Learning about the Moon

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Last week in Journey's students read a story called "Let's Go to the Moon."  It was an informational text describing what happens on a trip to the moon.  I was floored with how into the students got.  A reading lesson turned into a writing lesson.  Our writing lesson last week was to focus on questioning.  How perfect was that!  Students used question words (who, what, when, where, why, how) to ask amazing questions about the moon at the beginning of the week.  Some where: How can the moon be different shapes?  Why can we only see the moon during the night?  What is the moon made out of?  Why does the moon have holes on it? After questioning, we read a variety of Moon Books and discussed the text afterwards.  We then would add to our list of Moon Facts that we learned. Keep scrolling for a list of our facts! Also be sure to check out our bulletin board outside our classroom- we now have 24 astronauts in our room!

Asia: The moon makes the waves.

Aidan: There is no sound on the moon. The moon doesn’t have an atmosphere.

Carlos: Asteroids crashed into the moon and made holes. 

Katharine: The moon gets really hot in the day and gets really cold at nighttime. 

Eduardo: On the moon there is no water, plants, or animals.  The astronauts go to the moon and bring back rocks and dust.

Noah: The moon has no air or animals.

Maximo: An astronaut needs a helmet and a suit to help them breathe. 

Sarahi: Astronauts take pictures on the moon.

Tajuan: There is no gravity in space.

Lewis: There is less gravity on the Moon than Earth.

David: Astronauts take rocks from the moon to show people.

Donte: Astronauts drive a Lunar Rover on the moon.

Jose: We take lighter steps on the Moon because there is less gravity there.

Mya: There is dust on the surface of the moon.  The moon is smaller than the sun and earth.

Aundrea: The moon is not made out of cheese.  It is made out of hard rocks and dust and craters.

Caleb: The moon doesn’t have as much gravity so things float and you can take big steps.

Erica: The moon gets little and then it gets big again. This is called the moon’s phases. 

Jamiya: Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon.

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