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An Energetic Debate

Grade 5
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An Energetic Debate — 60 words. Read it aloud to a partner.

Our class held a debate about whether the school should run on solar energy. One team argued that the panels were too expensive. The other team was more energetic, explaining that the economic savings over ten years would pay for the panels twice over. In the end we took a democratic vote, and the solar team won by three votes.
Read for one minute three times. Write your words-per-minute each time: Try 1: ____   Try 2: ____   Try 3: ____
1. What was the debate about?
solar energy school uniforms a field trip homework
2. How did the class decide?
a democratic vote a coin toss the teacher chose a lottery
3. Which syllable is stressed in democratic?
1st 2nd 3rd 4th

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