A Choose the correct words from the box to complete the sentences about Our Amazing Earth! B Answer the questions using complete sentences. Nile Mount Everest oceans equator Great Lakes Sahara 1. The is the largest desert in the world. 2. The River is in Africa. 3. The are five large lakes in North America. 4. Tropical forests are near the . 5. The tallest mountain in the world is . 6. The largest bodies of salt water are called . 1. How many seasons do tropical forests have? 2. What is a mountain? 3. What is a lake? 4. What can you find in a desert? 5. What is a volcano? 75 Unit 6 Spotlight on Reading Name: Date:
14
Embed
Name: Date: A Choose the correct words from the box …waidev2.com/~richmond-elt/files/Spotlight2PBsample.pdfA Choose the correct words from the box to complete the sentences about
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
A Choose the correct words from the box to complete the sentences about Our Amazing Earth!
B Answer the questions using complete sentences.
Nile Mount Everest oceansequator Great Lakes Sahara
1. The is the largest desert in the world.
2. The River is in Africa.
3. The are fi ve large lakes in North America.
4. Tropical forests are near the .
5. The tallest mountain in the world is .
6. The largest bodies of salt water are called .
1. How many seasons do tropical forests have?
2. What is a mountain?
3. What is a lake?
4. What can you fi nd in a desert?
5. What is a volcano?
75Unit 6 Spotlight on Reading
Name: Date:
forestvolcano
desert mountain
A Draw each of the landforms named in the boxes.
B Choose one landform from Activity A. Then, write a description of that landform.
Unit 6 Spotlight on Reading76
Name: Date:
[Art: a very large river]
A Answer each question by circling the letter next to each correct answer.
1. What happens after hot lava comes out of a volcano? a. The mountain erupts. b. The lava cools and hardens. c. It fl oods the area.
2. Why does the Nile River fl ood each summer? a. because of the snow b. because of the lava c. because of the rain
3. What continent is Mount Everest in? a. North America b. Africa c. Asia
B Write each word from the box in the corresponding column, to indicate whether it is a body of water or a landform.
ocean desert mountain lake volcano river
Body of water Landform
77Unit 6 Spotlight on Reading
Name: Date:
Unit 6 Spotlight on Language
cloudy
snowy
sunny
rainy
windy
Match the weather icons with the corresponding weather.
78
Name: Date:
Unit 6 Spotlight on Language
A Identify the seasons by circling the letter next to each correct answer.
1. Days are warmer and longer. a. summer b. fall c. winter d. spring
2. Leaves begin to grow back on the trees. a. summer b. fall c. winter d. spring
3. Some birds fl y south. a. summer b. fall c. winter d. spring
4. People go swimming to stay cool. a. summer b. fall c. winter d. spring
5. The leaves on the trees change to orange, red, yellow, or brown.
a. summer b. fall c. winter d. spring
6. Flowers bloom. a. summer b. fall c. winter d. spring
B Circle the word that completes each sentence correctly.
1. Summer is the of the four seasons. ( hottest / hotter )
2. The days begin to get in fall. ( shortest / shorter )
3. Winter is the of the four seasons. ( coldest / colder )
4. The days begin to get in spring. ( longest / longer )
79
Name: Date:
Unit 6 Spotlight on Language
Read the paragraphs. Choose the word that completes each space. Write the word in the space.
1. All forests (has/have) have one thing in common: they (has/have) have lots of trees.
2. Forests (is/are) also different. The climate and
the trees (determines/determine) what kind
of forest it (is/are) .
3. A taiga (is/are) a kind of forest found in Canada. It (has/have)
lots of evergreen trees, such as pine trees.
Winters (is/are) long and cold in this forest.
4. In a tropical forest, it never (snows/snow) .
Tropical forests (is/are) wet most of the time.
The rain (helps/help) so many plants (grows/grow)
that the treetops often block out sunlight.
5. Forests (is/are) home to wildlife and plants that
people (uses/use) for food and medicine. We must
(helps/help) preserve our forests.
80
Name: Date:
Unit 6 Spotlight on Content Language Arts
A Circle the word that completes each sentence correctly.
1. The is what you write about. ( topic / fact )
2. The is the name of a book or a piece of writing. ( title / sentence )
3. Information that is true is called a . ( fact / title )
4. Writing that explains or describes something is called
. ( expository / narrative )
B Read the paragraph. Identify the topic, topic sentence, and a fact. Write these on the appropriate lines. Give the paragraph a title.
It’s a lot of fun to have a vacation at the beach! There are
so many things to do there. You can swim or ride a boogie
board. You can run on the beach or build sandcastles. You
can even take a nap or read a book on the beach. But be
careful to cover up, or you might get a sunburn!
1. Topic
2. Topic sentence
3. Fact
4. Title
81
Name: Date:
Unit 6 Spotlight on Content Language Arts
treestrees
mountainmountain
lakelake
rocksrocks
Read the words. Draw a picture that matches the word.
82
Name: Date:
Unit 6 Spotlight on Content Math
A Answer the questions about telling time.
1. How many minutes are there between each of the numbers on a clock?
2. When you read a clock, what do you look at fi rst, the hour hand
or the minute hand?
3. When you are writing the time, what do you put between
the hour and the minutes, a period or a colon?
B What time is it? Circle the letter of each correct answer.
a. 4:10 b. 2:20 c. 1:25 a. 6:00 b. 12:00 c. 12:06
a. 12:40 b. 9:05 c. 8:05 a. 11:45 b. 9:05 c. 8:55
83
Name: Date:
Unit 6 Spotlight on Content Social Studies
A Draw a line to match each word on the left with its meaning on the right.
B Use four words or phrases from the box to write four sentences.
plant trash pick up tree take care Earth cans bottles recycle community
1.
2.
3.
4.
citizens
community
recycle
environment
neighborhood
the people who live in an area
the natural world around us
to reuse materials and resources
84
Name: Date:
Unit 6 Spotlight on Content Science
True False
A Read the four statements about fossils in the box. Write the statements in the correct order in which they happen in nature.
B Is the statement True or False? Check the correct column to show your answer.
1.
2.
3.
4.
1. Fossils are the remains of animals or plants.2. The soft parts of animals get replaced
with minerals.3. Fossils form after plants die.4. Fossils cannot form under layers of sand.
The hard parts of the animal or plant are replaced with minerals.
The dead plant or animal gets buried under layers of mud or sand.
A plant or animal dies.
The minerals form a fossil, which is as hard as a rock.
85
Name: Date:
Unit 6 Spotlight on Content Music
A Read the following new verse to “Here We Go ‘round the Planet Earth.” Fill in the missing words using the ones from the box.
The are on
Earth, on Earth,
on Earth. The
are on Earth,
and also very !
deserts planet hot dry
86
Name: Date:
Unit 6 Review: Reading
Read the passage and answer the questions.
The Mojave Desert is located in parts of the
states of California, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona.
It has extreme summer heat, but it also can get
snow during cold winters. The Mojave Desert is
known for its special trees, called Joshua trees. Very special
animals called desert tortoises also live there. Unfortunately, they
are disappearing, but many people are working hard to save them.
You can even fi nd ghost towns in the Mojave Desert!
1. What are two of the states where the Mojave Desert is located?
2. What happens in the Mojave Desert during cold winters?
3. What are some special trees in the Mojave Desert called?
4. What special animals live in the Mojave Desert?
5. What are many people working hard to save?
6. What kind of weather does the Mojave Desert have inthe summer?
87
Name: Date:
one with a picture showing a beautiful area with
a river
Unit 6 Review: Writing
Write an expository paragraph about one of the pictures.