Why would anyone want to explore space?
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Exploring Space
Amazing Words
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descend
orbit
universe
enormous
journey
launch
meteorite
Exploring Space
Vocabulary Words
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shuttle
experiment
telescope
gravity
Exploring Space
High Frequency
Words
• live
• work
• woman
• machines
• everywhere
• world
Exploring Space
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nose
space
size
fine
mice
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cube
blaze
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vote
erase
confuse
spice
Word Wall
Words
• bag
• black
• kicked
• tell
• thank
Big Question:
Why would anyone want to explore space?
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• Thursday
• Friday
Exploring Space
Monday
Morning Warm-Up
Astronauts fly somewhere into space.
They can fly around our beautiful
Earth. Why would anyone want to
explore space?
Exploring Space
Monday
Morning Warm-Up
Astronauts fly somewhere into
space. They can fly around our
beautiful Earth. Why would anyone
want to explore space?
Today we will learn about:
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new amazing words,
long vowels CVCe,
main ideas and details, and
subjects
Exploring Space
Monday
Amazing Words
ascend
• as - cend
• 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.
orbit
Sing With Me
• We are going to
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listen to a song
about astronauts in
orbit.
Astronauts in Orbit
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Long Vowels CVCe
• c ap
• What vowel sound do you hear in the
word cap?
• c ape
• What happened to the short a sound
when an e was added to the end of cap?
• Today we’ll learn about long vowel
sounds.
• apron
• CVCe – When a
word has a vowelconsonant-silent e
pattern, the vowel
usually stands for
its long sound.
• make
• race
• plate
uniform
• CVCe – When a
word has a vowelconsonant-silent e
pattern, the vowel
usually stands for its
long sound.
• use
• cute
• huge
• flute
• June
• tube
•
ice cream
• CVCe – When a
word has a vowelconsonant-silent e
pattern, the vowel
usually stands for
its long sound.
• mice
• pile
•
ocean
• CVCe – When a
word has a vowelconsonant-silent e
pattern, the vowel
usually stands for
its long sound.
• bone
• home
• rope
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Long Vowels CVCe
• bake
• When a word has a vowel followed by a
consonant and e, the vowel usually has its
long sound and the e is silent.
• This word has the long a sound.
• We can blend the word by saying the
sound for each letter: /b/ /a/ /k/, bake
Long Vowels CVCe
Read these words:
• l ike
• p oke
• f use
• t ame
• p ile
• h ose
• pl ume
Long Vowels CVCe
• What do you know about reading these
words?
• A vowel that is followed by a consonant
and e usually says its name and the e is
silent.
Long Vowels CVCe
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lace
nose
wage
rice
cube
make
Making Word
Letter Tiles
a-e-o- u
c-d-f-g-ln-r-s
Long Vowels CVCe
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those
came
lack
stage
wage
home
ice
cent
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sift
chose
game
check
place
rose
ripe
Exploring Space
Spelling Words
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tune
page
nose
space
size
fine
mice
late
cube
blaze
home
vote
erase
confuse
spice
Word Wall
Words
• bag
• black
• kicked
• tell
• thank
Word Family Word – bag
(online dictionary)
Consonant
bag
gag
hag
jag
lag
nag
rag
sag
tag
wag
zag
Digraphs
shag
Blends
brag
crag
drag
flag
slag
snag
stag
swag
Word Family Word – bag
shag
haircut
shaggy
dog
gag
jag
flag
shag
carpet
bag
tag
slag
hag
crag
stag
swag
Word Family Word – black
(online dictionary)
Consonant
Digraphs
Blends
back
shack
clack
hack
jack
lack
pack
rack
sack
tack
Zack
whack
knack
quack
crack
flack
slack
smack
snack
stack
track
Word Family Word – black
pack
shack
shoe rack
stack
sack
snack
tack
race track
Let’s Talk about
Exploration!
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.
Read-Aloud
Eating in Space
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.
Wrap Up Your Day!
• Long vowels
• Main idea and details
• Let’s Talk About It
• Tomorrow we will read about how
astronauts explore space.
Exploring Space
Monday
Journal Topic
Write a story about a rocket that
goes into orbit.
Exploring Space
Tuesday
Morning Warm-Up
Today we will read about astronauts
who explore space. What do you
think it feels like to take off into
space?
Exploring Space
Tuesday
Morning Warm-Up
Today we will read about astronauts
who explore space. What do you
think it feels like to take off into
space?
Today we will learn about:
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new amazing words,
long vowels CVCe,
main ideas and details,
high-frequency words,
vocabulary words, and
subjects
Exploring Space
Tuesday
Amazing Words
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.
universe
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.
