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Increase Your Sentence Speed Increase Your Sentence Speed
The goal of these 15 exercises is to increase the speed of typing sentences while reviewing information found on the New York State 4th Grade Science exam.  Each of the sentences was taken from past NYS tests.  There are 15 exercises and 3 assessments. The directions for the exercises are in the yellow box and the directions for the assessments are located in the assessment section.

In order to use the exercises, do the following:
  1. Copy the group of 4 sentences for the lesson (including the numbers)
  2. Click on the Let Me Practice link below the keyboard
  3. When the new web site opens, called the Touch Typing Tutor, paste the sentences into the text box
  4. Click Practice Text

Lesson #1

1. The stem of a plant supports the plant.
2. Coloration is a trait that helps an animal attract a mate.
3. A metal fork is a better conductor of electricity than a wooden bat.
4. If you decrease temperature enough, you can change a liquid to a solid.
 Lesson #2

1. A decomposer recycles nutrients.
2. The roots of a plant takes in water and nutrients.
3. Saluting the flag is learned characteristic.
4. The sense of smell is characteristic of a fox that enables it to find food.


 Lesson #3

1. Grass is an organism that is a producer.
2. The leaf of a plant makes the food for the plant.
3. Scales on a fish protect the fish.
4. Heat energy causes an ice cube to melt.

 Lesson #4

1. When a person speaks into a phone, sound energy is changed into electrical energy.
2. The flower of a plant produces fruit and seed.
3. A bird migrating south is an example of an animal adapting to a change in the environment.
4. A graduated cylinder is used to measure the volume of a liquid.

 Lesson #5

1. When a baby shakes a rattle, mechanical energy is changed into sound energy.
2. Different plants have different life spans.
3. Animals get energy from growth and repair form food.
4. The human activity of polluting most often has a harmful effect on the environment.
Assessment #1


Find your Words Per Minute Speed.
 Lesson #6

1. Water can be found in nature as a solid, a liquid and a gas.
2. The spines on a prickly cactus plant provide shade.
3. A dog opening its mouth to let  its tongue hang out is one way that organisms adjust to hot temperatures.
4. Use a balance to compare the masses of two small rocks.

 Lesson #7

1. Gravity causes a marble to sink to the bottom of a glass of water.
2. A maple seed would most likely be dispersed by the wind.
3. A rabbit's fur would be thickest in the winter.
4. If an object is attracted to a magnet, the object is most likely made of metal.

 Lesson #8

1. Rotation of the Earth causes day and night.
2. Germination happens between seed and seedling.
3. A squirrel storing nuts is an example of an animal preparing for a seasonal change in the environment.
4. A simple machine that moves a flag up a pole is a pulley.

 Lesson #9

1. An object’s hardness, taste, and texture are examples of properties.
2. Seeds are produced when the plant is mature.
3. Eating candy instead of lunch is an example of a poor health habit.
4. A graduated cylinder should be used to measure exactly 10 milliliters
(mL) of water.
Lesson #10

1. Sleet and hail are forms of precipitation.
2. Living things depend on the energy from the sun.
3. Growing thicker fur in the winter helps some animals to keep warm.
4. Centimeters or inches can be used to describe the length of a desk.

 Assessment #2

Find your Words Per Minute Speed.
 Lesson #11

1. The sun is the source of energy for the water cycle.
2. A hand lens would help a student exploring white spots on a plant.
3. The main function of a duck's webbed feet is to help the duck swim in water.
4. The ramp is an example of an inclined plane, a simple machine.

 Lesson #12

1. When water in a fish tank lowers, condensation has occurred.
2. Resting is an activity that helps humans maintain good health.
3. A puddle drying in the sun is a great example of evaporation.
4. If a ramp was covered with stone, it would create more friction, and thus make using it more difficult.

 Lesson #13

1. A decrease in air temperature from 60 degrees to 35 degrees would mostly cause a person to shiver.
2. The movement of soil by wind or water is called erosion.
3. Birds flying south before winter is an example of migration.
4. A turtle eating worms is an example of taking in nutrients.
Lesson #14

1. Runoff is best described as water that moves downward into the ground.
2. The long neck of the giraffe is an example of an inherited trait.
3. In New York State, the shortest period of daylight occurs in December.
4. When a flashlight is turned on, electrical energy is changed to light energy.

 Lesson #15

1. The life cycle of a mealworm are: egg, larva, pupa and adult.
2. A river can change the land surface by the process of erosion.
3. The life span of an animal is defined as the length of time from the animal's birth to its death.
4. One way that animals usually respond to a sudden drop on temperature is by shivering.

 Assessment #3


Find your Words Per Minute Speed.




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