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BUILD BACKGROUND Unit 1, Grade 4
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
California Standards
Reading – Word Recognition 1.1
• Read narrative and expository text aloud with grade-appropriate fluency and accuracy and with appropriate pacing, intonation, and expression.
– Vocabulary and Concept Development 1.2 • Apply knowledge of word origins, derivations, synonyms,
antonyms, and idioms to determine the meaning of words and phrases.
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
California Standards
Reading – Vocabulary and Concept Development 1.3
• Use knowledge of root words to determine the meaning of unknown words within a passage.
– Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text 2.2
• Use appropriate strategies when reading for different purposes (e.g., full comprehension, location of information, personal enjoyment).
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
California Standards
Reading – Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-
Appropriate Text 2.3 • Make and confirm predictions about text by using prior
knowledge and ideas presented in the text itself, including illustrations, titles, topic sentences, important words, and foreshadowing clues.
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Word Knowledge
LINE 1: it’s can’t I’ve we’ll
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Word Knowledge
LINE 1: it’s can’t I’ve we’ll
LINE 2: invent invention inventive
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Word Knowledge
LINE 1: it’s can’t I’ve we’ll
LINE 2: invent invention inventive
LINE 3: readable comfortable recyclable laughable
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Word Knowledge
LINE 1: it’s can’t I’ve we’ll
LINE 2: invent invention inventive
LINE 3: readable comfortable recyclable laughable
LINE 4: maze freedom floating creature least
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Vocabulary
SENTENCE 1: I’ve been making something.
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Vocabulary
SENTENCE 1: I’ve been making something.
SENTENCE 2: Daedalus worked by candlelight on his greatest invention of all.
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Vocabulary
SENTENCE 1: I’ve been making something.
SENTENCE 2: Daedalus worked by candlelight on his greatest invention of all.
SENTENCE 3: It was a comfortable prison.
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Vocabulary
SENTENCE 1: I’ve been making something.
SENTENCE 2: Daedalus worked by candlelight on his greatest invention of all.
SENTENCE 3: It was a comfortable prison.
SENTENCE 4: A raccoon is a forest creature.
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Activate Prior Knowledge
• What is usually made of wax?
• What makes wax melt?
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Activate Prior Knowledge
• How do birds fly?
• How do feathers help them fly?
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Activate Prior Knowledge
Do your parents ever warn you not to do certain things?
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Background Information
• “Daedalus and Icarus” is a myth.
• Some myths help to explain how the world works.
• Some myths discuss the adventures and mistakes of heroes and other interesting characters. Sculpture of Icarus
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Background Information
• What are some myths that you have read?
• What is it about the stories that make them myths?
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Background Information
• Daedalus was famous as an architect and inventor.
• Daedalus built King Minos a maze so complex that no one could escape it.
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Background Information
To keep Daedalus from revealing the solution to the maze, Minos imprisoned Daedalus and his son Icarus in a tower.
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Browse
• Read aloud the title and the names of the author and illustrator.
• Quickly look over the first page or two of the selection.
• What do you think this story might have to do with risks and consequences?
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Browse
Look for Clues – What unfamiliar words or
long sentences did you notice while browsing?
– What clues did you find to help you understand the selection?
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Browse
Focus Questions
– Read the Focus Questions before you read.
– Keep these questions in mind as you read.
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Set Purposes
• As you read, think about who takes risks in the story.
• What are the consequences?
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Vocabulary
• comfortable
• overlapping
• plunged
• hurtled
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Vocabulary
comfortable – It was a comfortable
prison, but it was a prison, even so.
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Vocabulary
comfortable – It was a comfortable
prison, but it was a prison, even so.
– Keisha enjoyed resting in her comfortable chair after a long, tiring day.
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Vocabulary
overlapping – Daedalus studied the
clever overlapping of the birds’ feathers.
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Vocabulary
overlapping – Daedalus studied the
clever overlapping of the birds’ feathers.
– With his scarf overlapping his collar, Pepito was warm and cozy.
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Vocabulary
plunged – His wings folded, and he
plunged down.
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Vocabulary
plunged – His wings folded, and he
plunged down.
– The branch fell from the tree and plunged into the river below.
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Vocabulary
hurtled – He hurtled head first
into the flittering sea.
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“Daedalus and Icarus”
Vocabulary
hurtled – He hurtled head first
into the flittering sea.
– Its mighty engines roaring, the rocket hurtled into space.
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