Read-Aloud
Gloria Rising
Exploring Space
Spelling Words
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tune
page
nose
space
size
fine
mice
late
cube
blaze
home
vote
erase
confuse
spice
Word Wall
Words
• bag
• black
• kicked
• tell
• thank
Word Family Word – kicked
(online dictionary)
Consonant
Digraphs
Blends
Dick
chick
brick
hick
lick
Mick
nick
pick
Rick
sick
tick
thick
quick
click
crick
prick
slick
stick
trick
Word Family Word – kicked
tick
chick
brick
memory stick
hockey stick
trick
stick
figure
walking stick
Long Vowels CVCe
• twice
• You can read this word because you know how
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to read words with long vowel sounds.
What sound does the letter i stand for in this
word?
When you come to a new word, look at the
letters from left to right and think about the
vowel sounds.
Say the sounds to yourself and then read the
word.
Long Vowels CVCe
Read these words:
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m ade
c ode
f use
c age
sl ice
p ose
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tr ace
f ace
sp ice
con f use
m ute
cl ose
s age
Long Vowels CVCe
• Listen to
“Race into
Space” and
pick out the
long vowel
words.
• Click to listen.
Long Vowels CVCe
Listen to “Race into Space” and pick out the
long vowel words.
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race
space
close
hose
spaceship
rose
place
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like
age
twice
nice
ice
page
Sort these words:
race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice,
nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
-ace
-age
-ice
-ose
Sort these words:
race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice,
nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
-ace
race
-age
-ice
-ose
Sort these words:
race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice,
nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
-ace
race
-age
-ice
-ose
rose
Sort these words:
race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice,
nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
-ace
race
-age
-ice
ice
-ose
rose
Sort these words:
race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice,
nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
-ace
race
-age
age
-ice
ice
-ose
rose
Sort these words:
race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice,
nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
-ace
race
space
-age
age
-ice
ice
-ose
rose
Sort these words:
race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice,
nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
-ace
race
space
place
-age
age
-ice
ice
-ose
rose
Sort these words:
race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice,
nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
-ace
race
space
place
-age
age
-ice
ice
twice
-ose
rose
Sort these words:
race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice,
nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
-ace
race
space
place
-age
age
-ice
ice
twice
nice
-ose
rose
Sort these words:
race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice,
nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
-ace
race
space
place
-age
age
-ice
ice
twice
nice
-ose
rose
hose
Sort these words:
race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice,
nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
-ace
race
space
place
-age
age
-ice
ice
twice
nice
-ose
rose
hose
close
Sort these words:
race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice,
nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
-ace
race
space
place
-age
age
page
-ice
ice
twice
nice
-ose
rose
hose
close
Sort these words:
race, rose, ice, age, space, place, twice,
nice, hose, close, page, spaceship
-ace
race
space
place
spaceship
-age
age
page
-ice
ice
twice
nice
-ose
rose
hose
close
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.
Let’s talk about being an
astronaut.
High Frequency Words
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live
work
woman
machines
everywhere
world
High-Frequency Word Check
• everywhere
• about
• live
• other
• machines
• become
• move
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many
work
always
woman
use
world
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Vocabulary
• astronaut – a person who goes into space
• shuttle - vehicle that carries astronauts into
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space
experiment – test to find out something
telescope – an instrument that makes things far
away appear to be close
gravity – the natural force that makes everything
on Earth move toward it
• (next slide)
astronauts
space shuttle
telescope
Vocabulary Words
• At the Space Center we saw an ____ in
her spacesuit.
• At the Space Center we saw an astronaut
in her spacesuit.
• It would be fun to float without ____ like
she does.
• It would be fun to float without gravity like
she does.
Vocabulary Words
• We looked through a ____ to see some stars.
• We looked through a telescope to see some
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stars.
We saw pictures of an ____ in space with
plants and rocks.
We saw pictures of an experiment in space with
plants and rocks.
There was a huge space ____ parked there too.
There was a huge space shuttle parked there
too.
Tuesday’s Fix-It
• was hom.
• The astronaut was
home.
• she was gone a long time?
• She was gone a long
time.
Grammar: Subjects
Every sentence needs a subject. The
subject of a sentence tells who or what
does something.
• An astronaut goes into space.
• An astronaut goes into space.
• A space shuttle goes up like a rocket.
• A space shuttle goes up like a rocket.
Wrap Up Your Day!
• High-Frequency Words
• Text Structure
• Let’s Talk About It
• Tomorrow we will read about a girl who
meets someone famous.
Exploring Space
Tuesday
Journal Topic
Write about what you would like
to see and do in space.
Exploring Space
Wednesday
Morning Warm-Up
An astronaut helps Gloria think that she
can do anything she wants to do. What
will Gloria do when she grows up?
Exploring Space
Wednesday
Morning Warm-Up
An astronaut helps Gloria think that she
can do anything she wants to do. What
will Gloria do when she grows up?
