Lessons & Units :: Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 2nd Grade Unit

Paired Text Questions: "What's Up in Space?" and Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11

Lesson Plan

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Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
Learning Goal
Integrate information from the non-fiction passage “What’s Up in Space?” and the book Moonshot to write or speak knowledgeably about Earth’s moon.
Duration
Approximately 20 minutes
Necessary Materials
Provided:
  1. Questions
  2. Non-fiction reading passage “What’s Up in Space?”

Not Provided:
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
 
  • Questions 1 and 2 refer to the non-fiction passage “What’s Up in Space?”. Questions 3 and 4 refer to the book Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11. Questions 5 and 6 refer to both the passage and the book.
  • Student versions of the questions are in the 'Texts & Materials' tab.
 
Part 1: “What’s Up in Space?”
 
Read the passage “What’s Up in Space?” out loud to your students. Alternatively, students can read the passage independently or as a group.
 
Question 1: What are three things the passage tells you about Earth’s moon?
 
Sample student answer:
  • Earth’s moon travels in an orbit around Earth.
  • Earth’s moon is made of rock.
  • Earth’s moon reflects light from the sun.
 
Question 2: What is one way that the Earth and its moon are alike?
 
Sample student answer: The Earth and its moon both move in an orbit.
 

Part 2: Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11

 
Question 3: What are three things the book tells you about the moon?
 
Students answer:
  • The moon is cold.
  • There is no life on the moon.
  • The moon glows in the sky.
 
Question 4: Why do the astronauts in Moonshot go to the moon?
 
Sample student answer (may vary):
  • The astronauts go to the moon to take pictures of it.
  • The astronauts go to the moon to take pieces of it back to Earth.
  • The astronauts go to the moon to learn more about it.
 

Part 3: “What’s Up in Space?” and Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11

 
Question 5: What are two things about Earth’s moon mentioned in both the passage and the book?
 
Sample student answer (may vary):
  • The moon is rocky.
  • There are craters on the moon.
  • The moon looks bright/glowing.
 
Question 6: In Moonshot the surface of the moon is so bright that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin cannot see the stars while they are walking on it. Based on what we read in “What’s Up in Space?” why is the moon so bright at times?
 
Sample student answer: The moon is so bright at times because the sun is shining on it.

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