Grade 1 Science
Study Bibles 26
Getting started: Meet the Big Question
How do the sun, the moon, and stars appear to change position in the sky?
Keep this question in mind as you read. You’ll answer it at the end.Teacher’s lesson plan
Read this first: the steps, materials and timing for today’s lesson, straight from the Teacher Guide.
Read: Student Book, Chapter 1: “The Mysterious Movement of the Moon”
Read it aloud together, or let your student read on their own. Pictures and maps are part of the lesson — talk about them too.
Text version (for read-aloud apps and screen readers)
CHAPTER
1
The Mysterious Movement
of the Moon
It is early in the morning on a school day. Lin sits
at the kitchen table. It is still dark outside, and
he is tired. It is hard to wake up on these dark,
cold mornings! Sleepily, Lin looks out the kitchen
window. The sky is just beginning to brighten.
Lin can see the moon. “It’s morning,” Lin thinks.
“Why is it still dark? And why is the moon still
in the sky?”
2
Just before dinner that evening, Lin walks his dog, Luna.
The sun is setting. It is starting to get dark outside. Lin again
notices the moon in the sky. But it is in a different place. Again,
he wonders why the moon is visible when it is not yet night.
He thought the moon only came out at night. The appearance
of the sky is changing all the time.
3
When he sits down to dinner, Lin looks for the moon through
the kitchen window. But the moon is not there! Lin saw the
moon when he walked Luna just a few minutes ago. He knows
it is in the sky. So why can’t he see it through the window
like he could at breakfast this morning? He knows he saw the
moon this morning when he was sitting in this same spot. He
was looking through this same window.
4
Lin thinks back to the beginning of first grade. The mornings
were bright and sunny, not dark. He walked the dog before
bedtime instead of before dinner because it was still light
outside later in the day.
“But where was the moon?” Lin thinks to himself. “Why can I
only see the moon sometimes? And why does it seem to move
from place to place?”
5
Talk it over
Ask these as you read or afterward. Answers for the teacher are tucked under each question.
question generation question board Instructional Resources Student Book Ch. 1 Activity Page Student Book, Chapter 1 “The Mysterious Movement of the Moon” Activity Page Day or Night?
Answer
UO.1
Show students the question board. Ask students what they wonder about the moon after reading the chapter about Lin. Record their questions on the question board. (See Know the Standards 2.) Distribute Day or Night?
Answer
AP UO.1
Review student responses on Day or Night?
Answer
AP UO.1
How do you know?
Answer
No, because sometimes the sun is over there and later it is over here
LITERAL—What do you notice about the sky in the picture?
Answer
It is mostly dark blue; it has some orange color at the bottom. LITERAL—What is the sun doing in the picture?
LITERAL—What else do you see in the sky in the picture?
Answer
The moon
What will happen to the sky?
Answer
It is going to come all the way up. The sky will get lighter. Page 3
The appearance of the sky is changing all the time. 3 LITERAL—What do you see in the sky?
Answer
The moon LITERAL—What does the sky look like now?
Ask, What do you usually do around this time of the day or evening?
Answer
Have dinner, go inside
He was looking through this same window. 4 LITERAL—What do you see in the sky?
Answer
Nothing! It is dark. INFERENTIAL—Why do you think you cannot see the moon now?
Check for understanding
- Answer the Big Question out loud or in a sentence or two: How do the sun, the moon, and stars appear to change position in the sky?
For offline study
Download these once and you can teach this unit without the internet.
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