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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