Lesson+Plan


 * A || ** A= Analyze your Learners ** ||
 * ^  || === My learners are third grade science/visual arts students. I need to know if they have ever noticed the seasons changing: Tree leaves falling or changing in color, what time of year it is very hot or what time of year it is extremely cold etc. I would also want to know if they have ever wondered why this might be and if they can give me a hypothesis as to what is happening with the weather throughout the year. ===

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 * S || ** S = State your Objectives **

A=Audience; B=Behavior; C=Condition and D=Degree. ||
 * ^  || ===** Audience: ** Third grade science/visual arts students ===

** Behavior: ** For third graders to understand the seasons in the span of one year
===** Condition: ** This exercise will take the whole year. It will incorporate observations of the weather, recording findings, art projects as well as exploring and relating certain activities that are performed during certain times of the year. === === **Degree:** Students will be able to list the order of the seasons starting with the beginning of the school year, (either spring or fall). They will also be able to state what activities are done during each of the seasons, for example: swimming in the summer. === || === · Computer with Internet access === === · Bulletin board === === · Calendar === === · Pictures of seasonal activities === === · Construction paper === === · Crayons/Markers === === · Seasonal books about the weather/seasons === === · Seasonal songs and radio === ||
 * S || ** S = Select Media and Materials **
 * U || ** U = Utilize Media and Materials ** ||
 * ^  || === I would use the computer and internet for multiple things: I would have the students create their own online journal to record the weather for each day. I would create a Voki that would talk to them every Friday about how the weather had been that week. I would also create a toondoo with the students with 4 panels (one for each season). We would also create a wordle for each season that talks about the activities that could be done during that season. I would use the bulletin board for displaying the artwork that they would create for each season, for example: snowmen during winter or brown and red leaves during the fall. The calendar would be kept in the classroom to keep track of each month and what season we are in. I would use the pictures of seasonal activities by placing the appropriate pictures around the months on the calendar. The construction paper as well as crayons and markers would be used for art projects. I would use the books for reading to the students about the appropriate season; this would coincide with the seasonal songs. === ||
 * R || ** R = Require Learner Participation ** ||
 * ^  || === The students will record their observations of the weather in their journals, at the end of the week the class Voki will tell them how the weather was for those previous 5 days and they can see if their observations were right. This will be a very interactive class where student will be required to create something or complete lessons daily. We will study the calendar throughout the year as well as the pictures that go with each month and they will have to note what months go with what types of weather as well as appropriate activities for those months. The students will have to make art projects that coincide with each season, which will be posted on the class bulletin board. I will also have students decorate a class tree and we will change it throughout the year according to the trees outside. ===
 * ^  || === The students will record their observations of the weather in their journals, at the end of the week the class Voki will tell them how the weather was for those previous 5 days and they can see if their observations were right. This will be a very interactive class where student will be required to create something or complete lessons daily. We will study the calendar throughout the year as well as the pictures that go with each month and they will have to note what months go with what types of weather as well as appropriate activities for those months. The students will have to make art projects that coincide with each season, which will be posted on the class bulletin board. I will also have students decorate a class tree and we will change it throughout the year according to the trees outside. ===

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 * E || ** E = Evaluate and Revise ** ||
 * ^  || === I would have them take a quiz at the end of the year that contained questions such as: ===
 * === What are the seasons? ===


 * === What types of things do we do in each season? ===


 * === How can we tell when the seasons are changing? ===


 * === What do we were during the winter? Summer? ===
 * === What season are we in now? ===

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