7/20/2015: Moon Day

On July 20, 1969, the first humans, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, landed on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 space mission.  July 20 is now celebrated as “Moon Day” in honor of this historic event.  

My Fifth Grade Leveled Books: Level U - Set 1 includes a Neil Armstrong biography.  These leveled books cover all CCSS.ELA – Literacy Standards: Key Ideas and Details, Craft and Structure, Integration of Knowledge and Ideas and Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity (RI.5.1 – 5.10).

Kids (and many adults) are fascinated by astronauts and outer space.  My third grade Level N reader Our Planets is a great way to harness this enthusiasm for space, and combine facts about the planets in our solar system with reading, and writing activities in your classroom

The book comes with five accompanying worksheets which reinforce literacy skills involving reading, language, spelling, and writing.

2/20/2014 John Glenn and Space

John Glenn, center, after his historic Friendship 7 mission

On February 20, 1962 John Glenn made history by becoming the first American to orbit the Earth.  Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission as part of Project Mercury, NASA’s first human spaceflight program.  John Glenn would embark on his last space mission in 1995 aboard the space shuttle Discovery, at age 77 he was the oldest person to fly in space. You can see original video footage from the Friendship 7 below:

Kids (and many adults) are fascinated by astronauts and outer space.  My third grade Level N reader Our Planets is a great way to harness this enthusiasm for space, and combine facts about the planets in our solar system with reading, and writing activities in your classroom The book comes with five accompanying worksheets which reinforce literacy skills involving reading, language, spelling, and writing.