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//Title// - Tracking Our Weather //By// - Andrea Edgar, modified by Ashley Harcrow //Primary Subject// - Language Arts //Secondary Subjects// - Computers & Internet, Science Grade Level - 1
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//Academic Objectives:// The students will be able to use the computer to track the weather for 5 days using the internet. (weather.com) In addition, the students will use weather.com information to make observations about the weather. Standard(s): 1.W1.6.21-RS2.2

//Lesson Introduction:// We talk about the weather everyday, but we are going to start looking at the weather in a more exciting way! In order to be better weathermen and women, we should use as much information as we can to make our weather decision during calendar time. We can use information from the internet to inform our decision. To do this we will be using the computer website weather.com.

//Instructional Process:// __Activity #1__: We will first discuss how to use the internet and the computer correctly. Notes: Each student will be given a turn to try out the mouse on the computer to navigate the page during center time.

__Activity #2__: I will then show them how to type in the web address weather.com, so we can see what the weather is. Notes: This will be done by using the projector and screen, so that all students can see on the TV what I am doing so they will be familiar with the process when they get the opportunity to do it during center times.

__Activity #3__: We will then look at the week's forecast to see what the weather will be and then compare at the end of the week to see if weather.com was accurate. . We will continue this for the rest of the year or until the students grow tired with it. Notes: We will look at the website to predict what the weather will be, then we will make a chart to record the predictions.This will be a class chart done on chart paper and hung on the board each day for the students to see and fill in. We will use this chart to see if the actual weather for the day matches with weather.com predictions.

//Homework or extension activity:// A note will be sent home in order to inform parents of the classroom activities. The parents will be encouraged to ask the children about the weather and explore the internet for more information about the weather and check weather.com periodically.

//Assessment/Reflection:// There will be no formal assessment taken on this assignment. I will observe each student as they use the computer and the Internet to see if each student is using the computer correctly. I will also ask them questions to make sure they understand as we go through the assignment.

I have never used the internet when teaching a lesson so I think this is a good first step in combining a daily activity and technology (more specifically the internet). Since calendar is a part of the classroom's daily routine, introducing weather.com to the students would be a great way to enrich the time. The students observe out the window and recall their morning to vote on what they think the weather is like for the day. I would not introduce this lesson too early in the year so they develop their observation skills and get in a comfortable routine. I would introduce this in the second half of the year as a tool the class can use to be more accurate weathermen and women. The first day of adding the internet during calendar time would only consist of me pulling up the website on the screen and pointing to the important information. The students will use that information to vote on the weather. I will then tell them that they will learn how to pull up the website themselves. In order to maintain classroom behavior and make sure each student is able to master a weather.com login- I would only allow the students access to the computer during center time. I would personally teach each student in the small center groups of 4 students. Once all the students have appeared to understand the process, we would begin to implement weather.com each morning. (name sticks to be drawn to decide who gets to type in weather.com). In order to take the information the class gets from weather.com to the 'next level,' in whole group instruction, the class will keep track of each week's weather. At the beginning of each week, the class will navigate weather.com to see the forecast and use chart paper to keep record of the predictions. This way for each day the students can compare the prediction with the actual weather and see if weather.com was correct. In order for the students to monitor the weather on their own, a note will be sent home in their homework folders telling parents how weather.com is being used in the classroom and that they are encouraged to check the weather with their child.
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