Pluto

This week for reading we have been working on Pluto.First we had

to pick a side if we thought Pluto was a planet or not I thought it

was. Then we had to read a piece of writing about Pluto. Then we

had to take notes on this chart bellow. We had to put it

into sections witch are general, helpful and harmful. This is my

chart bellow.

WALT: Take notes in our own words

Topic: Pluto is a planet

Source 1

Title: The problem with pluto

Date 1/9/20

As you read the article, take notes about the important information. Remember: you don’t need to write in full sentences 

General	Helpful	Harmful
Pluto is so far away from the sun that it takes 248 Earth years to make an orbit. Pluto is now a dwarf planet.  Pluto is mainly ice. Pluto has three moons around it.	Pluto orbits a star. It must be big enough for its gravity to pull it into a round shape.	It must be big enough to clear most other objects out of the path of its orbit.

Source 2

Title: Why is pluto no longer a planet

Date 1/9/20

As you read the article, take notes about the important information. Remember: you don’t need to write in full sentences 

General	Helpful	Harmful
American astronomer Clyed Tombaaugh discovered pluto in 1930. Pluto sat beyond Neptune as the ninth planet in our solar system.	Pluto orbits a star.  Pluto is big enough to make itself round.	Pluto needs to be big enough to clear objects out the way.