Reading. Student Practice Book. Vocabulary Comprehension Literary Concepts Critical Thinking. More than 200 practice items!

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1 More than 200 practice items! Student Practice ook 5 Reading Vocabulary omprehension Literary oncepts ritical Thinking Well-liked, widely adopted, and highly recommended by Texas teachers! Your books gave us the help we so desperately needed! Margaret P., Elementary Teacher

2 ontents What s inside this book? How to Use This ook TKS Reading Selections TKS Reading Objectives Reading Passages nswer Key is included in the accompanying Teacher Guide for this book. redits Page 37, Pop Goes the Popcorn, by Virginia. Holmgren, from FES June 1990 issue Mexico in ncient Times, 1990, obblestone Publishing ompany, 30 Grove Street, Suite, Petersborough, NH ll Rights Reserved. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Page 46, Money Problems, by Rosalie F. aker, from LIOPE s May/June 1995 issue Ming ynasty, 1995, obblestone Publishing ompany, 30 Grove Street, Suite, Petersborough, NH ll Rights Reserved. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. This page may not be reproduced.

3 This page may not be reproduced. 6 TKS Reading Objectives for Grade 5 1. The student will demonstrate a basic understanding of culturally diverse written texts. 2. The student will apply knowledge of literary elements to understand culturally diverse written texts. 3. The student will use a variety of strategies to analyze culturally diverse written texts. 4. The student will apply critical-thinking skills to analyze culturally diverse written texts. Use the information in the chart below to identify the specific skill addressed in a question. Objective 1 Objective 2 Objective 3 Objective 4 Word Meaning haracterization Progression of Inference Ideas Figurative Story Plot Similarities/ Fact/Opinion Language ifferences Root Word/ Setting Representation of Supporting ffix Text Information Interpretation/ onclusion Multiple-Meaning Problem onsistency/ onnect/ Word Resolution Logic ompare/ontrast etail/fact Identifying Organizational Purpose Pattern Retelling Events Main Idea Summary ES Learning Systems, Inc. TKS MSTER Reading, Grade 5 Story Variants uthor s Point of View The Texas Education gency (TE) publishes information booklets that define and explain the specific skills tested in each objective. onsult these booklets for further information.

4 Reading Passages The Elephant and the nt (Narrative Selection) Modern Pioneers (Expository Selection) The Winter that ear Stole the hinook and Warm Winter Winds (Paired Selection) Meet J.K. (Expository Selection) San reation Myth (Narrative Selection) Giants of the Sand (Expository Selection) Pop Goes the Popcorn (Mixed Selection) merica s Poetess (Mixed Selection) Money Problems (Narrative Selection) The Rescue and og Rescues oy Trapped in Homestead (Paired Selection) Happy New Year! (Expository Selection) The Ganges River (Expository Selection) No Funny usiness! (Expository Selection) Modern Wonder (Expository Selection) Hopi Kachinas and How People Made Peace with the Wind (Paired Selection) Who-o-o-o Is That Strange ird? (Narrative Selection) Gentle Giants (Expository Selection) ES Learning Systems, Inc. TKS MSTER Reading, Grade 5 7 This page may not be reproduced.

5 Warm Winter Winds What are the chinook winds? They are warm, dry winds that blow down the slopes of the Rocky Mountains in winter and early spring. They are called chinook after the hinook people, who once lived in the Pacific Northwest. In some other parts of the world, similar winds are called foehns. hinook winds begin as air over the Pacific Ocean. This warm, moist air moves west and over the land. s the air flows up and over the mountains, it cools and expands. Some of the moisture in the air condenses and falls to the ground as rain or snow. Then, as the air descends down the mountains on the eastern slopes, it becomes drier and warmer. The air s temperature will increase one degree for every 180 feet the air descends. This dry, warm air melts the snow and ice very rapidly. For this reason, chinook winds are sometimes called snow eaters. The chinook sometimes causes huge changes in temperature. In 1948, it took only one hour for the temperature to rise 33 degrees in Havre, Montana, after the chinook arrived. In spite of such change, many people who live through the cold Montana winters welcome the chinook. For a few days, they can enjoy the warm wind before the cold weather and snow return. ES Learning Systems, Inc. TKS MSTER Reading, Grade 5 19 This page may not be reproduced.

6 This page may not be reproduced. 44 Objective 3 (Representation of Text Information) 6. Look at the diagrams of information about Emily ickinson s parents. Which idea belongs in the blank? lawyer writer loved books and nature tutored Emily Objective 4 (Supporting Interpretation/onclusion) 7. Which statement supports the author s claim that Emily was very fond of the children in the neighborhood? father Edward member of U.S. ongress well-respected in the community She helped with the chores. She was sociable and had many friends early in her life. She lived in her family s home her whole life. She gave the children gingerbread and candy. ES Learning Systems, Inc. TKS MSTER Reading, Grade 5 Objective 1 (etail/fact) 8. Emily spent most of her life mother Emily named her daughter after herself took care of the house raised three children in Washington,.., and Philadelphia at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in mherst, Massachusetts in oston, Massachusetts

7 This page may not be reproduced. 76 Objective 3 (Progression of Ideas) 10. To find out when the Hoover am was built, you would read paragraph 9 paragraph 4 paragraph 2 paragraph 1 Objective 3 (Representation of Text Information) 12. Look at the diagram of information from the passage. bronze statues ES Learning Systems, Inc. TKS MSTER Reading, Grade 5 Objective 1 (Root Word/ffix) 11. In paragraph 1, what do the letters hydro mean in hydroelectricity? Water Earth Wind Electricity ccording to the passage, what else do visitors come to the Hoover am to see? High-scalers Lake Mead tiled floors The Empire State uilding What visitors see at Hoover am Native merican designs The Seven Modern ivil Engineering Wonders a plaque dedicated to the Hoover am Mascot

Teacher Edition. AlphaWorld. Deserts. Written by Keith Pigdon

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