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
