A person who attempts, or tries, to make a garden must follow certain rules. Ordinarily, unless you are making a shade garden, you need to plant your seeds in bright sunlight. If you do, your plants will survive. If you do not, they may die. You must not plant seeds in a windy place. Wind can injure the stems and leaves of the plants by snapping or ripping them. Place a layer of mulch over your plants, and try to ignore the bad odor that you smell.
Use the correct vocabulary word from above to complete each sentence.
1. The tar on the road gave off a bad .
2. , Mom drives us to class, but today we walked.
3. Living things need food and water in order to .
4. Pam to climb the rope three times, but she cannot do it.
5. If you are not gentle with kittens, you may them.
Vocabulary:
Context Clues
odor Ordinarily
survive attempts
injure
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As you reread “Big Ideas for Little Animals,” use the Main Idea Chart to fi nd details that will help you identify the main idea.
Comprehension:
Graphic Organizer
Detail
Detail
Detail
Main Idea
Porcupines have quills, rattlesnakes have venom, and skunks have spray.
Rabbits and monkeys can run fast from danger.
Seahorses and walking sticks have ways to hide.
Animal defenses help animals stay alive to keep the world full of life.
Sample responses are provided.
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Read the passage. Then complete the questions.
Meet the Beetles!
As you travel outside, you may see many kinds of beetles. Some beetles are helpful, and each one has different ways to survive.
Darkling beetles, for example, gobble up dead plants. Like skunks, they defend themselves by making a stinky odor.
Lady beetles, also known as ladybugs or ladybird beetles, help plants by eating pests such as aphids. Be careful if you catch a lady beetle. It will not injure you, but it will leak red liquid that is venom to its victim, an insect!
Ladybird beetles use bright colors to warn away a predator. Other beetles can hide in underbrush beneath shrubs and bushes on a high butte to keep from being a victim. Remember, as you walk in a lush backyard garden some afternoon, don’t step on a beetle!
1. Underline words in the passage that have -le or -el endings.
2. Circle the compound words in the passage.
3. Write two details about how beetles are helpful. Place a box around a detail in the second paragraph that tells how a beetle survives.
4. What is the main idea of the passage?
5. To stay alive is to .
attempt survive injure
Comprehension:
Take-Home Story
At Home: Reread the passage and talk about what you learned about beetles.
1. Darkling beetles gobble up dead plants. 2. Lady beetles help plants by eating pests such as aphids.
Some beetles are helpful, and each one has different ways to survive.
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To help you plan your writing, fi ll out a Venn diagram.
Name Writing:
Graphic Organizer
Alik e
Dif fe ren t
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Name Comprehension:
Problem and Solution Review
Read the passage. Then complete the questions.
The Education of Joe Royal
In town, Joe Royal saw the signs “White,” “Colored,”
and “Indian” on three sets of drinking fountains. He walked up to the one marked “Indian” and took a drink. When he turned back, his mother was holding a newspaper.
“See, Joe,” she said as she pointed to a page that read FLOYD HARPER FOR MAYOR. “This man believes in equal rights.”
“Don’t we believe in equal rights?” asked Joe.
His mother pointed to the sign. “They call the law ‘separate but equal.’ It doesn’t make me feel equal to be separate. I’m going to vote for Floyd Harper.”
Joe did not know voting was so important. “I can’t wait until I can vote,” he said.
1. What is the problem in the passage?
2. What information does Joe learn from his mother?
3. How can voting for Floyd Harper solve the problem that Joe’s mother sees?
This is a detail about
a problem.
In this town, each type of person, or race, has to use separate things, such as drinking fountains.
Joe learns that Floyd Harper is running for mayor and that he believes in equal rights.
If Floyd Harper were elected mayor, he might be able to end the “separate but equal” law in town.
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Name Comprehension:
Main Ideas and Details Review
Read the passage. Then complete the questions.
Stinky Animals
Animals need all their senses to survive, such as the sense of smell. Animals use the sense of smell in many ways.
Skunks may be well-known for their odor, but they are not the only stinky animal. A loris, which is a monkey-like animal that lives near deserts, makes a strong odor as a warning.
Some animals use smell to protect their space.
Dogs sniff trees, fire hydrants, and shrubs to find their own smells and other odors. Tigers use a smelly liquid to mark territory, as well.
Animals use their excellent senses of smell to survive. They make smelly odors and use their senses of smell for protection. If you smell something funny, think carefully. It may be an animal saying, “Go away!”
1. According to the title, what will the passage be about?
2. Underline one important detail in the second paragraph. Underline two important details in the third paragraph.
3. What is the main idea of the passage?
The passage will be about animals and odors.
Animals use their odors and excellent senses of smell to survive.
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Name Variant Vowels Decoding:
au, aw, al