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Week 7 
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May 6th: pages 12 - 22a 
May 8th: pages 23 - 34 
 
Week 8 
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May 13th: pages 46 - 56 
May 15th: pages 57 - 66a 

 

Week 9 
May 18th: pages 67 - 78 
May 20th: pages 79 - 88 
 
 

*Please read to your child or have them read to you for 20 

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Introduction

Lesson 4

Describing Cause and Effect

Learning Target Understanding cause-and-effect relationships will
help you understand how and why events happen.

Read  A heavy storm hits, and a large tree falls. The storm is the

cause, or the reason the tree falls. The fallen tree is the effect, or
what happens as a result of the storm. The connection between
these two events is an example of a cause-and-effect relationship.
Understanding cause and effect can help you see how events and
ideas are related.

Writers often use words such as because, if/then, since, so, therefore,
and as a result to signal and explain a cause-and-effect relationship.

Read this cartoon. What cause-and-effect relationship do
you see?

Henry got a balloon at the Henry blew up the balloon. The balloon popped because
party. Henry blew it up too much.

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Think  Look at the cartoon again. Fill in this cause-and-effect chart

to tell what happened.

Cause Effect
(Why It Happened) (What Happened)

Write one or two sentences describing what happened. Use words
such as because, so, or as a result to show cause and effect.





Talk  Imagine there is a fourth box in the cartoon. What do you think

the cat would do? Why? Describe that cause and effect. Use a signal
word in your description.

Academic Talk 

Use these words to talk about the text.

• cause • effect • relationship

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Modeled and Guided Instruction Genre: Science Article

Read

Cloudy
with a Chance of Cats and Dogs
by Nicole Sheffler

1 You may have heard the saying, “It’s raining cats and dogs out there!”

But what’s really going on up in the sky? Read on to find out.

2 Rain comes from clouds. But where do the clouds come from? First,

it’s important to understand that all air contains water. This invisible

water is called water vapor. When warm air rises, it cools down. Cool

air can’t hold as much water vapor as warm air. So the vapor grabs a ride

on tiny pieces of dust in the air. The vapor forms water droplets around

the bits of dust. A cloud is formed when billions of these water droplets

come together.

3 Inside a cloud, the water droplets move around very quickly. When

they move they may bump into each other. As a result, they may stick

together. If they stick together, then they start to get bigger. Close Reader Habits
When they get bigger, they get heavier. Sometimes they get

too heavy for the cloud to hold them. Then they fall to the Underline words and

ground as rain. If it’s cold outside, then they fall as snow. phrases that signal cause
4 Much of this rain and snow falls all the way back down and effect. How do they
help you understand how
to the ground. Then the whole process starts over again. the ideas are connected?

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1. Warm air rises. nonniotoaitittaiapttiipicpeicircePerrPP 3. Droplets form 4. Droplets get heavy
clouds. and fall.
2. Water vapor turns
into droplets.

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Describing Cause and Effect  Lesson 4

Ex plore How do cause-and-effect relationships help explain how
rain is formed?

Think When you read, pay
attention to how and
1 Finish this chart to show cause-and-effect relationships from the article why things happen.
about rain. This will help you spot
causes and effects.
Cause Effect

Warm air rises.

The water vapor attaches itself to dust
to form droplets.

Billions of droplets come together.

The droplets stick together and get
heavier.

Talk 

2 Work with a partner to explain each cause-and-effect relationship
from the chart. Use signal words to show how the ideas are connected.

Write  HINT Begin by

3 Short Response  What happens inside a cloud that causes making a list of the
rain or snow to fall? Use signal words to explain the cause-and- key details in
effect relationship. Use the space provided on page 58 to write paragraph 3 of
your answer. the article.

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Weather - The Water Cycle

Weather - The Water Cycle

by ReadWorks

Where does the water that causes rain come from? Actually, the water was there all along. All
of the water in the whole world has always been here. Think of all of the oceans and lakes on
the globe. This is where the tiny water particles in the air come from. But how does this
happen?

