What do you already know?

The next step is to list what you already know about the subject.

Spacedog: "Ask yourself: what do you already know about the first dog in space?"

Childrens' replies:

Maria: "I think it was either a German Shepherd or a Siberian Husky."

Blair: "My neighbor is an ex-astronaut. He would know about it!"

Mike: "I don't think the first dog in space went to the Moon. I wonder what the dog ate?"

Lexy: "It happened the same year my dad was born – I think it was 1957."

Jourdan: "Wasn't there a Russian spaceship called "Sputnik"?"

Harry: "Once I saw some 'dogs in space' stamps from Poland or Romania."