Ride, S. and Tam O’Shaughnessy. (2003). Exploring Our Solar System. New York, New York: Crown Publishing.
Brief Annotation: Take a ride with the first American woman astronaut and discover our solar system in a whole new light. Each chapter discovers each planet through the eyes and knowledge of an astronaut. The Earth chapter includes time line pictures of our planet. There are bonus facts and pictures and information of all space shuttle trips.
Genre: Non Fiction
Grade Level: K-4
Readers who will like this: Readers who enjoy science. Readers who are learning about the solar system.
Response/Rating (1-4): 4. This is a great book to help teach about the solar system. The facts are written for young children to understand.
One question you would ask before a read aloud: What do you know about the solar system?
Reading Strategies Connection: K-W-L Chart: (Yopp & Yopp, p.36). This will help understand your student’s background knowledge regarding space. Students will work in small groups to brainstorm and record what they know (or think they know) about the solar system and what they want to know and later after the book is completed they can list what they have learned.
Your response strategy makes good sense, particularly because this is a nonfiction book and understanding it will require a certain amount of background knowledge related to the solar system.
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