Galileo

1. Galileo

2. Word Knowledge • observe • observer • observation • These words contain the root word observewhich meanssee.

3. Word Knowledge • carriage • convex • cut • constellation • These words have the /k/ sound spelledc beforea,o or u

4. Word Knowledge • Circle • Celestial • Cylinder • Cycle • These words demonstrate the /s/sound spelledcbeforee, i or y.

5. Word Knowledge • Wavy • Sailors • Amazed • Bathed • These words review thelong /a/ soundspelled a, ai, and a_e.

6. Word Knowledge • The citizens in the observatory will observe the constellations. • A telescope has concave and convex lenses.

7. Word Knowledge • The moon is a celestial body that circles the earth. • The sailors are often amazed at the sights they see all over the world.

8. Vocabulary apparatus A piece of equipment that has a particular use. “The place was filled with gadgets he had already invented, including an apparatus for indicating temperature and another for timing the pulse of a patient.” Galileo, pg 103

9. Vocabulary Extraordinary: unusual or amazing “Five years earlier, all Padua had seen an extraordinary happening: a new star had appeared in the sky.” Galileo, pg 104

10. Vocabulary Constellation: group of stars that form shapes in the sky. “The constellation of the Pleiades, in which sharp-eyed observers could only see seven stars, became a swarm of 43.” Galileo pg. 106

11. Vocabulary Celestial: relating to the sky “The fact that the sun had spots shocked some people, who felt that a celestial object ought to be without blemish.” Galileo pg. 109

12. Vocabulary Interrogation: questioning “Interrogation began on April 12, 1633. Galileo was asked to declare that he was wrong and that the earth stood still.” Galileo pg 110

13. Wands of Knowledge observe observer observation carriage convex cut constellation circle celestial cylinder cycle wavy sailors amazed bathed apparatus extraordinary interrogation