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Grade 6 Reading Worksheet
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“What Moves the Tides” (book page by Odalys Brennecke, Gull Rock Publishing, June 2020): [1] Along most coasts, the sea slowly rises and falls twice a day, and this movement is called the tide. [2] The main cause is the Moon, whose gravity pulls on Earth's oceans as the planet turns.
[3] The pull makes the water bulge on the side of Earth that faces the Moon and also on the opposite side. [4] As Earth spins through these two bulges, a given beach usually sees two high tides and two low tides each day.
[5] The Sun pulls on the oceans too, but it is so far away that its effect is only about half as strong as the Moon's. [6] When the Sun, Moon, and Earth line up at new moon and full moon, the two pulls add together and make unusually high tides.
[7] Some places have much larger tides than others, and the Bay of Fundy in Canada can rise and fall more than fifty feet. [8] Harbors and fishing crews keep tide tables, which list the times of high and low water for each day.
Bo is writing the Paraphrase line for sentence [6]. Which note shows its idea in new words and keeps the facts?
- Especially high tides come at half moon, when the Sun and Moon pull along one line through Earth and their strengths add together.
- Along one line through Earth, the Sun and Moon pull together at new moon and full moon, raising especially high tides that flood harbors for a week.
- When the Sun, Moon, and Earth line up at new moon and full moon, the two pulls combine and create unusually high tides.
- At new moon and full moon, the Sun and Moon pull along one line through Earth, and their combined strength raises especially high tides.
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“What Moves the Tides” (book page by Odalys Brennecke, Gull Rock Publishing, June 2020): [1] Along most coasts, the sea slowly rises and falls twice a day, and this movement is called the tide. [2] The main cause is the Moon, whose gravity pulls on Earth's oceans as the planet turns.
[3] The pull makes the water bulge on the side of Earth that faces the Moon and also on the opposite side. [4] As Earth spins through these two bulges, a given beach usually sees two high tides and two low tides each day.
[5] The Sun pulls on the oceans too, but it is so far away that its effect is only about half as strong as the Moon's. [6] When the Sun, Moon, and Earth line up at new moon and full moon, the two pulls add together and make unusually high tides.
[7] Some places have much larger tides than others, and the Bay of Fundy in Canada can rise and fall more than fifty feet. [8] Harbors and fishing crews keep tide tables, which list the times of high and low water for each day. Source note card for Esme. Source details: author Odalys Brennecke; title What Moves the Tides; published by Gull Rock Publishing; date June 2020.
Esme finished a note card for the book page. Which Quote and Citation lines are both written correctly?
- Quote: “the Bay of Fundy in Canada can rise and fall more than fifty feet” Citation: Brennecke, Odalys. “What Moves the Tides.” Gull Rock Publishing, June 2020.
- Quote: “the Bay of Fundy in Canada can rise and fall more than fifty feet” Citation: “What Moves the Tides.” Brennecke, Odalys. Gull Rock Publishing, June 2020.
- Quote: “the Bay of Fundy in Canada can rise and fall more than forty feet” Citation: Brennecke, Odalys. “What Moves the Tides.” Gull Rock Publishing, June 2020.
- Quote: “the Bay of Fundy in Canada can rise and fall more than fifty feet” Citation: Brennecke, Odalys. “What Moves the Tides.” June 2020.
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“Redwood Roots Hold Hands” (web page by Philippa Tanberg, Fernhollow Nature Notes, April 2023): [1] A coast redwood can climb more than three hundred feet into the sky, which makes it the tallest kind of tree on Earth. [2] Surprisingly, its roots do not go deep, and most of them lie within the top few feet of soil.
[3] Instead, the roots spread outward for as much as one hundred feet and weave together with the roots of neighboring trees. [4] This tangled mat helps the trees stay upright during storms and floods.
[5] Redwoods also drink from the air, because the thick fog that drifts in from the Pacific Ocean collects on their needles and drips down to the soil. [6] In summer, when little rain falls, this fog can supply a large share of the water the trees use.
[7] A fallen redwood often lives on, because new trunks can sprout from the base of an old stump. [8] Rings of young trees often grow around the stump, forming what hikers call a family circle.
Kira is rewriting sentence [5] in new words for the Paraphrase line. Which note does that without changing the facts or adding any?
- Thick fog from the Pacific Ocean settles on redwood needles and drips to the ground, so the trees also take in water from the air.
- Fog that drifts in from the Pacific settles on redwood needles and drips down, so the trees also take in water from the air and the roots stay warm in winter.
- Redwoods also drink from the air, since the thick fog that blows in from the Pacific Ocean gathers on their needles and drips down to the soil.
