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14 TEKS UPDA UPDATE—Reading, TE—R TE—Re eading, Gr GGrade ra ade 6 R Read ead the stor story ry y and drama, and answ an answer nswwer er the the questions questions that that follo follo follow. w. . �� “Kristin, stop kicking my my leg!” D DDavid avid gr growled. owled. IIt t was four o o’clock ’clock on Wednesday ednesday ednesda afternoon, and D DDavid avid and his sister Kristin w wwere ere e doing home homework work k at the kitchen table. Kristin Kristin ey ey eyed ed ed ed him him him and and and continued continued continued swinging swinging swinging her her her foot foot foot beneath beneath beneath the the the table. table. table. Their Their dad dad walked walked thr through ough the door on his way to the r rrefrigerator. efrigerator . “H “Hey ey kids, kids,” ” he said, looking thoughtfully o over ver DDavid’s avid’ s s shoulder r at his math hom homework. meworr “S “So, o, DDavid, avid, ar are e yyou ou just about finished with y yyour our science fair pr project?” roject?” oj DDavid avid wav waved ed his hand casually casually. y. “S “Sure, DDad,” ad, ” he said. “I “It’s t t’ s coming along fine. fine.” ” DDavid’s avid avid’ s dad looked doubtful. “O “Okay, kay, , son. I’ I’m m looking for forward ward to seeing what yyou’ve u eeve’eo come up with, although I don don’t ’ t see why y yyou ou won won’t ’ t tell me what the pr project oject is. is.” ” “I “It’s t’ s the th the element of surprise, surprise,” ” D David avid pr proclaimed, oclaim med, waving g his hands dramatically dramatically, y, “…that ek makes my pr project oject so aw awesome! esome! DDon’t on on’ t worr worry y D Dad. ad. YYou You’ll ou’ ll see e it this FFriday at the scien science nce fair fair.” DDavid avid bent back o oover ver his home homework wor work with h r rrenewed enewed enthusi enthusiasm. asm. WWith ith one ey eyebrow raised, rraised, DDavid’s avid’ s dad nodded and left the r rroom. oom. . As soon on as their dad was gone, , Kristin, K Kristin, who had been been stifling tifling giggles during lek. lebr l” the ex exchange, change, , let loose with a peal of laughter llaughter. aughter. “I’ “I’ve v e figur figured ed yyou ou out, smar sm smart t gu guy,” uy y, , ” she snicker snickered. ed. “And “ And y yyou ou hav haven’t en’ t ev even en star started arted ted y your our science fair project!” plriday pl, David shrugged. “Maybe I haven’t started, per se, but I’ve got quite a few ideas churning up here.” He tapped his forehead solemnly. He closed his math book, collected his homework, and headed up to his room. “You can’t rush genius,” he added as he left the kitchen. Kristin just shook her head. Once in his room, David let out a prolonged sigh. He actually had no clue what his project was going to be. He had tried a thousand times to think of something original, but the ideas just weren’t flowing. As he drifted off to sleep that night, he felt slightly panicked. Oh, well. I’m sure everything will come together, he reassured himself. The next day after school, David and his friend Mike were having a snack in the kitchen when David saw the note. It read: . “…that m Hm science fair pr oject!” David avid shr ugged d. “Maybe I hav ven’ t star se but I’ e got quite e a fe few ideas churning up here. ” H e tapp pped his forehead s y. H closed his m book ok, collected his homewor wor k, and headed up to his r oom. “ You ou u ccan ccan ’ t rush genius, Onc ce in his room, David let ou ut a prm. mper mted, sigh. He actu ual lly y had no clue what his pr pproject oject was going ggoing g to t to be. H e had tried a thousand times to think o f s something original, but th he ideas just w weeren’ t flowing. wing. As he drifted off to sl lee ep that night, he felt sligh htly panicked d. Oh, well. ell. I ’ m sur re e ev erything ything will come com together r, h he reassur f. aolonged ame amv aj The n next ne n day after school, Dav vid and his friend Mike ike w ere e having a snack in the kitchen when David vid d s saw the note. I It read: o ow y v w math m, solemnlym SS SS SS SS Sa Sam Sa Sam Sam Sam Sam SS SS SS SS Sa SS Sa Sa Sa Sa Sa .aa aam am amp aa mm mm mmp mp mp mm mmp mp mp mp mple mm mm mm mm mmp mmp mp mmp pp pp pp pp pl pl plle le le lle le lle ll le lee ee ee and SS SS SS a pa pplle lle le Sed himself �� © ECS Learning S SSystems, ystems, IInc. nc. 51 TEKS Update Student Practice Books for Reading—Sample Pages, Grades 3–8 ©ECS Learning Systems, Inc. TThis his page mmay ay no not t be be repro reproduced.
