RW2 Homework Unit 24

Read Well 2 Plus
After Picasso’s blue painting period, 5 Unit 24 Homework 1

he began using the colors orange and 12
pink. He painted acrobats and clowns. 18
Then he tried making black and white 25
images out of shapes like circles and 32
squares. Sometimes he even cut things

Baxter and Picasso
38
up and glued them together to make 45
pictures. That sounds like something 50
Baxter could do. Perhaps he will give it a 59
try someday. Maybe you will too. 65
Fiction
Questions to talk about: This reading folder belongs to:

1. What did Picasso like to paint?
2. What did Picasso sometimes do with scissors and glue?
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New Passage
Baxter and Picasso

Beth’s brother Baxter wanted to enter 6
the Crazy Strip contest. Beth told Baxter 13
he had to be a Picasso for his design to 23
win. She meant that he had to be an 32
incredibly good artist. Baxter didn’t 37
know Picasso, the celebrated Spanish 42
painter. Picasso was born in 1881. That 49
was just two years after Thomas Edison 56
invented the first practical lightbulb. 61
Have you ever seen a painting by Picasso? 69
Just like Baxter, Pablo Picasso 5
exhibited a talent for drawing when he 12
was very young. He loved drawing so 19
much that his first word was “pencil.” 26
Just like Baxter, Picasso liked to 32
paint with the color blue. In fact, there 40
was a long period of time when Picasso 48
painted with the colors blue and green 55
only. These pictures are very gloomy. 61
Luckily, Baxter’s blue pictures are not 67
gloomy. He would not want to draw a 75
gloomy picture for a Band-Aid. 81
Questions to talk about: Questions to talk about:

1. Who was Pablo Picasso? 1. What color did Picasso especially like to paint with?
2. What did Beth mean when she said Baxter had to be a Picasso? 2. Why wouldn’t Baxter want to draw a gloomy picture for a Band-Aid?
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Read Well 2 Plus
Tiny animals go to work munching 6 Unit 24 Homework 2

on the pile of garbage. They need 13
air and water to live and work. Soon 21
bigger animals like earthworms find the 27
compost pile and dig in. When the pile 35
looks like dirt, it’s done! You’ve just

How to Turn Garbage
42
turned garbage into compost. Compost 47
is full of nutrients that your garden 54

Into Dirt
will love. 56
Nonfiction

1. What do the little animals and earthworms do?
2. Where would you put the compost you made?
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New Passage
How to Turn Garbage Into Dirt To make compost, put the brown 6
stuff and green stuff into a big container 14
What happens to all the leaves that 7 and pour a little water over it. You can 23
fall in a forest? You might think there 15 add more at any time, but there should 31
would be huge piles of leaves building 22 always be more brown stuff than green 38
up year after year. But in the spring, 30 stuff. You might want to mix the pile up 47
the forest floor looks clean. What has 37 with a shovel every once in a while. 55
happened? The leaves have been recycled 43
back into the earth. Nature knows how 50
to turn leaves into dirt! 55
People can turn garbage into dirt too. 62
We call it composting. 66
Recipe for compost: 69
Air 70
Water 71
Brown stuff 73
Green stuff 75
Brown stuff is dead, dried plant parts 82
like leaves. Green stuff is living plants, 89
freshly cut grass or weeds, and food 96
scraps. Meat and milk products don’t 102
compost very well. 105
Questions to talk about:

1. What happens when you compost?
2. What are the ingredients to make compost?
Read Well 2 Plus
The seeds are set out in the sun to 9 Unit 24 Homework 3

dry, and then they are sent to chocolate 17
factories. The seeds don’t taste very good 24
until they are made into chocolate. 30
At the factory, the cocoa seeds 36
are cleaned, roasted, and ground up.

