In the Black

Night Sky
Looking _________, reaching __________, in the black night sky, I see__________. The
cool, clean air ____________ around me. My arms ______________ with wonder. When I
first look, there seems to be only _________, only ___________. But I look, and I breathe
until the darkness shows me ______________. The shadows _____________ under the
____________. The leaves in trees ______________. I hear night sounds of ________________
and __________________. In the night sky, I ___________ _______my dreams
and hear the ________________ of peace.

Word bank Re t loud two times.

Choose words from this list to fill in the a d the p oem o u

Ask yourself:
blanks, or think of your own! For young
children, a caring adult can offer a
selection of words to choose from. 1. What would I like to take out of this poem?
out moves see 2. What would I like to add to this poem?
up secrets watch
moon treasures song 3. Make changes.
stars dance music
4. Enjoy the poem.
clouds wraps rhythm
nothing play voice
black night beats
darkness sky drum
tingle moonlight
shake dream
Self Portrait with Shapes
1 . Draw a self portrait.

2 . On separate paper draw

geometric shapes (circle, square,
triangle, rectangle, etc.), color
your shapes black, and cut out.
Or cut shapes from black paper.

3 . Glue shapes Can you

around your
self portrait. make
a pattern
with
shapes?
 Shadow
H unt
1. Search the surfaces around you 3. Trace the shadow and fill
(ground, walls, tabletops) for shadows. with black (crayon, marker, or pencil
can work).
2. Place a white paper on top of the shadow.
Do ancin g shadows?
you see a n y d

How many shadows can you capture?

 Shadow
u capture?

H unt
ny shadows can yo

1. Search the surfaces around you

(ground, walls, tabletops) for shadows.
2. Place a white paper on top of the shadow.
3. Trace the shadow and fill with black
(crayon, marker, or pencil can work).
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