KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

LESSON PLAN FORMAT

Teacher Candidate:

Erin Miller______

Date: 2/16/17

Cooperating Teacher: Dr. Verano ___

Coop. Initials KV

Group Size:

Grade Level 3

20

Allotted Time _60

Subject or Topic: Precipitation

Section

STANDARD:
3.2.3.A3. Demonstrate how heating and cooling may cause changes in the properties of
materials including phase changes

I.

II.

Performance Objectives (Learning Outcomes):

a. The third grade students will be able to state and explain six types of
precipitation and its state of matter by creating and presenting a poster on
precipitation and through a collected quiz.
Instructional Materials
a. Chart paper
b. Markers
c. Precipitation Chart Paper Notes
d. Precipitation Guided Notes
e. Construction paper
f. Large bag with:
1. Raincoat
2. Umbrella
3. Rain boot
4. Snow gloves
5. Snow boot
g. Book Come On Rain!
h. Book Can it Rain Cats and Dogs? Questions and Answers About
Weather
i. Precipitation Quiz
j. Precipitation Quiz Answer Sheet

III.

IV.

Subject Matter/Content (prerequisite skills, key vocabulary, big idea, outline of

additional content)
a. Prerequisite skills
b. Key Vocabulary
1. Rain-drops of water that are at least .5 mm in diameter
2. Drizzle-drops of water that are smaller than .5mm in diameter
3. Sleet-raindrops that fall through a layer of air that is below 0C,
which causes it to freeze into solid particles of ice smaller than
5mm
4. Freezing rain-raindrops that go through cold air near the ground,
but do not freeze in the air, but when they touch a cold surface
5. Snow-water vapor in a cloud that is converted directly into ice
crystals
6. Hail-Round pellets of ice larger than 5mm in diameter
c. Big Idea
1. What are different types of precipitation and how do they relate
to matter?
d. Additional content
1. States of matter
2. Transitions of matter
3. Water cycle
Implementation
a. Introduction
1. Show students bag of items, have students predict what is in the
bag
2. Pull out one item at a time until the bag is empty (raincoat,
umbrella, etc)
3. Yesterday we learned about the water cycle. Today we are
going to learn about one portion of it, precipitation, and its
different types.
b. Development
1. Pass out guided notes sheet
2. Using chart paper, present precipitation notes
1. Make a poster of each type of precipitation on separate
sheets of chart paper
2. Elaborate information using precipitation speaking notes
3. Read Can it Rain Cats and Dogs? Questions and Answers
About Weather with students
4. Place students in groups of 2-3.
5. Assign one type of precipitation to each group.
6. Students create a poster about assigned type of precipitation
1. See rubric for requirements
7. Students present poster to class
8. Collect poster
9. Pass out Precipitation Quiz
10. Students complete quiz

11. Collect quiz

c. Closure
1. Read Come On Rain!
2. Today we learned about the types of precipitation. Tomorrow
we will learn about different types of extreme weather.
d. Accommodations/Differentiation
1. DC has a hearing disability. He will wear his hearing aids and I
will wear the microphone that will feed directly into his hearing
aids. He will also be given preferential seating, towards the front
of the classroom.
e. Assessment/Evaluation Plan
1. Formative
a. Students will create and present a precipitation poster
b. The Precipitation Quiz will be collected and graded
2. Summative
a. There is no summative assessment.

V.

Reflective Response
a. Report of Student Performance in Terms of Stated Objectives (Reflection
on student performance written after lesson is taught, includes remediation
for students who fail to meet acceptable level of achievement)

b. Remediation Plan

c. Personal Reflection (Questions written before lesson is taught. Reflective

answers to question recorded after lesson is taught)

1. How can I improve this lesson?

2. Did they understand enough about precipitation after drawing up

their own poster?

3. Were the students able to complete the quiz after the lesson?

VI.

Resources (in APA format)

Berger, M. (1999). Can it Rain Cats and Dogs? Qeustions and answers about weather.
New York: Scholastic Inc.
Earth Science: Teacher's edition. (2007). In M. J. Padilla, Science Explorer (pp. 567571). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.
Hesse, K. (1999). Come On, Rain! New York: Scholoastic PRess.