Using Computers Today Computers are a big part of learning today. You can use a computer to find the information you need. You can also use it to learn more about a subject. Students learn about math from their teachers. But let’s say you want to learn even more about math. In the past, students mostly learned more by reading books. Today, you can also use a computer. Here are some of the ways. You can: watch videos that tell about math. ¢ play math games. ¢ search for math websites. ¢ read math books and magazines. take fun math quizzes. Computers are a good way to learn about many things. Think of a subject that you would like to learn more about. Use a computer to find the information. 124 Learning at the Computer i Nonfiction Reading Practice + EMC 3232 + © Evan-Moor Corp.Name Using Computers Today Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. 1. In the past, most students learned about things from ____. ® videos books © websites 2. Today, students can learn ® only about math about their classrooms © many kinds of things on computers. 3. Describe the picture. Does it show the past or the present? Where is the boy and what could he be learning? 4, Compare a math book and a computer math game. Tell at least one thing you like about each of them. Write About the Topic Use the Writing Form to write about what you read. Write to tell how students can use computers to learn. Tell at least three ways. © Evan-Moor Corp. + EMC 3232 * Nonfiction Reading Practice Leaming at the Computer @ 125,It is interesting to learn new things. You can study topics for school projects. You can also search for information just for fun. In the past, most people learned something new by reading books. They also read magazine articles. People could learn by watching television shows or movies. Sometimes, it was not easy for people to find the information they were looking for. It took time to search for the right books in libraries. Today, we can also use computers to learn new things. Let’s say you want to learn about space. You could search the Internet for information. You might read electronic books or magazines. You could even watch videos taken from the space station right now! To keep track of what you've learned, you can type out the information on the computer. Then you can print the file. You can share what you’ve learned with others. You can add more information to the file later if you wish. ‘Today, people can tearn information quickly with computers. They can even learn from their own homes. 126 Leaming at the Computer Nonfltion Reading Practice * EMC 3232 « © Evan-Moot Corp.meet Computer Learning Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. 1. In the past, most people read ® movies © books © the Internet to learn new information. 2. In the past, people spent time in @ stores © their homes © libraries to learn something new. 3. What can you watch on a computer to learn more about space? 4, Why should a library have both books and computers? Write About the Topic Use the Writing Form to write about what you read. Write to tell how people use computers to learn. Compare this to how they learned in the past. © Evan-Moor Corp, « EMC 3232 + Nonfiction Reading Practice Learning at the Computer Bl 127How Learning Has Changed In the past, it could be hard for students to find the information they needed. Let’s say someone wanted to learn more about soccer. The student might be able to talk to a soccer coach. The student could go to the library to find information. He or she could check out books about soccer and look for magazine articles about the sport. Doing all of these things would take a lot of time, though. Learning about soccer would take a while. Today, students can find information in a faster way. They can use a computer to learn. A person who wants to know the tules of soccer can use a computer. He or she can search the Internet ‘These students are learning about soccer from a soccer coach. for information about soccer. The student can watch videos that show how to play the game. He or she can read soccer books and magazines on a computer. The student could even look at the website of a favorite soccer team. Computers have so much information to help us learn. about soccer from @ magazine on the computer. 128 Learning at the Computer "Nonfiction Reading Practice * EMC 3232 + © Evan-Moor Corp.Name How Learning Has Changed Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. to check out soccer books. 