Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 4 stars “Space + poetry = WOW! I would have never thought to write a poetry book about the planets. My favorite poem was the one about Pluto being demoted. This was also a great book to use at summer school to give students ideas for writing their own poems about planets.” see full review » see other reviews »

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  “Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings
  by Douglas Florian
  Reading level: kindergarten 1st grade
  Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
  Date of publication: (April 1, 2007)
  
  This book tells of clever and brilliant poems about our solar system. They use beautiful illustrations to tell the stories about the planets, asteroids and other things found in outer space. This book would be a great reference and student could use the poems found inside as poems for the class.
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  Arian H wrote this review Monday, May 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Comets stars the moon and mars Comets stars the moon and Mars is about different planets.I think you should read it because it has all kinds of different textures and cool pictures.Comets,stars,the moon,and mars has poems about the sun,mars,jupitar,sattern,and alot of different planets.Another way I would like you to read this book is because I think you should know about the moon,sun,mars,jupitar ,sattern,and more planets.If I like it you might like it as much as I like it.My favorite planet is the sun.What is yours?Mia
  
  This book gives you facts about space and they are poems. It gives you facts about the planets. You can learn from this book in a fun way. I think you should read this book. kaitlyn ”

  WKE Media Center wrote this review Thursday, October 23 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Space + poetry = WOW! I would have never thought to write a poetry book about the planets. My favorite poem was the one about Pluto being demoted.
  
  This was also a great book to use at summer school to give students ideas for writing their own poems about planets.”

  Ms B wrote this review Wednesday, August 27 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Personal Review
  A collection of poems about the solar system. Children will love the illustrations. Many of the pages have holes, and as you turn the pages through the holes you can see the previous page, and it adds to the illustrations on the current page…very fun. One poem is a curling spiral of words. The poems vary in length, and have different rhyme schemes. They are all short and simple yet very informative. There is also a glossary that provides additional information, and short bibliography.
  
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  Standard: S1CS5 Students will communicate scientific ideas and activities clearly.
  b. Draw pictures (grade level appropriate) that correctly portray features of the thing being described.
  
  Activity: Use this text to introduce the solar system. Have each student choose a planet to study, then group students together based on the planets they choose. Students will work together to research and present the information they found. This can be a simple activity that takes a class period, or it can be an ongoing project that requires a model or additional visual aids.
  
  
  
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  Andrea C wrote this review Sunday, March 2 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No