Reading for Details pages 4 -

Please Don't Cry

What makes tears come from your eyes? There is a little gland in your head above each eye. The glands are about the size of almonds. These glands have a very important job to do for you.

The glands are there to keep your eyeballs wet. Your eyeballs could not move around the way they do if they were dry. There are tiny holes in your eyelid to carry the water to the eyeball.

Water that is not needed by the eye has to go somewhere. There is a tiny drain in the the corner of your eye. Every once in awhile, water is spread over the eyeball. The extra water goes down the little drain near you nose.

Sometimes, something causes the gland to make too much water. This happens when you are very sad or happy. It even happens when you peel onions. Then there is too much water for the little drain, and you cry.

True or False?

Two little glands make water for your eyes.

• True

• False

Please Don't Cry

What makes tears come from your eyes? There is a little gland in your head above each eye. The glands are about the size of almonds. These glands have a very important job to do for you.

The glands are there to keep your eyeballs wet. Your eyeballs could not move around the way they do if they were dry. There are tiny holes in your eyelid to carry the water to the eyeball.

Water that is not needed by the eye has to go somewhere. There is a tiny drain in the the corner of your eye. Every once in awhile, water is spread over the eyeball. The extra water goes down the little drain near you nose.

Sometimes, something causes the gland to make too much water. This happens when you are very sad or happy. It even happens when you peel onions. Then there is too much water for the little drain, and you cry.

True or False?

Your eyeball is supposed to be dry.

• True

• False

Please Don't Cry

What makes tears come from your eyes? There is a little gland in your head above each eye. The glands are about the size of almonds. These glands have a very important job to do for you.

The glands are there to keep your eyeballs wet. Your eyeballs could not move around the way they do if they were dry. There are tiny holes in your eyelid to carry the water to the eyeball.

Water that is not needed by the eye has to go somewhere. There is a tiny drain in the the corner of your eye. Every once in awhile, water is spread over the eyeball. The extra water goes down the little drain near you nose.

Sometimes, something causes the gland to make too much water. This happens when you are very sad or happy. It even happens when you peel onions. Then there is too much water for the little drain, and you cry.

True or False?

There is a tiny drain in the corner of your eye.

• True

• False

Please Don't Cry

What makes tears come from your eyes? There is a little gland in your head above each eye. The glands are about the size of almonds. These glands have a very important job to do for you.

The glands are there to keep your eyeballs wet. Your eyeballs could not move around the way they do if they were dry. There are tiny holes in your eyelid to carry the water to the eyeball.

Water that is not needed by the eye has to go somewhere. There is a tiny drain in the the corner of your eye. Every once in awhile, water is spread over the eyeball. The extra water goes down the little drain near you nose.

Sometimes, something causes the gland to make too much water. This happens when you are very sad or happy. It even happens when you peel onions. Then there is too much water for the little drain, and you cry.

True or False?

When your cry, too much water is in your eye.

• True

• False

Please Don't Cry

What makes tears come from your eyes? There is a little gland in your head above each eye. The glands are about the size of almonds. These glands have a very important job to do for you.

The glands are there to keep your eyeballs wet. Your eyeballs could not move around the way they do if they were dry. There are tiny holes in your eyelid to carry the water to the eyeball.

Water that is not needed by the eye has to go somewhere. There is a tiny drain in the the corner of your eye. Every once in awhile, water is spread over the eyeball. The extra water goes down the little drain near you nose.

Sometimes, something causes the gland to make too much water. This happens when you are very sad or happy. It even happens when you peel onions. Then there is too much water for the little drain, and you cry.

True or False?

Peeling carrots can make you cry.

• True

• False

Clara Barton

The Red Cross was started in Europe in 1863. It helps soldiers who are wounded in a war. It also helps people after a tornado or flood. Anytime people need food or shelter, the Red Cross tries to help them.

Clara Barton lived over 100 years ago in Massachusetts. When she was 11 years old, her brother fell off the roof of their barn. Clara took care of him for two years.

Clara was a good student in school. When she grew up, she taught school. She did that for many years. When Clara was 40 years old, she became a nurse during the Civil War. She took care of the wounded soldiers from both sides. they called her "The Angel of the Battlefield"

After the war, Clara went to Europe and learned about the Red Cross. She came home to America and started a Red Cross. Even now, we think of Clara when the Red Cross helps in times of trouble.

True or False?

Clara Barton took care of her brother.

• True

• False

Clara Barton

The Red Cross was started in Europe in 1863. It helps soldiers who are wounded in a war. It also helps people after a tornado or flood. Anytime people need food or shelter, the Red Cross tries to help them.

Clara Barton lived over 100 years ago in Massachusetts. When she was 11 years old, her brother fell off the roof of their barn. Clara took care of him for two years.

Clara was a good student in school. When she grew up, she taught school. She did that for many years. When Clara was 40 years old, she became a nurse during the Civil War. She took care of the wounded soldiers from both sides. they called her "The Angel of the Battlefield"

After the war, Clara went to Europe and learned about the Red Cross. She came home to America and started a Red Cross. Even now, we think of Clara when the Red Cross helps in times of trouble.

True or False?

Clara was a schoolteacher for many years.

• True

• False

Clara Barton

The Red Cross was started in Europe in 1863. It helps soldiers who are wounded in a war. It also helps people after a tornado or flood. Anytime people need food or shelter, the Red Cross tries to help them.

Clara Barton lived over 100 years ago in Massachusetts. When she was 11 years old, her brother fell off the roof of their barn. Clara took care of him for two years.

Clara was a good student in school. When she grew up, she taught school. She did that for many years. When Clara was 40 years old, she became a nurse during the Civil War. She took care of the wounded soldiers from both sides. they called her "The Angel of the Battlefield"

After the war, Clara went to Europe and learned about the Red Cross. She came home to America and started a Red Cross. Even now, we think of Clara when the Red Cross helps in times of trouble.

True or False?

Clara helped the people in a flood.

• True

• False

Clara Barton

The Red Cross was started in Europe in 1863. It helps soldiers who are wounded in a war. It also helps people after a tornado or flood. Anytime people need food or shelter, the Red Cross tries to help them.

Clara Barton lived over 100 years ago in Massachusetts. When she was 11 years old, her brother fell off the roof of their barn. Clara took care of him for two years.

Clara was a good student in school. When she grew up, she taught school. She did that for many years. When Clara was 40 years old, she became a nurse during the Civil War. She took care of the wounded soldiers from both sides. they called her "The Angel of the Battlefield"

After the war, Clara went to Europe and learned about the Red Cross. She came home to America and started a Red Cross. Even now, we think of Clara when the Red Cross helps in times of trouble.

True or False?

Clara never was a nurse.

• True

• False

Clara Barton

The Red Cross was started in Europe in 1863. It helps soldiers who are wounded in a war. It also helps people after a tornado or flood. Anytime people need food or shelter, the Red Cross tries to help them.

Clara Barton lived over 100 years ago in Massachusetts. When she was 11 years old, her brother fell off the roof of their barn. Clara took care of him for two years.

Clara was a good student in school. When she grew up, she taught school. She did that for many years. When Clara was 40 years old, she became a nurse during the Civil War. She took care of the wounded soldiers from both sides. they called her "The Angel of the Battlefield"

After the war, Clara went to Europe and learned about the Red Cross. She came home to America and started a Red Cross. Even now, we think of Clara when the Red Cross helps in times of trouble.

True or False?

The Red Cross started in Europe.

• True

• False