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Sequence
• Sequence is the order in which things happen. Clue words such as next, then, and yesterday
help to indicate the sequence in which events occur.
• Some events in a story happen simultaneously, or at the same time. Clue words such as
meanwhile and at the same time signal simultaneous events.

Directions Read the following passage. Then complete the diagram below.

J anie and Finn walked down the camp-

ground road to get some fresh water. It
was getting dark, but Janie remembered
the bucket down and let her get the water.
Janie refilled the bucket. Meanwhile, Finn
ran away. Janie called his name, but there
the way to the water pump—a left at the was no response. She raced back to the
fork in the road and then a right. When campground to tell her mother that Finn
they got there, Janie pumped the cool was lost, all the while worried about him.
water while Finn held the bucket. Then To her surprise, Finn had already made it
Finn started to splash Janie with the water. back and was sitting quietly by the fire.
Janie was furious, and yelled at him to put

End

4.

3.

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1.

Beginning

5. What did you visualize Janie’s face to look like at the end of the story?

Home Activity Your child identified the sequence of events in a story. Discuss a time when someone or
something got lost. Together, identify the sequence of events in the memory.

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Writing for Tests

Prompt: Think about your favorite animal and what makes it special. Write a speech about a type
of animal and why you think people should learn more about it.

Scorpion . . . Feared or Famed?

S corpions are one of the oldest and most
fascinating animals on Earth, and we
can help them stay that way. Around the
eat scorpions too—birds, shrews, meat-
eating grasshopper mice, and bats.
Scorpions can actually slow down their
world people are destroying their habitats. metabolism, making it possible for them to
If people learn more about these unusual survive on eating 1 insect a year!
creatures, maybe they’ll learn how to Another amazing thing about scorpions
conserve resources and survive hardships is that they are able to regulate the amount
like the scorpion does. of venom they use. They release more
Fans who like to observe scorpions in venom into larger prey and use less for
nature must be adventurous and patient. smaller animals. They conserve the venom
Scorpions are nocturnal (active at night) as much as possible since it may be needed
and hide under stones, bark, and other some day to save their life!
things during daylight. Scorpions glow You already know that scorpions
under ultraviolet light, so scorpion cause pain with their venom-filled sting,
researchers use ultraviolet lights to find the but did you know that only about 40 of
animals at night when they are active. the thousands of species of scorpions
Scorpions often live in habitats near are deadly to humans? Scorpions have
humans, where insects can be more amazing abilities that are interesting to
plentiful. A scorpion’s favorite foods are scientists. You have to decide whether you
yummy insects, spiders, small lizards, are fan or foe of the scorpion.
snakes, and mice. However, many animals

1. Circle the thesis statement. What makes it a thesis?

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2. Put a box around the topic sentence in each paragraph. Then underline supporting details in that
paragraph.
3. Sentence variety gets attention. Draw brackets around three different types of sentences. Label
their type (declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory).

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Vocabulary
Directions Choose the word from the box that best matches each definition. Write the word on
the line.
1. to set on fire
Check the Words
You Know
2. to have been made or become rigid
hatchet
3. a stiff, sharp hair or spine ignite
painstaking
4. extremely careful quill
registered
5. burned and smoked without flame smoldered
stiffened
Directions Choose the word from the box that best matches each clue.
Write the letters of the word on the blanks. The boxed letters spell out
one of the words from this selection.

6.
e
g
6. This happens to a match after it is blown out.
7.
7. This is a porcupine’s defense. s
8. You might use this to chop wood.
9. You use a match to do this to a pile of wood. 8.
e
10. The mystery word is:
r

9.
d

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Write a News Report

On a separate sheet of paper, write a news report about a sixth-grade student who managed to survive
after being marooned on a deserted island. Use as many vocabulary words as you can.

Home Activity Your child identified and used vocabulary words from Hatchet. Together, create a crossword
puzzle and clues with the words in the selection.

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Principal Parts of Regular Verbs

A verb’s tenses are made from four basic forms. These basic forms are called the verb’s
principal parts.
Present Present Participle Past Past Participle
watch (am, is, are) watching watched (has, have, had) watched
carry (am, is, are) carrying carried (has, have, had) carried
A regular verb forms its past and past participle by adding -ed or -d to the present form.
• The present and the past forms can be used by themselves as verbs.
• The present participle and the past participle are always used with a helping verb.
Remember, when a verb ends with a consonant and y, change the y to i before adding -ed: cried.
When a one-syllable verb ends with a vowel and a consonant, double the consonant before
adding -ed: hopped.

Directions Write present, present participle, past, or past participle to identify the principal part of
the underlined verb.

