Read the selection and answer each question.



Hidalgo Independent School District3008629185553Subject: 5th ELAR & Social Studies Weeks 3,4 & 5April 13 – May 1, 2020Student: School: Teacher: April 13, 2020 Dear Students,I hope you and your family is doing well and staying safe. We encourage you to continue following all precautions and directions provided by leaders. As you probably know, we will be home for a while in order to stay healthy and safe. I hope you are enjoying your time at home with your family and making healthy, respectful and kind choices every day! It is very important that you take the time to complete your work and to try your best. Don’t forget to read, read and read!Even though we are home, and this instruction is different than the preferred face to face direct instruction, we need to keep working hard as we prepare for 6th grade. We will be checking your work, so please make sure to complete your work daily. Do not wait until the last minute to complete your work.We miss you all and hope to see you soon!!!Sincerely,5th Grade TeachersWEEK OF APRIL 13TH – APRIL 17TH , 2020MONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAYFRIDAYAPRIL 13EASTER BREAKAPRIL 14HMH Moule 9 Week 3Assessment:Adding Up the Clues Read the selection Analyze the questions Show evidence and Answer #1-6*I-STATION - ReadingGenre: MysteryTEKS 5.6F InferenceAPRIL 15HMH Moule 9 Week 3 Continue Assessment: A Puzzling Puzzle Read the selection Analyze the questions Show evidence and Answer Writing #1-3*I-STATION – ReadingGenre: Mystery TEKS focus 5.9(A) Author’s CraftAPRIL 16HMH Moule 9 Week 3 Continue Assessment: Sticky Situation Read the selection Analyze the questions Show evidence and Answer Writing #1-7*I-STATION – ReadingGenre: Mystery TEKS focus 5.10E Point of ViewAPRIL 17HMH Moule 9 Week 3 Continue Assessment: The Mystery of the Viking ShipRead the selection Analyze the questions Show evidence and Answer Writing #8-14*I-STATION – ReadingGenre: MysteryTEKS focus 5.10 (D)***GT ASSIGNMENT- READ the following sentence. Everything has a history.THINK about an ordinary object in your life: where did it come from, where has it been, and where is it now? Imagine if it had the ability to tell its own life story. WRITE an imaginative story that is told from the viewpoint of an everyday object.Be sure to — ? organize your writing ? develop your writing in detail ? choose your words carefully ? use correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and sentencesASSIGNMENT DUE: APRIL 24, 2020TEKS focus: 5.9(A) Author’s Craft****SPANISHABRIL 13EASTER BREAKABRIL 14HMH Moule 9 Week 3Evaluacion:En busca de pistas Lee la seleccion y contesta las preguntas Demuestra su evidencia Preguntas #1-6*I-STATION – LecturaGenero: MysteryTEKS focus 5.6(F)ABRIL 15HMH Moule 9 Week 3 Continua Evaluacion: Un rompecabezas complicadoLee la seleccion y contesta las preguntas Demuestra su evidencia Escritura Preguntas #1-3*I-STATION – Lectura Genero: Mystery TEKS focus 5.9(A)ABRIL 16HMH Moule 9 Week 3 Continua Evaluacion: Un caso de los mas pegajosoLee la seleccion y contesta las preguntas Demuestra su evidencia Escritura Preguntas #1-7*I-STATION – Lectura Genero: Mystery TEKS focus 5.10(E)ABRIL 17HMH Moule 9 Week 3 Continua Evaluacion: El misterio del barco vikingoLee la seleccion y contesta las preguntas Demuestra su evidencia Escritura Preguntas #8-14*I-STATION – LecturaGenero: MysteryTEKS focus 5.10(D)WEEK OF APRIL 20TH – APRIL 24TH , 2020MONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAYFRIDAYAPRIL 20HMH Moule 10 Week 1Assessment:The World’s Most Traveled Dog Read the selectionAnalyze the questions Show evidence and Answer #1-7APRIL 21HMH Moule 10 Week 1Assessment:Writing: Queen of the AndesRead the selection Analyze the questions Show evidence and Answer #1-3APRIL 22HMH Moule 10 Week 2Assessment: Saving the Snow LeopardsRead the selection Analyze the questions Show evidence and Answer #1-7APRIL 23HMH Moule 10 Week 2 Continue Assessment: Writing: Tight Rope Read the selection Analyze the questions Show evidence and Answer Writing #1-3APRIL 24Read a book for 30 minutes*I-STATION – ReadingTEK focus 5.4 Fluency*I-STATION – Reading*I-STATION – Reading*I-STATION – Reading*I-STATION – ReadingGenre: Narrative Non- FictionTEKS focus 5.6(F)Genre: Narrative Non- FictionTEKS focus 5.8(A)Genre: Narrative Non- fictionTEKS focus 5.9(Di)Genre: Narrative Non- FictionTEKS focus 5.10(A)ABRIL 20HMH Moule 10 Week 1Evaluacion:El perro mas viajero del mundoLee la seleccion y contesta las preguntas Demuestra su evidencia Preguntas #1-7*I-STATION – ReadingABRIL 21HMH Moule 10 Week 1Evaluacion:La reina de los Andes Lee la seleccion y contesta las preguntas Demuestra su evidencia Preguntas #1-3*I-STATION – ReadingABRIL 22HMH Moule 10 Week 2Evaluacion:Al auxilio de los leopardos de las nievesLee la seleccion y contesta las preguntas Demuestra su evidencia Preguntas #1-7ABRIL 23HMH Moule 10 Week 2Evaluacion:En la cuerda floja Lee la seleccion y contesta las preguntasDemuestra su evidenciaPreguntas #1-3*I-STATION – ReadingABRIL 24Lee un libro por 30 minutos*I-STATION – LecturaTEK focus 5.4 FluencyGenre: Narrative Non- FictionTEKS focus 5.6(F)Genre: Narrative Non- FictionTEKS focus 5.8(A)*I-STATION – Reading Genre: Narrative Non- FicitonTEKS focus 5.9(Di)Genre: Narrative Non- FictionTEKS focus 5.10(A)***GT WRITING DUE FRIDAY APRIL 24TH, 2020: WRITE an imaginative story that is told from the viewpoint of an everyday object.516255-1538148624569-116349 5th GradeScope and Sequence for Reading/Writing WEEK OF APRIL 27TH – MAY 1ST , 2020MONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAYFRIDAYAPRIL 27HMH Moule 10 Week 3Assessment: Cookie Science Read the selectionAnalyze the questions Show evidence and Answer #1-6*I-STATION – Reading Genre: Informational: ExpositoryTEKS focus 5.6(A)APRIL 28HMH Moule 10 Week 3Assessment: Writing: Guitar or Banjo?Read the selection Analyze the questions Show evidence and Answer #1-3*I-STATION – Reading Genre: Informational: ExpositoryTEKS focus 5.10(D)APRIL 29HMH Moule 10 Week 3Assessment:Sea Otter Pup 681 Read the selection Analyze the questions Show evidence and Answer #1-7*I-STATION – Reading Genre: Informational Narrative non-FictionTEKS focus 5.9D(iii)APRIL 30HMH Moule 10 Week 3 Continue Assessment: Why Does a Woodpecker Peck?Read the selection Analyze the questions Show evidence and Answer Writing #8-14*I-STATION – ReadingGenre: InformationalTEKS focus 5.8(C)MAY 1Read a book for 30 minutes*I-STATION – ReadingTEK focus 5.4 FluencyABRIL 27HMH Moule 9 Week 2Evaluacion:La ciencia de las galletasLee la seleccion y contesta las preguntas Demuestra su evidencia Preguntas #1-6*I-STATION – Reading Genre: Informational/ ExpositoryTEKS focus 5.6(A)ABRIL 28HMH Moule 9 Week 2Evaluacion:Guitara o banyo? Lee la seleccion y contesta las preguntasDemuestra su evidenciaPreguntas #1-3*I-STATION – Reading Genre: Informational/ ExpositoryTEKS focus 5.10(D)ABRIL 29HMH Moule 9 Week 2Evaluacion:Cria 681Lee la seleccion y contesta las preguntas Demuestra su evidencia Preguntas #1-7*I-STATION – Reading Genre: Informational Narrative non-Fiction TEKS focus 5.9D(iii)ABRIL 30HMH Moule 9 Week 2Evaluacion:Porque el pajaro carpintero picotea la maderaLee la seleccion y contesta las preguntasDemuestra su evidenciaPreguntas #8-14*I-STATION – Reading Genre: Informational TEKS focus 5.8(C)MAYO 1Lee un libro por 30 minutos*I-STATION – LecturaTEK focus 5.4 Fluency***GT ASSIGNMENT: READ the following sentence. It is important to bring attention to people who do good things and to those who have achieved something.THINK about someone you know or who is in your community who has done something you think should be recognized in a local newspaper.WRITE a letter to the editor of a local newspaper explaining why he or she should write an article about that person.Be sure to — ? clearly state your central idea ? organize your writing ? develop your writing in detail ? choose your words carefully ? use correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and sentencesTEKS focus: 5.9(A) Author’s CraftASSIGNMENT DUE: MAY 8TH, 202ANSWER SHEETName: Monday April 13Tuesday April 14Wednesday April 15Thursday April 16Friday April 17EASTER BREAKMod 9 Week 3Adding up the CluesA Puzzling PuzzleSticky SituationThe Mystery of the Viking Ship1.1.1.8.2.2.2.9. Fact Opinion3.3.3. Fact Opinion4.4. Fact Opinion5.5. Fact Opinion6.6.10.7.11.12.13.14.ANSWER SHEETName: _Monday April 20Tuesday April 21Wednesday April 22Thursday April 23Friday April 24Mod 10 Wk 1The World’s MostTraveled DogMod 10 Wk 1Queen of the AndesMod 10 Wk 2Saving Snow LeopardsMod 10 Wk 2TightropeRead your favorite book for 30 minutes.1.1.1.1.2.2.2.2.3.3.3.4.3.4.5.5.6.6.7.7.ANSWER SHEETName: Monday April 27Tuesday April 28Wednesday April 29Thursday April 30Friday May 1Mod 10 Wk 3 Cookie ScienceMod 10 Wk 3 Guitar or