Science Lesson Planning Template

Date February 26th, 2017 Layla Obaid

Student
teacher
s
Time 45 minutes School New World American School

SST Ms. Yusra Grade 1A

Lesson Unit : weather and seasons No of
unit/pag Lesson: What are the seasons? student 15
e Page: 184 s
Context of the lesson
The students will understand the difference between summer, spring, winter and
fall.

Teaching goals:
- To teach students about the four seasons.
- To describe how weather change from season to season. .
Learning objectives:
By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
Students will be able to identify the different seasons in a year.
To know and understand characteristics of each season in a year.
Assumptions about prior learning:

-know summer and winter seasons.

Anticipated problems and possible solutions:

P: Learners may finish the activity quickly.
S: make extra activities.
Personal focus for this lesson:
Describe how the change of weather will affect living things.

Target language: Teacher language:

Weather
Season -What is season?
Summer - How many seasons in a year?
Winter What do we call the four seasons?
Spring
Fall
Cold -Follow the instructions.
Hot - Work together.
Thermometer -Discuss and help your friend.

Main tasks or activities: Materials:

Activity 1
1. Weather wheel.
Weather wheel
2. Play a song about four seasons. Flash cards
3. Draw a tree in all four seasons.
Activity 2
Computer
Video
Projector

Activity 3
worksheet
 Consider these grouping strategies: Consider where the children are
group work working:
Whole class Moving around the classroom
At their desk

Planning Stages Within the 5-E Inquiry Model

Engage
Weather wheel
5 minutes
- use a weather wheel that had four seasons.
Teacher (What will the teacher Student (What will the student
do/say etcetera): do/say etcetera):
Have students to use their weather Students should be familiar with weather
wheels and point the arrow towards the (cold, hot, wet, and dry) and have at least
weather in UAE today. heard of the four seasons.

Explore
Video
10 minutes
Activity Driving Question
Play a song about 4 seasons. What is science?
How many seasons in a year?

Teacher (What will the teacher Student (What will the student
do/say etcetera): do/say etcetera):

Display a four seasons song and guide Students will play a weather match game
students to discuss the science concepts.
to be engaged in lesson concepts.

Explain
Oral
7 minutes

Oral discussion.

Teacher (What will the teacher Student (What will the student
do/say etcetera): do/say etcetera):

The students will ask questions and

The teacher will explain that in different
discuss.
parts of the world, people experience
different weather in the same season.

Elaborate
Design
15 minutes
Activities: Teacher: Students:
Design a tree in four The teacher will ask the The students will draw the
students to design a tree in
different seasons. trees and label their
four seasons and explain
what happen to the tree in drawing with the four
each season.
seasons.

Evaluate
Oral
5 minutes
Skill/Reasoning Learning Objectives Assessment Instrument

The students discuss about 4 seasons. After doing the activities

Knowledge Learning Objectives Assessment Instrument

The students identify what happen in Checklist

each season.

Teacher (What will the teacher do/say etcetera): Student (What will the student do/say etcetera)

Students will share their knowledge.

The teacher will the each student to talk with partner
to discuss what they learn today in the lesson to
make sure they understand the concept of the lesson.