CKLA U7L17

A Tour of the

International
Space Station

Lesson 17

unit 7 - Astronomy

Today you will . . .

• identify key ideas and details from websites and videos

about the International Space Station. [SL.3.2]

• plan to write an informative piece about a day in the life

of an astronaut aboard the International Space Station.
[W.3.5]

• read a story about a girl who goes to an astronomy

camp and answer questions about the text. [RL.3.1]

And you will . . .

• read a passage out loud. [RF.3.3, RF.3.4, RF.3.4a, RF.3.4b,

RF.3.4c]

• use the correct punctuation to indicate singular

possessive nouns. [L.3.2d]

Unit-level Essential

Question:

what celestial objects make

up our solar system?

Lessons 16–20 Guiding Question:

What is an ordinary day like on

the International Space

Station?

International
Space Station

Notes: Gathering

Information

⋆ Morning Routine

⋆ Exercising

⋆ Eating

International Space Station Virtual Tour

⋆ Working

⋆ Free Time

⋆ Sleeping

https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=Q1vHmuUX
OYw

ISS Kids Zone

⋆ https://solc.gsfc.nasa.gov/modules/newkz3/index.

html

⋆ https://isslive.com/

THE WRITING PROCESS

1. PLAN

2. DRAFT

4. EDIT

Think

brainstorm

3. REVISE

5. PUBLISH

A Day in the
Life of an
Astronaut

on the

International
Space Station

Activity

Page
17.1

Main Idea #1

•• Supporting

detail

•• Supporting

detail

Main Idea #2

•• Supporting

detail

•• Supporting

detail

Main Idea #3

•• Supporting

detail

•• Supporting

detail

Introduction: Attention Grabber

Closing: Restate the introduction (In conclusion…, As

you can see…, To summarize…)

Reading Time

Hey, that’s

mine!

possessive

to show something
special belongs to a

person or thing

noun

person, place

or thing

‘

‘S

SINGULAR

S’

PLURAL

the boy’s toy

the boys’ toy

Singular Possessive Nouns

⋆ (The office of the doctor) is crowded today.

⋆ (The tractor of the farmer) is painted green.

⋆ (The ballet shoes of the dancer) are made of pink

silk.

⋆ (The mitt of the catcher) is made of brown

leather.

⋆ (The letters from the visitor) made me laugh.

The doctor’s office
The farmer’s tractor

The visitor’s letters

The catcher’s mitt

The dancer’s ballet shoes

review: suffixes

⋆ Added to the END of word - Changes the meaning of word
-ful

(full of)
-less

(lacking)
-ous

(full of)

-ive

(relating to)

-ly

(in a
way)

Review:

QUOTATION

MARKS

©2019 Ragamuffifn

Used to show
EXACTLY what a
person says or has

said.

review:Conjunctions

CONNECT groups of words

⋆ and (plus, along with, also)

⋆ but (something different)

⋆ because (for this reason)

⋆ so (then this happened)

⋆ or (signals a choice, possibility)

words
that

Glue-All

sentences
together

©2019 Ragamuffifn

M
V
E
M

J

U
S

N

ercury

ars

arth
enus

upiter
aturn

ranus

eptune

If you like this, write a review and tell your friends! ☺

More info on how to use this template at
www.slidescarnival.com/help-use-presentation-template

This template is free to use under Creative Commons Attribution license.
You can keep the Credits slide or mention SlidesCarnival and other
resources used in a slide footer.

Thanks again!