TThis his page page page mmay may not not be be reproduced. reproduced. TEKS UPDATE—Reading, UPDATE—Re ea ading, Gr GGrade ra ade 6 “G “Great,” reat, eat, ” DDavid avid mutter muttered. ed. HHe e looked at M Mike, ike, who shr shrugged ugged good-natur good-naturedly. edly. . “I’ “I’ll ll help help,” , ” MMike ike offer offered. ed. “ “Thanks, Thanks, man. man.” ” DDavid avid smiled. M Mike ike was a good friend, and he could use the help help. . Who kne knew w what was in this fridge? II’ve ’ ve been pr promising romising omising D Dad ad II’d ’d d d clean cle clean it for at least six months months, , he thought guiltily guiltily. uiltily y. . I can can’t ’t t r rreally really eally blame blame him him for for putting putting his his foot foot do do down. wn. “Hey, , hav have e yyou ou alr already eady finished y yyour our pr project oject for the science fair?” D David avid asked e M Mike. ike. HHe e was sor sort t of hoping MMike ike was in the same pr predicament edicament he was. MMike ike looked pr proud. oud. “ “Yeah. Yeah. eah. I m made a model of S SSamuel amuel M Morse’s orse’ s telegraph transmi transmitter. itter IIt t can can send send rreal real messages!” “S “Sounds ounds rreally really cool,” cool, ” David rremarked emar ked thoughtfully thoughtfully. y. . “H “How o w long did it take yyou ou to build?” “I “It t wasn wasn’t wasn’ t too bad,” bad, ” Mike Mike ike said, said, using using his his fingers fingers to to count, count, t, in in days, days, D DDavid David assumed assumed, d, ho how long long the the pr project project oject had taken. “O “Only nly about four four months, months, , on and and off off off.” f. . ” DDavid, avid, looking star startled, tled, nodded. Uh-oh Uh-oh, h-oh, he e thought. BBig ig g uh-oh uh-oh. . e. The bo boys ys rreturned eturned to the task at hand, , and D DDavid avid opene opened ed the fridge warily warily. y. H He e began b rremoving emoving ving items one b by y one, looking ng at e expiration dates and d sor sorting ting the items into “keep “keep” keep” and aand “ “toss” toss” ” piles. M Mike ike grabbed the garbage bag age can for the “ “toss” toss” item items. ms. “ “Whoa, Whoa, a, dude, watch out!” M MMike ik ke yyelled elled as DDavid avid lifted o out the next item. “ “What Wha What hat is that?” DDavid avid was s equally mystified. . A fuzzy zzy mountain sat on the plate plate befor befor before e them. An An alie alien? DDavid avid grabbed grabbed a a for for fork k and poked d it it. i it. H HHe e w was genuinely intrigued. intrigued intrigued. SSuddenly, uddenly nly, , it dawne dawned ned on him. A At t the center of the fuzz h he pl. spied somet something ething that looked suspiciously sly like the th the he half of a hot dog he he’d put in the fridge months befor before e and forgotten about. “S “So?” o?” MMike M Mike pr pressed. essed. “ “What What IS t this thing?” “A A st study tud dy on S all.S long-term mold gr growth, ro of course,” m’ m’d m” DDavid avid vid rreplied eplied confidently confidently. y. . H He e grinned at MMike, ike, w who o suddenly blinked in understanding. nderstanding. “O “Oh, h, h man, mman,” ” MMike ike cr crowed. o “Genius!” Wait ait t ‘til ‘ ‘til ‘ t til D DDad ad gets a load of this this, David avid thought thou thought with satisfaction. E EEverything verything ything was coming together r after a after all. amd aavid D ought a aa o began le l SS SS SS SS SS SS Sa SSam SS SS SS SS Sa Sa Sa SSa Saam am aam am am amp mm mm mmp mp mp mmp mp mple mm mm mmp mm mp mmp mp mm mpp pl pl pp pp pp ppl pl pl ll lle lle le ll ll le ll ee ee we of course, “G aenaw Sawth, Sed. S, Sanius!” 52 © ECS Learning S SSystems, ystems, IInc. nc. ©ECS Learning Systems, Inc. TEKS Update Student Practice Books for Reading—Sample Pages, Grades 3–8 15
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