Reading Table

Answer Key _ Student Book

■ Warm-Up
1. This is for a birthday (party).
2. This person is seventy years old.

■ New Words
1. guitar
2. gift
3. sounds
4. simple
5. seventy
6. agree

■ Checking
1. b
2. d
3. a

■ Listening
1. song
2. don’t like
3. agree

■ Mapping
c

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■ Vocabulary Review
↓
1. sounds
2. agree
3. gift
→
1. simple
4. guitar
5. seventy

■ Summary
1. seventy
2. gift
3. guitar
4. agrees
5. sounds

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Unit 2: Online Guitar Lessons

■ Warm-Up
1. He is playing the guitar.
2. I can study something online by video/taking online classes/watching YouTube/etc.

■ New Words
1. course
2. online
3. tutor
4. nervous
5. certain
6. reason

■ Checking
1. c
2. c
3. b

■ Listening
1. lesson
2. tutor
3. alone

■ Mapping
c

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■ Vocabulary Review
1. online
2. course
3. tutor
4. nervous
5. certain

■ Summary
1. reasons
2. online
3. tutor
4. certain
5. nervous

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Unit 3: The Piano Concert

■ Warm-Up
1. Yes, I can play one of these. / No, I can’t play one of these.
2. Yes, I have played music in a concert. / No, I haven’t played music in a concert.

■ New Words
1. stage
2. whispers
3. concert
4. piano
5. front
6. audience

■ Checking
1. a
2. c
3. a

■ Listening
1. on a stage
2. enjoys
3. quietly

■ Mapping
a

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■ Vocabulary Review
1. class  Wendy has a concert.
2. place  She goes on the stage and sits at her piano.
3. laugh  They look at her and whisper.
4. stage  He is sitting in the front of the audience.

■ Summary
1. concert
2. piano
3. audience
4. whispers
5. front

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Unit 4: Music in the City

■ Warm-Up
1. I can see this kind of musician on the street/in subways/in parks.
2. They do this to earn money.

■ New Words
1. sign
2. musicians
3. city
4. person
5. become
6. since

■ Checking
1. d
2. a
3. b

■ Listening
1. musician
2. since
3. songwriting

■ Mapping
a

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■ Vocabulary Review
1. f 4. b
2. c 5. d
3. a 6. e

■ Summary
1. cities
2. Since
3. signs
4. person
5. musician

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Unit 5: Greg and Emily’s Chores

■ Warm-Up
1. They are for cleaning (the house).
2. I have used a mop, a vacuum, a (cleaning) rag, etc.

■ New Words
1. dishes
2. carpet
3. mopping
4. Vacuum
5. chores
6. finished

■ Checking
1. b
2. d
3. a

■ Listening
1. chores
2. washing dishes
3. finished

■ Mapping
b

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■ Vocabulary Review
→
1. vacuum
4. carpet
6. dishes
7. mop
↓
2. chores
3. finish
5. tutor

■ Summary
1. chores
2. dishes
3. vacuumed
4. mopped
5. finished

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Unit 6: Can You Do It?

■ Warm-Up
1. No, he isn’t old enough to do this chore.
2. Kids can wash dishes when they are seven or older.
They can mow the grass when they are twelve or older.

■ New Words
1. Put away
2. trash
3. laundry
4. mows
5. yard
6. take out

■ Checking
1. b
2. d
3. d

■ Listening
1. outside
2. mows
3. a bag

■ Mapping
b

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■ Vocabulary Review
1. c
2. d
3. a
4. c
5. c

■ Summary
1. away
2. take
3. trash
4. mowing
5. yard

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Unit 7: The Muddy Dog

■ Warm-Up
1. It is playing in mud/water.
2. Yes, I like to do this. / No, I don’t like to do this.

■ New Words
1. puddle
2. mud
3. everything
4. window
5. wipe
6. chair

■ Checking
1. a
2. c
3. b

■ Listening
1. carpet
2. Mud
3. chair

■ Mapping
b

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■ Vocabulary Review
1. floor  She wiped off the table and chairs.
2. door  Meg sat down and looked out the window.
3. flowers  It kept running through puddles in the yard.
4. things  Of course, mud got on everything.

■ Summary
1. wiped
2. chairs
3. window
4. mud
5. everything

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Unit 8: Elephant Car Wash

■ Warm-Up
1. Yes, I have done this job before. / No, I haven’t done this job before.
2. They pay $5/$7/$10 for this.

