Science Lesson Planning

Date 29-2-2017 Student Mariam Abdulrahman

teachers

Time 45 minutes School Sama American Private School

MST Ms. Lin Grade 1-B

Lesson UNIT 7-Weather and seasons. No of

unit/page Lesson 3: What are seasons. students 20
Pages: 282-284

Context of the lesson

This lesson is the third lesson in unit 7 which is review the 4 seasons.

Teaching goals:

The aim of this lesson is to make sure students are understood four seasons of the year.
Learning objectives:

- To review the seasons and the weather in each one.

- Show the features of each season (involving the activities- the trees appearances- what people wear).

Assumptions about prior learning:

- Students learned about the 4 seasons and they have a background about each season.

Anticipated problems and possible solutions:

Problem: might be the video not work
Solution: I will ask them to sing the song together.

Personal focus for this lesson:

- Managing students during explaining the lesson by using a bill and traffic light.

Target language: Teacher language:

- How many seasons do we have? What are

1. Season.
they?
2. Weather pattern. - What do you like to do in summer?
3. Winter. - What do you like to do in winter?
4. Spring. - What do you know about the fall?
- What do you know about the winter?
5. Summer.
- How does winter season effect what people
6. Fall. wear and do?
- How the trees look like in the each season?
 - In my season: The weather is hot, people
wear hats and sunglasses, children love to
go to the beach and everyone loves to eat
ice cream. Who am I?
- In my season: leaves are falling off trees,
the weather in my season is cool and windy,
the color of the leaves become red, yellow,
orange and brown. Who am I?
- In my season: The weather is very cold,
people wear jackets, scarves, and boots.
Children love making a snow man. Also,
there are no leaves on trees. Who am I?
- In my season: The weather gets warmer, the
trees bring new leaves on their branches
and colorful butterflies fly up in the air
around the flowers. Who am I?

Main tasks or activities: Materials:

1. PowerPoint
1. Read the riddle from the PowerPoint and
2. video
the answer on a small board.
3. Small board.
4. Marker.
2. Each group will have a worksheet, glue and
5. Worksheet.
small pieces of paper. The worksheet is
6. Small pieces of paper.
about how the tree looks like in each
7. Glue.
season. Its including an empty tree. They
8. Book.
will read the word (summer, spring, fall
and winter) then, stick the small papers in
each tree.

3. Ask students to open their book to do three

pages.

Consider these grouping strategies: Consider where the children are working:
- Group work - Working in classroom.
- Individual.

Planning Stages Within the 5-E Inquiry Model

 Engage (10 minutes)

Key Question:
- How many seasons do we have?
- What are they?
Questions for whole group discussion:

- How many seasons do we have? What are they?

- What do you like to do in summer?
- What do you like to do in winter?
- What do you know about the fall?
- What do you know about the winter?
- How does winter season effect what people wear and do?
- How the trees look like in the each season
Procedures:
The students will sing and dance with
I will show them video which is about seasons. the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZjpI6fgYSY

Explore (10 minutes)

Activities (list) Driving Question

- Solving the riddles. Riddle questions.
Teacher Student

I will read the riddle for them and give them more
explanation to know the answer. Each student will think and will write
Procedures: the word on a small board.

I will give each student a small board to write the

name of the season on the board.

Student Communication Product:

The students will discuss together to know the name of season.

Explain (10 minutes)

Content Media:
- Data show.
- Text book.

Teacher Student

- Review with students how trees change Students will take the activity and
in different seasons and give them they will represent the tree in each
activity. season.

Elaborate (20 minutes)

Activities: Teacher Student

Students will do 3 pages

in their book. It will - Display the text book by - Display the text book
data show. by data show.
review about the 4
seasons. - Read the questions for
Which is include: them. - Read the questions
- Writing. for them.
- Drawing. - Ask students to answer on
- Matching. the board then, writing on - Ask students to
- Wordplay. the book. answer on the board
- Cross the picture. then, writing on the
book.
Evaluate ( 5 minutes)
Knowledge Learning Objectives Assessment Instrument
Competition between the groups. A short Chick lest
game includes different kind of questions
about the 4 seasons.
Teacher Student

Ask each group one question about the 4 Students have to answer to get the
seasons. points.