What is Weather?

Lesson Plan Assignment

Heather Ragan-Svihl Nevada State College EDEL 445

Description of Classroom: A kindergarten class of 35 students of mixed abilities (8 students with

IEPs and 4 English Language Learners) Background: Students have a prior knowledge of weather concepts as this lesson occurs on day one of our weather unit. weather unit. Content Objective(s): Given art supplies, students will demonstrate their knowledge of weather. Students will understand basic information about weather

Language Objective(s):
Students will participate in class discussions Students will create a weather model Students will engage in a class lecture.

Nevada Standards:
E.2.A.2- Students know water can be a liquid (rain) or a solid (snow & ice) and can go back and forth from one form to other. E.2.A.3- Students know weather changes from day to day and seasonally E.2.A.4- Students know weather can be described by measurable quantities such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.

Key Vocabulary: Precipitation, temperature, weather

Scaffolding Modeling Guided practice Independent practice Verbal scaffolds Procedural scaffolds Integration of Processes Application Listening Hands-on Speaking Authentic (Meaningful) Reading Linked to objectives Writing Promotes engagement Teaching Strategies: Modeling, Hands-on, Preparation Adaptation of content Links to background Links to past learning Strategies incorporated Grouping Options Whole Class Small groups Partners Independent Assessment Individual Group Written Oral

Warm Up Activity:
I will sit under the rain cloud with an umbrella. I will ask the children "What is happening?" The children will say: "It is raining." I will ask the children to look up at the ceiling and tell me where the rain is coming from. The students should reply, "the cloud." I will remind the children that rain is a form of weather and we are going to learn more about rain and weather.

Lesson Sequence:
1. We will begin the lesson with the Warm-up activity. (5 minutes) 2. After the warm up activity, there will be a class discussion about weather. As a class we will create a K-W-L Chart about what students know about weather, and what they want to know about weather. (5 minutes) 3. I will use a PowerPoint to introduce what the class knows about weather. (10 minutes) 4. After the PowerPoint, we will revisit the K-W-L chart. Students will share what they learned and we will take a look at what we still want to learn about weather. (5 minutes) 5. I will have the students create a weather model. The weather model is a diagram /scene that shows their knowledge of weather. While the students are using class time to work on their models, I will read The Rain Day Book.(15 minutes) 6. Students will clean up their mess. Students may continue to work on their models as home. While students are cleaning we will sing rain related music. (5 minutes) 7. After cleaning up students will be handed the out the door slip that they will complete and turn in. (5 minutes) Total Approximate time for this lesson: 45 Minutes Accommodations: Teacher will assist if necessary, any and all IEP accommodations

Supplementary Materials:
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Construction paper Cotton Balls Tape Yarn Other supplies that students might need for their weather model Computer Projector Crayons/pencils Watering can Water A plant Umbrella Fake rain cloud with rain falling The Rainy day Book

Review/Assessment: I will use a rubric to evaluate the models. There will also be an informal
assessment at the end of the PowerPoint. There will also be an out the door slip at the end of the lesson. Reflection: Some possible problems that I see with this lesson would be some students having too much time to complete their model and some students not having enough time to create their model. Noise level might be an issue as well.

References
-The lesson plan idea was taken from this page: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceSpringWhatIsRainK5MO.htm
-The Powerpoint is borrowed from this page:

http://www.slideshare.net/ceh8996/courtney-hall-power-point -The rubric was created using: www.rubistar.com - The KWL chart was created using: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/kwl/ -The ticket out the door slips were taken from: http://www.bainbridgeclass.com/exitslip.pdf