Students explore aircraft, flying, and air travel. They describe how parts work, explain ideas from readings, and discuss the development and experience of flight.
Practice: Vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension, and discussion.
Vocabulary: aircraft, controls, propeller, tilt.
Grammar: Use be able to in place of can or could to describe ability in the present and past.
Word study: The scr and str consonant blends in words such as scrutinize and strenuous.
Reading & speaking: Read about airplanes and flying; explain how parts of an aircraft work and discuss air travel.