WEEKLY LESSON PLANS
Kerry Matthews/CHES
Week of Jan 19
Subject- Science
Period(s) – 3x a day
Monday
Instructional
Strategy
MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY
Materials
Homework
Tuesday
Study/memorize flashcards 5 minutes each night (Monday – Thursday). Test Friday.
Instructional
Strategy
Every Monday is an introduction using power point, flashcards, and study guides.
This week’s topic is… Atmosphere and Hydrosphere
Objective: 4a, 4c, 4d
Power Point, Flashcards, Binder #24, 25, 26
Materials
Wednesday
Instructional
Strategy
Materials
Students rotate through 6 centers throughout the week. Due to the shortened week, 3 centers will be
completed on Wednesday and three more on Thursday…
Center #1- Power Point Game (identify various pictures of weather instruments)
Center #2- Bar Graphs on Climate and Temp.
Center #3- What can we do to help? (pollution) – 2 work on worksheet while 2 watch
WK videos at back computers then rotate
Power Point, Dry erase Boards for game, Climate worksheets (Climate is the Key &
Keeping Up with the Climate), Pollution/Recycling worksheets (What a Waste & Be
Wise to Water), 4-5 Copies of Average Precip/Temp in Mississippi (table) found at
http://www.weather.com/outlook/recreation/outdoors/wxclimatology/monthly/39762
Other Center options include online quizzes. Google “self checking quizzes” with
“hydrosphere/atmosphere/water cycle”
Thursday
Instructional
Strategy
Materials
Friday
Instructional
Strategy
Materials
Students rotate through 6 centers throughout the week.
Center #4- Hot Dots (option: Can-Do Game or pictionary)
Center #5- Ecology Reading Comprehension cards (option: AR books from Library)
Center #6- Pie Graph Worksheet ?s… (then write “EveryTHing Makes Sense Today”
50x on the back to remember order of atmosphere layers)
Hot Dot pens, cards, worksheet
“Test and Rest” day. Students will take a 20 question, multiple choice test. On
average, tests take about 30 minutes. Students then watch a TOPIC-RELATED
video after the test. (Friday schedules are shorter due to R.I.T.)
Friday’s Video: Magic School Bus Gets Wet (found on WK) or Bill Nye Water Cycle
(in library)
Watchknow.org Videos for the Week: Fresh Water and the Water Cycle, Episode 18
– Evaporation and Condensation, Water Cycle – from Vimeo, Water Cycle Rap
Song, The Wonders of the Hydrological Cycle, Using a Solar Still: Salt Water, Using
a Solar Still: Juice, Tim and Moby Explain Glaciers (to reinforce where most fresh
water is located) , Rabbit Decomposition Time-Lapse (to show “organic matter” in
soil), Soil: Who Needs It?, Layers of the Atmosphere Rap, Bill Nye the Science Guy
on Atmosphere, The Nitrogen Cycle (a little advanced), Different Types of Clouds
Time Lapse