ACTIVITIES to CHOOSE from for Apollo 11: First Moon Landing

ACTIVITIES TO CHOOSE FROM FOR
“Apollo 11: First Moon Landing”

READING/CONNECTIONS(C)-Read page 426 in your reading book and answer the questions on page 427 in your journal. Please remember to write in full sentences.
LISTENING(C)~Listen to “Apollo 11” on CD and write down 10 facts from the selection.
QUESTIONING(C)- Write 5 questions on "Apollo 11" in your journal. Have a partner do the same. Then switch papers and write full sentences to answer the questions. Discuss and correct each other's answers.
QUIZ A PARTNER(S)~Quiz a partner 3 times on his/her spelling words, using your partner’s list in their assignment book.
ANTONYMS/SYNONYMS(S)-Select 5 of your spelling words and write a synonym and antonym of each.
SPELLING(S)~Create 10 sentences with a spelling word in each. Misspell the spelling words. Find a classmate who has done the same, trade papers and correct the spelling.
EXPANDING VOCABULARY(V)~Find the following words in the story: panel, internal, spectacular, extraordinary, engineer,
Write each word in your journal, write the page of the story you found it on and define each term.

WORD WORK-Choose a game board from the Game Kit and play a game with 2,3 or 4 people. Use the synonyms/antonyms(G); subject-verb agreement(G);contractions(G); possessives(G) or compare and contrast(C) cards.
FLUENCY-Read page 414 to a partner, then have your partner read page 415 to you.
WORDLY WISE(V)-Work on Lesson 11 in your workbook.
VOCABULARY(V)-Complete the Fill-in-the-Blank worksheet, then create a memory game with the vocabulary words(each word and definition on its own card). Find a partner to play memory with.
COMPARE/CONTRAST~(C)Work with a partner and create a chart to compare and contrast the environment of our moon and the earth.
WRITING (V,C)~Write a description of the process the astronauts went through after their return to each using 5 of the 10 vocabulary words.
SUBJECT/VERB(G)~Write 10 sentences, 5 of which do not have the correct subject-verb agreement. Have a partner do the same, then switch papers and correct.