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Teacher: Mackenzie Roberts Date: February 26, 2019

School: Beattie Grade Level: Kindergarten Content Area: Science
Title: Seasons of the Year Lesson #:_3_ of _8_

Lesson Idea/Topic This lesson is designed to have the children investigate the different
and seasons and learn which months are in which season. It ties in with our
Rational/Relevance: scientific writing that we are starting.
Student Profile: This lesson will be taught to all the students in the kindergarten class,
which means 24 students. These children are pretty similar in scientific
abilities. 11 students are girls, 13 students are boys. 6 of the students
are half day. With a lot of changes happening to the students in the
class we are beginning to return to normalcy.

Content Standard(s) addressed by this lesson: (Write Content Standards directly from the standard)
Science. Standard 3. Earth Science Systems. a. Identify, predict, and extend patterns based on observations and representations of
objects in the sky, daily weather, and seasonal changes.
Science. Standard 3. Earth Science Systems. 1. The sun provides heat and light to earth. d. Investigate and communicate the effect of
varying heat and light on the growth of plants through a scientific study.

Understandings: (Big Ideas)

There are 4 seasons and go in a specific order.
Different activities and defining features in each season.

Inquiry Questions:
What patterns do you notice in the seasons?
What patterns do you notice in weather?
What happens when the Sun’s light is blocked?

Evidence Outcomes: (Learning Targets)

I can: Identify the seasons based on picture and put them in order.
This means: Working in a group to put the four seasons in order and listen to reasoning why.

List of Assessments: (Write the number of the learning target associated with each assessment)

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No formal ones right now, observations about who understands the season and can describe why they know what is next.

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Planned Lesson Activities
Name and Purpose of Lesson
Co-Teaching
Will co-teaching models be utilized in this
lesson? Yes _X__ No ___
Approx. Time and Materials
Anticipatory Set
Procedures
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Seasons of the Year – to teach the students the different seasons and the months
associated with them.
Which model(s) will be used?
One teach, one assist
Why did you choose this model(s) and what are the teachers’ roles?
I will be teaching the main lesson but the other teachers in the room will be helping
the children stay on task and help if there are any behavioral issues.
30 minutes
Smart board
Each child will use their pencil box which has crayons and pencils
Print-ables with the different seasons and a season wheel so they can see the
progression of the seasons
The strategy I intend to use is: A calming go noodle
I am using this strategy here because: They will be coming in from recess and they
will benefit from calming down.
The strategy I intend to use is: Partial investigation and partial direct instruction.
I am using this strategy here because: There are times they will benefit more from
figuring it out on their own, but somethings they aren’t able to read yet that I will
need to directly tell them.
Teacher and Student Actions Data Collected
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I am going to start by reminding the children that we

started our seasons writing yesterday. I will then play
the video at the beginning of the mystery science.

I will move to the next slide, but instead of partners we

are going to work as a table group.

One child will be given all four seasons for their table Notice who is dominating
then all the children at that table will go sit. the conversations about
the order, and their
reasoning

I will then skip ahead to step 4 of 6 and have the

children identify winter.

I will have the children figure out which season is next

based on the clues in the pictures.

I will have all the children return to the story rug. I will
ask them the guiding questions on step 6 of 6.

We will watch the last video.

I will show the children the weather wheel that we

printed and can hang up.

If there is time, I will talk to the children about which

month is in which season. Then I will have the children
return to their seats and take one of the pictures of a
season and color it if they’d like then to write on the
back their favorite season and why. We won’t write
more because the children will be able to write more in
their scientific journals.

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Closure The strategy I intend to use is: Quick review then a go noodle to prepare for math
I am using this strategy here because: This will wrap up the learning then get them
ready for their next lesson (math).
Differentiation Content Process Product Environment
Modifications:

Extensions: Write more

for children
who are
quickly done.

Label things
in the picture.
Assessment No formal assessment will be completed right now.

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