The Sun, Earth, and Moon

Informational (nonfiction) 930L

The Sun, the Earth, and the Moon are constantly interacting with each other in a complex dance. The Sun, Earth, and Moon describes the effects of the movements of the Sun, Earth, and Moon, including what causes high and low tides, why we have different seasons, and what happens during solar and lunar eclipses. The text is supported by descriptive photographs and informative diagrams. Readers will be able to hone their nonfiction reading skills by using labels to help navigate their way through the text. Students will also have the opportunity to make inferences and draw conclusions and to identify complex sentences in the text.