The King's Shadow
by: Robert D. Larranaga
illustrations by Joe Greenwald
Story Summary:
This story is about a prince who is afraid of his own shadow.
Learning Objective:
The students will compare and describe features of the day and night sky and be able to identify a connection between the direction of the shadow and the location of the sun.
Materials:
ruler and chalk
Procedure:
Read the story and discuss the various sizes and shapes of the prince’s shadow. Have children get in partners. Take students outside in the morning and instruct them to draw a box where their partner stands, trace the shadow, and write their partner’s name in the box.
Then, go back outside in the afternoon and have the child stand back in the box they made that morning to see what has happened to their shadow.
You may wish to have them measure their shadows, recording the time when the shadow was made, and the height of the shadows too.
Extra lesson plan links: Copy and paste the links below to go to other sites for more lessons about shadows.
http://portfolio.project.tcnj.edu/fall2005/Cwynar/Measuring%20Shadows%20Lesson%20Plan.htm
http://www.eyeonthesky.org/lessonplans/04sun_shadows.html
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/Shadow/resources.html
http://www.frankasch.com/4teachers.html
Text-to-Text Connections :
"Me and My Shadow" by Arthur Dorros - This book is a non-fiction book that provides a hands-on-approach to investigate shadow principles indoors and outdoors.
"Small Sister" by Jessica Meserve - This book is a fiction book. Small feels as if she'll never step out of her sister's shadow.
"Bear's Shadow" by Frank Asch
illustrations by Joe Greenwald
Story Summary:
This story is about a prince who is afraid of his own shadow.
Learning Objective:
The students will compare and describe features of the day and night sky and be able to identify a connection between the direction of the shadow and the location of the sun.
Materials:
ruler and chalk
Procedure:
Read the story and discuss the various sizes and shapes of the prince’s shadow. Have children get in partners. Take students outside in the morning and instruct them to draw a box where their partner stands, trace the shadow, and write their partner’s name in the box.
Then, go back outside in the afternoon and have the child stand back in the box they made that morning to see what has happened to their shadow.
You may wish to have them measure their shadows, recording the time when the shadow was made, and the height of the shadows too.
Extra lesson plan links: Copy and paste the links below to go to other sites for more lessons about shadows.
http://portfolio.project.tcnj.edu/fall2005/Cwynar/Measuring%20Shadows%20Lesson%20Plan.htm
http://www.eyeonthesky.org/lessonplans/04sun_shadows.html
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/Shadow/resources.html
http://www.frankasch.com/4teachers.html
Text-to-Text Connections :
"Me and My Shadow" by Arthur Dorros - This book is a non-fiction book that provides a hands-on-approach to investigate shadow principles indoors and outdoors.
"Small Sister" by Jessica Meserve - This book is a fiction book. Small feels as if she'll never step out of her sister's shadow.
"Bear's Shadow" by Frank Asch