Madeline Arndt

There’s a Storm A-brewin’!

Grade: 2
Length of Lesson: 10 minutes
Date Taught: 1/25/18
LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
In this lesson students will be presented with a weather scenario, and must
Overview determine how it shapes the life of a person.

Standards of 2.1
2.7
Learning
Does weather impact our daily lives?
Essential Questions How does weather affect day to day activities?

Students will be able to identify the different implications of various weather

Objectives patterns, and compare them to one another.

Learning Target I can identify the implications of weather patterns.

Necessary Prior Basic Meteorological Terms
Knowledge
-Smart board to illustrate
Materials

Introduction/Hook Discussion on the current weather, and how they chose their clothes for the day.

A weather scenario will be presented, and the students have to determine what a
Instructional person would wear and do with the conditions given.
Multiple scenarios are given and it portrays real world examples of weather in
Activities & their daily lives.
Strategies The interactive activity will keep students focused.

-precipitation(rain, snow, sleet, hail)

-Temperature Units (Fahrenheit, Celsius)
Key Vocabulary or -Wind
Concepts -Clear, Cloudy, Partly Cloudy

Assessments Not Applicable

Closure Activity Class discussion on the importance of weather.

Accommodations None

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
Resources None

Reflection on a Lesson Plan Taught

Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow
Madeline Arndt
There’s a Storm A-brewin’
January 29th, 2017
Dr. Hatzopoulos
Brickell Academy
Grade: 2

1. What steps did you go through to create this lesson? With whom did you talk, discuss, or edit your
lesson?
I thought of a concept where I could visually and orally showcase the concepts of whether, and apply the
implications to the real world. This lesson was briefly discussed with Dr. Hatzopoulos, but she let me take
the reins on it.

2. How did the SOLs and Objectives help focus your instruction?
The SOL objectives for 2nd grade are more broad then specific, which left me a lot of freedom to do
something basic, yet also effective.

3. What parts of the instructional plan worked as you anticipated?

The desire to share ideas was just as strong as I expected - everyone wanted to participate! The students
understood the real world aspect of weather systems better than I previously expected.

4. What, if any, adjustments needed to be made once you began?

No adjustments needed to be made.

5. How well did you anticipate the materials needed?

No materials were needed.

6. How effective was the assessment you chose to use? (If no assessment was used, what will the future
assessment be and how will you gauge its effectiveness?)
Each day we go outside to analyze the weather. With this activity, we can discuss the real life implications
of weather daily. This will help the students dive deeper into fully understanding weather systems.

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
7. To what degree do you feel that this lesson was a success? What evidence do you have for the success
of the lesson? (Hint: Student learning is the key to a lesson’s success!)
I think this lesson was highly effective in regards to how they carried discussions after the facts. The next
day they went outdoors the first questions they posed were in regards to clothing worn and activities
done in the weather displayed.

8. How did the time spent preparing for your lesson contribute to it’s success?
Immersing myself daily in the topic gave me a better understanding of what diction to use to be effective.

9. If you could do this lesson again with the same students, would you do anything differently? If so,
what?
I wouldn’t do anything differently.

10. Any last comments/reflections about your lesson? I enjoyed the lesson and hope the next few run just
as smoothly!

Lesson Plan Assignment: Grade Sheet

Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow I
Madeline Arndt
Refer to the comments written on your lesson plan for detailed feedback.
Ready Needs a few
Incomplet Your
to additions or
e Score
Teach! tweaks
Overview, SOLs, essential questions, objectives
(10)
Introduction/hook & closure (10)
Instructional activities (20)
Accommodations (10)
Assessment (5)
Vocab, materials, resources (5)
Supplemental materials, if applicable (5)

Total (65)

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
Taught Lesson Plan Grade Sheet
Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow II
Intern Name: ______________________________Lesson #________

● Written (typed) Lesson Plan: _____/50

[See comments on LP]

● Supplemental materials: _____/10

Comments:

● Self-Evaluation: _____/15
Comments:

Total: _____/75

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)