Rocks
Rocks
Rocks
Outline
Animal Traits
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What is a population?
Animal Traits
Read the sentences. Write population if the sentence tells
something about an animal population. Write traits if the
sentence tells something about animal traits.
Animal Traits
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Helpful Traits
Write About It
Describe one of the animals in the pictures
on page 110. Where does it live? What do
you think it eats? What traits help it live in
its environment?
Getting Ready
Choose one of the animals from the pictures on page 110. Find
out more about it. Write facts and details in the chart below.
ANIMAL
Drafting
A topic sentence tells the main idea. Write a topic
sentence for your paragraph.
1.
2.
10. The ways an animal looks and acts like its parents
are called strati.
Earth’s Materials
Fill in the important ideas as you read the chapter.
Use the words in the box.
Under a Stone
Read the poem on pages 128 to 129.
Write About It
Response to Literature
1. What else could you find under a rock?
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Rocks
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6. Granite is made up of
minerals.
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Rocks
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Rocks
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Rocks Change
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Rocks Change
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water
roots
!
minerals
plant
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wind
weathering
# earthquake
Across Down
Rocks Change
Fill in the blanks. Use the words from the box.
it turn to .
Writing in Science
Write About It
Write a letter to a friend. Write about your
walk. Describe the rocks you saw. Explain
how you think they got their shapes.
Getting Ready
Use the cluster chart below. Write the names of the rocks
you saw in the gray circles. Write details about the rocks
in the outer circles.
3PDLT
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Drafting
A friendly letter has a special form. Write a letter to a
friend describing the rocks you saw.
Date
Dear , Greeting
, Closing
(Write words like “Your Friend.”)
Rocks Rule!
Read the article on pages 148 to 149 in your textbook.
Think about how scientists compare and contrast the
rocks they study.
Remember: When you compare and contrast, you look at
how things are the same and how they are different.
hand lens
rock hammer
Write About It
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Soil
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What is in soil?
10. Animals that live in the soil help make the soil better for
the that grow in it.
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Soil
Use the words from the box to find the correct answer for
each clue. Write the word on the line. Circle it in the puzzle.
Z W Y Z H B U P Z T
V V V R R R Y P Q O
Z Q Q O V V Z Y H P
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X S W T U N N E L S
X O Y Y Z H V L P O
M I N E R A L S Z I
X L H Q Q Z P W Q L
Soil
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Earth’s Materials
geologist luster weathering
mineral hardness
property soil
y g p r o p e r t y
g e o l o g i s t c
s l u z p l l o g e
o u i i n u p i e w
i s d z s s a l o e
l t h a r d n e s s
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w e a t h e r i n g
h r m i n e r a l j
Earth’s Materials
Choose the word that best completes each sentence.
Write it on the line.
know about
fossils?
Dinosaur Bone
Read the poem on pages 172 to 173.
Write About It
Response to Literature
1. What do you think a dinosaur bone can tell about
a dinosaur?
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Fossils
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Fossils
Look at each picture. Write True if the picture shows a
fossil. Write False if the picture does NOT show a fossil.
1. 2.
3. 4.
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5. What is a fossil?
Fossils
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Writing in Science
Write About It
Write a report about your dinosaur. Tell
where the dinosaur lived and how it moved.
What did it eat? Draw a picture of your
dinosaur. Share your report with the class.
Getting Ready
Use the chart below. Find information about a dinosaur.
Write the facts and details you found out.
Dinosaur
What I Want
What I Know What I Learned
to Know
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Drafting
Write a topic sentence for your report. It should tell your
main idea about your dinosaur.
1.
2.
3.
died out.
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1. Which picture
shows a kind of
animal that is
extinct?
A. 2. Which picture
shows a
paleontologist
at work?
3. Which picture
shows a
skeleton?
B.
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C.
Fossils of California
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Fossils of California
Read each riddle. Write one of the words from the box to
answer each riddle.
What am I?
What am I?
What am I?
What am I?
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Fossils of California
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Fossils
Write About It
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Earth’s Past
Choose the picture that best answers each question.
Write the letter of the picture on the line.
Earth’s Past
Choose the letter of the best answer.
a. paleontologist b. skeleton
c. petrified d. geologist
a. lost b. extinct
c. alive d. petrified
a. tar b. amber
c. mineral d. skeleton
a. amber b. skeleton
c. fossil d. scientist
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Earth’s Resources
Fill in the important ideas as you read the chapter.
Use the words in the box. You will use some words
more than once.
Sun
Read the poem on pages 212 to 213.
Write About It
Response to Literature
1. How do we use the warmth from the Sun?
Make a poster.
2. What do you think the poet means when she says that
the Sun will “lie down” on the floor? Tell how you know.
