Moonwalk

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Moonwalk

• Written by Ben Bova
• Illustrated by Peter Bollinger

Compiled by Terry Sams PES Melissa Guinn PES
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Study Skills

• Genre Science Fiction
• Comprehension Skill Draw Conclusions
• Comprehension Strategy Monitor and Fix Up
• Comprehension Review Skill Theme
• Vocabulary Context CluesSynonyms

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Summary
While daring each other to jump over rilles, or
narrow valleys on the Moon, Gerry and Vern get
into trouble. Vern falls and hurts his knee
while also knocking his battery loose, the one
that gives him air to breathe in his spacesuit.
Luckily, the boys are able to get to a nearby
shelter where Vern is out of danger.

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Genre Science Fiction

• Science fiction is a story based on
  science. It often tells about life in the
  future. As you read this story about a walk on
  the moon, look for the scientific information on
  which it is based.

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Comprehension Skill Draw Conclusions TE 629b

• A conclusion is a decision you reach after
  thinking about what you have read.
• The small pieces of information in a piece of
  writing are called facts and details.

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Comprehension Skill Draw Conclusions TE 629b

• When you put these facts and details together to
  form a logical, well thought-out opinion, you are
  drawing a conclusion.
• Good conclusions can be supported with facts and
  details from the story.

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Comprehension StrategyMonitor and Fix Up TE 608

• Good readers think about how theyre doing as
  they read.
• At times they realize they no longer understand
  what they are reading.
• If this happens, reread slowly.
• Another suggestion would be to read on to look
  for an explanation.

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Practice Drawing Conclusions PB 243

• 1. Facts and Details
• Martin created a realistic model of the solar
  system.
• 2. Facts and Details
• Martin read books about planets and stars.
• 3. Facts and Details
  
• Martin arranged plastic stars in his bedroom
  into constellations.

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Practice Drawing Conclusions PB 243

• 4. Facts and Details
• Martin wanted to be an astronaut when he grew
  up.
• Conclusion
• Martin is very interested in space and
  astronomy.
  
  

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Practice Drawing Conclusions PB 247

• What conclusion can you draw about the Apollo
  missions?
• They have been very important to science.
• 2. What is one fact or detail that supports this
  conclusion?
• Apollo astronauts brought back rocks for
  scientists to study.
• 3. What conclusion can you draw about the
  challenge of understanding the moon?
• It will take a long time to understand the moon
  completely.
  
  

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Practice Drawing Conclusions PB 247

• 4. What is one fact or detail that supports this
  conclusion?
• Scientists still study the Apollo mission
  information.
• 5. Reread the passage slowly. Did you understand
  the passage or any of its details more fully
  after this second reading? Explain.
• 
  
  

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Comprehension Skill Review Theme TE 621

• The theme of a story is its big idea, the idea
  that holds the story together.
• The author usually doesnt state the theme of the
  story, so readers have to figure it out.
• Lets practice by determining the theme of
  Moonwalk.

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Vocabulary StrategyContext Clues Synonyms Pg.
610

• Sometimes when you are reading the author will
  give you a synonym for an unknown word.
• A synonym is a word that has the same or almost
  the same meaning as another word.
• The synonym may be in the same sentence as the
  unknown word or in a sentence around the word.
• They to replace the unknown word with the synonym
  to see if it makes sense.
• Lets read Gone to the Moon paying attention to
  how vocabulary used on page 611.

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Research/Study Skills Order Form/Application
TE 629l

• An order form is used to buy a product. They can
  be printed in catalogs or online.
• To complete an order form, read the description
  of the product you want to buy and record
  information (such as size or color) in the proper
  blanks.

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Research/Study Skills Order Form/Application
TE 629l

• An application is used when a person applies for
  a job or wants to be accepted into a program or
  organization.
• Applications ask for identifying information,
  such as name, address, and phone number.

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Research/Study Skills Order Form/Application
TE 629l

• They may also request information such as job
  history or reasons why a person wants to be
  accepted into a program.
• Fill in all blanks on an application form unless
  they are labeled optional. It is important to
  fill in information accurately and write clearly.

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Research/Study Skills Order Form/Application
PB 249-250

• 1. What is the difference between the two
  addresses on the form?
• One is the receivers, and one is the buyers.
• When would you provide only one address?
• If the buyer will be receiving the order.
• What does quantity mean?
• The number of each kind of item ordered.

