Key Instructional Materials

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

For lesson one, we will be discussing how to

research. Nothing will be used to teach at this
time. Students will be using:
Paper and pencil
Chromebooks
Library books
(-Hurricanes by Seymour Simon
-Tornadoes by Seymour Simon
-Storms by Seymour Simon
-Hurricane &Tornado by Eyewitness
Books
-Weather Explained: A Beginners
Guide to the Elements by Derek
Nelson
-Extreme Weather by Michael Mogil
and Barbara Levine
-Inside Tornadoes by Mary Kay
Carson
-Inside Hurricanes by Mary Kay
Carson
-The Science of Tornadoes:
Understanding Weather Just for Kids!
by KidCaps
- Science Chapters: Violent Weather:
Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, and
Hurricanes by Andrew Collins)
Students will be completing a ticket out the
door.
For lesson two, we will begin by answering
the questions from the ticket-out-the-door.
Students will need:
Their notes from the previous day
Paper and pencil
Chromebooks
Library books from yesterday
Construction paper
They will need to choose some type of
organizer. A venn diagram would be the
wisest choice.

However, students are welcome to think

Lesson 3

outside of the box, or bubble. As long as they

are comparing and contrasting, they are
following instructions.
Students will need paper and pencil for a
quick write on what a well written paper
should include. They will need paper and
pencil to organize their notes.
I will be using the Active Board to teach them
how to organize their paper.
Lesson from Active Board:
Introduction

Topic
Hooks

Paragraph 1

Topic 1
Details

Paragraph 2

Topic 2
Details

Paragraph 3

Similariti
es
Details

Conclusion

Restate
the topic
Details
Finish it
up!

Restate
Topic
Details
Details
Details
Students
were then taught how to write
proper paragraphs. It is not enough to just
include details. Each
paragraph is like a
Topic
Restate topic
house.
Details
Details

Lesson 4

Students need a clean sheet of paper and a

pencil. They will be using all of the materials
that they have collected this week.
Students will be provided with a rubric to
promote their self-efficacy.

Lesson 4 rubric
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