Students will be starting a nonfiction unit on outer space and the planets this coming week up until the beginning of March. But why are aliens coming you ask?? Well to make the unit more interesting and to work in a bit of persuasive writing of course! Students are being told that a colony of aliens is looking to start a new community somewhere in outer space and our class is being split into two teams- team Inner Planets and team Outer Planets. It is their job to convince the aliens why they must settle in one place over the other.
The ending celebration for this unit will be our Mission Day. Students will present a 3D model of the solar system, poster projects, research reports and other cool things we have been working on over the next month or so. We will be inviting other classes, teachers, administrators, and parents to come in and see all of our hard work.
I am also hoping to raise money for the class to make their own team shirts and wear on Mission Day so in the next week or so be expecting a newsletter with even more information about our upcoming learning!!
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