Today we will learn about:
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new amazing words,
short vowels,
long vowels CVCe,
high-frequency words,
position words, and
subjects
Exploring Space
Wednesday
Amazing Words
launch
• launch
• You launch something when you get it
started or set it going.
• We launch a boat or a plane when we get
ready to go.
• A space shuttle is launched when it starts
up and gets into the sky.
meteorite
• me – te – or - ite
• A meteorite is a piece of stone from
space that hits something.
• Spaceships sometimes are hit by
meteorites.
• Some meteorites that hit Earth leave big
dents in the ground.
meteorite
Short Vowels Review:
Read these words.
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mist
must
mug
slug
slip
slop
slap
sled
Making Words Worksheet
High Frequency Words
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live
work
woman
machines
everywhere
world
High-Frequency Words
• Astronauts ______ on the space station.
High-Frequency Words
• Astronauts live on the space station.
• Uncle Andy tells the funniest jokes in the
whole _____.
High-Frequency Words
• Astronauts live on the space station.
• Uncle Andy tells the funniest jokes in the
whole world.
• There were “out of Order” signs posted on all
the snack _____.
High-Frequency Words
• Astronauts live on the space station.
• Uncle Andy tells the funniest jokes in the
whole world.
• There were “out of Order” signs posted on all
the snack machines.
• After he dropped me off at school, Dad drove
to _____.
High-Frequency Words
• Astronauts live on the space station.
• Uncle Andy tells the funniest jokes in the
whole world.
• There were “out of Order” signs posted on all
the snack machines.
• After he dropped me off at school, Dad drove
to work.
High-Frequency Words
• Mom said, “These toys are scattered _____!”
High-Frequency Words
• Mom said, “These toys are scattered
everywhere!”
• In two weeks my best friend Jack will ____ to
a different town.
High-Frequency Words
• Mom said, “These toys are scattered
everywhere!”
• In two weeks my best friend Jack will move to
a different town.
High-Frequency Words
• Mom said, “These toys are scattered
everywhere!”
• In two weeks my best friend Jack will move to
a different town.
• Mrs. Sage is the ____ in the green dress.
High-Frequency Words
• Mom said, “These toys are scattered
everywhere!”
• In two weeks my best friend Jack will move to
a different town.
• Mrs. Sage is the woman in the green dress.
Exploring Space
Spelling Words
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tune
page
nose
space
size
fine
mice
late
cube
blaze
home
vote
erase
confuse
spice
Word Wall
Words
• bag
• black
• kicked
• tell
• thank
Word Family Word – tell
(online dictionary)
Consonant
bell
cell
dell
fell
jell
sell
well
yell
Digraphs
shell
Blends
smell
spell
swell
Word Family Word – tell
Liberty
Bell
wishing
well
jingle
bell
cell
phones
sea shells
body cell
peanut
shells
jail cell
gun
shells
Position Words
Position words tell the position of
something.
• into the sky
• inside the shuttle
• on a space shuttle
• float everywhere
• up and down
• outside the shuttle
• out their window
Vocabulary Words
• I’m holding the book over my
head.
• The red book is beside the blue
book.
• There are books all around the
room.
Wednesday’s Fix-It
• it is a fine day to fly into
space
• It is a fine day to fly
into space.
• are in the sky no clouds
• No clouds are in the
sky.
Grammar: Subjects
• Every sentence must have a subject.
• The subject of a sentence tells who
or what does something.
Grammar: Subjects
• I want to be a police officer when I grow up.
• I want to be a police officer when I grow up.
• Police officers drive police cars and make the
sirens go.
• Police officers drive police cars and make the
sirens go.
• Police officers keep us safe.
• Police officers keep us safe.
Wrap Up Your Day!
• Main idea and details
• Fluency skill
• Read with accuracy
• Let’s Talk About It
• Tomorrow they will read about space
camp that children can attend to find out
if they want to explore space.
Exploring Space
Wednesday
Journal Topic
Use position words in sentences
about exploring space.
Exploring Space
Thursday
Morning Warm-Up
Today we’ll read about kids going to
space camp. They find out how it
feels to be up in space. What do you
think being in space camp is like?
Exploring Space
Thursday
Morning Warm-Up
Today we’ll read about kids going to
space camp. They find out how it
feels to be up in space. What do you
think being in space camp is like?
Today we will learn about:
• long vowels CVCe,
• subjects, and
• reasons for listening
Read-Aloud
Mission to Mars
Sentence Reading
• My jacket is somewhere, but I cannot find it.
• I know someone who has a long nose on his
face.
• My friend has nine mice in a huge cage.
• He can drive his nice car in the country.
• One cent in my pocket will not get a
beautiful gem for Mom.
