Students will read to learn about comet facts, history, and discoveries.

Language Arts Standard 7.
Level II (Grades 3-5) Benchmark 1:
Uses reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of informational texts (e.g., textbooks, biographical sketches, letters, diaries, directions, procedures, magazines).

Level III (Grades 6-8) Benchmark 1:
Uses reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of informational texts (e.g., electronic texts; textbooks; biographical sketches; directions; essays; primary source historical documents, including letters and diaries; print media, including editorials, news stories, periodicals, and magazines; consumer, workplace, and public documents, including catalogs,technical directions, procedures, and bus routes).

Prerequisites
Students should:

• Understand the difference between a fact, a legend and a myth.
• Be able to read grade-level appropriate material.

Common misconceptions
Students may think that:

• The solar system only consists of the Sun and planets.
• Comets are not a part of the solar system.
• Comets are similar to asteroids.
• All comets always look the same and don’t change their appearance.