YGES Weekly Lesson Plans
Science
1st Grade
Aug.17 – Aug. 21, 2015
Weather,
Summer
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Standard
S1E1a, S1E1b,
S1E1c
S1E1a, S1E1b,
S1E1c
S1E1a, S1E1b,
S1E1c
S1E1a, S1E1b,
S1E1c
S1E1a, S1E1b,
S1E1c S1E1a, S1E1b,
S1E1c
Essential
Question/
Key Question
EQ: What is weather?
What are the different types
of weather and their
characteristics? Is weather
always the same?
EQ: What is weather?
What are the different types
of weather and their
characteristics? Is weather
always the same?
EQ: How do you record
weather data? How do you
record weather data? Is
weather always the same?
Activating
Strategy:
Lesson Opener
Students will take a “Weather
Walk” outside and observe
what they see about weather.
Write/draw weather
observations. Q: What type
of weather do you see?
How would you describe
the sky? Students will share
weather observations.
Summer video segment on
www.discoveryeducation.com
Keyword search: The four
seasons
Review weather vocabulary
words.
Show students objects used Complete weather
Complete weather
to measure the weather.
observation and data
observation and data
Ex. Thermometer, rain
collection. Begin to read collection. Read the
gage, wind vane. Watch
the interactive readinteractive read-aloud,
video about instruments aloud, The Wonderful The Wonderful Wizard
used to measure weather. Wizard of Oz. Chapter 1 of Oz. Chapter 2.
The Cyclone
Teaching
Strategies:
Pre-Assessment. Tell
Students will continue the
students they will learn about KWL chart by telling what
the four seasons throughout they want to know about
the year, beginning with
weather/summer. Review
summer. Introduce the
observations from weather
following weather vocabulary
words. temperature, wind, walk. Illustrate a summer
tree. Create a summer
rain, precipitation,
tornado, thunderstorms, word web about weather,
clothing and things to do
hurricanes, wind vane,
thermometer, rain gauge, outside. Handout: I Can
rainbow, sunny, cloudy, Identify the Seasons
summer, seasons,
Write: What Do You Like
drought
Best About Summer?
EQ: What are
characteristics of a
tornado? How does
weather affect our daily
activities?
Tell students they will
Ask students “what is a
make weather observations cyclone?” Explain that
each day. Record
tornadoes were called
observations on a weather cyclones many years ago.
chart in order to collect
Ask questions: What do
data to find out if weather you think a tornado is?
changes over time.
How is it formed? What
Students will observe sky kind of affect does a
conditions, check for
tornado have on our
precipitation and wind,
community?
and determine the air
temperature (hot, warm,
cool, cold).
EQ: What are
characteristics of a
tornado? How does
weather affect our daily
activities?
Watch /discuss Tornado
and Thunderstorm video
segment.
www.discoveryeducation.c
om Investigating Weather:
Tornadoes, Hurricanes,
Typhoons, and Cyclones
Brainstorm how to make a
tornado using a jar,
vinegar, water, food
coloring, glitter, clear
liquid soap and a teaspoon.
Mix ingredients to make a
tornado.
YGES Weekly Lesson Plans
Summary:
Science
1st Grade
Aug.17 – Aug. 21, 2015
Make a KWL chart about Answer question: What Do Review weather
weather. Have student tell You Like Best About
instruments.
what they know about
Summer?
weather and summer.
Review the cyclone in The Compare/Contrast a real
Wonderful Wizard of Oz. tornado to the Wizard of
Could it really happen?
Oz cyclone.
Differentiation Weather vocabulary cards Sentence starter : The best
Strategies
with pictures.
thing about summer is
_____.
Assessment
Weather Pre-Assessment
Type/
Evaluation and
Assessment
Uses
Informal Assessment
Handout: I Can Identify
the Seasons: Summer
Materials
Needed
I Can Identify the Seasons I Can Identify Changes in
Handout, pencil, crayons the Sky, Weather Data
What Do You Like Best
Form
About Summer?
Pre-Assessment, weather
vocabulary cards
Informal Assessment
Handout: I Can Identify
Changes in the Sky
Weather Observation Form
Informal Assessment
Compare and Contrast
Tornado and Wizard of Oz
Cyclone
The Wonderful Wizard of
Oz book
jar, vinegar, water, food
coloring, glitter, clear
liquid soap and a teaspoon.
Mix ingredients to make a
tornado.