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Research/Study Skills Order Form/Application
PB 249-250

• 4. What boxes are you not required to fill in on
  this form?
• To give telephone numbers.
• 5. What do you do when you are finished filling
  out the form?
• Click Submit.
• 6. What is the purpose of this application?
• To apply for a summer internship with the
  Lincoln Library Association.

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Research/Study Skills Order Form/Application
PB 249-250

• 7. Why would the library ask for a reference?
• To ask someone who knows you if you are the
  right person for the job.
• 8. In what section would you say when you could
  start your internship?
• Personal Information section

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Research/Study Skills Order Form/Application
PB 249-250

• 9. In which of the six sections of the
  application would you give information about
  skills you would bring to a position at the
  library?
• Other Skills section
• 10. What would be a good answer to the question
  in box number 6?
• I enjoy reading and helping people find good
  books.

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Fun Stuff and Practice

• Drawing Conclusion Review
• More Drawing Conclusions
• Synonyms Practice
• Finding a Theme Practice
• Apollo 11

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Weekly Fluency Check Tempo and Rate TE 629a

• Good readers slow down or speed up according to
  text they are reading.

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Question of the WeekTE 608m

• What are the risks when walking on the moon?

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Day 2 - Question of the Day

• Why would the moon be an exciting place to
  explore?

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Day 3 Question of the Day

• What did Vern and Jerry learn about themselves
  when faced with danger?

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Day 4 Question of the Day

• What questions would you want to ask an
  astronaut who has walked on the moon?

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Review Questions

1. What happened prior to the father leaving the
   shelter?
2. Why did Gerry try the jumps Vern did?
3. Why did Vern end up falling and getting hurt?
4. How did Gerrys behavior change after Vern fell?
5. What was the main problem in the story?
6. What conclusion can you draw about the air on the
   moon and about the moon in general?

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Review Questions
7. When did the sun begin to rise? 8. What event
in the story support the fact that people can do
extraordinary things in an emergency? 9. Why was
Vern safe once he was inside the shelter? 10. How
did this adventure likely affect the brothers
relationship? 11. How did Dad probably feel when
he got back? 12. What is an important theme?
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Vocabulary - Say It

• loomed
• rille
• runt
• staggered
• summoning
• taunted
• trench
• trudged

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More Words to Know

• conscious
• feebly
• rift
• astronomers
• launch
• probes
• crater

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loomed

• appeared dimly or vaguely as a large,
  threatening shape

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rille

• a long, narrow valley on the surface of the
  moon wide crack

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runt

• animal, person, or plant that is smaller than
  usual size. If used about a person, runt is
  sometimes considered offensive.

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staggered

• became unsteady wavered stumbled

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summoning

• stirring to action rousing calling upon

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taunted

• jeered at mocked reproached teased

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trench

• any ditch deep furrow

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trudged

• walked wearily or with effort slowly

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conscious

• aware of what you are doing awake

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feebly

• weakly without strength

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rift

• a split break crack

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probes

• spacecraft carrying scientific devices to record
  and report information

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crater

• a bowl-shaped hole on the surface of Earth or
  the Moon

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astronomers

• experts in the science that deals with the sun,
  moon, planets, stars, and so on

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launch

• to send into the air or into outer space

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The first colonists set up residence in the huge
crater, Clavis.
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The first colonists set up residence in the huge
crater, Clavis.
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They saw craters and a rille, a narrow valley
that looks like a trench.
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They saw craters and a rille, a narrow valley
that looks like a trench.
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They name some craters after famous astronomers,
philosophers, and scientists.
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They name some craters after famous astronomers,
philosophers, and scientists.
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Millions of people watched on television as the
Apollo 11 spacecraft was launched.
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Millions of people watched on television as the
Apollo 11 spacecraft was launched.
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They trudged along for an hour, leaving boot
prints in the dust.
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They trudged along for an hour, leaving boot
prints in the dust.
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The edge of the rille loomed up like the rim of
the Grand Canyon.
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The edge of the rille loomed up like the rim of
the Grand Canyon.
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The far side of the moon was unknown until space
probes photographed it.
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The far side of the moon was unknown until space
probes photographed it.
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It was easy to pick up moon rocks under whose
weight they would have staggered and stumbled on
Earth.
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It was easy to pick up moon rocks under whose
weight they would have staggered and stumbled on
Earth.
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How could we not conquer this small thing, this
runt?
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How could we not conquer this small thing, this
runt?
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Summoning up his courage, Gary attempted to jump
over the rille.
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Summoning up his courage, Gary attempted to jump
over the rille.
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When Vern moved his hand, Gary knew he was
conscious.
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When Vern moved his hand, Gary knew he was
conscious.
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After Vern injured himself, the boys feebly made
their way back to the shelter.
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After Vern injured himself, the boys feebly made
their way back to the shelter.
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Vern repaid Gerry by never taunting him with the
name Runt ever again.
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Vern repaid Gerry by never taunting him with the
name Runt ever again.
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Writing Assignment Writing Your Opinion TE
629k

