1. Topic-
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2. Content-
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| Climate, four seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter) |
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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1. Make students aware of the climate they are living in and how
it effects them everyday.
2. Describe major characteristics of the climates and seasons in PA.
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4. Objectives-
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Students will be able to creatively describe how the climate they
live in shapes their lives, though a poster.
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5. Materials and Aids-
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| Globe, map of PA, articles of clothing for different seasons, miscellaneous
items such as football, sunscreen, and an umbrella, four large cardboard
boxes marked with each season, roll of wrapping paper, poster board
cut into halves, markers & crayons. |
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
1. Place all the clothing and miscellaneous objects on a table in
the front of the classroom.
2. Place the cardboard boxes in different corners of the classroom.
3. Start the lesson by pointing out the items on the table and the
boxes in the corner |
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B. Development-
1. Pick an article of clothing or item up and place it into the
box that has the season that that the object would be used in.
2. Invite one student up at a time do the same thing. Guide the students
through the activity until all the items are in the boxes.
3. Bring all the boxes to the front of the room and ask why they put
each item into the certain boxes. For example, why was the sunscreen
put in the summer box? |
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C. Practice-
1. Remove all the boxes from the table except the winter box and
lay the wrapping paper on top.
2. Tell the students that my brother lives in Florida and it's almost
his birthday, should I send him the box of winter items?
3. Listen and acknowledge all of the answers.
4. Explain that although there are a few places that have weather
similar to PA, many places of the world have weather different from
ours. |
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D. Independent Practice-
1. Explain that we are going to discuss the climate here in PA and
how it effects us.
2. Pull out the globe and ask the students to point out North America
and PA.
3. Take out the Map of PA and see if the students can point out where
we are (Scranton).
4. Remind them that the weather is different in different parts of
the country/world. Ask them if they can think of areas that have different
weather than us, such as Florida and Antarctica, and ask them to point
out those areas on the globe. |
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E. Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)-
1. Students will be given more time to find the areas on the map
and globe.
2. They will be given more help when placing the items in the correct
box
3. They will only have to provide 1-2 examples for each season on
their poster. |
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F. Checking for understanding-
1. Break the class up into four groups and assign them each a different
season.
2. Ask them to write down as many things as they can think of that
would describe that season in PA.
3. Look for them to include weather, temperature, and seasonal activities.
4. Divide the board into four sections and ask the students to read
off what they put for each season, then write this information in
the appropriate section.
5. Distribute the poster board and art supplies to each student. Tell
them they are going to make A Year In Pennsylvania Poster. They will
divide the poster into four sections and they will write words, sentences,
and draw pictures that describe each season. |
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G. Closure-
When they are done they will bring the poster over and we will hang
it on the wall.
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7. Evaluation-
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1. Their understandings of PA weather and how it affects them everyday
will be shown through the poster they made individually.
2. They will also be evaluated on their participation in the classroom
discussion.
3. The students should show progress by providing at least three examples
for each season. |
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