1. In the past, students went to ® video stores © websites | © libraries 2. Today, computers help people learn in a ® faster sillier © harder way. 3. The text compares how people learned in the past with learning today. What is the main idea of the first paragraph? 4. Why do you think libraries today have computers, books, and other ways to find information? Write About the Topic Use the Writing Form to write about what you read. Write to tell about learning. How did people learn in the past? How can they learn today? E Why © Evan-Moor Corp. * EMC 3232 + Nonfiction Reading Practice Learning at the Computer BEE 129Curiosity Rover © tvan-Aoor Comp. + EMC3282 + Nonfiction Reading Practice 431Curiosity Rover 132 @Untinn Nonfiction Reading Practice * EMC 3232 + © Evan-Moor Corp.Words to Know A Special Machine Words to Know Working on Mars Words to Know Learning About Mars machine Mars rover Curiosity Earth scientists NASA information surface video game cameras Curiosity Rover Hl planet Earth scientists Mars machines rovers surface information Curiosity NASA Curiosity Rover BE © Evan-Moor Corp, * EMC 3232 + Nonfiction Reading Practice Mars Curiosity Rover scientists NASA directions electronically messages fossils ancient Internet online astronauts CED 133A Special Machine There is a special machine on the planet Mars. It’s a rover called Curiosity. Where did it come from? It was sent from Earth! Scientists at NASA worked hard to build the Curiosity Rover. It left Earth in 2011 and Curiosity was built here on Earth. got to Mars in 2012. Ever It went to Mars in a spaceship. since then, Curiosity has been sending information back to Earth. The rover moves along the surface of Mars. We have learned a lot about Mars from this rover. Curiosity uses an arm to pick up rocks and soil. The arm is seven feet long. The rover can pick up a rock with its arm. The arm puts the rock inside the rover. Curiosity can study what the rock is made from. Scientists on Earth tell Curiosity what to do. Talking to Curiosity is something like playing a video game. From Earth, scientists can see what Curiosity is doing. The rover has 17 cameras. It takes a lot of pictures. It sends a lot of information back to Earth! 134 curiosity Rover Nonfiction Reading Practice * EMC 3232 + © Fyan-Moor Corp,Name A Special Machine Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. 1. Curiosity is a special machine called a ® camera video game © rover 2. The Curiosity Rover uses an arm to ® pick up rocks move along the surface of Mars © play a video game 3. Why do you think scientists named the rover “Curiosity”? 4. Based on what you know about Mars, would you like to live there someday? Explain your reason. Write About the Topic Use the Writing Form to draw and write about what you read. Draw the Curiosity Rover. Write to tell where the rover came from and how it works today. © Evan-Moor Corp. * EMC 3232 # Nonfiction Reading Practice Curiosity Rover 135Working on Mars We live on the planet Earth. Could we live on a different planet? To find out, we want to study other planets. Scientists have been studying Mars for a long time. They have sent special machines to Mars. These machines are called rovers. Rovers are able to move around the surface of Mars. They study the planet and send the information back to Earth. Curiosity is one rover that is on Mars right now. Scientists at NASA built Curiosity. Curiosity left Earth on November 26, 2011. It landed on Mars on August 2, 2012. Since then, it has been driving around on Mars. Curiosity takes pictures. It also studies what Mars is made of. Curiosity has a special arm. It uses the arm to pick up dirt and rocks. Curiosity has helped us learn many things about Mars. Scientists hope it will send us information for many more years. 136 Curiosity Rover EE Nonfiction Reading Practice * EMC 3232 * © Evan-Moor Corp.Name Working on Mars Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. 