3. 1. The hotair balloons were _______ into the sky.
2. Billy asked me to _______ the balloon.
3. My mom was my traveling _______ when I toured
Mexico.
4. We _______ the boat and began looking for whales.
5. We used the _______ method to prove that air has
weight.
6. The scientist looked at _______ under the microscope.
7. The fog was so _______ that school was delayed.
8. Water is made of _______ and oxygen.
scientific launched companion anchored
inflate hydrogen dense particles
4. Reading
Aim: Balloon
Flight (p. 710)
Talk About It
Nowadays
people can
travel quickly
by plane to
almost any part of the world. Why do you
think people still like to go up in hotair
balloons?
5. Something that is launched is started in
motion or sent off.
Particles are small bits or pieces of an
element.
Things that are dense are thick or packed
closely together.
Inflate means to cause to swell by filling
with air or gas.
6. Anchored means held firmly in place.
Hydrogen is a light gas that burns easily.
Scientific means having to do with or used
in science.
A companion is a person or animal who
keeps somebody company.
7. Reading
Aim: The Science of Hot
Air Balloons (p. 712)
Word Parts
Greek Roots help you
understand entire word
families. The hydrogen
has the Greek root hydr.
This root means "water."
Most words beginning with hydr have
something to do with water.
8. Reading
Monitor Comprehension
Make Generalizations
A Generalizations Chart helps
you make broad statements
that describe ideas or events.
This will help you monitor your
comprehension or
understanding of what you read. To make
generalizations, combine key facts from the
text and your prior knowledge.
Information
from Text
Prior Knowledge
Generalization
10. Reading
Aim: Up in the Air:
The Story of
Balloon Flight
(p. 714)
Nonfiction gives
information and
facts about real
people, places, events, and situations.
Make Generalizations
As you read, combine information from the
text with prior knowledge. Use your
Generalizations Chart.
11.
12. altitude: the measurements of the distance
above Earth's surface.
chemist: an expert in chemistry, the science
that deals with the characteristics of
elements.
helium: a very light, colorless, odorless gas
that does not burn.
14. Reading Homework
Summarize
Who was responsible for the first
five balloon flights, and when
did they take place? Identify
each flight and explain what
made it special.
24. Spelling
Aim: Words with able, ible
Lesson:
• Pages 185187
Homework:
• Spelling words ten times each
25. Language Arts
Aim: Prepositions/
Prepositional Phrases
A preposition comes
before a noun or
pronoun and relates
that noun or pronoun to another word in the
sentence.
Common prepositions are about, above,
across, after, at, behind, down, for, from, in,
near, of, on, over, to, and with.
26. Language Arts
Class work
• Grammar Practice Book, page 179
1. The balloon flew above the village.
2. JeanPierre Blanchard floated over the English
Channel.
3. A duck, a rooster, and a sheep rode in the basket of the
balloon.
4. The balloon rose to a height of one hundred feet.
5. They floated in a new direction.
6. Weather balloons give us information about the
atmosphere.
7. Buoyancy keeps balloons in the air.
8. Bertrand Piccard stayed in a balloon for 20 days.
9. The balloon dropped gently from the sky.
10. The balloon landed in a forest behind a field.
27. Homework Summary for Thursday May 23, 2013
Reading
Who was responsible for the first five balloon flights, and
when did they take place? Identify each flight and
explain what made it special.
Math
"My Homework" pages 641642
Spelling
Spelling words ten times each.
