Grade-1st Topic: WEATHER-WEATHER
Enduring Understanding: Science
process skills of inquiry are used to
learn about the world around us.
Weather around us affects what we do
and what we wear.
DATE: March 30-April 3
Essential Questions:
What does the weather look like
when it is sunny, windy, partly
cloudy, cloudy, rainy, hail, foggy,
or snowy?
What are the seasons?
Arkansas Frameworks:
ESS.8.1.3 Chart weather conditions every day
TLW analyze the weather conditions by comparing and contrasting them to
pictures of vary weather conditions, then charting them.
ESS.8.1.4 Identify the sequence of seasons.
TLW comprehend the weather of the season discussing the seasons.
TLW apply their knowledge by choosing appropriate clothing for the seasons.
Examine Previous Learning: Discuss water cycle to relate to weather
conditions.
Reading Assignment: Book,
Materials:
 Large weather cards
 Small weather cards
 Weather folder
 Weather chart
 Seasons chart
 Pictures of clothes to place
in the correct season.
Vocabulary Words:
Weather
foggy
summer
Cloudy
windy
spring
Sunny
snowy
winter
Rainy
fall
Resources/ Technology:
Streaming video on weather
Higher Level Thinking Skills:
Knowledge*
analysis*
comprehension *
synthesis
application*
evaluation
LESSON: PROCEDURE
1. Begin by asking the students to describe the day's weather. They may
need to go outside or look out the window. Have them discuss what
the weather was like yesterday. What was it like when school started?
Discuss that weather changes. (Optional: Show them a weather graph
from their classroom or another, where students have recorded what
kind of weather we've had during the month.)
2. Give each child a card with a picture of a weather event on it
Have students get in groups and sit criss-cross, knee to knee (so they
can use quiet voices). Tell them you are going to give each of them a
minute (or less) to talk to their group about the weather card they have
(what the weather is like, a story about his/her experience with that
type of weather, safety rules, clothes to wear for that type of weather,
etc.) You'll tell them when it's the next person's turn. (Show them the
timer or clock and explain how it is going to tell you when it's the next
person's turn.)
3. Have students gather around you.
.
a. Hold up the first large card. (You can use the large cards that
match student's cards exactly or use the pictures from the , Weather Watch bulletin board
set.)
b. Ask students who have a card that matches yours to stand up.
c. Have the students read the word on the cards to the group.
d. Collect the small cards from the students before they sit down,
e. Discuss the four seasons and weather conditions that are common during them.
5. Read the book, “
6. Activities:
 Tell students that today (if it is not raining) we are going outside to see what
the weather is like.
 Take weather instruments outside so that students can see how they work. Sit
on the bleachers.
 Students will come back to the room to large group area and teacher will
explain how to fill in their weather graph. Students will go to their tables and
fill in complete their weather graph. Teacher will take this up for the next
day’s class and will continue to take up and give out for next 2 weeks.
 Students will write temperature and draw weather condition for today’s
weather.
 Seasons/Clothing- Students will choose from pictures of clothing and place in
season’s chart the appropriate clothing to wear.