■ New Words
1. sponge
2. pays
3. sprays
4. trunk
5. scrub
6. extra

■ Checking
1. b
2. c
3. a

■ Listening
1. wash
2. sponges
3. scrubbing

■ Mapping
a

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■ Vocabulary Review
1. d 4. e
2. b 5. a
3. c 6. f

■ Summary
1. extra
2. trunks
3. sprayed
4. scrubbed
5. paid

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Unit 9: Sandy the Hairdresser

■ Warm-Up
1. People who cut/style hair use these things.
2. A woman in a small shop near my house cuts my hair.

■ New Words
1. scissors
2. haircut
3. hairdresser
4. dyed
5. doll
6. side

■ Checking
1. b
2. c
3. b

■ Listening
1. giving a haircut
2. short on the sides
3. scissors

■ Mapping
b

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■ Vocabulary Review
↓
1. hairdresser
4. side
→
1. haircut
2. doll
3. dyes
5. scissors

■ Summary
1. haircut
2. scissors
3. dyes
4. side
5. doll’s

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Unit 10: No Long Hair Allowed

■ Warm-Up
1. Yes, my school has rules about boys’ haircuts. / No, my school doesn’t have rules
about boys’ haircuts.
2. Yes, this boy’s hair would be OK at my school. / No, this boy’s hair wouldn’t be OK
at my school.

■ New Words
1. Would
2. examples
3. wig
4. plans
5. cancer
6. donate

■ Checking
1. b
2. c
3. c

■ Listening
1. donated
2. took cancer medicine
3. Do you plan to

■ Mapping
a

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■ Vocabulary Review
1. example
2. would
3. donate
4. cancer
5. wig

■ Summary
1. would
2. cancer
3. planned
4. donate
5. wig

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Unit 11: A Big Snowball

■ Warm-Up
1. They are playing in the snow/having a snowball fight.
2. Yes, I enjoy doing this with friends. / No, I don’t enjoy doing this with friends.

■ New Words
1. Someone
2. snowball
3. shoulder
4. turn
5. throw
6. sorry

■ Checking
1. a
2. a
3. d

■ Listening
1. throwing snowballs
2. shoulder
3. A person

■ Mapping
a

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■ Vocabulary Review
1. rolled  Matt threw one at Peter.
2. head  The snowball hit Matt’s shoulder!
3. something  Matt heard someone near the tree.
4. throw  Then he smiled and said, “Now it is my turn.”

■ Summary
1. threw
2. shoulder
3. snowball
4. someone
5. turn

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Unit 12: The Snow Woman

■ Warm-Up
1. It has arms/a face/a head/a nose/eyes/a mouth/a hat/a scarf.
2. It does not have shoulders/legs/hair/clothes.

■ New Words
1. Most of
2. looks like
3. trouble
4. sculpture
5. bikinis
6. art

■ Checking
1. b
2. a
3. c

■ Listening
1. sculpture
2. an animal
3. Most of

■ Mapping
c

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■ Vocabulary Review
1. c 4. a
2. f 5. b
3. e 6. d

■ Summary
1. sculpture
2. looked
3. Most
4. trouble
5. art

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Unit 13: Julie’s Picnic

■ Warm-Up
1. I see a sandwich/a bag of chips/a can of soda/a slice of pie.
2. A problem at picnics is rain/ants/wind.

■ New Words
1. basket
2. pie
3. minutes
4. sandwich
5. nap
6. dessert

■ Checking
1. b
2. d
3. b

■ Listening
1. a basket
2. having a rest
3. pie

■ Mapping
a

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■ Vocabulary Review
→
1. nap
4. basket
5. dessert
6. minute
↓
2. pie
3. sandwich

■ Summary
1. sandwich
2. dessert
3. nap
4. minutes
5. pie

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Unit 14: A Castle on the Beach

■ Warm-Up
1. It is made from sand.
2. Yes, it does look like a real castle. / No, it doesn’t look like a real castle.

■ New Words
1. meter
2. queen
3. sandcastle
4. exactly
5. recently
6. build

■ Checking
1. b
2. d
3. d

■ Listening
1. built
2. a meter
3. just

■ Mapping
b

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■ Vocabulary Review
1. a
2. b
3. d
4. a
5. c

■ Summary
1. recently
2. sandcastle
3. building
4. Queen
5. exactly

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Unit 15: Ed’s Family Camps

■ Warm-Up
1. They are camping/setting up a tent.
2. I have done this on a mountain near my home.

