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Name ______________________________. Comets and Meteors Visitors From Space By Jeanne Bendick Illustrated by David Schleinkofer Prediction
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Name ______________________________ Comets and Meteors Visitors From Space By Jeanne Bendick Illustrated by David Schleinkofer Prediction ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Author’s Purpose inform persuade entertain
Comets and Meteors • Visitors From Space • Focus Skills: • To use book parts to locate information and find answers to questions in text. • To read and understand a nonfiction selection. • Genre • Expository Nonfiction: explains information and ideas • Summary • We see comets when the Sun’s gravity pulls them past Earth. Comets may look like bright, fuzzy balls or long-haired stars, but they are really made of rock, dust, and ice. • Reading Strategy • Use Text Structure and Format • Good readers are active readers and they pay attention to how an author has organized information in a selection. Many nonfiction selections include headings and captions. Major ideas are organized under headings, and captions give information about illustrations or photographs.
Page 404 Ideas About Comets Page 406
How are a comet's tails different? How are they alike? Page 408
How are comets' orbits different from planets' orbits? How are they alike? comet planet Draw a picture of a comet.
Think and Respond • How are comets different from planets? • ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • What is the purpose of the words in red letters at the tops of some pages? • ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • What effect does the solar wind have on comets? • ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • If you could talk with the author, what question would you ask her? Why would you ask this question? • ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Use the graphic organizer to answer the following questions. Highlight the answers on the organizer. • What is the main purpose of this selection? • Why is this selection most like an informational book? • What does a comet look like in the sky? • Why did people who lived long ago think a comet was a warning of something bad? • What can the gas in the comet’s coma be compared to? • What are scientists who study the planets and stars called? • Where do scientists think a huge cloud of comets might be? • What do you call the force that connects the solar system to the sun called? • What is the name for the “flying rocks” in our solar system? • What does a comet start out as? • What are the tails of comets made of? • What is the name for the orbits that comets take around the sun? • What is one thing that makes a comet glow? • What is a comet tail?
