Mae Jemison 2-4

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Mae Jemison2-4
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Spelling The /ur/ and /ir/ sounds

• /ur/ has five patterns
• Er germ
• Ir stir
• Ur return
• Ear early
• Or worth
• /ir/ has two patterns
• Eer steer
• Ear smear

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• pearl

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• worse

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• smear

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volcano
earthquake
thunderstorm
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• term

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• return

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• nerve

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• worth

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• dawn

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• squirm

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• thirst

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• peer

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• pier

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• burnt

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• perch

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• Squirt

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• yearn

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• career

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• dreary

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• emergency

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• interpret

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VocabularyOvercoming obstacles to become an
astronaut

• Astronaut a person trained to participate in
  the flight of spacecraft
• Launches put into action by force
• Mission an operation that is assigned to achieve
  certain goals

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VocabularyOvercoming obstacles to become an
astronaut

• Satellite a device made to orbit the earth while
  performing a task
• Space shuttle a spacecraft launched like a
  rocket that can return to earth and land like a
  plane
• Specialist one who becomes an expert in a
  particular field

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• Orbit the path of a spacecraft around the earth
• Reusable able to be used again
• Weightless the condition of being without weight

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Reading Strategy Monitor/Clarify

• It is important to stop and check your
  understanding of a story as your read.
• This will help you become a better reader and
  understand what you read at the end of the story.

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Comprehension Skill Topic, Main Idea, and
Supporting Details

• We can use the monitor/clarify strategy to figure
  out the topic, main idea, and supporting details
  in a story.

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• Topic the subject most of the paragraphs tell
  about
• Main ideas the most important ideas about the
  topic
• Supporting details the small pieces that make up
  the main idea

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Discussion Questions p212

1. Why did some adults try to discourage Mae from
   pursuing her goals?
2. What personal strengths did Mae Jemison
   demonstrate during her youth, and how did these
   help her reach her goals?
3. Why did the author include details about Maes
   accomplishments in school?

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p. 220-221

1. What details did the author include about Mae
   Jemisons duties aboard Endeavour?
2. Were you surprised that Mae Jemison left the
   astronaut corps soon after completing her
   mission? Why or why not?

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p. 214

1. What challenge did Mae face in Kenya, and how did
   she overcome it?

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p. 218-219

1. How do you think Mae Jemison felt while she was
   waiting for an opportunity to fly on a space
   mission?
2. How did her achievement help combat prejudice?
3. How did Mae Jemisons journey into space help
   advance scientific knowledge?

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p. 222

1. What new goals did Mae Jemison set for herself
   after leaving the astronaut corps?
2. Why do you think the author of this selection
   chose Mae Jemison as the subject of a biography?

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Structural Analysis Suffixes ive and -ic

• Artistic
• Majestic
• Conclusive
• Adaptive

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GrammarVerb Tenses

• Verbs have forms, or tenses, that tell when the
  action happens.
• A present tense verb shows action that happens
  now, or that happens regularly over time.
• To form the present tense, add s or es to most
  verbs if the subject is singular. Do not add s
  or es if the subject is plural or I or you.

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GrammarVerb Tenses

• A past tense verb shows that something already
  happened.
• To form the past tense, add ed to most verbs.
• Mission specialists perform experiments in space.
• Mae Jemison performed experiments on the effects
  of weightless.

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Practice-locate verbs, label past or present

1. Many space probes carry robots instead of
   astronauts.
2. A robot photographed the Martian landscape in
   1997.
3. Millions of people viewed those photographs on
   computers.
4. A probe to Mars travels for eleven months.
5. Astronauts lose bone cells on long flights.
6. Mae Jemison studied this process on her space
   flight.