Talk with an Astronaut

Day 1

Concept Talk

What is life like for an astronaut?

PARTNER SHARE• What do you already know about

astronauts and what they do?

• What personal qualities might be important for an astronaut to have?

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Let’s Talk About• Turn to page 228-229• Astronauts travel in different types of

spacecraft. What type of spacecraft is launching in the photograph?

• Where are the people with computers working?

• A shuttle is manned, or controlled by astronauts and by a team of people on the ground.

Let’s Talk About• What mission did the astronaut accomplish?

• What is life like for an astronaut?

Listen:

• The story “Apollo 13” is about the challenges on a space mission to the moon. Listen for:• Manned• Launch• Command• Module• Lunar module

Amazing Words• Manned- occupied or controlled by one

or more people• The manned space vehicle landed

safely.• Launch- the act or instance of

launching something• The shuttle was set to launch on

Wednesday. • Teach your partner these words

Amazing Words• Command module- the part of the

spacecraft that houses the crew• The crew lives in the command

module.• Lunar module- carries the

astronauts to the moon-orbiting craft

• The crew stepped out of the lunar module and onto the moon.

Author’s Purpose• The author’s purpose is the reason

an author writes a selection. If an author provides a lot of facts, what might be his or her purpose for writing?

• Today we are going to read about the history of the space program in the United States.

Author’s Purpose

• Let’s look at page 231• The first sentence provides facts that

I can check and does not contain any humorous or persuasive language.

• What conclusion can we draw about the author’s purpose?

• Finish reading “The United States in Space”.

A day in the life on the International Space Station

•International Space Station

VocabularyAccomplishments- things done with skillHe counted the flight among his accomplishments.

Focus- main point of interestBecoming an astronaut was his main focus.

• Teach your partner these words.

VocabularyGravity-a force that attracts objects toward the center of the EarthThere is no gravity on the moon.

Monitors- television setsThe family watched the launch from the monitors.

Teach your partner these words.

Vocabulary• Role- part in a play or movie• She accepted a role in the cowboy

movie.

• Specific-exact• Frank has a specific skill that was

needed on the flight. Teach your partner these words.

Vocabulary• Biology- the study of living things• Astronauts bring back evidence from

the moon to help us understand the biology of the moon.

• Teach your partner this word.

SpellingGreek parts:

Bio ismGeo ologyHydro istEco phobiaMeteortechno

Spelling• So:• Biology

Hydrophobia• Geology

technophobia• Technology

claustrophobia• Ecology• Zoology

GrammarDemonstrative pronouns:

This, that, these and those

• This book is about Ellen Ochoa.• I found those books at the library.• That is my book. • Who put these books over here?

WritingTaking Notes:Notes are pieces of important

information from a textTaking notes helps you to better keep

track of research and remember what you have read