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Name _____________________________________________ Date _________________________
WORD
of the Day
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Use the word below in a short paragraph about a time
you were very hungry, and what you did about it.
famished: (adj.) suffering severely from hunger; starving
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Sentence Mender
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Rewrite the sentence to make it correct.
Monica opened the winder this mourning and looks out.
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Cursive Quote
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Copy the quotation in cursive writing.
Y•o¢u¡ ªg™r¡o¢w¢ u¡p¡ ¡the¡ d¡a£y¶ £y•o¢u¡ h¡a£v´¡ £y•o¢u™r¡ f¡i™rs¡t¡ ™re¡al¡ l¡a¡u¡gªh¡—a¡t¡ £y•o¢u™rself¡.
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—Ethel Barrymore
Do you agree? Why? Write your answer in cursive on another sheet of paper.
Analogy of the Day
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Complete the analogy.
Stage is to theater as __________________________ is to book.
 A. binding
 B. reader
 C. writer
 D. orchestra
Explain how the analogy works: _______________________________________________________
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Side B
Y Ready, Set, READ!
Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
The toy has two disks connected to an axle; a length of string loops around the
axle. Napoleon’s soldiers played with richly decorated versions of it, as Europeans
had been doing for two centuries. It was popular in the Philippines for several
centuries. And there is indisputable evidence—a picture on a bowl showing a boy
playing with one—that the ancient Greeks enjoyed it 2,500 years ago. But it might
have gotten its start even earlier than that, in China.
Although there is no easy answer to where and when the yo-yo was invented,
we do know that two people were responsible for popularizing the modern version
of it here in America. Those two were Pedro Flores and Donald Duncan.
Flores came here from the Philippines. In the 1920s, he improved the toy by
having it come to rest at the end of the string and then return upward. He began
manufacturing yo-yos and inventing tricks to do with them. Duncan witnessed Flores’s
expert play and was impressed. He bought Flores’s company. He spent a fortune to do
so, but the yo-yo booms in the 1960s and 1990s made him wealthy. It made a lot of
kids happy, too. You can learn more by visiting the Yo-Yo Museum’s website.
1.Who was Pedro Flores, and what part did he play in the history of the yo-yo?
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2. What early physical evidence does the author cite about the age of the yo-yo?
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3. What information would you look for on the website for the Yo-Yo Museum?
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3 BrainTeaser
Think of one word that all three words on the left have in common.
Write it on the line. This first one is done for you.
1. wagon
cart
Ferris
3. skunk
hair
bug
5. river
blood
savings
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wheel
2. bread
bushel
hand
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4. wedding
twelfth
sleepless
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6. India
invisible
washable
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Word of the Day: Check students’ paragraphs for accurate usage of the term.
Sentence Mender: Monica opened the window this morning and looked out.
Cursive Quote: Check students’ handwriting for accuracy and legibility. Responses will vary.
Analogy of the Day: A; (part-whole analogy) Check that students’ answers are reasonable.
Ready, Set, Read! 1. Flores was a Philippine immigrant who popularized the yo-yo in the
United States in the 1920s. 2. An ancient Greek bowl shows a boy playing with a yo-yo.
3. Answers will vary.
Brainteaser: 2. basket 3. spray 4. night 5. bank 6. ink
Connections to the Common Core State Standards
As shown in the chart below, this activity will help you meet your specific state reading
and language arts standards as well as those outlined in the CCSS. These materials
address the following standards for students in grade 6. For details on these standards,
visit the CCSS Web site: www.corestandards.org/the-standards/.
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