- Thick fog from the Atlantic Ocean settles on redwood needles and drips to the ground, so the trees also take in water from the air.
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“Redwood Roots Hold Hands” (web page by Philippa Tanberg, Fernhollow Nature Notes, April 2023): [1] A coast redwood can climb more than three hundred feet into the sky, which makes it the tallest kind of tree on Earth. [2] Surprisingly, its roots do not go deep, and most of them lie within the top few feet of soil.
[3] Instead, the roots spread outward for as much as one hundred feet and weave together with the roots of neighboring trees. [4] This tangled mat helps the trees stay upright during storms and floods.
[5] Redwoods also drink from the air, because the thick fog that drifts in from the Pacific Ocean collects on their needles and drips down to the soil. [6] In summer, when little rain falls, this fog can supply a large share of the water the trees use.
[7] A fallen redwood often lives on, because new trunks can sprout from the base of an old stump. [8] Rings of young trees often grow around the stump, forming what hikers call a family circle. Source note card for Luz. Source details: author Philippa Tanberg; title Redwood Roots Hold Hands; published by Fernhollow Nature Notes; date April 2023.
Luz is checking a note card made from a web page. Which Quote and Citation lines are both written correctly?
- Quote: “the tallest type of tree on Earth” Citation: Tanberg, Philippa. “Redwood Roots Hold Hands.” Fernhollow Nature Notes, April 2023.
- Quote: “the tallest kind of tree on Earth” Citation: Philippa Tanberg. “Redwood Roots Hold Hands.” Fernhollow Nature Notes, April 2023.
- Quote: “the tallest kind of tree on Earth” Citation: Tanberg, Philippa. “Redwood Roots Hold Hands.” Fernhollow Nature Notes, April 2023.
- Quote: “the tallest kind of tree on Earth” Citation: Tanberg, Philippa. “Redwood Roots Hold Hands.” Fernhollow Nature Pages, April 2023.
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“Glass That Lives Many Lives” (article by Anselm Rivenbark, Quillon Harbor Daily, February 2022): [1] Glass bottles and jars can be recycled again and again without losing any of their quality. [2] A recycling plant first sorts the glass by color, because clear, green, and brown glass are melted separately.
[3] Machines then crush the glass into small, sharp pieces called cullet. [4] Cullet melts at a lower temperature than the sand, soda ash, and limestone used to make new glass, so factories use less energy when they add it.
[5] A furnace heats the mix to roughly 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit, which is hot enough for the glass to flow like thick syrup. [6] Workers then blow or press the melted glass into new bottles, which cool slowly in a special oven.
[7] Each ton of cullet that a factory uses replaces more than a ton of raw materials, which reduces the sand that must be dug up. [8] Glass that is thrown away, however, can sit in a landfill for a very long time without breaking down.
Milo is quoting the article in a note. Which version marks the copied words correctly?
- Glass is special because bottles and jars “can be recycled again and again without losing any of their quality,” the article says.
- Glass is special because “bottles and jars can be recycled again and again without losing any of their quality,” the article says.
- “Glass is special because” bottles and jars can be recycled again and again without losing any of their quality, the article says.
- Glass is special because bottles and jars can be recycled again and again without losing any of their quality, the article says.
Noah needs to restate sentence [4] without copying its shape. Which note is a paraphrase that keeps the facts?
- Cullet melts at a lower temperature than the sand, soda ash, and limestone used for new glass, so factories use less energy when they mix it in.
- Because crushed recycled glass melts at a cooler temperature than the raw ingredients for new glass, factories save time by mixing it in.
- Factories save energy by mixing in crushed recycled glass, because it melts at a cooler temperature than the raw ingredients for new glass.
- Because crushed recycled glass melts at a cooler temperature than the raw ingredients for new glass, factories save energy by mixing it in, and the new bottles come out stronger.
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“Glass That Lives Many Lives” (article by Anselm Rivenbark, Quillon Harbor Daily, February 2022): [1] Glass bottles and jars can be recycled again and again without losing any of their quality. [2] A recycling plant first sorts the glass by color, because clear, green, and brown glass are melted separately.
[3] Machines then crush the glass into small, sharp pieces called cullet. [4] Cullet melts at a lower temperature than the sand, soda ash, and limestone used to make new glass, so factories use less energy when they add it.
[5] A furnace heats the mix to roughly 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit, which is hot enough for the glass to flow like thick syrup. [6] Workers then blow or press the melted glass into new bottles, which cool slowly in a special oven.
[7] Each ton of cullet that a factory uses replaces more than a ton of raw materials, which reduces the sand that must be dug up. [8] Glass that is thrown away, however, can sit in a landfill for a very long time without breaking down. Source note card for Pia. Source details: author Anselm Rivenbark; title Glass That Lives Many Lives; published by Quillon Harbor Daily; date February 2022.
