Sarah Blanton

Thursday, October 27, 2016/ Friday, October 28, 2016

Cooperating Teacher: Mrs. Van Zandt

Approx. Time: 11:50 am-12:37 pm

Grade: 4th
Types of Clouds
Lesson Essential Questions:
What are different types of clouds? How can I differentiate between the various types of
clouds?
Standards:
ESS2.D: Weather and Climate- Climate describes a range of an area's typical weather conditions
and the extent to which those conditions vary over years. (3-ESS2-2)

Learning Objectives
Students will be able to describe the

Assessments
The students will recreate their own clouds

different types of clouds that there are.

using cotton balls and writing about clouds

that they have seen.

Materials:

Materials to make the cloud in a jar

Construction paper
Cotton balls
Glue
Cloud Cover by Alan Rodgers and Angella Streluk
Cloud worksheets

Pre-lesson assignments and/or prior knowledge: The students have been learning about
the weather so they are familiar with clouds.
Lesson Beginning: The teacher will begin the lesson by making a cloud in a jar in front of
the class. After making the cloud the teacher will read part of the book Cloud Cover by
Alan Rodgers and Angella Streluk.

Instructional Plan:
Day 1:

The teacher will have a PowerPoint that goes over the different types of clouds

and the students will have a worksheet where they fill in some of the information
The students will then be split into three groups, they will go to three stations and

learn more about each type of cloud

At the stations the students will use cotton balls to recreate the three types of
clouds

Day 2:

The students will have homework on Thursday to look up at the sky and pick one

cloud they see

They will come in on Friday and write about what type of cloud they saw and

why they believe that it is that type of cloud

After the worksheet the students will continue with the stations that they did not
go to the day before

-Differentiation:

The students will be in smaller groups so that there will be a teacher at each

station to help
The students will have a prompt when writing about the cloud that they saw
The students can work together while making their clouds

-Questions:

How can we tell the difference between the types of clouds?

Why do the clouds look different?
What are the three types of clouds?

-Classroom Management

The teacher will be picking the groups that the students will be working in
There will be a teacher at each station to monitor the work going on
The students will have a set time at each station

-Transitions

The teacher will give a five minute warning before the groups go to switch
stations

Closure: After the students have completed all of the stations we will come back together
on the rug and discuss the activity. The teacher will ask if any student wants the
opportunity to show their worksheet to the class. The teacher will ask the students about
the different types of clouds and about what they learned over the past two days.