Keep Calm & Water Cycle on!
After ONE week of planning, we have completed our teaching! As strenuous and stressful as it was, I am so proud of the work that we completed, and the findings and teachings that we were able to pass onto our students! Our direct instruction was based on Weather and Water. Throughout this lesson we went through many key terms such as the water cycle, the layers of the atmosphere, photosynthesis, drought and gardens.
This specific unit plan is themed by the scientific concepts of "Weather and Water". The Direct Instruction Lesson Plan, Inquiry Lesson Plan, and ThingLink Inquiry Mini-lesson are all three lesson plans designed specifically for fourth grade students. The content covered in this unit plan relates to the following academic vocabulary terms: weather, water, climate, water cycle, layers of the atmosphere, precipitation, drought, water crisis, plants, survival, and garden. The goal of this unit plan is for the students to understand the importance of the affect that weather and water have on the ability for plants to survive and thrive in their environment. The students are also challenged through this unit plan to take their learning a step forward and connect what they know about weather and water to its effect on the sustainability of the environment around us. The major purpose of this unit plan is to teach the students all they need to know about weather and water in order for them to use what they know about the environment to take care of their own sensory garden at BDMS. By the end of this unit plan, the students should understand the importance of weather and water and how it changes the world around us in a positive or negative way. Without weather and water, life would not be sustainable for living things.
This specific unit plan is themed by the scientific concepts of "Weather and Water". The Direct Instruction Lesson Plan, Inquiry Lesson Plan, and ThingLink Inquiry Mini-lesson are all three lesson plans designed specifically for fourth grade students. The content covered in this unit plan relates to the following academic vocabulary terms: weather, water, climate, water cycle, layers of the atmosphere, precipitation, drought, water crisis, plants, survival, and garden. The goal of this unit plan is for the students to understand the importance of the affect that weather and water have on the ability for plants to survive and thrive in their environment. The students are also challenged through this unit plan to take their learning a step forward and connect what they know about weather and water to its effect on the sustainability of the environment around us. The major purpose of this unit plan is to teach the students all they need to know about weather and water in order for them to use what they know about the environment to take care of their own sensory garden at BDMS. By the end of this unit plan, the students should understand the importance of weather and water and how it changes the world around us in a positive or negative way. Without weather and water, life would not be sustainable for living things.
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