Showing posts with label Midnight on the Moon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Midnight on the Moon. Show all posts

Sunday, January 14, 2018

MagicTree House, Midnight on the Moon, Chapter 10

Magic Tree House, Midnight on the Moon, Chapter 10 


Here is the boxed set of books Magic Tree House 5-8.  Enjoy!


Jack and Annie have arrived in Frog Creek Pennsylvania once again. 

Questions: 
How do the kids feel about being in Frog Creek? 
What is the weather there?  What can they hear?  What can they feel?  
Who came with them this time? 
What did Jack bring back with him from the Moon? 
Where does Morgan have to go now? Why? 
What happened when Morgan left with the Tree House? 
Where did the kids go now? 
Who does Jack think that the Moon Man was:
 Who does Annie think that the Moon Man was? 


Homework
A newspaper reporter has heard about the Magic Tree House and how Jack and Annie have gone to many different places. 

He interviews the kids and they tell him about their favorite adventure; 
You write his article for his newspaper for him. 

While you are reading this chapter, you can listen to this beautiful music: Written and produced by Rachael Alice Orbach 



Friday, January 12, 2018

Magic Tree House, Midnight on the Moon, Chapter 9

Magic Tree House, Midnight on the Moon, Chapter 9 

Jack and Annie make it back to Tree House to and they solve the riddle!  



This is a boxed set of the bookss 1-8 so that you can read them in order! 




Questions

How did Jack and Annie free Morgan from the spell? 
Did they have to go outside onto the moon? 
What could have they done instead?  
Would you have been able to figure it out? 
How did Morgan communicate to the people who helped Jack and Annie? 
Who turned Morgan into a mouse?  Why? 
Where did the kides go next?  


Homework: Who is Merlin?  Let's do some research about him. Write a report on Merlin in historical fiction.   http://mkhume.com/merlin-faction/



While you read this chapter, listen to this music. Written, produced by Rachael Alice Orbach


Thursday, January 11, 2018

Magic Tree House, Midnight on the Moon, Chapter 8

Magic Tree House, Midnight on the Moon, Chapter 8 


Jack's Moon Jet Pack backpack!


Jack should change his backpack and take this one to the Moon! 

Questions:
How much air did Jack and Annie have in their airtanks? 
What do they do when they get back to the moon base? 
Did they find the special thing yet?  What will happen if they don't find it?
What was Peanut doing the whole time that they were outside on the Moon? 
Where did she go when she saw Annie? 
What did Annie try to do? 
What did Jack try to put on the Magic M? Why didn't it work? 
How did they know that it didn't work? 
How did they figure out the real answer? 
What happened with the kids chanted the words? 
Who did they see? 

Homework: 
What is the Main idea of this Chapter?  What are the Details? 

Fill in this Chart: 
Main Idea
Detail DetailDetail





While you are reading Listen to this music! 



Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Magic Tree House, Midnight on the Moon, Chapter 7


Magic Tree House, Midnight on the Moon!  Chapter 7  
Jack and Annie are on the Moon!  I want to find out where exactly they are, so I am going to look it up on the Globe. but I need a moon globe to figure this out. so here's one for you! 


Questions
Why was Jack on the ground? How did Annie help him? 
Why can't the Moon Man hear Jack and Annie speaking? 
What does he have on his back?  What does it help him do? 
How do they communicate with each other?
What did the big astronaut write? 
What does Jack think it is? 
What does Annie think it is? 
Where did the big astronaut go? Why?


Homework:
Write a poem that starts with these words

M
O
O

M
A


This is an acrostic poem! 

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Magic Tree House, Midnight on the Moon, Chapter 6

Magic Tree House, Midnight on the Moon, Chapter 6

Jack and Annie are busy with making a sign to leave on the Moon!  By the way, did you finish Jack's poster for him to turn into Ms. Watkins?  She wants to see all the beautiful posters and she has given me permission to post them at the en of this blog post!  e-mail to:Rachael Alice's E-mail


Questions

Why does Jack want to go back to the Moon Base?  What is he afraid of? 
What do the kids do? 
Did the find the fourth M thing? Why not? 
What blocked them from going on? 
What did Jack learn from the book? 
What happened to Jack?  Annie?  
What is their problem? 
Where did the Moon Man go? 

Homework: 
Math in Literature:
Solve this problem. 

The Moon's gravity is about 16% less of that on Earth. 
If a person weighs 50 kilos on Earth, how much will that person weigh on the Moon? 


Listen to this song while you are reading this chapter 







Sunday, January 7, 2018

Magic Tree House, Midnight on the Moon, Chapter 4

Magic Tree House, Midnight on the Moon, Chapter 4


Jack and Annie step out onto the Moon.  They are amazed at what they see and how it feels.  Let's read and find out what hapWpens! 

Key Terms: 
goof off - doing something silly


Questions
What is the first thing that Jack notices when he steps on the Moon? 
What does Jack learn from the book? 
What did he see when he looked up? 
What color is the sky?  Why? 
What was Annie doing? What did she call herself? 
What did Annie do with the book?  
What happened as Jack tried to grab the book? 
Who really goofed off first? 
What did Annie find in the crater? 
What does Annie do in the moon buggy?
Who would have been a better driver? 


Homework: Describe a time that you or a character in a different book did something that was a bit crazy.  What happened?  How did it turn out? 

While you are reading the chapter, you can listen to this!





Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Magic Tree House, Midnight on the Moon, Chapter 2

Magic Tree House, Midnight on the Moon, Chapter 2


You already have the fiction book Midnight on the Moon, so now you need the Fact Tracker to get even more information!







Jack and Annie get up in the middle of the night and go back to the Tree House.  What book did they look at?  yes, Thie book about Space.  lets peek with them and find out more! 

Questions: 
Where did the Tree House land this time?  
What does it look like? 
What did Jack read in the book? 
About what year is it now where Jack and Annie are? 
What do the kids learn from the book? 
What does Jack write in his notebook? 
Why is the mouse running around the letter M? 



Homework
Jack needs to write a quiz about the moon for  his classmates to do.  
Write three multiple choice questions for Jack. 
Then write an answer key for the teacher. 


Play this music as a background while you are reading the chapter!


Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Magic Tree House Midnight on the Moon Book #8 Chapter 1


Magic Tree House, Midnight on the Moon Book #8





 Jack and Annie got back from the Ice Age and were very tired.  So they went to sleep right away. 
but then something bothers Annie. What is it?  Read Chapter 1 to find out!

Questions: 
What information does the Prologue tell us?
Could we understand this book without reading all the other books of the series? 
Who is Morgan Le Fay in this series of books?  What is her character like?  
Who is Peanut?  How does she help Jack and Annie?
What are the things that they have found to help Morgan? 

Chapter 1 
Why does Annie want to go to the Tree House now? 
What time is it? 
Why can't she wait until morning? 
What does Jack want to do? 
How does Annie convince him to get up anyway? 
What does Jack want to bring? 
Why doesn't Annie want to bring one? 
What do they see when they get to the Tree House? 
How do they know which book to read next? 
What is the name of the book? 
Why doesn't Jack want to go there? 
What equipment do you need to go to that place? 
What does Jack suggest instead?
What picture does Jack turn to? 
What  wish does he say? 

Homework: 
Jack has to write a research report about the moon. Write his report for him. Tell about how old the moon is, how far it is from the Earth, what is the conditions on the Moon?

Jack uses this website to help himself write the report : http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/moon.html



While you are reading this chapter you can listen to this song that I wrote: Have Fun with Flying Wave!


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