Science Fiction Books
The Magic Tree House: Midnight on the Moon (No. 8). By, Mary Pope Osborne. The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie off to the moon and the future. The mission is to find the last “M” thing that will free Morgan from the spell.
Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor by Jon Scieszka. Frank is an inventer of things. Most of the time things don’t work. Recently, Frank has been trying to make a robot who can think for himself using old appliances and spare parts.
Doodle Adventures: The Search for Slimy Space Slugs! By Mike Lowery. Carl the Duckbut hopes you can find the missing priceless artifact which requires bravery, heroism, and drawing. Make sure that you’ve got a spacesuit, you’ve packed everything you need to bring, the rocket design is perfect and has silly extras.
First Cat in Space by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Shawn Harris. Silly adventures ensue- like befriending a whale, becoming pirates, and answering a sphynx’s riddle. Then, the spaceship’s computer joins the Rat King’s side with revenge in mind and when the heroes arrive at the Rat King’s they GET CAPTURED.
Your Pal Fred by Michael Rex. Fred is a robot who brings kindness to a dystopian world he makes better in this funny, warmhearted, and interesting story. When Fred discovers that two warlords are capturing innocent people to soldiers for them. Fred asks the people for peace.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle. Adventures in space that deal with overarching theme of good vs. evil. Meg and her brother, Charles Wallace, and a friend, Calvin, set off to find her scientists father who disappeared while researching tesseracts.
Space Case by Stuart Gibbs. This was placed in 2040 and their second-in-command had died. He had walked out the airlock with his space suit on wrong- he died in seconds.
Greystone Secrets: The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix. The Greystone kids thought they knew, but everything changes when reports of three kidnapped children reach the Greystone. The other kids share their same first and middle name. They’re the same ages. They even have identical birthdays. Who exactly are these strangers?
The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot by Margaret McNamara and Mark Fearing. Taking place to each an epic battle take place. Follow the colorful and out of this world illustrations as these 3 little aliens try to stop a big bad robot from destroying their home planet.
COG by Greg Van Eekhout. An endearing life-like robot named Cog was designed to learn and grow like a human boy, until one day he wakes up in an unfamiliar lab without his caretaker Gina. Scared, confused, and about to be taken apart by some scientists, he recruits a few robot friends and attempts a great escape.
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My booklist is a mix of science fiction books, which I think are so fun. There are so many books that are so helpful to students in any learning environment.
My unit is over learning about Lions, Tigers, and Bears. The students will be making a book of their own over what we have read/watched about these three animals. They will have three sentences total in their book, one for each animal. The students will make sure to include pictures so that it brings color and a visual effect to their book.
The goal for this unit is to have students understand the importance of writing and making full sentences.
Objectives:
Students will be able to understand and know facts from the book about lions at 90% accuracy.
Students will be able to know and understand facts from the book about tigers at 90% accuracy.
Students will be able to understand and know facts from the book about bears at 90% accuracy.
Students will be able to write their own story on Lions, Tigers, and Bears with pictures and words at 90% accuracy.
Learning Topics
My learning topics are students will be able to write their own short story including pictures and words about Lions, Tigers, and Bears. I want my students to be able to help with their writing and understand why it is important that we know how to write sentences.
Allie, The Magic Tree House books were literally my favorite books to read!! I used to have the whole sets of them when I was younger. Back then, I didn't even realize that I was reading to learn because they were so interesting! I think your reading list is great and relates strongly to your unit plan!
ReplyDeleteAllie, like Courtney, I also loved The Magic Tree House books as a kid. They were always so fascinating and so fun to read. Also, they're so timeless because when I was previously observing in a fourth grade classroom a few of the students were reading them and talked about how much they loved the books. Overall, you have a great book list, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYou nailed this! I had forgotten about the Magic Tree House books. Bravo!
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