Date completed- Fall 2016

Date submitted- Spring 2017

Title of Artifact: Lesson Plan #1
Standard: Standard Seven- Planning for Instruction

I am placing my artifact, Lesson Plan #1, under Standard Seven, Planning for Instruction, as
evidence of continued mastery towards every student meeting rigorous learning goals. These
learning goals are reached by drawing upon the knowledge of content areas, curriculum, cross-
disciplinary skills, and pedagogy. In the Lesson Essential Question of Lesson Plan #1, I ask if the
students will be able to read different genres of books to learn about the different types of clouds
there are. Asking this question in a lesson plan allows the teacher to see if the students meet these
learning goals. This shows how the Lesson Essential Question in Lesson Plan #1 collaborates
with Standard Seven, Planning for Instruction.
I. Title/ Topic and Grade Level:
Clouds
Kindergarten to Grade 5

II. Lesson Essential Question:

Will the children be able to read books about the different types of clouds and write in
their journal about them?

III. Standard:
K-ESS2-1. Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns
over time
5-ESS2-1. Develop a model using an example to describe ways in the Geosphere,
Biosphere, Hydrosphere, and/or Atmosphere interact
(Taken from the Next Generation Science Standards)

IV. Objectives and Assessments:

Learning Objective:
Students will be able to (SWBAT) read
and paraphrase what they know about
clouds in their journals. They will also
record the different types of clouds and
their definitions.
Assessments:
Teachers will be able to (TWBAT) assess
students acquired knowledge by observing
the students and collecting their work in
their journal.

V. Materials:
Books about clouds
o The Cloud Book by Tomie dePaola
o Shapes In The Sky by Josepha Sherman and Omarr Wesley
o Clouds by Anne Rockwell and Frane Lessac
o The Cloudspotters Guide by Gavin Pretor Pinney
o The Little Raindrop by Joanna Gray
o Little Cloud by Eric Carle
o The Book Of Clouds by John A. Day
o Clouds: A Compare And Contrast Book by Katharine Hall
o The Weather Wizards Cloud Book: A Unique Way To Predict The Weather
Accurately And Easily By Reading The Clouds by Louis Decimus Rubin,
Jim Duncan, and Hiram J. Herbert
o Clouds by Marion Dane Bauer
o Clouds by Cassie Mayer
o Cloud Country by Bonny Becker and Noah Klocek
Note cards
Pencils
The childrens journals
Construction paper
Crayons/markers
VI. Pre-Lesson Assignments and/or Prior Knowledge:
 The children will watch an informational video on YouTube that talks about the different
types of clouds there are. This video is great to introduce clouds to the children. At the
end of the video there is a short quiz that the children can take to see if they know some
facts about the different types of clouds. This video will get them ready for the week that
is all about clouds!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lsVPiIOuS4

VII. Lesson Beginning:

Tell the students that after they watch the video on clouds that our cloud week will
begin! On this day they will be doing the reading and writing portion. For reading, they
will be reading and searching for information they can write down in their journals and
notecards for the writing portion.

VIII. Instructional Plan:

1. Bring the children to the carpet and show them the video on YouTube about clouds.
Mention to them that there is a quiz at the end so they should pay close attention
2. After the video is over, bring the children back to their desks where they will find
books about clouds. There should be enough books for the whole class to have one
for each child
3. Each child is to pick a book that looks interesting to them and read it through keeping
in mind that they will have to write about the clouds in their journals
4. In addition to writing about what they found interesting in the books that they read,
they will be looking at the sky for 1 week. They will record the type of cloud they see
and write a brief summary of what they remember about that type of cloud
5. Tell the children that after they are done or even during reading, they are to write
what they are finding out about clouds. When they come across a definition or a cloud
they should write it down on their notecard
6. Once everyone is done reading and writing, they will take their journals to the carpet
where they will then share will the class what they found out about clouds
7. The teacher will collect the notecards and make a poster for each type of cloud. The
type and definition should be written by the teacher but the childrens notecards will
be attached to the bottom to show that they found our the definitions too

IX. Conclusion:
Talk to the children about how there are many different types of clouds and they all have
different appearances and meaning. They will continue to look at the clouds and record
what they see for the rest of the week.

X. Citation:
NGSS Lead States. (2013). Next Generation Science Standards. Retrieved April 22,
2016, from http://www.nextgenscience.org/
Promoting Success. (2015). Types of Clouds for Children Science Weather 101 Video for
Teaching Elementary Kids. Retrieved April 22, 2016, from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lsVPiIOuS4