The Earth's water cycle begins with a change in temperature. When the sun heats the Earth,
a little water from oceans, lakes, and rivers evaporates. It turns into an invisible gas or vapor.
Water molecules rise into the air. Eventually, clouds form and the water drops back to Earth
as rain. The rain flows into rivers or streams back to the ocean or lakes again. Do you see the
arrows in the picture? These arrows show the path of water from the ocean, to the sky, and
then back to the earth. This is the water cycle.

Condensation also plays a big role in the creation of rain. The air far up in the sky can be very
cold. When the warm air that contains invisible water droplets rises from earth and meets cold
air, the droplets become visible. This process is called condensation. Clouds are formed as
the air high up becomes colder and heavier. When the water drops grow too heavy to be held
by the air, they fall out of the clouds as precipitation, or rain. The rain runs into the Earth's
oceans, rivers, and lakes. Then, the cycle starts all over again!

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Weather - The Water Cycle - Comprehension Questions

Name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________

1. What do all of the arrows in the picture represent?
A. Lakes
B. The movement of water
C. Evaporation
D. Condensation

2. In the water cycle, lake water will do which of the following first?
A. Turn into water vapor in the air
B. Condense
C. Turn into rain
D. Turn into a cloud

3. Water vapor in the air will do which of the following last?
A. Flow into oceans, rivers, and lakes as rainwater
B. Turn into a cloud
C. Turn into rain
D. Disappear

4. What force causes the water cycle to start?
A. Evaporation
B. Condensation
C. Precipitation
D. Temperature change

5. The passage is mostly about
A. The differences between condensation and precipitation
B. How the sun causes rain
C. How water goes through different phases on earth
D. How rain moves in a circle

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Weather - The Water Cycle - Comprehension Questions

6. What do you think the author's purpose might be for writing this passage?

7. What is condensation?

8. The question below is an incomplete sentence. Choose the word that best completes
the sentence.
The water cycle has a bunch of different stages, _________ condensation.

A. also
B. and
C. except
D. including

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Lesson 22 Introduction 3.M.1
Liquid Volume

Use What You Know

In Lessons 20 and 21, you learned about measuring time using minutes and
hours. You can also measure liquid volume. Take a look at this problem.

Zeke has a small bucket and a large bucket. He wants to know how much water
each of the two buckets can hold. He has a ruler and a measuring cup. How can
Zeke measure the amounts of water each bucket can hold?

a. Think about measuring how tall each bucket is. Explain how you would do this.

b. Does measuring how tall each bucket is help you know how much water each
bucket can hold? Explain why or why not.

c. What tool can Zeke use to measure the amount of water each bucket can hold?
d. Explain how Zeke can measure the amount of water each bucket can hold.

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Find Out More

When you measure how much water is in a bucket, you measure liquid volume.

To measure the amount of water each bucket can hold, Zeke must use something
that holds liquid, like the measuring cup. He can count how many times he fills the
measuring cup and pours it into each bucket until the bucket is full. The total number
of measuring cups describes the liquid volume of each bucket.

There are standard units for measuring liquid volume. A liter is a standard unit of
liquid volume. You can measure the number of liters in a container by using a
measuring cup or a liter beaker.

A picture can help you understand about how much liquid 1 liter is. Each of the three
pictures below show about 1 liter of liquid.

the amount of water the amount of milk the amount of milk
in a large water bottle in 4 small milk cartons 1
in ·4· of a gallon

Reflect

1 Name one container that de nitely holds less than 1 liter, one container that holds
about 1 liter, and one container that de nitely holds more than 1 liter.

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Lesson 22 Modeled and Guided Instruction

Learn About Estimating Liquid Volume

Read the problem below. Then explore different ways to estimate to solve a
word problem about liquid volume.

Kayla will use a liter carton to fill her
goldfish’s small fish tank. Estimate
how many liters of water the fish tank
can hold.

1 liter

Picture It You can use a model to help you estimate.

You can picture how many liter cartons would fit inside the fish tank.

Front View Top View

Count the number of cartons. This is your estimate.

Model It You can model the problem in another way to help you estimate.

This shows 1 liter of water in the fish tank.

You can think about what fraction of the fish tank is filled when it has 1 liter
of water in it.

