Sally Ride Level O
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count: 1034

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Level O Answer Sheet

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Book Summary
Sally Ride tells the story of the first American woman, and the youngest person, male or female, in space. The text includes information on Sally's life, education, and space travel. It also tells the reader what she is doing now that she is no longer an astronaut.

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategies
Children should use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning and comprehend text. The targeted strategy for this lesson is: Using context clues.
If a word is unclear, but the rest of the sentence can be deciphered, readers can decode the unfamiliar written word by using the context to help them understand meaning. If the word is not part of the child’s lexicon, the context clues can help him or her interpret the meaning as well.

Word and Print Skills
Phonics
Consonant Digraphs
Identify and list consonant digraphs that are used in the text, Sally Ride.

Word Work
Words ending in -est
Identify and list words ending in -est from the text. This concept will be followed up later in this lesson plan, in the Word Work section.

Synonyms
Identify and list synonyms found in the text. This concept will be followed up later in this lesson plan, in the Word Work section.

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as children work to understand the text. The targeted comprehension strategy for this lesson is: Summarizing after each section.

Visual Learning
Children will note details in the photos and photo captions that will help them understand the text.

Targeted Vocabulary Words
Content Words
Cape Canaveral
Challenger
space shuttle
flight engineer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
weightless
satellite