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Date: Day 1
Coop. Initials
Grade Level 3
Section
a. The teacher will write the word saturation on the board and
have the students write the word in their notebooks.
b. The teacher will ask the students based on the experiment
and what they have been discussing, what do they think
saturation means?
c. The teacher will record each students response on the board
and come up with a class definition.
d. The teacher will ask the students, Does anyone know what
we call it when a cloud becomes saturated and water droplets
fall to the earth as rain?
e. The teacher will write the word precipitation and the
definition and have the students record it in their notebook.
f. The teacher will ask the students what examples they have
seen or remember in the video of the kinds of precipitation.
g. The teacher will write the examples rain, sleet, snow, and
hail on the board.
9. The teacher will tell the students to pile up their science notebooks to
be collected and will hand out the exit slip for the students to
complete.
C. Closure
1. The teacher will explain to the class that they have just learned about
one of the many parts of the water cycle.
2. The teacher will ask the students the focus question again, How do
you think the clouds know when to let it rain, snow, hail, or sleet?
3. The teacher will ask the students to think about how they think the
cloud gets filled with water over time in order for precipitation to
occur.
4. The teacher will tell the students that the answer to that question is
the next part of the water cycle, which they will be learning about
tomorrow.
5. The teacher will fill up a cup of water and Kool-Aid mixture and tell
the students to think about what may happen to this mixture by class
time tomorrow.
D. Accommodations/Differentiation
1. E.M. has a hearing impairment and will be placed in the front of the
classroom to watch the video.
2. The lesson will be differentiated by having hands on learning,
videos, and written notes.
E. Assessment/Evaluation Plan
1. Formative-
V. Reflective Response
A. Report of Student Performance in Terms of Stated Objectives (Reflection on
student performance written after lesson is taught, includes remediation for
students who fail to meet acceptable level of achievement)
Remediation Plan
B. Personal Reflection (Questions written before lesson is taught. Reflective
answers to question recorded after lesson is taught)
1. Did the information that I wanted the students to learn get across to
them?
2. Was my lesson timed well and engaging?
VI. Resources (in APAformat)
Viewaplan.(n.d.).RetrievedSeptember26,2016,from
http://lessonplanspage.com/scienceowatercycle5precipitation4htm/
H. (2015). Water Cycle Song Video. Retrieved September 26, 2016, from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWb4KlM2vts
3. What term did we use to know that our cloud was full and could not hold any more
water until it started to rain?
(Answer: saturation)
Saturation
Student idea
Student idea
Student idea
Precipitation
Rain
Snow
Sleet
Hail
Model of a Cloud
Draw a picture of your model.