Comprehending the Text
Discuss what students learned about the history of flight.
Say: Share with the person next to you the important facts you learned about flight.
After students have shared with one another, discuss as a group the most important facts they learned about flight. 

Discuss main ideas and important details.
Say: The main idea is the most important thing the author wants you to understand in a chapter or section. Often, each section has a topic sentence that outlines the main idea. Headings can often provide clues to the main idea as well. The main idea is supported by important facts or details. Not all the information provided by the author is important. A good reader learns to pick out the important details from the unimportant ones. Let’s look at the first section and see if we can work out what the main idea is. 

Work with students to help them find the main idea and important details for the first section. Then give them worksheet 1 and have them find the main ideas of the sections listed. Have them share and compare the main ideas they found. Then have them go back and find important details that support each main idea. They should write the important details in the third column on the worksheet.