Grade: 1
*This is a lesson I taught to first grade students as part of an instructional sequence during my student teach pre-internship.
1. Read the story How Do You Know It’s Summer? by Allan Fowler.
2. Use the summer power point slides to teach the characteristics of summer.
3. Model the summer sort, then split the students into partners and have them complete.
4. Review and check for understanding.
5. Have the students complete the two summer pages in their season book. For below-level writers, have the words outlined for them to trace.
