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of the sun or other source of light)
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Children use the shadow records
they have made over time to
explore relationships between the
sun and their body shadows

A reason routine: Encourage them
to make a claim based on their
observations, support the claim
and ask questions.
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Claim-Support-Question

Children can predict and test how to
create their own shadow shapes.
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Venn diagram to present
differences and similarities
between 2 different periods of
time.

Predict/Pair/Share
Encourage them to predict, pair
with another student and share
ideas all together.

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Children discuss uses of shadows,
which may include sundials to tell
the time, or shadow dramas to tell
stories.

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Create a shadow puppet theatre in •
the classroom where children can
create their own stories. Encourage
them to perform shadow play.

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Using colored cellophane and
flashlights, show children that you •
can change the color of light by
placing a colored transparent sheet
over it. Allow the children to
explore the cellophane and
flashlights on their one. Using
primary colored cellophane; ask the
children what colors they can make
by mixing two. What happens when
they mix three or more?

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Form – Causation - Reflection
Keys

Beginning/Middle/End

Wheel of Wonder