Banjo?Mod 10 Wk 3Sea Otter Pup 681Mod 10 Wk 3 Why Does aWoodpecker Peck?Read your favorite book for 30 minutes.1.1.1.8.2.2.2.9.3.10.11.3.12.3.4.13.4.5.14.5.6.6 Poem/Illustration/Both Poem/Illustration/Both Poem/Illustration/BothPoem/Illustration/Both7.7.ReadingRead the selection and answer each question.Adding Up the Clues1Sam led Nina and Lily to his room, where clothes lay in piles, stacks of papers and books wobbled, ready to fall, and a mess of candy wrappers, trading cards, and pennies covered the floor.2“Now do you see why I need a detective?” asked Sam.3Lily looked around the room and groaned, “Please, you have to find it. My report on China is due tomorrow, and the abacus was my best prop; I was going to demonstrate how the ancient Chinese used it to do really difficult math.”4“This is where we had band practice two weeks ago, and we used Lily’s abacus as a shaker, but then it just disappeared,” Sam said. He then turned to Nina and begged, “Will you help me?”5Nina often solved mysteries to amuse herself, but she could already see that this would be an especially tough case. “I’ll help,” she said, “for a price: you have to pay me with something small that you don’t want anymore.”6Sam thought for a moment and finally replied, “How about my key chain with the dolphins on it?”7“It’s a deal,” Nina said as she began to circle the room, picking her way through piles of junk and looking for clues. “Where did the band rehearse?”8“Over by the desk,” said Sam, “but I already looked all around there.”9After lifting a jar of marbles and a half-empty pack of gum, Nina ran her finger along the edge of Sam’s desk. “There’s so much dust, you can see where these things were sitting,” she said.10Sure enough, the objects’ shapes stood out on the dusty surface of the desk. “Maybe the abacus is buried under all the dust,” Lily said, giggling.11“It’s really dark in here,” said Nina. “Can we open the blinds?” Sam nodded, and Nina tugged at a cord, letting sunlight pour in. She ran a finger along the slats that she had just tilted open, but this time, her finger came away clean, and she asked, “Are these new?”12“My mom put them up a few days ago because the old ones wouldn’t close,” Sam answered.13“So they were open all the time?” Nina said.14“What does this have to do with my abacus?” asked Lily.15Nina pointed to the windowsill, where a harmonica rested on a faded sheet of purple construction paper. “Here’s one of the band’s instruments,” said Nina. “Sam, do you ever move these piles?”16“Not very often,” said Sam, “unless I accidentally trip over one.”17Nina announced, “The first clue we have is that Sam rarely, if ever, cleans his room, and the second clue is that in this room, things sit in one spot and leave a lasting mark.” Nina pulled the construction paper out from under the harmonica and held it up for Sam and Lily to see.18“Notice how some parts of the paper are dark purple,” Nina said, pointing to the spots, “while others have faded to light purple. It’s like a picture showing where an object was sitting. When the blinds were broken, the sun shone through the window all the time and made the paper fade, but some spots didn’t fade because they were covered up.”19“There’s the harmonica shape,” Sam said, “but what’s this weird big one?”20“It’s from my abacus!” Lily exclaimed. “You can see where the beads were.”21Nina bent down and, reaching between a pile of clothes on the floor and the wall under the window, pulled out the abacus; she waved it, triumphant, before handing it over to Lily.22“I guess I owe you, Nina,” said Sam, sheepishly looking around the room, “but do you think you could help me find that key chain, too?”1Why is the setting of Sam’s bedroom important to the plot?87630133589AIt is so dark, the abacus is hard to see.876301125029BIt is so messy, the abacus is hard to find.876301125029CIt is the only place the band can practice.876301125029DIt is where the friends store their instruments.2Which clause from the story helps to create a mysterious tone?876301163129Apennies covered the floor876301125029Bbut then it just disappeared876301125027Cshe began to circle the room876301125027Dthe sun shone through the window3Read the sentence from paragraph 21.Nina bent down and, reaching between a pile of clothes on the floor and the wall under the window, pulled out the abacus; she waved it, triumphant, before handing it over to Lily.Think about the Latin suffix -ant. What is the meaning of triumphant as it is used above?876301125029Acelebrating a victory876301125029Btrying to clean off a surface876301125029Cin the grip of a difficult battle876301125029Dwithout appreciating a success4What event leads Nina to resolve the mystery?876301163129AShe agrees to help find the abacus for the price of a dolphin key chain.876301125029BShe learns that an abacus was used by ancient people to do difficult math.876301125029CShe finds that the abacus is actually just hidden under all the dust in the bedroom.876301125029DShe notices that the abacus had been sitting on the windowsill before it disappeared.5Read the sentence from paragraph 22.“I guess I owe you, Nina,” said Sam, sheepishly looking around the room, “but do you think you could help me find that key chain, too?”What tone does the author create in this sentence?876301125029876301391729876301658429876301925129A gloomy B anxious C amused D excited6Explain how the story would be different if it were told from Sam’s first-person point of view. Use details from the story to support your answer.WritingRead the selection and choose the best answer to each question.Marty wrote a story about working on a jigsaw puzzle. Read the first part of the story and look for any changes he should make. When you finish reading, answer the questions that follow.A Puzzling PuzzleI am attempting to complete a challenging jigsaw puzzle that has five hundred pieces.When Mom asked if I was prepared for that challenge, I confidently replied, “I sure am Mom!”My finished puzzle will picture a perfect day at the beach. (4) First I located all the pieces for the edges by looking for those that had at least one straight side. (5) Once I had the edges in place,I sorted the remaining pieces by color. (6) I gathered three groups: red the color of the beach umbrellas; blue, the color of the sky and ocean; and tan, the color of the sand. (7) My next step was to work toward the center from one of the corners. (8) I thought that an upper corner of the sky would be simple, but I have discovered that the blues of the sky are very much like the blues of the ocean.1What change should be made in sentence 2?876301163129876301429829876301696529876301963229A Change “I sure am Mom!” to “I sure am, Mom!” B Change “I sure am Mom!” to “I, sure am Mom!” C Change “I sure am Mom!” to “I sure, am Mom!” D No change is needed.2What change should be made in sentence 4?876301163129876301429829876301696529876301963229A Change First I located to First; I located. B Change First I located to First, I located. C Change First I located to First. I located. D No change is needed.3What change should be made in sentence 6?876301163129AChange the colon after groups to a period.876301125029BAdd a comma after red.876301125029CDelete the comma after blue.876301125029DNo change is needed.ReadingRead the selection and answer each question.Sticky Situation1My stroll after lunch was interrupted by the sound of Dad’s angry yelping thirty yards to the west. He was complaining that someone had taken the last caramel-filled chocolate egg, which he had told everyone to leave for him for the drive home.2It sounded like a problem had instantly changed our enjoyable picnic spread on the lush park greenery from a peaceful family eating and gathering area to a crime scene. I scooted, a complete change of my own taking place: from Amy Fujita, second youngest and first smartest of the Fujita family, to Amy Fujita, Kid Detective.3When I asked Dad about the chocolate egg, he glanced nervously at Mom and the baby. “There’s no need to fly into your detective act.”4I whipped a magnifying glass out of my back pocket and planted my knees on the checked cloth. The large wicker picnic basket was sitting upright, flap closed at the top.5“Oh, Ted, now look what you’ve done!” Mom complained, bouncing baby Suzy on her knee as she watched me flip the basket flap open with a pair of tweezers.6I peered inside, careful to avoid destroying any fingerprints, but it was empty. A green garden salad, along with some foil-wrapped sandwiches, had been eaten by my family at lunchtime— everything completely gone including one small caramel-filled chocolate egg that Dad had claimed as his own. Well, that missing chocolate egg hadn’t just rolled off on its own.7I sprang to my feet and looked over the crime scene. The picnic basket was positioned on the southeast corner of the spread. Mom and the