Space paragraph

Jazmine, Shantay, Kyra, Halatoa, Jacob S & Juliano

We live in the universe that is built up of many galaxies. Many solar systems make up a galaxy. In our solar system there is a Sun that shines bright in the day, but you can’t see it at night because the Sun only shines at a specific time. Our planet orbits around the sun on a 365 day axis. The further the planet away from the Sun, the longer it takes to orbit around the sun. The Solar System has 8 planets all together. The Sun is a star. Stars are actually light years away from our planet. Most stars are bigger than the sun. A group of stars is called a constellation. When we can’t see the sun at night because one side of the Earth is facing the moon.The moon is like a satellite because it orbits in Earth’s atmosphere. Over the past few years technology has changed. People have been sending out space probes and satellites to study other planets and the different suns. Satellites give us a clear understanding of planets. Space probes need to be built for the different  gravities on the planets. Astronauts are space explorers that go to planets after space probes.

This is what my thinking group has written. We worked collaboratively to complete a paragraph using all the words that are underlined.

Space Jump: Jacob

This morning we had some visitors come to our school and do a show. It was called space jump. The actors were Tye and Naomi. This show is about an alien who is searching for fiction books. The alien wanted to learn how to use her imagination. Everyone on their planet had forgotten how to use their imagination and how to be creative. These mad scientists tried to hunt the alien. She didn't know the Maori language. She asked someone to explain it to her and she looked at the pictures. The main idea of the story was that you can read any book if you get help from someone and don't judge a book by it's cover. I thought the show was really funny.