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= LESSON PLAN = created by: Geneva's Fabulous 1st Grade Team

__Core Objective/Standard__:
Compare and Contrast Seasonal Weather Changes. Identify characteristics of the seasons of the year.

__Student learning objective__:
Today we are going to learn what clothing we wear in different seasons.

__Materials needed__:
-Seasons book (We suggest __How Should I Dress?__ (Literacy by Design, Big Book 8), __Caps, Hats, Socks and Mittens__ (Scholastic Literacy Place, Team Spirit, pg. 8)) -Pictures of the 4 seasons -Pictures of articles of clothing -Some good resources are www.classroomclipart.com and www.school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart -VOCABULARY- data, foggy, globe, identify, map, models, precipitation, record, seasons, weather

__Teacher (To) directions/actions/instructions__:
-Tell the students a story about a time during a particular season when you weren't prepared for the season -Ex: During summer I was wearing long sleeves; during winter, I wanted to make a snowman, but forgot my mittens.

__Teachers/Students (With) actions__:
-Review the seasons song (to the tune of //10 Little Indians//)- “Winter, spring, summer, fall, (repeat 2 times) are the names of the seasons” -Read a seasons book with your class and discuss the seasons and what to wear for each season.

__Students (By) actions/activities students will do during lesson__:
-Have pictures of a variety of articles of clothing (or actual articles) (Ex: bathing suit, coat, pants, shorts, et cetera) and pictures of each season (for your specific location) -In small groups, or as a whole class activity, have the students sort the articles of clothing under the appropriate season -Discuss how some articles of clothing can be worn in more than one season

__Assessment-these may be written, verbal, observations, etc__:
-Observe students sorting the pictures of articles of clothing