| Reading A-Z Level |  |
| Ages | 9 - 11 |
| Grade | 5 |
| Fountas & Pinnell | U-W |
| Reading Recovery | N/A |
| DRA | 50 |
| Lexile | 891-980 |
Private Spaceships
Informational (nonfiction),
2,041 words,
Level Z (Grade 5)
How much would you pay to travel into space? Private Spaceships is a nonfiction informational book detailing the recent shift toward a new era of private space flight. The book explains why NASA retired its space shuttle fleet and how commercial companies are taking over many types of space missions that in the past could only be done by governments. The book acknowledges the role of the Ansari X-Prize and other competitions in encouraging the development of new kinds of spacecraft and highlights some of the new designs, such as Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo and the SpaceX Dragon capsule.
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Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
Comprehension
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Identify and use adjectives and the nouns they describe
Word Work
Read and understand number words
Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
Comprehension
Identify the author’s purpose
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify and use adjectives and the nouns they describe
Word Work
Read and understand number words
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
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