LessonPlan

NAME:MaddySmith
LessonTopic:Calendar,Weather,CurrentEventsGradelevel:

68

TotalTime:45minutes
#Students:5
LearningGoal:
(Content

EE.SL.6.2 Identify information presented in diverse

media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally)
that relates to a topic, text, or issue under study.

Standard/Common
Core)

EE.L.6.3 Use language to achieve desired outcomes

when communicating.
a. Vary use of language when the listener or reader
does not understand the initial attempt.

TargetGoalorSkill:

For students to accurately depict the date (month, date, day of the
week, year).
Understand the concept of past, present and future (today is,
tomorrow will be, yesterday was)
Accurately follow simple weather patterns
Compare and Contrast news programs (CNN student news, Channel
One news)
Discuss important news stories and why they are important

EssentialQuestion(s):

What is the day of the week?

What month is it?
What will tomorrow be?
What was yesterday?
What will the weather be like today?
What do you think will be important on the news?
Why is this important to discuss?
Compare and Contrast CNN student news and Channel One news.

Topicalquestion(s):

What has happened in the past? What will be in the future? What
can you tell me about the present?

Instructional

Students will be able to

Objective(s):

- Identify their job for the day

- Follow along in their writing packets with minimal prompting
- Complete their job with minimal prompts and guidance
- Identify correct month, date, day of the week on large calendar
- identify correct day of the week today is.., yesterday was..,
tomorrow will be
- Follow known weather patterns to verbally describe current
weather conditions to classmates
- Read key points of CNN student news, and predict key news story
- Discuss important and interesting news stories
- compare/ contrast CNN student news with Channel One news

Assessment
(Criteria/LookFors/
PerformanceTasks)

FormativeAssessment:
canstudents..
- Identify correct month, date, day of the week on large calendar?
- identify correct day of the week today is.., yesterday was..,
tomorrow will be?
- Follow known weather patterns to verbally describe current
weather conditions to classmates?
- Read key points of CNN student news, and predict key news story?
- Discuss important and interesting news stories?
- compare/ contrast CNN student news with Channel One news?

SummativeAssessment:
n/a

Disabilities/Diverse

4 Autistic students (3 primarily nonverbal)

NeedsRepresented

1 student who is cognitively delayed

Student

2 students have 1:1 support staff

Accommodationsand/or

1 student will be allowed a break card so he can

communicate if break is needed

Modifications
-

student will have while I wait card full of activities that can
be done while waiting that will not be disruptive to class

written visuals of to-do lists for students so they know

their expectations during activity

one student will have answers written on dry erase board in

close proximity to keep focused

fidget toys or snacks to keep students engaged

independent weather activities for students that come to

table before class has started

Jobs written on board before students arrive

written packet for students to follow along with activities

SmartBoard with enlarged pages of the same packet the

students have to they can follow along

InstructionalProcedures
(includingspecifictimes) 8:00- 8:05 Students get settled. Independent weather activities are
on students desks when they arrive. In packet are activities students

can do independently

Introduction:

8:05 - Welcome students. Pass out weather packets. Students will

(includingmotivational
hookwhereapplicable)

LearningActivities:

write their names on packets. Verbally read off students jobs that
are written on dry erase board. Students write their jobs down
8:05- 8:45 Calendar Activities
1. What Month is it?
Review Spelling of Month, Holidays and special days that
occur within the month
2. Number Date
What Day is it?
If MondayWhat do we call Sat/ Sun? (or what days are in a

weekend?)

Have Students put dates on calendar.

3. Today is/ Yesterday was/ Tomorrow will be:

Use letterboards/ communication tools
Review Past, Present, Future
Ask Questions:

- Ask what verb identifies the past (was), present (is)

and future (will be)

- Example of something in the (for example what

did you do yesterday?)

Closure:

4. www.weather.com
Have one student enter their zip code (53130, 53228 ect)
Look at current weather conditions
Ask students what they notice about todays weather
discuss any graphs, weather advisories, high and low
temperature

5. All about Today Calendar

6. CNN Student News
Type in search bar or type www.cnn.com/studentnews
Scroll Down to Teaching Tools
Find Daily Curriculum - Click
Explore key concepts
Do you recognize any of these terms? Where did
you hear them?

Preview Fast Facts- Read Outloud

These will be the things you can pause and discuss during the
news segment**
Ask some questions about key concepts

Go back to previous window and start program

**Pause video at any time key concepts or any other interesting
facts/news story plays
How do you think this will end?
Do you agree/ disagree?
Do you understand what this means?
Tell me one thing you learned
Tell me one interesting fact

8:45- Give students a break before next class begins

AcademicLanguage

participle, compare, contrast, analyze

LanguageDemands(see Function:
Handout)

Vocabulary:
Syntax:
Discourse:

5Questions(Blooms)

Knowledge(recallinformation)WhatterrororganizationistheUS
fightinginthemiddleeast?Listthe12monthsoftheyear

ComprehensionWhatwenoticeabouttheweatherinSeptember?

ApplicationDoyouthinktheweatherinFloridaissimilartothe
weatherinWisconsin?

AnalysisCompareandContrastCNNstudentnewswithChannelone
NewsonaVennDiagram

SynthesisPlanhowyouwouldputoutthewildfiresinCalifornia

EvaluationWhatnewsstorydidyoufindmostinteresting?Why?

Curriculum(APA)

www.cnnstudentnews.com

e.g.

www.channelonenews.com

Investigations in Number,

www.weather.com

Data, and Space. (2012).

Pearson.
Materials

Independent Weather Activities (5 copies)

Weather/ CNN packet (5 copies)
Large dry erase board
Small dry erase board
Smart Board
Break cards
visual to-do lists

Students will bring:

Pencil

Notes