Comic Weather

Author

Haley Donahue

Grade
Level

2nd grad

Integrated
disciplines
Content
Standards

Science

Objectives
:

3. Earth Systems Science 1. Weather and the changing

seasons impact the environment and organisms such as
humans, plants, and other animals
3. Writing and Composition 2. Exploring the writing process
helps to plan and draft a variety of literary genres 2.
Exploring the writing process helps to plan and draft a
variety of simple informational texts
1. Creativity and innovation; students demonstrate
creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop
innovative products and processes using technology. A.
apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas,
products, or processes b. create original works as a
means of personal or group expression d. identify
trends and forecast possibilities
Students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of
seasons and the weather that can occur during each season

Assessme
nt:

Teacher will assess students understanding of seasons by

observation (and rubric) of the project

Materials:

Internet access and a computer

Anticipato
ry Set:

At the end each student will have to go through and guess

which season belongs to which comic strip

Technolog
y
Integratio
n

By using comic strips students are able to use their

knowledge of technology to portray their content knowledge
of weather. Comic strips are a fun way to show the
knowledge gained and is an easy way to assess students
comprehension.
Students:
Teacher:
(in groups or individually) will Teacher will teach about the
create a story surrounding a seasons and different
particular weather and
weather that each season
season. Each student will
could have prior to this
receive a different season.
activity. This activity is an
The comic strip can be 3-10
assessment of what the

Writing
Standards
NETS-S

Procedure
s and
Learning
Activities

Differentia
tion
Closure
Reference
s:

strips long and must include

students have learned about
the following:
weather
At least two characters
The teacher will monitor each
Dialogue on every strip
comic strips progression and
Some sort of weather that
will keep each student on the
goes with the season
right path to display their
assigned to the student
knowledge of weather and
Vocabulary words and
seasons
descriptive words that go
with the weather/season
This lesson can be done individually or as a group. Having a
list of the different weathers that can occur during each
season that is visible to all the class can help students
When everyone is done with their comic strips the class will
share each strip and have the class guess which season is
their season
http://www.bitstrips.com/r/XDRLK (comic strip example)