baby were seated on the northeast corner, their backs turned to the raided basket.8My sister Miko strolled onto the scene.9“Enjoy any sweet treats lately, like in the last forty-eight minutes?” I grilled the teen queen.10“I didn’t take Dad’s precious chocolate egg if that’s what you’re getting at,” she answered.11I snorted. “You were eating mouthfuls of blueberry pie and vanilla pudding after lunch.”12“I sampled all the dessert choices, except the chocolate eggs,” Miko replied. “You know I’m allergic to chocolate, anyway.”13I cut her explanation short, since there was a crime in progress. It was time to examine the next suspect. “What about you, Mother?” I asked. “You and little Suzy were closest to the picnic basket. Did you hear any suspicious munching, or were you too busy yourself, snacking on Dad’s chocolate egg?”14Mom glared at me and explained that she was reading a magazine. She set Suzy down on the spread and picked up the lifestyle magazine for all to see. Suzy went straight for the picnic basket and tipped the wicker works over as she tried to stand up.15“Maybe Suzy got into the basket and took out the chocolate egg?” Mom said, pointing at the curious crawler.16I chewed on that nugget, then asked, “What article did you say you were reading?”17Mom looked at Dad, very upset. She tried to flap the magazine open, but her fingers were stuck to the front and back covers. “What does it matter what article I was reading?”18“I know who gobbled your chocolate egg, Dad,” I crowed. “It shouldn’t mystify us. Miko’s face would have been red and swollen by now if she pecked at the chocolate egg.” I beaded my eyes down at baby Suzy. “The chickadee here could’ve gotten into the picnic basket, sure, palmedthe chocolate egg, and let it fly off into the grass. Only, she didn’t. Because the picnic basket was upright, not tipped over, when we all flocked back.”19I paused, coolly slipped my magnifying glass back into my pocket, and pointed out the chocolate egg thief. “You, Mother-hen!”20Mom gasped, then cackled angrily. “That’s ridiculous!” she scoffed, looking at Dad wide-eyed.21It was time for the truth to come out. “If Miko and Suzy are as innocent as newborn chicks, then you must have stolen the chocolate egg. Your fingers were stuck to your magazine whenI asked you to show me the article you’d been reading, your fingers still sticky from eating the caramel filling from Dad’s chocolate egg!”22Dad took me to the ice cream parlor when we got back home. He bought me a scoop of caramel ice cream covered with chocolate sprinkles.23Chicken feed, maybe. But for the Kid Detective, sweet reward for making sure that the case was solved.1Which detail shows that Amy thinks of herself as a detective?876301154492AShe teases her sister about eating dessert.876301116392BShe responds to her father’s angry shouting.876301116392CShe carries a magnifying glass in her pocket.876301116392DShe enjoys her reward at the ice cream parlor.2Read the sentence from paragraph 13.It was time to examine the next suspect.Which meaning of the word examine is used above?876301116392Aask questions876301116392Bstudy with care876301116392Ctest knowledge876301116392Dcheck for sickness3Read the sentence from paragraph 14.Mom glared at me and explained that she was reading a magazine.Which sentence best explains why Mom glares at Amy?876301116392876301383092876301649792A Mom is busy putting things in the picnic basket. B Mom is worried that Amy will discover the truth. C Mom needs to pay attention to Amy’s baby sister.87630137652D Mom wants to be left alone to read her magazine.4Read the sentence from paragraph 18.“I know who gobbled your chocolate egg, Dad,” I crowed.What effect do the words gobbled and crowed have on the mood of the story?876301116392AThey produce a feeling of anger.876301116392BThey create a sense of doubt.876301116392CThey increase the mystery.876301116392DThey add to the humor.5Read the sentence from paragraph 18.“It shouldn’t mystify us.”Think about the Latin suffix -fy. What is the meaning of mystify above?876301116392Aworry876301116392Bconfuse876301116392Ccause anger876301116392Dmake worse6What do paragraphs 22 and 23 show about Amy’s role as detective?876301155127AHer ability to solve crimes is valued.876301116392BHer actions can make her father nervous.876301116392CHer questions annoy her sister and mother.876301116392DHer sense of humor is shared by the family.7Explain the steps that Amy follows as she tries to solve the mystery of the missing chocolate egg. Use details from the story to support your answer.Read the selection and answer each question.The Mystery of the Viking Ship1 Beginning around 800 CE, the Vikings sailed their ships far and wide. They traveled from their homes in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark to areas across Europe, Russia, and even North America. The purposes of their journeys included exploring new lands, trading, and obtaining riches through raids.2 How did the Vikings travel so far over water? The answer was found in 1879 in a large burial mound, or pile of earth on top of a grave, on the Gokstad farm outside of Sandefjord, Norway. Stories had been told around the town that a Viking ship was buried deep in the ground. The tales seemed believable considering the mound’s nearby location. Vikings in Norway were mostly farmers, and the land was well-suited for farming.3 One day, two curious teen boys who lived on the Gokstad farm began to dig in the mound. Amazingly, they found the Viking ship! Word of their discovery reached Nicolay Nicolaysen, who visited the mound. Nicolaysen was an antiquarian, or expert in ancient objects, and worked to preserve them. He had the good sense to stop the boys from tunneling any farther. He set up a dig of his own that would carefully recover and protect whatever treasures might be found. Later he wrote a book that recorded what his team discovered about the mound.4 The burial mound was about 16 feet high. Scientists believe it had probably been even larger during the Viking period. A team of archaeologists, people who study human history by examining objects from the past, dug deeper into the mound. They found that some of the upper part of the ship had been destroyed. Still, most of it was buried in clay and had been preserved.5 The dig showed that the ship was made mostly of oak, a wood that is hard and stable. The upper parts of the ship, the planks on the deck, and the mast were made of pine. Iron nails held the planks together. A keel, a T-shaped piece of wood that ran along the length of the boat, was attached to curved wooden planks, called strakes, in the ship’s center. Viking workers had used a practice called clinkering, which meant arranging the strakes so they partly covered each other. Clinkering helped keep ships strong in battles and rough waters.6 But how did the ship move through the sea? The ship had 16 openings on each side for men to row using long oars that powered the ship across the water. The archaeologists also unearthed a mast as well as white wool cloth that was probably part of a sail. These objects suggested that the ship could also be sailed.7 In addition to teaching us about Viking ships, the dig also uncovered some of the customs of the Viking people. For example, there was a chamber at the back of the ship where archaeologists found several interesting items. Between beams on the roof, they noticed pieces of silk braided with gold thread. These were likely the remains of valuable hangings, which suggested the chamber had been the burial place of a man with lots of power. Other items included a game board, fish hooks, kitchen equipment, beds, a tent, and boats. Some of the items, including two peacocks, came from far away, so the man likely got them through trading, as gifts, or as the spoils of war.8 After the dig, the ship was repaired. Archaeologists took the ship apart, cleaned it, and bent the parts back into their original shapes. They used new wood in place of the old wood that had been damaged or destroyed. Today, the Viking ship stands in a museum in Sandefjord. It is an amazing place to visit and learn about the area’s rich Viking history. It helps visitors gain an appreciation of the people who ruled the seas over 1,000 years ago.sailmastprowrudderhullbowoar holesDiagram of Gokstad Ship8Read the sentence from paragraph 3.He had the good sense to stop the boys from tunneling any farther.Which sentence from paragraph 3 best supports the idea that Nicolaysen showed good sense in this situation?87630173212AWord of their discovery reached Nicolay Nicolaysen, who visited the mound.876301116392BNicolaysen was an antiquarian, or expert in ancient objects, and worked to preserve them.876301116392CHe set up a dig of his own that would carefully recover and protect whatever treasures might be found.87630173210DLater he wrote