■ New Words
1. Deer
2. volcano
3. interesting
4. huge
5. canyon
6. through

■ Checking
1. c
2. a
3. d

■ Listening
1. at
2. interesting
3. volcano

■ Mapping
b

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■ Vocabulary Review
1. Forest  Last year, they camped at the Grand Canyon.
2. amazing  The trees are huge!
3. bears  They also see birds, squirrels, and deer.
4. elephant  Maybe his family will see a live volcano!

■ Summary
1. canyon
2. huge
3. through
4. deer
5. volcano

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Unit 16: Going to Zoos

■ Warm-Up
1. This country is the United States.
2. The pins might show big cities/interesting places/things to see.

■ New Words
1. week
2. hotel
3. drive
4. find out
5. thousand
6. newspaper

■ Checking
1. a
2. c
3. b

■ Listening
1. newspaper
2. find out
3. drive

■ Mapping
b

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■ Vocabulary Review
1. b 4. a
2. e 5. d
3. f 6. c

■ Summary
1. drove
2. thousands
3. weeks
4. hotels
5. newspapers

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Unit 17: Albert’s Alien Friend

■ Warm-Up
1. I can go in space/to another planet/away from Earth in one of these.
2. I can see stars/other planets/new places/aliens.

■ New Words
1. astronaut
2. aliens
3. planet
4. Welcome
5. invite
6. runs away

■ Checking
1. a
2. c
3. a

■ Listening
1. alien
2. welcoming
3. go home

■ Mapping
c

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■ Vocabulary Review
↓
1. invite
4. planet
→
2. run
3. alien
5. welcome
6. astronaut

■ Summary
1. astronaut
2. alien
3. away
4. invites
5. planet

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Unit 18: A Crash in Roswell

■ Warm-Up
1. I think this is a toy/an alien ship/something in a movie.
2. I think it came from a toy store/another planet.

■ New Words
1. believe
2. crashed
3. field
4. army
5. metal
6. ship

■ Checking
1. d
2. b
3. a

■ Listening
1. on the grass
2. ship
3. came down

■ Mapping
a

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■ Vocabulary Review
1. ship
2. army
3. believe
4. field
5. metal

■ Summary
1. field
2. metal
3. ship
4. army
5. believed

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Unit 19: The Robot Scientist

■ Warm-Up
1. He is probably smart/serious/always studying.
2. He probably likes making things/learning about things/working in a laboratory.

■ New Words
1. scientist
2. laboratory
3. kiss
4. robot
5. glass
6. girlfriend

■ Checking
1. a
2. b
3. a

■ Listening
1. laboratory
2. girlfriend
3. metal

■ Mapping
b

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■ Vocabulary Review
1. house  A scientist was walking to his laboratory.
2. monster  He was making a robot to do house chores.
3. help  Why don’t you kiss me to make me a princess?
4. frog  I don’t have time for a girlfriend.

■ Summary
1. scientist
2. laboratory
3. glass
4. kiss
5. girlfriend

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Unit 20: A Helpful Robot

■ Warm-Up
1. It can probably pick up things/build things/make things.
2. It probably can’t walk/talk/move from one place to another.

■ New Words
1. cook
2. humans
3. toaster
4. gentle
5. unique
6. pan

■ Checking
1. c
2. b
3. c

■ Listening
1. woman
2. breakfast
3. gentle touch

■ Mapping
b

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■ Vocabulary Review
1. d 4. f
2. b 5. c
3. e 6. a

■ Summary
1. unique
2. gentle
3. pan
4. toaster
5. humans

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Answer Key _ Workbook

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Unit 1: Happy Birthday, Grandmother!

■ Dictation
Luke’s grandmother’s birthday is coming.
She will be seventy years old.
Luke wants to do something special for her.
However, he doesn’t have money.
He does have an old guitar.
Luke plays a little guitar but not very well.
Luke’s friend John plays well.
John agrees to help him.
John teaches Luke a simple song.
John knows how to teach well.
Luke also practices every day.
On his grandmother’s birthday, Luke visits her.
He plays her the song.
She knows the song and sings as Luke plays.
Luke’s grandmother sings well.
Their song sounds beautiful.
His grandmother hugs him.
She says, “It is a wonderful gift!”

■ Activity
1. plays
2. teach
3. sings

■ Wrap-Up
1. gift
2. guitar
3. sounds  Sing a song for us.
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Unit 2: Online Guitar Lessons

■ Dictation
Take guitar lessons online!
There are many good reasons for it.
You can take lessons any time.
Tutors only work certain hours each day.
Online lessons can start morning or night, 24/7.
Then you can study guitar before or after other things you do.
Online lessons can also save money.
Tutors can cost $25 to $50 for one hour.
Some online lessons are free!
Online classes can cost $50 for a course.
A course can be ten or more lessons.
You can also learn alone through online lessons.
No one will be watching you practice.
That makes many students feel less nervous.

