Lesson Plan: Lara Siklaoui

The Seasons
Grade (s) Kindergarten
Subject(s) Language Arts
Length of Lesson Two 40-minute lesson
Lesson Recognizing and learning about different seasons is an important skill for
Overview/Rational young children. In this lesson, students will get together in groups of four
e and create a movie about the four seasons. Students will need to include
pictures that illustrate the four seasons (fall, winter, spring, summer).
Each student in the group of four will be assigned to work on one season.
Students will also need to record an audio about what they can do in each
season and what they like about it. Students will interact together to
create the movie with the help of the teacher. At the end of the project,
students will watch their movie with their classmates.
Curriculum With prompting and support, ask and answer questions
Framework/Standa about key details in a text.
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Reading Standards for Literature K-5
Learning Students will improve their communication skills.
Objectives Students will create a movie in teams of four.
Students will work together to collect pictures that are related to the
seasons.
Students will show their movie in front of the class.
Technology Uses In this lesson, a Mac computer must be used to create the movie using
iMovie.
Materials Mac computers
Promethean board
Procedure 1. Explain to the students what they need to do and how they are going
to create the movie.
2. The students will be put in groups of four.
3. The teacher will go around each group and pull up photos on google
by typing "Seasons" in the search box.
4. Picture like snow, rain, leaves, sun, wind will be on the screen.
5. Each student is assigned to find a picture of a season.
6. Students will pick one picture that they like for each season.
7. Each student will record themselves talking about what they like in
the season that has been picked for them and what they can do in it.
8. With the help of the teacher, students will put together their pictures
and audios to create a movie.
9. When the movie is done, it will be presented in front of the class.
Assessment Students will be assessed based on:
- The students team work and how much effort they put in the movie.

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Meet towards Expectations
Expectations Expectations (3)
(1) (2)
Followed Student did Student Student followed and
Directions not listen or listened and listened to all of the
follow any of followed to requirements in the
the some of the lesson.
requirements requirements
in the lesson. in the lesson.
Behavior Student did Student Student behaved very
not frequently well in their group and
demonstrate demonstrated was respectful during
any appropriate class period.
appropriate behavior.
behavior in
their group or
during class
time.
Identifies the Student Student Student identifies
four seasons doesnt identifies two three pictures of the
identify any of or less season they are
the pictures pictures of the assigned to work on.
and what season they
season they are assigned
belong to. to.
Audio Student Student only Student describes
doesn't want describes what they can do in
to record an what they can the season and what
audio at all. do in the they like about it.
season.

Time Student Student Student used their

wasted time lacked off a time wisely and
and did not little. finished their project
finish their on time.
project on
time.
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Assignment Score:
Grading Rubric- Total Possible Points 20