Before Reading. Practice. wave. east. west. A. Fill in the blanks using the word list. west east tired wave pull shines. The Lazy Moon.

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1 Before Reading Practice A. Fill in the blanks using the word list. west east tired wave pull shines wave Pull shines tired east west The Lazy Moon 1

2 B. Circle the right word. 1. She just (sit, sat) in the Sun. 2. The night (come, came). 3. You have (shine, to shine) in the sky. 4. We need you (pull, to pull) us out. 5. She was (have, having) a bad day. During Reading Identify Identify the relationship between the Moon and the other characters. Write their dialogues. You have to shine. in the sky And you have to pull the. waves in and out I m too tired. C. Choose the best answer. Sun 1. I m too tired. The word tired means a. wanting food b. in need of rest or sleep c. wanting to sleep 2. She lights up the sky. The word light means a. to shine on something We need. you to pull us in We need. you to pull us out b. the brightness from the Sun c. not heavy the waves from the west the waves from the east 2 Fiction The Lazy Moon 3

3 After Reading Describe Draw a picture of Lazy Moon. Describe what she had to do and how she changed her mind. Draw an illustration of Lazy Moon. Two things she had to do 1. She had to pull the tide in. and out 2. She had to shine. at night Check A. Choose the correct answer to each question. 1. What is this story mostly about? a. the angry Sun b. the tired Moon c. the sleepy wave 2. What did the waves from the east want? a. They want Moon to pull them out. b. They want Moon to pull them in. c. They want to dry out. Problem Moon. was too tired So she wanted. to go to bed Event Solution Moon went to. bed the next day 3. What did Sun say to Moon? a. You don t have to shine in the sky. b. You have things you have to do. c. You can go to bed now. B. Write the answer to the question. What were two things that Moon had to do? 1. She had to shine at night. Sun and the waves all said, You can t be tired. She had to pull the tide in and out. 4 Fiction The Lazy Moon 5

4 B. Match the words to the definitions. Before Reading Practice 1. Roman people 2. Mayan people 3. dragon 4. leap year a made-up creature, which has wings and breathes fire a year with 366 days, every fourth year people who lived in Europe a long time ago people who lived in Central America a long time ago A. Fill in the blanks using the word list. year day month calendar spring weather summer winter fall seaon calendar year month C. Label the 12 animals of Chinese calendar. ox rabbit snake sheep rooster pig rat dog monkey horse dragon tiger day rat ox tiger pig rabbit weather season dog dragon spring summer fall winter rooster snake monkey sheep horse 6 Nonfiction The Calendar 7

5 During Reading Complete Write some facts under each of the following headings. The first calendars 1. cut bone cut stick cut stones The Gregorian calendar 1. changed by another man took ten days off one month Pope Gregory XIII changed the Julian calendar 4. took ten days off October The Chinese calendar Mark 1. uses 12 animals starts with the Year of the Rat starts again every 12 years A. Circle the leap years Mayan calendars 1. many calendars 2. the moon and the sun the stars and the planets The Julian calendar B. Write the number of days in each month. January April July February March 31 May 31 June 30 August 31 September 30 October 31 November 30 December invented by Julius Caesar it was more than one year added two more months to the calendar 8 Nonfiction The Calendar 9

6 After Reading Contrast Contrast the following two calendars. Fill in the chart with information you get from the story. Questions Who made it? How was it changed? When was it changed? Is it used today? The Julian Calendar Julius Caesar added two more months No The Gregorian Calendar Pope Gregory XIII took ten days off October in 1582 Yes Check A. Match A and B to make a sentence and write the number of the picture (A) ( 3 ) This stands for the 5th year in ancient Mayan culture. ( 1 ) This calendar is used in bones or stones. ( 2 ) People made cuts or holes of the Chinese calendar. (B) Mark Mark each calendar on the map. B. Choose the correct answer to each question. Old Roman calendar The Julian calendar The Gregorian calendar The Chinese calendar 1. How did the weather tell people what time of year it was? a. If it was cold, it was spring or summer. b. A very cold day told people it was winter. c. If it was hot, it was fall or winter. Mayan calendars 2. What is the shortest month? a. September b. February c. May 3. Which is the Year of Monkey? a. the fifth year b. the seventh year c. the ninth year 10 Nonfiction The Calendar 11

7 Combined Writing Brainstorm Fill out the chart below. And brainstorm what you have done today. Today is,, month day year This year is the year of Chinese calendar. animal Diary of a Day Fill out the chart with the activities you have done today. 8 A.M. 9 A.M. 10 A.M. 11 A.M. 12 A.M. 1 P.M. 2 P.M. 3 P.M. 12 Nonfiction