Have you ever looked up at the moon and wondered why it looks different every night? Learn about the moon's orbit and the lunar cycle with a reading comprehension exercise. Using context clues, kids find the definitions of unfamiliar words and answer five questions on the side of the page.

Concepts

the moon, gravity, the lunar cycle, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies, context clues

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Pair with a unit about astronomy or earth science
• Have kids complete comprehension questions to assess reading level

Pros

• Comes with an answer key for easy assessment
• A good interdisciplinary lesson for language arts and science

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.3.1 RI.3.2 RI.3.3 RI.3.4