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Extra Passages
5th Grade Reading · 500 lessons
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385–480 of 500- 385Appeals to Emotion: Order of IdeasRead about persuasive techniques, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.
- 386Asking Questions About a Commercial: Order of IdeasRead about analyzing media, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.
- 387Speaking Up in a Chat Room: Order of IdeasRead about digital citizenship, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.
- 388Feeling Your Best Every Day: Order of IdeasRead about health and wellness, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.
- 389How Drugs and Alcohol Affect the Body: Order of IdeasRead about how substances affect our bodies, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.
- 390Two Friends, Two Games: Order of IdeasRead about resolving conflicts, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.
- 391Welcoming a New Classmate: Order of IdeasRead about cultural competence, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.
- 392Deciding What to Do with an Allowance: Order of IdeasRead about managing money wisely, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.
- 393Veterinarian or Zookeeper?: Order of IdeasRead about exploring careers, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.
- 394How People Affect the Environment: Order of IdeasRead about environmental science, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.
- 395A Student Recycling Program: Order of IdeasRead about community leadership, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.
- 396Learning by Helping: Order of IdeasRead about service learning, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.
- 397Planning the School Fair: Order of IdeasRead about project management, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.
- 398Sharing Thoughts and Feelings: Order of IdeasRead about communication skills, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.
- 399A Birdhouse Nobody Has Built: Order of IdeasRead about creative thinking, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.
- 400The Story of the Smartphone: Order of IdeasRead about innovation, then put its ideas in the order the passage gives them.
- 401Multiply Before You Add: Author's PurposeRead about the order of operations, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 402Finding a Common Denominator: Author's PurposeRead about adding fractions with different denominators, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 403Two Thirds Minus One Fourth: Author's PurposeRead about subtracting fractions with different denominators, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 404One Half of Three Fourths: Author's PurposeRead about multiplying fractions, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 405Flip and Multiply: Author's PurposeRead about dividing fractions, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 406How Much Fits in the Box?: Author's PurposeRead about the volume of rectangular prisms, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 407Plotting the Point (3, 2): Author's PurposeRead about plotting points on the coordinate plane, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 408Lining Up the Decimal Points: Author's PurposeRead about adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 409Why Seven Is Prime: Author's PurposeRead about prime and composite numbers, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 410Fifty Dollars, Thirty Spent: Author's PurposeRead about making a budget, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 411What 5 + 3 × 2 Really Equals: Author's PurposeRead about numerical expressions, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 412Finding the Rule in a Pattern: Author's PurposeRead about patterns and rules in numbers and shapes, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 413Twelve Inches, One Foot: Author's PurposeRead about converting measurements, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 414A Week of Temperatures: Author's PurposeRead about line graphs that show change over time, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 415Three Kinds of Average: Author's PurposeRead about mean, median, and mode, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 416Ones, Tenths, Hundredths: Author's PurposeRead about place value with decimals, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 4173.76 to the Nearest Tenth: Author's PurposeRead about rounding decimals, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 418Sarah's Apples, Step by Step: Author's PurposeRead about solving word problems with more than one step, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 419Sorting Triangles by Sides and Angles: Author's PurposeRead about classifying triangles, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 420Squares, Rectangles, and More: Author's PurposeRead about classifying quadrilaterals, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 421Either, Or, Neither, Nor: Author's PurposeRead about correlative conjunctions, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 422Raining Cats and Dogs: Author's PurposeRead about idioms and adages, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 423The Friendship in Charlotte's Web: Author's PurposeRead about literary analysis, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 424Explaining the Butterfly Life Cycle: Author's PurposeRead about informational writing, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 425I and We, He and She: Author's PurposeRead about point of view in a story, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 426Scrib Means to Write: Author's PurposeRead about Greek and Latin roots, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 427The Message Beneath the Story: Author's PurposeRead about how a story's theme develops, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 428A Story and a Poem About Friendship: Author's PurposeRead about comparing texts, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 429Data About a Changing Climate: Author's PurposeRead about writing a research paper, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 430Giving Credit to Your Sources: Author's PurposeRead about MLA style for organizing writing and sources, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 431Should School Start Later?: Author's PurposeRead about argumentative writing, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 432Through Harry's Eyes: Author's PurposeRead about narrative