Unit 4 Week 4

Weekly Concept Flight Essential Question How are people able to fly?

UP, UP, AND AWAY People have wanted to fly for hundreds of years. Thanks to many inventors, there are lots of ways they can! People can cross the country in tiny planes, huge passenger jets, or colorful hot air balloons. Helicopters take small groups from here to there. And some adventurers fly solo high above the Earth. Talk About lt Write words about flight. Talk about how people have learned to fly.

Vocabulary Use the picture and the sentence to talk with a partner about each word.

Your Turn Pick three words. Then write three questions for your partner to answer.

Genre. Expository Firsts in Flight Essential Question How are people able to fly? Read about how inventors learned how to fly.

Orville and Wilbur Wright stood on a cold, windy beach in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The brothers traveled a long way from their home in Dayton, Ohio to test their newest flying machine. Flying had been their dream since their father had given them a toy helicopter. The Wright brothers owned a bicycle shop in Dayton. In addition to selling, building, and repairing bicycles, they built flying machines. They flew the first one in 1899. However, the winds weren't strong enough to keep the machine in motion. So they looked for a place where the winds were stronger. As a result, they chose Kitty Hawk. It was not only windy there, but the sandy beaches made for soft landings. Orville and Wilbur Wright On December 17, 1903, the Wright Flyer Plew for 12 seconds at Kitty Hawk.