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Students will discover that stars other than our sun are not visible during the day and compare a day sky with a night sky.

Vocabulary: binoculars, telescope, outer space

Science Focus: the sun and stars

CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RI.1.1 key details; RF.1.1 punctuation; RF.1.2 phonological awareness; RF.1.3 phonics and word analysis; SL.1.1 collaborative conversations; L.1.6 use new vocabulary; W.1.8 recall information

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

• Mabel is on the hunt for thousands of stars! She discovers why it can be difficult to see stars and sets out to make a diff erence. Mabel rallies her neighbors to help create the best place for stargazing.

• Write down student’s ideas as they share what they know or think they know about where stars go during the day.

• Find and circle all the question marks and exclamation marks in the article. Reread each sentence with your class, with an extra emphasis on your intonation!

Skills: fine motor, writing

Materials: Day and Night skill sheets, pencils, scissors, glue, white paper, construction paper, crayons, cotton balls, aluminum foil, and other art materials

• Students will create day and night scenes side-by-side.
• Ask students to fold a white paper in half. On one side, have students draw things they see in the sky in the daytime. On the other side, have students draw what the sky looks like at night.
• Provide additional art materials for students to create puffy clouds, shiny stars, and other elements in their sky.
• Then give students the Day and Night skill sheet and ask them to write about their drawing. Students can cut out their responses and glue it to their pictures.