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Poppy's Shopping Spree

By Brenda B. Covert

Poppy had never had so much money! While the next-door

neighbors were away on a trip, she had taken care of their dog,
Smoochie. She had earned $10 a day by feeding and walking the dog,
for a total of $70. She was saving some of her earnings, and she was
giving a small amount to a children's shelter. That still left some to
spend. Her big sister, Phoebe, had offered to take her on a shopping
spree.

First they had gone to a music store. Poppy wanted to buy a CD, but
she took a long time deciding between two of her favorite artists. She
finally chose one because it was cheaper. While she was choosing
music, Phoebe was picking out a new CD by listening to sample music
with headphones. Poppy paid for her CD and then had to wait for
Phoebe.

"Come on!" Poppy urged her exasperating sister. "Decide already, so we can go!"

Phoebe made a face, but she at least she removed the headphones and took her choice to the counter. Poppy
fidgeted by the door, anxious to head to their next stop.

When Phoebe caught up with her she said, "Don't be such a pain in the you-know-what."

"Don't be one yourself," Poppy retorted.

Their next stop was at a jewelry boutique. Poppy wanted to get a new pair of earrings. After admiring the
animal ones, she chose a pair of small, dangling silver horses. She glanced around for Phoebe and saw her in front
of the necklace display. Phoebe bought two necklaces for herself. It was beginning to look like this was a
shopping spree for Phoebe instead of Poppy.

The sports store was next on Poppy's list. Since her mother wouldn't agree to buy her a new pair of shin guards
for soccer, Poppy decided to get them herself. She liked the ones that were built into the socks. Her friend, Caitlin,
wore that kind. Now they would be twins!

Phoebe was nowhere in sight. Finally Poppy found her browsing in the clothing section. "Hey, which running
suit do you like better?" she asked Poppy. "The pink or the blue?"

Poppy sighed. "Blue." If Phoebe wanted to compete with her over who could spend the most money today,
Phoebe could go ahead and claim victory. Poppy wasn't playing.

After they made their purchases and settled into Phoebe's car, they headed for home. Up ahead loomed the
bright sign of a popular ice cream parlor.

"Hey! Pull into the ice cream place!" Poppy exclaimed.

"I thought we were going home," Phoebe replied, but she pulled into the parking lot and parked near the door.

"I've still got some money left," Poppy told her. "I'm going to get myself something I've never had before."

"Great," Phoebe answered unenthusiastically. She followed Poppy into the brightly lit shop.

The big menu board listed a plethora of tantalizing treats. Poppy's hungry eyes studied all the different pictures
and the prices. Her parents always thought she should be happy with a simple ice cream cone. They had never let
her order anything else. Excitement built up in her. There was so much from which to choose!

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the strawberry and the chocolate parfaits were in tall vase-like dishes. Poppy eyed the layers of ice cream, fruit,
and whipped cream in the strawberry parfait, and the ice cream, chocolate syrup, and peanuts in the chocolate
parfait.

"Which should I choose?" she turned to ask Phoebe.

"What do I care?" Phoebe replied dourly. "I can't afford one. I don't even have enough money left for a plain
cone."

For a moment Poppy stood looking at her sister. Then, her mind made up, she turned back to the server and
said, "I'd like one of each, please."

She looked over her shoulder to see Phoebe's reaction. It was priceless. After Phoebe picked her jaw up off the
floor she sputtered, "You can't eat all that!"

With a grin, Poppy said, "I know. You'll have to help me eat them. That way I can find out what both kinds
taste like!" Then she turned to pay the server and wait for the parfaits.

Soon the girls were seated with the yummy-looking parfaits and two long-handled spoons. Phoebe forgot her
manners as she quickly took a huge spoonful of chocolaty goodness and transferred it to her mouth. She smiled
and then noticed that Poppy was watching her.

"Oh, thank you for sharing your ice cream with me," she said. "I can't believe you did it!"

"Yeah," Poppy replied mischievously, "I can't believe I did it, either. But how could I enjoy my ice cream if
you were pouting the whole time about not getting any?" She dodged the playful punch from Phoebe. They both
laughed and then dove into those flavorful, creamy, sweet desserts.