1. Scientists have been sending machines called to Mars. ® rovers ® cars © drivers 2. The main purpose of a rover is to about Mars. ® be curious ® send back information © write books 3. What is one reason scientists study Mars? 4. Do you think “Curiosity” is a good name for the rover? | Give your reasons. Write About the Topic Use the Writing Form to draw and write about what you read. Draw the Curiosity Rover. Write to tell what Curiosity is and how it helps scientists on Earth. ‘© Evan-Moor Corp. * EMC 3232 * Nonfiction Reading Practice Curiosity Rover M137Learning About Mars In 2011, a special machine left Earth. It went to the planet Mars and landed there in 2012. This machine is the Curiosity Rover. Since 2012, Curiosity has been taking pictures of Mars. It has also been studying the ground and rocks on the planet. Scientists at NASA worked hard on Curiosity. They still work with the rover today. NASA scientists on Earth tell Curiosity what jobs to do. They send directions electronically through space. Curiosity gets the messages. Then it does the jobs it was told to do. Curiosity is looking for fossils and other signs of ancient life. People who are interested can see what Curiosity finds by looking on the Internet. People at NASA share what Curiosity is doing online. They post Curiosity’s pictures and the information it gathers. We are learning a lot about Mars from Curiosity. Maybe astronauts will visit the rover one day! esther Hal /hunestoceson Scientists control Curiosity from Earth. 138 Curiosity Rover BEB ‘Nonfiction Reading Practice * EMC 3232 * © Evan-Moor Corp.Name Learning About Mars Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. 1. The Curiosity Rover looks for ® pictures of Mars ® messages © signs of ancient life 2. Scientists give orders to Curiosity ® by telephone © electronically © with cameras 3. Why do you think “Curiosity” was chosen as the name for the rover? 4. If you could name a Mars rover, what name would you give it? Tell why. Write About the Topic Use the Writing Form to draw and write about what you read. Draw the Curiosity Rover. Write to tell where Curiosity is and how scientists control © Evan-Moor Corp. + EMC 3232 * Nonfiction Reading Practice Curiosity Rover 139Weaving Supplies thread wool from sheep Br hands for finger weaving yo , cotton from cotton plants . fruits, flowers, and other plants for dyes looms for loom weaving {© Evan-Moor Corp, « EMC 3232» Nonfction Reading Practice 144Name Native American Weaving Nonfiction Reading Practice * EMC 3232 * © Evan-Moor Corp.Words to Know Words to Know Words to Know Navajo Chief’s Navajo Weaving | Native American Blankets Designs i Artists art Native American i Native American weaving wove ' artists thread art museums cloth threads ; Navajo Navajo cloth ' weaving Native artists i wool Americans ' woven : wove designs : museums | frames patterns t Navajo : looms chief's blanket ' designs ! patience phase ' wedge weave | thread lightning bolts i dye Native American Weaving . © Evan-Moor Corp. * EMC 3232 * Nonfiction Reading Practice Native American Weaving oon 143Navajo Chief's Blankets There are many different ways that people make art. Weaving is one kind of art. People who weave put thread together to make cloth. Weavers can make blankets. They can make clothes. People can weave beautiful and useful things. The Navajo people are Native Americans. The Navajo have been weavers for hundreds of years. Navajo weavers make beautiful designs, or patterns. Today's Navajo weavers still use designs from long ago. Some of the designs have changed. Some have stayed the same. Let’s look at how one design has changed. One type of Navajo blanket is called a chief’s blanket. There are three kinds of these blankets. That is because the designs changed over time. Each kind has its own name. A first-phase chief's A second-phase chief's A third-phase chief's blanket blanket has simple bk has stripes. has stripes, diamonds, and stripes. It also has rectangles. half-diamonds. Sometimes, the diamonds have more patterns inside of them. 144 Native American Weaving BI ‘Nonfiction Reading Practice ¢ EMC 3232 ¢ © Evan-Moor Corp.Name ———— Navajo Chief’s Blankets Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. 