Lesson Plan: Fatema Ashaish

CIS 221

The Four Seasons

Grade(s)

Elementary 3rd grade

Subject(s)
Length of Lesson

Science- Four Seasons

Lesson
Overview/Rationale

In a group students will identify and describe the four

seasons using Movie Maker. The students will google each season to
find a picture and a brief description of each season. After making a
movie of the four seasons student will choose their favorite season
and in a shoe box draw describe their favorite season using colored
paper, cotton, leaves, flowers, and other materials to well describe
their favorite season. Students will color, and cut out shapes or
whats materials needed for their favorite season. Students will then
present their favorite season in a shoe box in front of the class
describing and explaining the season and why they choose that to be
their favorite.

Curriculum
Framework/Standard

Learning Objectives

Preparation/Materials

1 hour

E.ES.E.2 Weather- Weather changes from day to day and over

the seasons.
E.ES.01.22 Describe and compare weather related to the four
seasons in terms of temperature, cloud cover, precipitation, and
wind.
Michigan Department Education Pg.17
Students will:
Work as a group and go on to Movie Maker and make a
movie of the four seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter).
Choose their favorite season and draw the season they favor
most using crayons, colored paper to make shapes in a show
box to show what the season they like actually looks like.
Present and describe their favorite season, and why they
choose this to be your favorite season.

Movie Maker
Colored Paper
Crayons
Shoe box
Scissors

Cotton
Leaves
Flowers
Glue
Pencil
Any materials needed to make their shoe box look like their
favorite season
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The Four Seasons

Produce

Assessment

1) As a group students will first go on Movie Maker to make a movie

of the four seasons, spring, summer, fall, winter.
2) Students will choose their favorite season and in a shoe box using
crayons, and colored paper to cut out shapes, and use any
materials in the class room thats needed to show what their
favorite season looks like.
3) As a group students will present their favorite season that they
created in a shoe box describing and explaining and why is it their
favorite season.

Students will be assessed based on:

A rubric evaluating each students creativity in the movie
and the shoe box of their favorite season.
The movie they made on Movie Maker.
Short 10 question quiz on the four seasons.
The shoe box that they described their favorite season using
creativity, color, and detail.

Rubric
Category
Quiz

Favorite season
shoe box model

Excellent
(10 pts.)
Students can
accurately answer all
questions related to
the four season, and
what is the difference
between them
(20 pts.)
All instructions were
followed thoroughly,
with care and focus
and detail, and model
looks Great! Students
made measurable
effort to make the
shoe box look like a
their favorite season.

Acceptable

Below Average

(8 pts.)
Students can
accurately answer
about 75% of
questions related to
the four season

(5 pts.)
Students can
accurately answer
about 50% of
questions on the quiz.

(15 pts.)
Instructions were
followed: shoe box of
their favorite season
is properly made,
model looked well
done.

(5 pts.)
Some instructions
were followed, but is
missing something.
Students focused
only on making the
movie, but not on
making their favorite
season in the show
box. The main point
of the shoe box/
favorite season
model is the way
their favorite season
is supposed to look.

Students model does

not make an attempt
at realistically, well
done.

Score

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Movie

(20 pts.)
Movie is neat,
creative, and wellorganized. Contains
the lots of detail. Lots
of color and nice
pictures.

Group work

(20 pts.)
Students worked
great together as a
group. Very
respectful, opened,
and positive attitude.

Organization

(15 pts.)
Well organized
everything is set up
perfectly from the
movie to the shoe
box/favorite season
model

(15 pts.)
Movie is tidy and
organized but, the
movie is somewhat
messy. Missing some
information like the
description of the
four seasons, sound,
and pictures.
(15 pts.)
Students worked well
as a group. Accepted
suggestions, and
positive attitude.

(10 pts.)
Was organized in
some places but, did
not have the
information on the
poster organized and
it was not neat.

(5 pts.)
Movie lacks neatness
and, poorly
organized. Missing
lots of information.
No pictures or sound.

(5 pts.)
Students lacked
openness of
suggestions for
improvement. Has a
difficult time being
on task.
(5 pts.)
Very messy. Missing
organization in some
parts of the poster.

Total Assignments Score:

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