Science: The Daytime Sky- Clouds!Lesson Plan-Student Work-Reflection:I did not originally expect to have time to share and take the students outdoors, but I am SO glad I did! The students really enjoyed the opportunity to share their work with each other. I believe the use of the ELMO furthers their motivation, as well as the comfortable classroom environment they are each a part of. When we went outdoors, the students were calm, well-behaved and on-task. Going outdoors brought what they're learning to an immediate connection to the real world. I was ecstatic to see one young girl make a math connection with our science lesson! Her work is displayed above, she created a circle with her cloud. Another student made the connection that clouds are also visible at night. I was impressed by the student's observation! Next time, I would not display an example of the first worksheet. A lot of the students copied my smiley face cloud shape. Including a read aloud in the lesson was a great way to activate prior knowledge and include literature in science. Providing cross-curriculum connections is one of my favorite lesson planning aspects.
I was able to see the effectiveness of my lesson during the children's outdoor investigation. The children were able to identify Nimbus clouds and predict the afternoon's weather. (They were right, it poured!) The instructional materials seemed to resonate with the students. They enjoyed the song and chart. which utilized kinesthetic, auditory and visual aspects. The worksheets and cotton balls offered opportunities to work on their writing skills, as well as practice their creativity. In future lesson planning, I believe the students will enjoy enrichment opportunities. The students' memories are activated to remember the song and art activities, so they will not only remember clouds as part of the sky, but the fun vocabulary they explored.
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