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Galileo
Word Knowledge
• observe
• observer
• observation
• These words contain the root
word observe which means see.
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carriage
convex
cut
constellation
• These words have the /k/
sound spelled c before a,o or u
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Circle
Celestial
Cylinder
Cycle
• These words demonstrate the /s/
sound spelled c before e, i or y.
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Wavy
Sailors
Amazed
Bathed
• These words review the long
/a/ sound spelled a, ai, and a_e.
Word Knowledge
• The citizens in the observatory will
observe the constellations.
• A telescope has concave and convex
lenses.
Word Knowledge
• The moon is a celestial body that
circles the earth.
• The sailors are often amazed at the
sights they see all over the world.
Vocabulary
apparatus
A piece of equipment
that has a particular
use.
“The place was filled
with gadgets he had
already invented,
including an apparatus
for indicating
temperature and
another for timing the
pulse of a patient.”
Galileo, pg 103
Vocabulary
Extraordinary:
unusual or amazing
“Five years earlier, all Padua had
seen an extraordinary happening: a
new star had appeared in the sky.”
Galileo, pg 104
Vocabulary
Constellation:
group of stars
that form shapes
in the sky.
“The constellation of the Pleiades, in
which sharp-eyed observers could
only see seven stars, became a
swarm of 43.” Galileo pg. 106
Vocabulary
Celestial:
relating to the sky
“The fact that the sun had spots
shocked some people, who felt
that a celestial object ought to be
without blemish.” Galileo pg. 109
Vocabulary
Interrogation:
questioning
“Interrogation began on April
12, 1633. Galileo was asked
to declare that he was wrong
and that the earth stood still.”
Galileo pg 110
Wands of Knowledge
observe
carriage
circle
observer
convex
observation
cut constellation
celestial cylinder cycle
wavy sailors amazed bathed
apparatus extraordinary interrogation