1. The bobcat limped away into the trees.

2. Sparks from the rock are raining down on the cave floor.

3. She places more wood on the fire.

4. The darkness has filled him with fear.

5. He scrapes bark from the tree with his hatchet.

6. The plane slammed into the forest.

7. Mosquitoes are swarming around Brian’s head.

Directions Underline the verb in each sentence. Write present, present participle, past, or past
participle to identify the principal part used to form the verb.
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8. Alex is hiking along the path with his two brothers.

9. His grandfather owned a twin engine plane.

10. Steve and Mike are wiping the grease from the engine.

11. The snakes have slithered away from the fire.

12. Jane picks the roots from the ground.

Home Activity Your child learned about principal parts of regular verbs. Have your child describe activities
in your home using present participle forms of verbs: My sisters are playing outside. Mom is reading the
mail.

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Unusual Spellings
Spelling Words
crescent language vehicle exhibit examine
Michigan parachute unique conquer rhyme
penguin exertion exotic brochure symptom
antique exhausted heirloom rhinoceros bureau

Missing Words Write the list word that best completes each statement.
1. My socks are in the middle drawer of the ___. 1.
2. If you went to Antarctica, you might see a baby ___. 2.
3. The movie about an African safari showed a charging ___. 3.
4. It can take days to recover from the ___ of running in a marathon. 4.
5. I can’t bear to part with this precious family ___. 5.
6. The tropical garden has many ___ plants. 6.
7. The movers were ___ after moving all the furniture. 7.
8. The pictures in this ___ make the hotel look luxurious. 8.
9. That ___ shop was filled with beautiful treasures from the past. 9.
10. Your cough could be a ___ of the flu. 10.
11. I can make words ___ all the time. 11.
12. The ___ moon looks beautiful tonight. 12.
13. The Roman Empire was able to ___ much of the ancient world. 13.
14. I would like to learn to speak the Japanese ___. 14.
15. That special type of pine tree is ___ to this area. 15.
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Analogies Write a list word to finish each analogy.
16. Car is to ___ as house is to building. 16.
17. Life vest is to sink as ___ is to fall. 17.
18. Hide is to conceal as show is to ___. 18.
19. ___ is to state as Japan is to nation. 19.
20. Inspect is to ___ as hunt is to search. 20.

Home Activity Your child wrote words with unusual spellings. Say a word from the list and ask your child to
define it and spell it.

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Scoring Rubric: Speech

4 3 2 1
Focus/Ideas Clear, focused Thesis is clear Thesis is vague Thesis
thesis or focused, or misses the statement
statement may be too prompt missing or
addresses the broad or too unintelligible
prompt narrow
Organization Strong topic Most details Some topic Few details
sentences support topic sentences support thesis;
and many sentence of and some few topic
supporting paragraph and supporting sentences
details central thesis details
Voice Sincere and Mostly sincere Voice at times Writer without
interested and interested uninterested feeling or
interest
Word Choice Most details Many details Some details Most details are
are unique and are unique or are unique or vague or cliché
vivid vivid vivid
Sentences Uses short and Some variety in Variety only in Sentences all
long sentences, sentence type sentence type of one type or
of varying types and length or length length
Conventions Excellent Good control; Little control; Many serious
control; few or few errors many errors errors
no errors
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Vocabulary • Word Endings -ed, -ing

• An ending is a letter or letters added to the end of a base word. For example, the ending -ed
can be added to verbs to show past action, and the ending -ing can be added to verbs to show
ongoing or current action.
• Sometimes the -ed or -ing form of the verb is used as an adjective.

Directions Read the following passage. Then answer the questions below.

J oseph took his hatchet with him into

the thick forest. He had to find the plant
before the skin on his palm stiffened and
burned, he cried out in pain. He knew
the only cure for the burn was a special
plant that grew deep in the forest. It was
became crusty. Moments before he had a painstaking task to locate this single
been walking past his fading campfire, plant in so much vegetation, but he had no
which had smoldered for a half-hour. He choice. The pain was now throbbing in his
had tripped and landed hands-first in the palm. It was unbearable. Finally, Joseph
still-hot embers. When it finally registered saw the long stems of the plant among
with Joseph that his right palm was badly some bushes in front of him.

1. What is the base word in stiffened? What does it mean?

2. What is the ending in the word smoldered? What does the word mean?

3. Is there a word ending in painstaking? Why or why not?

4. Registered is in what tense? Rewrite the sentence using the -ing ending instead of -ed
for registered.
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5. Write a word that can change from a verb to an adjective when the ending -ing is added. Use the
word in a sentence.

Home Activity Your child identified word endings to determine the meanings of words. While reading an
article with your child, have your child underline word endings. Use the endings to help your child define
the words.

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Poster/Announcement
• An announcement makes something known to the public.
• A poster is a type of announcement that gives specific facts about an event. It should answer
the questions Who? What? When? Where? and Why?

Directions Read the poster below.