■ Activity
1. certain hours
2. morning or night
3. ten or more

■ Wrap-Up

Who wins? X

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Unit 3: The Piano Concert

■ Dictation
Wendy has a concert.
She must play in front of an audience.
She is nervous, but she smiles as she goes on the stage.
Wendy sits at her piano.
She wants to play, but she can’t remember her song.
She looks at the people in the audience.
They look at her and whisper.
Suddenly, Wendy hears quiet singing.
It is her father.
He is sitting in the front of the audience.
He smiles at her and sings her song quietly.
Now Wendy remembers her song.
She plays quietly at first, but then she plays better and better.
She plays her song well!

■ Activity
1. smiles
2. remember
3. plays

■ Wrap-Up
1. piano 2. concert
3. on stage 4. whisper
5. in front 6. audience

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Unit 4: Music in the City

■ Dictation
Luke Jerram is an artist.
He makes art with pianos.
First, he works with a city.
A city that wants his art will let him put pianos on the streets.
He puts them in parks, at bus stops, and other places.
Each piano has a sign on it.
The sign says, “Play me, I’m yours.”
Any person can play the pianos.
Any person can become a street musician.
They don’t play for money.
They just play for fun.
Since 2008, Jerram has put pianos in more than twenty cities.
People in London, New York, and Paris have enjoyed Jerram’s art.
Maybe street pianos will be in your city soon!

■ Activity
1. put
2. enjoyed
3. helped

■ Wrap-Up
1. musician
2. strong
3. since

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Unit 5: Greg and Emily’s Chores

■ Dictation
Greg and Emily went to their father.
They asked, “Can we go outside?”
Their father asked, “Did you finish your chores?”
Emily said, “No, we did not finish them yet.”
Their father said, “Do all of your chores first.”
Greg and Emily had a lot of chores.
Greg said, “Let’s work together.”
Emily said, “OK. That will be faster!”
Greg washed the dishes.
Emily dried them.
Greg mopped the kitchen floor.
Emily vacuumed the carpet.
Together, Greg and Emily cleaned the bathroom.
Finally, they finished the chores.
Their father said, “Wow! That did not take long.”
Greg and Emily worked well together.

■ Activity
1. finish
2. cleaned
3. take

■ Wrap-Up

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Unit 6: Can You Do It?

■ Dictation
Chores are jobs people do at home.
Kids help parents by doing chores.
However, not all kids can do all chores.
Some kids may be too young for certain chores.
Young kids can only do easy chores.
What chores can kids six or younger do?
They can put away laundry and feed the family pet.
What chores can kids up to eleven do?
They can wash dishes.
They can take out the trash.
What chores can kids up to sixteen do?
They can babysit.
They can mow the yard.
Which chores are you old enough to do?

■ Activity
1. laundry
2. trash
3. toys

■ Wrap-Up
1. laundry
2. mowing
3. takes out
 Always put your things away.

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Unit 7: The Muddy Dog

■ Dictation
One rainy day, Meg stayed inside and cleaned the house.
She cleaned the floor.
She wiped off the table and chairs.
It was hard work!
Meg sat down and looked out the window.
The rain kept falling.
Meg’s dog was playing outside.
It loved the rain.
It kept running through puddles in the yard.
Then her muddy dog came inside.
“Oh no!” Meg yelled.
She tried to catch the dog.
It kept going under or behind things in the house.
Of course, mud got on everything.
“Now I have to clean the house again!” Meg said.
Meg looked at her dog and said, “Bad dog!”
Her dog kissed her.

■ Activity
1. falling
2. running
3. hiding

■ Wrap-Up

Who wins? X
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Unit 8: Elephant Car Wash

■ Dictation
Tiki and Alice are elephants.
They live and work at a park in Oregon.
The park is not really a zoo.
Animals walk around all through the park.
People go through it in their cars to look at the animals.
Not long ago, the park needed extra money.
People at the park had an idea.
They gave Tiki and Alice a job.
These elephants washed cars.
They collected water in their trunks.
Then they sprayed cars with the water.
The elephants used sponges to scrub the cars.
The elephants did a wonderful job.
They also made a lot of money for the park.
People paid $20 to get an elephant car wash.

