1. Firecarckers and Families: Vietnam's Tet

Tet is a ______________ in the _____________ of Vietnam.  ____________ is in _____________.  Tet is _________ America's ________________ _______ and New Year's _____ ________ __________ time.  Tet is a __________ _____________.  People _______ __________ for the things they have.  They think of ____________ in their family _______ lived _________ them.

Tet comes _________ _____________ or _______________.  The holiday __________ ________ ___________ days.  They __________ before the first day, families have a ____________ __________.  They eat Banh Chung _______.  It is made with _________, __________, and green ____________.  People may sit near a __________ and ________ _____________.  At midnight, ____________ go _______.  People ______________ _____________.  they _______ each other "Happy New Year."

On the first day of Tet, families _____ _____________.  Many people __________ that the first person ______ _________ the house is ______________.  He or she tells ___________ the __________ ________ will _____ ______________.

For three days, people are ______________ to be extra ___________ to one another.  They try _________ ______ _____________.  Children get ____________ of money ___________ in red paper.

During the next few days, people _________ ___________.  They have fun, ________ ____________, and ________ ___________.  Some people make their own ________________.  The group with the _______________ firecracker _________ a ______________.

Tet is a ____________ to make wishes _______ the __________ _____________.  Most people wish ______ ______ _____________ and to _________ a _________ ______________.

2. Tiny travelers

Monarch ______________ are very small.  But they can travel _____ _________ ______!  Monarchs _______________ every ________ and ____________.  They ________ about 3,000 miles.

Monarchs begin their _______ _________ in Canada or in the U.S.  They fly ____________ _____ ________________, Mexico, and Cuba.  They want to be ____________ _____ _________ is _____________.

These ____________ ___________ like to fly in the ________________.  Sometimes many butterflies _________ _________________.  They __________ ___________ the sky.  You may even ____________ their ____________ ________________.  Monarch butterflies have orange marks on their ___________.  The ____________ color helps to _____________ ___________ birds and animals that __________ butterflies.  Monarchs ____________ flowers _____ they ____________.  They ________ _________ form the flowers.  This gives them _____________ ____ ____________.

A ____________ monarch butterfly ___________ about 400 eggs at a time.  The eggs sit under __________ _______________.  After two ___________, _________________ crawl out.  A new caterpillar is very ____________.  It eats _____ ___________.  After a few more weeks, the caterpillar ___________ _________ a ______________.  At first its wings are __________.  It takes a few _____________ ________ _________ ______ __________.  Then the monarch butterfly can fly away!

The mothers and fathers _________ ___________.  In the spring, their babies _________ _________.  In the ___________, they will fly _______ __________ again!

3. The House Built with Snow

Many people think that Eskimos in Alaska _________ ____ ____________.  But Eskimos ___________ _________ _____ igloos.  Igloos ___________ ____ ______ the _________ houses of the Inuit people of ___________ and _____________ Canada and ___________.  The word igloo __________ _______ an Iuit word.  It means "____________."

Igloos are made of ____________ of _________.  The igloo ____________ ________ the large block _________ ____ _________ on the ground.  Then the blocks are ___________ up to __________ the _________.  Building an igloo _____________ a ________________ is ___________.  But the base helps __________ the wind _________.  Block after block _______ _________.  The walls are ____________ or ____________.  _____________ in the walls are ____________ with ___________ _________.  The last block is called _______ ________ ______________.  It fills the hole at the very ________ of the igloo.

Now the igloo is ___________ _____.  A ___________ is ______ inside.  The lamp ____________ the air.  The snow inside the igloo ____________ _____ ____________.  The ________ also _____________ some snow.  You open up the igloo again ______ ____________ _________ a block of snow.  The _________ _________ from outside ______________ the melted snow.  People come and go.  The igloo ____________ and _______________.  Soon the igloo is very ______________.  It is _______ __________ a house of __________.  It is a house ______ ___________.

4. Egyptian Vultures

People use __________ to ________ things __________.  But did you know there is a _________ that _________ __________?  The Egyptian vulture ___________ _________ from the sky.  The rocks ___________ open the ___________ of other birds.  The vulture _________ the eggs out of the ___________ _________.

The Egyptian vulture is found in ____________ ____________.  It is also found in the Middle East and ___________ and in most of ____________.  Its _____________ is the open _____________ and ____________.  It can also live in the ___________.  It does not like __________ or ______________.

The Egyptian vulture has ____________ _____________.  It has good ______________.  The bird is _________ ______________.  When it is ____________ or ___________, it _____________.  The Egyptian vulture ___________ _______ ____________ in the morning.  It may ___________ hours ______________.  It is looking for ___________.  It likes to eat the ___________ of animals that have ____________.

Egyptian vultures make ___________ in small _______________ or ___________.  They build their ___________ out of ___________.  Sometimes they ___________ bits of __________ or ____________ ________.  The mother ___________ up to ___________ eggs at a time.  Both the father and the mother ___________ ________ _____ the eggs.  They _______ _____ the __________ for 42 _______________.  Then the baby birds _________ _________ _______ the eggs.  In about ________ ____________, they are ready ___ __________.

