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4 TEKS UPDA UPDATE—Reading, TE—R TE—Re eading, Gr GGrade ra ade 3 Reaching each eaching for for the the SSky S Sky As a little girl, M MMae ae JJemison emison spent hours staring up at the night sky sky. y. . S She he wanted to trav travel el into outer space. S SShe he believ believed ed that one day she would go ther there. e. H However, owever, , J JJemison emison couldn couldn’t ’ t rreach each each her her goals goals b b by y wishing on a star star. . S She he wor worked ked har hard d and believ believed ed in herself. . H Her Her har hard d wor work k and faith took her to to the the stars. stars. Early Early Years ears ea Born in Alabama on O OOctober ctober 17, 1956, JJemison emison lo loved ved science fr from om a v vvery ery yyoung oung Mp age. On O n her first day of of school, school, l, she she surprised surprised sed her her teacher teacher by b by saying she wanted ted to be a a scientist. scientist. IIn In those days, not many any girls girl girls wanted wanted to to be be scientists. scientists. But B But Jemison miso son was was �e �e �rst �r rst African-American woman man n in iin different. differ ent. SShe She wanted to learn all al all she could space, Dr. Mae ae C. JJemison emison about the world. BBig ig g DDreams eams OOne ne p. of JJemison’s emison n’ s fav favorite orite things to do when she e was yyoung oung was was to to go to the libr library. brary. . S She he lo loved v ed to r rread ead books abo about bout outer space. SShe he also watched hed SStar tar Tr Trek rek ek on on television. television. mgo mto mound mtar mS mwatch mn ms Star ar T TTr Trek rek sho showed wed people fr from om aar around ound the world all wor working king together to learn about the univ universe. erse. The characters on the sho show w made J Jemison emison believ believe e that she could be an astr astronaut, onaut, too too. . SS mm mp mp mp mp mp mp mp mpl mp mp mp mp mp mp mm mmpp ppl ppl le lleee STS �e �e seven en cr crew members m of the space spac pac ce shuttle Endeavor Endeav ndeavor before the h SS SS-47 ST STS-47 S-47 47 mi mission mprp D © ECS Learning S SSystems, ystems, IInc. nc. 37 TEKS Update Student Practice Books for Reading—Sample Pages, Grades 3–8 ©ECS Learning Systems, Inc. prp D TThis his page mmay ay no not t be be repro reproduced.
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