Vocabulary 1
The ______ of something is how much of that thing there is.
Amount
The _____ ______ includes Earth and other planets that move around the sun.
Solar system
How hot or cold something is.
Temperature
The sign above the oranges told us the ______ of money they cost.
Amount
What is main idea?
The theme or message that the author is trying to tell us. It is what the passage is mainly, or mostly, about.
The study of stars and planets.
Astronomy
Name one planet (besides Earth) in our solar system.
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
When you feel the ____ of the sun you feel its heat.
Warmth
While digging below the ______, I found a dog bone.
Surface
Floods can cause tremendous damage. They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. They often leave mud, sand, and debris behind. It can take months to clean up after a flood.
Floods can cause tremendous damage.
The _____ is the world.
Globe
To provide what someone needs.
Support
What is another word for warmth?
Hot, heat
If you like to look at the night sky, you should study what?
Astronomy
What genre are we studying this week?
Expository text
What is another word for globe?
Earth
The outside of something.
Surface
I depend on the ______ of my parents.
Support
What reading strategy are we working on this week?
Summarize
What is expository text?
Its main purpose is to inform. It gives true facts and information about a topic. It includes text features.
Headings, table of contents, photographs, charts and graphs, captions, diagrams, maps, index, bold print.
What does it mean to summarize?
Stating in your own words the main idea and key details of a text.