Living in Space p.4-13

Grade 4
Marking Period 3
Alternate Text Shared Reading
Week 22: Living in Space

Lesson 3

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Teaching Meaning Vocabulary
a · dapt (irregular, closed)

Adapt is a verb that means to change, modify or make
ready for a new purpose.

- Once schools closed for the worldwide pandemic,
everyone had to adapt to virtual learning.

- The older building was adapted so everyone could
use it.

Open Ended

Give one example of an adaptation.

Teaching Meaning Vocabulary

grav · it · y (closed, closed, open)

Gravity is a noun that means the physical force that
a planet has to pull objects towards its center.

- The force of gravity keeps all of the planets in orbit
around the sun.

- The force of gravity is so low in outer space that
astronauts float in the air.

Multiple Choice

Gravity is a force that a planet has to pull objects ____ its center.

• away from

• towards

• around

First Focus

Think about how astronauts have to
adapt daily routines that we have in
place on Earth.

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Multiple Choice

How do astronauts take a bath in space?

• in a space tub

• with special soap that doesn't need water

• By using a sponge

• with special water that has soap bubbles

Choral Reading

I can compare my
viewpoint with the
author’s! I also think tasks involving water would not be easy in space.

Multiple Select

What are 2 problems astronauts have brushing their teeth?

• their teeth float away in space

• they can't hold the toothbrush, water, and toothpaste at the same time

• they can't find any good space toothpaste

• they can't spit in a sink

Match

Match the following

• there can't be crumbs in space that will float all over the ISS

• there isn't much storage on the ISS

• zero gravity reduces taste for astronauts

• there is a wide variety of food options available

food needs to be sticky/wet

food needs to be small

food needs to be tasty

the menu repeats every 8 days

• food needs to be sticky/wet

• food needs to be small

• food needs to be tasty

• the menu repeats every 8 days

Multiple Choice

Going to the bathroom is very complicated in space.

• True

• False

• there are no bathrooms in space

Draw

Draw how an astronaut sleeps in space.

New Focus for Partner Reading

We talked about what things are very
different in outer space, but what is
similar between life on Earth and life in
outer space for the astronauts?

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Open Ended

What is similar between life on Earth and live in outer space for the astronauts?

Multiple Choice

Astronauts live on the ___________ in outer space.

• International Space Center

• International Space Station

• International House of Pancakes

• International Space Rocket

Open Ended

What are some effects of zero gravity on the astronauts?

Open Ended

What surprised you about how astronauts live in outer space?

Hotspot

Tag all the examples of adaptations astronauts need to make for life in outer space. Can you find more than one?

Anchor Chart

Living in Space

Dream and

Reality

The Daily
Routine

Open Ended

What is one main idea for the astonauts' daily routine?

Review Super Sentences

Open Ended

Use ADAPT or ADAPTATION in a super sentence.