Kindergarden - Seasons and Weather

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52 Seasons and Weather: Supplemental Guide 3 | Spring


 Use a combination of drawing and dictating to present a spring scene
based on information from the read-aloud “Spring” (W.K.2)
 With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and
suggestions from peers and edit drawing of spring scene (W.K.5)
 Participate in class research project to chart daily weather conditions
onto the Class Weather Journal (W.K.7)
 With assistance, categorize and organize information about the
unique characteristics of winter onto a Seasons Comparison Chart
(W.K.8)
 Describe what spring is like in their locality (SL.K.4)
 Create a drawing with sufficient detail of the season of spring (SL.K.5)
 Produce and expand complete sentences to show cause and effect
using the word because in shared language activities (L.K.1f)
 Identify multiple meanings of spring and use them in appropriate
contexts (L.K.4a)
 Demonstrate understanding of the adverb gradually by relating it to its
opposite, suddenly (L.K.5b)
 Identify real-life connections between words—melt, blossoms, spring,
and gradually—and their use (L.K.5c)
 Learn the meaning of sayings “April showers bring May flowers,” and
“March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb” (L.K.6)

Core Vocabulary
blossoms, n. Flowers on trees or bushes
Example: Washington, D.C., has beautiful cherry blossoms in the
spring.
Variation(s): blossom
floods, v. When water overflows and spreads out onto dry land
Example: The river floods when we get too much rain at once.
Variation(s): flood, flooded, flooding
gradually, adv. Slowly; bit by bit
Example: The fields across from our home gradually turn green in the
spring.
Variation(s): none
seedlings, n. Young plants
Example: The seedlings will grow into larger plants.
Variation(s): seedling
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