Poppy's Shopping Spree

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1. Poppy dodged the playful punch from Phoebe. This sentence is an example of ______. (Choose the best
answer.)
A. alliteration
B. hyperbole
C. foreshadowing
D. onomatopoeia

2. What kind of jewelry did Poppy buy?

A. animal print hoops
B. seashell earrings
C. dangling horse earrings
D. two necklaces

3. In what order were the purchases made?

A. sports equipment, music, jewelry, ice cream
B. jewelry, music, sports equipment, ice cream
C. music, jewelry, sports equipment, ice cream
D. music, sports equipment, jewelry, ice cream

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dourly?
A. kindly
B. softly
C. sternly
D. sarcastically

5. When Poppy wanted to get ice cream, why was Phoebe unenthusiastic?

6. Which sister do you assume spent the most money on the shopping spree?

7. Why do you think Poppy's parents always ordered an ice cream cone for her?

8. From the context clues, what do you think the word plethora means in paragraph 16?

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Patience - Can You Wait Patiently?

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want to wait. Your mom is forcing you to be patient. Waiting is hard.
Waiting is called having patience. If you eat the candy bar now, you
would disobey your mother. It would also mean that you show
impatience. Impatience means that you cannot wait any longer to do
what you want to do. Patience is something you learn to have. You
learn patience when you force yourself to do the opposite of want you
really want to do. You will have more patience if you teach yourself
how to control your actions. You should feel proud of yourself when
you are patient. Your parents, teachers, and friends will be pleased with your patience, too. Waiting your turn is
important. Your patience shows others they can trust you. Holding a candy bar without eating it proves to your
mom that you can control your actions and be trusted. Hopefully, she won't make you wait too long to eat that
yummy treat!

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The Contributions of Immigrants

By Colleen Messina

We often take pride in the accomplishments of Americans. However,

many aspects of American life were inspired by immigrants. Abraham
Lincoln once said that immigrants have been "a source of national
wealth and strength."

Immigrants have made major contributions to every field. You

might find a list of famous American immigrants in your history book.
Albert Einstein, a great scientist, is probably on that list. He was a
German immigrant. He changed how everyone saw the world with his
theory of relativity. Another famous immigrant was Alexander Graham
Bell. He came from Scotland. You can thank him every time you use
the telephone. The first woman doctor in America was Elizabeth
Blackwell. She came from England. Irving Berlin, the Russian composer, was also an immigrant.

Many "all-American" items and customs actually came from immigrants. Did you know that log cabins came
from Sweden and Finland? Log cabins were first built in America in the 1770s. Soon, log cabins were popular
across the country. President Abraham Lincoln made a log cabin seem like a great place to grow up. William
Henry Harrison used the log cabin as a campaign symbol. These rustic residences became a symbol for the rugged
pioneer spirit.

Immigrants brought new music to America, too. The German people started symphony orchestras and glee
clubs in their new country. Glee clubs are not places where people sit around and feel happy. A glee club is a
group of people who sing together. One famous glee club at Purdue University started in 1893. They considered
themselves "ambassadors of music" and traveled all over the United States and abroad.

Music may have been a universal language for the immigrants, but some had trouble learning English. They
still used words from their own language. Soon, these words became part of the English language. Even some
very American words came from other languages. The word "yankee" came from a Dutch word. Alligator is from
a Spanish word. "phooey" is German, and the word "jukebox" is African.

Immigrants still cooked their favorite foods in America. The immigrants liked eating these comforting,
familiar foods. It helped them adjust to their new life. Soon, Americans enjoyed these new foods, too, and thought
they had always been here. For example, pizza and hot dogs originally came from other countries. The
immigrants discovered different ingredients here to spice up their old recipes. Their favorite dishes soon had an
all-American twist.

So you can see that honest Abe was telling the truth. The immigrants have contributed to every part of
American life in diverse ways. Some of them became famous in the fields of science, medicine, and music.
Others just quietly passed along the traditions of their forefathers. So the next time you see a glee club eating
pizza and hotdogs in a log cabin, remember that this all-American scene was inspired by brave immigrants who
brought their customs to the new world.

