March comes in like a lion,
And goes out like a lamb! 
Learner Objectives:
- KCA
- KCA
- KCA
- KCA Writing 2.6 – In composing text,
students will write sentences with assistance
- KCA Writing 3.1 – Students will plan
and tell stories (through pictures and words) about familiar experiences
and events, with teacher assistance
- KC Writing 3.3 – Students will plan
and tell an idea through pictures and words using factual information,
with teacher assistance
- KSC4 1.2 – Students will describe how the seasons
affect the everyday life of humans
- KSC5 1.1 – Students will recognize moving air is
felt as wind
- KSC6 2.5 – Students will observe and describe the
characteristics of the four seasons as they cycle through the year
(spring)
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Interactive By: Pat Hutchins Wind By: Ron Bacon It Looked Like Spilt Milk By: Charles G. Shaw How’s the Weather By: Rozanne Lanczak Williams The Four Seasons By: Melvin
Berger Think About the Weather By: Cynthia Rothman Read Aloud: The Reasons for Seasons By: Gail Gibbons Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens By: Louise Borden Changes By: Marjorie N. Allen and Shelley Rotner Weather and Climate By: Barbara Taylor Poems: Hello, Spring! (sung to the tune of: “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”) Spring has finally come
to town, Blooming flowers all
around. Birds are singing in the
trees, Buzzing, buzzing are the
bees. Spring has finally come
to town, Blooming flowers all
around. (Author Unknown) We Love Spring Weather (sung to the tune of:
“For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”) We love the (rain) in
the springtime. We love the (rain) in
the springtime. We love the (rain) in
the springtime. It helps all Earth’s
plants grow! It helps all Earth’s
plants grow! It helps all Earth’s
plants grow! We love the (rain) in
the springtime. It helps all Earth’s
plants grow! (Suzanne Moore) In the Wind In windy weather grab your hat, But let your kite go way up high, red and yellow in the clear, blue sky. (2002 All Year Round In
fall we walk on yellow leaves. In
winter we walk on ice and snow. In
spring we walk on flower beds. In
summer we walk on grass and then, in fall we start all over again. (2002 In All Kinds of Weather A
warm rain. A
lot of snow. A
sunny sky. A
big rainbow. In
all kinds of weather, we still play together. (2002
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Shared: Brainstorm with the class weather words. Record responses on a cloud, sun or
raindrop (be creative!) Students can
use these words to support their independent writing. Trait:
Word Choice – Create a windstorm of words with the class. Using their Five Senses, students will
describe how wind smells, taste, feels, looks, and hears. Record responses on a wind cloud. Guided: Guide students as they write “If I were a kite,
I would fly...” *Copy
these stories into a book and have students illustrate to create a class
story or save and use in writing center (keep reading!) Trait: Conventions - Introduce
a comma and review punctuation through a morning message (could integrate
technology by putting on the smart board.) Ask
students if they know what a comma is.
Then read the morning message and tell students you will look for the
commas. Ex: Dear
Class, Today
we will read the story “The Wind Blew.”
The wind in the story blew a wig, an umbrella, a kite, a balloon, and
a hat. Is the wind blowing today? Love, Miss
Johnson Guide
students as they identify commas, and then review other punctuation. Independent: Trait: Sentence Fluency Discuss
and model with students imaginative sentences. Start with “The wind blew.” Have each student add a detail to the
sentence, until you have 5 new words.
Then read the sentence together.
Then have students independently write an experience of their own in
regards to “The wind blew…” Encourage
students to use adjectives and nouns.
They can then illustrate their story.
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Write Around the Room – Students can
hunt for weather words around the room.
They can record words according to seasons that they experience them
or need them. Ex: coat, swimsuit, snow, rain, rake, etc. You may want to have them color coded
(summer-yellow, spring-green, winter-blue, fall-orange, etc.) Science- Students will reach into a bag and pull
out a seasonal item. They will study 4
cards, which show a picture of each season, then match the item
accordingly. When their cards are
full, they can play again! Art – Students will discover what a little moving air can do! Provide students with various colors of
tempera paint (or use primary colors to show mixing!) Have students put a small amount of paint
on their paper (regular paper or be creative and have them create
kites!) Give each child a straw and
have them blow into it to move the paint around on his paper. Encourage students to create shapes by
blowing the paint in different directions. Writing – If you had students make kites at art
center, this will tie in with the project!
Students will write sentences on strips of paper to create kite
tails. They will use the writing
conventions discussed during the morning message. Prompt students to write “If I were a kite,
I would fly…” Make a Book – Students will illustrate a book titled
“What’s the Weather.” Place a picture
of the student on each page and have them illustrate the weather around
themselves to represent each season. Reading Journal - Students will reflect on the story The Rain Came Down. They will illustrate and write about their
favorite part of the story. Listening – Student will listen to a book about
weather, one of my favorites is The
Rain Came Down, by David Shannon.
Upon listening to the story, students will illustrate and write about
the weather in the story. Poetry – Provide poems on small sentence strips
for students to cut and put in the correct sequence. Then students can reread their poem and
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Weather Watcher – At the beginning of the week, create 5
day weather observation booklets.
Daily, have each student observe the weather and then draw a picture
to represent in under the corresponding day of the week. Have children then write predictions for tomorrow’s
weather. Discuss predictions daily for
the remainder of the week or month, to see if March really does “come in like
a lion and go out like a lamb!” Cooking – “Kite Bites” Pre-cut crust
off of bread and cut bread into 4 triangles.
Have students
take 4 triangle bread shapes, then spread grape
jelly on one piece, strawberry jelly on another, peanut butter on the third
and a flavored cream cheese on the fourth.
Put the shapes together to create a kite. Add a piece of red string licorice for the
tail and eat! |
Created by Tracy Johnson 2006
Write Around the Room
Name:
*Look around the room for words of items or things
you will see during each season. Then,
write the word under the season you would see or use them!
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In All Kinds of Weather |
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we still play together. |
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A
big rainbow. |
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A
sunny sky. |
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A
warm rain. |
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In
all kinds of weather, |
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A
lot of snow. |
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Created by Tracy Johnson 2006