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progress monitoringDIBELS DIBELS is a registered trademark of Dynamic Measurement Group, Inc. Visit our website at www.dibels.org. Revised 5/17/10 DIBELS® Next Student Materials Daze/Level 5 Progress Monitoring Roland H. Good III Ruth A. Kaminski with: Kelli Cummings, Chantal Dufour-Martel, Kathleen Petersen, Kelly Powell-Smith, Stephanie Stollar, and Joshua Wallin Dynamic Measurement Group, Inc. ® Copyright 2011 Dynamic Measurement Group All rights reserved ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 1 progress monitoringDaze 1 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 1 Page 1 A Change of Plans The afternoon was cooling off as the dinner hour approached.The family was sitting in the some middle make of a beautiful garden at Hot Springs State Park in Wyoming.Shannon,who was father ready going into the fifth grade,was eager middle better to make plans for the next was car day .Billy,who would be in the days third another grade,was still thinking about the report many bison herd they had visited that morning. “They had the how coolest active beards,Dad,”Billy said.“And they actually were approached enormous.I didn't expect them to mineral way be so huge.” “They are certainly very minute powerful planned beasts.There's no doubt about it,”their right father really replied. Shannon said she really liked the bison if suggested calves as well,but she wasn't as favorite interested said in bison as her brother.She had something do cooling else on her mind.She was boring afraid been that if she didn't get everyone beautiful even thinking about tomorrow,her mom and dad would plans dinosaurs' come up with something boring to ever do be on their last day at the common afraid park .Shannon asked her parents what they planned brother than on everyone doing for the rest of their complaining approach time at the park. ©2011 All rights reserved After thinking about it for a rather minute replied ,Dad suggested that a soak in the each ranger hot springs'mineral water might be nice.Billy and Shannon dad gave mom each other a familiar look.Billy nice afternoon immediately began complaining about that plan.Shannon took too want another approach.She explained that while a springs' era soak might be fun for her parents,she and her familiar bones brother would rather do something more active. To Billy and Shannon's third museum delight ,their mom agreed.She said that since they especially when would be spending a lot of time in the back car skeletons in the next few days,some physical park garden activity would be a good idea.She suggested workers turn going to the Dinosaur Museum.There they perfect hour could see partial dinosaur skeletons that had ago wait been found in the park.Even better,a gave park no ranger had told Mom that visitors found springs could actually dig for dinosaur fossils near the so museum are ! Everyone decided that a trip to the museum was hot get the perfect plan,especially since the Mesozoic era huge didn't ,when dinosaurs lived,was one of Billy and Shannon's one powerful favorite school subjects.During this time,many best thousands dinosaur of years ago,dinosaurs had been good mind very common in Wyoming.Conditions Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 1 Page 2 ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 1 Page 3 STOP around the lot eager hot springs were perfect for the dinosaurs' bones asked time to fossilize,or turn into rock-like coolest fossilize material .At the museum,workers would show the fifth plan family where and how to dig for the other school best results. Shannon thought that sounded way doubt away better than soaking in a pool,and Billy was vacation pool convinced of it,too.He figured that lived if dinner he could find a real dinosaur delight bone years ,he would be able to go next back herd to school with the best summer last well vacation report ever.He didn't want to expect soaking wait another moment.He was ready to go dinosaurs bison to the museum right away! ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 2 progress monitoringDaze 2 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 2 Page 1 Bringing the Mail When you think about different careers,do you ever imagine what it would be like to be a mail carrier?I didn't,until I met a made houses remarkable man who comes to our house went several notify times a week.His name is Al and he has selling carrier been our mail carrier for the past think tall ten years. If you think that going from live do house to house slipping letters into mailboxes sounds tells participates like an easy job,let me describe have windstorms Al's work.Our family calls him “the Amazing Al.”He collecting works found under difficult conditions.The houses in our hopped sometimes community are a mile or more from talk always one another,and the temperatures are often community extreme order .We live in a hot,dry, check remote sorts desert area of southern Arizona. Al travels gives one an established route from house to doors remote house in our community,delivering and collecting mail difficult lemonade .On a typical workday,he begins at four away mailboxes in the morning at the Yavapai County Post Office, sure there's forty miles away.He arranges all the ground mail hot in the order in which he'll office name deliver it.Then he makes sure that he someone knocked has plenty of stamps and other materials for is customers days who need them. ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 2 Page 2 Because the distances between different slipping houses in our area are so great,Al debris drives last his truck on the route.To has walk man the route would take several days.He too persons usually has a few minutes to stop for a acted cool visit at our house.In the hottest months describe blinding of the year,my mother always has even southern a tall glass of cool lemonade will waiting anything for him.My sister and I sometimes yard forty give him cookies we have baked.I like to orders they're talk to him about his job.He tells mail great me that he enjoys his work.He letters change likes it even when it means delivering if take mail on blistering hot days or in the midst collects gutters of blinding windstorms. In addition to comes delivering plenty and collecting mail,Al gives out arranges neighbor change -of-address cards and other forms,and address collected answers questions about mail service.He also be questions sells stamps and money orders. He even midst collects several money for parcels and certified letters that his week met customers send. Al participates in a community service cards conditions for elderly or ill persons in our area support family ,too.Even if there's no mail to month collect sells or deliver,he knocks on doors to also delivering check on these people,to make sure other they're job all right.If they need anything,Al will begins remarkable notify someone who can help them. No Last Where ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 2 Page 3 STOP month,he knocked on the door of our so collect neighbor .When she didn't answer the door,Al house went people around to the back yard where he finished found minutes her sitting on the ground.She had calls fallen help off a ladder while clearing debris from the cookies gutters morning and broken her ankle.Al acted as a parcels more support as she hopped indoors. He also returns made blistering sure that she got the help she indoors needed broken . When Al is finished with his drives right route ,he returns to the post office.He forms sorts area the mail he has gathered and deposits enjoys when the money he has collected from can selling let stamps or accepting parcels to mail. Another Waiting Service long workday is over. ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 3 progress monitoringDaze 3 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 3 Page 1 Why to Save Jeremy finished collecting all the money he could find from various corners of his room.He sorted out the crumpled bills and stacks later were of assorted change and counted them. Never When Value he calculated his grand total of wondered certainly eight dollars and forty-seven cents,Jeremy trip mom sighed .Today he was supposed to go to the bank something allowance with his sister Angelina to open a too savings piggybank account,but he didn't think he had enough what's still money to make the trip worthwhile. As Jeremy admitted small walked into the kitchen,where Angelina and his mom protected gum were having breakfast,he was still frowning finished are . Angelina noticed he looked glum.“What's sighed better wrong ?”she asked. “I only have about do eight don't and a half dollars,”said Jeremy,“ so avoid may what's the point of putting that in the bank also now ?” Jeremy's mom put down her coffee on the countertop be necessary and said,“Well,you're supposed to why coffee receive your allowance today.” ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 3 Page 2 “Yeah,”said Jeremy,“but if agreed am I put that money in the can not bank ,I won't be able to spend it couple when year I need it.” “Do you ever eight have you're anything left over from your allowance after much you've resisting made all your necessary purchases?”asked his countertop frowning mom . “Sometimes I have a little,”said Jeremy,“but banks it's crumpled never enough to buy anything good with, add so investment I usually just buy a pack of couldn’t able gum or something.” “What would you think about supposed save saving that money instead?”his mom asked. “ Oh Savings Buy ,it's hardly anything,”said Jeremy.“It's grand convinced certainly not worth taking to the bank.” Angelina habit putting said ,“You'd be surprised how small change likely didn't can really add up.For example, even would if deposit you only saved a couple of kitchen dollars worth a month,over a year that really would go be around 25 dollars.” Jeremy admitted that Angelina had a increased point will ,but he wondered why he couldn’t oh half just drop ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 3 Page 3 the money in a piggybank. “ Well Anything Future ,”said Angelina,“I know I'm extremely today likely think to spend money I keep in my just cents room ,often on unimportant things I don't withdrawals saved really need.Depositing it in the bank helps purchases good me avoid impulse buys.You may make be saving better at resisting that than I am hardly corners ,but banks are a good option for bills other interest reasons,too.” “Like what?”asked Jeremy. “ Banks Impulse Room are insured,which means your money is reasons you've protected there,”said Angelina. “You don't surprised have sometimes to worry about robberies or accidents.” His option where mom said,“Also,you earn interest in a bank,which dollars means point your investment increases annually.If you receive put starting five dollars in a piggybank and sorted looked manage to keep from spending it,a have stacks year later you'll still have five dollars. If Having Usually you deposit it in a bank,at the wrong drop end of the year it will have increased is finishing in value.The longer you keep it in the bank,the more yeah made you'll have,and you can ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 3 Page 4 STOP still make longer extremely withdrawals in an emergency if you all need other to.” Jeremy was convinced,and agreed to annually go well with Angelina to the bank after finishing get open breakfast. “It's great that you're starting to things save won't now,”said his mom.“Even if you enough when don't have much to invest yet,it's an emergency asked important habit to get into for the walked future sister .” ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 4 progress monitoringDaze 4 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 4 Page 1 Being a Lifeguard In Caroline's opinion,no one was a better lifeguard than her older brother,Max.She thought he was a natural for that doorknob budge position ,constantly prepared to blast his whistle at authority unsafe another behavior or jump in to rescue a saw swimmer swimming in trouble.Caroline had always looked up to Max,and slammed there not just because he was older.Caroline here's looked work up to Max because he had didn't confidently always possessed a certain air of authority.He had a twirling nodded way of seeming to be in charge without one being always a bully. Max had learned lifeguarding constantly told skills at the local community center.After enjoying shift passing a final examination,Max became a certified themselves looked lifeguard.Soon after receiving his certification,he was rescue seemed hired to work at the neighborhood can public card pool.Caroline visited her brother one got said day while he was on duty and than get brought him a sandwich that she had local made be .Max entertained Caroline with a silly office manager's story about his first day as a whistle opened lifeguard . After chatting with her brother,Caroline right went door swimming with a group of her know group friends .When it was time for Max to finish clambered relieved his shift,Caroline saw her brother descend passing examination the ladder from the ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 4 Page 2 stand.He silly walked certain to the pool storage room to hang been back up his whistle and complete his wind explained schedule card. While Max was in the when goodbye storage room,a gust of wind suddenly swimmers lifeguarding slammed the door to the room shut. From the pool certified final ,Caroline could see the doorknob turning,but the rapidly room door didn't budge.After a minute had neighborhood passed home ,and Max still had not opened the became schedule door ,Caroline realized that her brother might was be smiled stuck.No one else at the pool natural needs seemed to notice.Another lifeguard was behavior sandwich already perched in the stand,twirling her whistle minute help on a string.The swimmers and two sunbathers you're seemed to be enjoying themselves. “I think very because Max needs some help,”Caroline said to her friends pool center .She clambered out of the pool and locked went could to the door of the storage chatting room day .“Max,are you all right?”she hurried called else . “I think I got locked in called stand here when the gust of wind slammed the jump door already shut,”Max called back. “I'll get you out,”Caroline still said key confidently.“I'll find the pool manager and I'll charge knowledge have ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 4 Page 3 STOP him come and unlock the door.” Caroline think turning walked rapidly to the pool manager's office.She explained gust lifeguard's the situation to the manager. “You're Max's find sister skills ?”the manager asked.Caroline nodded,and he brother way said ,“Then from what Max has told me about you,I know unlock have I can trust you with this. Here's Time Just the key.” Caroline thanked the manager and better hurried hired back to the storage room.When she managed not unsafe to unlock the door,Max seemed blast very returned relieved.“It was hot and humid in hang there pleased ,”he told Caroline. The two returned the see key trouble to the pool manager.Caroline went to say swimmer opinion goodbye to her friends and she and Max older walked no home together.Max thanked his sister for string brought rescuing him.Caroline smiled to herself,pleased with the knowledge certification notice that,on that day,she had thought stuck been a lifeguard's lifeguard. ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 5 progress monitoringDaze 5 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 5 Page 1 Books for Children Think back to some of the books you read as a small child.Those books may have seemed easy to bridge older read ,but that does not mean they pictures were writer easy to write.In fact,writing books rest middle for children can be harder in there skills many ways than writing books for adults. Keep Lives There are a lot of things authors must level enjoy think about when writing a book for children usually old .For example,authors must think about the will age tactic of their audience and determine the skills each more and interests of children at that members age example .What if an author wants to scenes mind write books for infants and toddlers? Children in this interests stimulate age range are not really old enough to understand is if long stories.So,baby books often fact have story just one brightly colored drawing or mean photograph choose on each page.Baby books might contain baby storytelling nursery rhymes,silly songs,or lullabies. Pop Are Sometimes baby books have pop-up art,or pages large brightly with different textures they can touch and things feel does .The main idea is for these family were books to stimulate the baby's growing mind. Read Think Many authors choose to write stories for than children then who are a little older.These found authors recognize ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 5 Page 2 have to approach the task a feel bit limited differently.Books for preschool children are lullabies often quickly called picture books.Family members or teachers sometimes book usually read these books aloud to little differently children .The large pictures on each page move action help guide children through the story,which is chapter guide often very simple.In most cases,a good child can artist is as important as a good just very writer in producing picture books. Authors create books so every known as easy readers for children who different are intended just starting to read on their own write authors .While these books still have a seemed ways few illustrations,the format is more like that baby's found drawings in books for older readers.The many few words might be easier to recognize and the stories good lot are broken up into short chapters. Stories Transition May books bridge the gap between easy range page readers and chapter books.The stories are producing photograph longer and are intended for children to read simple readers on their own.These books are have smaller art in size than easy readers,and harder growing drawings are limited to one every few longer when pages .Authors of books at this level must pages picture keep a few things in mind.Their readers still kinds understand the rules of storytelling,but ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 5 Page 3 STOP they tend back adults to lose interest quickly.For this colored gap reason ,stories in transition books must be audience lively while and full of action.Also,authors may called easier end chapters in the middle of children's important some scenes.This tactic encourages young readers to keep approach new turning the pages. After reading transition books,children words are own ready to move up to chapter books.These are the kinds most smaller of books they will read and contain really enjoy for the rest of their lives.And broken then young ,someday, they may get to share their teachers favorite important children's books with a new generation of transition young enough readers. ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 6 progress monitoringDaze 6 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 6 Page 1 Ping-Pong The ping-pong ball bounces once.Then,with a relaxed but controlled swing either now ,a paddle strikes it,sending it each may soaring back over the net.It bounces person again collide .Another paddle connects with it,and the ball called points is shot forward once more.Eventually,the ball will light miss collide with the net,overshoot the fairly table row ,or miss the paddle.The game opponent two being played is table tennis,also called version ping-pong returning ,and it is a fun sport for play more all ages. Ping-pong is played on a series table dizzy that is longer than it is wide win must .The table is divided in half by the net sport advantage ,which runs across the table like a mesh challenge hit fence.Players stand on either end of the table every ages and hit the ball to each forward another other .The ball is small,hollow,and very player side light,and it is hit with wins tournament rubber paddles with short wooden handles.Casual hollow topspin players may simply tap the ball gently to their half opponents other .More competitive players slam the ball across with provide speed serves and topspin to try to make it hard longer good to hit back. Watching a ping-pong time tournament reflexes may make you dizzy,as the strikes ball touch zooms back and forth ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 6 Page 2 rapidly across the net try switches many times during the game.A game short watching is divided into a series of opponent's twice points ,each of which begins with a continues serve than .The serving player tosses the ball in the air prefer tap and then hits it so that it being bounces can on the near side of the table, continues server sail over the net,and then hits the games opponent's intently side.If the ball does not back controlled make it through all these steps,the eleven handles server's opponent wins the point.The server so tosses is trying to hit the ball to make again serve it difficult to return.If the steps quick serve is successful,then the returning player's small paddle competitive must strike the ball before it rules have bounces a second time.The returning ball successful cannot fence touch the returner's side of the table,but paddle must sending sail across the net to hit the reach server's speed side.If the return is not successful then also ,the server wins the point.If it hope net is a legal return,the server must now matches zooms return the ball.Play continues until all mesh one player makes an error, and the not opponent casual wins the point. Since 2001,official one requires matches of ping-pong have been won by the first relaxed shot player to win eleven points.In these connects server's matches ,players serve twice in a row before will switching slam .Before 2001,matches were ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 6 Page 3 STOP played to twenty-one points ping-pong coordination .In these longer games,the person who serves strength older switches every five points.Many recreational fun players makes prefer to follow the older rules.In switching make either version,the winner must win by much two air points. Ping-pong requires quick reflexes and rubber returner's good coordination.Since strength does not provide opponents tennis much of an advantage in ping-pong,it table is paddles a game in which players of all forth begins ages and sizes can challenge each times recreational other fairly.All over the world,people hits enjoy five ping-pong, concentrating intently on shooting the played end ball over the net,onto the table,and,they hope simply sizes ,out of reach. ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 7 progress monitoringDaze 7 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 7 Page 1 A Moment in the History of Tennis Imagine that you are a famous tennis player.How do you think you would world prepare temperature for a big match,one that imagine balls would be watched by people around the world muscles give ?Perhaps you would prepare by hitting next choose balls with a partner.Maybe you would imagine got wonderful yourself in the match hitting every was well ball smoothly.If you were Althea Gibson,you felt blew would practice on the court every day. Then Apartments Said you would write a speech to streets honor give when you accepted the winning trophy,and crowd choose suit a gown to wear at the remember winner's excitement ball. Althea Gibson was the first African American to conclusion win hundred Wimbledon,a well-known tennis tournament held year trophies in England each year.The year that Gibson final years won ,the weather during the match was win many unusually hot and muggy.As the temperature younger tennis rose above one hundred degrees,many people in the hour write stands fainted.However,on the tennis court below,Gibson didn't supported partner let the heat bother her. She stopped yourself even claimed that it helped her muscles. Gibson first also lining wasn't bothered by the presence of an important bother fainted visitor in the stands,Queen ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 7 Page 2 Elizabeth of England. Open When Stands the final match was over,Gibson will went trophy to the trophy table.Queen Elizabeth came carpet lined on the court wearing a pink and degrees spoke white silk suit,pearls,and gloves.The unusually be queen spoke to Gibson and congratulated her,and then went came handed Gibson the trophy.Gibson knew that it let gown was an honor to receive the trophy from the queen home famous .Very few winners had received trophies from queens have white in the past and Gibson was the first always journey player to be honored by Queen Elizabeth. Think When Sat Gibson arrived at the ball that night proud plane ,people walking past stopped to cheer for her as she do receive got out of her car.More people welcome cheered red as she walked inside and sat at the won head practice table. In her speech,Gibson thanked the people handed amazing who had supported her over the day hitting years .She said,“This is the hour I held will color remember always as the crowning conclusion to a long stepped see and wonderful journey.” Later,Gibson returned to her come home few in New York City.When she stepped from the plane cheer waved onto a red carpet,the crowd of people thanked cheered who had come to greet her went silk probably wild with excitement. Later,she arrived at her each very childhood home.Her neighbors came out of their just known apartments to welcome ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 7 Page 3 STOP her.They felt proud to guards have wasn't known this world-famous athlete when she was every hot younger. The next day,a parade was held claimed received in Gibson's honor.People lined the bands streets wild of Broadway just to see and thought cheer long for the famous athlete.They watched bands knew crowning and color guards from the Army,Air Force,and Coast Guard.Gibson,who kisses rode maybe in an open car,waved and blew rode accepted kisses to her fans.“It's amazing,”she smoothly car said over and over.The people lining the childhood gloves sidewalks probably thought,“What an amazing athlete.” ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 8 progress monitoringDaze 8 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 8 Page 1 Great Salt Lake State Park Can you imagine swimming in a lake and floating on the water without any effort?That's exactly what happens to many sail people avoided who visit Great Salt Lake State Park.Great Salt Lake,which is people located weather in Utah,is the largest body of early course water between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Ocean.The large lake boating is actually an inland saltwater sea,and it factors smaller is even saltier than an ocean.It is the park salt streams in the water that keeps swimmers stories afloat size . Many different factors contribute to the explore salinity than of the lake.Salt dissolves easily in water part gets . The land around Great Salt Lake has rocks that no keeps contain this mineral.Rain and melting snow cause river varies the salt to be released from the rocks two effort .The water then carries the salt into told replace streams and rivers,which flow into Great Salt Lake. Salt Sea Explorers and other minerals are carried away from most any wonder lakes by rivers and streams.But when saltwater easily salt goes into Great Salt Lake,it stays there great lake because no streams or rivers drain looked its carried waters.Of course,water evaporates from the saltier lake gold ,but fresh water does not replace it. ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 8 Page 2 The park's size continues of Great Salt Lake varies.During dry spells,the dissolves lake mystery gets smaller and saltier. When there species is winds a lot of rain,it gets larger different boats and the salt is less concentrated. Great Salt Lake State Park rocks other is located about sixteen miles west of the state was less capital,Salt Lake City.Many visitors flock to the lived that's park to enjoy water sports.Sailing,motor be very boating ,and kayaking are popular.Sailors enjoy kayakers being place able to sail for miles across the salt remember surface of the large lake,while kayakers enjoy snow love exploring the miles of shoreline.People in motorboats rinse does may explore the lake to discover being sparkling come beaches or stop in the middle of the lake for a swim magnificent evaporates . People who enjoy these water sports connected damage must keep an eye on the weather. Must Because Concentrated the water in the lake is very even while shallow,winds sometimes cause the water to head become fact rough.The salty water of the lake can ocean swim also damage the motors of motorboats.This damage kayaking sparkling can be avoided if people remember to rough rinse contribute the salt from their boats with salty middle fresh water. Other visitors come to hike and then swimmers enjoy the park's wildlife.Great Salt Lake State Park is ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 8 Page 3 STOP known as a hike great sixteen place for bird watching.In fact, more fascinated west than two hundred species of birds can clouds rivers be seen in the park throughout the year inspire some .People also love to watch the magnificent larger not purple and gold clouds often appear at because afloat sunset . Great Salt Lake has fascinated people for centuries. Some Sunset Can early explorers were convinced that the lake imagine was popular part of the Pacific Ocean.Others looked for a exactly contain river that connected the lake to the ocean surface carries .Some settlers even told stories about a minerals monster swimming with a huge head that lived in the lake! This more sports extraordinary body of water continues to inspire today mystery watch and wonder today. ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 9 progress monitoringDaze 9 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 9 Page 1 Trace Lake State Park Next Saturday,everyone in my scout troop will be meeting at Trace Lake State Park at noon for food and fun with our families.I'm really excited because this weekend is plus ramps one of my favorite events of the pace cabins whole year.There are tons of fun vegetation activities one at the park like soccer,face sports painting adult , hikes,nature walks,and even a including fishing other contest.Both parents and children can all come dad and enjoy the beautiful park.The ourselves lake weekend even has boats to rent for all not sites types of water sports. My favorite outdoor families part about the lake,though,is the emergency make fishing .The park also has fishing boats and fishing isn't equipment back .There are plenty of launch ramps.I don't appropriate fishing need a license to fish because I'm under sixteen can scout years old,but my dad had to get people south one so he can fish,too. After a encourages long twenty day of fishing and fun,my reservation water family spends the night in one of the ten swamps linens air-conditioned cabins at the lake.The cabins twelve be hold as many as twelve people.We cabin always even share a cabin with my friend Zev's also family excited .The cabins have everything you need: dark fish towels ,linens,and basic cooking supplies,including an favorite outdoor fun grill.We just relax and make too dinner because while enjoying ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 9 Page 2 the view of the ahead lake mind from the back porch. The next porch sure day ,my dad always organizes a group night picnic both with the other scout families.There courteous forests are more then twenty picnic sites in the equipment types state park,but we always go to my wander favorite children spot on the south side of the areas lake plenty .I think it has the best while side view .Plus,it has a picnic pavilion with dank lots so of tables and a grill.Using the area exercise case requires an advance reservation,which my dad sixteen really always makes months ahead of time. Everything Activities Another great part about Trace Lake State Park is its twenty-five miles ten safety of trails.My mom encourages my conditioned pavilion sister and I to do a lot of hiking face friends .Even though hiking isn't my favorite hikes activity walks ,I don't mind.The trails wander through most dense using hardwood forests and dank swamps.From all disposal next my years of scouting,I know the names always wildlife of most of the wildlife and dense vegetation principle common to the area.Because the trails license great go into remote areas,I always make better family sure an adult comes with me and my towels friends supplies when I hike. ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 9 Page 3 STOP An important scouting group principle flashlight is to remember to be courteous and many exercise careful safety while hiking.It is always think tables better to hike with a group of friend friends take and carry a cell phone and parents flashlight park to use in case of an makes then emergency .When we hike at the park,we finish always scouting pace ourselves so that we can lots need finish the hike before it is dark outside.We troop are dinner also extra careful not to bother the animals come requires or vegetation.If we take food,we garbage always activity remember to carry all garbage back to the part cabin best for appropriate disposal. ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 10 progress monitoringDaze 10 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 10 Page 1 Coach Jenny Some things don't turn out the way you would expect.My first day as a swim coach rain kids' is a good example of this.I wisdom learned was a big lesson that day,which became swim is that I have a lot to way learn maintaining , especially when it comes to coaching kids respected help . For several years,I swam with so teams fine guided by coaches.The coach I teams most well admired was Jan MacDonald.I admired her for her kindness begin never ,her enthusiasm and her wisdom.I achieve especially all loved her ability to inspire me to achieve swimmers same more than I could've ever done on my own everyone big .I wanted to be like her,which insult naturally let led to my wanting to be a could've swim counselor coach. Coach Mac said that her job boys was seeming to create the right conditions for finally learning expect and to keep her athletes motivated.As I good made watched her coach,I began to see all cried right of her various roles.Coach Mac was a teacher talk admired ,friend,mentor,demonstrator,advisor,supporter,cheerleader, such morning's counselor ,and organizer. When I became a because day teenager ,Coach Mac let me help her coach stubbed children voice during the summers.I ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 10 Page 2 was “Coach Jenny”to the some girls lesson and boys.This made me feel phone first proud and humble at the same time. During these how guided practices ,Coach Mac would point out to me ability how lot important it is to communicate well with coach needed swimmers of all ages.“Never talk down to a swimmer take told ,regardless of his or her age,”she told marbles said me.Coach Mac was an expert at maintaining hustle motivated authority without seeming bossy.All the swimmers than have respected her. One day Coach Mac needed me to workout scattered lead the kids'workout because she'd caught the flu keep practices .In a weak voice,she dictated the morning's one leading workout to me over the phone.She great final told me, before hanging up,that she had absolute summers advisor confidence in my skills and that I'd do conditions go a fine job. Well,in spite of Coach Mac's confidence done blow ,I didn't do such a great obviously job see .One of the boys stubbed his be toe hanging and cried so loudly that it children frightened exhausted some of the other swimmers.Then, would when learned it was time to begin the wanted feel workout ,the swimmers scattered like marbles around the pool organizer cheerleader deck.I finally had to blow my whistle coaches job loudly to get them to pay is point attention . ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 10 Page 3 STOP After that,I asked them to even something practice kicking in the water.Several of them experience learn protested and refused,something they never did attention when skills Coach Mac was leading the workout.And for the final roles refused insult,just when the kids were actually regardless dictated doing what I asked of them,it ever pool began to rain.I had to hustle get everyone loudly out of the pool. I was so loved actually exhausted after this that I had to don't bossy go home and take a nap.Obviously,it takes asked turn time to become a good swim coach just absolute ,or even a passable one.I example most already had a lot of respect for Coach Mac,but after this pay inspire experience ,I have even more. ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 11 progress monitoringDaze 11 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 11 Page 1 Park Rangers The National Park System was founded to make sure that the most beautiful land in the U.S. would be preserved for the use of park visitors.The government created parks open to the able public getting on land with mountain ranges,wild away tools rivers ,forests,and other natural features.However,this can was public only the first step in making a park stories ago system. The park workers built roads and trails well aid so that people could easily travel through the areas wild many land.They needed to make sure that the there animals arrive as well as the vegetation living within the dwellings parks go were protected.One way to do this was rivers centers by teaching visitors about the land and the first founded creatures that lived there.Park rangers were show duties hired to do this job.Rangers are women sure more and men who work in the National Parks, night use far away from towns and cities.Many so live may in or near the park where they work see protected to avoid a lengthy commute. Rangers enjoy teaching dress in uniforms to help visitors find them. Helping Fit Found people learn more about the National Parks work helps is one of the rangers'primary duties. Rangers Dress One also police and protect the parks. ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 11 Page 2 They camping enforce lengthy the speed limits on the roads that exhibits go men through the parks and assign camping spots responsibility how to visitors who want to stay the night hired best .They even make certain that the fungi visitors help know how to control their campfires. If Charge However a forest fire does start,park rangers vegetation be help keep the fire from getting most spots bigger .If a person is sick or workers system injured in the park,rangers perform first aid would center . Park rangers love the land where they often work lead .Many of them studied wildlife biology in pottery stay college .This helps them teach visitors about the created park's parks plants and animals.Rangers lead nature bigger park walks around many parks.They tell visitors the were names if of plants,fungi,and animals that they park's find easily along the trail. Visitors can learn about the park's assign pieces history from park rangers.The rangers step uniforms often share stories about people who lived college feel there many years ago.Rangers may also people land be able to show visitors ancient dwellings, lived nature tools ,or pottery. Many visitors'centers have exhibits travel other that tell people about the natural certain years features that are found ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 11 Page 3 STOP in the park.These plants centers injured often show photos of the plants and fire only animals that live there.Most people go to the avoid believe visitors' center when they first arrive at the park could do .The rangers are in charge of these fragile cities centers . Park rangers do their best to forests help goal visitors enjoy the land that was preserved way learn for them.They believe that they must primary government teach the visitors how delicate the parks share want are.Their goal is to help making people delicate see how the many pieces of the National Parks creatures all live fit together.This helps visitors feel a ranges make greater sense of responsibility when enjoying these sense fragile tell areas. ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 12 progress monitoringDaze 12 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 12 Page 1 Old Mill State Park Over a hundred years ago,the Larson family settled in what is now the state of Minnesota. Braving the sometimes harsh weather,they built come operation a home and farmed the land.After raccoons family some time had passed,they realized that they nearby want needed a mill where they could grind winter forced wheat into flour.They built a flour mill well mountain near a river.The flowing water picnic provided are power for the mill.Later,a area birders flood destroyed the Larsons'flour mill,and they sometimes many were forced to build another one.This splash mill cabin was powered by the wind.Even environment later offers ,the family built a mill powered by steam be tailed . Today,visitors to Old Mill State Park can see the same months interested steam-powered mill that the Larson lunches beavers family used so many years ago.In lake fact power ,staff members at the park fire up the visitors steam watch engine once a year so people owls can fact watch the mill in operation.This built feature meanwhile attracts many people, especially those who are place plants interested in how people lived long hike ago powered .These visitors usually want to see the also nearby time log cabin as well. People who grind dip love nature also enjoy visiting Old Mill State Park.Many visitors feature ago try to arrange ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 12 Page 2 their travels to be families moose at the park between Memorial Day and Labor Day.This same is animals when special programs on topics about nature finches enjoy are offered.They learn about the sound trees harsh and plants that grow in the park destroyed one as well as how to protect the build environment could .These visitors keep a lookout for steam animals fun .They know that they may see large another trees animals,such as moose and deer,and know smaller were species,such as beavers,raccoons,and swimming smaller jackrabbits .During the spring and summer,these warblers land visitors enjoy the splash of color that the programs wildflowers members provide along the hiking trails. Old Mill State Park is relax state popular with people who love bird- topics watching try ,too.Over one hundred species of birds provided migrating live in the park.Birders especially enjoy wind content seeing red-tailed hawks, owls,and especially eagles just .During the spring and fall,they can protect settled see migrating species,such as warblers and tramp bridge finches . Old Mill State Park is also a place where hundred visiting people bring their families for fun.Children parents special splash in the cool water of the even lake engine and tramp across the swinging bridge. Meanwhile Now May ,their ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 12 Page 3 STOP parents fix delicious picnic lunches in the shade arrange keep of the tall trees.In the staff nature summer months,they hike on mountain trails and paddle log learn canoes in the lake.In the winter people however months,they ski on the many cross home wheat -country trails that the park offers. Color Farmed Many of the visitors to Old Mill State Park come to the park years travels just to relax.These visitors often realized fix stop by the Middle River.They may decide to live take fall a hike along the river,or a hiking dip spillway in the nearby swimming area.However,they trails may braving be content to just sit nearby and listen canoes see to the calming sound of the listen water where rushing over the spillway. ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 13 progress monitoringDaze 13 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 13 Page 1 Faster Than Sound Have you ever heard a loud “boom”sound as an airplane flies overhead?What you heard was the sound of the some rocket plane breaking the sound barrier.A sonic new boom picture is an explosive sound made when an yes airplane engine travels faster than the speed of work getting sound .How does this work and what easier does safely a pilot named Chuck Yeager have to broke three do with the sound barrier? First,let's return similar squeeze to the airplane in the sky.As the does stronger plane moves through the air,it pushes boat air form molecules out of the way.This more microscopic many process creates waves,which consist of military compressed pebble and uncompressed air.They spread out from the plane compressed years in all directions.This process is similar remained calls to the ripples that you make speed moving when you toss a pebble in a pond hear away . Imagine the airplane getting faster and faster build two ,until it surpasses the speed of breaking recognize sound .At this point,the air pressure handle waves pilot build up in front of the plane and ever compress sky ,or squeeze together,to form shock change waves sonic .The process is easier to understand tumbled heard if you picture the waves that build up at the was air front of a fast-moving boat. ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 13 Page 2 The shock overhead has waves move away from the plane,toward the ground have problems .You hear the boom because of a change test way in pressure when the shock wave because ripples reaches your eardrums.The larger the aircraft is consulting how ,the louder and stronger the shock barrier waves larger are. What does Chuck Yeager have to do move control with this?Chuck was the first person faster pressure to fly faster than the speed of point sound any .He was trained as a fighter selected pilot belly and later became a test pilot.He if flipped was selected for the flight because of his process superb one flying skills,his calmness under pressure,and his pond ability be to recognize and handle aircraft problems during flight seconds spun . The plane in which he broke the sound barrier front travels was designed for maximum speed and had a rocket let's types engine.Because of its limited fuel,it was spread last carried to a flying altitude in the belly all skills of another aircraft and dropped into the sky reaches decorated . Years later Chuck trained U.S.military astronaut close consist candidates.He remained the top test pilot aircraft received for the military for many years, candidates flying its more than three hundred new types ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 13 Page 3 STOP of is aircraft exploded .He had some close calls,including creates sound losing control of one airplane that spun, including airplane tumbled , and flipped for fifty seconds before Chuck could boom waves land it safely.On another flight,he bailed first return out of a plane and was altitude compress injured when the plane exploded. Chuck is one trained honors of the most decorated pilots of could land all time.He has received the two later injured highest honors that can be given to carried any superb person in the United States:the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Ability Flight Fifty years after he made his historic shock designed flight ,Chuck made his last flight as a consulting microscopic hundred test pilot.He flew an F-15 dropped maximum fighter ,and,yes,he broke the sound directions than barrier . ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 14 progress monitoringDaze 14 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 14 Page 1 John Hancock Have you ever practiced signing your name in different ways?Some people say that when you write break role your name,you are signing your John Hancock.The real used rule John Hancock lived many years ago during the colonial away soon period and he was the first colonists' person sea to sign the United States Declaration of Independence.This was ever taught the document that declared the independence of the were thirteen wrote American colonies from Britain's rule.Today, basic several people know of John Hancock because of this elected signature nation ,but he was also very important in the letters big early years of the United States. When John Hancock army was years a boy,his mother sent him to chief uncle live with his wealthy uncle in Boston.John's uncle example new sent him to college and taught him to different clerk be a merchant.When John was old enough uncle's went to work,he became a clerk for his very uncle placed .He soon inherited his uncle's business and later voted consider went into politics. The Declaration of Independence was the reflect colonists' mother way of telling the King of England that they were able going ready to rule themselves.The colonists did establish lasted not feel that the King's rules are were battles ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 14 Page 2 fair.For example,the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act thirteen wanted placed high taxes on basic supplies that decided people way used every day.The Stamp Act made people is while pay a fee for all public and ways legal lived documents.The Sugar Act made people pay an joke merchant extra fee for sugar.The colonists had commander not rules voted for these taxes.They had not legal elected later the leaders who did.Because they had to signing live first with these rules,they believed that the British did documents needs not consider their needs. The leaders of the colonies day appointed met at the Second Continental Congress and decided to college ready break away from England's rule.Their meeting been did lasted for months.When it was over,the Declaration of Independence had be sugar been written.While the meeting was going on,the first independence known battles in the American Revolution began.Hancock's surprised every name stands out on the Declaration of Independence because he early taxes wrote big,bold letters.Some people joke that he navy led did this because he wanted the King of England to boy be began able to read it from across the sea glasses leaders without his reading glasses. Today,John Hancock write is valuable known as a man who played an important its support role in the ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 14 Page 3 STOP founding of his colonial months nation .As president of the Second Continental Congress,he if appointed worked George Washington to be the commander in saw document chief of the colonial army.Several years later name say he became governor of Massachusetts.He was led people his state in its support of the United States Constitution.He later person when worked to establish a navy for the many new signed nation. You might not be surprised enough if practiced you saw the large letters that John Hancock used extra president when he signed the Declaration of Independence.They founding reflect feel the boldness of a man who fair was politics a valuable leader for his nation. ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 15 progress monitoringDaze 15 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 15 Page 1 Using a Special Gift Born in American Fork,Utah,was a girl with a special gift.Even when she was young,people woman noticed laws that this redheaded child was very special year ranking .She could express her ideas well,and some served people listened when she spoke.It was highly no ability surprise to many people in her hometown girl term when Reva Beck Bosone became the win special first woman ever elected as a judge in the state helped mother .By the time she had become the born speeches first woman from Utah elected to Congress, legislature most meeting people around the state had heard about her skills instead fight as a speaker.In fact,many of them worked hometown went to great lengths just to hear her where walked speeches . When Reva was young,she thought about becoming people teacher an actor.She thought that a serve however career in theater would be a way that she listened could four use her special talent.However,after giving if difference this idea some thought,she decided to skillful become law a teacher instead.After she finished college want husband ,she taught high school for several years heard was before starting law school. As a need lawyer changes ,Reva devoted her life to helping again people well .In fact,she once said,“If ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 15 Page 2 you want neighborhoods continued to serve the people,go where the views laws people's are made.”She began her career in run law judge when she opened a law office with her husband enjoyed seat .A year later,she won a doors knocking highly publicized case and decided to run for a lengths great seat in the state legislature.At that there time hoped ,she was the mother of a insisted young taught child.Because she wanted to meet just people college in person,she walked through neighborhoods knocking make speaker on doors.She had to carry her most starting daughter with her.Many people who welcomed her supported went enjoyed hearing about the changes she hoped to bring first believed about for Utah.They also enjoyed talent becoming meeting and playing with her daughter. Reva won be publicized the election and served for four carry years decided .In this position,and later when she life became elected a judge,she had to learn to years fight office for her views.She supported efforts to establish fact position programs that would help people in lawyer more need .She also worked to help women many win fighting more public offices.Many people were against her several could ideas .Some of these opponents believed that, young department because she was a woman,she would no foes back down under pressure.However,instead of giving hearing became in to her foes, ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 15 Page 3 STOP she insisted that her views person playing be considered.This fighting spirit helped her said once win her seat in the United States House of Representatives. Reva was began are elected to Congress and she served efforts daughter two terms.During her time there,she won state became the first woman to serve on the Interior Committee.Her giving work skillful ability to express her ideas continued to become help career her make a difference in people's finished lives express .When her term in Congress ended, she went welcomed time to work for the U.S.Postal Service,where she two again school made history by becoming the highest- election ranking case woman in her department. ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 16 progress monitoringDaze 16 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 16 Page 1 Cy Young A lot has changed since the first baseball game between rival teams was played.That first game took place almost created two that's hundred years ago!At a baseball field overall strike in New Jersey,two New York City teams faced recorded offense one another.The New York Nine defeated the New York Knicks by the one- superstar nine sided score of twenty-three to one.That first five come game might not have been much of a eleven contest rival .Over the next fifty years,this player new unfairly sport grew into the game many took people is think of as America's pastime. There are later fifty many important firsts in baseball history. Infielders Here Might are some important ones.In the pitches than mid eighteen hundreds,it was first decided that best all imagine baseball games were to last nine no some innings .Prior to this rule,the first valuable team often to reach twenty-one runs was the hitters winner native .Imagine how long those games must tries hit have been!Years later,umpires were first instructed every been to call pitches sailing out of the strike much while zone as “balls.”Nine years after that,a batter have batters hit the first bunt.This new pitch reach type of hit gave both pitchers and close not infielders something else to watch for.Then,in 1867,a went baseball game player ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 16 Page 2 shocked the baseball world by throwing history goes the first recorded curveball.Now the batters four many had something new to anticipate. Baseball's first prior lot superstar was Cy Young,a pitcher and name bunt winner of the first World Series.The Ohio pastime throwing native won five hundred and eleven games as a professional rule defeated baseball player.That's more than any pitcher eighteen batter in history,by almost one hundred runs new games !Years later he was the first result modern anticipate pitcher to pitch a perfect game, something bases bears only fourteen pitchers have done since. Once Scores Mid he went twenty-four innings without giving named something up a hit.No other pitcher in the shocked history year of the game has come close to this most home mark . Cy Young set the standard for Major League first once pitchers ,and now the greatest pitching honor bears almost voting his name.The Cy Young Award is an next innings award that goes to the best pitcher baseball think every year. This award is different from the Most Valuable Player,or MVP, were two award .The MVP award is given to place baseball's has most valuable player overall. ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 16 Page 3 STOP People have pitchers always faced disagreed about which player is most valuable would done .Baseball,like many other sports,has two fans standard sides,offense and defense.The offense side stolen both scores points.The defense side tries to ago prevent players the offense from scoring points.So which players given great are more important?Is it the players who score sides zone the points or the players who now changed keep the other teams from scoring? Baseball set sided fans like seeing home runs and stolen mark professional bases .As a result,the MVP award teams giving was most often given to players who seeing firsts were great hitters.After a while,though,the rule won decided -makers decided that pitchers were being unfairly ones last overlooked in the voting.They created an fourteen team award that would go only to the always played best pitcher every year.It is fitting that the award else was points named for Cy Young,the best pitcher in honor fitting baseball history. ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 17 progress monitoringDaze 17 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 17 Page 1 The Secrets of a Lion's Roar In the darkness,a lion sniffs the night air.It purses its lips,thrusts out its here days chin,and roars.The deafening noise roaring three can be heard by humans from up to five could others miles away.The sound probably sends saying prepare shivers up their spines!However,the lion always everything is not roaring for them.Who is the distance well lion roaring to,and what is its adult message several ?Researchers are working to unlock the secrets single spend of the lion's roar. Lions live in half alone prides ,or groups,that usually consist of three using still to ten adult females,their offspring,and group its two or three adult males.However,the were sends pride members do not always stay near humans each miles other.They often scatter throughout their home how determine territory,which can stretch for several learn stretch miles .The lions may split up into heard most smaller groups for days or weeks at a okay time each ,and some may even spend periods in solitude weeks chase . The roaring lion is most likely outnumbered just when checking in with its pride members,as female though darkness it were saying,“Here I am, keep not everything is okay!”In addition,the roar serves never many as a warning to lions from members neighboring often prides.Each pride keeps to its own even time territory,so the lions roar to tell offspring secrets ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 17 Page 2 strangers to keep their distance. Pride members pair lips roar to one another at night prides own when the air is still.For female lions am speaker , hearing the roar of one of their lone male much pride mates assures them that all is smaller fierce well.In contrast,the roar of a assures whether male stranger causes them either to snarl in response neighboring lions or to gather up their cubs and approached outnumber run away.Upon hearing the roar of a comes female two stranger,females often confidently prepare to chase confident gather the stranger off. Using recordings of the experiment confidently roars of female lions,researchers have discovered that female addition contrast lions can tell how many strangers ten are friend roaring and whether they outnumber them. When Reacted Air a single female heard the recording of a single lion's one female stranger,she almost never approached the checking want speaker . She did not want to face the scatter home stranger alone.When a pair of females recordings heard almost the same recording, they approached the face proven speaker about half the time.When a also group roars of three females heard it,they approached split purses the speaker nearly every time.They fascinating were away confident that the three of ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 17 Page 3 STOP them could working serves chase away the lone lion.When a solitude pair shivers of females heard a recording of a pair of chin female roar strangers,they reacted the same way the similar single cubs lion did to the single roar.The lions same male were judging whether they outnumbered the roaring territory warning strangers. Through this experiment and others hearing similar night to it,researchers have proven that either sound lions can determine whether a roar comes from a may male usually or female and whether the roaring lion periods can is a friend or a stranger.They so can every also determine whether they outnumber a group females another of roaring lions. However,researchers still have message though much to learn about these fierce and however fascinating is felines. ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 18 progress monitoringDaze 18 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 18 Page 1 John Grisham More than twenty years ago,John Grisham decided that he would like to write a novel.He wanted to base it on his experiences signings twenty as a lawyer in the southern United States. Traveled Have However ,before he could begin writing,he had to resolve accept work an important dilemma.How could he write himself help a book and also continue working to authors went support his family?He finally decided that he was didn't would write for two hours each morning,before his work also buy in the courtroom started.After three years does turned ,Grisham finally finished his first book. Did When Works Grisham decided to publish the book,he well morning again faced a problem.No one seemed to want one company to publish a book written by an playing classes unknown writer.In fact,twenty-nine publishers turned writers continue him down before he finally found wanted one dreamed that would accept his story.This years still publisher was a small company without a large three instead sales force.Because Grisham wanted people to helpful sales read his book,he went to bookstores himself love bestselling and asked the owners to buy his book reading own .Many owners turned him away, but hours been others were very helpful.Today,Grisham is one nine small of the most well-known authors in ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 18 Page 2 the many church nation ,and he still remembers these people. Whenever Hand Begin he publishes a new book,he watching has want book signings at their stores. Grisham began law interest work on a second novel the day whenever sale after he finished his first book.His built away second book,“The Firm,”brought him better luck.It because became year the bestselling novel of the year.It was book twenties even made into a movie.The fields finally money he made from the sale of his publish school book allowed him to quit his law practice wasn't support and become a full-time writer.Since then finished boy ,he has written one book a group year practice and has been called the bestselling writer try most of the nineties. When Grisham was a boy brought found ,his mother believed that children should spend than very their time playing and reading rather become writer than watching television.As a result,the rather family six did not own a television,and Grisham learned owners each to love reading.One of his high literature read school English teachers also encouraged this yet interest enjoyed .In her classes,Grisham learned about children literature player and especially enjoyed reading the works of American writers likes dilemma . ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 18 Page 3 STOP Even though he loved to read as a movie child money ,Grisham didn't dream of becoming a writer teachers bookstores when he grew up.Instead,he encouraged especially dreamed of becoming a baseball player.When he two decided was in his twenties,he realized he didn't could publishers have the talent to play baseball as a then professional high .Yet it wasn't until he had completed today players law school that he decided to new try became his hand at writing.Today,when Grisham speaks force talent to young people,he advises them others not faced to decide on a career too called early even . When Grisham is not writing novels,he again likes play to help other people.He has traveled when better with a church group to help people child allowed in South America.He also does work for the Little League.In fact first lawyer , some Little League players have their games on the novel courtroom six baseball fields that Grisham built on his not property more . ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 19 progress monitoringDaze 19 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 19 Page 1 Step by Step Curious,Ari examined the device,which resembled a stopwatch.His teacher,Ms.Jefferson,had just distributed can began them to the whole class and looked called interested them “pedometers.”Ari had heard of them before,but never end took seen one.He knew it must morning is be related to Fitness Month.They had mark calculate been talking about the importance of getting together here enough exercise.Ari looked up to see Ms.Jefferson more wherever writing something on the whiteboard.It said,“Walk to California.” “ Celebrated We're Working going to start a class project in have group connection with Fitness Month,”Ms.Jefferson said.“For the one many rest of the year,your assignment is to teacher wear examined these pedometers wherever you go. They'll traveled said count how many steps you take,and can few resembled convert that into distance traveled.Every felt day go ,we'll calculate how far we traveled as a all often class ,and each week we'll mark that get distance increase on the map.The goal is to groups walk see how long it takes us,working as a don't exercise group ,to get from here in Connecticut to California.” Ari started was reported interested.He wondered how far he must how walked in a day.He doubted it device map was very ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 19 Page 2 far.He thought,“I bet rest each all together we don't walk more than a few well talking miles a day.How could we half yardstick possibly get all the way to California by the end called journey of the year?” Ms.Jefferson showed them how whiteboard thought to attach and work their pedometers. Person Beginning Then they were divided into groups,each with a finally yardstick averaged ,and sent outside to measure their see stride week length,or how far they went in a sent single walked step.Ari's group decided to have each step far person walk a distance of fifty project feet class and count how many steps it seen took miles .Then Ms.Jefferson showed them how to would enter single their stride lengths into the pedometer. Long Now Tell it would be able to tell them inch how pedometer far they traveled. In the following days showed fitness ,Ari and his classmates reported every marveled was morning how far they had walked since the previous never slowly day.Ari was amazed at how block possibly far they walked.He had found that he knew averaged found over a mile a day just by writing daily himself ,and that with a little effort he wear could enter walk over two. Together,the class line bet was walking over fifty miles every day.Ari pedometers dad marveled to see the line on the map classmates start inch slowly toward California.As the attach students year started getting used to walking more, ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 19 Page 3 STOP the were daily achieved totals began to increase.Ari was mile going totals for walks with his dad around the following little block every evening,and he often went for long days length walks in the afternoon as well.He felt something distance great. Finally,about a month and a half put afternoon after the great walk had begun,Ms.Jefferson put walks then a dot just over the border into California.Their curious students journey was complete.Ari and his classmates dot stride all celebrated what they had achieved,beginning with just very heard a few steps. ©2011 All rights reserved STOP Practice 1 After playing in the dirt, Sam went home summer was to wash her hands. Practice 2 On her way home, she chair sleep saw an ice cream truck. Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ C: __________________________ I: __________________________ AS: __________________________ G5/Progress Monitoring 20 progress monitoringDaze 20 ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 20 Page 1 The Electrician It was sharing time at school.During sharing time,the teacher would write safe one a question on the chalkboard,and the answer class step would then talk about possible answers.The agreed proud question for the day was, “Who are the homes people fourth in our community that we depend on school said most for support?” Ms.Martinez turned to her class couldn't sure of fourth-grade students and said,“ If Then Think of someone who does a job that you office cannot electrician do yourself.Then explain what that person so dad does and the importance of his or her training dangerous work .Who will volunteer to answer first?” Maria had her explain takes hand up in a flash.“My step- ring needs dad is the master electrician for our school appliances found district,”she said.“He takes care of making problems careful with electricity in all our schools and in the how district bells offices.We couldn't get by without the write help district we get from electricians like him.” Weren't Then Working Maria explained how electricians help others.“They connect glad problem and repair electrical wires so electricity can lot need make things work in our schools and homes bigger thought .Of course,we need electricity for sharing lights others ,but we need it for appliances and felt other public things,too.We need it for the have ovens might in the ©2011 All rights reserved Keep going G5/Progress Monitoring 20 Page 2 lunch room,and the people there speak in the office use electricity to ring wires schools the bells and to speak over the is workers public address system.At home,electricity lets us came students talk on the phone,use the washing join machine electrical ,and listen to music on the stereo support flash .Working with electricity can be dangerous, class when so electricians must have a lot of special were outlet training.” Ms.Martinez encouraged others to new depend join the discussion.Everyone shared ways electricians had not helped was them at home or at school. Ran One Answers student recalled a problem that arose course breaker when the school got new computers.Everyone effective was special excited about using them,but there shared weren't are enough outlets to plug in all the helped computers most .Electricians ran new wires into the do another computer room.They installed an outlet for each think would computer.Soon students were busy making electricians All good use of all the new computers. First Chalkboard Another student recalled a time when the enough music air conditioner at his home quit working. An quit lets electrician found that there was not enough good recalled power for the air conditioner to work properly time got . ©2011 All rights reservedG5/Progress Monitoring 20 Page 3 STOP She installed new wiring and a hot help bigger circuit breaker,and then she double- checked master plug all her work. Electricians have to people be cannot very careful.If there is even one soon offices small mistake,the wires might get too explained arose hot and start a fire. As sharing lunch conditioner time came to an end,the discussion topic whole class agreed that a community needs the help system volunteer of electricians.These workers make sure that people electricity busy have safe and effective ways of using too pretty electricity.Maria felt proud of her step wiring installed -dad,and was glad Ms.Martinez had excited brought teachers up the topic.“Teachers are pretty properly other important ,too,”she thought.