Sunset O-W-L Chart (Sunrise/sunset Observe-Wonder-Learn Activity Take-Home Page)

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ELA Common Core Connections
Reading: Informational Text – Key Ideas
Sunset O-W-L Chart
and Details
K: RI.K.1. With prompting and support,
ask and answer questions about key
An O-W-L (Observations, Wonderings, Learnings) Chart can help
details in a text.
students organize their thinking around a scientific phenomenon or
1: RI.1.1. Ask and answer questions about
concept. Giving students some experience with sunsets or sunrises
key details in a text.
before reading the book helps them better engage with the text and,
2: RI.2.1. Ask and answer such questions
as who, what, where, when, why, and how
therefore, makes the text more meaningful. You may want to do a
to demonstrate understanding of key
whole class O-W-L Chart when teaching very young students.
details in a text.
3: RI.3.1. Ask and answer questions to
demonstrate understanding of a text,
Procedure
referring explicitly to the text as the basis
Give each student copy of the Sunrise/Sunset Observe-Wonder-Learn
for the answers.
Activity take-home page, which includes the O-W-L Chart. Explain that
4: RI.4.1. Refer to details and examples in
their homework assignment is to observe a sunrise or sunset with an
a text when explaining what the text says
explicitly and when drawing inferences
adult helper and fill in the first two columns of the chart (Observations
from the text.
and Wonderings). They should also take a photograph or make a
Framework for K-12 Science Education
5: RI.5.1. Quote accurately from a text
drawing of the sunrise or sunset they observed. It is a good idea to give
Connections
when explaining what the text says
Earth and Space Sciences 1.A: Earth’s
students one or two weeks to do this assignment so their families can
explicitly and when drawing inferences
Place in the Universe
plan to watch a sunrise or sunset together. (Printable sunrise/sunset
from the text.
By the end of grade 2. Patterns of the
calendars for specific locations can be found at
motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the
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sky can be observed, described, and
predicted.
By the end of grade 5. The sun is a star
When students bring in their pictures and O-W-L Charts, have them
that appears larger and brighter than
share their photos and drawings, as well as some of their observations,
other stars because it is closer. Stars
with the class. Next have students share some of their wonderings with
range greatly in their size and distance
partners or in small groups. Then ask each student to circle his or her
from Earth.
most compelling wondering about sunrises or sunsets and write it on a
Earth and Space Sciences 1.B: Earth and
sticky note. Have students read these aloud to the class and then post
the Solar System
them in the classroom.
By the end of grade 2. Seasonal patterns
of sunrise and sunset can be observed,
Show students the cover of Next Time You See a Sunset and tell them
described, and predicted.
that this nonfiction book might help them answer some of their most
By the end of grade 5. The orbits of Earth
compelling wonderings about sunrises and sunsets. Read the book
around the sun and of the moon around
Earth, together with the rotation of Earth
aloud. After reading, have students add any new learnings to the L
about an axis between its North and
column of the O-W-L Chart. Then ask students if any of their most
South poles, cause observable patterns.
compelling wonderings were answered by the text. Call on students to
These include day and night; daily and
share, and ask them to refer back to the text for the answer to that
seasonal changes in the length and
specific question. Last, ask students if they have any new wonderings
direction of shadows; phases of the
moon; and different positions of the sun,
based on what they learned from the text. Explain that often with
moon, and stars at different times of the
science, the more you learn about a topic, the more questions you
day, month, and year.
have. Encourage students to share their new wonderings and refer
back to the text for the information that inspired those new questions.

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