OBJECTIVESTODAY WE WILL….

• Analyze text structure

• Identify problems and solutions

• Use academic language: text structure, problem, solution

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VOCABULARY REVIEW• Historical– Something that happened or existed in the past

• Dispute– A disagreement or difference of opinion

• Automatically– Something done without a person’s control

• Requirements– Things that must be done– Standards hat must be met

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STRATEGY Analyze Text Structure

• Text structure is the way writers organize information in nonfiction

• This will help you understand and remember what you have read.

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SKILL:Problem and Solution

• Problem and solution is one type of text structure

• The writer describes a problem and then gives steps to solve that problem

• You can look for signal words that show a problem or solution such as:– So– As a result– Therefore

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PREVIEW & PREDICTWhen I say “Go”, take 1 minute to preview the

illustrations. • Skim text when previewing• Ask questions before reading• Use section headers to make predictionsAsk yourself:– How do photographs and sections headers help to

make predictions?On your index card, write your predictions about the

events or characters in the story. After we listen to the story, we will check your predictions.

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FOCUS QUESTION

• Read to find out…

–How did one astronaut help science twice?

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AN AMERICAN HERO FLIES

AGAIN

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Let’s Check our Predictions!• Share with your criss-cross/shoulder partner

your predictions. Were they correct?• Did you learn how one astronaut helped

science twice? Discuss.TOMORROW WE WILL…– Use our “Problem and Solution” chart to help

answer the “Think and Compare” questions on page 353.

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SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT….

• If you could go anywhere is space, where would you go?

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