Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers {UNIT 5: Weather}

$17.95

Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for first grade.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students.  It incorporates both the NGSS standards as well as many state standards for 1st grade science. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

 

UNIT 5: WEATHER teaches your students about different types of weather that people experience around the world. It includes many engaging investigations and experiences for your class. It includes lessons on these topics:

Components of Weather
How Weather Systems Form
Precipitation
Types of Clouds
Severe Weather
Weather Forecasting
Weather and Climate

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COMPONENTS OF THE UNIT:

  • A complete Teacher Guide
  • 7 printable/projectable Nonfiction Books for Read-Alouds
  • Step-by-step, Scripted Lesson Plans (Twelve, 30-minute lesson plans in all)
  • Essential Question and Learning Target Posters
  • Anchor Charts
  • Hands-on Investigations
  • 6 Science Stations
  • Whole group Activities
  • Vocabulary Cards
  • Student Workbook
  • Quick Checks
  • Assessment and Rubric for scoring
  • Parent Letter
  • A COMPLETE unit PowerPoint to guide your teaching during each and every lesson (all books, targets, activity and workbook pages are included in the PowerPoint to help you save paper)

 

OUTLINE OF UNIT 5:

Lesson 1: ALL ABOUT WEATHER
Lesson 2: HOW WEATHER FORMS
Lesson 3: PRECIPITATION
Lesson 4: CLOUDS
Lesson 5: CLOUD INVESTIGATION – CREATING A CLOUD
Lesson 6: CLOUD INVESTIGATION – CLOUDS IN OUR ATMOSPHERE
Lesson 7: SEVERE WEATHER
Lesson 8: FORECASTING WEATHER
Lesson 9: CLIMATE
Lesson 10: SCIENCE STATIONS (2 DAYS)
Lesson 11: REVIEW
Lesson 12: UNIT ASSESSMENT