1. Weaving is the art of making ® doth paintings © stripes 2. A Navajo first-phase chief’s blanket has ® rectangles diamonds © stripes 3. How have Navajo chief’s blankets changed throughout time? 4. Why do you think weavers still use designs from long ago? Write About the Topic Use the Writing Form to draw and write about what you read. Draw a chief's blanket. Write to tell about Native American weaving. © Evan-Moor Corp, + EMC 3282 » Nonfiction Reading Practice Native American Weaving 145Navajo Weaving Designs In the past, many Native American people wove different items. Weaving is the art of putting threads together. The threads are combined to make cloth. Some Native American artists wove blankets. Some wove rugs. Others wove clothes or baskets. There are many works of woven art in museums. You can go to see these items. You will learn more about how they were made. One group of Native Americans is the Navajo. Navajo weavers made many different designs, or patterns. One pattern is a wedge weave. A wedge weave has lines that go back and forth across the cloth. The lines look like lightning bolts. Another kind of pattern is the storm pattern. This design has a large X in the middle. More lines go from the X to each corner. Woven cloth is beautiful and special. Navajo artists are still making it today. Navajo wedge weave blanket Navajo storm pattern blanket 146 Native American Weaving ml Nonfiction Reading Practice « EMC 3232 «© Evan-Moor CorpName Navajo Weaving Designs Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. LA blanket has an “X” shape in the middle. @ storm pattern © wedge weave © pattern 2. Different kinds of patterns on cloth are called ® baskets ® designs © corners 3. What would you call the kind of artist who makes Navajo rugs? 4. What other name could you give to a wedge weave pattern? Write About the Topic Use the Writing Form to draw and write about what you read. Draw a Navajo blanket. Write to tell about two kinds of Navajo weaving designs. © twan-Moor Corp, * EMC 3232 + Nonfiction Reading Practice Native American Weaving BE 147Native American Artists You probably have a blanket on your bed. You might have a blanket on your couch. Blankets can be used to keep warm. They can also be works of art. Native American artists have been making colorful blankets for many years. You can see some old blankets in museums. One group of Native American people is the Navajo. There are many examples of Navajo blankets from the past. Long ago, these artists made blankets by weaving wool. Some people wove using only their hands. Other people wove using large wooden frames. These frames are called looms. It took a lot of time to weave a blanket. It also took patience. First, the weaver made the thread from sheep’s wool. The weaver added colors to the thread with dye. Then the weaver made the blanket, one row at a time. Some Navgjo artists still weave blankets today. People can buy new and old blankets. ‘This Navajo weaver uses a loom to work on a blanket. 148 Native American Weaving HEE ‘Nonfiction Reading Practice # EMC 3232 ® © Evan-Moor Corp.Name Native American Artists Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. 1. You can see Native American blankets from long ago in ® looms ® schools © museums 2. The large frames used for weaving are called ® looms boxes © threads 3. Why does it take time and patience to make a blanket? 4. Tell how the woman in the picture is making a blanket. Write About the Topic Use the Writing Form to draw and write about what you read. Draw someone weaving a blanket. Write to tell how Navajo blankets were made long ago. (© Evan-Moor Corp. # EMC 3232 + Nonfiction Reading Practice Native American WeavingPhotography Tools shutter button Test Lo Tens shutter button basic cameras cellphone camera high-speed camera computer monitor camera g digital, or electronic, photo card roll of film es ge FE {© Evan-Moor Corp. + EMC 3222 + Nonfiction Reading Practice DES 154Photography 152 Nonfiction Reading Practice» EMC 3232 + © Eran-Moot CorpWords to Know : Words to Know ' Words to Know What Cameras ' High-Speed ' Learning from Gan Do i Photography i Pictures camera photographs photography | pictures photography photographs | oceans film camera underwater cameras photographers humans | digital film amazing photo album digital creatures computer i photo cards human body focus focus doctors high-speed images | earache photographer i photo paper cellphones technology high-speed Photography €© Evan-Moor Corp, + EMC 3282 + Nonfiction Reading Practice 153What Cameras Can Do Camera pictures can show us things we can’t see every day. Special cameras can go places where people can’t go. Some cameras go deep into the oceans. The underwater cameras take pictures of animals that live in very deep water. Humans can’t go that deep, but cameras a ‘Adiver uses an und . tor camera to take can. We can see amazing fish pictures of fish neat bottom of the ocean. and other sea creatures. Tiny cameras can go inside the human body. These cameras can help doctors. The pictures can show why someone is sick. One small camera can go inside a person’s ear. The doctor can take a picture. The picture will show the inside of the ear. This can help the doctor learn why the person has an earache. Cameras are useful | and help us learn many things. The doctor uses the camera to look in the child's ear for | an ear infection. 