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= LESSON PLAN = created by: Fox Hollow Teachers

__Core Objective/Standard__:
Compare and Contrast seasonal weather changes

__Student learning objective__:
Identify characteristics of weather, e.g., types of precipitation, sunny, windy, foggy, and cloudy

__Materials needed__:
[| www.findsounds.com] (computer/speakers) Butcher Paper (poster board) Crayons, pencils Weather Graphic Organizer

__Teacher (To) directions/actions/instructions__:
1. Teacher plays different weather sounds for the children to hear. After each sound the students can guess what is happening and what type of weather it is related to. For example: the kids hear the steps in the snow crunching. Students might say winter, or kids walking in the snow. 2. Teacher will show a picture of the weather type and discuss what it is, connect an action with each weather type. e.g. rain; sprinkle fingers

__Teachers/Students (With) actions__:
1. Play sound again, but this time students will show the weather action they think goes with the sound. 2. With the Weather graphic organizer (which is a table with each of the different weathers listed with space to draw) As a class talk about a specific weather type and then draw themselves on the graphic organizer as if they were outside in that specific weather.

__Students (By) actions/activities students will do during lesson__:
1. Students will be split into weather groups. e.g. windy group, rain group, sunny group, snowy group, foggy group 2. Assign each child in the group a specific part of the mural. e.g. sky job, ground job, tree job, people job 3. Each child will decorate their specific area on the mural according to which weather group they are in. Example: Joe is assigned to the rain group and is the sky job. He would color rain clouds, rain drops and anything else that he thinks would be in the sky during a rainstorm.

__Assessment-these may be written, verbal, observations, etc__:
Observing what they come up with on the mural.