Man's Best Friend
Story 1
Review Key Words
danger
something that may hann or hurt
guard
protect; watch
helpful
useful
blind
not able to see
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Dogs are animals that can do
6 . many things. They can take care of
13 sheep and cattle. Dogs can guard a
20 house at night. Some dogs help
26 people hunt wild birds. Dogs can
32 warn people of danger and help find
39 people who are missing. Some dogs
45 help blind people do things by being
52 a seeing eye for them. In some cold
60 countries, dogs help people by
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pulling sleds over the ice and snow.
Dogs can learn to do tricks to make
people smile and laugh. Dogs also
are fun playmates for boys and girls.
Dogs are helpful to people in so
many ways . They are also good
companions for people. That is why
we call dogs 1'man's best friend. 11
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Answer the Questions
1. What is most of this story about?
a. people
b. friends
c. animals
d. dogs
3. What does companions mean in this
story?
a. friends
b. boys
c. girls
d. sheep
4. Why do we call dogs 11 man's best
friend"?
a. Dogs are good companions.
b. Dogs take care of cattle.
c. Dogs hunt wild birds.
d. Dogs can pull sleds.
2. What do dogs do in cold countries in
this story?
a. move snow
b.· do tricks
c. pull sleds
d. warn people
5. How do dogs help people?
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Man's Best Friend
Polar Bear
story z
Review Key Words
trapped
not able to get out
Arctic
the land near the North Pole the color of snow
white
the hair of an animal
fur
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The fur of the polar bear is not
8 white. It is clear and hollow. It is
16 full of air. The air is trapped in the
25 fur of the polar bear. This helps keep
33 the bear warm. The fur of the polar
41 bear is wanner than any other
47 animal. This is good because they
53 live in the Arctic. The Arctic is cold.
61 Often there is snow in the Arctic.
68 The fur of the polar bear makes the
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bear hard to see in the snow.
Polar bears are very large. They
stand nine feet tall. They weigh
1,000 pounds. Polar bears kill seals
for food. They can swim very well.
The feet of the polar bear are padded
with fur. This helps the bear walk on
the ice without slipping.
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1. What is most of this story about?
a. the warm fur of bears
b. the large bears of the Arctic
c. the padded feet of polar bears
d. the snow and cold in the Arctic
3. What do.es hollow mean in this story?
a. being very wann
b. having only air inside
c. being white outside
d. trapping air in fur
2. What is true about the fur of the polar
bear?
a. It is white.
b. It is hollow.
c. It is padded.
d. It is brown.
4. Why do the feet of polar bears have fur
padding?
a. to make their feet look good
b. to make their feet feel soft
c. to keep the bears from slipping
d. to keep their feet clean and white
5. Why is the polar bear able to live in the very cold Arctic?
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Polar Bear
Elizabeth Blackwell
Story 3
Review Key Words
doctor
a person trained to care for the sick
hospital
a place sick people go for help
teacher
a person who helps others learn
work
tasks; things to do that take effort
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Elizabeth B lacl<Well was born in
5 Eng land in 1821 , When she was
11 little, people felt that girls could not
18 do as much as boys. Her father did
26 not agree. He told her that she could
34 do anything she wanted.
Elizabeth wanted to be a doctor.
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44 She knew she had to study hard.
51 There were many books in her house.
58 She read all of them. When she was
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in school, she wanted the teacher to
give her more and more work. She
always wanted to learn new things.
Elizabeth became the very first
woman doctor. She helped many
sick people. Some people didn't
believe in her, but that didn't stop her.
In 185 7, she opened a hospital for
poor women and children.
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Elizabeth Blackwell
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1. What is most of this story about?
a. a famous teacher
b. a hard-working father
c. the first woman doctor
d. helping sick people
3. What does agree mean in this story?
a. to think the same as someone else
b. to do whatever you want to do
c. to want to do things others do
d. to be angry with someone
4. Why is it surprising Elizabeth became a
doctor?
a. She could have been a teacher.
b. Women did not become doctors in
2. What did Elizabeth Blackwell's father
tell her?
a. She should be a teacher.
b. She could do anything she wanted.
c. She could only do things girls did.
d. She should learn new things.
the 1800s.
c. She had to study very hard.
d. Her father did not agree that she
should be a doctor.
5. What good things did Elizabeth Blackwell do in her lifetime?
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Elizabeth Blackwell
Amelia Earhart
Story 5
Review Key Words
disappeared
suddenly lost; not able to be found
Atlantic Ocean one of the four oceans
first
before anyone else
airplanes
machines that fly
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Amelia Earhart was a little girl in
7 the early 1900s. In those days, girls
14 wore only dresses. They were told to
21 walk slowly. They were told to sit
28 still. Amelia was not like other girls.
35 She wore pants. She played ball and
42 climbed trees . Amelia even wanted
47 to fly airplanes. So she went to flight
55 school to learn to fly.
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66 Atlantic Ocean. She was the first
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woman to make that flight. In 1932,
she made the same flight. This time
she went alone. She was the first
woman to do these things.
In 1937, she tried to fly al1 the
way around the world. Her plane
disappeared in the Pacific Ocean.
Amelia and her plane were never
found. Amelia was a brave person.
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Amelia Earhart
Answer the Questions
1. What is most of this story about?
a. girls in the early 1900s
b. a brave woman
c. learning to fly
d. an airplane lost at sea
3. What does flight mean in this story?
a. an airplane trip
b. a set of stairs or steps
c. a run from danger
d. a trip around the world
4. How was Amelia different from other
girls?
a. She walked slowly.
b. She sat very still.
c. She went to school.
d. She wanted to fly airplanes.
2. What did Amelia do before any other
woman?
a. flew around the world
b. wore pants and played ball
c. went to flight school
d. flew across the Atlantic
5. What things did Amelia Earhart do that showed she was brave?
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Amelia Earhart
Susan B. Anthony
Story 8
Review Key Words
vote
a way to show a choice, as in an election
women
fully grown girls or females
angry
upset; mad
rights
just claims
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Susan B. Anthony was born in
6 1820. She was a Quaker. Quakers
12 thought that men and women were
18 equal. Susan thought so too.
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When Susan lived, women were
28 not treated the same as men. MatTied
35 women could not vote. They could
41 not own land. This made her angry.
48 So she worked hard to help people
55 see that women were equal to men.
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She fought hard for women's rights .
Susan helped women get the right to
vote, but she never could vote. She
died in 1906. Women could not vote
until 1920. A picture of Susan B.
Anthony is on our one dollar coins.
She was the first woman to have her
picture on a U.S . coin.
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Susan B. Anthony
Answer the Questions
1. What is most of this story about?
a. a picture on a U.S. coin
b. women owning land
c. a woman who fought for women 1s
rights
d. men being equal to women
3. What does equal mean in this story?
a. to think like Quakers
b. to be the same
c. to want to vote
d. to own property
4. What can women do today that they
could not do when Susan lived?
a. be a Quaker
b. get angry
c. vote
d. work hard
2. What did Susan B. Anthony want?
a. to be the first woman to vote
b. equal rights for women
c. to be pictured on a U.S. coin
d. equal rights for Quakers
5. Why didn't Susan B. Anthony ever vote?
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