What do astronauts eat in outer space? Kids can read an informational passage to learn about space food. The passage includes prompts that have learners identify the main idea and key details, then write a paragraph summarizing the text. Class members will find out all about how astronauts eat and clean up after meal time as they practice writing a summary. 

Concepts

main ideas, central ideas, key details, details

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Additional Tags

key details, summarizing, main idea, english language arts

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Pros

• This is a good practice sheet that can help learners develop core skills
• The interesting passage will increase reader motivation 

Cons

• None