Word Work & Reading Sheets Page 2
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Ready, Set, READ!
Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
1. What is the opposite
of updraft?
Have you ever seen balls of ice fall from the sky? It’s
good that hail doesn’t fall often because it brings damage
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and danger. Hail is a piece of ice. It can be as round as
2. What makes hail grow
a golf ball, or it can be lumpy. Hail is like rain and snow
in size?
because all are forms of water that fall from clouds.
Three things must happen at once for a hailstorm to
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take place.
1. A big cloud must be holding lots of water it has to
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let go.
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2. The sky must be very cold so the water freezes.
3. Strong winds called updrafts must push air up.
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Hail forms in stages. Water leaves a cloud and freezes
hard. An updraft pushes the ice ball back into the clouds.
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There it picks up more water, freezes again, and falls
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again. As updrafts continue, the hail keeps getting bigger.
Once the hail gets too heavy, the wind can’t push it up
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anymore. It finally hits the ground.
Senten c e Mender
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Rewrite the sentence to make it correct.
A appel a day keep the doctor away.
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BrainTeaser
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Think of an item for each word part listed below. Look around
the room and out the window for ideas. Words can be any length.
Word part
Item
Word part
Item
1. -ack
5. -ip
2. -ash
6. -ock
3. -eat
7. -ound
4. -ight
8. -ug
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