■ Activity
1. look
2. scrub
3. get

■ Wrap-Up
Tiki: scrub brush, soap
Alice: bucket, sponge

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Unit 9: Sandy the Hairdresser

■ Dictation
Sandy wants to be a hairdresser because her mom is one.
Sometimes, she goes to her mom’s shop.
She loves to watch her mom cut hair.
One day, Sandy talks to her sister, Ellen.
She asks Ellen, “Can I cut your hair?”
“OK,” Ellen says.
Sandy gets her scissors and cuts Ellen’s hair.
Sandy dyes Ellen’s hair because Ellen asks her to do it.
That night, the girls show the haircut to their mom.
Their mom is surprised because Ellen’s hair is very different.
One side is short.
The other side is long.
All of it is green!
Her mom says, “Sandy, next time, cut your doll’s hair!”

■ Activity
1. wants
2. dyes
3. is

■ Wrap-Up
1. a short haircut 2. one black side
3. dyed hair 4. hairdresser
5. doll 6. scissors

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Unit 10: No Long Hair Allowed

■ Dictation
JT Gaskins wanted to grow his hair.
However, his high school said no.
The rules said no long hair for boys.
JT did not want to grow his hair to look nice, though.
He planned to grow his hair and then cut it.
He knew a girl with cancer.
JT wanted to use his hair to make a wig for her.
As a kid, JT had cancer.
Someone donated hair to make a wig for him.
He wanted to follow that example.
The school still said he needed to cut his hair.
In fact, JT could not go to classes until he cut his hair.
What would you do?

■ Activity
1. grow
2. use
3. cut

■ Wrap-Up
1. cancer
2. pirate
3. wipe

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Unit 11: A Big Snowball

■ Dictation
Matt and Peter played outside in the snow.
They made snowballs.
Matt threw one at Peter.
The snowball hit Peter’s arm!
Peter threw one at Matt.
The snowball hit Matt’s shoulder!
Matt made a big snowball.
He wanted to surprise Peter, so he hid behind a tree.
Matt heard someone near the tree.
He let the person come very close.
Then Matt jumped out and threw the snowball.
It hit the person’s face!
It was Matt’s dad!
“Sorry, Dad!” said Matt.
Matt’s dad put his hands into the snow.
He made a snowball.
Then he smiled and said, “Now it is my turn!”

■ Activity
1. hit
2. let
3. put

■ Wrap-Up

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Unit 12: The Snow Woman

■ Dictation
The Gonzalez family enjoys snow.
They make snow sculptures when it snows.
They make the sculptures in their yard.
However, not everyone liked one sculpture.
Mrs. Gonzalez and her son worked hard on the sculpture.
It looked like the famous Venus de Milo.
The Venus de Milo looks like a woman.
It has no arms.
It also has no clothes!
The Gonzalezes’ snow sculpture looked a lot like it.
Most of the neighbors thought it was funny.
However, one person called the police.
The Gonzalez family did not want trouble.
They put a bikini on their sculpture.
Some people don’t know art when they see it!

■ Activity
1. Most
2. everyone
3. Some

■ Wrap-Up
1. looks like
2. most of
3. garden
 Some kids are good at art.

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Unit 13: Julie’s Picnic

■ Dictation
The day was warm.
The sky was blue.
Julie packed a basket for a picnic.
She made a sandwich for lunch.
She also took pie for dessert.
She went to the park.
At the park, Julie found a big tree.
She sat under it and ate the sandwich.
A squirrel in the tree watched Julie.
Then Julie felt sleepy.
She took a nap under the tree.
Twenty minutes later, Julie woke up.
She wanted her pie, but it was gone!
She looked around.
Where was the pie?
She saw the squirrel in the tree.
The squirrel had her pie!

■ Activity
1. made
2. took
3. saw

■ Wrap-Up
1. basket 2. sandwich
3. take a nap 4. dessert
5. pie 6. minutes

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Unit 14: A Castle on the Beach

■ Dictation
The Queen of England has many castles.
One of them is Windsor Castle.
Windsor Castle is not near the beach.
Recently, the Queen saw Windsor Castle on the beach.
It was on the beach in Weymouth, England.
The castle was made of sand.
Mark Anderson built the sandcastle.
He is an artist who makes sculptures with sand.
Anderson and four other men worked on it for 300 hours.
They worked from pictures of Windsor Castle.
They wanted it to be right.
The sandcastle is more than 2.5 meters tall.
The Queen liked the castle very much.
She said, “It looks exactly like the real one.”

