1. Welcome to Miss Elkins’ 5th grade class
Cloudy with a Chance of Learning
Welcome to Miss Elkins’ 5th grade class

2. Objectives WV CSOs Lessons Assessment References
What’s the forecast?
Objectives WV CSOs Lessons Assessment References

3. Objectives By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Define weather
Differentiate cloud types
Explain uses of weather instruments
Explain the water cycle and its importance to weather
Use scientific reasoning to explain natural phenomena

4. WV CSOs
SC.O Identify and describe natural landforms and explain how they change and impact weather and climate.
SC.O Use a variety of instruments and sources to collect and display weather data to describe weather patterns.
SC.O Compare and explain the different rates of weathering, erosion and deposition on various materials.
RLA.O Use denotation to understand meaning.
RLA.O Determine main ideas and locate supporting details in literary passages and informational texts.
RLA.O differentiate and apply comprehension strategies in literary and informational texts to
draw conclusions
predict
use context clues
summarize
judge text critically

5. Lessons
Day 1 Day 5 Day 2 Day 6 Day 3 Day 7 Day 4

6. Day 1 Introduce Weather Unit and discuss objectives
First Lesson: Cloud Types
Create a KWL chart
Take PDA’s outside to draw clouds in sky on Graffiti 2
Beam student drawing to teacher
Discuss what was seen
Introduce different cloud types
Homework: Complete KWL chart

7. Day 2 Go to computer lab to continue learning cloud types
Visit website
Search different cloud types
Open Kidspiration
Students are to create a web of three different cloud types
Grade according to rubric
Homework: Treasure Hunt

8. Day 3 Second Lesson: Weather Instruments Split into three groups
Each group will create one of the following: barometer, anemometer, thermometer
Each group watch movie made on moviemaker for directions on how to make their instrument
Present final products to class, discussing the significance of each

9. Day 4 Third Lesson: The Water Cycle Discuss the water cycle
Pass out worksheet
Discuss forms of precipitation
Homework: Draw a picture of one form of precipitation

10. Day 5 Fourth Lesson: Review and Reinforcement Split into teams
Play PowerPoint game as a class
Questions/Comments on previous lessons
Begin making weather reports
Homework: Finish weather reports

11. Day 6 Tape individual weather reports with video camera
When not being taped, complete review worksheet
If finished early, play review game with partner
Final review

12. Day 7
Unit Assessment

13. Assessment
Pre-test Kidspiration Weather Reports

14. References
Special Thanks to: Miss Rachel Elkins Google Images Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Word Thanks for viewing!