a book that recorded what his team discovered about the mound.9Mark the box that correctly describes whether each sentence from the article is a fact or an opinion.FactOpinionThey found that some of the upper part of the ship had been destroyed.The dig showed that the ship was made mostly of oak, a wood that is hard and stable.Some of the items, including two peacocks, came from far away, so the man likely got them through trading, as gifts, or as the spoils of war.It is an amazing place to visit and learn about the area's rich Viking history.10Which paragraph does the drawing of the Viking ship best help the reader understand?876301154492Aparagraph 4876301116392Bparagraph 5876301116392Cparagraph 6876301116392Dparagraph 711Read the sentence from paragraph 6.These objects suggested that the ship could also be sailed.Which meaning of the word objects is used above?876301116392Acomplains or disagrees876301116392Bthings that can be touched876301116392Cgoals of an organized activity876301117027Dmatters to which thoughts are directed12Read the sentence from paragraph 7.In addition to teaching us about Viking ships, the dig also uncovered some of the customs of the Viking people.Explain how the article supports this claim. Use details from the article to support your answer.13What detail provided in the drawing adds new information to the article?876301154492Athe color of the sail876301116392Bthe location of the keel876301116392Cthe number of oar holes876301116392Dthe presence of a rudder14Read the sentence from paragraph 8.It helps visitors gain an appreciation of the people who ruled the seas over 1,000 years ago.Think about the suffix -ion. What is the meaning of appreciation above?876301116392Athe quality of valuing something876301116392Bthe quality of being put on display876301116392Cthe act of receiving a new souvenir876301116392Dthe act of uncovering something lostWritingRead the selection and choose the best answer to each question.Liam wrote an announcement about a volunteer program. Read the announcement and look for corrections Liam should make. When you finish reading, answer the questions that follow.Calling All Fifth Graders!Do you want to earn prizes by helping to decrease many of your teachers workloads?Teachers are looking for students to stay after school on Fridays to help with tasks such as filing papers, sharpening pencils, and cutting out word cards.There will be special prizes for those who help. (4) Help for five afternoons, and you will receive a free movie ticket. (5) Help for ten afternoons, and you will receive a gift certificate to a restaurant. (6) For twenty afternoons, you get free passes to the aquarium! (7) Ms. Williams the school secretary will be in charge of this volunteer program. (8) Every Monday, there will be a sign- up sheet for the week outside of Ms. Williams office. (9) If you are willing to stay after school on Friday, write your name on the sign-up sheet. (10) Then Ms. Williams will give you a letter to take home. (11) The letter will explain the program. (12) You cant attend unless one of your parents or guardians signs the letter. (13) Please return the signed letter to Ms. Williams by Thursday morning.(14) Be one of the lucky students to earn one of these great prizes. (15) Its also a great chance to help the school. (16) Please see Ms. Williams if you have any questions.1What change should be made in sentence 1?876301192592876301459292876301725992876301992692AChange teachers to teachers’s. BChange teachers to teacher’s. CChange teachers to teachers’. DNo change is needed.2What is the correct way to write sentence 7?876301154492876301421192876301687892876301954590A Ms. Williams, the school secretary will be in charge of this volunteer program. B Ms. Williams the school secretary, will be in charge of this volunteer program. C Ms. Williams, the school, secretary will be in charge of this volunteer program. D Ms. Williams, the school secretary, will be in charge of this volunteer program.3What change should be made in sentence 8?876301154492AChange Ms. Williams to Ms. William’s.876301116392876301383092876301649792BChange Ms. Williams to Ms. Williams’s. CChange Ms. Williams to Ms. Williamses. DNo change is needed.4Read sentence 10 from the announcement.Then Ms. Williams will give you a letter to take home.What is the correct way to write the underlined part of the sentence?876301116392876301383092876301649792876301916492A Then, Ms. Williams B Then: Ms. Williams C Then. Ms. Williams D Then; Ms. Williams5What change should be made in sentence 12?876301154492AChange cant to can’t.876301116392BChange cant to cant’.876301116392CChange cant to can-not.876301116392DNo change is needed.6What change should be made in sentence 15?876301154492AChange Its to Its’.876301116392BChange Its to It’s.876301116392CChange Its to It has.876301117027DNo change is needed.READ the following sentence.Everything has a history.THINK about an ordinary object in your life: where did it come from, where has it been, and where is it now? Imagine if it had the ability to tell its own life story.WRITE an imaginative story that is told from the viewpoint of an everyday object.Be sure to —organize your writingdevelop your writing in detailchoose your words carefullyuse correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and sentencesUSE THIS PREWRITING PAGE TO PLAN YOUR COMPOSITION.MAKE SURE THAT YOU WRITE YOUR COMPOSITION ON THE LINED PAGE.Grade 513Module 9 AssessmentReadingRead the selection and answer each question.The World’s Most Traveled Dog1 In the predawn darkness, the little dog scurried onto a steamship. On that August morning in 1895, he was beginning a journey as a mail package headed for Japan. It wasn’t his first adventure traveling with the mail, and it wouldn’t be his last. However, it would be his longest. It would also earn him the title of the World’s Most Traveled Dog.2 Owney was a scrappy little stray who had captured the hearts of postal workers and become the mascot for the Railway Mail Service. One day in 1888, Owney had walked into the post office in Albany, New York. There, he fell asleep on a mailbag. He made the post office his new home. The postal workers fed him and played with him. They gave him a place to sleep. Owney’s favorite bed was a mailbag. It did not matter if it was folded, flat, or stuffed with mail. Owney seemed to like the way mailbags smelled and felt.3 Soon, Owney began riding atop the sacks on horse-drawn carts that carried mail from post office to train station. As mailbags were loaded into a railcar one day, he jumped aboard unnoticed. Thus, Owney’s first mail car journey was a 150-mile trip south to New York City. Postal workers in New York City wired the Albany Post Office to say Owney was there. Albany postal workers replied: Mail him back to Albany. In case he wandered off again, Owney was given a leather collar with a tag asking that he be “mailed” back to the Albany Post Office.4 For the next nine years, Owney traveled throughout the United States “by mail.” A note on Owney’s collar asked for mail tags to mark his travels. In all, he collected 1,017 different tags in the United States and abroad. Those tags are a record of his travels to such cities as Denver, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Nashville, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, and El Paso.5 On that August day in 1895 when Owney arrived in Tacoma, Washington, he was traveling “first class”—that is, he was traveling with the first-class mailbags. Though he came to town by train, he left by steamship, along with 24 sacks of mail. His friends in Albany had provided him with a tiny suitcase containing a sleeping blanket (even though he preferred mailbags), along with a comb and a brush so he could always look his finest. He was sent as a “Registered Dog Package.”6 Owney’s first stop was Japan. One report states he met the emperor, who added a tag to Owney’s jacket. From Japan, he sailed to Shanghai and then to Foochow, China. He continued westward, collecting tags along the way. From Singapore he sailed across the Indian Ocean to Perim at the mouth of the Red Sea and through the Suez Canal. He stopped briefly at the Mediterranean port of Algiers. He also stopped at S?o Miguel in the Azores.7 The steamer Port Phillip carried him across the Atlantic to New York, his home state. His travels still weren’t over. He was whisked again to Tacoma, Washington, aboard a Northern Pacific train. He traveled by mail car, of course. The train pulled into the Tacoma station five days later. It was the end of a 132-day journey, and Owney was none the worse for the trip.8 During his lifetime Owney likely traveled an astonishing 143,000 miles, most of it in railroad mail cars. Who could have imagined that the little mutt who wandered into an Albany post office in 1888 would one