Space Exploration: Twin Text Meet Technology by Logan Powers-Beemer

Kid Astronaut: Space Adventure

lpowersbeemer1 — 2025-03-07 16:35:01 UTC

Book written by Laura Knight and includes real photos from NASA. It is also a choice based story.

Fiction Choice Affordances

lpowersbeemer1 — 2025-03-07 16:35:01 UTC

The affordances of this book is while it is fiction and takes kids on a space adventure of their own it also has facts about space and how space travel works.

Fiction Choice Limitation

lpowersbeemer1 — 2025-03-07 16:46:56 UTC

Some limitations of this book is that it is a choose your own adventure style of book which may make it confusing for some kids.

Grade 3

lpowersbeemer1 — 2025-03-07 16:50:36 UTC

I believe this lesson could be appropriate for grades 2-4.

Rationale

lpowersbeemer1 — 2025-03-07 16:52:16 UTC

Recently in one of my classroom observations I noticed in small reading groups they were reading a National Geographic book about Jupiter and I thought, "What if I did a Padlet about Space Exploration."

Goal 1

lpowersbeemer1 — 2025-03-07 16:53:19 UTC

I want students to be able to develop digital literacy by exploring and navigating the interactive website to locate information, engage with the sources, and apply what they have learned.

Goal 2

lpowersbeemer1 — 2025-03-07 16:53:24 UTC

I also want students to be able to use the fiction and nonfiction books to be able to develop a deeper understanding of space exploration and astronauts experiences.

When We Walked on the Moon

lpowersbeemer1 — 2025-03-07 17:00:01 UTC

This book was written by David Long and illustrated by Sam Kalda. It tells the true story about how we made it to the moon.

Nonfiction Affordances

lpowersbeemer1 — 2025-03-07 17:02:06 UTC

The affordances of this book is that the book is an engaging read. Another affordance is that the book highlights the danger and what went wrong when trying to make a trip to space.

Nonfiction Choice limitation

lpowersbeemer1 — 2025-03-07 17:03:38 UTC

I would say one limitation of this book is that it does not have photos but instead artwork. I would say this is a limitation because when reading a nonfiction book we often want photos about what the event we are discussing.

NASA Kids' Club

lpowersbeemer1 — 2025-03-07 17:05:22 UTC

This website has interactive games, videos, pictures, and activities that teach students about space missions, astronauts, and the solar system.

Website Affordances

lpowersbeemer1 — 2025-03-07 17:06:39 UTC

The website is really easy to use and understandable for children. I also appreciate that the content is specifically curated for children so all the material is understandable.

Website Limitations

lpowersbeemer1 — 2025-03-07 17:09:04 UTC

One limitation of the website is it states on the website that the games are for skill levels prek- grade 4 which would mean that the lesson has a cap on who it would be appropriate for.

Two Literary goals

lpowersbeemer1 — 2025-03-07 17:14:26 UTC

The first goal meets is The NASA Kids Club site is organized clearly so it helps students be able to comprehend and analyze informational text. Interactive features like quizzes and clickable content encourage students to get more information.

The second goal is developing vocabulary because even though the book does this I think the website furthers this goal because there are so many new things for students to learn in the website.

Two Literacy Goals

lpowersbeemer1 — 2025-03-07 17:14:48 UTC

The first literacy objective this book meets is the comprehension of informational text. They should be able to summarize supporting details like challenges or moments of success.

The second literacy objective this book meets is being able to analysis text features. The book has detailed captions and vivid illustrations by Sam Kara that help give context to the words.

Two Literacy Goals

lpowersbeemer1 — 2025-03-07 17:15:03 UTC

The first literacy goal for this book is meeting the objective of narrative structure and comprehension. The story has an engaging plot and students should be able to identify the setting and learn a lesson about space explorations.

The second literacy goal is meeting the objective of vocab development and contextual analysis. The book is rich with space-related words/vocab that may be new to some elementary readers.