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Woodword continues his solar journey through the solar system, but this week lands on a familiar and friendly place—our Earth! There are plenty of things to appreciate about our home planet—the only one scientists have discovered, so far, that contains life. Our Earth has just the right balance of location, oxygen and water to keep us—and the millions of animals and plants that share our planet—alive and thriving. An old and marvelous rock, the Earth has changed considerably from what it was 300 million years ago. Open this issue to discover why there’s “no place like home!”
In this issue young astronauts will:
- Read expository text about Earth
- Practice “cloze reading” for comprehension
- Discover different atmospheric layers
- Calculate sums and differences to solve planet math
- Learn facts about Earth and its water
- Use the newspaper to locate earthly adjectives and ways to preserve precious resources
- Write creatively to win an imaginary trip to space
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