day become famous and travel the world!1Read the sentence from paragraph 1.In the predawn darkness, the little dog scurried onto a steamship.Think about the Latin prefix pre-. What is the meaning of predawn as it is used above?876301125029876301391729876301658429A before the sunrise B through the night C without light87630134859D not known2The author begins the article with a description of Owney scurrying onto a steamship. Explain how this description helps to bring the character of Owney to life. Use details from the article to support your answer.3Read the sentence from paragraph 2.Owney was a scrappy little stray who had captured the hearts of postal workers and become the mascot for the Railway Mail Service.What does the author’s word choice in this sentence suggest about Owney?876301125029AHe was dirty and had no home.876301125029BHe was spirited and very lovable.876301125029CHe was friendly but independent.876301125029DHe was charming in spite of his faults.4Read the sentence from paragraph 4.In all, he collected 1,017 different tags in the United States and abroad.Which word is a synonym of abroad as it is used above?876301125029Aaway876301125029Bbeside876301125029Cnearby876301125029Doutside5Read the sentence from paragraph 5.His friends in Albany had provided him with a tiny suitcase containing a sleeping blanket (even though he preferred mailbags), along with a comb and a brush so he could always look his finest.What do these details suggest about the relationship between Owney and the postal workers?87630172959AAlthough the postal workers loved Owney, they realized he needed to be free.876301125029BWithout the postal workers, Owney would have been treated poorly on his travels.876301125029CThe postal workers felt that Owney needed to represent them well when he traveled.876301125029DThe postal workers cared about Owney a great deal and wanted him to be comfortable.6Which sentence from the article states the author’s feelings about Owney’s travels?876301163129AIt would also earn him the title of the World’s Most Traveled Dog.876301125029BOwney seemed to like the way mailbags smelled and felt.876301125029COne report states he met the emperor, who added a tag to Owney’s jacket.876301125664DDuring his lifetime Owney likely traveled an astonishing 143,000 miles, most of it in railroad mail cars.7Which sentence states a theme of the article?876301163129876301429829876301696529A It is always good to come back home no matter how far you roam. B Becoming famous is much less important than visiting new places. C You can rise from humble beginnings to live a life full of adventure.87630134859D Traveling around the world can give you new ideas and new friends.WritingRead the selection and choose the best answer to each question.Nick wrote an essay about an interesting plant. Read the paragraph from the essay and look for any changes he should make. When you finish reading, answer the questions that follow.Queen of the AndesA remarkable plant lives in the Andes mountains of Peru and Bolivia. (2) The Queen of the Andes the largest plant in the pineapple family looks like an enormous spiky ball for most of its life. (3) The plants do not flower until they are 80 to 100 years old. (4) Then they shoot up a 30-foot flowering spike, bloom for a couple of years, and die. (5) The Queen of the Andes has a special chemical in its spines. (6) This keeps it from freezing in its cold harsh mountain climate.1Read sentence 2.The Queen of the Andes the largest plant in the pineapple family looks like an enormous spiky ball for most of its life.What is the correct way to write the underlined part of the sentence?876301125029876301391729876301658429876301925129A Andes, the largest plant in the pineapple family looks B Andes the largest plant in the pineapple family, looks C Andes, the largest plant in the pineapple family, looks D No change is needed.2Read sentence 4.Then they shoot up a 30-foot flowering spike, bloom for a couple of years, and die.What is the correct way to write the underlined part of the sentence?876301125029A flowering spike bloom for a couple of years and die.876301125664876301392364876301659064B flowering, spike, bloom for a couple of years and die. C flowering spike, bloom, for a couple of years, and die. D No change is needed.3What change should be made in sentence 6?876301163129AAdd a comma after freezing.876301125029BAdd a comma after cold.876301125029CAdd a comma after harsh.876301125029DAdd a comma after mountain.ReadingRead the selection and answer each question.Saving Snow Leopards1 At the age of 16, Kyle McCarthy cradled the limp body of a snow leopard. He had helped his father, Dr. Tom McCarthy, track the big cat among boulders in Mongolia and then use a drug to make it go to sleep. Dr. McCarthy put a radio collar on the sleeping animal before setting the cat free, unharmed.2 “You can’t hold a snow leopard and not feel like that’s probably one of the peaks in your life,” says Kyle. “The animal is so powerful when it’s awake, so beautiful, and so rarely seen.”3 Kyle became a wildlife biologist like his father. Years later, he traveled to Kyrgyzstan in central Asia to help protect snow leopards.“Mountain Ghost”4 The snow leopard is rarely seen by humans. This mysterious cat lives in 12 Asian countries among the world’s tallest mountains.5 The snow leopard is smaller than the tiger, the lion, and the leopard of Africa and Asia. It weighs as much as a cheetah but is shorter and stockier. The cat’s compact shape and thick fur help keep it warm in glacier-chilled air. Dark markings color its light-gray coat, helping it hide in rocky places. Big paws make padding over snow easier. An extra-long tail provides balance on steep, rugged ground.6 You might think the snow leopard would be safe living in such cold, distant places, but it faces many threats from humans. The cat has lost important stretches of habitat. (A habitat is a place that fills an animal’s needs—mainly food, shelter, and mates.) Mining, wars, and overgrazing by farm animals have all led to this loss of habitat.Protecting the Herd7 The loss of habitat has meant less food for the leopards. Snow leopards eat wild goats and sheep. When farm animals eat too many plants, wild plant eaters can’t find enough food. Over time, the numbers of wild goats and sheep go down, and snow leopards have less to eat. Then the big cats eat farm animals, causing a big problem for farmers.8 Groups are working to save the cats and benefit farmers at the same time. Some groups give farmers wire screens and wood to keep snow leopards from entering their stables at night. Some pay farmers for the animals they lose to snow leopards. In exchange, the farmers leave more room and plants for the wild goats and sheep.9 Scientists guess that only 3,500 to 7,500 snow leopards are alive today, but they need better ways to count leopards before they will know.10 Dr. Kyle McCarthy traveled to Kyrgyzstan to test ways of counting snow leopards. He camped in the mountains with Dr. Jennifer McCarthy (his wife) and other coworkers. They saw no leopards, but they hadn’t expected to. Instead, they looked for evidence the cats left behind, like scrapes (claw marks).11 The team also used automatic cameras. The scientists placed cameras that can sense movement and heat along a mountain ridge. When a snow leopard neared one of these “camera traps,” the camera snapped its picture.12 Each snow leopard’s spot pattern is different. Scientists compared patterns in the photos to recognize each cat and realized the cameras had taken photos of 15 different snow leopards.A Near Miss13 Shannon Kachel, Dr. Kyle McCarthy’s coworker, has searched for snow leopards in Tajikistan, where he almost saw one. “I was hiking along a ridgeline in the late afternoon and came around the corner of a rock outcropping to find a site with snow leopard signs all around,” Kachel says. “I could see and hear where the cat had knocked some rocks loose as it ran away from me, but even though I waited until it was nearly dark, I never saw the cat.”14 Most people will never see a snow leopard, yet it has a right to live, Dr. Kyle McCarthy says. “It’s too remarkable to think about losing.”1What is the central idea of paragraphs 1–3?87630133589ASeeing a snow leopard at a young age affected one scientist for his entire life.876301125029BA snow leopard is an extremely powerful and beautiful animal.876301125029CScientists use a type of drug to make an animal go to sleep when they are studying it.876301125029DOlder children often go along with their scientist parents on research trips.2Which word in paragraph 5 signals a compare-and-contrast structure?876301163129Atiger876301125029Bweighs876301125029Cbut876301125664Dover3Read the sentence from paragraph 8.Groups are working to save the cats and benefit farmers at the same time.Think about the Latin root bene. What is the meaning of benefit above?876301125029Aconvince876301125029Bfight876301125029Chelp876301125029Dupset4Explain how the problem-solution structure of the section “Protecting the Herd” helps readers understand snow leopards. Use details from the passage to support your answer.5What central idea does the section “A Near Miss” help to develop?876301163129ASnow leopards leave signs of their presence.876301125029BSnow leopards are almost never seen in the wild.876301125029CScientists are working hard to save snow leopards.876301125029DCameras are necessary for counting snow leopards.6Read the sentence from paragraph 13.