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Connect It Now you will estimate to solve the problem from the

previous page.
2 Look at the 1 liter of water shown in the sh tank in Model It. Explain how to

nd the fraction of the sh tank that is lled with water.

3 Explain how you can use this fraction to estimate how many liters of water the
sh tank holds.

4 About how many liters of water does the sh tank hold?
5 Now look at the picture of the cartons inside the sh tank in Picture It. Is your

estimate close to the estimate this picture shows?
6 Explain how to estimate the number of liters of water it would take to ll a container.

Try It Use the picture of the liter carton and what you just learned to help

you estimate the liquid volume of each container.
78

1 liter 1 liter

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Guided Practice Genre: Science Article

Read

froFmrozen Deserts

by Heidi Deal, AppleSeeds

1 In spite of our image of deserts, some are freezing cold and covered

with ice and snow. Cold deserts exist all over the world. They are found

in Asia, Africa, South America, China, and even the United States.

2 The coldest place on Earth, Antarctica, is considered a desert. It gets

very little snow or rain. When it snows, the snow never melts. Instead,

it forms ice sheets that build up over time. This creates ice shelves and

icebergs. It’s too cold for plants. Only a few mosses and algae grow there.

And people can’t live there for long periods of time.

3 Another frozen desert, the Gobi, reaches from Mongolia to China.

It is still expanding. The Gobi Desert is called a rain shadow desert.

A large mountain range, the Himalayas, blocks the wet weather from

reaching the area. Heavy winds whip through the Gobi plains. (That may

explain why there’s no sand there. Instead, the landscape is mostly bare

rock with little plant life.) Temperatures are extreme. It isn’t covered in

ice like Antarctica is. But the Gobi can get as cold as Close Reader Habits
40° F below zero in the winter. In the summer, it can

get as hot as 122° F. Underline sentences

4 Brrrr. It’s the desert, but I’m freezing! that show the effects
of extreme cold in

Antarctica.

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Think Remember that one
cause can have many
1 This question has two parts. Answer Part A. Then answer Part B. effects, and one effect
may have many
Part A causes.
In Antarctica, why do ice sheets build up over time?

A because Antarctica gets very little snow or rain
B because when it does snow, the snow doesn’t melt
C because there are few plants to stop the ice from forming
D because there aren’t enough people to break up the ice

Part B
What are two other effects of the extreme cold in Antarctica?

A Ice shelves and icebergs form.
B The plants become tougher and stronger.
C It snows all the time.
D Strong winds blow away any snow.
E People can’t stay there long.
F There is no snow.

Talk  HINT What effect

2 Reread paragraph 3 and discuss with a partner what the Gobi Desert do the Himalayas
looks like. What is one possible reason that there is no sand in the have on the area
Gobi Desert? where the Gobi
Desert formed?
Write 

3 Short Response  Why is the Gobi Desert a desert? Explain at least
two cause-and-effect relationships that might have caused this.
Use the space provided on page 59 to write your answer.

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Modeled and Guided Instruction

Write  Use the space below to write your answer to the question on page 55.

Cloudy HINT Begin by
with a Chance of Cats and Dogs
making a list of the
3 Short Response  What happens inside a cloud that causes rain key details in
or snow to fall? Use signal words to explain the cause-and-effect paragraph 3 of
relationship. the article.












Don’t forget to check
your writing.

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Guided Practice

Write  Use the space below to write your answer to the question on page 5173.

froFmrozen Deserts

3 Short Response  Why is the Gobi Desert a desert? Explain at HINT What effect
least two cause-and-effect relationships that might have
caused this. do the Himalayas
have on the area
where the Gobi
Desert formed?









Check Your Writing

  Did you read the prompt carefully?
  Did you put the prompt in your own words?
  Did you use the best evidence from the text to support your ideas?
  Are your ideas clearly organized?
  Did you write in clear and complete sentences?
  Did you check your spelling and punctuation?

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What's the Big Idea about Water? Water's Impact on the Earth

What's the Big Idea about Water? Water's Impact
on the Earth

by American Museum of Natural History

This text is provided courtesy of OLogy, the American Museum of Natural History's website for kids.

