UNIT OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES

 

BENCHMARKS

OUTCOMES

SCIENCE

 

Atmosphere and Weather/Standard 3:  All students will investigate and describe what makes up weather and how it changes from day to day, from season to season and over long periods of time; explain what causes different kinds of weather; and analyze the relationships between human activities and the atmosphere.
  • List the four seasons

*   Identify the four cloud types

  • Identify the type of weather each cloud type indicates
  • Describe appropriate activities people do in different seasons
  • List three types of precipitation
  • List three types of severe weather

Benchmark (V 3ES2):  Students will describe weather conditions.

 

 

 

 

 
  • Use class weather graphs and individual graphs to describe weather over time
  • Describe different types of precipitation
  • Describe different types of severe weather

Benchmark (V 3ES3):  Students will describe seasonal changes in Michigan’s weather.

 

 

 

*   Compare the appropriate clothing 

       worn during each of the four  

       seasons

  • Create a simple concept map of one of the four seasons and common clothing, weather, and activities related to it
  • Read a thermometer to the nearest 10 degrees Fahrenheit
  • Describe weather changes from season to season and some changes in nature at each season

TECHNOLOGY

 

ISTE NETS*T Standard 1:  Basic Operations and Concepts:  Students will demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.

*   Identify basic computer vocabulary    

      when presented with examples 

      and/or words

 

ISTE NETS*T Standard 2:  Social, Ethical, and Human Issues:  Students will develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity.

 
  • Describe one way how computers can be used as tools by adults and/or children

ISTE NETS*T Standard 3:  Technology Productivity Tools:  Students will use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
  • Create a weather picture using

            MS Paint

ISTE NETS*T Standard 5:  Technology Research Tools:  Students use technology tools to process data and report results.
  • Analyze collected weather data to make a picture graph using Graph Club

LANGUAGE ARTS

 

Grade Level Expectation 2 (1,3,6:1-3):  Students will “read” a variety of texts with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression.
  • Develop the ability to “read” along in a whole group setting

Grade Level Expectation 4 (1,4:2-4):  Students will use structural cues (letter/sound association, chunking, word families, running starts), syntactic cues (phrase or sentence arrangement), and semantic cues (meaning) to recognize words in isolation and in context.
  • Read various words that are end

            in the –ick word family

Grade Level Expectation 5 (1:4):  Use phonics rules, picture clues, context clues, and prediction to aid in decoding.
  • Use phonics clues, context clues, and prediction to attempt unknown words when reading stories

Grade Level Expectation 13 (3,5, 8-11:

1-4):  Respond to multiple text by discussing, illustrating, and/or writing in order to reflect, make meaning and make connections.
  • Write about information presented in expository texts

Grade Level Expectation 21(8:3):  Identify major idea(s) and details in expository text
  • Identify major ideas presented in readings of expository texts

Grade Level Expectation 27 (5,9,10: 1-3):  Connect personal knowledge and experience to ideas in texts.
  • Draw picture of personal connections to different types of weather after class discussion

SOCIAL STUDIES

 

Benchmark (V 1EE2):  Acquire information from observation of their environment.

 
  • Report daily weather on class and individual weather charts

Benchmark (III 4EE2):  Describe fair ways for groups to make decisions.
  • Use concept of “majority rule” to make decisions regarding activities in the classroom

Standard/Benchmark 3-4:  Students will use effective listening and speaking behaviors that enhance verbal communication and facilitate the construction of meaning (e.g. appropriate group behavior).
  • Demonstrate appropriate group behavior

MATH

 

Grade Level Expectation 6(1:1-3):  Identify categories for collecting and sorting data, collect and organize the date into charts, and display the data into picture graphs.
  • Identify different types of weather throughout the month
  • Create a picture graph

Grade Level Expectation 11(1:2,3):  Develop strategies for basic addition and subtraction facts.
  • Create a pictorial representation of basic addition and subtraction facts using Max Count

Grade Level Expectation 12 (2:3):  Recognize and represent relations using mathematical symbols.
  • Use mathematical symbols and numbers to write math problems using Max Count

       *  represents outcomes that were  

                                                                             assessed  during pre/post-analysis