Talk With an Astronaut

1. ? ? Rate the words as you come in. Do you know how to say the word? What it means? How to put it in a sentence? ? ? ? ? + + +

2. Talk With an Astronaut

3. Talk With an Astronaut During an interview with fifth graders, Dr. Ellen Ochoa-the first Hispanic American woman in space-describes her life as an astronaut. She discusses who influenced her, what choices she made, and how she became interested in space and physics. Dr. Ochoa also points out the importance of role models and students dedication in achieving success.

4. Reading Goal Today you will start reading Talk With an Astronaout by Dr. Ellen Ochoa. As you read, you will distinguish between fact and opinion in the text. Good readers know that distinguishing between what the author want us to believe and what the author wants us to know helps them better understand texts.

5. Why do we read? To be informed To follow directions To be entertained

6. We will be doing… • Fluency • Adventures in Writing • Student Test • Team Score Sheets • During the day, put your scores on the Team Score Sheets • Let me assign numbered heads!

7. Team Cooperation Goal Everyone Participates

8. Title: Talk With an Astronaut Reading Goal: Fact and Opinion Team Cooperation Goal: Everyone Participates Genre: Expository Author: From Kids Discover

15. Review Vocabulary with Partner • Can you say it? • Can you define it? • Can you say it in a sentence?

16. Vocabulary Vault

17. Fact and Opinion FACT- something that can be verified OPINION-tell how somebody thinks or how he/she feels about something

18. Reading Goal TPS-What is fact and opinion? TPS-What is your favorite Ice Cream? TPS-Why do you like this ice cream?

19. Reading Goal TPS-What is the difference between fact and opinion? Facts can be proven right or wrong! Opinions are what someone thinks!

20. Mickey Mantle was the greatest baseball player in history. He took the New York Yankees to the World Series twelve times in eighteen years. The switch hitter was signed to the team right out of high school. He made the jersey #7 famous with his huge home runs. He still holds the record for being the only person to hit a ball over the left field bleachers at Griffith Stadium in a regular season game in its thirty-two year history. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame on August 12, 1974. He was the best ballplayer that ever lived.

21. From reading that passage I know that the author is a big Mickey Mantle fan. It is important for me, as a reader to figure out what are the real facts and the opinions. I know that a fact is something I can check. I also know that opinions are what the author thinks. I can verify that Mickey Mantle was a member of the New York Yankees, so that is a fact!

22. What are some clues that tell you text is a fact? TPS Dates Times Numbers

23. What are some clues that tell you that something is an opinion? • I think… • The worst… • My feeling… • The best…

24. TPS-What are the facts?What are the opinions? • The New York Yankees went to the World Series 12 times! (F) • He was a switch hitter. (F) • He was signed by the Yankees out of High school. (F) • He was the best ballplayer that ever lived! (O)

25. 19

26. Flying Aces What other people flew during the time that Amelia

27. Talk With an Astronaut

28. Preview the book • What is one questions you have after previewing the book? • Write this question in the space provided on your tree map.

29. Talk With an Astronaut

30. Team Talk Questions • Why didn’t Ellen Ochoa’s father speak Spanish to his children at home?(CE) • Identify two opinions in the text.(FO) • You can conclude from the text that Ellen Ochoa’s mother-worked hard, had a confortable life, had help with her children, spoke only Spanish.(DC) • When Ellen Ochoa started college, she was most interested in?(CH)

31. Partner Read- 15 minutes • Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you • Read and restate pages 566-567 • Discuss with team words you clarified • Find vocabulary words

32. Tree Map • Decide as a group what the main idea was for each section • Provide at least 3 details to support your main idea

33. Team Discussion-15minutes • Discuss answers to team talk questions • Team Talk procedures will be up! • Write answers to question 1 and 2

35. Class Discussion • What words did your group clarify?

36. Writing Adventures- 15 min Write a letter to Ellen Ochoa. You can tell her what you think of her amazing accomplishment, or ask her questions about space.

37. Scoring Guide You answer the question 25 points Your answer explains or describes with at least two details 25 points Your answer makes sense and has Part of the question in it 20 points Your answer is written in complete, correct sentences 20 points Your writing has correct capitalization and punctuation 10 points

38. Vocabulary Practice-10 min “If you work hard, there is no limit to the things you can accomplish,” Dad told me. My father influenced me more than anybody I ever knew. Primarily he made sure I knew the importance of working hard to achieve my goals.

39. Fluency – 5 min • Page 566

40. Fluency Rubric 100 points Expressiveness Smoothness Rate and correctness 90 points Smoothness Rate and correctness 80 points Rate and correctness 70 points Correctness