Why would anyone want to explore space?

Skills

Today we will learn about: Amazing Words High-Frequency Words Vocabulary Words Long Vowels CVCe Subjects Alphabetical Order: First Letter

LET’S TALK ABOUT

EXPLORATION!

Main Idea and Details

The topic is what a selection is about. The main idea is the most important idea about the topic.

Small pieces of information in a selection that tell more about the main idea are called details.

Good readers look for the main idea to help them understand what the whole story is about.

Grammar: Subjects

The subject of a sentence tells who or what does something.

Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.

The moon goes around the Earth.

What is the subject of each sentence? Tony wants to be a firefighter. Tony wants to be a firefighter. Firefighters put out fires. Firefighters put out fires.

Subjects

The girl will be an astronaut.

The girl will be an astronaut.

Astronauts study space. Astronauts study space. She dreams about

spaceships. She dreams about

spaceships.

Subjects

My father is a zoologist. My father is a zoologist. Zoologists study animals. Zoologists study animals. My uncle explores the rain

forest. My uncle explores the rain

forest.

Choose the subject in each sentence. We go to a big school. We go to a big school. Many kids are here. Many kids are here. Our teacher’s name is Mr. Hunt. Our teacher’s name is Mr. Hunt. He plays soccer with us during recess. He plays soccer with us during recess. Mr. Hunt can kick a soccer ball very far. Mr. Hunt can kick a soccer ball very

far.

Text Structure

Authors often use headings to help readers know what they are going to read about next.

Paying attention to headings and thinking as we read can help us become better readers.

LET’S TALK ABOUT BEING AN ASTRONAUT.

Grammar: Subjects

Every sentence needs a subject. The subject of a sentence tells who or what does something.

An astronaut goes into space. An astronaut goes into space. A space shuttle goes up like a rocket. A space shuttle goes up like a rocket.

Grammar: Subjects

I want to be a police officer when I grow up.

I want to be a police officer when I grow up.

Police officers drive police cars and make the sirens go.

Police officers drive police cars and make the sirens go.

Police officers keep us safe. Police officers keep us safe.

People listen for several different reasons. Why do we listen? We listen to hear questions. We listen to hear other

people’s ideas. We listen for enjoyment and

appreciations. We listen for information.

Wrap Up Your Week!

Let’s Talk About Exploration!

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