Christmas in Space
Students read a nonfiction passage about the Apollo 8 astronauts' Christmas Eve broadcast, written at 5 reading levels (4th grade to 8th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read a nonfiction passage about the Apollo 8 Christmas Eve broadcast and find key details.
- Explain the order of events in the Apollo 8 mission using clues from the text.
- Determine the meaning of the word gravity from context.
- Explain how details in the passage support the main idea.