a great help, Joe. Would you consider
volunteering for us from time to time?"
Joe's eyes lit up. "I hadn't thought of that," he said. "I can still come see all of you and the animals, but on my own
schedule."
"Absolutely!"
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Questions
1. How many years had Joe worked at the zoo?
A. 30
B. 20
C. 15
D. 35
6. What was something Joe would not miss about the job?
spell
2 9 6
x 1 0 x 1 2 x 2
scaf
20 + 25 = 50 - 1 1 =
scarf
21 + = 27 5 + = 25 scerf
skarf
Written Story-Telling
By Jody Williams
"Ramona Quimby was nine years old. She had brown hair, brown eyes,
and no cavities. She had a mother, a father, a big sister named Beatrice
who was called Beezus by the family, and - this was the exciting part -
~From
Ramona's World
by Beverly Cleary
Ramona was created by Beverly Cleary. Beverly Cleary was born on April 12, 1916. She was born in Oregon.
She lived on a farm. The farm was near a small town. It did not have a library. Her mother called the state library.
She had books sent to the town. She opened a library in an extra room. It was above the town bank.
Beverly loved books as a young child. When she went to school, she was put in a low reading group. She did
not like the books that she had to read. She wished for books about children like her. Beverly said she felt sorry
for the kids in her group. She thought they deserved more interesting books.
Beverly went to college when she was eighteen years old. She earned a degree in English. She returned to
college. She became a librarian. She liked being a librarian. She met a lot of children. She found that they were
asking for books as she did when she was a child. They wanted to read books about other children. They wanted
funny stories.
Beverly Cleary wrote her first book in 1950. It was called Henry Huggins. It was about a boy named Henry.
He had a dog named Ribsy. Henry had adventures. Usually they took place around his neighborhood. Beverly's
next book was called Beezus and Ramona. Beezus and Ramona were characters in Henry Huggins.
Beverly Cleary has written 39 books. The books have been printed in fourteen languages. She has written two
autobiographies. An autobiography is a person's life story that is written by that person.
Beverly Cleary has earned many awards. In 1984 she received the Newbery Medal. The book Dear Mr.
Henshaw won the award. The Newbery Medal is given to an author for his or her writing. She also received a
Living Legend Award. It is given by the Library of Congress. She has also received awards in different states.
Young readers vote on their favorite author. She has won over thirty-five times.
Mrs. Cleary is not only an author. She was a wife. (Her husband died in 2004.) She is a mother of twins. She
enjoys traveling. She likes to do needlepoint. Beverly enjoys the rain. She says that when it rains, she has the urge
to write. Most of her books were written in the fall and winter. Today she lives in California.
Henry, Beezus, and Ramona are characters that many people have grown up with. Children everywhere are
still enjoying them today. Readers enjoy their adventures. They can relate to them. Beverly Cleary made it her
goal to write stories children will enjoy. She wrote them as if she was talking to her reader. She says that writing
for children is written story-telling.
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Written Story-Telling
Questions
1. Beverly Cleary was born on April 12, 1916.
A. true
B. false
2. Describe the library in the town where Beverly Cleary grew up.
7. For what book did Beverly Cleary win a Newbery Award in 1984?
A. Ramona Quimby
B. Ramona's World
C. Henry Huggins
D. Dear Mr. Henshaw
60 + 1 9 = 50 49 30
+ 92 + 46 + 33
17 + = 37
smallest
2 1 0
- 2 1 + 1
1 4 3 8 7 2
- 2 + 1
3 7 8 5 6 1
11 + = 18 23 + = 33 14 + = 38 14 + = 34
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Tate and Max were friends. They liked to play games. On rainy days,
they played board games and video games. Sometimes they played tag
and hide-and-seek. Tate's mother did not like it when they played those
games in the house. It was so hard to slow down and walk! Tate and
Max were always in a hurry. Running was more fun!
"If you run in the house, something or someone will get hurt," Tate's
mother always said.
One day as they hurried from Tate's bedroom to the back yard, someone
bumped a table. It was a small, round table. It held a set of angels and a
small lamp. One of the angels fell to the floor. The boys heard an awful
sound. It was the breaking sound that no child likes to hear.
"Oh no!" Tate said, bending down. "Look what you did!" He held up the angel. One wing had broken off.
"I didn't do that!" Max said. He sounded upset. "You bumped the table. It's your fault!"
"You made me bump into the table," Tate said firmly. "You pushed me into it!"
Tate's big sister, Layne, came out of her room. "Hey!" she called, "what is this?-Blame Someone Else Day? Tell
me what happened."
Tate and Max loudly blamed each other for breaking the angel's wing. They did not sound like good friends any
more.
Layne frowned. She shook her head. When the boys stopped talking, she asked, "Do you know that taking the
blame for your mistakes is a sign of manhood? You'll never be truly grown up until you can face the music when
you are wrong."
"What?" Max did not know Layne very well. Sometimes she didn't make sense.
"One of you did this. Why not admit it and be done with it?" Layne asked.
The boys still blamed each other. No one took Layne's advice. Then Max got his coat and left. He did not want to
play with a liar.
Questions
1. How many people spoke in this story? Name them.
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2. What part of the games 'tag' and 'hide-and-seek' did Tate's mother not like?
