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sTandard of The Week sCIENCE staNdard—Understanding how living things interact with their environment. Students will learn how turkeys have moved from the forests to cities in Massachusetts.

read-aloud BackgroundTotal Turkeys: Over the past 100 years, the population of wild turkeys in the United States has grown from 30,000 to about 7 million. Some wild turkeys make their way into cities and towns because they can find an easy food source there—birdseed left for them by humans!

Which Is Which?: male turkeys have a long, red fleshy area that grows from the forehead over the beak. It is called a snood. They also have red, green, copper, bronze, and gold feathers. Female turkeys have only brown or gray feathers. That helps keep them hidden when they sit on their nests. Turkey Trivia: Here are some more facts about wild turkeys:• Wild turkeys are native to Northern mexico and the Eastern United States.• They mainly eat bugs, seeds, grass, and berries.

• Wild turkeys live in flocks, or groups, in the forest. • The United States once considered choosing the turkey as its national bird. The eagle was chosen instead.

critical ThinkingAnalyze: Why are wild turkeys moving to cities in massachusetts?

references• Find out how the turkey got its name at www.infoplease.com /spot/tgturkeyfacts.html.• Hear a turkey gobble at www.allaboutbirds.org/guide /Wild_Turkey/sounds.

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Place in the news.............p.3GEOGraPHY staNdard—Understanding the physical and human characteristics of places and regions around the world. Students will learn that brazil will host the 2016 Summer olympic games.

read-aloud BackgroundBrazil: Here are some more facts about rio de Janeiro and brazil: • rio de Janeiro was once the

capital of brazil. The current capital is brasilia.

• About 190 million people live in brazil, which is more than live in any other country in South America. About 6 million people live in rio de Janeiro.

• The official language of brazil is Portuguese.

• Soccer is the national sport of brazil. In brazil, soccer is called futebol (FUTE-bawl). most schools and towns have their own teams.

River of January: In 1502, a Portuguese explorer named Gaspar de Lemos discovered a bay in southeastern brazil. He thought that the bay was part of a big river. Since he found it on January 1, he named the area rio de Janeiro (“river of January”).

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critical Thinking Comprehend and Confirm: Why was rio de Janeiro recently in the news?

reference• Check out www.brazil.org.uk /school/brazilforkids.html.

here’s helen keller.............p. 3sOCIaL stUdIEs staNdard—Understanding how individual struggles have influenced and contributed to society. Students will learn about a new statue of helen keller at the U.S. capitol.

read-aloud BackgroundHonoring Helen: Each statue at the U.S. Capitol honors an important person from a specific state’s history. The Helen Keller statue is from Alabama. That is where Helen was born. It is the first statue of a child at the U.S. Capitol.

critical ThinkingApply: If you could choose a person to honor with a statue, what person would it be? Why?

reference• view photos of Helen Keller at www.afb.org/braillebug /hkmuseum.asp.

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1. What is the main idea of “Electronic Education”? A Arnold Schwarzenegger is Governor of California.B Printed textbooks can cost a lot of money.C Schools in California are starting to switch to digital textbooks.D Digital textbooks can be updated quickly. 2. Which of the following statements is an opinion?

A Printed textbooks can cost up to $100 each.B Printed textbooks get updated once every few years.C Most schools in California do not have a computer for every student.D Printed textbooks are better than digital textbooks.

3. Which of the following statements is a fact? A California’s switch to digital textbooks is not going to work.B California is the best place to live in the entire world.C California is looking for ways to save money.D Arnold Schwarzenegger is the best Governor that California has ever had. 4. What happened on June 1?A California started switching to digital textbooks.

B Hurricane season began.C Hurricane season ended.D Red panda triplets were born at a zoo in North Dakota.

5. What is the purpose of a new computer program created by scientists?A to stop hurricanes from formingB to track the paths of hurricanesC to send out hurricane warningsD to figure out how many hurricanes can be expected each year 6. Which of the following statements is true?A Scientists always know ahead of time how many hurricanes will happen each year.B People cannot prepare for hurricanes.C Seven hurricanes will definitely happen this year.

D Hurricane season will end on November 30. 7. Where are the scientists who created the new computer program to predict hurricanes?

A North Dakota C CaliforniaB Florida D Asia

8. Who is Gerry Bell? A a weather expert C a teacherB an education expert D a zoo worker 9. Which of the following statements about red pandas is false?

A Only five red pandas were born in North America in 2008.B All of the red panda triplets born at the Red River Zoo are female.C There are not many red pandas on Earth.D Red pandas can be seen in zoos across North America.

10. Where is the natural home for red pandas?A North Dakota C FloridaB Asia D California

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Is That a Fact?All the sentences below are based on the article “Turkeys on the Town.” Some of the sentences are facts, or statements that can be proved to be true. Others are opinions, or a person’s ideas and thoughts about something. Opinions cannot be proved.

Read each sentence below, and then write “F” for fact or “O” for opinion.

_______ 1. Everyone should eat turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.

_______ 2. Wild turkeys can fly.

_______ 3. Massachusetts is home to about 20,000 wild turkeys.

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_______ 8. The wild turkey should be our national bird.

_______ 9. Laws were passed in Massachusetts to prevent people from hunting wild turkeys.

_______10. Turkeys have the most beautiful feathers of any bird.

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The Life of Helen KellerRead the timeline below. Then answer the questions that follow.

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1. In what year did Helen learn how to spell words with her hands?

2. Which happened first: Helen learned how to read in Braille or Helen entered college?

3. How many years ago was Helen born?

4. How many years passed from the year in which Helen lost her sight and hearing to the year in which she wrote her first book?

Helen Keller was born on a farm in Alabama on June 27,1880.

Helen lost her hearing and sight due to an illness.

Helen’s parents hired a teacher named Anne Sullivan. She taught Helen how to spell words with her hands.

Helen learned to read and write in Braille, a system of raised dots that can be read with the fingertips. She also learned how to write words.

Helen entered Radcliffe College. Sullivan sat beside her in class and spelled out everything that was said.

Helen wrote her first book, The Story of My Life. She later wrote 13 more books.

Helen made speeches all over the United States to get people to improve education for people who are blind and deaf.

A movie was made about Helen’s life. It won many awards.