5. Second from the Sun

Venus is _________ ______________ ________________ from our Sun.  After the Sun and Moon, it is the ________________ thing in the sky.  It is _____________ to _________ in the ________________ or the _____________.

___________ is almost _____ __________ ______ Earth.  But it is always covered _____ _____________.  The ____________ clouds ________ the Sun's __________.  The ____________ can reach almost 1000°F.  on Venus.  Because Venus is ______ _________, it has ______ ____________.

Venus has many ______________ and ____________.  On it is one of the __________________ mountains in the ___________ __________.  The mountain is called Maxwell Montes.  It is _____________ than the _____________ mountain on _________.

Venus is the only __________ in the solar system that __________ from _______ to _________.  That means that the Sun __________ _____ in the west and __________ __________  in the east!  It takes 24 ___________ for Earth to turn ____________.  This in one Earth __________.  Venus turns much more ___________ than Earth.  A day on Venus __________ Earth days _______.  That is a very long ___________!

Scientists think there is ____ _________ on Venus.  Venus is very _________ and has _____ ____________.  The sun ___________ in the west and sets in the ____________.  It's a very __________ world.  Who would want to _______ there anyway?

6. Cricket Voices

_______ summer _____________, you may ___________ the ________________.  Crickets can _________ a lot of ___________!  Only ________ _________________ ______________.  They ___________ to the __________________.  Female crickets _______________ ever ___________ any ___________ at all.

Females ________ _________ in ___________ in the ___________.  Baby crickets come out of the _______________.  _____ ___________, they don't have ____________.  As they __________, they ____________ their hard ____________ many times.  They __________ ____________.

Most crickets have two ____________ of wings.  Males fly with the _________ ____________.  They chirp with the __________ ___________.  On each wing front is a ____________ _________.  There is also a ____________ _________.  The ___________ _________ an edge of one wing ________________ the ____________ of the other.  This makes the _____________ ___________.

Crickets hear one another ________ _________ ______________.  But their ears are not ____________ __________ ___________ ____________.  They are __________ the crickets' __________ ______________!  Each ear is a ___________ ___________.  Sound ____________ from the chirps _________ the ____________.  The crickets hear the chirps.

Cricket have ________ ___________.  But they ________ _______ _________.  Their ears and long ________________ help them _________ ___________ trouble _____ __________.  Their antennae are used _____ _______________.  They also help crickets find _______________ and _____________ to eat.

The next time you __________ crickets _____ a __________ ________________, listen.  They are _____________ ________ one another!

8. The Mysteries of Magnets

Earth is a ______________!  Earth has a _________ ____________ ____________.  This force ___________ magnets to __________ _________.  Magnetic force ____________ through ___________ and ________.  It ___________ __________ houses and walls.

We use small magnets ______ __________ __________.  They are made of _________, a white _____________.  Magnets ______________, or ________, anything with _________ in them.  A magnet is _____________ at its ________ or __________.  One pole is ____________.  The other is ___________.

North and south poles _____________ each other.  A north pole will __________ or push away other _________ _____________.  A south pole will ____________ other ________ ______________.

Scientists aren't sure _________ ____________ are made.  It may be that Earth's magnetic force __________ _____ all the bits of iron ____ ____________.  The rock ________ _________ a __________.

People _________ ___________ about magnetic rocks for a _________ ___________.  Probably, sailors were the ___________ to use magnets.  They helped _____________ _________ their way.  The rocks always _____________ ____________.  This was the first _____________.

Magnets are _________ at _________, too. They ________ ______ paper clips that have ___________ on the floor.  Magnets keep doors _____________.  Most homes have _____ ____________ one magnet on the _________________ _________.  The magnet might even be _____________ ______ one of your drawings!

9. Fly Like a Bird

In summer, _________ are everywhere: in the __________, on the _____________, and in the _______.  Then _________ comes.  They fly ___________.  Then ___________ comes.  They fly ___________.  __________ do they find their _________?

Birds use _______________ to _________ their way.  A landmark can be a ____________ or a _________.  What about birds that fly ________ the ____________?  There are ________ landmarks ______ ________.

Scientists ___________ birds.  They think that __________ the ________ birds use the _________.  The sun _________ birds ________ north and ___________.  At night, birds use ________________ to find their ________.  They see the _______________ stars make in the __________.  Then they know ________ ________ to fly.

What ______ the day is ____________?  Birds _________ _______ the sun.  They can't see ___________ on a cloudy ___________.  But the ___________ is a ______________ _____________.  Birds may feel the Earth's _____________ _______.  It shows them _________ _____ _________.  It is like _____________ their own ______________.

This idea was ____________.  People put magnets on the ___________ of birds.  The day was ____________.  They _______ the birds _______.  The magnets made it __________ for the birds ______ __________ Earth's magnetic ________.  The birds _______ everywhere.

