Student Study Guide
Jamey Barber
Class: ELD Science Grade 6 Astronomy Unit
Text: Science A-Z Leveled Text: Outside the Solar System by Patricia Walsh and Ron Fridell at www.sciencea-z.com
Reading Level 3rd – 8th
ELL Levels 2 and 3
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STUDENT STUDY GUIDE – CHAPTER WALK
Name
Period
Date
Chapter Walk – Outside the Solar System
Chapter 5 – Star Life Cycles, pages 12-15
Directions: Complete the table by going through Chapter 5 in our book and answering. Use the model that we
created together if you need help. There is also a recording of the presentation on how to do Chapter Walks in
PowerSchool.
Chapter Structure
Write the selection title.
List the subheadings.
What do the title and subheadings
tell you about what you will read?
What do you know about the topic?
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Text Aids and Artwork
List any vocabulary terms you find at
the beginning of the selections or in
bold or italic type in the tex.t
Write any study questions you see at
the beginning of the selection or at
the bottom of the page.
What does the artwork show?
(include photos, charts, and
diagrams)
What do the captions say about the
artwork?
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The Text
What do the first and last paragraphs
tell you about the topic?
What do the topic sentences tell you
about the topic?
How is the text organized?
Wrap-Up
What do you think you will learn from
your reading?
Source:
ELLs and Science - NYU Steinhardt School of Culture Education, and Human Development. 2008, October8. Retrieved from
https://research.steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/
uploads/004/739/NYU_PTE_Science_Module_For_ELLS_Oct_8_2009.pdf
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Period
Date
EXAMPLE - Chapter Walk – Chapter 4 - Among the Stars, pages 9-12
Write the selection title.
Chapter 4 - Among the Stars, pages 9-12
List the subheadings.
The Sun is only 8 light minutes away (page 9), Star Types (page 10), Did you Know? (page 11),
A close up look at a distant galaxy (page 11)
What do the title and subheadings
tell you about what you will read?
I think this chapter will tell us about stars outside the solar system, galaxies and light years.
What do you know about the topic?
I know that our galaxy is called the Milky Way. I know that stars are hot like the sun.
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Text Aids and Artwork
List any vocabulary terms you find at
the beginning of the selections or in
bold or italic type in the tex.t
Write any study questions you see at
the beginning of the selection or at
the bottom of the page.
Light-years, luminosity (brightness), clusters, dwarfs, supergiants, galaxy,
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4.
About how many kilometers from Earth is our nearest star neighbor? (page 8)
Did you know some stars are hotter than others? (page 10)
Did you notice that stars are in clusters? (page 11)
Why do stars look like they twinkle? (page 11)
What does the artwork show?
(include photos, charts, and
diagrams)
Our nearest stars Proxima Centauri and Alpha Centauri. (page 8)
Sun is eight light-minutes from the Earth (page 9)
Star Types
What do the captions say about the
artwork?
That there are different star types
Our nearest stars
The sun is far away
galaxies are made of lots of stars
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The Text
What do the first and last paragraphs
tell you about the topic?
Outside of the solar system our nearest star is Proxima Centauri (4.2 light years away)
Moving air in the Earth’s atmosphere causes the stars to look like they are twinkling.
What do the topic sentences tell you
about the topic?
What are light-years
Sunlight takes 8 minutes to get to earth
Stars are classified by how hot and how big they are
Galaxies are groups of stars (clusters)
How is the text organized?
Stars and galaxies
Wrap-Up
What do you think you will learn from
What is our nearest star?
your reading?
What is a light year?
What are the different types of stars.
The sun’s light travels eight minutes to get to Earth.
Source:
ELLs and Science - NYU Steinhardt School of Culture Education, and Human Development. 2008, October8. Retrieved from
https://research.steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/
uploads/004/739/NYU_PTE_Science_Module_For_ELLS_Oct_8_2009.pdf
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Period
Date
Ask & Answer Directions:
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Before reading, write questions about the book on the left side of the table (ASK).
After reading, write what you have learned from the book on the right (ANSWER).
List what page you found your answer. USE FULL SENTENCES!
The first is an example of a question to ask and answer from the book.
ASK
What is the nearest star from Earth that is NOT the
Sun?
ANSWER
The nearest star from Earth is Proxima Centauri. (page 8)
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ASK
What is the nearest star from Earth that is NOT the
Sun?
ANSWER
The nearest star from Earth is Proxima Centauri. (page 8)
Source: Science A-Z https://www.sciencea-z.com/main/UnitResource/unit/23/earth-space-science/grades-5-6/outside-the-solar-system
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