“I was hiking along a ridgeline in the late afternoon and came around the corner of a rock outcropping to find a site with snow leopard signs all around,” Kachel says.Which word is a synonym for site as it is used above?876301125029Amark876301125029Bmountain876301125029Cpath876301125029Dplace7Which of these is a central idea of the passage?876301163129AWildlife biologists track snow leopards and put radio collars on them.876301125029BSnow leopards are rare and beautiful animals, and they need to be protected.876301125029COne scientist almost saw a snow leopard, but it ran away before he got there.876301125029DSnow leopards make trouble for farmers by eating the animals the farmers raise.WritingRead the selection and choose the best answer to each question.Dani wrote a story about a relative. Read the paragraph from the story and look for any changes she should make. When you finish reading, answer the questions that follow.Tightrope(1) My great-great-great grandmother, Jeanne-Marie, was a tightrope walker in Paris. (2) That may be hard to believe I myself am very clumsy, but it is entirely true! (3) She was famous in the 1800s for her daring deeds balancing across a wire through a firework show, walking between towers that were over 200 feet high, and dancing on a rope while a rainstorm blew all around her. (4) She performed for Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte, and she even owned her own theater.Amazingly, she was still walking a tightrope at age 70, a silver haired star of the stage. (6) If only I had her grace and balance!1What is the correct way to write sentence 2?87630133589876301300289876301566989876301833689A That may be hard to believe I myself am very clumsy, (but it is entirely true)! B (That may be hard to believe) I myself am very clumsy, but it is entirely true! C That may be hard to believe (I myself am very clumsy), but it is entirely true! D No change is needed.2Read sentence 3.She was famous in the 1800s for her daring deeds balancing across a wire through a firework show, walking between towers that were over 200 feet high, and dancing on a rope while a rainstorm blew all around her.What is the correct way to write the underlined part of the sentence?876301125029876301391729876301658429A deeds: balancing B deeds, balancing C deeds. Balancing87630134859D No change is needed.3Read sentence 5.Amazingly, she was still walking a tightrope at age 70, a silver haired star of the stage.What is the correct way to write the underlined part of the sentence?876301125029876301391729876301658429876301925129A a silver haired-star of the stage B a silver haired star-of-the-stage C a silver-haired star of the stage D No change is needed.ReadingRead the next two selections. Then answer each question.Cookie Science1 Why are some chocolate chip cookies crispy and thin while others are chewy and thick? The answer is cookie science.2 If you’ve ever made chocolate chip cookies, you may remember what goes into them: flour, a fat such as butter or margarine, eggs, brown sugar, white sugar, baking soda or baking powder to make the cookies rise . . . and chocolate chips, of course.3 How these ingredients work together in a hot oven is what makes a cookie. Baking is all about chemical changes. A minor change to the ingredients or to the approach you use, like subjecting the dough to different temperatures in the oven, can determine how a cookie will turn out.4 Let’s look at an ingredient that can make a big difference—the fat. For most cookies, you have a choice of using butter or margarine, and while either fat will work, your choice affects what kind of cookie you’ll get.5 Butter melts at a lower temperature than margarine. In a hot oven, a lot of the butter melts before the shape of the cookie has a chance to set. Cookie dough made with butter spreads out on the baking sheet, so if you use butter in your cookie dough, you’ll get a thin, crisp cookie.6 The same recipe made with margarine won’t spread as far because the margarine melts more slowly, and the cookie has a chance to set before much of the margarine melts. You’ll get a thicker, chewier cookie.7 For their chocolate chip cookies, some people use shortening, another fat that doesn’t melt as quickly as butter. Like margarine, it makes a chewy cookie, but unlike margarine, it adds no flavor.8 And watch out for so-called “spreads,” margarine-like products designed to be spread on toast, not to be used for baking. They melt quickly because they can be almost half liquid. They’ll make your cookie dough spread across the entire pan.9 Many bakers love to experiment. They try melting the butter before mixing it into the batter. They add extra vanilla. They try using whole eggs, then just egg whites. The possibilities seem endless. In fact, bakers are almost like scientists, working to create the perfect cookie.10 Whether you like chewy or crunchy chocolate chip cookies, understanding the science of baking will help you make a cookie that’s best for you.Dad’s LaboratoriesIn one lab, Dad’s ingredients: chemicals with names I can’t pronounce or spell.He mixes and grinds them, blasts themin an oven aflame like the volcano Kilauea.5 In another lab, Dad’s ingredients are milder: baking soda, flour, brown sugar, and eggs.With a whisk, he coaxes these parts into dough, then bakes them at a gentle three-fifty degrees.In one lab, Dad tries something new, adds10 a little of this, a little of that: oxygen,metals, pressure and heat. Then the test tube explodes, bubbles over, or turns a bright blue.In another lab, Dad shows us how to experiment with butter, margarine, shortening, whole eggs,15 or just the whites. Each cookie turns out different— a matter of taste, but also a matter of science.1Read the sentence from paragraph 3 of the article.A minor change to the ingredients or to the approach you use, like subjecting the dough to different temperatures in the oven, can determine how a cookie will turn out.Think about the Latin root ject. What does the word subjecting mean in the sentence?876301125029Adrawing to876301125029Bshaking up876301125029Cholding on to876301125029Dputting through2“Cookie Science” states that “bakers are almost like scientists.” Explain what this simile suggests about the author’s view of the process of baking. Use details from the article to support your answer.3Read lines 3–4 of the poem.He mixes and grinds them, blasts themin an oven aflame like the volcano Kilauea.What does the simile suggest about Dad’s oven?876301125029AIt is stuffed full.876301125029BIt is an odd shape.876301125029CIt is difficult to use.876301125029DIt is remarkably hot.4Which theme is shared by both the article and the poem?876301163129ABaking is a hobby anyone of any age can master.876301125029BScience is not just for the laboratory but also for daily life.876301125029CMembers of the same family can have very different tastes.876301125029DFollowing instructions carefully can result in the best outcomes.5How do the illustration, the article, and the poem all connect to one another?876301163129AThey all support the idea that baking can be a fun family activity.876301125029BThey all suggest that baking involves experimentation and chemistry.876301125029CThey all show the importance of an oven set at the proper temperature.876301125664DThey all explain how to replace various ingredients when making cookies.6Mark the box that shows whether each statement refers to the poem, the illustration, or both.PoemIllustrationBothA clipboard is used to record notes.Butter and eggs are used to make cookies.A whisk is used to blend the ingredients.An oven is used to bake the cookies.WritingRead the selection and choose the best answer to each question.Gabby wrote a letter to her uncle. Read the paragraph from the letter and look for any changes she should make. When you finish reading, answer the questions that follow.Guitar or Banjo?Since you are a musician, I’m hoping you can offer some advice. (2) I would like to start taking music lessons, but I can’t decide whether I should learn the guitar or the banjo. (3) I’m a great admirer of the banjo, but I’ve heard it can be very challenging. (4) It seems that one principel difference between the two instruments is that banjos require more fingerpicking than strumming.