Different kinds of chocolate are made by
42
49
Rain Forest Treats
adding sweet things like milk. A person 56
who makes chocolate candy is called a 63
chocolatier (chok-luh-teer). 65
Nonfiction

1. Describe how chocolate is made.
2. What is your favorite rain forest product?
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New Passage
Rain Forest Treats Chocolate is a very important rain 6
forest product. Chocolate is made from 12
The rain forest gives us many things. 7 the seeds of the cocoa tree. Like coffee 20
Many vegetables, fruits, nuts, and spices 13 trees, cocoa trees need the rain forest 27
come from plants that can grow only in 21 habitat to grow. Cocoa trees grow fruit 34
a rain forest habitat. Medicine is made 28 that looks like small footballs. The seeds 41
from some of the plants. Researchers are 35 are inside the fruit. Farmers collect the 48
searching for new medicines in the rain 42 fruit and take out the seeds. 54
forest all the time. 46
The seed of the lipstick tree is very 54
colorful and is used to give color to 62
makeup and food. The liquid, or sap, 69
from a rain forest tree makes some 76
chewing gum chewy. Palm oil is used 83
in many foods, like ice cream. Coffee 90
trees grow best in the warm, moist, shady 98
environment of the rain forest. 103

1. Name some of the things that come the rain forest. Questions to talk about:
2. How do you think the lipstick tree got its name? 1. Where does chocolate come from?
Read Well 2 Plus
These squirrels have thin flaps of
skin that stretch between their front paws 13
6
Unit 24 Homework 4
and their back paws. These “wings” 19
allow the squirrels to glide through the 26
air as far as 200 feet. They don’t flap 35
their wings up and down like birds do. 43
They glide from tree to tree, steering with

their tail and legs.
51
55
West Virginia Northern
It might be easier to see Rocky than 63
Flying Squirrel
to see a real flying squirrel, though. 70
Flying squirrels sleep in holes in the trees 78
during the day. At night, they come out 86
to look for food. They have big eyes that 95
help them to see when it’s dark. These 103
squirrels don’t eat nuts. They prefer 109
mushrooms! 110
Nonfiction

1. Describe how squirrels fly.
2. Why is it hard to see a flying squirrel?
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New Passage
The West Virginia Northern The West Virginia northern flying 5
Flying Squirrel squirrel is an endangered species. In 11
1985, there were so few of them that 19
scientists thought they might become 24
extinct. The government put the squirrels 30
on the endangered species list. Scientists 36
worked to save the squirrels’ habitat of 43
mountain forests in Virginia and West 49
Virginia. Now there are many more 55
flying squirrels. 57
Rocket J. Squirrel was a famous 6
cartoon character on TV many years ago. 13
His nickname was Rocky. Rocky was a 21
squirrel that could fly. Believe it or not, 29
flying squirrels really exist. There are 35
several different kinds of flying squirrels 41
in the United States. 45

Questions to talk about: 1. Where does the West Virginia northern flying squirrel live?
1. Who was Rocket J. Squirrel? 2. Why was the flying squirrel put on the endangered species list?
Read Well 2 Plus
I live underneath the sand in a 7 Unit 24 Homework 5

burrow. But it is still hard to keep safe. 16
Birds like to eat me. When people walk 24
and drive on the beach, they can trample 32
my cozy little burrow. If you ever see a 41
part of the beach that’s closed off, be sure

The Northeast Beach
50
not to go there. That’s an easy thing to 59
do to help save the northeast beach tiger 67

Tiger Beetle
beetle! 68
Fiction, With Factual Content

1. What’s a burrow? Why would a beetle dig a burrow?
2. Have you ever seen a beach that was closed off? What did it look like?
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New Passage
The Northeast Beach Tiger Beetle If you ever do see me, be sure not to 10
touch me. I’m an endangered species. 16
We northeast beach tiger beetles used to 25
live all up and down the East Coast of the 33
United States, but now most of us live on 42
the beaches in Virginia. 46
I am a predator. I run along the 54
beach to catch small insects. They call 61
me a tiger beetle because I catch prey 69
with my mouth, just like a tiger. Grrrrr! 77
Hi! I’m a northeast beach tiger 6
beetle. Perhaps you have heard of me. I 14
doubt that you’ve ever seen me, though. 21
I’m only half an inch long. My body is 30
the same color as the sandy beach where 38
I live. 40