154 Photography "Nonfiction Reading Practice * EMC 3232 + © Evan-Moor Corp,Name What Cameras Can Do Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. 1 can take pictures in places where people can't go. ® Acamera © A fish © Anear 2. Doctors can use ® loud © tiny © sick cameras to see inside the human body. 3. Why do humans send cameras deep into the oceans? 4. You have an underwater camera. Write three questions you hope the pictures can help you answer about a deep-sea fish. Write About the Topic ‘Use the Writing Form to write about what you read. Write to tell about cameras. Tell two ways that | cameras can be helpful. | el © tvan-Moor Corp. # EMC 3232 + Nonfiction Reading Practice Photography mM 155High-Speed Photography Many people enjoy taking pictures with a camera. The art of taking pictures, or photographs, is called photography. Some people use film cameras. Others use digital cameras. You can look at printed photographs in a photo album. You can look at digital photographs on a computer. Sometimes, it can be hard to take good pictures. It’s not easy to focus a camera on something that is moving. High- speed cameras take many pictures very quickly. People use these kinds of cameras to photograph fm sports or animals in nature. A photographer can use a high-speed camera at a race. It might look like several runners are tied because they are going so fast. But a high-speed camera takes a picture at the finish line. The 1n a race until everyone sees the photograph shows who really won. _hst-sreed ploture of the finish tine, A photographer can also use a high-speed camera to take pictures of a very fast animal such as a hummingbird or a cheetah. We can learn a lot about the actions of animals by using : ' Ahigh-speed camera shows high-speed cameras. a hummingbird in action. 156 Photography mm Nonfetion Reading Practice * EMC 3232 + © Evan-Moor Corp.Name High-Speed Photography Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. 1. Photography is the art of ® looking at taking © touching pictures. 2. People can keep ® printed high-speed © digital pictures in photo albums. 3. When can a high-speed camera be useful? Think of your own example. 4. Write two details from the text about high-speed cameras. Write About the Topic Use the Writing Form to write about what you read. Write to tell about photography. Describe the different kinds of cameras and pictures. ‘© Evan-Moor Corp, * EMC 3232 » Nonfiction Reading Practice Photography ME = 157Learning from Pictures Photography is the art of taking pictures, or photographs, with a camera. There are many kinds of photographers. Some photographers take photographs of people. Some take photographs of things in the news. Still others photograph tiny cells in a science lab. There are many kinds of cameras, too. Some use film. Some use digital photo cards. All cameras work in the same basic way. They take in light and focus it into images. The cameras record, or keep, Ej photo paper those images. People can print the pictures on special photo paper. They can also look at digital photographs on computers. Many people take photographs and look at them on cellphones. Photography is a useful technology. A space telescope takes photographs of objects in space that are very far away. High-speed cameras take photographs of things that happen too quickly for human eyes to see. Old photographs ‘This phatcoeeh same: show what life was like in the past. the nearest star to our ‘sun. This star is many Photography helps people learn about trillions of miles away. the past, the present, and even the future. 4158 Photography Bm Nonftion Reading Practice « EMC 3232 « © Evan-Moor Comp.Name Learning from Pictures Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. 1. Cameras take in light and @ focus ® tum © move it to make images. 