• We sat at the front of the rink to see them
skate on ice.
Exploring Space
Amazing Words
• ascend
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descend
orbit
universe
enormous
journey
launch
meteorite
Exploring Space
Vocabulary Words
• astronaut
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shuttle
experiment
telescope
gravity
Exploring Space
High Frequency
Words
• live
• work
• woman
• machines
• everywhere
• world
Exploring Space
Spelling Words
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tune
page
nose
space
size
fine
mice
late
cube
blaze
home
vote
erase
confuse
spice
Word Wall
Words
• bag
• black
• kicked
• tell
• thank
Word Family Word – thank
(online dictionary)
Consonant
bank
dank
Hank
lank
rank
sank
tank
Digraphs
shank
Blends
prank
spank
stank
swank
Word Family Word – thank
bank
army
tank
riverbank
scuba tank
propane
gas tank
shank
fish tank
Thursday’s Fix-It
• was late for the soccer
game
• He was late for the
soccer game.
• they missed the first goal
• They missed the first
goal.
Choose the subject in each sentence.
• We go to a big school.
• We go to a big school.
• Many kids are here.
• Many kids are here.
• Our teacher’s name is Mr. Hunt.
• Our teacher’s name is Mr. Hunt.
• He plays soccer with us during recess.
• He plays soccer with us during recess.
• Mr. Hunt can kick a soccer ball very far.
• Mr. Hunt can kick a soccer ball very far.
People listen for several different
reasons. Why do we listen?
• We listen to hear questions.
• We listen to hear other people’s
ideas.
• We listen for enjoyment and
appreciations.
• We listen for information.
Wrap Up Your Day!
• Text to World
• Let’s Talk About It!
• Tomorrow we will read about a space
mission.
Exploring Space
Thursday
Journal Topic
List things that can
ascend and descend.
Exploring Space
Friday
Morning Warm-Up
This week we read about people who
want to explore space. What do real
astronauts do in space?
Today we will learn about:
• Amazing Words
• High-Frequency Words
• Vocabulary Words
• Long Vowels CVCe
• Subjects
• Alphabetical Order: First Letter
Exploring Space
Amazing Words
• ascend
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descend
orbit
universe
enormous
journey
launch
meteorite
Long Vowels CVCe
Read these sentences.
The slice of cake is nice.
The slice of cake is nice.
Did you erase the note on the page.
Did you erase the note on the page.
I will make a space in the cage for the mice.
I will make a space in the cage for the mice.
The mule has a huge white nose.
The mule has a huge white nose.
Exploring Space
Vocabulary Words
• astronaut
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shuttle
experiment
telescope
gravity
Exploring Space
High Frequency
Words
• live
• work
• woman
• machines
• everywhere
• world
High-Frequency Words
live, world, work, machines, everywhere, woman, move
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Does he drive his car to _____?
Does he drive his car to work?
Was this bench made by people or ___?
Was this bench made by people or machines?
Who is that ____?
Who is that woman?
Did they ____ to a new home?
Did they move to a new home?
Does your family ___ next door to Joe?
Does your family live next door to Joe?
How big is our _____?
How big is our world?
Have you looked ____ for the lost pup?
Have you looked everywhere for the lost pup?
Exploring Space
Spelling Words
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tune
page
nose
space
size
fine
mice
late
cube
blaze
home
vote
erase
confuse
spice
Word Wall
Words
• bag
• black
• kicked
• tell
• thank
Friday’s Fix-It
• That space suit is not
my siz
• That space suit is not
my size.
• my friend it will fit
• It will fit my friend.
Alphabetical Order
• Words in a dictionary or glossary are listed
in alphabetical, or ABC, order.
• Topics in an encyclopedia and names in a
phone book are also listed in alphabetical
order.
• This makes it easier to find things we
need.
• Even fiction books in a library are
organized in alphabetical order according
to the last name of the authors.
Wrap Up Your Week!
Let’s Talk About
Exploration!
Exploring Space
Friday
Journal Topic
Write about children who
ascend into space.
Review Games
Vocabulary & Amazing Words:
• Jigword
Spelling Words:
• Quia Games
• Spelling City
High Frequency Words:
• Hot Potatoes (fill-in-the-blank)
APTPlus Videos
(Password Required)
TLC Elementary School: Liftoff Into Space (24:34)
Junior Space Scientist: Voyage to the Moon (10:02)
Ping and Pong: Learn about Earth and Space
(13:50)
Junior Space Scientist: Riding in the Sky (08:36)
A First Look: The Sky Above (17:00)
Play and Discover with Digger and Splat: Getting
Around (17:46)
We are now ready to take our
story tests.
• Story test
– Classroom webpage,
– Student page,
– Taking Tests
• AR
– Other Reading Quizzes
– Quiz # 904603