1. My Brothers’ Flying Machine
Wilbur, Orville, and Me
The routines for introducing the words: Define, Explain, Ask: Define the word as you project the definition. Explain what is happening in the picture. Ask the student the question on the slide that follows.
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2. Other books by Jane Yolen
The routines for introducing the words: Define, Explain, Ask: Define the word as you project the definition. Explain what is happening in the picture. Ask the student the question on the slide that follows.
. . . and many more

3. to put something together
assemble
The routines for introducing the words: Define, Explain, Ask: Define the word as you project the definition. Explain what is happening in the picture. Ask the student the question on the slide that follows.

4. Partner Share Time THINK about something that you had to assemble.
TELL your partner about what you had to assemble. Tell them if it was easy or difficult to assemble.

5. lifting a heavy object
hoisting

6. Partner Share Time THINK about something that you were hoisting.
TELL your partner about what you were hoisting. Tell them if it was easy or difficult to be hoisting it.

7. something that’s guaranteed or certain
assured

8. Partner Share Time
THINK about a time when you were assured about something.
TELL your partner about what you were assured about. Tell them how you felt when you were assured.

9. titles of newspaper articles
headlines

10. Partner Share Time THINK about a headline you read.
TELL your partner about the headline you read. Tell them what the headline was about.

11. something that is unsteady
unstable

12. Partner Share Time THINK about something that is unstable.
TELL your partner what was unstable. Tell them what it was like when the item was unstable.

13. when something is praised, usually by clapping
applauded

14. Partner Share Time
THINK about when you applauded someone or for something.
TELL your partner about what you applauded. Tell them why you applauded it.

15. These are words in the story you may not have seen before.
High Interest Words
These are words in the story you may not have seen before.

16. fiddling with something in an attempt to repair it
tinkering

17. Smithsonian the world’s largest museum and research complex
This is the original Smithsonian Museum, built in the early 1850s. It is sometimes called “the castle.”
Smithsonian

18. thought about something
mused

19. forces on an aircraft
lift and drag

20. assembled unstable applauded headlines hoisting assured High Interest
Words
tinkering
Smithsonian
mused
lift and drag
Continue for slides of Kitty Hawk,
North Carolina
Describe the vocabulary word to the class. Have them chorally say the word you described.

21. You can visit Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, where the Wright Brothers first achieved powered flight.

22. This is the hill where they first practiced with gliders.

23. The powered aircraft ran along rails like these before
taking flight

24. Visit the workshop.
Now
Then

25. Imagine what it would have been like to be there!