Name: _______________________

Earth, the Moon, and the Sun Reading Guide

Page Pictures Do you Understand?

Page C81
A satellite is an object ________________ are
that moves in orbit
around another, larger satellites of the sun.
body.

Page C83
Check out the chart on _____ check here if you can
page C83. There are four name the four inner planets
inner planets. All of
them are made of solid,
rocklike materials.

Page C85 Which four of these planets

are made up of mostly gas?
Check out the chart on
page C85. There are five 1. _____________________
outer planets. Since they
are farther from the Sun, 2.______________________
they are dark and cold.
3. _____________________

4._____________________
Page C86 What is the difference
between asteroids, comets,
Did you read that there
are other things in our and meteors?
solar system besides the
Sun, planets, and their
moons? There are also
asteroids, comets, and
meteors.
Page C86 Can you name another
example of a constellation
Take a look at the photo
youve seen or heard of
on page C88. Stars can
before?
often be grouped to make
pictures. Constellations
are patterns or pictures
outlined by stars.
If not, try drawing your own
constellation below.

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Title of text: Fourth Grade Scientific Method
Text
A scientist is a person who
studies, specializes in, or
investigates a field of science
and does scientific work. (Not
necessarily stated in the text,
but students will explore what
a scientist is and does in set a
purpose for the reading.)
Step 4: Experiment will test
your hypothesis, includes step-
by-step procedure and
materials list. Three types of
variables: A variable is
anything that changes or could
change during the experiment.
1. Independent Variable- the
scientist changes this variable
2. Dependent Variable- part of
the experiment that changes
as a result of some other
action, it is measure
3. Constant Variable- the part
of the experiment that is not
changed by the scientist
Think Aloud
Teacher Script Strategies modeled/practiced
Today we are going to be Having students explore the
discussing the scientific definition of a word on their
method. The scientific method own touches on vocabulary.
is the six steps scientists use to Also, visualizing what a
investigate and conduct scientist looks and using
experiments. Before we read background knowledge on the
the article I brought for you subject to create a definition
all, I want you to look at these uses comprehension.
pictures. I typed scientists into
Google and this is what
popped up. Analyzing all of
these photos, pair up with a
person sitting next to you and
try to form a definition of the
word scientist or a description
of a scientist.
This part of the reading has a Using resources, such as an
lot of confusing but important online dictionary and an
vocabulary in it. We are going experiment from the internet,
to work through the three to define words and put them
different types of variable into context is vocabulary. By
together to really break down connecting those vocabulary
what they mean so you all words to an actual science
understand them better. The experiment, students are
independent variable is what working on comprehension.
the scientist CHANGES. The
dependent variable is what the
scientist MEASURES. Lastly,
the constant variable is what
stays the SAME the entire
experiment. Lets explore an
experiment together to see if
we can recognize these
variables in action. Our
question we are exploring is,
what is the best brand of soil
for roses? You plant three
roses into pots. One pot has
Miracle Gro soil, the second

Step 5: Observation- using
five senses to observe, gather
information, record what
happens, and analyze data, it
may be a graph, chart, or
written work.
has Happy Frog soil, and the
third has Black Gold soil in it.
You water the roses the same
amount every day and make
sure they get the same amount
of sunlight. After a month,
you measure the roses and see
which one is the tallest. With
your partner from before, see
if you can identify the
independent, dependent, and
constant variables in this
experiment.
I have this chart here that By asking students to activate
shows each of the six steps of their background knowledge
the scientific method. Since and having them connect their
we discussed earlier how reading to their own lives,
everyone is capable of being a students are making personal
scientist, I want you all to connections to the text in
think back and try to connect order to better comprehend it.
the scientific method to your
life. Has there ever been a
time when youve questioned
something that has gone on,
wondered why something
works the way it does, and
used some of your senses to
make observations? For
example, in my science class
last year, we used all of our
senses to explore clementines.
Though it sounds silly; we
tasted them, sketched them,
weighed them, and studied
them in depth to the point
where if we point our
clementine in a pile with a
bunch of other clementines,
we knew which was ours. Pair
up with your partner again and
maybe share a time youve
used a step in the scientific
method without even knowing
it.
Name: ____________________

Date: ___________

As a wild thing, how did you get to the land of the wild
things? When Max showed up, how did you feel about him
declaring himself king and why?

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