“Elvin, the Boy Who Loved the Sky, Part 2”
And then he began to wonder about how the sun and moon moved. So he decided he must find someone with whom to share his wonderings. He walked along until he found a dancer.
He told the dancer all that he wondered, but the dancer did not answer his questions. Instead, he gave him these...
Sun Movement Chart
Note to Teachers:Copy enough of these onto cardstock such that each student receives one photo.
- Get ready to stretch. Take three deep breaths.
- Crouch down. Hug your knees and relax your neck.
- Jump up and extend arms and legs out.
- Repeat Steps 2–3.
- Open feet and stretch arms down to the floor. Relax your back and neck.
- Slowly stretch your body up to the right, keeping arms in line with your ears.
- Stretch until you are standing straight with your arms raised.
- Stretch arms out and down. Cross your arms in front of your body to come up again.
- Take a breath and slowly stretch to the left, keeping arms in line with your ears.
- Stretch until your arms are down. Relax your back and neck.
Moon Movement Chart
Note to Teachers:Copy enough of these onto cardstock such that each student receives one photo.
- Stand with feet apart. Stretch arms down
to the floor. Relax neck and back.
- Slowly straighten up, keeping arms by your side.
- Lift right arm in line with your ear and slowly stretch sideways.
- Straighten up and lower right arm by your side.
- Lift left arm in line with your ear and slowly stretch sideways.
- Straighten up and slowly lower left arm by your side.
- Lift both arms to form a circle above your head.
- Keep your arms in a circle and slowly arch your back.
- Keep your arms in a circle and slowly stretch forward.
- Straighten up with arms above head.
“Elvin, the Boy Who Loved the Sky,” Part 3
And then he began to wonder if the sun and moon had stories. So he decided he must find someone with whom to share his wonderings. He walked along until he found a storyteller.
He told the storyteller all that he wondered, but the storyteller did not answer his questions. Instead, she gave him these...
Unit 1 Guiding Question Anchor Chart
(for Teacher Reference)
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Note to Teachers:This anchor chart will be kept throughout the unit and will beadded to as each new text is read.
Unit 1 Guiding Question:
Why do authors write about the sun, moon, and stars?
Book / Sun or moon? / Why do you think the author wrote the book?Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky, by Elphinstone Dayrell / Sun and moon / To explain how the sun and moon got in the sky
Unit 1 Guiding Question Response Sheet
Name: ______Date: ______
Unit 1 Guiding Question:
Why do authors write about the sun, moon, and stars?
Image Credits
All Sun and Moon Movement illustrations created by Stacey Posnett for EL Education.
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