Unit 4-Week 2 Day 1 Theme Question: Why do people study space? Focus Questions: Week 1: What patterns and cycles do we find in space? Week 2: How did people of the past explain objects in the night sky? Week 3: How do people view space today? Week 4: How night space be a part of our future?

Theme Vocabulary Theme vocabulary lunar

Reading Preview and Predict Pp Purpose Find answers to the Theme Question.

Inflected Endings –ed, -ing -ed-ing

Unit 4-Week 2 Day 2 Theme Question: Why do people study space? Focus Questions: Week 1: What patterns and cycles do we find in space? Week 2: How did people of the past explain objects in the night sky? Week 3: How do people view space today? Week 4: How night space be a part of our future?

Theme Vocabulary Theme vocabulary telescope revolve gravity reflect rotate lunar

Make Connections Text-to selfText-to-TextText-to-World

Background Knowledge Exploring Space

Reading Preview and Predict Chapter 4 (pp ) Purpose Find answers to the Theme Question. Set your own purpose.

Unit 4-Week 2 Day 3 Theme Question: Why do people study space? Focus Questions: Week 1: What patterns and cycles do we find in space? Week 2: How did people of the past explain objects in the night sky? Week 3: How do people view space today? Week 4: How night space be a part of our future?

Make Analogies Analogies show a relationship between two words. In many analogies, one word describes a characteristic, function, part, or position of the other word. Hot/sun Magnify/telescope Planet/solar system Revolve/Earth

Distinguish Fact from Opinion Fact Pieces of information that can be proved. Opinion Statements of belief or personal ideas Strong opinions are backed up with facts. Fact of Opinion? I believe there is life on other planets. Scientists are exploring whether life could exist on other planets.

Distinguish Fact from Opinion Fact of Opinion? On July 20, 1969, two Americans became the first people to walk on the moon. Walking on the moon is the most important achievement in human history. I think walking on the moon is neat. One day, we may end up living on the moon.

Text Features Enhance information and help readers understand concepts better. Page through Exploring Space and point out text features. Index A detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics in an informational text. What’s in an index?

Reading Reread Pp Purpose Focus on how text features help you understand important concepts and help you answer the Theme Question.

Word Study Comparatives and Superlatives Comparatives: More and less are used with words that have two or more syllables to compare two things. Superlatives: Most and least are used to compare words that have two or more syllables that compare more than two things. Write sentences using the following words combined with more, most, less, and/or least: Expensive interesting hilarious

Unit 4-Week 2 Day 4 Theme Question: Why do people study space? Focus Questions: Week 1: What patterns and cycles do we find in space? Week 2: How did people of the past explain objects in the night sky? Week 3: How do people view space today? Week 4: How night space be a part of our future?

Theme Vocabulary Lunar

Make Connections Text-to selfText-to-TextText-to-World

Reading Reread/Skim and Scan Chapters 3 and 4 Purpose Find text evidence to answer the Theme Question: Why do people study space?

Why do people study space? Chapters 3 and 4 Page #Text Evidence

Word Study Comparatives and Superlatives Comparatives: More and less are used with words that have two or more syllables to compare two things. Superlatives: Most and least are used to compare words that have two or more syllables that compare more than two things. Write sentences using the following words combined with more, most, less, and/or least: Humorous, carefully, easily, difficult, gracefully, swiftly, skillfully, interesting