Our

 Planets  
by  Gail  Van  Tatenhove  
 Instruc7ons  
  Students,  as  they  study  the  planets  in  our  solar  system,  may  be  
asked  to  describe  the  ac7ons  (rotate,  revolve,  orbit)  and  
descrip7ve  characteris7cs  of  the  planets.    Read  through  the  
book  and  talk  about  the  planets.      
-  Have  the  student  describe  the  ac7ons  of  the  planets  (e.g.,  What  does  it  
mean  to  rotate?).  
-  Ask  open-­‐ended  (e.g.,  Tell  me  something  about  Earth?)  and  applica7on  
ques7ons  (e.g.,  What  would  it  be  like  to  live  on  Mars?).    
  Prac7ce  describing  the  planets  using  the  appropriate  
compara7ve  and  superla7ve  gramma7cal  markers.  
  Add  subject-­‐specific  non-­‐core  words  only  as  needed.  
  Make  addi7onal  materials,  using  PASS,  as  needed,  to  complete  
any  classroom  ac7vi7es  or  assignments.  
Consider  adding  these  subject-­‐specific  non-­‐core  words  
to  the  science  vocabulary  set.    
Some  may  already  be  part  of  the  Unity®  program  you  
are  using.    
  solar  system     Mercury  
  planet       Venus  
  sun     Earth    
  star     Mars  
  moon     Jupiter  
  Saturn  
  Uranus  
  Neptune    
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Our  solar  system  has  a  sun  and  eight  

planets.    
It  also  has  many  moons  and  stars.  
 revolve = go around
another thing

orbit = the way one

thing goes around
another

The  planets  all  revolve  around  the  sun.  

 
Each  planet  orbits  around  the  sun.  
 rotate = turn around

They  rotate  as  they  go  around  the  sun.  

 The  sun  is  the  nearest  star  to  all  the  
planets.    It  is  much  bigger  than  they  are.    
1 - first

Mercury  is  the  nearest,  smallest,  and  

ho/est.    
2 - second

Venus  is  the  brightest.    

We  can  some7mes  see  it  at  night.  
3 - third

Earth  is  where  we  live!    

It  has  three  7mes  more  water  than  land.    
It  is  a  very  wet  place.  
4 - fourth

Mars  has  the  most  and  highest  

mountains.  
5 - fifth

Jupiter  is  the  biggest.  

6 - sixth

Saturn  is  the  lightest  planet  and  has  

rings  around  it.    
7 - seventh

Uranus  is  different  from  other  planets  

because  it  sits  and  turns  on  its  side.  
8 - eighth

Neptune  is  the  most  far  away  from  the  

sun,  so  it  is  very  cold.      
It  also  turns  very  slowly.    
Now  you  know  something  about  the  
planets  in  our  solar  system!  
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revolve  =  go  around  another  thing  

 
orbit  =  the  way  one  thing  goes  around  another  
 
rotate  =  turn  around  
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  bright     cold  

  wet     slow  

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