👩‍🏫 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

1. The turns to make day and night.
2. The shines during the day.
3. The turns around once each day.
4. When the sets, it becomes night.
5. The side facing the has day.
6. The side away from the has night.
7. We sleep at .
8. We play during the .
9. The is dark at night.
10. The is bright in the day.

Reflection

• Why do we have day and night?
• When do you see the Sun?