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5th Grade Reading — Reading Passages — The History of Writing Free printable the history of writing reading worksheet. Read the passage, then answer the questions. Part of the Reading Passages lesson track. For 5th Grade Reading (ages 10–11).
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The History of Writing LITERACY · 5TH GRADE Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Writing was invented at least three separate times, in Mesopotamia, in China, and in Mesoamerica, and possibly in Egypt as well. The earliest known system, Sumerian cuneiform, began as pictures used for accounting: marks recording how much grain went into a storehouse. Over centuries the pictures became abstract signs standing for sounds, which meant that any spoken word, including a name, could be written down. The alphabet, developed from Egyptian signs by Semitic speakers around 1800 BCE, reduced the system to a few dozen letters and made literacy far easier to acquire. Every alphabet in use today, from Greek to Latin to Arabic to Hebrew, descends from that one invention. Questions: 1 Where was writing invented independently? 2 What did the earliest writing record? 3 Why did the alphabet make literacy easier? www.littleactivity.com 5th Grade · Literacy
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The History of Writing LITERACY · 5TH GRADE Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Writing was invented at least three separate times, in Mesopotamia, in China, and in Mesoamerica, and possibly in Egypt as well. The earliest known system, Sumerian cuneiform, began as pictures used for accounting: marks recording how much grain went into a storehouse. Over centuries the pictures became abstract signs standing for sounds, which meant that any spoken word, including a name, could be written down. The alphabet, developed from Egyptian signs by Semitic speakers around 1800 BCE, reduced the system to a few dozen letters and made literacy far easier to acquire. Every alphabet in use today, from Greek to Latin to Arabic to Hebrew, descends from that one invention. Questions: 1 Where was writing invented independently? 2 What did the earliest writing record? 3 Why did the alphabet make literacy easier? www.littleactivity.com 5th Grade · Literacy
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C is for Coloring Day LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Fill in what each sense notices, then write a description. Write about: C is for Coloring Day I see I hear I smell I feel I taste Word bank bright brushstroke rhythm pattern imagine create melody sketch Put it together: www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy
D is for Dance Day LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Plan each part, then write the whole story on the lines. Write about: D is for Dance Day Beginning Who is there, and where? Middle What goes wrong? End How does it work out? Word bank melody create imagine brushstroke rhythm bold bright texture Now write it out: www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy
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