3. 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?
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Reading
Aim: HotAir Balloon
Haiku (p. 732)
Haiku is an unrhymed
form of Japanese poetry
that is three lines long. The
first line has five syllables; the second line,
seven syllables; the third line, five syllables.
A Simile is a comparison of two essentially unlike
things that uses the words like or as.
A Metaphor is a comparison of two essentially unlike
things that does NOT use the words like or as.
25. Spelling
Aim: Words with able, ible
Lesson:
• Pages 188189
Homework:
• Spelling words ABC order
ten times each
26. Language Arts
Aim: Prepositions/
Prepositional Phrases
A prepositional phrase
is a group of words that
begins with a preposition and ends with a noun
or pronoun.
A prepositional phrase makes a connection
between two nouns or pronouns in a sentence.
The object of a preposition of the noun or
pronoun that follows the preposition.
28. Religion
Aim: We are called to
pray daily (p. 146)
Lesson:
• Complete "We
Gather"
• Read pp. 146147
• Define KEY WORDS
• Write TEN (10) facts about the chapter
Homework:
• How many holy days of obligation does the Church
celebrate in the United States?
• When are some good times during the day to
engage in prayer?
31. Homework Summary for Wednesday May 29, 2013
Reading
Practice Book page 211
Math
"My Homework" pages 667668
Math test this week
Spelling
ABC order ten times each