■ Activity
1. on
2. from
3. with

■ Wrap-Up

Who wins? O

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Unit 15: Ed’s Family Camps

■ Dictation
Ed enjoys camping with his family.
Every year, they stay at a different park.
Last year, they camped at the Grand Canyon.
They saw lizards and desert plants in the canyon.
It was a hot place, but Ed had fun.
This year, they are camping in the Redwood Forest.
The trees are huge!
Ed hikes through the trees with his family.
They see lots of interesting plants.
They also see birds, squirrels, and deer.
Next year, Ed gets to choose where they go.
He wants to see a volcano.
There is a park with volcanoes in Hawaii.
Maybe his family will see a live volcano!

■ Activity
1. camped
2. hikes
3. see

■ Wrap-Up
1. candy
2. desk
3. piano

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Unit 16: Going to Zoos

■ Dictation
The Taviano family had an idea.
They would see a different zoo every week for one year.
They drove around the country.
They couldn’t pay for hotels all the time.
Friends let them stay at their homes.
Newspapers found out about the family.
They wrote about the Tavianos.
Many zoos let the Tavianos in for free!
The family traveled thousands of kilometers.
The Tavianos’ children had a great time.
They took pictures at each zoo.
Mrs. Taviano wrote about their trip online, too.
Friends could see where they were all year.
After the trip, Mrs. Taviano wrote a book.
The book is 52 Zoos in 52 Weeks.

■ Activity
1. would
2. couldn’t
3. could

■ Wrap-Up

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Unit 17: Albert’s Alien Friend

■ Dictation
Albert the astronaut visits another planet.
He sees an alien!
It is green with big black eyes.
Albert is scared.
He starts to run away.
But the alien says, “Welcome.
Don’t be scared.
My name is Grog. ”
Grog invites Albert to his house.
Albert is hungry, so Grog makes a meal for him.
Albert says, “It is delicious!”
Grog tells his new friend, “Don’t be shy.
Have more!”
Albert meets Grog’s friends.
Albert has fun with Grog, but he can’t stay.
He tells his alien friends, “Don’t be sad.
I will come back soon.”
Then the astronaut flies back to his home planet.
Albert misses his alien friends.

■ Activity
1. scared
2. shy
3. sad

■ Wrap-Up
1. Welcome 2. invited/invites 3. astronaut
 Humans live on our planet.
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Unit 18: A Crash in Roswell

■ Dictation
Roswell, New Mexico is a small town.
Less than 50,000 people live there.
However, Roswell is a famous place.
Aliens crashed there!
In 1947, a farmer found something in his field.
It looked like metal, but it was not.
Men from the army came and took the strange thing.
The farmer told his friends it was part of an alien’s ship!
Not everyone believes the story.
That is OK.
The story still made Roswell famous.
Today, many people visit the town each year.
There is an alien museum in Roswell.
The city also holds a UFO Festival every summer.

■ Activity
1. live
2. visit
3. is

■ Wrap-Up
2 A planet with humans on it
1 A planet with rings around it
4 A small red planet
3 Just a huge rock

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Unit 19: The Robot Scientist

■ Dictation
A scientist was walking to his laboratory.
He saw a frog by the sidewalk.
The frog said, “Wait!
A magician made me a frog.
Kiss me.
I will change into a princess!”
The scientist picked up the frog.
Then he went to his laboratory.
There he put the frog in a glass tank.
Then the scientist started working.
He was making a robot to do house chores.
The frog asked, “What are you doing?
Why don’t you kiss me to make me a princess?”
The scientist smiled.
He said, “I make robots.
I don’t have time for a girlfriend.
But a talking frog is interesting.”

■ Activity
1. walking
2. making
3. doing

■ Wrap-Up
1. glass 2. kiss
3. robot 4. scientist
5. girlfriend 6. laboratory

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Unit 20: A Helpful Robot

■ Dictation
Twendy-One is a new kind of robot.
It moves around on wheels.
Each of its hands has four fingers.
Twendy-One’s hands and fingers are unique.
The robot has a very gentle touch.
Twendy-One can make breakfast for its owner.
It will take out eggs and bread from the refrigerator.
Other robots can’t break eggs well.
Twendy-One is the first robot that can!
It will cook the eggs in a pan.
Then it will put the bread in the toaster.
The makers wanted their robot to help people.
With its gentle touch, Twendy-One can.
The robot can pick up humans without hurting them!

■ Activity
1. hands
2. owner
3. touch

■ Wrap-Up

Who wins? O

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