Spring Is in the Air Lesson Plan

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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

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  • 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.
Example of a completed skill sheet

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!