Complex Sentences and Subordinating Conjunctions

Sometimes, we can see the moon during the day.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

The moon looks bright because light from the sun bounces off it.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.3

It is easier to see the moon after the sun sets.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The moon circles Earth in about twenty-seven days.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

We see the different phases of the moon when it circles Earth.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

Scientists knew little about the moon's surface until they sent landers there.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

Scientists did not want the landers to sink into the moon's dusty surface.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

Twelve astronauts walked on the moon between 1969 and 1972.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

Before the astronauts returned to Earth, they gathered samples of moon rocks and soil.

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CCSS.RI.3.1