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The Moon 🌙
Guided Reading · Level C
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📖 The Moon
Wordless Book · Level C
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📖 BEFORE READING
Cover Prediction
The MOON 🌙
Look at the cover! What do you know about the Moon?
🌕 It is round
🌙 It changes shape
⭐ It shines at night
🔍 Focus Question:
How does the Moon look different over time?
How does the Moon look different over time?
📚 VOCABULARY
Words to Know
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Moon
the big light in the night sky
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dark
no light, can't be seen
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thin
a tiny sliver of light
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full
big, round, whole circle
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cycle
happens again and again
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half full
half is lit, half is dark
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changes
looks different over time
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different
not the same
📖 PAGE 3
The Moon Changes
CYCLE 🔄
📄 Page 3
The Moon looks different over time.The changes happen in a cycle.
A cycle means it happens again and again! 🔄
🌑 🌒 🌓 🌔 🌕 🌖 🌗 🌘 🔄
🔭 The Moon changes shape every night — it takes about 28 days to complete one cycle!
📖 PAGE 4
Dark Moon
DARK 🌑 New Moon
📄 Page 4
The Moon is dark tonight.
Can you see the Moon? NO! It is too dark! 🌑
🌑 New Moon = the Moon is there, but we can't see it! The Moon is hiding!
🔮 PREDICT
What Comes Next?
The Moon is dark now...
What will happen NEXT? 🤔
What will happen NEXT? 🤔
🌒 It gets bigger (brighter)
🌑 It stays dark forever
💥 It disappears into space!
📖 PAGE 5
Thin Moon 🌒
THIN 🌒 Crescent
📄 Page 5
The Moon is thin tonight.
Look! A tiny sliver of light! Point to the thin Moon! ☝️
YES! The Moon is getting bigger! ✨ Our prediction was RIGHT!
✏️ PRACTICE
Fill in the Blanks
Sentence Pattern
The Moon is ___ tonight.
🌑 The Moon is dark tonight.
🌒 The Moon is thin tonight.
📖 PAGE 6
Half Full Moon
HALF FULL 🌗
📄 Page 6
The Moon is half full tonight.
Half means 50%! Look at those icicles — and the half moon! 🌗
🌗 Half of the Moon is lit. Half is dark. 50÷50!
📖 PAGE 7
Full Moon! 🌕
FULL 🌕
📄 Page 7
The Moon is full tonight.
WOW! So big and round! 🌕 The Moon is FULL!
🌕 Full Moon = we can see the WHOLE circle! It's the biggest and brightest!
🔍 PATTERN
Notice the Pattern!
Every page says the same thing!
The Moon is ___ tonight.
🌑 The Moon is dark tonight.
🌒 The Moon is thin tonight.
🌗 The Moon is half full tonight.
🌕 The Moon is full tonight.
🌗 The Moon is ??? tonight.
📖 PAGE 8
Half Full Again
HALF FULL 🌗
📄 Page 8
The Moon is half full tonight.
The Moon is getting smaller again! 📉 Look at the city lights!
↗ dark → thin → half → FULL → half again ↘
📖 PAGE 9
Thin Again! 🌘
THIN again 🌘
📄 Page 9
The Moon is thin tonight.
The Moon is thin AGAIN! It's getting smaller! 📉
Look at those baobab trees! And the tiny crescent Moon above them 🌘
📖 PAGE 10
Cycle Complete! 🔄
DARK again 🌑 = CYCLE! 🔄
📄 Page 10
The Moon is dark tonight.The cycle starts over again.
It's back to DARK! The cycle is complete! 🔄
The cycle repeats every 28 days! 🗓️
✅ CHECK
Were We Right?
Remember our predictions from the cover? Let's check! 🔍
✅ 🌕 It is round YES!
✅ 🌙 It changes shape YES! It changes in a CYCLE!
✅ ⭐ It shines at night YES! (reflects the Sun's light!)
🌑 dark
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🌒 thin
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🌗 half
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🌕 full
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🌗 half
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🌘 thin
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🌑 dark 🔄
✏️ PRACTICE
Complete Review!
🌑 The Moon is dark tonight.
🌒 The Moon is thin tonight.
🌗 The Moon is half full tonight.
🌕 The Moon is full tonight.
🔄 The cycle starts over again.
🔬 SCIENCE
Why Does the Moon Change?
CAUSE
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Earth moves around the Sun. The angle of sunlight changes each night!
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EFFECT
🌑 🌒 🌕
The Moon looks different to us each night!
💡 The Moon doesn't make its own light. The Sun lights it up! ☀️ → 🌙
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The Moon looks different over time.
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What We Learned
We read The Moon! A Level C LEGE book by D.G. Chelsea.
New words: dark · thin · half full · full · cycle
Pattern: "The Moon is ___ tonight."
Big idea: The Moon changes in a cycle every 28 days! 🔄
🌑 dark
→
🌒 thin
→
🌗 half
→
🌕 full
→
🌗 half
→
🌘 thin
→
🌑 dark 🔄
