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WR News Smarts Issue #9
Write in the correct answers for each. Then write the page you found the answer in and the headline of the story.


1. In what year did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline _____________________________________ 

 

2.  How many commands does Mercer know?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________


 
3. How much money has the Red Dragon Conservation Team raised?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________ 
 


4. What country attacked a naval base in Hawaii during World War II?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________ 


 

 

 

5. How many books will be in Shea Megale's series?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline __________________________________


 
6. What type of working dog finds missing people?

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline ____________________________________

 
7. Who is the librarian of Congress? 

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I found this answer on page ______

Under the headline __________________________________


 
8. Who wrote the book "Sarah, Plain and Tall"?

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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. assistance

____ 2. proceeds

____ 3. victory garden

____ 4. temperament


A. personality

B. a garden planted by U.S. citizens during World War II.

C. help

D. profits 


Get Writing!
Have students write a fictional story about Shea Megale from her dog Mercer's perspective.















 




 

 

 

 

Answer Key:

1. 1963

found on page 2, History Comes Alive

2. 60

found on page 4, Marvelous Matchup

3. $4,500

found on page 7, Going Green

4. Japan

found on page 6, Snapshots of World War II

5. six

found on page 4, Marvelous Matchup

6. search-and-rescue dog

found on page 5, At Your Service

7. James Billington

found on page 3, First in Reading

8. Patricia MacLachlan

found on page 3, Big Book Bash

Vocabulary Challenge!

1. C

2. D

3. B

4. A

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

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