Sherry Howard - Planes

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ROURKES SCHOOL to HOME C ONNECTIONS Bef ore Reading: Building Back ground Knowledge and V oc abulary Building back ground knowledge can help childr en proce ss new information and build upon what they already know . Before r eading a book, it is important to tap into what childr en already know about the to pic. This will help them deve lop their vocabulary and incre ase their reading compre hension. BEFORE AND DURING READING A CTI VITIES Questions and Activities to Build Back ground Knowledge: L ook at the front cov er of the book and re ad the title. What do you think this book will be about? 2. W hat do you already kno w about this topic? 3.

T ak e a book walk and skim the p ages. Look at the table of contents, photographs, captions, and bold words. Did these text feature s give you any inf ormation or predictions about what yo u will read in this book? During Reading: Reading f or Meaning and Understanding T o achieve dee p comprehension of a book, childr en are e ncouraged to use close re ading strategies. During re ading, it is important to have childre n stop and make connections. These connections result in deeper analysis and unders tanding of a book. Close Reading a T ext During r eading, have childre n stop and talk about the following: Any confusing parts A ny unknown word s T ex t to text, text to self, text to world connections The main idea in each chapter or heading Encourage childre n to use context clues to determine the meaning of any unknown wor ds.

These strategies will help childre n learn to analyze the text more thor oughly as they re ad. When you are fi nished reading this book, turn to the next-to-last page fo r After Reading Questions and an Activity . V ocabulary Wo rds: Voc abulary: Voc abulary Is Ke y to Reading Comprehension Use the f ollowing directions to pr ompt a conve rsation about each wor d. R ead the vocabulary wor ds. W hat comes to mind when you see each word ? W hat do you think each word means? a ltitude manned m arvels nuclear pillar stealth

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This w as a research plane It was powered b y rockets One pilot flew almost three times the speed of sound! Bell X -2 Starbuster

Research planes test conditions at high speeds. They test how pilots handle heights.

The w orld s first space plane fle w more than six times the speed of sound It holds the world record for the fastest manned aircraft manned (mand): having a human cre w North American X -15

It was first flown in 1959. It had to be carried up and dropped. were tense. were tense.

Both had nuclear bombs. Both explored space.

The Blackbird was so fast that the air in front of it built up pressure. The air got hotter. Heat makes metal expand, so the planes pieces had to be small.

pillar (PIL-ur): something or someone that is relied upon This aircraft is a pillar of the US military It flies more than twice the speed of sound McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle

More than a thousand of these planes have been built.

They are used by the U.S. and sold to other countries.