1. Where does the northeast beach tiger beetle live?
2. How is the beetle like a tiger?
3. Why do you think the beetle is the same color as the sand?
Read Well 2 Plus
Frogs and toads have very special 6 Unit 24 Homework 6

skin. They don’t drink water. Instead, 12
they take water into their body through 19
their skin. Frogs and toads can also 26
breathe when they are underwater. They 32
don’t use their lungs underwater. Their

Facts About Frogs
38
skin takes in oxygen straight from the 45
water and sends it into their bloodstream. 52

and Toads
When the weather outside is very 58
cold, some frogs freeze solid. When the 65
weather warms up, they warm up and 72
go right back to what they were doing 80
before! 81
Nonfiction

1. How do frogs and toads take in water?
2. How do frogs and toads breathe underwater?
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New Passage
Facts About Frogs and Toads

What’s the difference between a toad 6
and a frog? Actually, all toads are frogs! 14
We use the word “toad” to describe 21
animals that are fatter and have shorter 28
back legs than most frogs. Toads also 35
have bumpy dry skin and live on land. 43
Frogs like to live in or near water. Both 52
frogs and toads lay their eggs in water, 60
however. 61
Frogs often have long tongues that 6
Toads are poisonous! If they feel in 68 they flick out to catch bugs to eat. Most 15
danger, poison may seep from their skin. 75 toads have small tongues, so they snap at 23
It can make you sick if you swallow it or 85 their food with their mouths. 28
get it in your eyes. So be careful when 94

Have you ever heard a frog croak? 35
you pick up a toad—wash your hands 102
Usually, just the male frogs croak. Many 42
after you handle one! 106
frogs puff their throats up just like 49
balloons when they croak. 53

1. Describe a toad. 1. How do frogs catch food?
2. Why should you be careful if you pick up a toad? 2. How do toads catch food?
Read Well 2 Plus
Here’s another interesting fact. The 5 Unit 24 Homework 7

roots of the redwood trees near each 12
other get all tangled up together. Double 19
rare! It’s like they are holding hands so 27
they don’t fall over during big storms. 34
Mom’s calling. I better make like a

banana and split!
41
44
Dear Cousin Dee
Your cousin, 46
Franny 47

1. Why would it help a tree to tangle its roots with a neighbor’s roots? This reading folder belongs to:
2. What does Franny mean when she says “I better make like a banana
and split”?
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New Passage
Dear Cousin Dee You won’t believe the size of the 7
redwoods. They are the biggest trees on 14
Dear Kids, 2 the planet. One big old tree has enough 22
This is a fun homework. It is a letter 11

wood to build 22 houses. No wonder 29
that Franny wrote to her cousin Dee. 18

people want to cut them down. 35
What would you say to Dee if you wrote 27 Some of the redwoods are more than 42
her a letter? 30 two thousand years old. How’s that for 49
Dear Cousin Dee, 33

ancient? Can you believe that some of 56
these giant old trees started out as tiny 64

It would be cool if you could come 41
seeds only an inch or two around? Isn’t 72
visit us this summer. Mom says we can 49
that awesome? 74
definitely go see the ancient redwoods. 55
Did you know there are only two 62
places in California and one valley in 69
China where the redwoods grow? They 75
are definitely endangered. 78
The trees near us are protected in a 86
national park, so no one can cut them 94
down. 95

1. Who wrote this letter? Do you ever write letters to your 1. Why are redwood trees special?
friends or cousins? 2. Would you like to visit a redwood forest?
2. Where do redwood trees grow? 3. How long can a redwood tree live?
Read Well 2 Plus
Scientists believe there may not be 6 Unit 24 Homework 8

many jaguars left in the rain forests. It 14
is hard to know how many jaguars there 22
are because they are secretive animals. 28
Jaguars usually live alone. They hunt at 35
night, so they are not usually seen during

