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PATTERNS OF CHANGE: WEATHER

4th Grade: EARTH

Dates:

Lesson Overview
Teacher:

Pre Lesson Implementation

Read the TEACHER BACKGROUND and use the key concepts to drive instruction.
Identify and gather materials needed for activities in the unit by viewing the MATERIALS LIST.
Review INTERNET RESOURCES and see how they can be integrated into the unit.

I.

ENGAGE

II.

A teacher led activity or demonstration that hooks the student and connects with student knowledge

Students will discover, through role playing in a skit, how weather can change frequently.

EXPLORE

A hands-on activity or experiment

Students will analyze weather maps to predict what type of weather is occurring in major cities.
Students will interpret a chart with high and low temperatures and construct a graph based on the
information in the table.

III. EXPLAIN

Teacher uses questioning strategies to probe student understanding and connect concepts to real life experiences

Teacher asks questions to the students on

exploring the concept through inquiry.
applying the activity to real-life connections.
investigating the concept further.
Students write their own words and definitions of specific vocabulary words by drawing on their
knowledge from the Explore and Explain section.
Teacher shares knowledge and understanding of concepts by discussing the PICTURE
VOCABULARY.

IV. ELABORATE

Students expand their concept knowledge through hands-on, project-focused, and literacy-based experiences

Students learn more about the concept through reading the SCIENCE READING PASSAGE.
Students investigate the concept further by conducting another hands-on activity in the NEXT STEP
INQUIRY ACTIVITY: Make a monthly weather graph.
Students read more on topic by looking at aligned trade books in the BOOKS ON TOPIC section.
Teacher leads the students through further discovery using concept EXTENSIONS: Build an outdoor
weather station.
Students use their knowledge of the concept to create a rubric-based project with the CONCEPT
BUILDER: Create a weather map.

V. EVALUATE

Teacher checks for understanding.

Students play the concept-focused INTERACTIVE REVIEW GAME.

Students take the TAKS FOCUSED ASSESSMENT.
Teacher scores the assessment with the ITEM ANALYSIS REPORT and gives students feedback.
Students demonstrate knowledge of concept by WRITING ON TOPIC based on the writing prompt
and identified rubric.

Post Lesson Implementation: Use INTERVENTION for resources and tools to help students master the
concept.