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Name ______________________________
Comets and Meteors Visitors From Space
By Jeanne BendickIllustrated by David Schleinkofer
Prediction
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Author’s Purposeinform persuade entertain
Comets and MeteorsVisitors From SpaceFocus Skills:•To use book parts to locate information and find answers to questions in text.•To read and understand a nonfiction selection.
GenreExpository Nonfiction: explains information and ideas
SummaryWe see comets when the Sun’s gravity pulls them past Earth. Comets may look like bright, fuzzy balls or long-haired stars, but they are really made of rock, dust, and ice.Reading StrategyUse Text Structure and FormatGood readers are active readers and they pay attention to how an author has organized information in a selection. Many nonfiction selections include headings and captions. Major ideas are organized under headings, and captions give information about illustrations or photographs.
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Today Long Ago
Defineastronomer
Where on these
pages would
you look to find
out where comets come from?
Explain
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How does a comet
begin its travels?
How does a comet
change as it gets
closer to the sun?
What is solar wind?
Where else in the book
could you find the meaning of this term?
Different Alike
Why don’t comets
glow when they are far from the sun?
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comet planet
Why does the author
compare the Moon’s
movements to a comet’s movements?
Think and Respond1. How are comets different from planets?
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2. What is the purpose of the words in red letters at the tops of some pages?
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3. What effect does the solar wind have on comets?
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4. If you could talk with the author, what question would you ask her? Why would you ask this question?
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Use the graphic organizer to answer the following questions. Highlight the answers on the organizer.
1. What is the main purpose of this selection?2. Why is this selection most like an informational book?3. What does a comet look like in the sky?4. Why did people who lived long ago think a comet was a
warning of something bad?5. What can the gas in the comet’s coma be compared to?6. What are scientists who study the planets and stars
called?7. Where do scientists think a huge cloud of comets might
be?8. What do you call the force that connects the solar system
to the sun called?9. What is the name for the “flying rocks” in our solar
system?10. What does a comet start out as?11. What are the tails of comets made of?12. What is the name for the orbits that comets take around
the sun?13. What is one thing that makes a comet glow?14. What is a comet tail?