Content area reading is when students are not learning to read but are reading to learn information. The last and first paragraphs summarize and rephrase the main concepts of the article. The reading level is lower than the grade level to facilitate the acquisition of new concepts. Thursday's Classroom lessons engage both sides of the brain to maximize learning. In this activity, students will discuss Neil Armstrong's famous words when he first set foot on the Moon and then develop a phrase that might be worthy of the first person on Mars.
Students draw a picture representing one of the events from the history of Mars exploration.
Then they develop a TV commercial selling a lunch box decorated with their art. Mars Global Surveyor has been orbiting Mars since 1998. Students tackle those questions and many others in this timely lesson. All rights reserved.