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📖 Why Rivers Curve

Flowing water erodes soil from the outside of a river bend. Slower water can deposit sediment on the inside of the bend. Over time, these changes can make the bend larger. A winding river channel is called a meander.

1. What is one important fact from the passage?

 

2. What second detail explains the topic?

 

3. What additional detail does the passage give?

 

4. What is the main idea?

 

✏️ Writing

Write 3–4 sentences explaining why rivers curve. Use at least two details from the passage.

➕ Math

1. A rectangle is 8 units long and 5 units wide. What is its area? ______
2. What is the perimeter of that rectangle? ______
3. How many right angles does a rectangle have? ______
4. A square has sides of 5 units. What is its perimeter? ______

🎨 Color & Create

Draw and label a simple diagram that helps explain why rivers curve.

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📖 Reading Answers

  1. Flowing water erodes soil from the outside of a river bend.
  2. Slower water can deposit sediment on the inside of the bend.
  3. Over time, these changes can make the bend larger.
  4. The passage explains why rivers curve.

➕ Math Answers

  1. 40
  2. 26
  3. 4
  4. 20

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