Reaching for the Stars: Sleeping in Space

Reaching for the Stars: Sleeping in Space — page 1 — ROURKE’S CONNECTIONS SCHOOL to HOME BEFORE AND DURING READING ACTIVITIES Before Reading Building Background Knowledge and Vocabulary Building background knowledge can help children process new information and build upon what they already know Before reading a book it is important to tap into what children already know about the topic This will help them develop their vocabulary and increase their reading comprehension Questions and Activities to Build Background Knowledge 1 Look at the front cover of the book and read the title What do you think this book will be about 2 What do you already know about this topic 3 Take a book walk and skim the pages Look at the table of contents photographs captions and bold words Did these text features give you any information or predictions about what you will read in this book Vocabulary Vocabulary Is Key to Reading Comprehension Use the following directions to prompt a conversation about each word Read the vocabulary words What comes to mind when you see each word What do you think each word means Vocabulary Words orbit cosmonaut g-force purification resistant modules During Reading Reading for Meaning and Understanding To achieve deep comprehension of a book children are encouraged to use close reading strategies During reading it is important to have children stop and make connections These connections result in deeper analysis and understanding of a book Close Reading a Text During reading have children stop and talk about the following Any confusing parts Any unknown words Text to text text to self text to world connections The main idea in each chapter or heading Encourage children to use context clues to determine the meaning of any unknown words These strategies will help children learn to analyze the text more thoroughly as they read When you are finished reading this book turn to the next to last page for After Reading Questions and an Activity

Reaching for the Stars: Sleeping in Space — page 2 — TABLE OF CONTENTS To the Stars 4 Solving Space Problems 10 A Job in Space 22 Diagram 30 Index 31 After Reading Questions 31 Activity 31 About the Author 32

Reaching for the Stars: Sleeping in Space — page 3 — TO THE STARS In 1961 Yuri Gagarin a cosmonaut was the first human to journey into outer space He stayed in space for 108 minutes before returning to Earth Ever since then astronauts have continued to make their dreams about space a reality Scientists and engineers have worked hard to get them there cosmonaut KOS-mo-nawt an astronaut in a Russian or Soviet Union space program in Greek kosmo means universe and nautes means sailor 4

Reaching for the Stars: Sleeping in Space — page 4 — kilometers 327 203 miles of reached a height once and traveled around Earth Gagarin Yuri 5

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