The Moon Phases Worksheet
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4Planning Your Instruction
Guided Reading Level..................M
Book Summary
DRA Level.....................................30
Word Count ...............................312
Children discover why
Text and Graphic Features
the moon appears to have
• Headings
different shapes—from a
• Signal words
• Diagrams
sliver of light to big and
round and back to a sliver
Inquiry Focus
Observing phases of the moon
—as it travels around the
Earth.
Integrating Science and Literacy
Differentiated
Instruction
Reading Focus
Science Focus
The following Discovery Links
Standards
Standards
leveled books will support and
Content
• Identifies sequence of events
reinforce common science
• O bserves, measures, and records
• C ompares and contrasts
objectives.
changes in the night sky, including
information
• Look at the Sky, Level B
changes in the shape of the moon
• I nterprets and uses graphic
• Sun and Earth, Level F
• K nows that the moon moves
features to aid comprehension
• Day and Night, Level G
around the Earth
Content Vocabulary
• Eye on the Sky, Level K
Process
cycle, calendars, phases, new moon,
• Orbit and Spin, Level L
• Interprets simple diagrams
crescent moon, first quarter, full
Science Notebook
moon, last quarter
(Reproducible Page 3)
Newbridge Big Books
Comprehension Activity
Children observe the moon as many
for Shared Learning
(Reproducible Page 2)
nights as possible for a month. Each
Children complete a cycle chart to
To reinforce common content and
night they can, they fill in a circle
show the sequence of the moon’s
process objectives
on their moon chart to show how
phases. They write the name of the
Early Science
much of the moon they see. Then
phase next to each image of the
• Out in Space
they label the phase it represents. If
moon.
• What Is a Cycle?
they can’t see the moon through the
(For answers, see bottom of page 4.)
Thinking Like a Scientist
clouds, tell them to write “Can’t see.”
• Watching the Night Sky
Assessment
The reproducibles (pages 2 and 3) and a separate Assessment Book provide several
methods of formative assessment.
Comprehension Activity
Assessment Book
Assesses children’s ability to
Provides additional assessment
activities and checklists to plot
• Identify a sequence of events
children’s progress in
Science Notebook
• Oral reading
Assesses children’s ability to
• U sing reading strategies and
• Identify phases of the moon
behaviors
• S ummarizing and synthesizing
information
For Teaching Notes, see page 4.
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