The Jaguar
43
the day. 45
Nonfiction
This reading folder belongs to:
1. Why is it hard for scientists to tell how many jaguars there are?
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Modified Practiced Passage
The Jaguar Unlike most cats, jaguars like the 6
water. They swim, bathe, and play in 13
There is little plant life on the rain 8 streams and pools. They will even catch 20
forest floor, but lots of leaves, fruit, 15 fish. Some people say a jaguar will use 28
flowers, and animal waste fall from the 22 its long tail as fish bait. It waves its tail 38
canopy and understory to the forest floor. 29 over the water or taps the water’s surface 46
Little sunlight reaches the forest floor. It 36 with its tail. A hungry fish might think 54
is warm, damp, and dark. 41 the jaguar’s tail is food and come for a 63
In the darkness of the rain forest 48

meal. Then the jaguar will quickly scoop 70
floor, a big spotted cat prowls. Eight feet 56

up the fish with a big paw. 77
long from its nose to the tip of its tail, a 67
jaguar can weigh 250 pounds. They can 73
have tan fur with black spots or black fur 82
with black spots. 85
These huge carnivores will eat almost 91
any animal they can catch—snakes, 97
monkeys, deer, turtles, or frogs. They 103
spend most of their time on the forest 111
floor, but sometimes they will climb 117
a tree and pounce on their prey from 125
above. 126

1. Describe the rain forest floor. Questions to talk about:
2. Describe a jaguar. 1. How are jaguars different from other cats?
Read Well 2 Plus
Recycled plastic can be made into 6 Unit 24 Homework 9

things like jackets, T-shirts, bottles, 11
carpet, furniture, and building materials 16
that look just like wood. 21
Recycling Plastic
Nonfiction
This reading folder belongs to:
1. Do you have anything in your house that is made from recycled plastic?
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New Passage
Recycling Plastic
You’ve collected lots of plastic bottles 6
and containers. The recycling bin, or 12
container, at the side of the road is piled 21
high. It feels good to know the plastic 29
will be recycled. But what happens to all 37
those plastic bottles after you put them in 45
the recycling bin? 48

The plastic flakes are put in a big 8
tank of water. This is another way to 16

A truck picks up all the recycling and 56
divide the different kinds of plastic. 22
takes it to a recycling center. Workers 63
Some kinds float, and some sink. The 29
sort through all the plastic and take out 71
best recycled plastic is made from one 36
things like rock, glass, and plastics that 78
kind of plastic, not all different kinds put 44
cannot be recycled. Then the plastic is 85
together. 45
washed and chopped up into small flakes. 92
The plastic is put in a big dryer that 54
looks sort of like a clothes dryer, and 62
then it is melted in a machine. It cools 71
into many long thin threads. The threads 78
are chopped up into small pieces. The 85
plastic is then shipped to factories where 92
it will be made into new products. 99

1. Do you recycle at home? 1. Describe how the plastic is sorted.
2. What kinds of things can you recycle in your town? 2. What is the best recycled plastic made out of?
Read Well 2 Plus
It’s been 20 years since children 6 Unit 24 Homework 10

began buying and saving the rain forest 13
in Costa Rica. At first, there were only 21
15 acres. Children all over the world 28
heard about it and sent money. The park 36
grew and is still growing. Now there are

Children’s Eternal Rain
44
54,000 acres of land in the Children’s 51
Eternal Rain Forest. 54

Forest of Costa Rica
Many different kinds of animals and 60
plants live there. No one can cut down 68
trees or farm there or hurt the plants and 77
animals. Scientists and students visit to 83
study the endangered species. 87
Nonfiction

