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WR News Smarts Issue #2
Write in the correct answers for each. Then write the page you found the answer in and the headline of the story.


1. What color are Kelsey Bohman's marshmallow launchers?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline _____________________________________ 

 

2.  Why did teachers at Mountain View High School ban iPods?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________


 
3. What is the largest type of leopard?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________ 
 


4. What is the average temperature on Mars?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________ 


 

5. About how long will the Mars500 mission last?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline __________________________________


 
6. What was the capital of the Aztec empire?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________

 
7. Who drafted the Bill of Rights? 

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline __________________________________


 
8. When was the Constitution signed?

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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. painstakingly ____ 2. enhance ____ 3. simulated ____ 4. probe ____ 5. microbes ____ 6. respiratory ____ 7. leukemia

A. improve B. exploratory robot C. related to breathing D. simple creatures E. carefully F. cancer of the blood G. pretend

Get Thinking!
Ask students: What might be in the tomb of an Aztec ruler? What might those objects tell us about Aztec life?

Get Writing!
Have students write two paragraphs explaining what planet they would like to visit and why.
 

Answer Key:

1. blue
found on page 7, Sweet Solution

2. Some students were using iPods to cheat.

found on page 3, Shuffle the iPod?

3. Persian leopard
found on page 2, Picture of the Week

4. 81 degrees Fahrenheit below zero
found on page 4, Mission to Mars

5.  about 500 days
found on page 5, Test Run to Mars

6. Tenochtitlan
found on page 2, Tomb Raiders

7. James Madison
found on page 7, Party Like It’s 1787!

8. September 17, 1787
found on page 7, Party Like It’s 1787!

Vocabulary Challenge!
1. E
2. A
3. G
4.  B
5. D
6.  C
7. F

Get Thinking!
Answers will vary.

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