Activities:

Stay on Target - Fantastic Skies

Summary: Asteroid Shower

GIST: Who did Patrick's Homework?

Templates:

Essential Facts Pyramid

GIST

Nonfiction Features

Magnet Summary

My Reading History

Somebody Wanted But So

Insert Tally

Activating Prior Knowledge

Reading Log

Anticipation Guide

Links:

Reading Strategies

Stories for Kids - Free for young children to young adult.

NASA Podcasts - you can listen while you read along. Pick your favorite topic:

NASA 2007 Archives

Avalanches on Mars - March3, 2008

New Radar Maps of the Moon - Feb.29

Exploring the Cosmos in Braille.

Is an Asteroid Heading Toward Mars?

Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?

Solar Cycle 24 Begins

Discovery of Assault by a Black Hole

The Rise and Fall of the Mayan Empire

Mesoamerica Burning

Easy Read - Pick one.

Ask Dr. Marc

Space Place Musings: Podcasts

Vocabulary

Literary Terms I - KJeffress

PSSA Glossary - Part 1

PSSA Glossary - Part 2

PSSA Glossary - Part 3

Warm-up Vocabulary Words -Bowman

Writing term - Getz

Language Vocabulary -Getz

Figurative language - Getz

Literary Elements - Getz

Literary Devices - Fehr

PSSA Terms - Hackman