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WR News Smarts Issue #19
Write in the correct answers for each. Then write the page you found the answer in and the headline of the story.


1. About what percent of California’s citrus crops were damaged by cold weather in January?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline _____________________________________
 

2. On what day did President George W. Bush deliver his State of the Union address?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________
 

3. Which Baseball athlete was not voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this year?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________
 







4. Tony Gwynn played for which baseball league?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________
 


5. By what year do astronauts hope to be living and working on the moon?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline __________________________________
 


6. Who was the first American in space?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________
 


7. Which skyscraper was the world’s tallest building until 1972?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline __________________________________
 


8. Who is the author of Bridge to Terabithia?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ___________________________











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Vocabulary Challenge!
Match each new word below with its definition.

____ 1. inducted ____ 2. eligible ____ 3. address ____ 4. terrain ____ 5. commenced ____ 6. surpass ____ 7. reforms ____ 8. steroids ____ 9. hazardous ____ 10. solar power ____ 11. retire ____ 12. reside ____ 13. projected ____ 14. cease ____ 15. apex

A. dangerous B. greatly exceed C. changes D. began E. planned F. admitted G. stop H. surface I. top-most point J. qualified K. stop using L. energy from the sun that can be used to generate electricity M. drugs that build up muscles to increase strength N. a speech O. live

Get Writing!
Imagine you are the first person to set foot on Mars.
Write a journal entry describing the experience for
everyone back home. 

Answer Key:
1. 75 percent
found on page 2, Picture of the Week

2. January 23
found on page 2, State of the Union

3. Mark McGwire
found on page 3, McGwire Strikes Out!

4. The National League
found on page 3, Two New Hall of Famers

5.  by 2020
found on page 4, Living on the Moon

6. Alan Shepard
found on page 5, U.S. Space Travel

7. Empire State Building 
found on page 6, Race to the Top

8. Katherine Paterson
found on page 7, Bridging the Gap

Vocabulary Challenge!
1. F
2. J
3. N
4. H
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. M
9. A
10. L
11. G
12. O
13. E
14. K
15. I

Get Writing!
Answers will vary, but we would love to read students’ dialogues!
You can send them to WRNews@weeklyreader.com