Name: ___________________ Date: ____________________ MARCH BEAR ESSENTIAL WORK SHEETS Bear Essential News is written just for you, so keep on reading and writing! Use Bear Essential News’ March edition to complete these activities. Bear Essential News News Highlights & In the Spotlight (page 5) In the Spotlight shines its light on the two most famous awards for children’s books and the books that recently won them. Read the story and figure out the 5W’s and H. Who ______________________ Where _________________ What _____________________ When __________________ Why ______________________ How ___________________ Read the Jeff Gordon story. Research how you could become a racecar driver: Main feature—Summer Camp Guide Use the information in Bear’s Summer Camp Guide to answer the following questions. Keep your sentences interesting! 1. After reading “All About Summer Camp,” what do you think are some of the most valuable things you can learn at camp? 2. Find a camp in the guide that interests you. What are the benefits? What might be some drawbacks compared to other types of camps? 3. What two important questions would you ask a camp representative if you called for information? Water Wise with Central Arizona Project 1. River water is considered renewable. What replenishes it in nature? _________________________________________________________ 2. When does the accumulated snowpack begin to melt, and why is monitoring snowpack up high in the mountains important down here? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ©2015 Bear Essential Educational Services. Educators are welcome to copy these materials for use in the classroom. Questions? Call toll free (866) NEWS KID. MAR 2015-Handout_GR 5-6 Name: ___________________ Date: ____________________ MARCH BEAR ESSENTIAL WORK SHEETS Bear Essential News VOCABULARY This month’s POWER WORDS are taken from News Highlights/In the Spotlight (on page 5) and Water Wise with CAP. POWER WORDS appear in bold face each month! POWER WORD SCRAMBLE! Oh no—the letters of each POWER WORD are all mixed up! Unscramble each word, and then find what page it appears on in Bear Essential News: WACKNOPS TEARCBK __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ WEEBARELN __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ DEDSTIHIGNIU CORTEEMI __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ©2015 Bear Essential Educational Services. Educators are welcome to copy these materials for use in the classroom. Questions? Call toll free (866) NEWS KID. MAR 2015-Handout_GR 5-6