• Practice for every day of the school year • Help students prepare for standardized testing

WEEK 27
DAY 2
READ THE PASSAGE
Stop after each paragraph and recall what you read.
A Way to Compare Trees
All trees have green leaves. Leaves soak up sunlight and use that energy 
to make food for the tree. Most trees can be divided into two groups based on 
their leaves.
Broadleaf trees have flat leaves. Most broadleaf trees turn red, orange, or 
yellow every autumn and then lose all of their leaves. Many of these trees have 
flowers that grow into fruit. The fruit contains the seeds that will grow into more 
trees. Many broadleaf trees have very hard wood, so they are called hardwoods. 
Their wood is used to make furniture, baseball bats, and hockey sticks.
Needleleaf trees have narrow leaves that grow close together. Most needleleaf 
trees are called evergreens because they stay green all year round. Old needles 
turn brown and fall off. But the young green needles remain on the tree. Most 
evergreens grow cones that hold the trees’ seeds. Evergreens are known as 
softwoods. Paper and building lumber are made from softwood trees. 
SKILL PRACTICE
Read the question. Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
 1.
 
How are trees alike?
A 
They have needles as leaves.
B 
Their leaves drop off in the fall.
C 
Cones grow on them.
D 
They have green leaves.
 2.
 
Evergreens are different from 
broadleaf trees because they 
.
A 
drop all of their leaves at one time
B 
are always bare
C 
stay green all year round
D 
grow fruit
 3.
 
Unlike needleleaf trees, broadleaf
trees 
.
A 
are used to make things
B 
have green leaves
C 
need the sun to make their food
D 
have leaves that drop off in the autumn