Seasons Lesson Plan (Kindergarten)

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Seasons Lesson Plan (Kindergarten)

• Mary Claire Hardy

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Day 1Focus and Review

• Have pictures of the four seasons on the board
  and talk about what is in each one of the
  pictures.
• Ask questions like What do you usually see
  around you in FallWinterSpringSummer? and
  have a small discussion on what happens during
  the seasons.
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Day 1Objective

• The learner will be able to identify the four
  seasons.
• The learner will also be able to identify and
  label the apple trees according to the season.

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Day 1Input

• ReadApple Tree! Apple Tree!by Mary Blocksma,
  which has to do with the changes the apple tree
  undergoes throughout the year.
• Have four columns written on the board one
  labeled fall, one labeled winter, one labeled
  spring and one summer.

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Day 1 Guided Practice

• Turn to the page in Apple Tree! Apple Tree!
  that shows an apple tree in fall and write (in
  the fall column on the board) the students
  responses about what the tree and leaves look
  like.
• Pass out a piece of brown construction paper to
  each student and have them fold in half like a
  book and trace (on the left side of the folded
  paper so you can fit two) their arm and hand,
  including fingers, to make a tree shape.
  Demonstrate first on my piece of paper at the
  front.

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Day 1 Guided Practice (cont.)

• Do this again on the right side of the paper.
• Have the students cut out each traced tree shape,
  there should be four.
• Have them glue the four trees to a light blue
  piece of construction paper.
• Pass out the label saying fall (already made)
  to each student and have them glue it under the
  first tree.

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Day 1 Guided Practice (cont.)

• Ask the class which colors of tissue paper they
  think would go with a fall apple tree, then pass
  out the yellow, red, orange, brown, and green
  tissue paper to each table. (The colored tissue
  paper squares represent leaves.)
• The students may take one tissue paper square at
  a time, crumble it up, and glue it to the top of
  the first piece of brown paper. Have the
  students continue in the same fashion with the
  other colored tissue paper squares. Encourage
  students to place some of the tissue squares to
  look as if they are falling from the tree to the
  ground.

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Day 1 Guided Practice

• Turn to the page in Apple Tree! Apple Tree!
  that shows winter and record the students
  responses about what the tree and leaves look
  like on the board in the winter column.
• Ask which of the materials left would be used
  with the winter tree. (cotton balls, light green,
  light pink, hot pink, dark green, red tissue
  paper)
• Pass out the label that says winter and
  instruct them to glue it at the bottom of their
  second tree.

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Day 1 Independent Practice

• Give each student two cotton balls. Have the
  students pull the cotton balls apart and glue the
  cotton to the second tree, as snow, by
  themselves.

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Closure and Reflection

• Ask the students what season we are in right now
  and how they can tell.

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Day 2 Focus and Review

• Have the seasons columns still on the board and
  read what was written about fall and winter the
  day before.
• Tell them they are going to work on spring and
  summer trees today.

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Day 2 Objective

• The learner will be able to identify the four
  seasons.
• The learner will also be able to identify and
  label the apple trees according to the season.

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Day 2 Input

• Read The Seasons of Arnolds Apple Tree by Gail
  Gibbons.

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Day 2 Guided Practice

• Turn to the page in Apple Tree! Apple Tree! that
  shows the spring apple tree Write down (in the
  spring column on the board) the students'
  responses about what the tree and leaves look
  like.
• Have the students glue the spring label at the
  bottom of the third tree.
• Pass out the materials for the spring tree light
  green, light pink, hot pink tissue paper squares
  (represents leaves and flower petals).

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Day 2 Guided Practice (cont.)

• Turn to the page in Apple Tree! Apple Tree! that
  shows the summer apple tree Write down the
  students' responses about what the tree and
  leaves look like.
• Pass out the materials for the summer trees dark
  red and green tissue paper and the summer labels.

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Independent Practice

• The students make the spring tree using the
  materials given by themselves. They should use
  the same crumble method as with the fall tree.
• The students should glue the summer label at the
  bottom of the fourth tree and make the summer
  tree the same way individually.

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Closure/Reflection

• Organize students into four groups by what season
  their birthday falls in.
• Have each group present the tree that corresponds
  with that season in front of the class and tell
  about their trees.

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Citation

• "Seasonal Apple Trees." Teachershare.scholastic.co
  m/Scholastic. Web. lthttp//teachershare.scholastic
  .com/resources/648?id648gt.