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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:
  • 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

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