2. People can print camera images on @ telescopes ® computer screens © photo paper 3. What kinds of objects would you see in a photograph taken by a space telescope? 4. Your grandpa gave you a book of old photographs. Write three questions you might find answers to in the pictures. Write About the Topic Use the Writing Form to write about what you read. Write to tell about photography. Tell how and why people take photographs. ‘© Evan-Moor Corp. * EMC 3232 « Nonfiction Reading Practice Photography Mm 1591971 1989, 1990 1991, 1992 1992 1992 1992, 1994 1996 2005 2008 Timeline Kristi Yamaguchi Born in Hayward, California Wins the U.S. Pair Championship with Rudy Galindo Wins the World Figure Skating Championship Becomes Olympic champion in ladies’ singles skating and also US. champion Begins ten years of tours iy So with Stars on Ice a Wins World Professional Figure Skating Championship Starts the Always Dream Foundation for children Enters the U.S. Olympic Halll of Fame Becomes Dancing with the Stars champion a ‘© Evan-Moor Corp. + EMC 3232 « Nonfiction Reading Practice 161Name Olympic Gold 162 Nonfiction Reading Practice # EMC 3232+ © Evan-Moor CorpWords to Know Words to Know Words to Know Heart of a Figure Skating Champion Champion ; _Abweys Dream champion champion ( favorite Olympics figure i figure medal medal ' lessons ladies’ Olympics i casts figure Championship straighten lessons casts : champion casts straightened ; ladies’ straighten clothing ; author clothing business i Always Dream : Foundation company Always Dream : Foundation author Always Dream Foundation Kristi Yamaguchi Kristi Yamaguchi Bm © Evan-Moor Corp, * EMC 3232 + Nonfiction Reading Practice CX 163Heart of a Champion Kristi Yamaguchi has what it takes to tae | be a champion. She proved it in the 1992 Olympics. Yamaguchi won the gold medal in ladies’ figure skating. It takes hard work to become a champion skater. When Kristi was a young girl she took skating lessons. But before that, she was a baby with casts on her legs. When she was born, her legs were turned in and crossed. The casts helped to straighten them. The skating : lessons made her legs strong. the gold medal in 1092. Kristi Yamaguchi still skates, though not for medals. She has a busy life. She has her own clothing company. She is the author of two children’s books. She is the mother of two girls. Because Yamaguchi feels that helping / > | others is important, she does that, too. Yamaguchi started a group that helps children who need books. It is the Always Dream Foundation. This group gives books to schools. Children take the books home. Their parents read to them. Kristi Yamaguchi still has the 4s heart of a champion. With hard work, Kristi became a strong and beautiful skater. 164 Kristi Yamaguchi & ‘Nonfiction Reading Practice * EMC 3232 * © Evan-Moor Corp.Name. Heart of a Champion Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. 1. Kristi Yamaguchi won a gold medal in ® school © the 1992 Olympics © skating lessons 2. Kristi Yamaguchi started her foundation ® because children did not have books | ® to teach children to figure skate © to help children win medals 3. What facts show that Kristi Yamaguchi cares about children and reading? 4. What challenge did Kristi Yamaguchi overcome? Write About the Topic Use the Writing Form to draw and write about what you read. Draw Kristi Yamaguchi at the Olympics. | Write to tell about what she did there. © Evan-Moor Corp, * EMC 3232 + Nonfiction Reading Practice Kristi Yamaguchi ™ 165Figure Skating Champion Kristi Yamaguchi is a champion figure skater. She won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics. Yamaguchi also won a U.S. Figure Skating Championship and two World Figure Skating Championships. She won many other awards, too. Kristi Yamaguchi has been figure skating since she was a young girl. When Kristi was born her feet were turned in and crossed. She wore casts on both legs when she was a baby. The casts straightened her legs. Later, she began to study figure skating. strong an skator is raceful. It was a good way to make her legs strong. Today, Kristi Yamaguchi still skates, though not for medals. She is a busy mother and a children’s book author. She has her own clothing business. Yamaguchi started a group called the Always Dream Foundation. This group of people gives books to schools. Children who don’t have books get to take the books home. The children’s parents read to them. Then the children return the books to school for new ones. Besides being a champion skater, Kristi Yamaguchi understands that it is important for children to read at home. Olympia charapion Kikai ‘Yamaguchi is often asked to go to public events. Tete tuner com 166 Kristi Yamaguchi BH ‘Nonfiction Reading Practice * EMC 3232 + © Evan-Moor Corp.A is Figure Skating Champion Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. 