If you were stranded on a deserted island,

would you know how to survive? We would!

On Friday, February 5, at the Yukon Memorial Library, the Survival Enthusiasts

of Tri-City are hosting their annual Be Smart: Learn All There Is to Know About
Survival seminar. Eight mini-sessions will teach you how to prepare yourself for just
about anything.

The chart below gives you just a sampling of what is in store for you
at the seminar.

Name Description Time Location

Survival Learn what items everyone 8:00 a.m.– Hendricks Room
Kits must have in order to make
8:45 a.m.
a survival kit for almost any
circumstance. Make your
own survival kit during the
session.
Natural Have you ever witnessed 9:00 a.m.– Conference Room B
Disasters a hurricane, tornado, or 10:00 a.m.
Awareness earthquake? If you haven’t,
then come to this session
to learn what you need to
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do to prepare yourself for

these natural disasters.

If you’re interested in joining us for a hands-on look at how to survive just about
any situation, please call us at 555-2000 to get more information or to request the
registration form. You may send the form directly to the Survival Enthusiasts of
Tri-City, P.O. Box 580, Yukon, Minnesota, 55509, with your check made out to the
organization for the seminar fee of $150. The price of the seminar includes the
mini-sessions, a survival kit, lunch, and your very own Learn How to Survive packet.
The deadline for registration is January 20. Hope to see you there!

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Directions Use the poster to answer the following questions.

1. What event is this poster announcing?

2. Where is this event being held?

3. When is it too late to register for the event?

4. What will you learn about in Conference Room B at 9 a.m.?

5. How does this poster try to get your attention?

6. How would you get more information about the event?

7. Where would you post this poster if you were part of the organization putting on the event?

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10. What might you add to this poster to make it more appealing?

Home Activity Your child learned about posters and announcements. Have your child create a small
announcement or poster that describes an upcoming event in your family (such as a birthday party, special
dinner, or gathering).

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Unusual Spellings
Proofread a Report Circle six spelling errors in the report. Write the Spelling Words
words correctly. Find a sentence with a punctuation error. Write it correctly.
crescent
language
Antique Hunting vehicle
exhibit
I’m completely exausted after all the antikue hunting, we
examine
did today. Everything we saw was interesting and unikue.
Michigan
We took time to examen many family heirlooms, an old parachute
TV, even a farm vehikle from the 1930s that still worked! unique
One shop had a beautiful bureau that I almost bought and conquer
an exotic oriental rug. Another offered a broshure that rhyme
told us how to hunt for antiques using the Internet.
penguin
exertion
1. ________________ 2. _________________ exotic
3. ________________ 4. _________________ brochure
symptom
5. ________________ 6. _________________ antique
7. ______________________________________________________ exhausted
heirloom
______________________________________________________
rhinoceros
bureau
Proofread Words Circle the word that is spelled correctly.
Write it on the line.
Frequently
8. crescent cresant crecent 8. ________________ Misspelled
Words
9. langwige language laneguge 9. ________________
TV
10. exibit exhibit exhibet 10. ________________ Christmas
11. conquer concur conqer 11. ________________
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12. rhyme ryme rihm 12. ________________

13. exotic exzotic exatic 13. ________________
14. penqwin pengin penguin 14. ________________
15. symptom simptom symtom 15. ________________
16. burro bureau burea 16. ________________

Home Activity Your child identified misspelled words with unusual spellings. Ask your child to spell and use
list words in sentences.

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Principal Parts of Regular Verbs

Directions Read the passage. Then read each question. Circle the letter of the correct answer.

Abraham Lincoln’s War

(1) The American people elected Abraham Lincoln president of the United States
at a time of great national conflict. (2) The Southern slave states had planned to
withdraw from the country. (3) This issue divided the American people. (4) Lincoln
(believe) that his most important job was to preserve the Union. (5) Scholars have
stated that he tried to prevent the Civil War, but he pursued victory for the North by
choosing the best generals. (6) For years, Americans consistently (rank) Lincoln as
one of the greatest American presidents because he saved the Union.

1 What is the present form of the underlined 4 What terms identify the principal parts of
verb in sentence 1? the two underlined verbs in sentence 5?
A is electing A Present/Past
B elect B Past participle/Past
C am electing C Present participle/Past
D are electing D Present participle/Past participle

2 What term identifies the principal part of 5 Which form of the verb in parentheses best
the underlined verb in sentence 2? completes sentence 6?
A Past A has ranked
B Present B have ranked
C Present participle C is ranking
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completes sentence 4?
A believes
B believed
C has believed
D had believed

Home Activity Your child prepared for taking tests on principal parts of regular verbs. Ask your child to
write four regular verbs that tell about things he or she can do (play, kick, skate, dance) and then write the
four principal parts for each verb.

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