Standards:

Earth Science
3b. Students know changes in weather occur from day to day and across seasons, affecting Earth
and its habitants.
ELD: Kindergarten
Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
A. Collaborative
1. Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative conversations
on a range of social and academic topics.
B. Interpretive
5. Listening actively to spoken English in a range of social and academic contexts.
I. DESCRIPTION OF CONTENT & CONTENT TYPE (Fact, Procedure, Concept, or
Principle):
Students will understand the three major stages of the water cycle by watching an instructional
video. Students will understand the process of evaporation, condensation and precipitation.
II. LEARNING OUTCOME (Objective):
Students will be able to identify and describe the three processes of the water cycle.
III. CURRICULUM CONNECTION (How this lesson fits into lesson plan):
Unit topic: Water Cycle
Previous Lesson: Weather (Rain)
Next Lesson: Weather (Storm/ Lightning)
IV. INSTRUCTION
A ENGAGEMENT (Motivational Activity):
Teacher will demonstrate a wet shirt to the students and tell them that it is no longer
good, therefore the teacher will throw it away. Students will suggest for the teacher to put
it outside to dry in the sun. The teacher will then ask the students what happens to the
water on the shirt? Where does it go? Students will work with a partner to share their
thoughts before sharing as a class.
B INSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCE (Teaching Methodology with Student Activities):
Teacher will show the students a video on the three different process of the water cycle. Teacher
will pause the video to reinforce the academic vocabulary and explain in more detail each
process. Teacher will sing the water cycle song to help the students understand and remember the
process of the water cycle.

C. APPLICATION ACTIVITY (Practice and/or Reflection):

Students will glue each picture representing each process of the water cycle in the appropriate
box. Students will be asked to explain to their partner the process of the water cycle.

D. MATERIALS & RESOURCES:

Wet shirt
Dr. Binoc Video on Water Cycle
Worksheet
Pre-Cut Pictures
Song Lyrics
V. ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES (Methods for Obtaining Evidence of Learning):
Summative Assessment: Application activity.
VI. ACCOMODATIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL LEARNERS (CONTENT, INSTRUCTION,
PRACTICE):
Group work will be assigned to help struggling students. Students are assigned seats and partners
strategically based on their level of skills .Teacher will provide one on one assistance for
struggling learners. Students will be provided with visuals of the water cycle to refer back to if
needed. Students will learn a song on the water cycle to help the auditory learners.