Theme 2 Selection 4

Sound/Spellings

er, ir, ur, ear, and or spell /ur/eer and ear spell /ir/

ier spells /ir/

Spelling Skill

er ir ur

germ stir return

nerve squirm burnt

term thirst hurl

perch squirt curve

interpret firm

emergency

ear / ur/ or /ur/

early world

pearl worth

learn worse

yearn

eer ear ier

peer smear pier

steer rear

career year

dreary

er, ir, ur, ear, and or spell /ur/

eer and ear spell /ir/ ier spells /ir/

Barbara Jordan: A Powerful Voice for America

Building Background:

Do you believe that people can overcome enormous obstacles?

Teacher Read Aloud:

Topic, Main Idea, and Details

The topic is what the selection is about.

Main ideas are the most important ideas about the topic.

Sometimes the reader must determine main ideas from the details.

Comprehension Skill:

Listen for the topic and main ideas.

1. What is the topic of this selection?

2. What details support the main idea that Barbara Jordan achieved remarkable success at the Boston

University School of Law?

3. Barbara ran for the Texas State Senate three times, losing the first two elections and winning the third.

What does this tell you about her?

Setting a Purpose:

                                                            

Give It All You’ve Got

a person trained to participate in the flight of a spacecraft

astronaut

Mae Jemison knew that she wanted to be an astronaut.

Synonyms:cosmonaut moonwalker space person

Attachment A

puts into action by force

launches

A shuttle launches like a rocket, but it returns to Earth and lands on a runway.

Synonyms:propelflingthrow

an operation that is assigned to achieve certain goals

mission

At the end of her training year, Mae became a mission specialist astronaut.

Synonyms:assignmentpurposeoperation

the path of a spacecraft around the earth

orbit

Synonyms:circlecycletrajectory

A few minutes later, Endeavour was in orbit around Earth.

able to be used again

reusable

In the 1970s, NASA designed the space shuttle as the first reusable spacecraft.

satellite

Astronauts aboard a shuttle can capture, repair, and launch satellites.

a device made to orbit the earth while performing a task

a spacecraft launched like a rocket that can return to Earth and land like a plane

space shuttle

Astronauts must live and work together for long periods in a cramped space shuttle.

Synonyms:space capsulerocket

one who becomes an expert in a particular field

At the end of her training, Mae became a mission specialist astronaut.

specialist

Synonyms:authoritygurutechnician

weightlessness

the condition of being without weight

During training, Mae got a preview of weightlessness.

Synonyms:airiness floatability

Mae Jemison Books