Day and Night
👩🏫 Teacher’s Guide
Objective
Students will explain that Earth’s rotation causes day and night.
Vocabulary
day, night, sun, earth, turn, light, dark, sky
Teaching Notes
- Use a globe and flashlight to show how the Sun lights half of Earth at a time.
- Demonstrate turning the globe slowly to show day and night.
🧒 Student Worksheet
Concept and Helping Material
We have day and night because the Earth turns.
The side facing the Sun has day; the other side has night.
More Samples and Helping Ideas
- The shines during the day.
- When the sets, it becomes night.
- The turns around once every day.
- Half the Earth has and half has .
- We sleep at and play during the .
Vocabulary and Definition
- — time when the Sun is up
- — time when the Sun is down
- — the planet we live on
- — star that gives us light
- — to spin around
Words to Learn
, , , ,
Sentences to Fill In
- The turns to make day and night.
- The shines during the day.
- The turns around once each day.
- When the sets, it becomes night.
- The side facing the has day.
- The side away from the has night.
- We sleep at .
- We play during the .
- The is dark at night.
- The is bright in the day.
Reflection
- Why do we have day and night?
- When do you see the Sun?