Teaching Focus:

Fluency:

Have students read

aloud to practice

reading with expression

and with appropriate

pacing.

Level: E Word Count: 105100th Word: you (p.20)

Levels K

-1Tips for Reading this Book with Children:

1. Read the title.

Predictions – after reading the title have students make predictions about the book.

2. Take a book walk:

Talk about the pictures in the book. Use the content words from the book as you take the picture walk. Have children find one or two words they know as they do a picture walk.

3. Have children find words they recognize in the text.

4. Have students read the remaining text aloud.

5. Strategy Talk – use to assist children while reading. • Getyourmouthready • Lookatthepicture • Think…doesitmakesense • Think…doesitlookright • Think…doesitsoundright • Chunkit–bylookingforapartyouknow

6. Read it again.

7. Completetheactivitiesattheendofthebook.

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Day and Night

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Did you know we live on a moving planet?

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As the Earth turns, it changes from day to night.

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The Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.

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East West

In the morning the Sun rises and day begins.

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In the evening the Sun sets and night begins.

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Night is here. The Moon rises.

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Some nights we see a half Moon.

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Some nights we see a slice of the Moon.

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Sometimes we even see the Moon during the day!

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Which do you like best? Day or night?20

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1. Where does the Sun rise? In the East or West?

2. How does the Moon look different each night?

3. What are some things we see in the sky?

Picture Glossary

day (DAY): This is the time when the sky is light, between sunrise and sunset.

Moon (MOON): The natural satellite that moves around the Earth once each month.

night (NITE): This is the time when the sky appears dark. It is the time between sunset and sunrise.

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planet (PLAN-it): A planet is one of the nine large bodies circling the Sun.

slice (SLISE): A small piece cut from something larger. Sometimes the Moon appears to be just a slice.

Sun (SUHN): The star that Earth and other planets in our solar system revolve around.

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Indexday 4, 8, 18, 20 East 6, 7 Moon 12, 14, 16, 18

Websiteswww.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index. htmlwww.kids.nineplanets.org/intro.htmwww.lpi.usra.edu/education/skytellers/day_night. shtml About the AuthorConrad J. Storad is the award-winning author of more than 30 books for young readers. He writes about animals, creepy crawlers, and planets. He was a magazine editor at Arizona State University for 25 years. Conrad lives in Tempe, Arizona with his wife Laurie and their miniature wiener dog, Sophia.

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night(s) 4, 10, 12, 14, 16 Sun 6, 8, 10 West 6, 7

Comprehension & Extension:

• Summarize:

What happens to the Sun as our Earth turns? How does the Moon look different some nights?

• Text to Self Connection:

What do you do in the daytime? What do you do at night?

• Extension:

Fold a piece of paper in half. On one half draw something you do during the day. On the other half draw something you do at night.

Sight Words I Used:see somethewe

Vocabulary Check:

Use glossary words in a sentence.

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