Let's Go to the Moon!

This week we read the story "Let's Go to the Moon!" which is in our Tx Journeys reading series.  At the end of this week, I had the students list one way the Moon and the Earth were the same and one way they were different.   I gave very little guidance for this, in fact, we didn't discuss it at all, I just handed them the paper, read the questions and they got busy writing.  I figured we have done a bazillion Venn diagrams and comparisons already this year and I wanted to see what THEY knew.  I was pleased with the results.

And yes, I know there is a mistake on the worksheet.   I have fixed it and you can get a mistake free version HERE.

(in this next example, he is referring to what we learned in our story - the astronauts drove a Lunar Rover on the Moon)

(I know I get carried away with samples, but I just LOVE when they start writing like this!)

I purchased these two units from Abby Mullins at her TpT store and we had some serious fun this week learning about astronauts and the moon. 

One of the activities from her unit that we did was to taste astronaut ice cream, then we tried a little regular vanilla ice cream for a comparison.  We made this class graph:

Then there was a recording sheet for the students to fill out and do some analysis.  I  recommend these two units (especially if you are using the Journeys reading series).

You can grab a copy of her units here:

Over the Moon unit

Amazing Astronaut Activities