LessonPlan

NAME:MaddySmith
LessonTopic:Calendar,Weather,CurrentEventsGradelevel:

68

TotalTime:45minutes
#Students:5
LearningGoal:
(Content

EE.SL.6.2 Identify information presented in diverse

media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally)
that relates to a topic, text, or issue under study.

Standard/Common
Core)

EE.L.6.3 Use language to achieve desired outcomes

when communicating.
a. Vary use of language when the listener or reader
does not understand the initial attempt.

Compare and contrast the experience of

reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an
audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting
what they "see" and "hear" when reading the text to what
they perceive when they listen or watch.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.7

TargetGoalorSkill:

For students to accurately depict the date (month, date, day of the
week, year).
Understand the concept of past, present and future (today is,
tomorrow will be, yesterday was)
Accurately follow simple weather patterns
Compare and Contrast news programs (CNN student news, Channel
One news)
Discuss important news stories and why they are important

EssentialQuestion(s):

What is the day of the week?

What month is it?
What will tomorrow be?
What was yesterday?
What will the weather be like today?
What do you think will be important on the news?

Why is this important to discuss?

Compare and Contrast CNN student news and Channel One news.

Topicalquestion(s):

What has happened in the past? What will be in the future? What
can you tell me about the present?

Instructional

Students will be able to

Objective(s):

- Identify their job for the day

- Follow along in their writing packets with minimal prompting
- Complete their job with minimal prompts and guidance
- Identify correct month, date, day of the week on large calendar
- identify correct day of the week today is.., yesterday was..,
tomorrow will be
- Follow known weather patterns to verbally describe current
weather conditions to classmates
- Read key points of CNN student news, and predict key news story
- Discuss important and interesting news stories
- compare/ contrast CNN student news with Channel One news

Assessment
(Criteria/LookFors/
PerformanceTasks)

FormativeAssessment:
canstudents..
- Identify correct month, date, day of the week on large calendar?
- identify correct day of the week today is.., yesterday was..,
tomorrow will be?
- Follow known weather patterns to verbally describe current
weather conditions to classmates?
- Read key points of CNN student news, and predict key news story?
- Discuss important and interesting news stories?
- compare/ contrast CNN student news with Channel One news?

SummativeAssessment:
Fillincorrectinformationongoogleform.Whenstudentssubmit
answers,theygetsenttomeandenteredinaspreadsheet.


Disabilities/Diverse

4 Autistic students (3 primarily nonverbal)

NeedsRepresented

1 student who is cognitively delayed

Student

2 students have 1:1 support staff

Accommodationsand/or

1 student will be allowed a break card so he can

communicate if break is needed

Modifications
-

student will have while I wait card full of activities that can
be done while waiting that will not be disruptive to class

written visuals of to-do lists for students so they know

their expectations during activity

one student will have answers written on dry erase board in

close proximity to keep focused

fidget toys or snacks to keep students engaged

independent weather activities for students that come to

table before class has started

Jobs written on board before students arrive

written packet as an option for students to follow along with

activities

Google form sent to each student for them to follow along

on their Ipad and fill out information

SmartBoard with enlarged pages of the same packet the

students have to they can follow along

InstructionalProcedures
(includingspecifictimes) 8:00- 8:05 Students get settled. Independent weather activities are
on students desks when they arrive. In packet are activities students

Introduction:

can do independently

(includingmotivational

8:05- Me Moves- A short program where students will follow along

hookwhereapplicable)

with Smartboard screen that does stretching moves to get them

ready for the day

8:10 - Welcome students. Help them log into Ipads and make sure

forms are up on their screens.

LearningActivities:

Take Attendance on Smart board/ Say the Pledge

8:05- 8:45 Calendar Activities

1. What Month is it?

Review Spelling of Month, Holidays and special days that
occur within the month
2. Number Date
What Day is it?
If Monday-

What do we call Sat/ Sun? (or what days are in a

weekend?)

Closure:

Have Students put dates on calendar.

3. Today is/ Yesterday was/ Tomorrow will be:
Use letterboards/ communication tools
Review Past, Present, Future
Ask Questions:

and future (will be)

- Ask what verb identifies the past (was), present (is)

- Example of something in the (for example what
did you do yesterday?)

4. www.weather.com
Have one student enter their zip code (53130, 53228 ect)
Look at current weather conditions
Ask students what they notice about todays weather
discuss any graphs, weather advisories, high and low
temperature

5. All about Today Calendar

6. CNN Student News
Type in search bar or type www.cnn.com/studentnews
Scroll Down to Teaching Tools
Find Daily Curriculum - Click
Explore key concepts
Do you recognize any of these terms? Where did

you hear them?

Preview Fast Facts- Read Outloud

These will be the things you can pause and discuss during the
news segment**
Ask some questions about key concepts

Go back to previous window and start program

**Pause video at any time key concepts or any other interesting
facts/news story plays
How do you think this will end?
Do you agree/ disagree?
Do you understand what this means?
Tell me one thing you learned
Tell me one interesting fact

8:45- Give students a break before next class begins

AcademicLanguage

compare, contrast, analyze

LanguageDemands(see Function: For students to look at board and fill in answers with as little
Handout)

prompting as possible.
Vocabulary: Weather, Patterns, Compare, Contrast, Interesting
Syntax: Write full sentences describing the weather. Be able to tell how to
write the date on their papers. Verbally share answers with correct grammar
Discourse: Follow along with class, do work with as little prompting as possible.

5Questions(Blooms)

Knowledge(recallinformation)

ComprehensionOverthepastfewdayswhathavewenoticedabout
theweatherinSouthernWisconsin?Howdoesthiscontrastwiththe
weatherinnorthernWisconsin?

ApplicationDoyouthinktheweatherinFloridaissimilartothe
weatherinWisconsin?

AnalysisCompareandContrastCNNstudentnewswithChannelone
NewsonaVennDiagram

SynthesisPlanhowtheywouldgettoMars?

EvaluationWhatnewsstorydidyoufindmostinteresting?Why?

Curriculum(APA)

www.cnnstudentnews.com

e.g.

www.channelonenews.com

Investigations in Number,

www.weather.com

Data, and Space. (2012).

Google Forms

Pearson.

Materials

Independent Weather Activities (5 copies)

Weather/ CNN packet ( have copies on hand if Ipad network is down
or student requests it)
Student Ipads (5)
Large dry erase board
Small dry erase board
Smart Board
Break cards
visual to-do lists

Students will bring:

Pencil
Ipad

Notes