3. How is the cat using the Sun in the poem? Use the poem
to tell how you know.
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Natural Resources
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6. Rocks break down into soil, and plants use the soil
to .
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Natural Resources
Read each word in the puzzle. One word has two colors.
Natural Resources
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11. Long ago coal and oil formed underground from the
of dead plants and animals.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
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A World of Wool
Read pages 232 to 233 in your textbook. Think about the
most important ideas as you read. Use the chart below
to list the important ideas. Then tell those ideas in your
own words.
Remember, when you summarize, you retell the most
important ideas from the reading selection.
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*EFB
*EFB
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Write About It
Summarize Tell what you learned about
llama wool. Try to use these words: cold,
warm, sweaters, llamas, camels, fur, spin,
yarn, clothes, Andes Mountains.
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Resources of California
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Resources of California
Find the correct word for each definition. Write the
correct word on the line. Use the words in the box.
b. to drive cars
c. to grow crops
Resources of California
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Writing in Science
Write About It
Why is California a good place to use solar
power? Write a paragraph. Describe solar
power and explain how people can use it.
Getting Ready
Find out more about solar power. Write facts and details
in the chart below.
Drafting
A topic sentence tells the main idea. Write a topic
sentence for your paragraph about solar power.
1.
2.
3.
Earth’s Resources
Match the words and the pictures. Write the letter of the
resource that matches each picture on the line.
1. a. mineral
resource
b. wind power
2.
c. plant resource
3.
d. solar power
4.
e. fuel
5.
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10. Wind power, water power, and solar power are this
Objects in Motion
Fill in the important ideas as you read the chapter.
Use the words in the box to fill in the chart below.
If
Read the poem on page 258.
Write About It
Response to Literature
1. What do you think the machine in the poem could do?
Draw a picture of it.
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Position
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Position
Read each word below. Write P if the word tells about
position. Write D if the word tells about distance. One
word tells about both.
1. above
2. map
3. inches
4. right
5. left
6. centimeters
7. ruler
8. under
10. The words top, bottom, and side can be used to tell
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Position
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Motion
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6. Motion is a change in .
What is speed?
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Motion
Tell which picture answers each question.
A B C
Motion
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10. Some objects are so heavy that people use hand carts,
trucks, or to move them.
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1. 2.
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3. 4.
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Changing Motion
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Changing Motion
Look at each picture. Write fast if the picture shows a
friction that makes things go faster. Write slow if the
picture shows a friction that makes things go slower.
1. 2.
3.
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Changing Motion
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Writing in Science
Write About It
Explain why penguins can slide on the ice.
Make sure to explain why ice is slippery.
Getting Ready
Use the chart below. Write facts and details about
penguins and about ice.
Penguins Ice
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Drafting
A topic sentence tells the main idea.
Write a topic sentence for your paragraph.
1.
2.
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Objects in Motion
Solve the crossword puzzle. Use the words in the box.
friction
force
! "
push
pull
#
motion
speed
$ position
distance
%
Across Down
1. a force that moves 1. the place where
something closer something is
2. a force that moves 3. how fast something
something away moves
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Forces at Work
Fill in the important ideas as you read the chapter.
The sentences in the right column below describe
how forces work. Write a word from the box to match
each sentence in the chart.
Magnet
Read the poem on page 304.
Write About It
Response to Literature
1. What can you do with a magnet?
What is a tool?
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4. A hammer is a made up of
one simple machine.
Gravity
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What is gravity?
What is weight?
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Gravity
Write the letter of the picture that answers
each question.
2. Which picture
shows a place with
strong gravity?
B
3. Which picture shows
that gravity pulls
things to the ground?
Gravity
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Cause Effect
Gravity
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Write About It
Cause and Effect. How do stars form?
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1. 2.
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3. 4.
Sound
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What is sound?
are .
What is pitch?
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Sound
Write a word from the box for each definition below.
Sound
Fill in the blanks. Use the words in the box.
Sound Off!
Write About It
Describe the pitch and volume of a sound
you hear every day. How do we use sounds?
Why are sounds important?
Getting Ready
Think of all the sounds you hear every day. Then fill in the
chart below. List at least three different sounds in each
column. Put a star next to the sound you want to write
about.
Drafting
The main idea is the most important idea. Write a main
idea about the pitch and volume of a sound you hear
every day.
Forces at Work
Read each word in the puzzle.
Color the word blue if it tells about magnets.
Color the word green if it tells about machines.
Color the word red if it tells about sound.
Some words will not be colored at all.
Magnetic
Fork Scissors Gravity Sing Hammer
Field
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1. What is a ramp?
a. ramp b. sound
c. magnet d. weight
a. magnets b. gravity
c. scale d. jumping
a. size b. weight
c. volume d. gravity
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