Reading: Exploring Relationships 3.1.2

Reading: Exploring Relationships
Lesson 3.1.2

Learners can:

• determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on the text, choosing from a range of strategies/tools

• explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in the text based on specific information in the text

Vocabulary: phases of matter, plasma

Curriculum Kit Materials: A Material World: What Is Matter?

​matter that is a solid, a liquid, or a gas

​​phases of matter

a highly conductive gas that responds strongly to electromagnetic forces

​​plasma

​Words to Know

Words can have more than one meaning. When you are reading, you can come to a word you know, but it does not make sense in the sentence. This is a multiple-meaning word.

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​Multiple Meaning Words

​For example:
The plain lettuce salad was “dull."

​​“Dull" can mean uninteresting.

​For example:
It was difficult to see in the “dull" lamplight.

​​“Dull" can mean lacking in brightness.

​Dull

​For example:
The newscaster talked about “current" events.

​​“Current" can mean something happening in the present time.

For example:
The ocean “current" swept the plankton away.

​​“Current" can mean something flowing in a definite direction.

​current

Today we will read pages 6-11 of our text.

After reading, we will answer questions about what we read and discuss multiple meaning words we saw in the text.

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​A Material world: What is matter?

​A solid is any object that keeps its own shape instead of taking the shape of its container.

Toys, books, and clothes are all examples of solid objects.

​​SOlid

A liquid has a definite volume but not a definite shape.

If you put water in a glass, the water takes the shape of the glass. If you pour the same water into a bowl, it will take the shape of the bowl.

​​liquid

Gas is made of atoms and molecules that move faster and further, enabling it to fill a container evenly.

One type of gas is helium, which is used to fill balloons. When the helium is put into the balloon, it evenly fills the balloon. If the balloon pops, the helium will disperse to evenly fill the room.

​​gas

​phases of matter

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of gas as used in the text?

• gasoline that people put in their cars

• the fast-moving state of matter

Reorder

Correctly order the states of matter.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

Which element can change a solid into a liquid and a liquid into a gas?

• earth

• air

• fire

• water

-Get up/Move Around/Stretch
-Get a snack/drink
-Use the bathroom
-Get ready for writing

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​Break Time