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“Severe Weather” Informational Earth Science Bundle

Kindergarten • Lesson Plan Bundle
$6.00
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Quick Facts

Subject: ELA, Informational

Type: Lesson Plan Bundle

Skills:

  • Participate in a shared read of the text
  • Identify parts of a nonfiction text
  • Define new vocabulary using context clues by asking and answering questions,
  • Identify causes and effects
  • Create a poster to show understanding of ways to stay safe

Materials Needed:

  • Blank paper for each group and teacher
  • Pencils and crayons/colored pencils, scissors and glue
  • Document camera or whiteboard

Printable Resources: Required Printable Texts:

  • “Severe Weather” book (1 copy for the class)
  •  “Severe Weather Vocabulary” 1 copy per student, 1 copy for the teacher
  • “Exit Slips”  as an optional assessment component (1 copy per student)
  • “Severe Weather Cause and Effect” (1 copy per student, 1 copy for the teacher)
  • “Cause and Effect Pictures” (1 copy)

CCSS: RI.K.1, RI.K.2, RI.K.3, RI.K.4, RI.K.5, RI.K.6, & W.K.2

File Type: PDF Document

Lesson Plan Description

Fully scripted informational text lesson bundle (3 lessons) based on included text “Severe Weather”by Jennifer Kaul. Students will:

  • Segment 1:  Identify the title and author of the book, practice visualization by listening to the words and describing what they see in their heads, use context clues to define new vocabulary, define and draw pictures of new vocabulary, and ask and answer questions about the text.
  • Segment 2: Discuss cause and effect on the topic of severe weather and destruction, use context clues to define new vocabulary, ask and answer questions about the text, and match pictures that show cause and effect from the text.
  • Segment 3: Use context clues to define new vocabulary, define and draw pictures of new vocabulary, ask and answer questions about the text, and create a poster showing ways to stay safe during severe weather.

This lesson addresses NGSS ESS3.B: Natural Hazards Some kinds of severe weather are more likely than others in a given region. Weather scientists forecast severe weather so that the communities can prepare for and respond to these events. (K-ESS3-2)

These lessons can be taught over the span of a half day or you can use the lessons independently, broken up over several days.