• When you write your opinion, you tell what you
  think about a topic.
• Use persuasive words to persuade the reader to
  feel the way you do.
• Persuasive words include important, best, great,
  awful, worst, terrible, should, must, etc.
• Respond to prompt
• What kind of books do you most enjoy reading?
  Write your opinion in an essay. Support your
  opinion with reasons.

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Spelling Words Greek Word Parts

• please
• pleasant
• breath
• breathe
• image

• imagine
• product
• production
• heal
• health

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Spelling Words Greek Word Parts

• triple
• triplet
• relate
• relative
• meter

• metric
• compose
• composition
• crumb
• crumble

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CHALLENGE

• origin
• original
• academy
• academic
• inspire
• inspiration

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Academic Vocabulary Terms

• solar energy
• moon phases
• cell
• lunar
• renewable resources
• nonrenewable resources

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Academic Vocabulary Definitions

• Solar Energy the energy given off by the sun
• Moon Phases a particular appearance or state in
  a repeating series of changes to do with the
  moon

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Academic Vocabulary Definitions

• Cell the basic building block of life carry on
  the basic functions of life either alone or in
  groups, and that include a nucleus and are
  surrounded by a membrane
• Lunar of, relating to, or resembling the moon

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Academic Vocabulary Definitions

• Renewable Resourcescapable of being replaced by
  natural ecological cycles or sound management
  proceduresexample water, wildlife, forests,
  grasslands
• Nonrenewable ResourcesNOT capable of being
  replacedexample oil

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Day 1Daily Fix-Its

1. Can you imagin going for a walk in the moon?
2. Id be able to jump much highest than I can on
   Earth.

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Day 1Daily Fix-ItsAnswers

1. Can you imagine going for a walk on the moon?
2. Id be able to jump much higher than I can on
   Earth.

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Day 2Daily Fix-Its

1. I dont suppose traveling to rocket is very
   plesant.
2. Does astronauts eat good on spacecraft?

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Day 2Daily Fix-ItsAnswers

• I dont suppose traveling by rocket is very
  pleasant.
• Do astronauts eat well on spacecraft?

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Day 3Daily Fix-Its

1. The moons surface is very dry. And dusty.
2. American astronauts leaved footprints of the
   dust.

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Day 3Daily Fix-ItsAnswers

1. The moons surface is very dry and dusty.
2. American astronauts left footprints in the dust.

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Day 4Daily Fix-Its

• Space travel is very expensive, its also
  dangerous.
• Most astronauts are men but woman also travel in
  space.

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Day 4Daily Fix-ItsAnswers

1. Space travel is very expensive. Its also
   dangerous.
2. Most astronauts are men, but women also travel in
   space.

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Day 5Daily Fix-Its

• Neil Armstrong landed its spacecraft on the
  moon. And went for a short walk.
• What an amazing event that were?

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Day 5Daily Fix-ItsAnswers

1. Neil Armstrong landed his spacecraft on the moon
   and went for a short walk.
2. What an amazing event that was!

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This Weeks Word Wall Words
Click and type your own words for this week
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Lets review our Spelling words. Watch carefully
because they will flash on the screen for just a
moment. We can clap as we spell the word, or we
might just practice reading the words.
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please
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pleasant
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breath
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breathe
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image
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imagine
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product
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production
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heal
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health
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triple
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triplet
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relate
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relative
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meter
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metric
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compose
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composition
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crumb
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crumble
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origin
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original
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academy
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academic
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inspire
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inspiration