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D. Ireland

2. Which president called the immigrants "a source of national wealth and strength"?
A. William Henry Harrison
B. Andrew Jackson
C. George Washington
D. Abraham Lincoln

3. What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?

A. pretzels
B. the telephone
C. log cabins
D. the theory of relativity

4. What field did Irving Berlin contribute to?

A. music
B. art
C. science
D. food

5. What does a glee club like to do together?

A. climb mountains
B. build log cabins
C. tell jokes
D. sing

6. Which language did the word "phooey" come from?

A. German
B. Italian
C. French
D. Spanish

7. True or False: Some recipes changed because immigrants added American ingredients to them.
A. True
B. False

8. Which of the following is an antonym for the word "diverse" in paragraph 7?

A. confusing
B. varied
C. unusual
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A Brief History of Cattle Brands

By Joyce Furstenau

The practice of branding can be dated back to 2700 B.C.

Hieroglyphics in ancient Egyptian tombs show the branding of oxen.
Both the ancient Greeks and Romans branded their cattle with hot irons.
They also marked their slaves the same way. The Spanish explorer
Hernan Cortes brought cattle stamped with his mark of three crosses to
the New World from Spain in the 1500s.

The purpose of cattle branding is to be a visible and permanent

mark of ownership. It is used to prevent theft and to identify the owner
of a lost animal. Today, brands are registered with a state's brand
inspector. Each time an animal is sold, the new owner should get a bill
of sale as proof of ownership.

Brands are made with the use of an iron that is heated over an open fire. A specific procedure is used to ensure
that the branding is safely and properly done. Cattle are usually branded on the hips or ribs, while horses are
branded on the hip or shoulder. Many brands are registered. A registered brand always takes precedence over a
non-registered brand.

Many of the early brands were very ornate. Brands of today look much like ancient hieroglyphics. The cattle
brand has a language all of its own. The ability to read brands is termed "callin' the brand." Brands are made up of
capital letters of the alphabet, numerals, pictures, and characters such as the slash, circle, half-circle, cross, bar,
etc., and many combinations of all of these. Brands are read from left to right, top to bottom, and, when in a circle,
from the outside to the inside.

A "lazy S" brand would be simply the letter "S" turned on its side. A "circle S" brand would be the letter "S"
inside a circle. Certain brands are easily recognized by cattlemen. The bar N brand on the left shoulder, -N, is the
brand of the Navajo Nation in Arizona and New Mexico.

The Long X brand belongs to the Long X Cattle Ranch, one of the most famous cattle ranches in North Dakota.
It was created in the mid-1880s when the Reynolds brothers, William and George, heard about the stirrup-high
grass in the Badlands. They herded 4,000 longhorns into the Badlands that year. They brought more cattle in each
year thereafter. They named their ranch for their official brand, the "Long X."

The descendants of the Reynolds brothers still use the brand today, although the ranch has been sold. The
Long X Trail and the new Long X Visitor Center in Watford City, North Dakota, feature exhibits about the
historical ranch and trail.

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D. a beauty mark

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B. on the tail
C. on the hip
D. on the hoof

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The Uintatherium
By Joyce Fursteanu

In 1872, fossil remains of the Uintatherium (pronounced

you-IN-tah-THEER-ee-um) were found near Fort Bridger, Wyoming.
Two different parties were searching for fossils in the area during that
summer. Each found different fossils of a large, extinct mammal
believed to have lived during the early to middle portions of the
Eocene period (45-37 million years ago). Because each wanted to take
credit for the find, these remains were part of a bitter "bone war"
between the two parties for several years. The scientists could not even
agree on what kind of animal it was. The bones were ultimately
determined to be those of a Uintatherium.

Uintatherium was a large browsing mammal. It has been compared

to the present day rhinoceros, though they are not related. It was about
thirteen feet long and weighed about two tons. It walked on four thick, elephant-like legs.

The skull of Uintatherium was its most unusual feature. It has been described as large and thick as well as flat
and concave. Scientists believe it had a very small brain.

Males had six horn-like protrusions growing from the frontal area of the skull. It had large upper canine teeth
that were believed used for defense. The canines resembled those of the saber-toothed cats. The male's canines
were larger than those of the female.

The Uintatherium was an herbivore. It ate leaves, grasses, and shrubs. It was believed to have gone extinct
because of climate changes and competition from other prehistoric mammals. There are no living descendants. A
cast of a Uintatherium skeleton is on display at the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum.

