Earlier this spring we did a fun integrated unit on the sun, moon, and their relationship with Earth. 

Science Questions:

Why does the moon seem to change shape?

Why does the sun seem to move across the sky?

Writing:

Adjectives 

Poetry

All About Books

Reading:

Features of nonfiction text

Note-taking, gathering facts about a topic

Comparing and contrasting the sun and moon

For the art project, we added flour to white paint to create texture and used bottle caps to make craters.

We tracked one full moon cycle by recording our observations.

We wrote non fiction books about the moon.

"The Moon Facts"

"The moon seems like it is yellow or white. Really the moon is grey."

For the sun art project we used 3 good sized blobs of red, yellow, and orange paint.  With plastic wrap on top, kids spread the paint around and then peeled the plastic off.

Poem in Your Pocket

On April 21st we all brought poems to school tucked into our pockets and took them out throughout the day to read to each other.