We can ___________ a lot from birds.  Birds _______ ______ _____ __________ where they are going.  People have to ________ ___________!

10. What Your Senses Tell You

____________ that you are ___ _________ _____________.  You see the ____________ blue sky.  You _________ the ______________ waves.  You _______ the __________ air.  You eat __________, ___________ fruit.  You _________ your feet into the _________.

You are using you body's five _______________.  You see _______ your ____________.  That's your sense of _____________.  You __________ with your ___________.  That's your _________ of __________________.  You __________ with your _________.  That's your _________ of _____________.  Your sense of ___________ works when you _________.  You feel using your ___________ of _______________.  Each of your senses sends _____________ to your ___________.  They tell your ___________ about the world around you.

Eyes need _____________ to see.  They send ___ _____________ to the brain.  It makes a _____________.  The brain _____________ the picture.  ____________ waves travel to your __________.  The message ___________ to your brain.  It ________________ the sounds.

With your ___________, you smell bits of things _____ ________ _________.  You have tiny _________ __________ on your ____________.  Under your ___________ are tiny _______________.  Each time you touch something, a ____________ goes to the brain.  Most often, you use your ______________.  All these messages go to the ____________, too.

Sometimes, you use all your _____________ ______ _______.  Other times, you use only one or two.  Next time someone bakes cookies, ___________ your ___________.  Can you __________ _______ what kind they are ____________ even __________ them?

11. Frog or Toad?

Can you ___________ a frog ___________ a toad?  Each of them ______________ _____ the _________________ ____________.  Each of them has a _____________, or backbone.  Some __________ of frogs and toads have ____________ in their _____________.  Animals that try to eat them _________ a bad ______________!  Many people ________ _______ frogs and toads.  But they really are ________________.

Frogs have ____________ ____________ and ____________ _________.  Their long bag ____________ help them ___________ _________.  Their ___________ feet help them ___________.  Frogs ___________ most of their time in ___________ or _____________.  They don't drink the ___________, though.  They _______________ it through their ________!  Mainly the male frogs make the ______________ ____________ many people know.  Frogs use their long, ___________ _________ to __________ bugs.  If an enemy doesn't eat them, some frogs can live _____ to ______ years or more.

Toads are _________.  They have ____________ _________ __________.  They have ___________ eyes.  Their _________ back legs are for _______________.  Toads live in _________ places.  They don't need ___________ _______.  Most toads ____________ during the day.  They often __________ until dark to ________ _____ food.  Toads can live up to ______ years.

Next time you ___________ _____ an animal is a frog or a toad, think.  Where is it?  _________ is its skin _________? Are its legs ____________ or ________?  These things will help you tell __________ ___________ _____ _______.

12. The Country's Doctor

Antonia Novello ___________ ___________ it's ________ to have an ____________.  As a ____________ girl in Puerto Rico, she was _________ for a long time.  She _____________ a lot of time in the _______________.  _______ age 18, she was ______________.  Novello decided to ___________ a _________ in which she could help other sick children __________ _______.

Antonia ______________ hard for _________ years.  She became a ____________ ___________ takes ____________ _______ children.  In 1990, President George Bush ____________ her Surgeon General of the United States.  That is the __________ ___________ in the __________ country.  The ___________ General talks to people all over America.  He or she tells them about health _______________ and ideas ______ _____________.  Dr. Novello was the __________ Latina.

Dr. Novello spent a lot of time ___________ about ___________.  She ________ people about bad ____________ that can make them ___________.  Dr. Novello _______________ ______ people.  She learned about their ____________.  She worked to _________ all Americans ___________.

_________ the ___________ ____________ is a big job.  Dr. Novello once said, "I have to be ________ ______ a ____________.... good as a Surgeon General... I have to be _____________."  ______________ her time as Surgeon General, Antonia Novello _____________ my ____________ with her work.

13. The Rainy Desert

The Sonoran Desert is a ____________ ___________.  It is the _____________ desert in ___________ America.  It __________ across parts of Arizona, California, and Mexico.

The Sonoran Desert _________ its _________ _______ the Papago Indian word Sonora.  It means "___________ of ____________."  Isn't that a __________ name for a desert?  Why _____ it ___________ that?

Deserts are _______ places.  The Sonoran Desert is __________ ______.  Days are _________.  Nights can be _________.  The desert has _______ ____________ ____________.  One is ____ ___________.  The other is _____ ____________.  The rains ________ off and _________ the desert to help plants ____________.

Many kinds of _________ plants ________ in the Sonoran Desert.  A cactus can __________ _________ in its _______.  Some cactus plants __________ with beautiful ______________.

Lots of people in the U.S. and Mexico _______ _____________.  They think the Sonoran Desert is beginning to have _______ _________ ___________.  They say there are too many _________ and ______________.  They want to __________ the Sonoran Desert.  They want to __________ the desert _________ a ___________.  Then everyone will always be able to __________ this __________ place, but not ____________ it forever.