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=Purpose=
 * 1) Build background knowledge for reading.
 * 2) Students will work with videos, games, and other activities to prepare for whole group basal reading in the following week.

=5th Grade= =NM Standards Addressed= Math Reading Science = = = Day One = Reading: Lofty Aspirations Introduction: Space What is Space? [|Story] Interactive Tour of the Milky way [|Milky Way Tour] Students Visually see size of planets [|Compare Planet Size] Interactive Tour of The History of Nasa[|50 years w/Nasa] Fly to the Moon Video [|To the Moon]
 * 1) Understand and use mathematical models such as: graphs, tables, and charts to describe data; Construct, interpret, and analyze data. Organize and display single-variable data in appropriate graphs and representations.
 * 2) Demonstrate how a situation can be represented in more than one way.
 * 3) Recognize and create patterns of change from everyday life using numerical or pictorial representation
 * 1) Read aloud grade-level text with fluency, comprehension..demonstrating purpose.
 * 2) Use language to: Formulate a hypothesis, evaluate information, and ideas.
 * 3) Interact with text by: making predictions, formulating questions, supporting answers from previous experiences or other sources.
 * 1) Use mathematical skills to analyze data
 * 2) Understand the attributes to be measured in a scientific investigation..describe processes for making measurement.
 * 3) Make predictions based on analysis of data, observations, and explanation.
 * 4) Understand how the rate of change of position is the velocity of an object in motion. Recolonize that acceleration is the change in velocity with time.
 * 5) Know that there have been manned and unmanned journeys to space and to the moon.

Students create Sky Journals to keep information on Unit

= Day Two = Does the Moon shine = Day Three = Reading:Biosphere Video about Climate Change using balloons[| Climate Balloons]

Comparing Fractions = Day Four = Space Ship Set up

Space Ranger Flight Path Work Sheet Ordered Pairs

= Day Five = Video of Launch[|Take off]

Space Poetry Space Ship Team Race = Other Fun Links/Topics = Black hole [|Explore Universe to find Black holes] Space Memory [|Memory Game] Explore Station [|Fix the Space Station] Sudoku w/Planets Sudoku Buzz Light Year Activities from Nasa [|Buzz Fun] Games for kids [|GAMES] Pictures for Spelling ART