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Grandpa's Light Show
What would you think if you saw colored lights moving across the night sky? 1 Cameron and Grandpa were preparing for Cameron's parents to arrive for the weekend. First, they opened all the windows so the cabin would smell like the fresh ocean air. Grandpa did three loads of laundry, and Cameron helped him hang the sheets to dry on the clothes line. Then, they picked two buckets of blueberries."Enough to turn our fingers and our tongues blue!" said Grandpa. 2 It was just before dinnertime when Cameron's parents arrived. They were exhausted from their long drive and ready to relax.
3 "Wait until you see what we have planned for dinner," said Cameron, hugging his parents. He gave them only a few minutes to change their clothes and unpack before he led them down the path to the beach. Grandpa had already started a small fire in the fire pit.
4"I had no idea you two were such good fishermen and cooks!" said Mom when she sampled the fish and the roasted corn."This tastes wonderful! It reminds me of summers in Maine when I was a girl," she said, smiling and patting Grandpa on the knee.
5 "It gets even better, I hear," said Dad. "When's dessert?” 6 Mom, Dad, Grandpa, and Cameron were eating their blueberry sundaes on the porch when streaks of green, yellow, and purple shot across the sky.
7 “Did you see that?"shouted Cameron, jumping out of his chair "What do you think that was? It looked like it could have been a spaceship or something!”
8 Mom began to laugh. "That," she said, "was the perfect ending to a perfect day."
9 "Those are the northern lights,
Cameron," said Grandpa. "I'm so glad you got a chance to see them. Spring and fall are usually a much better time than summer to see them in Maine."
10 “Look, there they go again," said Dad, pointing to a flickering of pink and pale green light over the water.
11 "But what are they?" asked Cameron. 12 "I guess you could call them a colored light show in the night sky," said Grandpa. "You can only see them in the parts of the world that have high latitudes, which means the areas are closer to the poles. Tonight is a perfect night to see the northern lights because it is clear and moonless."
13 Cameron sat back down in his chair and picked up his bowl of ice cream. "Grandpa, I think I just might have to move to Maine. There is definitely too much to see here on just one vacation!"
Write C before the groups of words that describe Cameron and G before the groups of words that describe Grandpa.
1. _____ said that spring and fall are better times for seeing the northern lights 2. _____ thought the northern lights were a spaceship 3. _____ started a fire in the fire pit on the beach 4. _____ wants to move to Maine
5. _____ said blueberries would turn their fingers blue
Write T before the sentences that are true. Write F before the sentences that are false.
6. _____ Cameron and Grandpa bought some blueberries at the store. 7. _____ Grandpa picked up Cameron's parents at the airport.
8. _____ Dinner reminds Mom of summers in Maine when she was little. 9. _____ Grandpa has never seen the northern lights before.
10. _____ The northern lights are usually seen only in places with high latitudes. 11.Name one thing Cameron and Grandpa do to prepare for Cameron's parents.
_____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
Check the meaning of the underlined word in each sentence. 12. Cameron and Grandpa picked two buckets of blueberries.
__________chose __________gathered
13. Cameron thought the northern lights looked like a spaceship in the sky. __________ appeared __________stared
14.You can see the northern lights in parts of the world that are closer to the poles.
__________ long, thin sticks
__________ the most northern and southern ends of Earth
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2024-01-11
