Unit 4 Week 4: Flight
How are people able to fly?
Skills
Comprehension Strategy
Reread-when something doesn’t make sense reread for better understanding.
Comprehension Skill
Cause and Effect-cause is why something happens; effect is what happens
Genre
Expository text-gives important facts and information on a topic and may include various text features.
Grammar
Complex Sentences
Writing
Narrative text/Poetry-this includes fictional narratives (which are made-up stories that include a problem and solution) and Poetry (where feeling and ideas are expressed in writing).
Prompts:
Other Skills
Commas in sentences
Reread-when something doesn’t make sense reread for better understanding.
Comprehension Skill
Cause and Effect-cause is why something happens; effect is what happens
Genre
Expository text-gives important facts and information on a topic and may include various text features.
Grammar
Complex Sentences
Writing
Narrative text/Poetry-this includes fictional narratives (which are made-up stories that include a problem and solution) and Poetry (where feeling and ideas are expressed in writing).
Prompts:
- Tell which flying machine is your favorite. Give reasons to support your opinion.
- Tell where you would go if you could fly anywhere in the world. Include a concluding sentence.
Other Skills
Commas in sentences
Vocabulary
Strategy: context clues
Controlled- adjusted or moved by something else
Direction- the line or course something moves along
Flight- the act of flying
Impossible- can’t be done
Launched- put into motion
Motion- is moving
Passenger- person who travels in a vehicle
Popular- liked by many people
Direction- the line or course something moves along
Flight- the act of flying
Impossible- can’t be done
Launched- put into motion
Motion- is moving
Passenger- person who travels in a vehicle
Popular- liked by many people
Spelling: homophones
sale
sail beet beat rode road rowed its it's your |
you're
their they're peace piece taught talked bought seen scene |
Literature
Textbooks: (NOT AR)
Hot Air Balloons - Expository Text "Bellerophon and Pegasus" - Myth "Firsts in Flight" - Expository Text |
Leveled Readers:
Orange- The Future of Flight 3.6 AR# 913482 Blue – The Future of Flight 4.2 AR# 913510 Green- The Future of Flight 4.6 AR# 913454 Purple- The Future of Flight 3.8 AR# 913540 |