All Water on Earth Is Linked in a Vast Cycle

Earth's water is always in motion. It moves inside the planet, across its surface, and in
the atmosphere above.

Water in lakes, rivers, and oceans turns into vapor and
moves into the air through evaporation. Plants draw
water from the soil and return it to the air. Volcanoes
release water vapor that was locked deep inside rocks.
All that water rises and falls back to Earth as rain or
snow. This water cycle repeats over and over.

Photo Credit: Coombs / USGS Can you imagine how far the water in your shower has
traveled? (Remember, it's been on Earth for over 4 billion
years!) Where do you think it will go next?

Water and Climate Are Connected in Many Ways

Climate is the average weather in a place, over a long time. Water, in its various forms (liquid,
vapor, and ice), plays an important role in controlling climate.

At the North and South poles, sea ice forms and melts with

the seasons. When the ice melts, cold water sinks to the

bottom of the ocean and circulates around the globe.

Ocean currents also move warm water around the earth.

When the warm water evaporates, it causes the

atmosphere above it to warm. Water vapor, and other

greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, hold in the sun's

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All About Earth

All About Earth

The text and images are from NASA Space Place.

What is Earth like?

Our home planet Earth is a rocky, terrestrial planet. It has a solid and active surface with
mountains, valleys, canyons, plains and so much more. Earth is special because it is an
ocean planet. Water covers 70% of Earth's surface.

Our atmosphere is made mostly of nitrogen and has plenty of oxygen for us to breathe. The
atmosphere also protects us from incoming meteoroids, most of which break up in our
atmosphere before they can strike the surface as meteorites.

Since we live here, you might think we know all there is to know about Earth. Not at all,
actually! We have a lot we can learn about our home planet. Right now, there are many
satellites orbiting Earth taking pictures and measurements. This is how we can learn more
about weather, oceans, soil, climate change, and many other important topics.

Earth Facts

· Earth is the only planet in our solar system we know of that supports life.

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All About Earth

· Earth is a terrestrial planet. It is small and rocky.
· A Day on Earth lasts a little under 24 hours, but since you live here, you probably knew
that already.
· One year on Earth lasts 365.25 days. That 0.25 extra means every four years we need
to add one day to our calendar. We call it a leap day (in a leap year).
· Earth's atmosphere is the right thickness to keep the planet warm so living things like us
can be [here]. It is mostly nitrogen, and it has plenty of oxygen for us to breathe.
· We have known about our own planet since ancient times, of course. But we didn't know
our place in the solar system or universe for a long time.
· We have one moon. We're the only planet to have just one moon.
· Earth has lots of spacecraft watching it. There is still a lot we can learn about our home
planet.

What does Earth look like?

This is a view of Earth looking just at the
northern portion.

This Apollo 11 picture taken by an astronaut in 1969 shows the Earth
rising over the moon. Doesn't it look small?

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All About Earth

A NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite took
this picture of the entire sunlit side of Earth from one million miles away.

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All About Earth - Comprehension Questions

Name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________

1. Describe Earth's surface using details from the text.

2. Why is Earth's atmosphere important for the life on Earth? Support your answer with
evidence from the text.

3. What is the main idea of this text?

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Language Handbook Lesson 15 L.3.1h: Use coordinating . . . conjunctions.
L.3.1i: Produce . . . compound . . . sentences.
Lesson 15 Simple and Compound Sentences

Introduction A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete thought.

• A simple sentence has one subject and one predicate. The subject tells whom or what
the sentence is about. The predicate tells what the subject does or is.

subject predicate
[ ] [ ]Alfredo goes to art class on Tuesday and Thursday.

• A compound sentence has two simple sentences joined together by the conjunction
and, but, or, or so. There is usually a comma before the conjunction.

simple sentence simple sentence
[ ] [ ]Alfredo likes art class , but his sister enjoys music class.

• Combining two short sentences into a compound sentence can make your writing
less choppy. It also helps you show that two ideas are connected.

Alfredo painted a picture. His sister sang a song.

Alfredo painted a picture, and his sister sang a song.

