Reaching For The Moon

The teacher will start the lesson by reading Reaching for the Moon. The teacher will not introduce the book or the author besides the introduction with the book covers in oder to allow students to make their own connections solely from the text. While the teacher reads the text to the students the teacher will make sure to show every students the pictures in the book without saying anything so they can understand the story on their own. After reading the book the teacher will move on to Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11. The teacher will start the book the same way they started the other, without introducing the book. The teacher will give the students enough time to see all the pictures in the book before finishing the book. After both book have been read the teacher will explain to the students that both of the books are about the Apollo 11 space mission but written by different point of views. The teacher will allow students to ask questions about the text so that the students understand the texts they have read. …show more content…
One side of the class withe write down a list comparing both books and the other side will write a list contrasting the two books. Once the students have completed their independent work they will pair up with a classmate on the other side of the room to discuss their lists with each other. The teacher will then pass out a graphic organizer of a venn diagram to fill in with the lists that each student made up either comparing or contrasting the book. The teacher will be able to assess participation amongst the pair depending on the completion of each side of the venn diagram. The teacher will also be looking for understanding of the books based off of what the students come up with while comparing and contrasting the