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Practice - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

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<strong>Practice</strong><br />

Name Fluency<br />

As I read, I will pay attention to punctuation.<br />

Nature is amazingly complex. Every day many different<br />

8 things happen in nature. Look around and observe. What do<br />

18 you see happening?<br />

21 Living things grow and die as the seasons change. Even the<br />

32 quietest place is not vacant. Insects fill the air. Animals search<br />

43 for food and build their homes. Fish and frogs splash in the<br />

55 water. And nature is so diverse, too. There are millions of kinds<br />

67 of plants and animals to study.<br />

73 But learning from nature takes time and patience. And that’s<br />

83 especially true of animals.<br />

87 You can’t just press a button on a hawk and have it tell you<br />

101 how fast it can fly. And chimps don’t wear signs telling you<br />

113 how they take care of their young. To learn these things, you<br />

125 have to observe the animals.<br />

130 The people you’ll read about here each observed animals in<br />

140 a different way. And each gave the world something through<br />

150 their observations. Some helped us make sense of the natural<br />

160 world. Others helped us see the importance of protecting it. 170<br />

Comprehension Check<br />

1. What does the word diverse mean? Context Clues<br />

2. What does it take to learn from nature? Main Idea and Details<br />

Words Read –<br />

Number of<br />

Errors<br />

=<br />

First Read – =<br />

Second Read – =<br />

166<br />

A Historic Journey • Grade 5/Unit 5<br />

Words<br />

Correct Score<br />

At Home: Help the student read the passage, paying<br />

attention to the goal at the top of the page.<br />

© <strong>Macmillan</strong>/<strong>McGraw</strong>-<strong>Hill</strong>

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