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Why would anyone want to explore space?. Small Groups. Timer. Exploring Space. Exploring Space. Exploring Space. Big Question: Why would anyone want to explore space?. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday. Exploring Space Monday. Exploring Space Monday.
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Big Question: Why would anyone want to explore space? • Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Thursday • Friday
Today we will learn about: • new amazing words, • long vowels CVCe, • main ideas and details, and • subjects
ascend • a - scend • When you ascend, you go up. • Astronauts ascend into space in their space shuttles. • You ascend to the second floor when you walk upstairs.
descend • de - scend • When you descend, you go down. • Astronauts descend when they come down from space in their space shuttles. • You descend when you walk downstairs.
orbit • or - bit • An orbit is the path of something like a spacecraft or planet around something in space, such as Earth or the sun. • Earth orbits the sun, and the moon orbits Earth. • We can watch TV because of the satellites that orbit the Earth.
Long Vowels CVCe Read these words: • c ap • c ape • b ake • l ike • p oke • f use • t ame • p ile • h ose • pl ume
Making Word Letter Tiles a - e - o - u c - d - f - g - l - n - r - s
Main Idea and Details • The topic is what a selection is about. The main idea is the most important idea about the topic. • Small pieces of information in a selection that tell more about the main idea are called details. • Good readers look for the main idea to help them understand what the whole story is about.
Monday’s Fix-It we will fly into spac. We will fly into space. it will be lots of fun It will be lots of fun.
Grammar: Subjects The subject of a sentence tells who or what does something. • Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. • The moon goes around the Earth.
What is the subject of each sentence? • Tony wants to be a firefighter. • Tony wants to be a firefighter. • Firefighters put out fires. • Firefighters put out fires.
Subjects • The girl will be an astronaut. • The girl will be an astronaut. • Astronauts study space. • Astronauts study space. • She dreams about spaceships. • She dreams about spaceships.
Subjects • My father is a zoologist. • My father is a zoologist. • Zoologists study animals. • Zoologists study animals. • My uncle explores the rain forest. • My uncle explores the rain forest.
Today we will learn about: • new amazing words, • long vowels CVCe, • main ideas and details, • high-frequency words, • vocabulary words, and • subjects
universe • u - ni -verse • The universe is made up of Earth, the sun, the moon, and all the other planets and stars in the sky. • Our world is a small part of the universe. • When we look at the stars, we think how huge our universe must be.
enormous • e – nor - mous • Something that is enormous is very big and huge. • Dr. Street saw enormous clouds in the sky. • An enormous building is so big you can’t see it all at the same time.
journey • jour - ney • A journey is a long trip. • When a family drives for several days to go somewhere, they go on a journey. • An astronaut goes on a journey into space.
tw ice m ade c ode f use c age sl ice p ose tr ace f ace sp ice con f use m ute cl ose s age Long Vowels CVCeRead these words:
race space close hose spaceship rose place like space age twice space nice ice page Word ReadingListen to “Race into Space” and pick out the long vowel words.
Sort these words: race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice, nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
Sort these words: race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice, nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
Sort these words: race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice, nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
Sort these words: race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice, nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
Sort these words: race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice, nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
Sort these words: race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice, nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
Sort these words: race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice, nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
Sort these words: race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice, nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
Sort these words: race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice, nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
Sort these words: race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice, nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
Sort these words: race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice, nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
Sort these words: race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice, nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
Sort these words: race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice, nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
Spelling: Long Vowels CVCe • It was late when we got home. • It was late when we got home. • Look at the size of the mice! • Look at the size of the mice! • I vote for the first time. • I vote for the first time.
Main Idea and Details • The topic is what a selection is about. The main idea is the most important idea about the topic. • Small pieces of information in a selection that tell more about the main idea are called details. • Good readers look for the main idea to help them understand what the whole story is about.
Text Structure • Authors often use headings to help readers know what they are going to read about next. Paying attention to headings and thinking as we read can help us become better readers.