Word Workout - Wonders Unit 1.4

Word Workout

Words to Know

Let’s try to think of an invention that has made a big difference in our lives. We can use these words to talk about it.

design	simple	invention
encouraged	substitutes	quality
examine	solution

Spelling Words

I’ll make a list of the words with the long a vowel sound, but I’ll leave out the vowels in each word. You can fill in the missing vowels. Then we will look at the list together to see how many words you completed correctly and read the words aloud.

sway plain state braid weigh

fail grain snail stay fake

tray paint gray they same

Challenge: Review:

sleigh fine

afraid skate

globe

Cause and Effect - Extra Practice (Unit 1.4)

Comprehension: Cause and Effect

The Printing Press

A cause is what makes something happen. The effect is what happens as a result of the cause. Let’s read each paragraph. Then read the cause that follows each paragraph and write a sentence that tells its effect.

Hundreds of years ago, all books were made by hand. If you wanted a book, it had to be copied by a person. The people

who did this were called scribes. Making a book by hand took a very long time. Few people could have books because they were very expensive.

Cause: Making books by hand took a long time.

Effect:                                                          .

Then a man named Johannes Gutenberg came up with a solution. He invented the printing press

in 1439. The press worked like this.Letters were carved into huge metal plates. Ink was rolled on top of the plates. When paper was pressed

onto the plates, the letters showed up on the paper.

Cause: Paper would be placed in the press.

Effect:                                                          .

As time passed, printing machines changed. They became easier and easier to use. Printing large quantities and books became common because of the printing press. But we wouldn’t have those machines and all these books if it weren’t for Gutenberg’s printing press.

Cause: Printing machines became easier to use.

Effect:                                                          .

 

20     Unit 1  •  Week 4

Thermal Energy

There has been a lot of hands on learning going-on with Ms. Somerlot in Science lately!

 

Students moving, creating friction, and producing heat.

 

 

Feeling the heat given off from a chemical reaction of steel wool pads.

 

 

Shaking heating pads to create friction and feel the thermal energy that is creating.

 

Scholastic Book Orders

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