Starry Messenger
Apollo 11
Skills
Vocabulary
Mendez and Johnston
100

The name of the book that Galileo published

Starry Messenger

100

The first Apollo mission to land on the moon

Apollo 11

100

The three things you look at when you analyze a text

Text, Text Features, and Illustrations

100

Define summary

A short recap of that tells the main ideas and information

100
The name of Ms. Mendez's nephew

Levi

200

Where Galileo was born

Italy

200

The first man to walk on the moon

Neil Armstrong

200
What 5 skills make up fluency?

Accuracy, Phrasing, Rate, Expression, and Performance

200

Define cause and effect

Cause: the action that makes something happen

Effect: the result of an action

200
The college that Ms. Mendez and Miss. Johnston went to

Lipscomb University

300

What most people believed about the universe before Galileo

It was geocentric (revolved around Earth)

300

The name of the astronaut who was on Apollo 11 but did not step on the moon

Michael Collins

300

The parts of an opinion paragraph

Introduction, Opinion, Reasoning, Evidence, Elaboration, Conclusion and Opinion

300

Define a central message

A lesson or big idea that the author wants you to learn from the book

300

Miss. Johnston's favorite board game

Scattergories

400

The tool Galileo invented

telescope

400

The names of the 2 spaceships

Columbia and Eagle

400

What do you use to find the essential meaning

Analyze the beginning and end of the story

Notice repeated words and figurative language

Apply the main idea to the real world (lesson)

400

Define figurative language

Language expressing one thing in terms normally used for another (it means something different than what it says)

400
What are  Ms.Mendez's favorite things (2) that students can do?

1. TRY YOUR BEST

2. Write me letters!

500

What Galileo was accused of by the pope

Heresy

500

Where Mission Control was located

Houston, Texas

500

Describe the writing process

1. Plan + SC

2. Rehearse 

3. Rough draft

4. Revise + peer feedback

5. Final draft!

500

Define a myth

A fictional story about supernatural characters, passed down through generations to explain something about the world

500

The name of Miss. Johnston's dog

Ella