Heat Wave.
By Eileen Spinelli
Illustrated by Betsy Lewin
Book Summary:
The town of Lumberville is in the grip of a heat wave. There are no air conditioners, so everyone in town swelters in the heat, which only seems to worsen each day. On Monday, the movie theatre closes and Abigail and Ralphie Blue set up a lemonade stand. Tuesday is even hotter, and some of the residents in the town resort to taking long cool baths and showers. By the time Thursday rolls around it is so hot that Mr.Blue shaves off his beard, and the Pettibone sisters put their perfume and makeup in their icebox, and people are walking around town in their swimsuits. No one can imagine that it can continue to get even hotter, but it does, and the people of Lumberville must find creative (and funny) ways to keep cool in the scorching summer heat.
Lesson Plan: Weather Wear.
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Lesson Duration: 40 minutes
Standards addressed: Language Arts,Science, & Visual Arts:
Standard: K-3: The student will learn to read by applying appropriate skills and strategies.
Indicator: K-3.19: Use prior knowledge and life experiences to construct meaning from texts.
Standard: K-4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of seasonal weather changes.
Indicators: K-4.2: Compare the weather patterns that occur from season to season.
K-4.3: Summarize ways that the seasons affect plants and animals.
Standard: Creative Expression – Students will develop and expand visual arts knowledge of media,techniques, and processes in order to communicate and express ideas creatively.
Indicator: b: Use different media, techniques, and processes to communicate ideas, experiences and stories.
Lesson Objectives:
-The student will connect prior knowledge and personal experiences about summer to the book.
-The student will identify proper clothing choices for summer after reading, Heat Wave, and then discuss and identify the best clothing suited for seasons.
-The student will identify ways that both humans and animals can stay cool on hot summer days. Materials:
-Spinelli, E. (2007). Heat wave. New York, NY: Harcourt, Inc.
-Teacher-created SMARTboard Notebook Season Clothing Match Activity.
-SMARTboard.
-SMARTboard Notebook software.
-Computer lab with 1 computer/student or 1 computer/pair of students.
-Printer w/ paper.
-Large flip chart
-A sharpie.
-Markers.
-Pencils.
-Fabric.
-Any craft supplies for decorating "people chains".
-Crayons.
-"People Chain" handouts (class set).
-Clothing templates (class set).
-Class set of scissors.
-Class set of glue sticks.
-Also see: http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/AirandWeather/activities/whatstheweather.html
Introduction:
1. The teacher will ask the student what he/she does when it is really hot outside. The teacher will ask them what they do to stay cool.
2. The teacher will introduce the book, Heat Wave, to the class and ask the class if anyone knows what the expression "heat wave" means. The teacher will establish a definition with the help of the class and write the class's definition on the flip chart.
3. The teacher will ask the student what he/she thinks the story is going to be about based on the title and the illustration on the front cover. They teacher will ask the student why they think that.
4. The teacher will read, Heat Wave, aloud to the class.
5. As the teacher reads the story, she will point out the clothing that the people i the book are wearing. The teacher will ask the students why they are dressed like that and if they would dress like that during other times of the year or if they student thinks it is only that hot there in the summer.
6. As the teacher reaches the end of the story, she will ask the student what the people in the story might wear in other seasons, like winter, when they are trying to stay warm, rather than keep cool.
7. The teacher will list the students' clothing ideas under the appropriate season column on the flip chart.
8. The teacher will tell the student that the class will be going to the computer lab today to do a fun activity about what we wear depending on the season of the year.
9. The teacher will walk with the students to the computer lab, and once there meet in a circle on the carpet.
Procedure:
1. Once in the computer lab, the teacher will review the rules for appropriate and safe use of the computers, as well as the basics for using them such as how to turn the computer on and log in.
2. The teacher will open up her Notebook activity onto the smart board and go through each of the slides and how to navigate through the activity. The teacher will explain that the students will have to dress the two children on each of the four slides, appropriately for the season listed at the top of the page. The teacher will then explain that before the student can move onto the next slide, once completing a slide, he/she must first print that completed slide of the appropriately dressed children. Once the student has completed and printed all 4 of of the slides, he/she should staple them together and hand them into the teacher.
3. The teacher will explain that if the student finished early he/she can click on the links on the last page to access online, interactive games and activities about the four seasons, until the remainder of the class has finished.
4. The teacher will excuse the class to their individually assigned computers, and then walk around the computer lab, monitoring appropriate use of the computers, and answering questions.
5. Once all students are done doing the clothing match computer activity, the teacher will tell the class that they will now return to the classroom, and the teacher and class will proceed to walk back together.
6. The teacher will talk to the student on the way back to the room about what they noticed about the similarities and differences between the clothing we wear according to the season. The teacher will ask why the he/she thinks this is.
7. When the class has returned to the room, the teacher will explain to the class that they will now be doing a creative project showing people and how they dress for each season.
8. The teacher will hand out templates to the class of "people chains", giving the student the choice between a chain of boys or a chain of girls to draw on clothes for (teacher will have already cut out centers).
9. The teacher will hand out scissors and tell the student to write his/her name on the back after cutting the people out and folding them on the indicated line. The teacher will write the 4 seasons on the board so the student does not forget one or mix them up. The teacher will put the flip chart in the front center of the room as a reference.
