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= LESSON PLAN = created by: Fox Hollow Elementary 1st grade teachers

__Core Objective/Standard__:
Compare and Contrast seasonal weather changes

__Student learning objective__:
Identify characteristics of the seasons of the year

__Materials needed__:
Activity 1: Big tree in your classroom, A bare tree for each child to draw on (handout of a bare tree), materials to glue on the tree (leaves {color tissue paper/construction paper}, snowflakes, flowers or popcorn colored pink with jello), A tree outside to observe [|Website of photos of the tree in different seasons] or [|One year in 2 min video] or Season Powerpoint Activity 2: Pictures of animals in different seasons, people doing different activities and wearing different clothes in different seasons, Activity 3: Season sort worksheet Activity 4: Scientist Observation note Assessment: bag for each season with articles related to that season (example- sandals, swimsuit, picture of sun, green leaf etc.)

__Teacher (To) directions/actions/instructions__:
Activity 1: Show them the tree of the season website video or powerpoint. Discuss the changes of a tree. Then go outside and observe the trees at your school yard during each season.

Activity 2: Show pictures of each season with clothes people wear, animals in different seasons, activities people do.

Activity 3: Explain how to do season sort

Activity 4: Explain and send home the Scientist Observation note

__Teachers/Students (With) actions__:
Activity 1: Students decorate the classroom tree with green leaves, colored leaves, snow, and pink flowers according to the season.

Activity 2: Discuss the pictures about the clothing, animals and activity things.

__Students (By) actions/activities students will do during lesson__:
Activity 1: They decorate their bare tree according to the season being observed on the handout.

Activity 3: Do the season sort worksheet

Activity 4: Students do the Scientist Observation note by bring 5 things from home that shows evidence of each season (example- fall leaves, sweater/jacket, apples, acorns, Halloween costume, pumpkin)

__Assessment-these may be written, verbal, observations, etc__:
You will have a bag of objects for each season unidentified. Show the objects in one bag. The students will identify the season from the objects in the bag by writing the season's name on paper.