Emmy Mathias

Topic:
Vocabulary of the Four Seasons
Content:
Concepts: seasons, temporal concepts, same/different, categories, questions,
grammar, vocabulary Vocabulary: seasons, winter, spring, summer, fall,
clothing, sports, weather, crops, animals
Goals:
The goal of this lesson is for language impaired students to increase vocabulary
knowledge and usage related to the Four Seasons.
Objectives:
Objectives are based upon each students' individual IEP goals (in the areas of
articulation, vocabulary, grammar, and listening comprehension); however,
below are the general objectives of the lesson: *to name all Four Seasons *to
describe the weather of each season *to list clothing necessary for each season
*to list appropriate activities for each season
Materials:
-computer or DVD player (to play video story) -book about seasons (EX: Seasons
of Arnold's Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons or Seasons by Patricia Quiri) -seasons
mini-book worksheet for students to create -pictures of activities, weather,
clothing, holidays from each season -large chart with division for 4 seasons
(draw a large circle and divide it into 4 pie pieces, each one labeled with a
different season)
Introduction:
1--Watch the Four Seasons Digital Picture Story and talk about the images seen
and sounds heard in each season. Vocabulary will be introduced and discussed:
winter, spring, summer, fall, weather, clothing, seasons, rain, thunder,
lightening, beach, etc. 2--Read a book about the Four Seasons, continuing our
discussion of the weather, clothing, activities that are related to each season
Development:
Using the picture chart that has a section for each season, we will sort out 1the clothing necessary for each season 2-the appropriate activities for each
season 3-the weather typical for each season.
Practice:
1--practice sorting the pictures into the individual seasons 2--create oral
sentences about what happens in each season given prompts for categories
(weather, activities, clothing) 3--answer questions about each season 4-compare and contrast seasons through questions and after completing sorting
activity
Accommodations:
*Visual sentence starters will be provided for students who have limited oral
speech (EX: In the Spring, I see _________). *Verbal prompts provided for

students whose understanding of the vocabulary is very limited to help them

determine which season each activity occurs within *Read aloud all information
in books and on pictures *Help students spell words in make-and-take book
Checking For Understanding:
Throughout the unit....questioning, having students talk about vocabulary
presented, complete Reading Counts tests on book(s) read, use vocabulary in
sentences during activity.
Closure:
Watch the Four Seasons digital picture story again to have the students talk
about what they are seeing and hearing using vocabulary learned. Provide a
copy of the story for students to take home along with their mini-books.
Evaluation:
The students' progress will be judged based on their individual goals. Data will
be kept on each IEP goal that correlates to students' performance during the
unit. Examples include: answering WH-questions, using vocabulary in
sentences, naming items in categories, naming categories, describing/defining
vocabulary, following directions.

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Lesson Plan Reflection:
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This is a lesson plan teaching the students about the seasons for lower
elementary grade levels. This lesson plan teaches the students the differences
of seasons. After learning the lesson, the students should be able to recognize
each season and associate appropriate characteristics with it. This lesson plan
will especially help students with special needs become more dependent and
be able to dress themselves appropriately. The students should know seasonal
vocabulary and identify seasonal holidays. This lesson plan is effective because
the students learn the content, apply their knowledge, and then reevaluate
what they learned again. This repetition is necessary especially for children
with special needs.
This lesson plan would be useful for teaching season and calendar and for
explaining how the school year looks. I would use this lesson plan around the
beginning of the school year, so that I could revisit their projects each time the
season changed. This content knowledge could easily be applied to science and
learning weather or to math and introducing fractions or learning the months of
the year. If I had time I would try to make this into a video project where the
kids could break into groups and document activities during certain seasons and
then editing it together. Learning the seasons and evaluating what you learned
can easily be applied to each individuals IEP. Seasons are important to teach
children, but are often overlooked because teachers are focusing what will be
directly on the standardized test, so this lesson plan is important to cultivate

the learners extracurricular knwoledge. This lesson plan has possibilities not
only in a special education classroom, but in the general classroom.