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STANDARDS: Samantha Guyre, Lisa Pereira, Whitni Pienezza, Casey Laing, Baylee Fox
Science First Grade Standard 2: Earth and S ace Science! Students "ill gain an understanding o# Earth and S ace Science through the study o# earth materials, celestial mo$ement, and "eather! %&'ecti$e ( Com are and contrast seasonal "eather changes! )*denti#y characteristics o# the seasons o# the year! )*denti#y characteristics o# "eather, e!g!, ty es o# reci itation, sunny, "indy, #oggy, and cloudy! )%&ser$e and record "eather in#ormation "ithin each season!
Content:
SWB+, record "hat each season loo-s li-e &y dra"ing a icture o# their season in grou s! +ge: . / 0 Grade: First Context o# Learners: ,hey ha$e &een in the unit #or a "ee-! ,here is a "ide $ariety o# language learners and #irst languages s o-en in the class! +ll the students ha$e at least a &asic English $oca&ulary!
KEY VOCABULARY:
Content3%&ligatory: climate, tem erature, reci itation, condensation, e$a oration! Content3Com ati&le: sno", rain, sleet, hail, sunny, "indy, #oggy, cloudy, summer, #all, "inter, s ring!
MATERIALS:
Pa er "ith season and num&ers on them! +rt su lies: crayons, mar-ers, colored enciles
PRESENTATION:
(Language and content objectives, comprehensible input, strategies, interaction, feedback) ;,oday "e are going to &e learning a&out "eather and seasons and ho" they are related!; ;Who can tell me "hat "eather loo-s li-e<; ;Who can tell me "hat it #eels li-e, or "hat the di##erent tem eratures #eel li-e<; ;+ny -ind o# "eather, 'ust descri&e it #or me!; We "ill ha$e a discussion a&out "eather and the di##erent ty es o# "eather! We "ill "rite the exam les the students come u "ith on the &oard! ;=o" loo- at these hotos!; We "ill ha$e a hoto o# each season > re#erred the same location?! ;Can you tell me "hat this season loo-s li-e<; ;What is the climate during this season<; ;*s it the same e$ery year<; Point to one o# the seasons! From here "e "ill tie the "eather discussion into the season discussion! ;@id you notice "e used some o# the same discri&ing "ords "e used to discri&e "eather, "hen "e "ere discri&ing the seasons<; ;We are trying to accom lish three things today! A create an accurate icture o# "hat a season loo-s li-e! 2 *denti#y your season "ith ( -ey $oca&ulary terms! Bou may use our $oca&ulary "all #or ideas o# "hat $oca&ulary * am loo-ing #or! ( Sho" your understanding o# our "eather $oca&ulary &y resenting your ictures in small grou s!; ;=o" "e are going to &rea- u into grou s! *n your grou s "e are going to use our -no"ledge o# seasons and "eather to ma-e a icture o# a season! * ha$e handed out a ers "ith a season "ritten across the to ! Find t"o or three &uddies that ha$e the same season as you do!;
PRACTICE AND APPLICATION: (Meaningful activities, interaction, strategies, practice and application, feedback)
We "ill ass out sli s o# a er randomly to each student in the class! Each a er "ill ha$e a num&er and a season at the to ! ,he students "ill #irst #ind the eo le in the class "ho ha$e the same season as them! *n this #irst grou ing the students "ill &e dra"ing a icture o# an assigned season! ,hey "ill ha$e A5 to AC min! to dra" their icture! +#ter dra"ing their icture "e "ill gi$e
+#ter all the grou s ha$e #inished their osters, they "ill come u and resent their oster to the class and "e "ill tal- a&out "hat they did! +#ter all the resentations, address some o# the $oca&ulary the students used on their osters! ,his is a great time to go o$er -ey $oca&ulary!Bou can use the osters as a #orm o# assessment! ,his is a great "ay to see i# the students are understanding "eather and the $oca&ulary used to discri&e "heater! ;Lets go &ac- o$er our goal #or today! @id "e create an accurate icture o# "hat a season loo-s li-e< *# yes gi$e me a thum&s u , i# no gi$e me a thum&s do"n! *# you #eel li-e "e -ind o# did gi$e me an in &et"een!; ;%-ay no" did "e identi#y your season "ith three -ey $oca&ulary terms< *# yes gi$e me a thum&s u , i# no gi$e me a thum&s do"n! *# you #eel li-e "e -ind o# did gi$e me an in&et"een!; ;Finally "ere you gi$en the chance to sho" your understanding o# our "eather $oca&ulary &y resenting your ictures in small grou s! *# yes gi$e me a tum&s u , i# no gi$e me a thum&s do"n! *# you #eel li-e "e -ind o# did gi$e me an in&et"een!; Fe$ie" each o# the three o&'ecti$es using thum&s u 8thum&s do"n sel# assessment to ensure each students understanding!
EXTENSION:
Be#ore the next lesson "e "ill re$ie" the grou osters and $oca&ulary! ,his "ill &e leading us into tal-ing a&out "eather atterns! ,he stuents no" ha$e an understanding o# "hat "eather is an terms to discri&e "eather! We ta ed out icture to the oster so that the students could change the order i# they need to a#ter the next discussion!
>Fe roduction o# this material is restricted to use "ith Eche$arria, Gogt, and Short, 2556! Making omprehensible for !nglish Learners" #he $%&'( Model)? ontent