10. The teacher will hand out pens and crayons, and walk around monitoring and helping students.
11. Once all students are done, they will have the chance to share their people in small table groups and the students will have to try and guess each of the seasons by looking at the kind of clothes the student has drawn on each of the people.
12. The teacher will then review the flip chart with the students and relate the activity back to the book before moving on to the next lesson.
Lesson Plan: Weather Wear.
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Lesson Duration: 40 minutes
Standards addressed: Language Arts,Science, & Visual Arts:
Standard: K-3: The student will learn to read by applying appropriate skills and strategies.
Indicator: K-3.19: Use prior knowledge and life experiences to construct meaning from texts.
Standard: K-4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of seasonal weather changes.Indicators: K-4.2: Compare the weather patterns that occur from season to season.
K-4.3: Summarize ways that the seasons affect plants and animals.
Standard: Creative Expression – Students will develop and expand visual arts knowledge of media,techniques, and processes in order to communicate and express ideas creatively.
Indicator: b: Use different media, techniques, and processes to communicate ideas, experiences and stories.
Lesson Objectives:
-The student will connect prior knowledge and personal experiences about summer to the book.
-The student will identify proper clothing choices for summer after reading, Heat Wave, and then discuss and identify the best clothing suited for seasons.
-The student will identify ways that both humans and animals can stay cool on hot summer days. Materials:
-Spinelli, E. (2007). Heat wave. New York, NY: Harcourt, Inc.
-Teacher-created SMARTboard Notebook Season Clothing Match Activity.-SMARTboard.
-SMARTboard Notebook software.
-Computer lab with 1 computer/student or 1 computer/pair of students.
-Printer w/ paper.
-Large flip chart
-A sharpie.
-Markers.
-Pencils.
-Fabric.
-Any craft supplies for decorating "people chains".
-Crayons.
-"People Chain" handouts (class set).
-Clothing templates (class set).
-Class set of scissors.
-Class set of glue sticks.
-Also see: http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/AirandWeather/activities/whatstheweather.html
Introduction:
1. The teacher will ask the student what he/she does when it is really hot outside. The teacher will ask them what they do to stay cool.
2. The teacher will introduce the book, Heat Wave, to the class and ask the class if anyone knows what the expression "heat wave" means. The teacher will establish a definition with the help of the class and write the class's definition on the flip chart.3. The teacher will ask the student what he/she thinks the story is going to be about based on the title and the illustration on the front cover. They teacher will ask the student why they think that.
4. The teacher will read, Heat Wave, aloud to the class.
5. As the teacher reads the story, she will point out the clothing that the people i the book are wearing. The teacher will ask the students why they are dressed like that and if they would dress like that during other times of the year or if they student thinks it is only that hot there in the summer.
6. As the teacher reaches the end of the story, she will ask the student what the people in the story might wear in other seasons, like winter, when they are trying to stay warm, rather than keep cool.
7. The teacher will list the students' clothing ideas under the appropriate season column on the flip chart.
8. The teacher will tell the student that the class will be going to the computer lab today to do a fun activity about what we wear depending on the season of the year.
9. The teacher will walk with the students to the computer lab, and once there meet in a circle on the carpet.Procedure:
1. Once in the computer lab, the teacher will review the rules for appropriate and safe use of the computers, as well as the basics for using them such as how to turn the computer on and log in.
2. The teacher will open up her Notebook activity onto the smart board and go through each of the slides and how to navigate through the activity. The teacher will explain that the students will have to dress the two children on each of the four slides, appropriately for the season listed at the top of the page. The teacher will then explain that before the student can move onto the next slide, once completing a slide, he/she must first print that completed slide of the appropriately dressed children. Once the student has completed and printed all 4 of of the slides, he/she should staple them together and hand them into the teacher.
3. The teacher will explain that if the student finished early he/she can click on the links on the last page to access online, interactive games and activities about the four seasons, until the remainder of the class has finished.4. The teacher will excuse the class to their individually assigned computers, and then walk around the computer lab, monitoring appropriate use of the computers, and answering questions.
5. Once all students are done doing the clothing match computer activity, the teacher will tell the class that they will now return to the classroom, and the teacher and class will proceed to walk back together.
6. The teacher will talk to the student on the way back to the room about what they noticed about the similarities and differences between the clothing we wear according to the season. The teacher will ask why the he/she thinks this is.
7. When the class has returned to the room, the teacher will explain to the class that they will now be doing a creative project showing people and how they dress for each season.
8. The teacher will hand out templates to the class of "people chains", giving the student the choice between a chain of boys or a chain of girls to draw on clothes for (teacher will have already cut out centers).9. The teacher will hand out scissors and tell the student to write his/her name on the back after cutting the people out and folding them on the indicated line. The teacher will write the 4 seasons on the board so the student does not forget one or mix them up. The teacher will put the flip chart in the front center of the room as a reference.
10. The teacher will hand out pens and crayons, and walk around monitoring and helping students.
11. Once all students are done, they will have the chance to share their people in small table groups and the students will have to try and guess each of the seasons by looking at the kind of clothes the student has drawn on each of the people.
12. The teacher will then review the flip chart with the students and relate the activity back to the book before moving on to the next lesson.
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