(5) Plus, the strings on a banjo are supposed to be really tight and sharp. (6) Playing one can be hard on tender fingers. (7) Even so, I think banjo players produce the most marvelus sounds.I would rather play banjo than guitar, but I am afraid it will be too difficult.1Read sentence 3.I’m a great admirer of the banjo, but I’ve heard it can be very challenging.What is the correct way to write the underlined word?876301125029Aadmiror876301125029Badmirar876301125029Cadmirerer876301125029DNo change is needed.2Read sentence 4.It seems that one principel difference between the two instruments is that banjos require more fingerpicking than strumming.What is the correct way to write the underlined word?876301125029876301391729876301658429A principal B principle C princapel87630134859D No change is needed.3Read sentence 7.Even so, I think banjo players produce the most marvelus sounds.What is the correct way to write the underlined word?876301125029876301391729876301658429Amarvelos Bmarveless Cmarvelous87630134859DNo change is needed.ReadingRead the selection and answer each question.Sea Otter Pup 6811 In September 2014, someone taking an evening stroll on a California beach heard a high-pitched squeal. A furry newborn sea otter, as tiny as a small bag of beans, was calling for her mother while the waves of the vast Pacific Ocean rolled in like thunder. The citizen called a local group that cares for ocean animals. It, in turn, called the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sea Otter Program. This aquarium, a place that cares for and provides public displays of creatures that call the water home, is a leader in rescuing and protecting sea otters. The following morning, since the pup’s mother had not returned to claim her, members of the aquarium took her in. She was thought to be only about five days old.2 Sea otters must eat about one fourth of their body weight every day. This newborn female had been separated from her mother for at least 16 hours, so she needed prompt feeding in order to live. Happily, the pup arrived at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in time. The people there cared for her in shifts around the clock until she was finally strong enough to move to her new home.3 Sometimes adult animals that are rescued can be returned to the wild. However, if they are raised by humans, like this little otter would be, they will need to spend their lives with humans.4 The baby, called Pup 681, was soon sent to Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. Pup 681 arrived when she was only five weeks old, less than two feet long, and a little less than six pounds. There she continued to receive steady attention from animal care teams and doctors who knew just how to care for this particular species, or type, of otter.5 Pup 681 is a southern sea otter, also known as a California sea otter. Southern sea otters live along the coast of California. They can grow up to four feet long, and adult females can weigh in at anywhere between 35 and 60 pounds. In the wild, they may live 15 to 20 years. Thanks to the efforts of groups like the Sea Otter Program, the wild sea otter population in California has grown to about 3,200 otters. That is the highest count in 100 years!6 Sea otters ordinarily spend most of their time in the water. In fact, they even give birth in the water! An adult female will usually have one pup each year. Then the mother will float on her back, holding her baby to her chest. Pups stay with their mothers for about eight months. During thistime, they learn life skills from their mothers. A young otter learns to swim, find food, and groom, or care for its fur, all from its mother.7 Pup 681 had no otter mother to teach her these things, so humans had to step in and show her important skills such as searching for food, grooming, using her rear flippers, and even swimming and diving. The pup learned fast and was soon an acrobat in the water, turning back flips and wrestling with toys.8 Once Pup 681 was doing well and growing, she needed a name. In December of 2014, Shedd Aquarium held a contest. They suggested five names, and the public was invited to vote. Over ten thousand votes were sent in and counted. The winning name was Luna, meaning “moon,” in honor of Half Moon Bay near where she was found.9 A few months earlier, no one would have predicted that the little five-day-old pup would live. Little did they know, she would become an important ambassador of the animal world. In the human world, ambassadors are people who support interests that are important to them. Luna is an ambassador for her kind. We can watch her and come to know and appreciate sea otters. She reminds us how important it is for us to preserve and protect the world around us.1Read the sentence from paragraph 2.This newborn female had been separated from her mother for at least 16 hours, so she needed prompt feeding in order to live.Which word means the same as prompt as it is used above?876301125029Acareful876301125029Bhealthy876301125029Cgenerous876301125029Dimmediate2Read the sentence from paragraph 1.A furry newborn sea otter, as tiny as a small bag of beans, was calling for her mother while the waves of the vast Pacific Ocean rolled in like thunder.What effect do the words in this sentence have on the reader? Use details from the article to support your answer.3Read the sentences from paragraph 5.Thanks to the efforts of groups like the Sea Otter Program, the wild sea otter population in California has grown to about 3,200 otters. That is the highest count in 100 years!What does the language in the sentences above suggest about the author’s viewpoint?876301125029AThe author feels concern not only for this one baby otter but for the otter population in general.87630173594BThe author believes humans were likely responsible for the shrinking otter population in the past.87630172959CThe author hopes that Luna will be returned to join the wild otter population in California one day.87630172959DThe author thinks that the otter population in California is still low even though people are helping.4Read the sentence from paragraph 7.The pup learned fast and was soon an acrobat in the water, turning back flips and wrestling with toys.What does the phrase “was soon an acrobat in the water” suggest about the baby sea otter?876301125029AShe is very nimble and playful.876301125029BShe likes to perform for an audience.876301125029CShe will be part of an aquarium exhibit.876301125029DShe will be returned to the wild after all.5Read the sentence from paragraph 9.A few months earlier, no one would have predicted that the little five-day-old pup would live.Think about the prefix pre-. What is the meaning of predicted above?876301125029Acaused to get better876301125029Bdeclared in advance876301125029Cworked together with876301125029Dbelieved in spite of facts6What does the repeated use of the word ambassador in paragraph 9 show about the author?876301163129AThe author wants more people to visit Luna at the aquarium.876301125029BThe author wants to support and honor the people who saved Luna.876301125029CThe author wants others to have a deeper understanding of the animal world.876301125029DThe author wants readers to consider volunteering to care for lost or injured animals.7The article has a few themes. Mark the box that matches each detail from the article to the theme it supports.DetailThemeBaby animals rely on others in order to master necessary behaviors.Helping orphaned animals takes a great deal of knowledge and work.The people there cared for her in shifts around the clock until she was finally strong enough to move to her new home.A young otter learns to swim, find food, and groom, or care for its fur, all from its mother.Read the next two selections. Then answer each question.Why Does a Woodpecker Peck?1 Tap-tap-tap-tap. Tap-tap-tap-tap. You may have heard that sound while walking in the woods, or maybe in your own backyard. It’s a woodpecker, hammering high in a tree with its hard, pointed beak. Woodpeckers work so hard to drill holes in trees for three good reasons.Hole Homes2 Every year, the woodpecker carves a cozy new nest hole in a tree. Small types of woodpeckers make small nests while larger species drill bigger holes. When a male and a female woodpecker want to start a family, they work together to make their nest hole.3 After the young woodpeckers hatch, they live in their parents’ nest for about a month. The parents may continue to feed their young for a while even after they have left the nest.Pecking Up Lunch4 Delicious insects live under tree bark. Dead trees are full of bugs, including insect eggs, grub-like newly hatched insects (larvae), insects that are changing into adults (pupae), and adult insects.5 A hungry woodpecker