1. Monday, January 9, 2016
(3) On the Fiji Islands, the people use to wear clothes made from tree bark.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?
Change use to used
Change wear to where
Change clothes to close
Make no change
4th Grade

2. Monday, January 9, 2016 In paragraph 2, the word adapted means –
Windmills in America
The first windmill in America was invented by Daniel Halladay in This invention helped cattle ranchers. The windmill was mainly used to pump water for cattle. The railroad system also used the windmill to supply water for locomotives.
Electricity and Windmills
In 1892, a Danish professor found a way to use the windmill to produce electricity. In America, some farmers adapted the windmill to bring electricity to their farms.
The Future of Windmills
Scientists and inventors continue to search for ways to produce energy. The need for electricity is increasing. Windmills or wind turbines are solutions to energy needs. Who knows? Maybe our cars will be powered by windmills one day!
Windmill Farm
In paragraph 2, the word adapted means –
changed the environment
changed for a different use
used to grind grain
unchanged from previous uses
4th Grade

3. Tuesday, January 10, 2016
(5) The cloth felt like thick, stiff paper it was decorated with bold black and brown designs.
What is the BEST way to rewrite the ideas in sentence 5?
The cloth was thick and stiff. It felt like paper decorated in bold black and brown designs.
The cloth felt like thick, stiff paper, it was decorated with bold black and brown designs.
The cloth felt like thick, stiff paper. It was decorated with bold black and brown designs.
Decorated in bold black and brown designs, the cloth felt stiff and thick like paper.
4th Grade

4. Tuesday, January 10, 2016
Windmills in America
The first windmill in America was invented by Daniel Halladay in This invention helped cattle ranchers. The windmill was mainly used to pump water for cattle. The railroad system also used the windmill to supply water for locomotives.
Electricity and Windmills
In 1892, a Danish professor found a way to use the windmill to produce electricity. In America, some farmers adapted the windmill to bring electricity to their farms.
The Future of Windmills
Scientists and inventors continue to search for ways to produce energy. The need for electricity is increasing. Windmills or wind turbines are solutions to energy needs. Who knows? Maybe our cars will be powered by windmills one day!
Windmill Farm
Which section of the selection contains information about what windmills might be used for in the future?
4th Grade

5. Wednesday, January 11, 2016
(6) For special occasions, a chief wore a bark cloth robe that was longer than too football fields.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 6?
Change wore to is war
Change was to is
Change too to two
Make no change
4th Grade

6. Wednesday, January 11, 2016
Windmills in America
The first windmill in America was invented by Daniel Halladay in This invention helped cattle ranchers. The windmill was mainly used to pump water for cattle. The railroad system also used the windmill to supply water for locomotives.
Electricity and Windmills
In 1892, a Danish professor found a way to use the windmill to produce electricity. In America, some farmers adapted the windmill to bring electricity to their farms.
The Future of Windmills
Scientists and inventors continue to search for ways to produce energy. The need for electricity is increasing. Windmills or wind turbines are solutions to energy needs. Who knows? Maybe our cars will be powered by windmills one day!
Windmill Farm
Why did the author include the information in the first paragraph?
4th Grade

7. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7?
Thursday, January 12, 2016
It took the chiefs helpers many hours to dress him in many layers of the folded bark cloth.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7?
Change took to takes
Change chiefs to chief’s
Change dress to dressing
Make no change
4th Grade

8. Thursday, January 12, 2016
Windmills in America
The first windmill in America was invented by Daniel Halladay in This invention helped cattle ranchers. The windmill was mainly used to pump water for cattle. The railroad system also used the windmill to supply water for locomotives.
Electricity and Windmills
In 1892, a Danish professor found a way to use the windmill to produce electricity. In America, some farmers adapted the windmill to bring electricity to their farms.
The Future of Windmills
Scientists and inventors continue to search for ways to produce energy. The need for electricity is increasing. Windmills or wind turbines are solutions to energy needs. Who knows? Maybe our cars will be powered by windmills one day!
Windmill Farm
Which sentence from the selection expresses the author’s opinion?
4th Grade

9. Friday, January 13, 2016
(13) I guess they’re glad they don’t have to wear no bark cloth.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 13?
Change they’re to there
Change they’re to their
Delete the word no
Make no change
4th Grade

10. Friday, January 13, 2016
Windmills in America
The first windmill in America was invented by Daniel Halladay in This invention helped cattle ranchers. The windmill was mainly used to pump water for cattle. The railroad system also used the windmill to supply water for locomotives.
Electricity and Windmills
In 1892, a Danish professor found a way to use the windmill to produce electricity. In America, some farmers adapted the windmill to bring electricity to their farms.
The Future of Windmills
Scientists and inventors continue to search for ways to produce energy. The need for electricity is increasing. Windmills or wind turbines are solutions to energy needs. Who knows? Maybe our cars will be powered by windmills one day!
Windmill Farm
What is one problem that windmill farms might face?
4th Grade