Name: _______________________

The Night the Moon FellLearning Activity Menu

ABC Order

Skill of the Week

Alphabetize your spelling

words in your spiral. Write
a sentence for 5 words in
your spiral.

Words Their Way

Re-read the story of the

Sort your words on your
week starting on page 128.
desk into categories. Glue
Complete the Story Map for
the words in your Spiral
The Night the Moon Fell notebook how they were on
using complete sentences.
your desk.

Sleuth

Writing

Misc.

Read The Best Year Ever

on pages 50-51 in the
Sleuth book and complete
the Sleuth page.

Read pages 146-147 in your

Reading Street book about
Narrative Poems. Read the
student model and then
write your own poem about
what you did at recess
recently. Follow the rules of
a poem!

Complete Which
Definition is It?
homophones activity. Use
the task cards as your
questions.

CLOSE Reading

Grammar

Vocabulary

Re-read The Night the

Moon Fell. Complete the
front and back of the
CLOSE reading sheet using
complete sentences and
your own sentence
starters.

Complete the Where? And

When? What? sheet using
the adverbs and verbs. You
will need scissors and glue.

Define and draw The

Night the Moon Fell
vocabulary words in your
Spiral

*remember, verbs are actions

and adverbs tell when or where
the action happened.*

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Balance
Canyons
Coral
Rattle
Slivers
Sway
whisper

downstairs, football, cowboy, houseboat, railroad, rainbow, boyhood, oatmeal,

soybean, roadway, outplay, daydream

Name: _______________________

Done with everything? Ask Ms. Vetnar if you are L, M, or H and complete the
activities below.
Lo Use colored pencils or crayons to rainbow write your spelling words in your
spiral notebook.
o Look through The Night the Moon Fell for compound words. Write the
word and page number in your spiral.
o Pick a book from our classroom library. Write and illustrate the beginning,
middle, and end in your Spiral.
M-

o Open your Core Knowledge notebook to Sayings and Phrases. Pick a saying
and write it in your best handwriting on a piece of construction paper and
illustrate.
o Read pages 124-125 about Plot and Theme in your Reading Street book. Use
the story The Space Flight and write the storys beginning, middle, and end
in your Spiral. Draw a picture of what you visualized while you read the
story.
o Re-read The Night the Moon Fell. Answer the questions on page 144 in your
Spiral in complete sentences.

Ho Read pages 126-127 about Multiple Meaning Words. Read the story Oak
Creek Canyon. Complete the Words to Write section in your Spiral.
o Think about a change in your life. Write about how you felt in your Spiral.
o Pick up a Magic Work packet from the bottom drawer of the Learning Menu
corner.
o Write a letter to a friend. Use notebook paper and make sure you have the
date, the greeting, the body, and the closing. Have at least 5 juicy
sentences!

downstairs, football, cowboy, houseboat, railroad, rainbow, boyhood, oatmeal,

soybean, roadway, outplay, daydream