Real World Reading

Comprehension
Genre
A Nonfiction Article
gives information
about real people,
places, and events.
This exhibit shows what
Text Structure people from the Stone Age
might have looked like.
Make Judgments
When you make
judgments, you
decide what you
think or how you feel Music of the
about something.

Stone Age
How do we know that people made
music thousands of years ago?

Today, recorded music surrounds us.

You can buy CDs of your favorite
music. You can hear singers on the
radio. You can even watch them on
TV. Thousands of years from now,
people will know about our music
because we have made recordings of it.

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 Thousands of years ago, recording music was
impossible. So how do we know that people
long ago played music? Because scientists have
found flutes that are 9,000 years old! The flutes
were found in China, in the Yellow River Valley.
Here, scientists unearthed all sorts of treasures,
including 36 flutes.

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Yellow River Valley
in China, where the
flutes were found.

These are some of the ancient

flutes found in China. The one in
the middle can still be played.

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 The flutes were made from the wing
bones of a crane—a long-necked wading
bird. People long ago carved and shaped the
bones and put holes in them. Even more
surprising was that one flute could
still be played. “It [makes] a
reedy, pleasant sound, a little
thin, like a recorder,”
one scientist described.

The ancient flutes made a sound

like a modern recorder.

What Is Sound?
Sound is a kind of energy that you can hear. Sound
is made when something vibrates, or moves quickly
back and forth. When something vibrates, it
makes the air vibrate, too. Vibrating air carries
the sound you hear.

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 Think and Compare
1. Why don’t
scientists know
exactly what
ancient music
sounded like?

Today, people can enjoy recorded music as 2. How do you

well as live music at concerts like this one. think music from
the Stone Age was
different from
No one knows for sure what today’s music?
type of music the people from the
3. What instruments
Stone Age played. Did it sound are used to make
like the music of today? Did people your favorite kind
have musical talent and perform of music?

concerts? Did people sing along? 4. In your judgment,

We can only wonder what their what types of
artists have the
music might have sounded like! most talent? Why?

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 Answer Questions

Test Strategy
On My Own
The answer is not in
the selection. Form
an opinion about
what you read. A crane lifts this Chromosaur
into place at the Dallas Museum
of Natural History.

Thee Arr t of Recycling

An artist in Mexico makes tiny furniture from bottle
caps. Another artist in Liberia cuts up old flip-flop
sandals to create a toy helicopter. For hundreds of years,
people around the world have made artwork and toys
from trash. They still do. In some places, trash may be
the only material that artists and toymakers can afford.
Artists in the United States recycle, too. John This toy helicopter
Kearney is a 74-year-old grandfather from Chicago, is made from old
flip-flop sandals.
Illinois. He is also an artist who thinks junk is great
for making art. He once made three giant dinosaur
sculptures out of chrome car bumpers. He called them
Chromosaurs. One of them was 18 feet tall!
Recycling can be a lot more than just tossing trash
into a bin. A work of art can be beautiful whether it’s
made with paint, clay, or even recycled trash.

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Go On
Directions: Answer the questions.
1. What is the main idea of this story?
A There are many artists in Mexico.
B Art is always made from trash.
C Artists can use trash to make art and toys.
D Car bumpers make good toys.

2. What do the Chromosaurs and the helicopter

have in common?
A They are made from car parts.
B They are made from thrown-away materials.
C They are tiny copies of big things.
D They are children’s toys.

3. How did Chromosaurs get their name?

A from the scientist who found them
B from their big teeth
C because they are made of chrome
D because it sounded good

4. How does John Kearney recycle?

5. Why do you think artists try to find

new ways to create art?
Tip
Form an
opinion.

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 Writing: Personal Narrative

You read an article about a parrot at the zoo.

The article said the parrot was an artist. Write a
story about what happened next. Be sure your
story has a beginning, a middle, and an ending.

The Painting Parrot

Grandpa and I went to the zoo to see a
parrot that was supposed to be able to paint.
I watched the bird smear green globs of paint
I wrote the
on some paper. “Anybody could do that,” I
events in the
order they said to Grandpa. “Let¢s go see the gorillas.”
happened.
Suddenly the parrot started painting
really fast. It squawked, and I thought it
sounded like “Look!” So I looked. The parrot
had the paper in its beak. On it was a picture
of a green gorilla. I guess that parrot can
paint! And it can talk, too!

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One day you were playing in the park when
you found a stone flute. It looked very, very old.
You picked it up. Just for fun, you tried to play
it. You were very surprised by what happened
next. Write a short story telling what happened.

Writer’s Checklist
Ask yourself, who will read my story?

Plan your writing before beginning.

Use details to support your story.

Use your best spelling, grammar,

and punctuation.

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