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Table of Contents
Introduction ..............................4 The First Professional Woman Astronomer ..47
Dangerous African Mammals .............48
Standards and Benchmarks ..................6
You Wouldn’t Want to Live on Venus .......49
Interesting Places and Events ................7 The Heaviest Flying Bird ................50
Wait Until 2061 .........................9 Bioluminescence at Sea .................51
Around the World in Seventy-Two Days ....10 Lightning .............................52
Antarctica ............................11 The Largest Volcano on Earth ......... ....53
The Taj Mahal .........................12 Jupiter—The Planetary Giant ......... ....54
Dinosaur Provincial Park ................13 Tide Pools ............................55
Deer Cave, Malaysia ....................14 The Extinct Quagga ....................56
Niagara Falls ...................... ....15 The KT Event .........................57
Krakatoa .............................16 Animal Vision ... ........ ..............58
Mysterious Explosion in Russia ...........17 Mercury ..............................59
July 4, 1826 ........... ................18 Animal Messages ......................60
The Coastal Redwoods ..................19 The Human Brain ......................61
Ice Ages ...................... ........20 Snow ................................62
The Grand Canyon .....................21 Tornadoes ............................63
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ..........22 The Laws of Motion ....................64
The Lincoln Memorial ..................23 Clouds ...............................65
The Washington Monument ..............24 Lions ................................66
The Appalachian Mountains ..............25 Water ................................67
The Statue of Liberty ...................26 The Human Eye .......................68
Angkor Wat .. .............. ...........27 Goblin Sharks .........................69
The Eiffel Tower .......................28 A Plant Larger Than a Whale .............70
The World Cup ........................29
From the Past ...........................71
Mount Rushmore ......................30
She Was Dressed to Meet an Iceberg .......73
The Wall .............................31
The Female Paul Revere ........... ......74
The Himalayas ........................32
He Loved His Mother ...................75
Ellis Island—Gateway to America .........33
The Rosetta Stone ......................76
The Iditarod Sled Dog Race ..............34
The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus ..........77
The World Series .......................35
The Invention of Basketball ..............78
The Golden Gate Bridge .................36
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Pioneer Author .......79
Daytona International Speedway ..........37
Food on the Mayflower ..................80
Hoover Dam ..........................38
The Library at Alexandria ............ ....81
Scientifically Speaking ........ ............39 John Adams Defends British Soldiers .......82
Vermin of the Skies .....................41 The Travels of Marco Polo ...............83
The Lost Planet ........................42 An Unusual Pharaoh ....................84
Rain ................ .................43 A Number Challenge ...................85
Decibel Levels .........................44 The History of the Book .................86
Natural Chimneys ......................45 Female Pirates .........................87
Threats to Earth ........................46 Kites ................................88
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Presidential Pets .......................89 Checkers ............................131
The Iceman ...........................90 Author Roald Dahl ....................132
Attempted Presidential Assassinations ......91 Making Crayons ......................133
America’s Forgotten Warriors .............92 American Idioms .....................134
The First Great Emperor .................93
Fascinating People ......................135
Lincoln’s Man ...................... ...94
Beverly Cleary .......................137
The First Ferris Wheel ..................95
He Mailed Himself to Freedom ..........138
Hatshepsut: The Lost Egyptian Queen ......96
Hypatia .............................139
The Ford Model T ......................97
The Secret Soldier ........ .............140
The Gibson Homer .....................98
The Most Important Woman in America ...141
Homer Plessy Refuses to Give Up His Seat ..99
Buffalo Bill Cody .....................142
Old-Time Country Schools ..............100
“Eureka! I’ve Found It!” ................143
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire ......101
First Emperor of the United States ........144
Making Maple Syrup ..................102
Steven Spielberg ......................145
Did You Know? ...... ....................103 Galileo Galilei ........................146
Your Meniscus Is Leaking ..............105 One-Eyed Charley .....................147
The Compass in Your Nose ..............106 The Librarian Who Measured Earth .......148
Snail Training ........................107 Sir Walter Raleigh .....................149
Earthworm Pets .......................108 The One-Armed Explorer ...............150
The Invention of Silly Putty® ............109 Isaac Newton: Genius at Work ...........151
Your Hair Is Dead .....................110 Alexander the Great ...................152
How Big Is a Googol? ..................111 Sir Francis Drake .....................153
Sharks Are Survivors ..................112 Claude Monet ........................154
LEGO® Bricks ........................113 Steve Jobs ...........................155
QWERTY ...........................114 Oprah Winfrey ........................156
Grizzly Bears ........................115 Dizzy Dean ..........................157
Slinkity Slinkys® ......................116 Michael Jordan .......................158
Keeping Toads and Frogs ...............117
Eliza Harris ........... ...............159
Save That Pencil ......................118
Nelson Mandela ......................160
The Safety Pin .......................119
Louis Braille .........................161
Count to One Billion ................ ...120
Julius Caesar .... .....................162
Tsunamis ............................121
Bill Gates ...........................163
Skunks ..............................122
Leonardo Da Vinci ....................164
The Latin in Your English ...............123
Mae Jemison .........................165
Heartbeats ...........................124
Willie Mays ..........................166
Cricket-Jumping Contests ...............125
Answer Key ............................167
The Liberty Bell ......................126
“Big Mama” Oviraptor .................127 Self-Monitoring Reading Strategies .........174
Birthday Odds ...................... ..128
Leveling Chart ..........................175
Be a Better Speller ....................129
Frozen Food .........................130 Tracking Sheet ..........................176
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Introduction
The primary goal of any reading task is comprehension. Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading uses
high-interest, grade-level appropriate nonfiction passages followed by assessment practice to help
develop confident readers who can demonstrate their skills on standardized tests. Each passage is
a high-interest nonfiction text that fits one of the five topic areas: Interesting Places and Events,
Scientifically Speaking, From the Past, Did You Know?, and Fascinating People. Each of these five
topic areas has 30 passages, for a total of 150 passages. Each passage, as well as its corresponding
multiple-choice assessment questions, is provided on one page.
