The Mystery of Mars

At the end of the lesson I will be able to… Read and Identify hyphenated compound

adjectives. Expand vocabulary by reading and supplying

the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.

Identify and decode words with consonant l-blends

Recognize and spell words with the long I sound

These words are hyphenated compound words

mile-high

rose-colored

cinnamon-colored blue-eyed

These words represent comparative and superlative adjectives

:•small•smaller•smallest

These words contain consonant l-blends

planet cliff deflated climb

These words contain the long i sound

surprise survive entire overnight site

Identify the hyphenated compound words

She wore rose-colored glasses when she visited the mile-high city.

The hyphenated compound words is… Rose-colored Mile-high

Identify the comparative and superlatives

John was smaller than his sister, but his brother was the smallest in the family.

The comparative is ___________. smaller The superlative is ___________. smallest

Identify the consonant l-bends The balloon deflated when it hit the side of the

cliff. The word with the consonant l-blend is ________. Deflated The other word with the consonant l-blend is

________. cliff

Identify the word with the long i sound.

The common box tortoise can survive for an entire century.

The word with the long I sound is _______, it is spelled ______.

Survive, I __ E The other word with the long I sound is

_______, it is spelled ______. Entire, I ____ E

The Mystery of Mars

Vocabulary

GeologistOrganicMeteoriteInterplanetaryAtmosphere

OCR 2002 5th gradeLesson 5 The Mystery of Mars

Sandra Sanchez

Abbott Elementary

Geologist “use context clues and word

structure”

The little robot geologist dug its wheels into the red Martian dirt, churning up the soil to analyze its texture and clumpiness.

The geologist studied the soil in our area to determine if the land was good for crops.

geologist- a person who studies the solid mater on a moon or planet

Organic “use apposition”

Another experiment looked for organic molecules, the molecules that make up living things.

My brother takes an organic chemistry class in college. He studies the molecules of living things.

organic- taken from a living being

Meteorite “use context clues”

Scientist know that meteorites and interplanetary dust deliver a steady supply of organic molecules to the Martian surface.

The scientist found remnants of a meteorite in the desert.

meteorite- a piece of matter from the solar system that hits a planet or moon’s surface

Interplanetary “use context clues, word structure”

Science fiction stories sometimes include interplanetary travel between Earth and another planet.

The spacecraft on Mars radioed an interplanetary communication back to Earth.

interplanetary- shared between planets

Sandra SanchezAbbott Elementary

Atmosphere “use context clues, word structure”

Earth is surrounded by an atmosphere that protects all the plants and animals on the plant from the extreme conditions in space.

Earth’s atmosphere contains mostly oxygen, whereas Mars’s contains mostly carbon dioxide.

atmosphere- the gases that surround a planet or moonSandra Sanchez

Abbott Elementary

Vocabulary Quiz

interplanetary meteorite organic atmosphere geologist

1. A _________ is someone who studies rocks on Earth or the moon.

2. The Earth is surrounded by a protective layer of air, this layer is called the _______.

3. The astronauts used _________communication to inform NASA of Mars weather conditions.

4. In an ________ college course, you would be studying the molecules of living things.

5. What is a piece of matter from the solar system that hits a planet or the moon’s surface?__________

Sandra SanchezAbbott Elementary

Understanding the Selection Mars is a little over one-half the size of Earth. Mercury Neptune Earth Mars

7,920 miles 4,200 miles

Diameter

Diameter

FACT:Mars is 141 million miles away from the sun, 48 million miles farther than Earth is.QUESTION:How far away from the sun is the Earth?

141

?

Understanding the SelectionIt takes 687 days for Mars to orbit the sun.

Understanding the SelectionIt takes 24 hours and 24 minutes for Mars to rotate on its

axis.

Genre: Expository Text

Purpose: To share information with or explain something to the reader.

Facts about real people or events are often included.

Information is usually presented in the order in which they occur.

It may be organized by topics.

Genre: Expository Text

It may include diagrams, photographs, maps, or illustrations to help the reader understand the subject better.

The factual information can be checked my referring to other sources.