1. In 1992, Kristi Yamaguchi ® was born ® wrote a book © won a gold medal 2. Skating lessons helped Kristi Yamaguchi ____. ® have stronger legs start a school © read more books 3. What questions would you ask Kristi Yamaguchi? 4. What examples can you give to show that Kristi Yamaguchi has a busy life? Write About the Topic Use the Writing Form to draw and write about what you read. Draw Kristi Yamaguchi reading to children. | Write about her Always Dream Foundation. | © Evan-Moor Corp, * EMC 3282 + Nonfiction Reading Practice Kristi Yamaguehi mm 167Always Dream Reading books was one of Kristi Yamaguchi’s favorite things to do when she was a girl. She also loved to figure skate. Kristi took skating lessons to make her legs strong. Her legs were tn turned in when she was born. So she wore casts on her legs when she was a an baby. The casts helped straighten her legs. She grew into a strong and beautiful skater. The girl who loved to figure skate became a champion. Yamaguchi won the gold medal in ladies’ figure skating at the 1992 Olympics! Today, Kristi Yamaguchi still skates, but not for medals. She is busy with many other things. She and her husband have a family of two girls. Kristi is the author of two children’s books. They are Dream Big, Little Pig! and It’s a Big World, Little Pig! Kristi also started a group that helps children. She feels that reading books is important for all children. But she knows some children do not have books. Kristi Yamaguchi started the Always Dream Foundation so that more children will have Kristi Yamaguchi enjoys time books to read at home. with her Nushand and daughters, 168 Kristi Yamaguchi Nonfletion Reading Practice # EMC 3232 + © Evan-Moor Corp.Name Always Dream Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. 1. In 1992, Kristi Yamaguchi won ® a new pair of figure skates ® a children’s book © an Olympic gold medal 2. The Always Dream Foundation @ helps children read books ® makes figure skates © gives gold medals 3. Give two examples to show that skating lessons helped Kristi Yamaguchi. 4. How do you know books are important to Kristi Yamaguchi? Write About the Topic ‘Use the Writing Form to draw and write about what you read. Draw a gold medal for Kristi Yamaguchi. Write about why she has earned it. © Evan-Moor Corp. « EMC 3232 + Nonfiction Reading Practice Kristi Yamaguchi Bm 169An American Photographer were taken by Ansel Adams. © Evan-Moor Corp, * EMC 3232 * Nonfiction Reading Practice Ansel Adams lived from 1902 to 1984. 171Ansel Adams 172 ‘Nonfction Realing Practice * EMC 3232 + © Evan-Moor Corp.Words to Know Words to Know Words to Know Photographing Mesa Verde Sharing Nature Nature ; Photographs : with Others artists : Ansel Adams | Ansel Adams photography photographer i camera Ansel Adams Yosemite i photographs National Park } photographer : nature amazed : beauty : beauty beautiful : nature ; national parks ; camera ‘ government ‘ ‘National Park ! nature Service national parks : : | Mesa Verde | Glacier National areas : National Park : Park i ancient | grizzly bears : diffs | protected i cliff dwellings i future Ansel Adams HH {© Evan-Moor Corp. # EMC 3232 « Nonfiction Reading Practice Ansel Adams Hl 173Photographing Nature People make art for many different reasons. Artists can show how they feel about things through their art. Photography is one kind of art. Ansel Adams was a famous American photographer. Adams enjoyed the beauty of nature. He wanted to share that beauty with others. In the 1940s, Adams was hired by the United States government. People wanted him to take photographs of national parks. Adams took many photographs of the parks. Adams felt strongly that more of nature should be kept safe. He took pictures of mountains and trees. He took pictures of rocks and rivers. His pictures showed their beauty. Adams talked to people in the government. He wanted them to make more national parks. Today, these areas are kept safe. People can still see these places and enjoy their beauty. Ansel Adams took this photograph of the Kings Canyon area in California in 1936. With Adams's help, the area became Kings Canyon National Park in 1940. 