Teach, continued
Read Aloud and Discuss
•Read pages 6 and 7 aloud. Then have students
observe the Sol and Luna in the photos. Ask:
¿Qué brilla más en el cielo durante el día,
el Sol o la Luna ? (the sun) Explain that the Sol
is the brightest object in the daytime sky.
•Point to the Luna in the photo on page 7. Ask:
¿Cómo se ve la Luna en esta foto? (It looks
white or gray and round.) Discuss how the Luna
can be hard to see in a bright daytime sky. It is often
easier to see at night.
Text Features: Labels and Leader Lines
•Point to the label for Sol in the photo on page 6.
Then point to the line that connects the word to
the picture. Explain that labels and leader lines
point out objects in photos. Repeat for the photo
on page 7.
•Ask: ¿Cuándo el Sol ilumina el cielo?
(during the day only) ¿Cuándo podemos ver
la Luna en el cielo? (sometimes during the day,
sometimes at night)
•Ask students to suggest other facts they know
about the Sol and Luna . (Possible answers: The
sun is bright and hot; the moon appears brighter at
night than it does during the day.)
3 Assess
1.Recall ¿Qué podemos ver en el cielo
durante el día? (the sun and sometimes the
moon)
2.Cause and Effect ¿Por qué razón el cielo
a menudo es muy brillante durante el día?
(because the sun lights the sky)
Is That the Moon? Over the course
of one week, have students observe the
daytime sky and look for the moon. The
moon can often be observed early in
the morning or late in the afternoon.
Have students draw what they observe.
The U.S. Naval Observatory has a
record of the moonrise and moonset
times. Checking this resource will help
you know when the moon can be
observed on any given day.
3.Infer ¿Por qué creen que a veces es difícil
ver la Luna durante el día? (The sun makes
the sky so bright that the moon can be hard
to see.)
Day and Night T7
