One year, our class was transformed into Planet 13 as part of a space classroom theme. The students were part of a crew who posed as astronauts for NASA posters that were created at the beginning of the year for a display in the hallway. Our class newsletter was titled the “Planet 13 Press,” and our class money was called “Cosmic Cash.”

Student groups who rotated through word study centers were given planet names, and our daily math review before math workshop was known as "Martian Math." The student who led the lesson each day was known as the “Martian Mathematician.”

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