174° Ansel adams Bl Nonfiction Reading Practice « EMC 3232 * © Evan-Moor Corp.Name Photographing Nature Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. 1. Ansel Adams was an artist who ® painted nature took photographs © made drawings of national parks 2. Adams's pictures showed the beauty of ® people who are artists famous cities © our national parks 3. How did Ansel Adams use photographs to keep nature safe? 4. Describe the feeling of the photograph of Kings Canyon. Write About the Topic Use the Writing Form to draw and write about what you read. Draw Adams's photograph. Write to tell about Adams and his life as a photographer. © tvan-Moor Corp. # EMC 3232 « Nonfiction Reading Practice Anse! Adams | 175Mesa Verde Photographs Ansel Adams was a famous American photographer. He was born in 1902 and grew up in California. In 1916, Adams was 14 years old. His family went to Yosemite National Park. Adams was amazed at the beauty of Yosemite. He wanted to show others how beautiful it was. Adams's father gave him a camera. Ansel Adams took pictures of the park with his camera. After visiting Yosemite, he began to take many more pictures of things in nature. One place where Adams took photographs was Mesa Verde National Park. This park is in Colorado. It is filled with ancient homes and other stone buildings. They were made hundreds of years ago. They are high up on the sides of large rocks. Some of the homes were built under cliffs. These types of buildings are called cliff dwellings. There are more than 600 cliff dwellings in the park. Adams took pictures of them in 1941. He wanted to share the beauty of Mesa Verde with everyone. Ansel Adams took this photogr: in Mesa Verde National Park. It shows a cliff dwelling. 176 Ansel Adams BB Nonfiction Reading Practice + EMC 3232 + © Evan-Moor Corp.Name Mesa Verde Photographs Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. 1. Ansel Adams got his first camera in ® 1902 © 1916 © 1941 2. The first place Adams photographed was ® Colorado Park Mesa Verde National Park © Yosemite National Park 3. A family trip was important to young Ansel Adams. What facts from the text tell you this? 4. Why do you think the cliff dwellings interested Ansel Adams? Write About the Topic Use the Writing Form to draw and write about what you read. Draw Adams's photograph. Write to tell why national parks were important to him. © Evan-Moor Corp. * EMC 3232 + Nonfiction Reading Practice Ansel Adams @ ml 177Sharing Nature with Others Ansel Adams grew up in California. He got his first camera when he was 14 years old. Adams liked to take photographs of things in nature. He wanted to share the beauty of nature with others. The United States has many national parks. The parks are there for people to visit and enjoy. In the 1940s, Adams took many pictures for the National Park Service. One of places he visited was Glacier National Park in Montana. Animals such as grizzly bears and mountain goats live in Glacier National Park. Ansel Adams didn’t take photographs of the animals, though. He took photographs of the mountains and lakes there. He also took pictures of plants Ansel Adams took this photograph in Glacier National Park. and clouds. Adams wanted to make sure special places in nature were protected. He wanted people to be able to visit these places in the future. Today, you can still visit Glacier National Park and enjoy its beauty. 178 Ansel Adams H&B Nonfiction Reading Practice + EMC 3232 «© Evan-Moor Corp.Name. Sharing Nature with Others Fill in the circle to complete the sentence. Then answer questions 3 and 4. 1. What important event happened to Ansel when he was 14? ® He went to Montana. ® He got his first camera. © He got a job. 2. In Glacier National Park, Adams photographed @ grizzly bears ® mountain goats © lakes and clouds 3. What fact from the text tells you why national parks are important? 4. Describe the feeling the mountain photograph gives you. Write About the Topic Use the Writing Form to draw and write about what you read. Draw Adams's photograph. Write to tell what Adams did for the United States and why. © Evan-Moor Corp. * EMC 3232 « Nonfiction Reading Practice Ansel Adams BE 179