1st grade · Science · Unit 11 of 12
Sky & Seasons
Day, night and the seasons
What your child practices
Day and night, the sun, moon and stars (the moon reflects sunlight), and the order of the seasons.
Alabama Course of Study content standard: 1.8; 1.9 · patterns of the sun, moon and stars, and hours of daylight through the year
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- The sun comes up in the morning and goes down in the evening.
- The seasons go spring, summer, fall, winter.
- Leaves change color and fall in fall.
Example: Which season comes after winter? Spring, summer, fall, winter… then spring again. Answer: spring
Sky & Seasons in Alabama
In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 11 of 12 in 1st grade Science, after Bird, Mammal & Fish Life Cycles and before Sun & Moon Patterns.
Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Put the day in order. Start with morning.
- 🌇evening: the sun goes down
- 🌅morning: the sun comes up
- 🌃night: the sky is dark
- ☀️midday: the sun is high
morning: the sun comes up → midday: the sun is high → evening: the sun goes down → night: the sky is dark
Hint: The sun comes up in the morning, is high at midday, goes down in the evening, and then it's night.
Question 2
In which season do many leaves change color and fall?
- ☀️summer
- 🍂fall
- 🌷spring
🍂 fall
Hint: That's why we call it fall! It's also called autumn.
Question 3
What do we call a round, bright moon?
- 🌕full moon
- 🌓half moon
- 🌑new moon
🌕 full moon
Hint: When we can see the whole round moon, it's called a full moon.
Question 4
What do you wear to play outside on a snowy day?
⛄- 👡sandals
- 🧤warm coat and mittens
- 🩱swimsuit
🧤 warm coat and mittens
Hint: Snow is cold! Warm clothes keep you cozy.
Question 5
In which season do many flowers start to grow?
- 🍂fall
- 🌷spring
- ❄️winter
🌷 spring
Hint: In spring the days get warmer, and plants start to grow again.
Question 6
Winter or summer? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: ❄️ winter · ☀️ summer
- 🧤mittens
- 👒sun hat
- 🕶️sunglasses
- 🏊swimming outside
- 🛷sledding
- 🧣warm scarf
❄️ winter: mittens, sledding, warm scarf · ☀️ summer: sun hat, sunglasses, swimming outside
Hint: Think about the weather. Is it a cold winter day or a hot summer day?