1st Grade Weather Unit Blueprint |
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Pacing Suggestions: Lesson to be taught following Spring Break. See Unit Calendar for details. |
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| Essential & Unit Questions* 1 | Benchmarks 2 | Formative and Summative Assessments 3 | Using Assessments to Monitor Student Learning |
| What tools can help us learn about the weather? | 1B(K-2)#2: Tools such as thermometers, magnifiers, rulers, or balances often give more information about things than can be obtained by just observing things without their help. | Class discussion about the purpose/usefulness of a rain gauge (See Procedure Steps 1 & 2 and Final Activities Steps 3 & 4 on pages 101-02 in Teacher's Guide.) |
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| How does the weather change from day to day? | 4B(K-2)#1: Some events in nature have a repeating pattern. The weather changes some from day to day, but things such as temperature and rain (or snow) tend to be high, low or medium in the same months every year. | Discussion of Our Rainfall Graph and discussions about short-term changes and long-term patterns in rainfall (See Mathematics Extension on page 103 in Teacher's Guide.) | |
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* Essential/Unit questions are major questions driving the unit. They are directly aligned with the benchmarks. No single lesson addresses each question in its entirety. By the end of the unit, students should be able to answer these core questions. 1. For conceptual benchmarks. 2. Bolded sections indicate portion of benchmark addressed 3. Unless noted as a Summative Assessment, the assessments are formative and should be used to guide teaching and learning. |
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