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Week 12 · Long Days, Short Days

Wednesday

Investigation: Daylight strip
// Daylight changes through the year
⏱ about 15 min

Wednesday: Daylight strip

Rocket draws twenty-four boxes, one for each hour.

Raven reads sunrise and sunset times.

Nova says, "Color the hours when the Sun is up."

You need

  • A long strip of paper
  • Yellow and dark blue crayons
  • Today’s sunrise and sunset times
Safety first
Never look at the Sun. Use the times, not your eyes.
For a grown-up
Find today’s sunrise and sunset in a weather report.
Help your child mark the hour boxes.

Steps

  1. Draw 24 boxes in a row. Each box is one hour.
  2. Find the box for sunrise.
  3. Find the box for sunset.
  4. Color the boxes in between yellow. That is daylight.
  5. Color the other boxes dark blue. That is night.
  6. Count the yellow boxes.
MAKE A PREDICTION
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
A summer strip would have...
Draw your daylight strip.
READ YOUR STRIP
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What do the yellow boxes show?
A winter strip would have...

Word Spot: still, learn

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Still: S-T-I-L-L.

Learn: L-E-A-R-N.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
Sit very ___.
I want to ___ to swim.

You measured daylight like a scientist!

Tomorrow you will learn why daylight changes.

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