1. How big is the Children’s Eternal Rain Forest now?
2. Would you like to visit the rain forest? Why or why not?
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Modified Practiced Passage
Children’s Eternal Rain Forest of Roland Tiensuu (Tee-en-soo) decided 4
Costa Rica it would be a great idea to buy and 13
protect a small piece of the rain forest. 21
Roland’s teacher and his class helped him 28
earn money. Soon other children heard 34
about Roland’s idea. They all wanted to 41
help. The children collected bottles and 47
cans. They sold cookies. Some kids even 54
asked for money for their birthdays so 61
they could give it to Roland for the rain 70
forest. 71
All the money that the children 77
earned and saved went to a group of 85
people who lived in Costa Rica. They 92
bought a little bit of the rain forest. This 101
rain forest is called the Children’s Eternal 108

Rain forests are a treasure to people 7
Rain Forest. It’s eternal because it will 115
all over the world, but many of the forests 16
never be cut down. It will be a rain forest 125
are being cut down. In 1987, a nine-year- 25
forever! 126
old boy from Sweden decided he wanted 32
to do something. But what? 37

1. Who was Roland, and where did he live?
2. What was Roland’s idea? Do you think it was a good idea?
3. How did other kids help?
Read Well 2 Plus
Things We Can Do to Save the Penguins 8 Unit 24 Homework 11

1. Turn off all lights when not using 16
them. 17
2. Turn down the heat and air 24
conditioning. 25
3. Get up early to walk or ride bikes 34 Save the Penguins!

to school. 36
4. Bring old paper bags to the 43
grocery store, so we don’t need to use 51
new ones. 53
5. Bring home plastic water bottles 59
to refill after soccer games (and make 66
sure the other kids put their bottles in the 75
recycling container, not on the ground.) 81
6. Plant some trees! 85
Fiction

1. Do you think Elizabeth’s ideas are good ideas? Why or why not?
2. What other things could she add to her list?
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New Passage
Save the Penguins! She ripped a sheet of notebook paper 7
out of her notebook and started writing. 14
Elizabeth didn’t want to play in 6

Brad waddled in with his arms at 21
the backyard with Brad. She had just 13
his side, like a penguin. “Help me! I’m 29
watched a television show about global 19
melting!” he yelled. Elizabeth ignored 34
warming and Antarctica. 22
him. 35
“Antarctica is getting too warm for 28

“You’ve never even seen a penguin,” 41
the penguins,” she told Brad. “They have 35
Brad said. “Why should you care what 48
to walk farther to get from their rookery 43
happens to them?” 51
to the ocean for food.” 48
“We’re all on the same planet,” 57
“It’s good to get more exercise,” said 55
Elizabeth said. “Global warming will 62
Brad. “That’s why you should come play 62
affect us too.” 65
with me.” 63
“You’re just a kid,” he said. 71
“Penguins get enough exercise,” said 68
“Somebody important like the president 76
Elizabeth. “Did you know it takes them 75
has to help them.” 80
an hour to walk one mile?” 81
“I can help,” she said. “We all can.” 88
“Maybe now they’ll have to learn to 88
She showed him her list of things the 96
fly,” said Brad. 91
family could do to help the environment 103
“Don’t you even care that the 97 and help the penguins. 107
penguins are in danger?” Elizabeth 102
stormed off to her bedroom. 107

1. What is Elizabeth worried about? 1. Why doesn’t Brad think Elizabeth can save the penguins?
2. What problems are the penguins facing? 2. Why does Elizabeth think it’s important to help the penguins?
Read Well 2 Plus
I love bamboo. It’s about the only 7 Unit 24 Homework 12

thing I really like to eat. A bamboo 15
forest blooms all at once. These luscious 22
plants can take 10 years to grow big 30
enough to eat. Then the forest dies all at 39
once. When the bamboo dies, we move

What’s Black and White
46
on. We have to find more bamboo to eat. 55
People are clearing land to make 61 and Honks?

farms. They are building homes and 67
cities. There is less and less land for 75
bamboo to grow. I have become 81
endangered because my habitat is 86
disappearing. 87
People all over the world are working 94
together to help me survive. They are 101
working to protect my habitat—my 107
world, our home. 110