Even though you may see the Uintatherium in the Ice Age Adventures movie, this animal did not live during
the Ice Age, which lasted from about 1.6 million years to about 10,000 years ago. Uintatherium became extinct
around 37-40 million years ago.

The Uintatherium

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1. In what U.S. state were the fossils of the Uintatherium found?

2. The Uintatherium is compared to what present-day mammal?

A. tiger
B. deer
C. rhinoceros
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A. its skull
B. its legs
C. its horns
D. its teeth

4. What did the Uintatherium eat?

A. grass and shrubs
B. insects
C. other animals
D. fish

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Do Plants Recycle?
By Erin Horner

Have you gone green? Do you recycle? Recycling is the process of

taking waste products and turning them into something that can be
reused. It is very good for planet Earth. When you recycle plastic milk
jugs, for example, new materials like traffic cones and baby bathtubs
can be made. Believe it or not, plants recycle, too. They don't recycle
the same way we do, but they do take something used and turn it into
something new. Plants use carbon dioxide, the waste product that
people and animals exhale. They use this gas and other ingredients to
make food for themselves. Plants use carbon dioxide, water, and
sunlight to create glucose. This chemical change takes place in their
leaves. It is called photosynthesis. This process has a waste product,
too. It is oxygen. When plants photosynthesize, they release oxygen
into the air. People and animals need oxygen. They give plants carbon
dioxide. Plants take in carbon dioxide. They give us oxygen. The
planet needs people to "go green." Thankfully, plants already have!
They're green and they recycle!

Do Plants Recycle?

Questions
1. What is the name of the chemical process plants do to make food for themselves?

2. The purpose of this passage is to ______.

A. inform you about the way that plants recycle
B. express personal feelings about recycling
C. entertain you with jokes about plants
D. persuade you to "go green"

3. What can the reader infer after reading this passage?

A. Carbon dioxide is not very important to plants.
B. If plants didn't photosynthesize, there wouldn't be enough oxygen in the air.
C. Recycling is easy.
D. Everyone recycles.

4. Read this sentence from the passage: They use this gas and other ingredients to make food for
themselves. In which sentence below is gas used with the same meaning as in the sentence above?
A. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas.
B. Let's gas up and go.
C. Is there gas in the car?
D. You better step on the gas or we'll be late.

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Secretary of Education
By Meg Leonard

The Secretary of Education is head of the Department of Education,

which was once a part of another department. It used to be part of the
Department of Health and Human Services. In 1979, President Carter
signed an act to create a separate department for education. It
combined offices from several federal agencies. The Secretary of
Education is a cabinet level position. It is part of our executive branch.
The Secretary of Education gives the president advice on all matters
dealing with education. Since its creation, there has been talk of getting
rid of this department. Some feel that education should be left to local
and state governments. For now, it remains a department in the federal
government.

The Secretary of Education gives advice to the president on federal

policies, programs, and activities related to education in the United
States. The Secretary of Education is fifteenth in the line of succession
to the presidency. The Department of Education's mission is to
promote student achievement. It seeks to prepare students for good
jobs someday. Students need to be ready to compete for jobs in a worldwide market. The department encourages
educational excellence. It also promises to work to try to provide the best possible education to all students. The
department gives federal aid for education. It collects information on students' achievements. This information is
used to guide changes that could make improvements in the quality of education. The Department of Education
works along with state and local governments, parents, and students.

The Secretary of Education oversees around 4,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $60 billion.
These resources are used to establish many policies. The department gives out federal financial aid for education.
It keeps track of how these funds are used. The department brings national attention to important educational
issues. It does not allow schools to discriminate. In this way, the Department of Education works to help make
sure that all students will have the same chance to get a quality education.

Secretary of Education

Questions
1. What branch of government includes the Department of Education?
A. legislative
B. executive
C. judicial
D. none of the above

2. Which department used to include the Department of Education?

A. Department of State
B. Department of the Interior
C. Department of Labor
D. Department of Health and Human Services

3. Which president signed the act that established the department?

A. Reagan
B. Kennedy
C. Johnson
D. Carter

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A. improving student achievement
B. licensing teachers
C. collecting data on students
D. giving federal aid

5. How does the Department of Education use information gathered about students?

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