4. Which of these words rhymes with the word "fault" in the story's title?
A. start
B. shout
C. failed
D. salt
5. What did Layne mean by "face the music"? Choose the best answer.
A. not making things worse
B. waste no time
C. a song will make them feel better
D. accept the bad results of something you did
6. Tate and Max played the ______ game. (fill in the blank with a word that rhymes with "game."
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Many of us dream of being named king or queen, even for a day. We'd love to
have people bow to us. We can see ourselves nodding nobly to our subjects. We'd
really like telling people what to do! But what's it like to be royal for real? Life as a
real king or queen might not be quite what we imagine. But Queen Elizabeth II
should know. She is the longest reigning monarch ("MAHN-ark" - ruler) in modern
history. She has been the queen of Great Britain for more than sixty-three years. In
fact, she is queen of sixteen free countries called the Commonwealth realms.
Around 140 million people live in these countries.
How do you get to be queen? Most royalty comes through family lines.
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born into a royal family. In London on
April 21, 1926, the Duchess of York gave birth to a daughter. The tiny girl was the
granddaughter of King George V. Her father, the Duke of York, was the second son
of the king. In Great Britain, it was the oldest son who would inherit the throne.
The Duke's big brother, Edward, was to become king at his father's death. Edward
wasn't married at the time. It was assumed, however, that he would marry and have
children. Upon his death, the crown would then pass to his first son. (Girls didn't
get to be queen unless there were no boys to be king. They could also be queen if they married a king.) Baby
Elizabeth grew up as any child of the British royal family would. She and her family lived in one of the royal
houses. She was cared for by a nanny. She was the favorite of her grandfather, King George V. He called the cute
toddler "Lilibet."
The people of the United Kingdom watched Elizabeth grow. When she was three, Time magazine put her
picture on its cover. She was educated by private tutors. Still, she wasn't a child of the oldest son. No one
expected her to become queen. When Elizabeth was nine years old, the king, her beloved "Grandpa England,"
died. Her Uncle Edward became king. Then, a surprising turn of events changed everything. Edward had fallen in
love with an American woman named Wallis Simpson. The romance caused an uproar. Simpson had been
married before. Church rules wouldn't allow the king to marry a divorced woman. Edward decided he would
rather marry his sweetheart than be king. He abdicated (gave up) the throne. As the next male heir, Elizabeth's
father was crowned king. Suddenly, Elizabeth was next in line for the crown! After that she was called "Her
Royal Highness, the Princess Elizabeth."
As a teenager, Elizabeth saw the world go through WWII. Nazi bombers attacked Britain. The war took a
brutal toll on the British nation. The girl who would be queen wanted to do her part. Finally, her father gave his
consent. The princess put on a khaki uniform and trained as a lorry (truck) driver. It was Elizabeth's first time in a
classroom. She loved learning with other girls. She also enjoyed working to help the war effort by helping
transport food and supplies. At the end of the war, the British people celebrated the victory. Elizabeth and her
younger sister celebrated with the crowds of joyful citizens. On her 21st birthday, Elizabeth gave a speech. She
pledged her life to help the people of the British Empire. "I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it
be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all
belong," she vowed. Later that year, Elizabeth married. Her husband Philip was also from a royal family, an heir
to the throne of Greece. Before the wedding, Philip had given up his right to the Greek crown. Elizabeth's father
made him a duke of the British realm. The couple's first son, Prince Charles, was born a year later. A couple of
years after that, a daughter, Princess Anne, came along. Eventually two more sons, Andrew and Edward, were
born.
Elizabeth got some practice at royal tasks when her father, King George VI, became ill. She often represented
him at public affairs. Then, in February 1952, Elizabeth and Philip were touring Kenya when they learned that the
king had died. With her father's passing, Princess Elizabeth had become Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. (Since he
didn't come from the royal line, Philip didn't become king. Instead, his title was His Royal Highness, Prince Philip,
Duke of Edinburgh.) Elizabeth's coronation (formal crowning) came a year later. The queen and her family
moved into Buckingham Palace. From that time, Elizabeth has traveled far and wide. She has made it her job as
queen to maintain contact between the nations of the Commonwealth and the rest of the world. It is also the
queen's job to open and close each session of Parliament, Britain's governing body. She presides at state dinners
when leaders of other nations come to visit. She supports 620 charity agencies. She speaks on behalf of the
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charity groups, helping with fundraising. She hands out official honors, recognizing special people and their
efforts. She opens hospitals, bridges, and other public facilities. All in all, Her Majesty is a very busy person.
Since she became queen, she is always in the public eye. Does that mean she never gets to have fun? Elizabeth
enjoys dogs and horses and has many of each. She watches horse racing and attends dog shows.
The queen is well-loved by the British people. She has no plans to retire or abdicate like her Uncle Edward did.
In September 2015, she became the longest-reigning British monarch in history. Long live Queen Elizabeth!
Questions
1. What is a monarch?
A. a ruler
B. the second son in a royal family
C. a special crown
D. the ceremony where a king or queen is formally crowned
2. True or false? Elizabeth became queen because she was the oldest child of an oldest child and entitled to the
throne.
A. true
B. false
8. What kind of person do you think Queen Elizabeth is at heart? Why do you think so?
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