Guided Practice   Combine each pair of simple sentences to make a compound
sentence. Use the conjunction in parentheses ( ).

HINT Be sure to put a 1 Should we start class? Should we wait? (or)

comma before the 2 I finished my picture. Neil did not finish his. (but)
conjunction in each
compound sentence 3 Liz has a flute lesson soon. She must practice. (so)
you write.
4 She made up a song. It sounded great! (and)
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Independent Practice Language Handbook
For numbers 1–4, pick the choice that correctly combines the
two simple sentences into a compound sentence. Lesson 15

1 Mr. Ramirez loves music. He is a great teacher. 32203Language Handbook
A Mr. Ramirez loves music and he is a great teacher.
B Mr. Ramirez loves music, but he is a great teacher.
C Mr. Ramirez loves music, and he is a great teacher.
D Mr. Ramirez loves music, or he is a great teacher.

2 Anita was going to sing. She had a sore throat.
A Anita was going to sing, but she had a sore throat.
B Anita was going to sing, so she had a sore throat.
C Anita was going to sing, or she had a sore throat.
D Anita was going to sing, and she had a sore throat.

3 You may play the piano first. You may play the drums first.
A You may play the piano first, and you may play the drums first.
B You may play the piano first, so you may play the drums first.
C You may play the piano first, but you may play the drums first.
D You may play the piano first, or you may play the drums first.

4 We cannot hear the music. Please make it louder.
A We cannot hear the music, and please make it louder.
B We cannot hear the music, so please make it louder.
C We cannot hear the music, but please make it louder.
D We cannot hear the music so, please make it louder.

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Lesson 22 Guided Practice

Practice Solving Problems About Liquid Volume

Study the example below. Then solve problems 15–17. The student wrote a
subtraction equation
Example because the question
asked how much was
Coach Bond brought 15 liters of water to soccer practice. The left.
players drank 9 liters during practice. How many liters of water
are left? Pair/Share
Look at how you could show your work using an equation.
How else could you
15 2 9 5 6 solve this problem?

Solution 6 liters of water are left.

15 Jack’s mom has a 3-liter bottle of liquid laundry soap. Sophie’s How many liters of
mom has a 5-liter bottle of liquid laundry soap. They want to liquid laundry soap do
combine the two bottles in one big container. How many liters Jack’s mom and
must the big container be able to hold? Sophie’s mom have
altogether? The big
Show your work. container must be able
to hold that much
liquid.

Solution Pair/Share

23436 Lesson 22 Liquid Volume Use the information in
the problem. What
question could you
ask that would be
solved with a
subtraction equation?

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16 Mary poured the orange juice from a 1-liter bottle into a large
container. The large container with the 1 liter of orange juice in it
is shown below. Estimate the liquid volume of the large container.

You could think about
how many 1-liter bottles
would fit in the large
container, or you could
look at what fraction of
the large container is
filled by 1 liter of juice.

Solution Pair/Share

What strategy did you
use to estimate the
liquid volume?

17 Jason keeps his turtle in a tank that holds 20 liters of water. He You need to find out
keeps his frog in a tank that holds 10 liters of water. How much how much more water
greater is the volume of the turtle tank than the frog tank? Circle is in one tank than in
the letter of the correct answer. the other. How can you
do that?
A 2 liters

B 10 liters

C 30 liters

D 200 liters
Maya chose C as the correct answer. How did she get that answer?

Pair/Share

Does Maya’s answer
make sense?

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Introduction LAFS.3.RI.3.7 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs)

and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when,
why, and how key events occur).

Lesson 17

Connecting Words and
Pictures in Informational Text

Learning Target Using information from both the
pictures and the words in a text will
help you understand what you read.

Read  Texts use words and illustrations, or pictures, to provide

information in a passage. Illustrations can also include photographs
or maps. Maps are drawings that show the cities, roads, rivers, and
other details of an area.

By thinking about both the words and the pictures, you will better
understand what you are reading. You can use the information
from both the words and the pictures to tell what you’ve learned.

Look at this page. It is from a booklet about campgrounds at
Pleasant Lake. What do you learn from both the words and
the map?