has all the right equipment to catch bugs for lunch. Four toes on each foot, two pointing forward and two backward, make perfect hooks for climbing up tree trunks. A tail that acts like a spring also helps. The woodpecker just leans back and bounces up the tree. Its stiff, super-strong tail feathers steady it while it works. As the bird’s sharp beak pounds the tree, a special set of spongy bones in the woodpecker’s head absorbs the shock of all the hammering. Its extra- long tongue flicks out to lick up bugs in the hole it has created.Drumming, Not Humming6 Unlike many other birds, woodpeckers do not vocalize. Instead of singing or calling, they sometimes peck just to make sounds and “talk” to each other. Their drumming sends messages to other woodpeckers. When a male woodpecker has chosen a place to live, he finds a surface that will be noisy, like a hollow tree, and drums loudly to tell others that this is his territory.7 Woodpeckers will drum on anything, even garbage-can lids or metal power poles, to make a loud noise! The drummer hopes the racket will also attract a mate. Woodpeckers may tap to talk with their mates and with their youngsters, too, letting them know where food is, calling for help at the nest, or warning them about danger.Profits to Pecking8 The forest benefits from woodpeckers’ hard work. Squirrels, owls, and other birds often live in holes made by woodpeckers. Woodpeckers eat so many insects from dead trees that they can prevent some harmful ones from spreading and destroying healthy trees. The inhabitants of the forest love to hear the tap-tap-tap of the woodpecker!The Woodpecker’s LullabyLazing around in my backyard,I heard a woodpecker pecking hardRattle-a-knock-knock! Rattle-a-knock-knock! the loudest, proudest sound on the block.5 His red head pounded an oak tree bough Pada-da-da-pow! Pada-da-da-pow!He seemed to announce:This place? It’s mine now!In a breath, he flew to my satellite dish10 Danga-dang-danga-dang-danga-CRISH! And then to a street sign: CHILDREN AT PLAY Ba dada ZAY ZAY! Ba dada da ZAY!After he’d made such an awful racketHe flew to the tree again, peeked in a pocket15 He’d drilled with his beak. Inside it: a nest, His hatchlings at rest. This time, oh so quietHe rapped. Tappatta-pa-tap-patta-tap-tap-tap. Go to sleep, little ones, it’s time for a nap.8Read the sentence from paragraph 5 of the article.A tail that acts like a spring also helps.What do the words “acts like a spring” help readers understand about the woodpecker?876301125029Athat its tail helps it to fly876301125029Bhow it climbs using its tail876301125029Cwhat its tail often looks like876301125029Dthat its tail is especially long9Read the sentence from paragraph 6 of the article.Unlike many other birds, woodpeckers do not vocalize.Think about the Latin root voc. What is the meaning of vocalize above?876301105344Ato let loose a volley of noise876301125029Bto express an opinion by vote876301125029Cto use a voice to make sounds876301125029Dto voyage a long way to find food10Which idea from the article is best shown by the picture?876301163129AWoodpeckers hope that making music will help them find a mate.876301125029BWoodpeckers sometimes bang on things other than trees to communicate.876301125029CWoodpeckers drill holes in wood to catch insects that live under the surface.876301125664DWoodpeckers have special bones in their heads that allow them to peck without injury.11What is the theme of the poem?876301163129ASome work hard while others lie around doing nothing.876301125029BParents will do almost anything to defend their children.876301125029CNature will always interrupt the order created by human beings.876301125029DEven the loudest and boldest can sometimes show quiet tenderness.12Read line 13 of the poem.After he’d made such an awful racketWhich word means the opposite of racket as it is used above?876301125029Aparty876301125029Bchaos876301125029Csilence876301125029Dhappiness13What idea is shared by the picture and the poem?876301163129AWoodpeckers make nests for their hatchlings by drilling holes in trees.876301125029BWoodpeckers are also able to drum quietly to send their babies to sleep.876301125029CWoodpeckers are like drummers who express themselves through rhythm.876301125029DWoodpeckers sometimes use tools like sticks to make noise on various objects.14How does the information in the article help readers understand the imagery in the poem? Use details from the article and the poem to support your answer.WritingRead the selection and choose the best answer to each question.The OlympicsSkyler wrote a paper about the Olympics. Read Skyler’s paper and look for corrections she should make. When you finish reading, answer the questions that follow.Every two years, a special event brings together people from more than two hundred countries. (2) Thousands of people travel from everywhere on the globe to attend this event.(3) Millions more view this event on (television or online). (4) Can you guess what this event is?That’s right—it’s the Olympic Games!It’s not easy to get on an Olympic team. (7) Sports players may train for years before they finally try out. (8) They practice until they are almost perfect in their sports. (9) The players certainly want to win medals. (10) However the players know that it is a great honor just to be selected for the games. (11) Many of the Olympic players feel proud even if they don’t win any gold medals since just being there is an acheivement.(12) There are summer and winter Olympic games. (13) Tennis, volleyball, and swimming are some of the sports at the summer games. (14) The following sports are at the winter games figure skating, skiing, and ice hockey.(15) The Olympics draw varius fans from around the world. (16) They like to cheer for their favorite teams and the fans hope that their countries’ players will bring home gold medals.You can expect the whole world to watch the next Olympics.1What is the correct way to write sentence 3?87630133589876301300289876301566989876301833689A Millions more view this event on television (or online). B Millions more view this event on television (or online.) C Millions more view this event on (television or online.) D Millions more view this event on (television or) online.87630188199876301354899876301621599876301888299A However, the players know that it is a great honor just to be selected for the games. B However the players know, that it is a great honor just to be selected for the games. C However the players know that it is a great honor, just to be selected for the games. D However the players know that it is a great honor just to be selected, for the games.3Read sentence 11 from the paper.Many of the Olympic players feel proud even if they don’t win any gold medals since just being there is an acheivement.What is the correct way to write the underlined word in the sentence?876301125029876301391729876301658429A achievemint B achievement C acheevement87630134859D achievemeant4Read sentence 14 from the paper.The following sports are at the winter games figure skating, skiing, and ice hockey.What is the correct way to write the underlined part of the sentence?876301125029876301391729876301658429876301925129A winter games, figure skating B winter games; figure skating C winter games. figure skating D winter games: figure skating5Read sentence 15 from the paper.The Olympics draw varius fans from around the world.What is the correct way to write the underlined word in the sentence?876301125029876301391729876301658429876301925127A variuos B vareous C various D varyous87630188199AThey like to cheer, for their favorite teams and the fans hope that their countries’ players will bring home gold medals.87630173594BThey like to cheer for their favorite teams, and the fans hope that their countries’ players will bring home gold medals.87630172959CThey like to cheer for their favorite teams and the fans hope, that their countries’ players will bring home gold medals.87630172959DThey like to cheer for their favorite teams and the fans hope that their countries’ players will bring home, gold medals.READ the following sentence.It is important to bring attention to people who do good things and to those who have achieved something.THINK about someone you know or who is in your community who has done something you think should be recognized in a local newspaper.WRITE a letter to the editor of a local newspaper explaining why he or she should write an article about that person.Be sure to —clearly state your central ideaorganize your writingdevelop your writing in detailchoose your words carefullyuse correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and sentencesUSE THIS PREWRITING PAGE TO PLAN YOUR COMPOSITION.MAKE SURE THAT YOU WRITE YOUR COMPOSITION ON THE LINED PAGE. ................
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