1. Rate the words as you come in. Do you know how to say the word? What it means? How to put it in a sentence? ? ? ? ? + ? + + ? ? ? ?

2. Talk With an Astronaut

3. 2 Minute Edit The word distracted is derived from the Latin root tract, meaning “to draw.” Based on this information, the reader can tell the literal meaning of to distract is : A to be unhappy with. B to draw poorly. C to draw away. D to be confused. The prefix fore- in the word foretelling means A at last. B many. C truth. D ahead of.

4. Team Cooperation Goal Everyone Participates

5. Review Vocabulary with Partner Can you say it? Can you define it? Can you say it in a sentence?

6. Title: Talk With an Astronaut Reading Goal: Fact and Opinion Team Cooperation Goal: Everyone Participates Genre: Expository Author: From Kids Discover

13. Let’s see who knows the words

14. Vocabulary Vault

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16. What other people flew during the time that Amelia Flying Ace The story of Amelia Earhart Early life Happenings during her childhood Went to the St. Louis Fair and rode a roller coaster Loved the speed so much that she built a roller coaster at home Went to school and went to war to help with the soldiers that were hurt Went to Canada to help soldiers and saw those soldiers fly airplanes Moved to Los Angeles and saw an air show that ex- soldiers now flew Neta Snook gave Amelia her first lessons Later she bought her own airplane and started flying.

17. Talk With an Astronaut

18. Ellen Ochoa’s life before becoming an astronaut Father didn’t want his children speaking Spanish because of the prejudices Didn’t feel that being Hispanic had any additional pressure Role models are important Mother was a big influence Mother finished college after 22 years Changed opinion about career many times

19. Team Talk Questions 1.Ellen Ochoa never considered being an astronaut because…? 2.Identify two opinions in the text. 3.You can conclude from the text that the NASA training…? 4.Describe the setting in zero gravity.

20. Partner Read- 15 minutes Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you Read and restate pages 568 (Partner) Read on your own page 571 Discuss with team words you clarified Find vocabulary words

21. Tree Map Decide as a group what the main idea was for each section Provide at least 3 details to support your main idea

22. Team Discussion-15minutes Discuss answers to team talk questions Team Talk procedures will be up! Write answers to question 2 and 4

23. #1 Reads the Question #2 Answers the Question #3 Agrees or disagrees with evidence from the text #4 Summarizes what the groups discussed

24. Class Discussion What words did your group clarify?

25. Writing Adventures- 15 min Write a letter to Ellen Ochoa. You can tell her what you think of her amazing accomplishment, or ask her questions about space. Describe what you want to be when you grow up. Why do you like that job?

26. Scoring Guide You answer the question25 points Your answer explains or describes with at least two details25 points Your answer makes sense and has Part of the question in it20 points Your answer is written in complete, correct sentences20 points Your writing has correct capitalization and punctuation10 points

27. Vocabulary Practice-10 min We graduate next week and our class needs someone to write a speech for the class president. I was very proud when the students selected me for the job. I was also surprised because I don’t know how to operate a word processor. Graduate a.Enter school b.Earn c.Purchase d.Finish school Selected a.Chased b.Sorted c.Chose d.saved Operate a.Contain b.Convert c.Carve d.control

28. Fluency – 5 min Page 566 Page 568

29. Fluency Rubric 100 pointsExpressiveness Smoothness Rate and correctness 90 pointsSmoothness Rate and correctness 80 pointsRate and correctness 70 pointsCorrectness