1st Grade Weather Unit

1^st Grade Weather Unit Blueprint

Lesson 16: Monthly Summary of Weather Observations

Pacing Suggestions:

Lesson to be taught at the end of September.

Teacher Resources:
Tips		End-of-Unit Assessment (Adobe^® Reader^® PDF) End-of-Unit Assessment (Microsoft^® Word^® Format)

Essential & Unit Questions* ¹

Benchmarks ²

Formative and Summative Assessments ³

Using Assessments to Monitor Student Learning

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.

12B(K-2)#1: Use whole numbers and simple, everyday fractions in ordering, counting, identifying, measuring, and describing things and experiences.

Summative Assessment: Temperature Graph Questions

Summative Assessment

Do students understand what a particular temperature reading means? This should be reflected in their drawings.
Are students able to articulate patterns found in the temperature graph?
Do students understand that the daily temperature has a yearly cycle?

* 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.

1st Grade Weather Unit Blueprint

1^st Grade Weather Unit Blueprint