Content Standard: F. The Earth
Students will gain knowledge about the earth and the processes that change it.
Common Assessment(s): Maine LAD Seasons Book

Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements (Specific grade level learning objectives)	Suggested Performance Activities	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary
2. Analyze the relationships between observable weather patterns and the cycling of the seasons.	Students will identify the seasons, identify types of weather typical of each season and understand what a cycle is.	McGraw-Hill Science: Ch. 1, Topic 4, Lesson 1, P. 22 Trees Change, McGraw-Hill Science Resource book: p. 61 McGraw-Hill Science Big Book: Lesson 1 and 2 (p. 24 in Teachers' Ed.) Observe a tree on the grounds in the four seasons, take pictures or draw, assemble in a book. Write about it. McGraw-Hill Science: Ch. 3: Topic 3, P. 64-73.	Make a flip book of a tree in the seasons. Label the seasons. McGraw-Hill Science: P. 59 in Resource Book	Observe Weather Patterns Seasons Cycle Climate Temperature Assemble Flip book Label Daily patterns
3. Observe changes that are caused by water, snow, wind and ice.	.	Reading various weather books. Shared writing about changes in the environment caused by weather: erosion, branches down, snow drifting, ice jams. Freeze water in paper cup, observe that the water takes up more space than the water did.	Class discussion.	Cause Water Snow Wind Ice Freeze Melt Weather Change Environment Erosion Snow drifts Ice Jams Space