1. What does the giant panda eat?
2. Why is the giant panda endangered?
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New Passage
What’s Black and White and Honks? A Giant Panda, of Course! 5
I am a giant panda. I bleat when I 14
I’m black and white and sometimes 6 feel friendly. I bark when I’m upset, and 22
honk. A goose, you think? 11 I squeal when I’m hurt. The people of my 31
A goose I’m not. I huff and bark and 20

country call me a cat bear. My scientific 39
sometimes bleat. A goat, you ask? Not 27

name means “black and white cat-footed 46
even close. 29
animal.” I have become very rare. 52
Scientists think there are approximately 57

I live in the mountains of China. My 37
1,600 of us left in natural habitats. 64
habitat is cold and wet. I spend 12 to 16 47
hours a day eating. Ten pounds of food 55

When I was first born, I was about 72
is just a taste. Twenty pounds of food is a 65

the size of a stick of butter. I was bald, 82
snack. I eat 80 to 90 pounds of food each 75

pink, and blind. For two years, my 89
day. My favorite meal is bamboo. 81

mother had to take care of me. Now I’m 98
an adult, and I weigh almost 300 pounds. 106

I am an endangered animal. People 87
say that I’m a black and white treasure. 95
Who do you think I am? 101

1. What do you know about the mystery animal?
2. What do you think it is?

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Read Well 2 Plus

After Picasso’s blue painting period, 5 Unit 24 Homework 1

pink. He painted acrobats and clowns. 18

Then he tried making black and white 25

images out of shapes like circles and 32

squares. Sometimes he even cut things

up and glued them together to make 45

pictures. That sounds like something 50

Baxter could do. Perhaps he will give it a 59

try someday. Maybe you will too. 65

Questions to talk about: This reading folder belongs to:

Baxter and Picasso

the Crazy Strip contest. Beth told Baxter 13

he had to be a Picasso for his design to 23

win. She meant that he had to be an 32

incredibly good artist. Baxter didn’t 37

know Picasso, the celebrated Spanish 42

painter. Picasso was born in 1881. That 49

was just two years after Thomas Edison 56

invented the first practical lightbulb. 61

Have you ever seen a painting by Picasso? 69

Just like Baxter, Pablo Picasso 5

exhibited a talent for drawing when he 12

was very young. He loved drawing so 19

much that his first word was “pencil.” 26

Just like Baxter, Picasso liked to 32

paint with the color blue. In fact, there 40

was a long period of time when Picasso 48

painted with the colors blue and green 55

only. These pictures are very gloomy. 61

Luckily, Baxter’s blue pictures are not 67

gloomy. He would not want to draw a 75

gloomy picture for a Band-Aid. 81

Questions to talk about: Questions to talk about:

Tiny animals go to work munching 6 Unit 24 Homework 2

air and water to live and work. Soon 21

bigger animals like earthworms find the 27

compost pile and dig in. When the pile 35

looks like dirt, it’s done! You’ve just

turned garbage into compost. Compost 47

is full of nutrients that your garden 54

Questions to talk about: This reading folder belongs to:

stuff and green stuff into a big container 14

happened? The leaves have been recycled 43

back into the earth. Nature knows how 50

to turn leaves into dirt! 55

People can turn garbage into dirt too. 62

Recipe for compost: 69

Brown stuff is dead, dried plant parts 82

like leaves. Green stuff is living plants, 89

freshly cut grass or weeds, and food 96

scraps. Meat and milk products don’t 102

compost very well. 105

Questions to talk about:

The seeds are set out in the sun to 9 Unit 24 Homework 3

factories. The seeds don’t taste very good 24

until they are made into chocolate. 30

At the factory, the cocoa seeds 36

are cleaned, roasted, and ground up.

who makes chocolate candy is called a 63

Questions to talk about: This reading folder belongs to:

Rain Forest Treats Chocolate is a very important rain 6

forest product. Chocolate is made from 12

forest all the time. 46

The seed of the lipstick tree is very 54

colorful and is used to give color to 62

makeup and food. The liquid, or sap, 69