Comprehension Questions
The questions in Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading assess all levels of comprehension, from basic
recall to critical thinking. The questions are based on fundamental reading skills found in scope-and-
sequence charts across the nation:
• recall information • sequence in chronological order
• use prior knowledge • identify synonyms and antonyms
• visualize • know grade-level vocabulary
• recognize the main idea • use context clues to understand new words
• identify supporting details • make inferences
• understand cause and effect • draw conclusions
Readability
The texts have a 6.0–7.0 grade level based on the Flesch-Kincaid Readability
Leveling Chart
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Upon the removal of these words, the passage received a grade level within
the appropriate range. For example, in the passage, “The Liberty Bell,” the grade level is 7.3.
This is because the word Pennsylvania is repeated several times. Once the word is removed, the grade
level is within range.
Including Standards and Benchmarks
The passages and comprehension questions throughout this book correlate with McREL (Mid-Continent
Research for Education and Learning) Standards. Known as a “Compendium of Standards and
Benchmarks,” this resource is well researched. It includes standards and benchmarks that represent a
consolidation of national and state standards in several content areas for grades K–12. (See page 6 for
the specific McREL Standards and Benchmarks that correspond with this book.) These standards can be
aligned to the Common Core Standards. To do so, please visit www.mcrel.org.
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Practice First to Build Familiarity
Initial group practice is essential. Read aloud the first passage in each of the five topic areas and do its
related questions with the whole class. Depending upon the needs of your class, you may choose to
do the first three passages in each topic area as a whole class. Some teachers like to use five days in a
row to model the reading and question-answering process at the start of the year. Model pre-reading
the questions, reading the text, highlighting information that refers to the comprehension questions, and
eliminating answers that are obviously incorrect. You may also want to model referring back to the text
to ensure the answers selected are the best ones.
Student Practice Ideas
With Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading you can choose to do whole-class or independent practice.
For example, you can use the passages and questions for the following:
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individual end-of-class
homework student work activities
Whichever method you choose for using the book, it’s a good idea to practice as a class how to read
a passage and respond to the comprehension questions. In this way, you can demonstrate your own
thought processes by “thinking aloud” to figure out an answer. Essentially, this means that you tell your
students your thoughts as they come to you.
Self-Monitoring Reading Strategies
Use the reading strategies on page 174 with your students so they can monitor their own reading
comprehension. Copy and distribute this page to your students, or turn it into a class poster. Have your
students use these steps for this text, as well as future texts.
Record Keeping
In the sun image at the bottom, right-hand corner of each warm-up page, there is a place for you (or
for students) to write the number of questions answered correctly. This will give consistency to scored
pages. Use the Tracking Sheet on page 176 to record which warm-up exercises you have given to your
students. Or distribute copies of the sheet for students to keep their own records.
How to Make the Most of This Book
/ Read each lesson ahead of time before you use it with the class so that you are familiar with it.
This will make it easier to answer students’ questions.
/ Set aside ten to twelve minutes at a specific time daily to incorporate Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction
Reading into your routine.
/ Make sure the time you spend working on the materials is positive and constructive. This should
be a time of practicing for success and recognizing it as it is achieved.
The passages and comprehension questions in Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading are time-efficient,
allowing your students to practice these skills often. The more your students practice reading and
responding to content-area comprehension questions, the more confident and competent they will become.
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Standards and Benchmarks
Each passage in Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading meets at least one of the following standards and
benchmarks, which are used with permission from McREL. Copyright 2010 McREL. Mid-continent
Research for Education and Learning. 4601 DTC Boulevard, Suite 500, Denver, CO 80237. Telephone:
303-337-0990. Web site: www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks. To align McREL Standards to the
Common Core Standards, go to www.mcrel.org.
Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process
• Establishes and adjusts purposes for reading
• Uses word origins and derivations to understand word meaning
• Uses a variety of strategies to extend reading vocabulary
• Uses specific strategies to clear up confusing parts of a text
• Understands specific devices an author uses to accomplish his or her purpose
• Reflects on what has been learned after reading and formulates ideas, opinions, and personal
responses to texts
• Knows parts of speech and their functions
Uses skills and strategies to read a variety of informational texts
• Reads a variety of informational texts
• Summarizes and paraphrases information in texts
• Uses new information to adjust and extend personal knowledge base
• Draws conclusions and makes inferences based on explicit and implicit information in texts
• Understands the evidence used to support an assertion in informational texts
Uses a variety of
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