10 mileHswy 34 Mt. George

Pleasant Lake N
WE

S
At Pleasant Lake you can enjoy boating, fishing, water
skiing, and swimming. The lake is located 15 minutes from
Mt. George. Campsites are available. Call 111-1212 now!

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Theme: Looking at Inventions Lesson 17

Think  Look again at the page from the booklet. Complete this chart to

show what you learn from both the words and the map.

What the Words Tell What the Map Shows

• what you can do at Pleasant Lake

Talk  What do you learn from the words that was not on the map?

What details did you learn from the map that were not in the words?

Academic Talk 

Use these words to talk about the text.

• illustrations • maps

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Connecting Words and Pictures in Informational Text  Lesson 17

Explore How do the words and the photograph help you
understand how the device works?

Think Illustrations can
help you understand
1 Complete the chart with details from the words and the photo. the words in the
article. Combine
What the Words Tell What the Photograph Shows information from both
as you read.

Talk

2 Paragraph 2 says that the device comes with “extras.” What extras
does this device come with? Tell which of these you think dog owners
would find most useful, and why.

Write HINT Reread the

3 Short Response  Use the photo to describe what the handheld words to help you
piece looks like and what you think each part does. UWserittheeysopuarce understand what
paronvswideerdoonnapsaegpear2a8t8e tpoiewceritoefypoauprearnswer. you are seeing in
the photo.

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If Rocks Could Talk! Sandstone

If Rocks Could Talk! Sandstone

This text is provided courtesy of OLogy, the American Museum of Natural History's website for kids.

Rondi: I'd like to introduce Sandstone. Sandstone is a beautiful, red, sandy
sedimentary rock. She hails from the Catskill Mountains in New York. About
five years ago, she was reunited with a long-lost cousin from Scotland, a
similar piece of sandstone. The two were brought together here at the
Museum after 200 million years apart. The story of their separation is really
a story about the earth's history. Sandstone, thanks for talking with us
today.

Sandstone: It's my pleasure, Rondi. I feel it's
important that the world hear our tragic story. It is a
story of heartbreak. A story of separation. A story
of ... family. (Sniff.) You'll have to forgive me. I
always get a little choked up when I talk about this.

Rondi: Why don't you tell us about where your family came from?

Sandstone: Ah, the good old days. Well, my family is known as the
Old Red Sandstone. We started to form about 400 million years ago.
I don't have to tell you, the world was a different place back then.

Rondi: How so?

Sandstone: It was a totally different planet. Now, you might be
thinking: "Oh, there weren't cars back then." Well, let me tell you. There weren't even people.
In fact, there wasn't even a North American continent. There was just one "super-continent."

Rondi: You mean "Pangaea"?

Sandstone: That's the one. Anyway, about 400 million
years ago, mountain ranges started to form in my old
neighborhood of Pangaea.

Rondi: Today, two of these are called the Appalachian
Mountains in the U.S. and the Caledonian Mountains in
Europe.

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If Rocks Could Talk! Sandstone

Sandstone: As those mountains formed, sand, silt, tiny
pieces of rock, and other sediments washed into the
water between the two mountain ranges. Over time, these sediments sank in the water and
formed layers and layers of sediments, one on top of the other. As the layers grew thicker,
they became squeezed and cemented to form sandstone.

Rondi: Right. And you were part of a huge area of reddish sandstone called "Old Red
Sandstone." Why don't you tell us why you're red?

Sandstone: Oh, you mean my healthy red glow? That comes from the iron in my makeup.
You know, I don't mind being called "Red," but "Old"? There are rocks at the Museum that are
much older than I am!

Rondi: And how did you get those wavy lines?

Sandstone: Well, they're NOT wrinkles, that's for sure!
They're just evidence that I was formed in water.

Rondi: Now, you still haven't explained how you and your
cousin from Scotland ended up on two different
continents.

Sandstone: That was a sad time in my life, Rondi. This is
how it all happened. The earth's rocky surface is split into
huge pieces.

Rondi: You mean "tectonic plates"?

