Spring Is in the Air Lesson Plan
Academic Standards
Reading Objective:
Children will read an emergent text about signs of spring.
Science Focus:
Seasons, signs of spring
Literacy Focus:
emergent texts
Vocabulary:
bee, bird, blossom, butterfly, kite, puddle, rain cloud, spring
CCSS:
RI.K.1, L.K.6, SL.K.2
- Watch our video The Sounds of Spring. Ask children, “Do you think it is spring yet? How can you tell it is spring where we live?”
- Read the mini book together.
- Then do the Show What You Know skill sheet as a followup activity. You can project it and discuss the questions together, or send it home for kids to work on with families.
- With our Kite Patterns game, kids practice patterning with a fun spring theme.
- Our Spring Find It skill sheet challenges kids to find spring things in a beautiful spring scene.
Materials: Spring Nature Walk skill sheets, pencils, crayons
- Go for a scientific walk outside! Give each child a skill sheet, a pencil, and a writing surface.
- Then take your walk and invite kids to look for the signs of spring on the sheet: a cloud, an insect, a bird, and a flower. Remind children that each of these things can come in different shapes and colors!
- Children can check off each thing they see. Back in class, they can use crayons to show what theirs looked like.
- Let children compare their observations to see how much variety spring brings!