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Week 12 · Long Days, Short Days

Monday

Dark at dinner
// Daylight changes through the year
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Dark at dinner

Rocket looks out the window at dinner. It is already dark!

"In summer, I played outside after dinner," he says.

Raven asks, "What changed?" Nova hums.

Daylight changes

Daylight is the time when the Sun is up.

Some days have lots of daylight.

Some days have less daylight.

The amount of daylight changes through the year.

SeasonDaylight
SummerLong days, more daylight
WinterShort days, less daylight
DAYLIGHT CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which season has longer days?
Which season has shorter days?
SentenceTrue or false?
The amount of daylight changes through the year.?
Every day has the same daylight.?
Summer days are longer than winter days.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEDaylight is longer in summer and shorter in winter.
For a grown-up
Talk about a time it got dark early.
Talk about a time it stayed light late.
MORE OR LESS DAYLIGHT
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What is daylight?
In summer, Rocket played outside...
It is dark at dinner now. What season might it be?
What is a season?
SEASON SORT
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Long days, more daylight. Which season?
Short days, less daylight. Which season?
SentenceTrue or false?
Some days have more daylight than others.?
Winter days have more daylight than summer days.?
Daylight changes through the year.?
Summer and winter are seasons.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEThe daylight pattern changes with the seasons.
Draw a summer evening and a winter evening.

Word Spot: walk

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Walk: W-A-L-K.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
We ___ to the park.
Let us ___ slowly.

You noticed a big sky pattern!

Tomorrow you will meet the longest and shortest days.