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**Subject/topic:** Science- Seasons of the year **Duration**: 30 to 60 minutes **Materials:** Thermometer (attached), white board, white board markers, pictures of all the seasons clothing you would wear, circle carpet, magazines, glue, color paper, and scissors. **Background Prep:** Make sure all desks are moved away from the circle carpet area, get magazines, color paper, cut out arrow for the thermometer (attached) and attach it to the thermometer. **Standards:** Science (K) 9. Identify seasons of the year. Science (1) 8. Recognize daily changes in weather, including clouds, precipitation and temperature. **Objectives:** Students will be able to identify the seasons of the year with pictures of clothing and a thermometer with 95% accuracy. · Use the large thermometer (attached) and ask the children do they know what this is? · If they do not know tell them what it is and what it is used for. · Ask students if they know what the seasons of the year are. · If they do not know tell them “Lets figure this out together.” · Ask one student to place the red thermometer on what it looks like outside the day of this lesson. · Once child has placed the needle on what it looks like outside tell them wonderful! And ask if any other student wants to try to move the thermometer to the picture that is usually cold and snowy. · Once that is done ask another student to place the needle on the picture that is has leaves falling off the trees. · Congratulate the class and say “Today we are going to learn about the different seasons in the year.” · Make a chart of what the students know about the seasons up on the board. · Say wow! That’s great! Now we are going to find pictures of these things we have written up on the board. · Ask students to return to desks · Give ideas of what type of pictures that can be cut out · Ask for a helper to pass out magazines. · Ask another helper to pass out glue sticks · Ask another helper to pass out the color paper · The teacher passes out scissors · Tell the students that they are looking for pictures of the words written on the board. · Remind them what we have written on the board. · Tell them to carefully cut out the pictures they want to use. · Tell them to use 4 lines of the glue stick to glue the pictures to the color paper. · Reassure them that we are going to hang these on the “seasons wall” · Ask each student to write their name on the back · After everyone is done ask them to turn them in to you
 * Grade Level:** Kindergarten
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 * Main Activities Assessment: ****I will assess them on if the students followed directions in what they cut out to place on the sheet of color paper. I will also assess the way they comprehend the first introduction activity. **
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