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1st Grade: Solar System Lesson Organizer
Domain Vocabulary: day, orbit, rotate, planet, solar system, star, sun, year, constellation, asteroid, comet, sunspot, satellite, crater, crescent, new
moon, half moon, gibbous moon
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Lesson
Title
Pre-unit
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2
3
What is
a solar
system?
Sun
Sun
Method
Content Objectives
Teacher: set
up room
with solar
system
posters,
books,
objects
Students will
recognize new
material that will
engage interest.
Whole class
Whole class
and
Independent
Whole class
and
Independent
Students will be able
to explain the basic
components of our
Solar System.
Students will know
that there are eight
planets that orbit
around Sun. Students
will be able to
explain why we have
day and night.
Language Arts
Objectives
Students will
retell key
details.
Students will explain
that the Sun is a star.
Students will identify
the reasons we need
the Sun.
Students will
retell key
details.
Students will write
complete sentences
stating the reasons we
need the Sun.
Students will
form letters,
words, phrases
and sentences
to
communicate
thoughts and
ideas.
Higher Order Questioning
What is the Solar
System? How many
planets are there in our
Solar System? Why do
we have day and night?
What is the Sun? Why do
we need the Sun?
Classwork
Read the Core
Knowledge
book and
Rookie Reader
Why We Need
the Sun
Worksheet
Read Aloud
What You First
Grader Needs
to Know, by
E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Thinking
Framework
Knowledge
Why We Have
Day and Night
Rookie Reader
Day Light,
Night Light by
Franklyn M.
Branley
Knowledge
Scholastic
Reader- Sun
What does the sun give
us?
Sun projectwriting
sentences “Gifts
of the Sun”
The Sun
Knowledge
Modeling
4
5
6
7
Moon
Whole class
and
Independent
Students will explain
that we see the Moon
because of the Sun’s
light. They will know
that the Moon orbits
the Earth.
Moon
Whole class
and
Independent
Students will identify
the phases of the
Moon.
Moon
Whole class
and
Independent
Students will be able
explain why the
Moon appears to
change shape.
Mercury
Venus
Whole class
and
Independent
Students will know
each planet’s position
from the Sun. They
will be able to state at
least one interesting
fact about each
planet.
Students will
retell key
details.
Students will
participate in
age appropriate
activities that
involve
listening and
speaking.
Students will
retell key
details.
Prior to
listening to a
read aloud,
students will
identify what
they know and
have learned
that may be
related to the
specific story
or topic to be
read aloud.
Students will
retell key
details.
What is the moon? What
is the path of the Moon?
What does the Moon
look like? Does the
Moon change shape?
Where does the Moon get
its light? Why do we see
the Moon?
2-Sided
worksheet: The
Moon (side 1),
See the Moon
Change (side 2)
What are the phases of
the Moon?
Studying and
learning about
the Moon
phases with
Demonstration
So That’s How
the Moon
Changes Shape!
Knowledge
Patterns
Modeling
Can you name the phases
of the Moon?
Phases of the
Moon writing
project
The Moon
Seems to
Change by
Franklyn M.
Branley
Knowledge
Patterns
Modeling
What is this planet’s
position from the Sun?
What are some
characteristics of this
planet?
Planet Booklet
Planet Strip
When You Look
Up At The
Moon Rookie
Reader
The Magic
School Bus Lost
in the Solar
System by
Joanna Cole
Scholastic
Planet ReaderMercury, Venus
Knowledge
Knowledge
Modeling
8
9
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Whole class
and
Independent
Whole class
and
Independent
Students will know
each planet’s position
from the Sun. They
will be able to state at
least one interesting
fact about each
planet.
Students will know
each planet’s position
from the Sun. They
will be able to state at
least one interesting
fact about each
planet.
Prior to
listening to a
read aloud,
students will
identify what
they know and
have learned
that may be
related to the
specific story
or topic to be
read aloud.
Students will
retell key
details.
Prior to
listening to a
read aloud,
students will
identify what
they know and
have learned
that may be
related to the
specific story
or topic to be
read aloud.
Students will
retell key
details.
What is this planet’s
position from the Sun?
What are some
characteristics of this
planet?
What is this planet’s
position from the Sun?
What are some
characteristics of this
planet?
Planet Booklet
Planet Strip
Planet Booklet
Planet Strip
Scholastic
Planet ReaderEarth, Mars
Scholastic
Planet ReaderJupiter
Knowledge
Modeling
Knowledge
Modeling
10
Saturn
Uranus
Whole class
and
Independent
Students will know
the planet’s position
each the Sun. They
will be able to state at
least one interesting
fact about each
planet.
Prior to
listening to a
read aloud,
students will
identify what
they know and
have learned
that may be
related to the
specific story
or topic to be
read aloud.
What is this planet’s
position from the Sun?
What are some
characteristics of this
planet?
Planet Booklet
Planet Strip
Scholastic
Planet ReaderSaturn, Uranus
Knowledge
Modeling
Planet Booklet
Planet Strip
Scholastic
Planet ReaderNeptune, Dwarf
Planets
Knowledge
Modeling
Students will
retell key
details.
11
Neptune
Dwarf
Planets
Whole class
and
Independent
Students will know
each planet’s position
from the Sun. They
will be able to state at
least one interesting
fact about each
planet.
Prior to
listening to a
read aloud,
students will
identify what
they know and
have learned
that may be
related to the
specific story
or topic to be
read aloud.
Students will
retell key
details.
What is this planet’s
position from the Sun?
What are some
characteristics of this
planet?
12
13
Stars
Constell
ations
Test
Whole class
and
Independent
Independent
Students will know
that a star is a
burning ball of gas.
Students will know
that there are many
stars. Students will
know that collections
of stars are known as
constellations.
Students will be able
to identify the Big
Dipper.
Assessment:
Demonstrate
knowledge of Solar
System
Prior to
listening to a
read aloud,
students will
identify what
they know and
have learned
that may be
related to the
specific story
or topic to be
read aloud.
What is a star? Is our Sun
the only star? What are
constellations? What
does the Big Dipper look
like?
Stars and
Constellations
worksheet
Students will
participate in
age appropriate
activities that
involve
listening and
speaking.
Assessment
Stargazers by
Gail Gibbons
Scholastic
Planet ReaderStars,
Constellations
Knowledge
Modeling
Knowledge