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Lesson 6 April 6th (5th Grade)

English Language Arts

Read Aloud

Title: Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca

https://vimeo.com/showcase/6880152/video/399898288

Opening Move / Book Introduction: Today we are going to be reading Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11. As I am reading I want you to pay close attention to the different settings, which means where the story happens. Listen for when the setting of the story changes. The setting changes more than once!

Stopping Point #1: Read pages 1-6 out loud, then stop. Page 6 ends with, “...where no one has been”. Show illustrations. Ask students: Where are the men? And what are they doing?

Stopping Point # 2:

Read page #23/24 - emphasize and reread this statement on pg. 23 - “Here, where everything floats, it takes some skill to eat a meal.” What does the author mean by this statement? (infer) Use evidence from the story to support your thinking (illustrations/prior knowledge)

Stopping Point #3:

Read page 28. Notify students - “During these next few pages, I want you to pay close attention to the illustrations.” Read pages 28-34. What did you notice about the illustrations? Why do you think the illustrator set up the illustrations this way? What is he trying to do?

Writing About Reading

Use your Writers Notebook to complete the prompt below. Add the book title as your header and the date. If your teacher uses Google Classroom, you may begin typing your responses in a new document.

Prompt: Why was the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon so significant? Explain using evidence from the text.

Optional: After reading the book, discuss the main idea and write on notebook paper. The questions below will help you explore the main idea of the story. When answering these questions, provide evidence from the text that supports your answers. Put your answers on notebook paper. At top put Main Idea questions.

• Who went to the moon?

• What did the astronauts do to prepare for the flight? What did they accomplish?

• When did this flight take place? (Hint: See front endpapers.)

• Where did Apollo 11 begin its flight? Where did it end its flight?

• Why did it take skill to eat a meal during the flight?

• How did Launch Control and Mission Control help with the launch? How might a visit to the moon change the way you see Earth?

Science
Go to the following website: http://teacher.scholastic.com/space/mission.htm Click yes under Are You Ready Now to Accept your Mission. After that click yes. Read through the slides. When you get to the end you will follow the directions at the end of each page. At the end create a timeline using your notebook paper. Be sure to give it a title.

Math

Use the following website to read about How Much Do I Weigh.

http://www.spacecenter.org/docs/Activities-HowMuchDoIWeigh.pdf

Then do the math problems at the end on your notebook paper. On top of paper write How Much Do I Weigh. Make a chart like the one shown on the last page of the article. Your mass is your weight on Earth for each planet.

Technology Opportunities (Optional)

Calculate your age on other planets!

https://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/age/

https://theplanets.org/age-on-planets/

http://solarviews.com/eng/edu/age.htm

Use one of the possible websites and the results from entering your birthday to answer the following questions:

On which planet are you the oldest?
On which planet are you the youngest?
Which determines how many years old you are in years: revolution or rotation of the planet? How do you know?
Which planet takes the longest amount of time to orbit the sun?
Which planet takes the shortest amount of time to orbit around the sun?
If you could, which planet would you like to live on, and why?

Write all your answers on your notebook paper. On the top of your paper write How Old am I in Outer Space?

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