Developmental Lesson Plan

Teacher Candidate: Amber Daub Date: February 22, 2018

Group Size: 19 Allotted Time 9:30-10 Grade Level 1st grade

Subject or Topic: Weather – Water Cycle

Common Core/PA Standard(s):

 4.2. K.A – Identify components of a water cycle.
 4.2.1. A – Explain the path water takes as it moves through the water cycle.

Learning Targets/Objectives:
 Students will be able to complete a worksheet that shows each of the parts of the water
cycle by filling in the cloud or rain drops.

Assessment Approaches: Evidence:

1. Asking students what they remember 1. Asking students what they remember
learning about rain learning about rain – students will raise their
2. Students will complete a worksheet hands and share with the class some facts that
they learned about rain from the first lesson
2. Students will complete a worksheet –
students will complete a worksheet on the
different parts of the water cycle to show
what they learned
Assessment Scale:
 Students will complete a worksheet about the water cycle.
o Fill in the cloud or raindrops to show what stage of the cycle is where, 2 points
per blank
o Cloud – condensation (2 points)
o Rain drop under cloud – precipitation (2 points)
o Rain drop to the bottom right – water (2 points)
o Rain drop to the top right – evaporation (2 points)

o 7/8 – 8/8 = above average

o 5/8 – 6/8 = average
o 3/8 - 4/8 = below average
o 1/8 - 2/8 = poor

Subject Matter/Content:
Prerequisites:
 What rain is
 How to follow directions
 What an experiment (inquiry) is
Key Vocabulary:
 Precipitation – the liquid and solid water particles that fall from clouds and reach the
ground
o Drizzle
o Rain
o Snow
o Snow pellets
o Ice crystals
o Hail
 Evaporation – when the sun heats up water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and it turns
into vapor or steam
 Condensation – water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid, forming
clouds
 Water cycle – when water moves from Earth to the sky and back again
 Water vapor – water that is in the form of a gas; part of the water cycle
Content/Facts:
 Precipitation is when something falls from clouds, whether it is liquid or solid.
 Precipitation can be drizzle, rain, snow, snow pellets, ice crystals, or hail.
 Evaporation is when the sun heats up water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and it turns
vapor or steam.
 Condensation is when water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid,
forming clouds.
 The water cycle is when water moves from Earth to the sky and back again.
 Water vapor is water that is the form or a gas and is part of the water cycle.
 Water vapor is water that is the form or a gas
 It is part of the water cycle
 When liquid water is heated to boiling temperature, it turns into vapor
 Can be produced directly from ice
 Steam is water vapor
 Found in most of the air
 Weighs less than air, which is part of the reason clouds float high in the sky
 Water vapor is transparent

Introduction/Activating/Launch Strategies:
 Students will be reminded that we are learning about weather.
 Students will be told that we are going to review rain, talk about water vapor, talk
about the water cycle, and that we are going to do two small experiments.
 Teacher will share a map of the different things that we will be learning about weather
and tell students about what is in it.
Development/Teaching Approaches
 Teacher will call students over to the black carpet
 Teacher will ask students what they remember about rain
o Comes from clouds that are big and small
o Comes from black, white, and gray clouds
o While students take the test, teacher will finish preparing the materials for the
 experiment
o Clouds are made up of many tiny drops of water. The drops may join and get
heavier. When the drops get too heavy, they fall as rain.
o Rain falls from clouds in the sky in the form of water droplets, this is called
precipitation
o Water can also fall from the sky in the form of hail, sleet, or snow
 Teacher will talk about the three forms of water
o Solid – ice cubes
o Liquid – pour water
o Gas – water vapor
 Teacher will talk about water vapor
o Water vapor is water that is the form or a gas
o It is part of the water cycle
o When liquid water is heated to boiling temperature, it turns into vapor
o Can be produced directly from ice
o Steam is water vapor
o Found in most of the air
o Weighs less than air, which is part of the reason clouds float high in the sky
o Water vapor is transparent
 Condensation experiment
o Students will be given jars with ice and water in them
 Introduce the water cycle
o Show students the water cycle poster
o Read students Where Did the Rain Go?
o Play the water cycle song
 Talk about the water cycle with students
Closure/Summarizing Strategies:
 Create a water cycle in a bag with students
o One for the room and one for each student to take home
 Review what we talked about today
 Have students clean up their belongings and call quiet teams to line up for a bathroom
break
Accommodations/Differentiation:
 Student A will work with his aide and his device to participate in discussions and the
experiments.

Materials/Resources:
 Water Cycle Song Video
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWb4KlM2vts
 Where Did the Rain Puddle Go?
o Bentley, D., Milne, A. A., & Devaney, A. (2005). Where did the rain puddle
go? Maitland, FL: Advance.
 Condensation Experiment
o Jars
 Water Cycle in a bag Experiment
 o Sandwich bags written on with sharpie
o Water
o Food coloring
 Water Cycle Worksheet
 Water cycle poster
 Water cycle anchor chart (song)
o http://tekyteach.blogspot.com/2011/09/this-and-that-in-first-grade_20.html
 Harcourt Science Textbook (Earth Science)
o Jones, R.M. (2002). Harcourt Science. Orlando: Harcourt School.

Reflective Response:
Report of Student Learning Target/Objectives Proficiency Levels

Remediation Plan (if applicable)

Personal Reflection Questions

Additional reflection/thoughts
 Condensation Evaporation Water Precipitation Total
Student A
Student B
Student C
Student D
Student E
Student F
Student G
Student H
Student I
Student J
Student K
Student L
Student M
Student N
Student O
Student P
Student Q
Student R
Student S