techniques, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 433Color and Depth in Writing: Author's PurposeRead about figurative language, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 434What the Barking Dog Tells Us: Author's PurposeRead about figuring out word meanings from context, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 435Planting a Garden in Order: Author's PurposeRead about text structure, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 436Newspapers Inform, Novels Entertain: Author's PurposeRead about how an author's purpose shapes a text, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 437Raindrops Dancing on the Window: Author's PurposeRead about writing poetry, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 438The Play About a Lost Puppy: Author's PurposeRead about the elements of drama, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 439The Knight Who Saved the Village: Author's PurposeRead about summarizing complex texts, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 440Is Pizza Really the Best Food?: Author's PurposeRead about evaluating arguments, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 441Sand, Salt, and Sugar Water: Author's PurposeRead about mixtures and solutions, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 442Eight Planets Around the Sun: Author's PurposeRead about the planets of the solar system, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 443Moving, Stored, and Glowing Energy: Author's PurposeRead about the different forms of energy, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 444After the Rainstorm: Author's PurposeRead about the water cycle, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 445Producers, Consumers, and Biomes: Author's PurposeRead about ecosystems and biomes, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 446Passed Down Through Genes: Author's PurposeRead about inherited traits, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 447Teaching a Dog to Sit: Author's PurposeRead about learned behaviors, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 448Why Gold Is Easy to Recognize: Author's PurposeRead about the properties of matter, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 449Melting Ice or Burning Wood?: Author's PurposeRead about chemical and physical changes, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 450Daytime in New York, Night in Tokyo: Author's PurposeRead about Earth's rotation, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 451A Year-Long Trip Around the Sun: Author's PurposeRead about Earth's revolution around the Sun, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 452From New Moon to Full Moon: Author's PurposeRead about the phases of the Moon, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 453The Big Dipper and Its Neighbors: Author's PurposeRead about stars and constellations, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 454A Forest Full of Connections: Author's PurposeRead about complex food webs, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 455Bacteria, Fungi, and Fallen Leaves: Author's PurposeRead about decomposers, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 456Wearing Away and Building Up: Author's PurposeRead about weathering, erosion, and deposition, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 457When Hurricanes Form: Author's PurposeRead about natural disasters, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 458Sunlight into Electricity: Author's PurposeRead about alternative energy, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 459Sketch, Model, Test, Improve: Author's PurposeRead about the engineering design process, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 460Watering a Plant with Saltwater: Author's PurposeRead about the scientific method, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 461Jamestown and Other Settlements: Author's PurposeRead about Colonial America, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 462Thirteen Colonies Fight for Independence: Author's PurposeRead about the American Revolution, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 463The Plan for Our Government: Author's PurposeRead about the United States Constitution, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 464Across the Continent: Author's PurposeRead about westward expansion, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 465Students Ask for a Playground: Author's PurposeRead about civic participation, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 466Making, Signing, and Judging Laws: Author's PurposeRead about the three branches of government, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 467Breaking Away in 1776: Author's PurposeRead about the Declaration of Independence, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 468Washington and the Founders: Author's PurposeRead about famous founders of the United States, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 469Fishing, Farming, and Plantations: Author's PurposeRead about the Thirteen Colonies, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 470Britain Versus France: Author's PurposeRead about the French and Indian War, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 471Tea in the Harbor: Author's PurposeRead about the Boston Tea Party, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 472Lexington, Saratoga, and Yorktown: Author's PurposeRead about battles of the Revolutionary War, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 473Ten Amendments That Protect Us: Author's PurposeRead about the Bill of Rights, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 474Washington Sets the Example: Author's PurposeRead about the early presidents, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 475Doubling the Nation in 1803: Author's PurposeRead about the Louisiana Purchase, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 476Exploring the New Land: Author's PurposeRead about the journey of Lewis and Clark, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 477The Cherokee Forced West: Author's PurposeRead about the Trail of Tears, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 478A Belief That Drove Expansion: Author's PurposeRead about Manifest Destiny, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 479The Fight to End Slavery: Author's PurposeRead about the abolition movement, then work out why the author wrote it.
- 480Harriet Tubman's Secret Routes: Author's PurposeRead about the Underground Railroad, then work out why the author wrote it.
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