Book: Fun with a Flying Disc
A flying disc is fun to throw. First, hold the disc with your thumb on top and your fingers under the edge. Next, stand sideways to your friend. Then swing your arm out toward your friend and let go.
Room 5's Flying Disc How-To
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Use a book and a poster to write steps in order.
Read the sources
Room 5 is writing a how-to page for gym class. They found a book and a poster about throwing a flying disc. Read both.
Poster: Coach Kim's Disc Tips
Stand sideways.
Pull the disc back across your body before you throw.
Keep the disc flat when you let go.
To catch it, put one hand on top and one hand under it.
Compare the sources
Use the book and the poster to answer.
1.
Which step do both the book and the poster tell?
2.
Read the book. Write the missing word.
Hold the disc with your on top.
3.
Read Coach Kim's poster. Underline the sentence that tells where to pull the disc before you throw.
4.
Marco wants to add a tip about catching the disc. Which source should he use?
Write the how-to
Put the steps from both sources together.
5.
The book uses words that tell the order of the steps. Circle the three words that tell order.
6.
Room 5 used both sources to make four steps. Write the step number (1, 2, 3, or 4) next to each step.
Pull the disc back across your body.
Hold the disc with your thumb on top.
Swing your arm out and let go.
Stand sideways to your friend.
7.
Room 5 wants to add a tip from the poster to the step "Swing your arm out and let go." Which tip fits that step?
8.
Write Room 5's how-to page. Write the four steps in order. Then add Coach Kim's tip for catching.