Public Schools of Robeson County
Kindergarten
Unit 5 Social Studies Lesson Plan
The Weather Report
Essential Standards
K.H.1 Understand change over time.
Essential Question:
How do people adapt to
weather conditions? Are
there different
characteristics for the
different types of
weather?
How does the weather
change time?
Social Studies Goals:
K.G.2.1 Explain how people adapt to weather conditions.
K.H.1.2 Explain how seasons change over time.
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W
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Time Allotted:
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I Can Statements:
I can recognize the season changes.
I can compare and contrast the four different seasons.
I can explain, in basic terms, how seasons effect our daily lives.
I can identify the characteristics of each season.
I can sequence the seasons as they come over a period of time.
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Learning Targets:
 recognize the seasons
 compare and contrast fall, spring, summer, and winter.
 Explain how our daily lives are effected by seasons
 Identify the characteristics of each season
 sequence seasons for a year
Conceptual Len(s):
Weather, Patterns, Place, Location, Region, Landforms, Immigration,
Climate Control, Change
Prior Knowledge:
Change, Leaves, Sun, Rain, Snow, Cloudy, Hot, Cold
Vocabulary:
Change
Leaves
Sun
Rainy
Snow
Cloudy
Foggy
Hot
Enviornment
Cold
Fall
Winter
Summer
Spring
Adapt
Public Schools of Robeson County
Kindergarten
Tasks For Lesson
Engage—What tasks will
“hook” students and
uncover what they know
and think about the
concept?
Take a walk outside, bring attention to the air
temperature, trees, sky, and wind. Discuss the season that
is present while also explaning differences of the other
three seasons.
Explore/Explain—What
tasks will encourage
students to observe,
question, and investigate
the concepts and explain
concepts in their own
words?
Role play , using clothing and items of various seasons, to
have some demonstrate a given season correctly while
collaborating with other students.
Elaborate—What
experimental inquiry,
investigative projects,
problem solving, and
decision-making tasks will
help students apply their
new labels, definitions,
explanations, and skills?
Take videos or pictures of each season students
experience while in school. Show the videos over the year
and have students critique each on whatone they view. w
Elaborate on the differneces that are observed.
Use National Geographic Listen and Read Young
Explorer to show similarities and differences between the
seasons.
Evaluate—What
Using Q-tips, paint leaves onto trees that represent the
formative assessments will four seasons to show/explain how changes occur.
ensure that learning is
occurring?
Differentiation—What
tasks will challenge
students and support those
who need additional help?
Keep a visual Weather tracking graph in the classroom
for a complete month. Graph can be used to discuss daily,
weekly and monthly changes.