Pia is checking a note card made from a newspaper article. Which Quote and Citation lines are both correct?
- Quote: “can sit in a landfill for a very long time without breaking down” Citation: Rivenbark, Anselm. “Glass That Lives Many Lifetimes.” Quillon Harbor Daily, February 2022.
- Quote: “can sit in a landfill for a very long time without breaking down” Citation: Rivenbark, Anselm. “Glass That Lives Many Lives.” February 2022, Quillon Harbor Daily.
- Quote: “can sit in a landfill for a very long time without breaking down” Citation: Rivenbark, Anselm. Quillon Harbor Daily, February 2022.
- Quote: “can sit in a landfill for a very long time without breaking down” Citation: Rivenbark, Anselm. “Glass That Lives Many Lives.” Quillon Harbor Daily, February 2022.
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“The Smallest Long-Distance Travelers” (article by Lorcan Fenwick, Wren Valley Quarterly, August 2021): [1] A ruby-throated hummingbird weighs about as much as a penny, yet it travels hundreds of miles every year. [2] Each autumn it leaves the eastern United States and heads south toward Central America for the winter.
[3] Many of these birds cross the Gulf of Mexico in a single flight of about five hundred miles, which can take around a day. [4] Before the crossing, a hummingbird nearly doubles its weight by building up fat for fuel.
[5] A hummingbird's wings beat more than fifty times each second, which lets it hover in front of a flower. [6] While it hovers, its heart can beat well over a thousand times a minute.
[7] Hummingbirds drink sweet nectar with a long, forked tongue that flicks in and out of a flower. [8] Because the birds need so much fuel, a single one must visit hundreds of flowers in a day.
Ren is quoting the article in a note. Which version puts the quotation marks around only the copied words?
- To prepare for the flight over the Gulf, the bird nearly doubles its weight by building up fat for fuel, the article says.
- To prepare for the flight over the Gulf, the bird “nearly doubles its weight by building up fat for fuel,” the article says.
- “To prepare for the flight over the Gulf, the bird nearly doubles its weight by building up fat for fuel,” the article says.
- “To prepare for the flight over the Gulf, the bird” nearly doubles its weight by building up fat for fuel, the article says.
Tala is paraphrasing sentence [3]. Which note tells the same facts in a new shape?
- Many of these birds make the roughly 500-mile trip over the Gulf of Mexico in one flight, a journey that lasts about a day and is helped by a strong tailwind.
- Many of these birds fly across the Gulf of Mexico in a single flight of around five hundred miles, which can last about a day.
- Many of these birds make the roughly 500-mile trip over the Gulf of Mexico in one flight, a journey that lasts about a week.
- The trip over the Gulf of Mexico is roughly 500 miles, and many of these birds make it in one flight that takes about a day.
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“The Smallest Long-Distance Travelers” (article by Lorcan Fenwick, Wren Valley Quarterly, August 2021): [1] A ruby-throated hummingbird weighs about as much as a penny, yet it travels hundreds of miles every year. [2] Each autumn it leaves the eastern United States and heads south toward Central America for the winter.
[3] Many of these birds cross the Gulf of Mexico in a single flight of about five hundred miles, which can take around a day. [4] Before the crossing, a hummingbird nearly doubles its weight by building up fat for fuel.
[5] A hummingbird's wings beat more than fifty times each second, which lets it hover in front of a flower. [6] While it hovers, its heart can beat well over a thousand times a minute.
[7] Hummingbirds drink sweet nectar with a long, forked tongue that flicks in and out of a flower. [8] Because the birds need so much fuel, a single one must visit hundreds of flowers in a day. Source note card for Zee. Source details: author Lorcan Fenwick; title The Smallest Long-Distance Travelers; published by Wren Valley Quarterly; date August 2021.
Zee finished a note card for a magazine article. Which Quote and Citation lines are written correctly?
- Quote: “its heart can beat well over a thousand times a minute” Citation: “The Smallest Long-Distance Travelers.” Wren Valley Quarterly, August 2021.
- Quote: “its heart can beat well over a thousand times a minute” Citation: Fenwick, Lorcan. “The Smallest Long-Distance Travelers.” Wren Valley Monthly, August 2021.
- Quote: “its heart can beat well over a thousand times each minute” Citation: Fenwick, Lorcan. “The Smallest Long-Distance Travelers.” Wren Valley Quarterly, August 2021.
- Quote: “its heart can beat well over a thousand times a minute” Citation: Fenwick, Lorcan. “The Smallest Long-Distance Travelers.” Wren Valley Quarterly, August 2021.