Sandstone: Yes! It's all because of them that this
happened! As you know, they float on a layer of hot rock
below the surface called the mantle. The mantle is
always moving, which causes the plates to move. When
the plates move, they cause mountains to form,
volcanoes to erupt, earthquakes to shake ...

Rondi: And continents to move?

Sandstone: Yes, they even cause continents to move.
About 200 million years ago, the tectonic plate that we
were sitting on broke, and the two pieces separated from each other.

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If Rocks Could Talk! Sandstone

Rondi: That must have been what caused the continents of Europe and the Americas to
separate.
Sandstone: Yes ... (sniff) ... and the Old Red Sandstone family was separated, too. For
millions of years, we've been divided by the Atlantic Ocean. But I never forgot them ...
Rondi: So how did you and your cousin get back together?
Sandstone: Fate? Luck? Actually, it was the American Museum of Natural History. Their
scientists collected us for the Hall of Planet Earth exhibit.
Rondi: Did it take a while for you to recognize each other?
Sandstone: We had changed a bit. After all, a lot of time had passed. But we recognized
each other right away. You just never forget family.
Rondi: I'd love to see a picture of your cousin. Do you happen to have...
Sandstone: Of course I do! Look at that handsome devil.
Rondi: Ah, I can see the family resemblance. Thanks for
sharing your family's story with us today.
Sandstone: Oh, it was lovely speaking with you, Rondi.

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If Rocks Could Talk! Sandstone - Comprehension Questions

Name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________

1. Sandstone's family, Old Red Sandstone, started to form 400 million years ago on a
supercontinent. What was the supercontinent called?

2. Describe how Sandstone was separated from the other rocks of Old Red Sandstone.
Support your answer with at least two pieces of information from the text.

3. What is the main idea of this text?

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Language Handbook Lesson 17

Lesson 17 Capitalization in Titles

L.3.2a: Capitalize appropriate words in titles.

Introduction There is a special way to write the title of a book, magazine, newspaper,
or movie.

• Always capitalize the first word, the last word, and all the important words in a title.
• Do not capitalize short words such as a, an, the, and, of, for, in, and on unless they are

the first or last word of the title.

Book The Adventures of Peter Vine
Magazine Fun for You and Me
Newspaper The Daily News
Movie Sara Drake and the Secret Cave

  Guided Practice Write each title correctly, adding capital letters where they
are needed.
1 oliver in space (movie)
HINT Usually the title 2 abby and the zebra (book)
3 explore and more (magazine)
of a book, magazine, 4 the star county times (newspaper)
newspaper, or movie is 5 a dragon in town (movie)
shown in italics. But 6 lily the lucky ladybug (book)
when you write one of 7 diary of an amazing mouse (movie)
these titles by hand, you 8 sports for healthy kids (magazine)
should underline it
instead.

1 5
2 6
3 7
4 8

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Independent Practice
For numbers 1–5, choose the correct answer to each question.

1 How should the title of this movie be 4 How should the title of this newspaper be

written? written?
A a Hog on a Log A Weekly News for All
B A Hog On a Log B Weekly News For all
C a Hog on a log C Weekly news for All
D A Hog on a Log D Weekly news For all

2 How should the title of this book be 5 How should the title of this book be

written? written?
A Sam The Storm chaser A And the Cat Wants in
B Sam the Storm Chaser B And the Cat Wants In
C Sam the storm Chaser C and the Cat Wants in
D Sam The Storm Chaser D And The Cat Wants In

3 How should the title of this magazine be

written?
A The Planets And The Stars
B The planets and the Stars
C The Planets and the Stars
D the Planets And the Stars

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Lesson 22 Independent Practice

Practice Solving Problems About Liquid Volume

Solve the problems.
1 The pot below contains 1 liter of water.

Which is the best estimate for how much water the pot could hold?
A 2 liters
B 5 liters
C 10 liters
D 20 liters

2 Noah used 8 liters of water to water 4 ower beds. He used the same amount of
water on each bed. He used all of the water. How much water did he use on each
ower bed?
A 2 liters
B 6 liters
C 12 liters
D 32 liters

3 Susan buys 10 liters of drinking water. If she drinks 1 liter each day, how much water
will she have left after one week?
Solution

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