Who Were the Spiders? - Ms. Bodero's 5th Grade
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UNIT 4 WEEK 2 Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. GO ON ➜ Read “Who Were the Spiders?” before answering Numbers 11 through 20. Who Were the Spiders? The Cooper family was about to move because Dad had a new job in Colorado. He had been out of work for a year, and Natalie and Mason knew he had been unhappy. Now, a new job was making things look better. As Dad said, “Every cloud has a silver lining.” Dad was already in Colorado, but Mom stayed behind so that the twins Natalie and Mason could finish fifth grade at Oak School. Today, Natalie and Mason were helping pack boxes. They enjoyed looking at the old treasures, especially the photo albums. Mason found many photos, and Natalie picked up one of a baseball team. The men’s uniforms had CLEVELAND printed on them. Someone had written 1895 on the photo. Natalie asked, “Why is this photo here? The year is more than one hundred years ago.” Mason asked Mom, “Is there a famous baseball player in our family?” “I don’t know of anyone in my family, but maybe there was someone in your dad’s family,” she said. “Remind me to ask about the photo when I talk to your dad tonight.” 198 Grade 5 Weekly Assessment • Unit 4, Week 2
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Read “Who Were the Spiders?” before answering Numbers 11 through 20.
Who Were the Spiders? The Cooper family was about to move because Dad had a new job in Colorado. He had been out of work for a year, and Natalie and Mason knew he had been unhappy. Now, a new job was making things look better. As Dad said, “Every cloud has a silver lining.”
Dad was already in Colorado, but Mom stayed behind so that the twins Natalie and Mason could finish fifth grade at Oak School. Today, Natalie and Mason were helping pack boxes. They enjoyed looking at the old treasures, especially the photo albums.
Mason found many photos, and Natalie picked up one of a baseball team. The men’s uniforms had CLEVELAND printed on them. Someone had written 1895 on the photo. Natalie asked, “Why is this photo here? The year is more than one hundred years ago.”
Mason asked Mom, “Is there a famous baseball player in our family?”
“I don’t know of anyone in my family, but maybe there was someone in your dad’s family,” she said. “Remind me to ask about the photo when I talk to your dad tonight.”
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That night Dad called, and Mason was eager to talk to him. “Dad, we found a photo today of a baseball team that played in 1895. Did one of your relatives play on a team a long time ago?”
Dad said, “It’s familiar, but I don’t know the story. Some of the photos are my father’s. Why don’t you call him and see if he knows.”
Grandpa Ken recalled that a relative played for a Cleveland team. It was a cousin of his great-grandfather whose last name was Zimmer. Grandpa suggested they look up early Cleveland teams.
Mason and Natalie headed for the computer and found a baseball encyclopedia. They clicked on “Teams” and found links to “Active Franchises” and “Earlier Franchises.” Mason knew that a franchise is a name for a professional sports team. Under “Earlier Franchises” they found three teams: Cleveland Blue, 1879–1884; Cleveland Infants, 1890–1890; and Cleveland Spiders, 1887–1899.
Mason shouted, “We found the answer! Our 1895 photo must show the Cleveland Spiders.”
Natalie said, “You might be right. Let’s find out about them.”
They looked for Cleveland Spiders and found the headline, “Grand Opening. About Nine Thousand People See the First Game.” A new Cleveland ballpark had opened on May 2, 1891. Cy Young was the starting pitcher, and Zimmer was listed as one of the players. “That’s the cousin of our great-great-grandfather!” said Natalie.
Mom said, “That means he played on the same team as Cy Young, who won more games than any other pitcher in history. He was an exceptional pitcher.”
Mason wanted to know more, so they searched a baseball almanac. Natalie saw a list of players, and Zimmer was a catcher in 1895. The team came in second that year. She also read that in 1899, the Spiders were baseball’s worst team. Natalie checked the 1899 team. There was Zimmer again. “Oh, well, you can’t win them all,” she said.
Mom then said, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” They would have to find out more about the Cleveland Spiders tomorrow.
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Now answer Numbers 11 through 20. Base your answers on “Who Were the Spiders?”
11 If the passage were written from Mom’s point of view, the reader might know
a what Mom thought about the move to Colorado.
b how Cy Young felt about playing for the Spiders.
c Natalie’s inner thoughts about moving from Cleveland.
d what Mason thought the new school in Colorado would be like.
12 Read these sentences from the passage.
Now, a new job was making things look better. As Dad said, “Every cloud has a silver lining.”
What does “Every cloud has a silver lining” mean?
f Winning is not everything.
g There is never a right time.
h Every problem has some good effect as well.
i Clouds in the sky that produce rain may be silver underneath.
13 Who is the narrator of the passage?
a Mason
b Natalie
c Grandpa Ken
d an outside observer of the action
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14 Read this sentence from the passage.
The men’s uniforms had CLEVELAND printed on them.
Which word has the same root as uniform?
f forest h transform
g forget i unicycle
15 Read this sentence from the passage.
Mason knew that a franchise is a name for a professional sports team.
What does the word franchise mean in the sentence above?
a a sport
b a baseball league
c a professional baseball player
d a sports team with professional players
16 What shows that Mason and Natalie were excited after fi nding information about the baseball photo?
f They helped pack boxes.
g They wanted to know more and searched an almanac.
h They knew that a franchise describes a sports team.
i They knew that their Dad had been unhappy.
17 Read these sentences from the passage.
Mom said, “That means he played on the same team as Cy Young, who won more games than any other pitcher in history. He was an exceptional pitcher.”
Which word is most similar in meaning to exceptional as used in the sentence above?
a average c known
b curious d rare
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18 Read these sentences from the passage.
Mason wanted to know more, so they searched a baseball almanac. Natalie saw a list of players, and Zimmer was a catcher in 1895.
How does this sentence support the theme?
f It explains the team’s name.
g It demonstrates Mason’s interest in baseball.
h It gives the sequence of events in Zimmer’s career.
i It shows that Mason and Natalie are discovering more about the photo.
19 Read these sentences from the passage.
Mom then said, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” They would have to find out more about the Cleveland Spiders tomorrow.
What does “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise” mean?
a Good health requires hard work.
b Rich people get up at dawn to start working.
c It is good to both go to bed and get up early.
d There is always another day to fi nish a task that is begun.
20 In the second to last paragraph of the passage, the narrator makes it clear that
f Natalie is realistic.
g Mason is very tired.
h Mason is not realistic.
i Mom has lost interest in the Spiders.
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