All About Planes Grades 2-4 - the History of Planes, Balloons and Helicopters
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- Author : Whitear, Jane
Students will read and research about the first flying machines, the Wright Flyer, the history of planes from 1905 and balloon and the helicopter. They will experiment with how a plane flies and airports. The activities and worksheets touch upon social studies curricula while the skills practice cover many other subject areas, making this a truly integrated resource.
Skills covered include:
List of Skills Phonics: (Parachutes)
1. Long/Short Vowel "a"
2. Two Syllable Words
3. Suffixes
4. Compound Words
5. "er" Sound
6. Long/Short Vowel "o"
7. Rhyming Words
8. Following Specific Instructions
Word Study: (Whirlybirds)
1. Word Puzzle
2. Alphabetical Order
3. Word Search
4. Dictionary Skills
5. Syllabication
6. Making New Words
7. Root Words
8. Plural
9. Suffixes
10. Crossword Puzzle
Creative Writing: (The Wright Flyer)
1. Acrostic Poem
2. Story Writing - Fantasy
3. Story Writing - Adventure
4. Cinquain
5. Choose a Title
Art: (Aerodynamic Art)
1. Build a Model Balloon
2. Mural Making
3. Construction of an Airport
4. Design an Effective Paper Plane
Mathematics: (Monoplanes)
1. Bar Graph
2. Word Problems (+ and -)
3. Research and Graph
4. Time
5. Word Problems (x and+)
6. Number Facts ( + and -)
7. Fractional Parts
8. Measuring
9. Codes
10. Counting By Two
Research: (Runways)
1. Jobs on a Plane (Library Skills)
2. Mapping Skills
3. Facts About Planes (Research Skills)
4. Parachute Rescue (Reading/Research)
5. Charts on Jobs for Helicopters (Organizing Skills)
Reading: (Plane Facts)
1. First Flying Machines ( Research Skills )
2. The Wright Flyer (Reasoning)
3. How Does a Plane Fly (Experiment)
4. Flying High - (Context Clues)
5. Planes from 1905 ........ (Context Clues)
6. Balloons and Ballooning (Context/Reasoning Skills)
7. History of the Helicopter (Context/Research)
8. So You Want......... (Context/Research/Analysis)
9. The Airport (Context/Research/Analysis)
Higher Level Thinking Skills: (Up in the Clouds)
1. Problem Solving (Bird/Balloons)
2. Solutions to Overcrowding
3. Decision Making Skills
4. Organization Skills
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