Lesson 20 Ready - Day 3

Lesson 20 Ready - Day 3

Using Multiple Sources for Writing and Speaking

Multiple Choice

What is a topic?

• the title of the story

• the main lesson in the story

• what the text is about

Multiple Select

What are your vocabulary words for the lesson?

• topic

• intergrate

• engage

• source

• integrate

Today's Readings: Satellite, Communication Satellites, and How Satellites Track Cellphones

Today you will read three science texts about communication. We will read these texts to combine information.

Let's Read!

Turn to page 354

Multiple Choice

What is the shared topic of these passages?

• satellites and their uses

• how to track aliens

• working in space

Multiple Choice

What is a satellite?

• a small body or object that revolves around a larger object in space

• the technology outside of a rocketship

• the phone that is used in space

Multiple Select

Why are communication satellites needed?

• they help the community by adding flowers to the parks in America

• it is not possible to erect cell towers in rural areas

• It is the finishing touches on a project in space

• they help find missing persons using the GPS chip in the phone

Multiple Choice

What is an artificial satellite?

• a space program

• the small piece on the spaceship

• a satellite made by humans and sent into orbit in space

Multiple Select

How is a GPS chip used to track a cell phone?

• Satellites send radio signals that can be picked up by a chip in a GPS on Earth.

• The satellite can calculate the distance using a formula based on the speed of a radio wave.

• The satellite can function accurately on any surface.

Turn to page 356.

Make sure you write the correct answers on your paper. We will complete the chart, (Part A) independently.

Multiple Choice

Which idea is in both "Communication Satellites" and "How Satellites Track Cell Phones"?

• Satellites orbit the Earth every 12 hours.

• In rural areas, it is not always, it is not always possible to build cell towers.

• Some cell phones have a Global Positioning System.

• Phones can use satellites to send and receive data.

Complete the chart for Part B.

Make sure you read the instructions.

Multiple Choice

Based on information found in both "Satellite" and "Communication Satellites," which idea is true?

• The first satellite was put in orbit around Earth in 1957.

• A cell phone relies on cell towers.

• There are special satellites that are used for communication.

• Satellite phones allow communication over long distances.

Multiple Select

Satellites help us to communicate with each other. Choose one detail from "Satellite" and one detail from "How Satellites Track Cell Phones" that best support this idea.

• "... object that revolves around a larger object.." ("Satellite")

• "... used for research, weather, study, navigation, and communication." ("Satellite")

• "... astronauts work and research in space." ("Satellite")

• ".. satellites transmit radio signals down to Earth." (How Satellites Track Cell Phones")

• "... less than one-tenth of a second..." ("How Satellites Track Cell Phones")