Lesson 4 Day 1
Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut
by Janet Michaels
Question of the Day
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What kinds of jobs might interest you when you
get older?
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When I am older, I would like to work as a
________. I would like this job because
_________.
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Vocabulary
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persevere- When you keep trying to do
something without giving up.
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confidence- If you are sure that everything
will work out
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ambitious- Someone that is eager to reach a
goal.
Vocabulary
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attain- When you reach a goal.
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talented- A person that has a special ability to
do something very well.
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apply- When you apply for a job, you are
asking for work.
Vocabulary
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research- When you get information about a
question or topic.
invention- Something completely new that
someone has made.
hinder- You make it difficult or impossible for
someone to do something.
disappointed- When you are unhappy about
the way something turned out.
Today’s Read Aloud
A Summer of Painting
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What is the purpose for reading a story?
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We read stories to learn new things and to enjoy
them.
A Summer of Painting
Mr. Rodriguez walked to the front of the class on the
first day of school. “The first thing I ask students each
year is what they did this summer,” Mr. Rodriguez said,
“Who would like to volunteer?”
Josie had hoped this question was coming. She could
not wait to tell everyone about her summer. Her older
brother Hector was an artist. She had helped him paint
a mural on the wall of the community center.
A Summer Painting
Josie's hands shot up. She had worn her painting uniform so
everyone could see how she had spent her summer. Josie
explained that the yellow dots that covered her blue jeans came
from painting the sun. Her friend Steven asked about the gray
swipes on her jeans and purple t-shirt. “Those are the dolphins
we painted. Or at least, that’s the color we used,” Josie said.
Then she took of her white cap and showed the beautiful green
spots on it. “this is the sea,” she said.
“I am very impressed,” Mr. Rodriguez said. “Is your brother an
artist?”
Josie nodded excitedly. “Maybe you will be an artist, too.”
A Summer of Painting
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What did Josie do during her summer before
third grade?
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What does Josie wear on her first day of third
grade? Why?
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How did Josie feel about painting with her
brother? How can you tell?
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Spelling : Plurals –s, -es
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Repeat these words after me.
clock
hill
lane
This is the plural form of those words. Repeat
after me.
clocks
hills
lanes
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Plurals –s, -es
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Here is a book.
Here is another book.
Now I have two books.
Books is the plural of book and plural means
more than one. Almost all nouns have a plural
form. A plural is often formed by adding the
letter –s to the end of then noun.
Plurals –s, -es
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Read these words to yourself:
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bug
ball
dime
How do I make those words plural?
bugs
balls
dimes
Plurals –s, -es
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Make these words plural:
star
doll
line
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Your words should look like this:
stars
dolls
lines
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GREAT JOB!!!
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Spelling
4.
ants
toys
flies
things
5.
boxes
6.
games
1.
2.
3.
Ants are busy insects.
Put your toys away.
Flies cannot live in outer space.
Some strange things happened
yesterday.
The boxes were stacked in the
room.
Logan and his friends played a
few games of tag.
Spelling
7. lines
8. rocks
9. wishes
10. ladies
11. dishes
No one likes long lines at the
store.
Mia saw some pretty rocks on
her camping trip.
People in stories sometimes get
three wishes.
Ladies and gentlemen welcome
to the circus.
Astronauts on a spacecraft do not use
dishes.
Spelling
12. babies
13. bushes
14. glasses
15. puppies
I think babies are very cute.
Maddy planted bushes in the
garden.
I could never drink eight glasses
of milk in a row!
Nava’s dog had six puppies.
Focus Skill
Locate Information
Comprehension
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Open your books to page 112!
Different parts of a book give different information,
know what type of information is in each part helps
a reader know where to search. The table of contents
shows how the book is organized and where
chapters and other parts begin. When a reader is
looking for a particular topic in a book, the table of
contents is a good place to being.
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Locate Information
Comprehension
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I want to find out what page our next selection“Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut”-starts on. I’ll turn to
the front of the book and find the table of
contents. The table of contents lists all the
selections in the book. I’ll look down the list
until I find the selection title. I’ll look across to
see the page number it begins on.
Look on page 113! Lets read it together!
Focus Skill
Locate Information
Comprehension
Part of Book
table of contents
heading
glossary
index
Description
• list of the titles with the page numbers
• near the front of the book
• title of a section in a nonfiction book
• dictionary of terms used in the book
• in the back of the book
• alphabetical list of topics and page numbers
• in the back of the book
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Locate Information
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What is the title of the book?
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How is the book organized?
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How many chapters are there?
Focus Skill
Locate Information
Comprehension
Astronauts in Space
Contents
Chapter 1:
Chapter 2:
Chapter 3:
Chapter 4:
The First Astronauts
Astronaut Training
To the Moon and Back
Around the World in
Space Shuttles
Chapter 5: Astronauts in Other
Countries
1
5
13
21
29
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Try this!
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Copy this chart in your
notebook. Look at the
table of contents in your
book and fill in the
missing parts!
Title of
Story
“Stone
Soup”
“Loved
Best”
“One Small
Place in a
Tree”
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Page
Number
Listening Comprehension
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Background:
Today you will be listening to
a nonfiction selection called
“Reaching for the Moon”
about the astronaut Buzz
Aldrin.
What do you know about
astronauts and what they do?
Focus Skill: Locate Information
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How might you use the Table of
Contents of the selection?
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Genre Study: Autobiography
What are the purposes for
reading listening to
nonfiction?
to learn
to enjoy
The title tells me that this could be a
story about space. As I read the
introduction, I realize that the selection
is an excerpt from – or part of – a
larger piece of writing. As I read
further, I learn that Buzz Aldin is part
of an astronaut team that landed on the
moon. Because the author is writing
factual information about his life, this
nonfiction piece is called autobiography.
Vocabulary
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Buzz Aldrin had to persevere to become an
astronaut.
Do you have to persevere to complete your
chores, or do you dismiss them?
The Apollo 11 astronauts had confidence when
they stepped onto the moon.
Do you have plenty of confidence when you
read aloud, or do you squirm in frustration?
Vocabulary
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What are some jobs that would require someone
to persevere in his or her studies?
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What are some things you can do to show
confidence when you recite in front of others?
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DOL
1.
2.
landed
Tthe astronaut land on the moon.
roared
Tthe rocket’s engine
roared engine.
Compound Subjects and Predicates
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Remember a subject is the part of a sentence that tells
who or what the sentence is about. A predicate is the
part of the sentence that tells what the subject does. A
sentence must include both a subject and a predicate.
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Neil and I put on our spacesuits.
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Neil and I is the subject.
put on our spacesuits is what the astronauts did. This is
the predicate.
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Compound Subjects and Predicates
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Copy these subjects:
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The principal
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Monique
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Now add a predicate to each item to make it a complete
sentence. Then come up with 3 more sentences on your
own. Be sure that each sentence has a subject and a
predicate.
Grammar: Compound Subjects and Predicates
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1. The Lopez twins ________________.
2. _________ chopped vegetables for dinner.
3. __________ took a trip to Colorado.
4. Dogs and cats ____________.
5. My sister Sonya ____________.
6. _________ kicked the soccer ball until it popped.
7. Yesterday, Mr. Monteigh _____________.
8. ___________ bought a new fish tank.
Transparency LA9
Writing : Biography
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A Biography
Is the story of a real person’s life as told by
another person.
Begins when the person is born or very young.
Child
Born in
Kentucky
in 1809.
Young
Adult
Adult
Taught
himself
to read
and write.
Elected
16th
President
of the
United
States.