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3 Space Blast off for an adventure in space! The topics in this pocket book include Our Solar System; Sun, Moon, and Stars, and Space Travel. Students will learn space science information as they write, read a minibook, and create art projects. Space Book Overview pages 2 and 3 These pages show and tell what is in each pocket. Cover Design pages 4 and 5 Pocket Projects pages 6 24 Step-by-step directions and patterns for the activities that go in each pocket are included. Pocket Labels page 25 Picture Dictionary page 26 Use the picture dictionary to introduce new vocabulary and as a spelling reference. Students can add new pictures, labels, and descriptive adjectives to the page as their vocabulary increases. Writing Form page 27 Use this form for story writing or as a place to record additional vocabulary words. SPACE WRITING FORM Name: SPACE PICTURE DICTIONARY rays sun asteroids comet meteor Mars Mercury Venus Earth B I B L I O G R A P H Y Saturn Neptune Ask Isaac Asimov Series by Isaac Asimov; Gareth Stevens: What Is a Shooting Star? Evan-Moor Corp. 27 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1218 Why Does the Moon Change Shape? 1991 Astronauts Today by Rosanna Hansen; Random House, The Big Dipper by Franklyn M. Branley; HarperCollins, (Note: Branley s excellent Let s-read-and-find-out Science Book series has a number of titles on space. Many are out of print but can be found in libraries.) Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids by Seymour Simon; William Morrow, Energy from the Sun by Allan Fowler; Children s Press, Floating in Space by Franklyn M. Branley; HarperCollins, The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons; Holiday House, The Moon Seems to Change by Franklyn M. Branley; HarperCollins, The Planets by Gail Gibbons; Holiday House, Our Star: The Sun by Robert Estalella and Marcel Socias; Barron s Educational Series, The Sun by Seymour Simon; William Morrow, The Sun: Our Nearest Star by Franklyn M. Branley, HarperCollins, Uranus Jupiter 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 26 Making Books with Pockets EMC Evan-Moor Corp. 1 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1218

4 SPACE BOOK OVERVIEW POCKET 1 The Planets in Our Solar System pages 6 8 This flip book shows the planets in their order from the sun and tells some important facts about each. How Far from the Sun? pages 9 and 10 Using adding machine tape and cutouts of the planets, students measure to build a model of planetary distances from the sun. Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors page 11 Make a little book on a ring to describe and draw these space objects. POCKET 2 Sponge-Painted Sun pages 12 and 13 After creating a bright sponge-painted sun, students use the form provided to write about why we need the sun. Phases of the Moon Book pages Cut out a description of each moon phase and glue it behind the correct flap to make this informative book. Stars pages 17 and 18 Students will learn important facts about stars when they read the minibook they have put together. Sun, Moon, and Stars 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 2 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1218

5 SPACE BOOK OVERVIEW POCKET 3 Humans in Space pages 19 and 20 Color and cut out an astronaut in an MMU and then make the astronaut move in space. Rocket to Outer Space page 21 This colorful mitt puppet is fun to make and can be used as a prop in student-created skits. My Trip to Outer Space pages Write an imaginative story and bind it into a rocket-shaped book Evan-Moor Corp. 3 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1218

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