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Reading and Writing about the Solar System

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A superb interdisciplinary approach highlights this lesson which incorporates space science knowledge and narrative skills. After reading The Magic School Bus, two excellent poems, and watching a video, all about our solar system, young scholars write about their favorite planet and why they like it. Numerous writing activities are included. Extensions suggested include keeping an illustrated Solar System Journal.

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Narrative Writing, narratives, adjectives, parts of speech, verbs, planets, space, the earth, the solar system, the sun

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earth, planets, solar system, sun, adjectives, Narrative Writing, the magic school bus, verbs, space science, copy change, the magic school bus: gets lost in space, the magic school bus: gets lost in space video, the magic school bus: lost in the solar system, the magic school bus website, w.2.3, science
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K - 2nd
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Science
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Duration
5 days
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