Subjects
Arts & Humanities
--Language Arts
Mathematics
--Measurement
--Statistics
Science
--Physical Science
----Earth Science
----Environmental
Social Studies
--Current Events
--Geography
Grades
Grades 2-up
News Content
This year’s strange winter weather is affecting people and nature.
Anticipation Guide
Before reading, ask students to agree or disagree with each of the statements below. This will set a purpose for reading; as students read, they will confirm their assumptions or learn something new. You might even record the number of students who agree with each statement before and after reading. How did the results differ?
News Words
Next, introduce these words that appear in the News Word Box on the students printable page: temperature, average, degrees, predict, record, and usually. Ask students to identify the number of syllables in each of those words. (The correct answers, in the order the words were presented above, are 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, and 4.) Discuss the meanings of any of those words that might be unfamiliar. Then ask students to use one of those words to complete each of these sentences:
Read the News
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Click for a printable version of this weeks news story Strange Winter Weather Affects Nature, People.
More Facts to Share
You might share these additional facts with students after they have read this weeks news story.
Comprehension Check
Revisit the Anticipation Guide at the top of this lesson; ask students to respond again to the statements in it. Have their responses changed since reading the article?
Recalling Detail
Think About the News
Discuss the Think About the News question that appears on the students news page. You might use the think-pair-share strategy to discuss this question. If you use this strategy
Follow-Up Activities
Geography -- reading a color-key map. Final weather data/maps for 2006 are not yet available, but you might share this map that shows U.S. temperatures for the first six months of the year. Use a projector to display the map. Ask questions about the map, such as the following:
Science -- global warming. If you would like to teach students more about global warming, you will find a variety of tools for doing that, including audio and video, at ABC News: Global Warming.
Math -- temperature range. Use a newspaper or a weather channel Web site to track temperatures in your neck of the woods in the days ahead. Record each days high and low temperatures. Have students figure out the range of temperatures for each day by subtracting the low temperature from the high temperature. At the end of each week have students determine the day with the highest temperature, the day with the lowest temperature, and the day with the largest range of temperatures.
Assessment
Use the Comprehension Check (above) as an assessment. Or have students work on their own (in their journals) or in their small groups to respond to the Think About the News question.
Lesson Plan Source
Education WorldNational Standards
LANGUAGE ARTS: English
GRADES K - 12
NL-ENG.K-12.2 Reading for Understanding
NL-ENG.K-12.7 Evaluating Data
NL-ENG.K-12.12 Applying Language Skills
MATHEMATICS: Number and Operations
GRADES Pre-K - 2
NM-NUM.PK-2.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
GRADES 3 - 5
NM-NUM.3-5.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
GRADES 6 - 8
NM-NUM.6-8.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
GRADES 9 - 12
NM-NUM.9-12.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
MATHEMATICS: Measurement
GRADES Pre-K - 2
NM-MEA.PK-2.1 Understand Measurable Attributes of Objects and the Units, Systems, and Processes of Measurement
GRADES 3 - 5
NM-MEA.3-5.1 Understand Measurable Attributes of Objects and the Units, Systems, and Processes of Measurement
GRADES 6 - 8
NM-MEA.6-8.1 Understand Measurable Attributes of Objects and the Units, Systems, and Processes of Measurement
GRADES 9 - 12
NM-MEA.9-12.1 Understand Measurable Attributes of Objects and the Units, Systems, and Processes of Measurement
MATHEMATICS: Representation
GRADES Pre-K - 12
NM-REP.PK-12.3 Use Representations to Model and Interpret Physical, Social, and Mathematical Phenomena
SCIENCE
GRADES K - 4
NS.K-4.4 Earth and Space Science
NS.K-4.7 History and Nature of Science
GRADES 5 - 8
NS.5-8.4 Earth and Space Science
NS.5-8.7 History and Nature of Science
GRADES 9 - 12
NS.9-12.4 Earth and Space Science
NS.9-12.7 History and Nature of Science
SOCIAL SCIENCES: Geography
GRADES K - 12
NSS-G.K-12.1 The World in Spatial Terms
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Article by Ellen Delisio and Gary Hopkins
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12/16/2014