SPACE

Welcome to our unit on space. The children loved doing this unit. We learned all about the sky, planets and the sun. Each student created their own planet and did a report on what life was like on their planet. Please click below on the planet to view their work.
click on the planets above to see our planets!


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I asked my students if they would or would not like to be an astronaut. The following is their answers to my question. Some of their answers are really cute.
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Katie Beth
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I would like to be an astronaut because it would be cool flying in the air and being in the clouds. The rocket will blast off and it was cool learning about astronauts. |
| Melody | I don't want to because I don't want to sit on the toilet and I don't want to to be on the moon |
| Kinsleigh | I would want to be an astronaut because I would like to see what it looks like in space. I would like to see if there were people on other planets. |
| Mary Beth | I would not like to be an astronaut because I do not want to die. I don not want my head to hurt and I do not want to be sucked to the toilet. |
| Emeline | I would because I would like to float around. It would be cool to sleep with my head strapped down. |
| Brock | I would like to because I would like to float around. I would like to see all the planets. |
| Hayley | I would not because I don't want to suck food from a bag. |
| Sydney | I would because I want to see the moon. I want to put the flag on the moon. |
| Brooke | I would not because I do not like dry food. |
| Gwendolyn | I would because it would be cool. |
| Bradley | I would not because I want to drink food. |
| Taylor | I would not . I would be scared. |
| Lexy | I would not because I don't want to be in space forever. I don't want to die!! |
| Kadee | I would not because I would be scared. |
| Hannah R | I would not because it is dangerous and hot. I would miss my family and I would be scared. |
| Shelby Kate | I would not like to be an astronaut. I do not like to drink food. I don't want to get stuck out in space. I would be scared. |
| Ethan | I would like to be an astronaut because I want to see the moon. It is funny. |
| Evan | I would not because I would not like the food. |
| Avery | I would not because of the food. |



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My alien's name is Hgielnil He is from Mars. He
is 100 years old. His favorite food
is chicken and bread. Hgielnil loves to hide from people. I hope to learn
about where he lives. I hope that I can teach him how to be
good. Kinsleigh |
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My alien's name is Nagrom He is from CooCoo.
Nagrom is 12,000,000,000 years old. He had nightmares before
he came to Earth. He likes
to eat chicken heads. He likes to play with his hands. I
hope he teaches me how to shock people. I hope that I can teach him
to take turns. Evan |
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My alien's name is Ydolem. He comes
from Planet M&M. He is 100,00 years old. He played games
all day on Ydolem. He likes to eat pizza. His favorite
thing to do is play football. I hope to learn to be crazy with him.
I hope to teach him to be nice. Melody |
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My alien's name is Yxel. He comes from
Planet Fooy. He is 200. He was happy on his planet.
He loves to eat flies. He throws other aliens in a pool for fun. I hope
he can teach me how to jump low. I want to teach him how to play
tag. Lexy |
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My alien's name is Nylodnewg. He comes from Koorb.
He is 300,000,000 years old. He came to Earth to try to be happy. He likes to
eat bread. His favorite thing is to jump out on people. I hope to teach him
to talk normal Gwendolyn |
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My alien's name is Coo Coo Head. She comes from
Crazy Head. She is 25 and likes to eat flower petals. She said
her planet was ugly. Coo Coo likes to bobk other aliens on the head. I hope she teaches me
how to scare people I am going to teach her to talk normal. Brooke |
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My alien's name is Nikco. He comes from
Poofy. He is 10. He likes to eat grass and
worms. He loves to bite chicken heads and jump on frogs. I hope to learn how to
put my leg around my head.
I am going to teach him to pick flowers. Shelby |
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My alien's name is Shamrock. He comes from Sane and
is 110,010. His home was cold and warm. He likes to eat dogs and
jump on jellyfish. I hope to learn math from him. I will teach
him to jump rope. Sydney |
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My alien's name is Rolyat. He comes from
Planet Slow and is 12,000. He was very happy on his planet. He likes to eat
worms. He likes to play volleyball. I hope he teaches me
to be coo coo. I will show him how to be nice. Taylor |
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My alien's name is Yram. He come from Pookoofulog and
is 100,002. He was very happy at his old planet. He likes to eat
boiled brains. He likes to jump on jellyfish. I hope
to learn how to squeeze jelly from his head. I will show him how to
use the bathroom. Mary Beth |
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My alien's name is Sele Head. He comes from Blude and
is 9 million years old. He had a happy life. He likes to eat
meat. He likes to play volleyball. I hope to
teaches me to play jacks. I will teach him how to be kink. Jacob |
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My alien's name is Memneenilne. He comes from Planet
M & M. He is 100,000 and he was mean. He likes to eat
frog guts and steak bounce in it. I hope to learn how to scare
people from him.
I will teach him how to paint nails. Emeline |
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My alien's name is Htebeitak. He comes from Poof
Poof. He is 10 and is from a wild place. He loves to eat
candy. He likes to play with his dog. I want to learn to do
the splits from
him. I will teach him to talk like me. Katie Beth |
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My alien's name is Morfo and he comes from the
Mosyeple.
He is 9,000 and is sad. He loves cans to eat.
He likes to dance. I hope to learn how to eat people from him.
I will teach him to play the guitar. Bradley |
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My alien's name is Two Hands. He comes from Planet
Fuzzy and
is 30. He was a pilot on a spaceship. He loves worms and and
play games. I want him to teach me to fly a spaceship. I will
teach him to be good. Ethan |
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My alien's name is Yelyah and he comes from Bogland.
He was scared on his planet. He likes to eat worms and jump. I
hope he teaches me about his planet. I want to teach him how to play
softball. Hayley |
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My alien is named Eedak and he is from
Jellybean Land. He is 120 years old and likes to eat worms. He
likes to go to the park. I hope to learn how to be cool from him.
I will teach him how to be nice. Kadee |
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My alien's name is Kcorb and he comes from Cocoland.
He is 100,000 years old and likes fried chicken. He was crazy on his
old planet. He likes to play baseball. I hope he will teach me
how to be good. I will teach him how to speak english. Brock |

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Books Seeing Stars by Rosanna Hansen
Space Vehicles by Anne Rockwell
Discovering Mars by Melvin Berger The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons Solar System by Sally McNulty Christa McAuliffe by Patricia Stone Martin About the Earth by Dennis O'Brien My First Book About Space by Dinah L. Moche A Day in Space by Suzanne Lord Stargazers by Gail Gibbons If You Were An Astronaut by Dinah L. Moche Space Garbage by Isaac Asimos You're Aboard Spaceship Earth by Patricia Lauber Earth Songs by Myra Cohn Livingston The Sun and Other Stars by Richard Harris Comets by Kate Petty Eclipse by Franklin M. Brantley
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