The Moon Book
By Gail Gibbons
Discussion Director: Your job is to ask five (5) questions that really make your group members think to make sure they understood what was read. You also need to write down your answers to the questions and the page and paragraph numbers where the students can refer back to the text. You should ask the following types of questions: Multiple Choice, Fact/Opinion, Cause/Effect.
Word Wizard: Make word wizard cards for the words listed below, and then complete the vocabulary activities that go along with the words.
Vary- page 19
Transmitted- page 23
· The picture was tilted because _______________________.
· The answers vary because __________________________.
· To prevent germs from being transmitted, you should __________________________.
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Double Entry Diary: Fold a piece of paper in half vertically. Write a quote, fact, or specific information from your reading that you found interesting on the left half of the paper. Include the page and paragraph number where your passage was found. On the right side, write why you chose this quote or fact. Tell what this quote makes you think about and how it adds to the text.
Investigator: Read pages 90-95 in the Space book. Then go to http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/apollo11/index.html and look at the pictures. What did the Apollo 11 spacecraft look like? Who were the first two people to set foot on the moon? What did they do when they were on the moon? Be prepared to share your findings with the group.
Artful Artist: Your job is to draw a picture that illustrates anything you found interesting in your reading. Write a paragraph explaining what your picture is about and why you chose to draw it.