Tiered Lesson Activity

							                         Tiered Lesson Activity
Topic for the tiered assignment: Weather


Duration: 1, 30 minute library research time
          3, 45 minute classroom times


Learning Goals: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate
tools to build an understanding of the changes in weather.


Specific personalized goals for specific students:
           Struggling learners: The learner will recall 4 weather facts and
             draw the water cycle.
           Average learners: The learner will recall 6 weather facts, draw and
             label the water cycle.
           Advanced learners: The learner will recall 8 weather facts, draw,
             label, and describe the water cycle.


Pre-assessment plans: At the beginning of the weather unit we made a class
KWL chart. We activated prior knowledge through the use of literature
(Weather Words by Gail Gibbons).

Tiers of the Activity:
    Tier 1-Weather Facts Sheets: 8 weather facts, list and describe seasons,
       draw & describe the water cycle, list 3 weather fun facts, list 3 weather
       vocabulary terms with definitions.
    Tier 2-Weather Facts Sheet: 6 weather facts, list & describe seasons, draw
       & label the water cycle, 2 fun facts, 3 weather vocabulary terms with
       definitions.
    Tier 3-Weather Facts Sheet: 4 weather facts, list & illustrate seasons, draw
       water cycle, list 1 fun fact, 3 weather vocabulary terms with definitions.


How product was graded: A rubric was developed based on different
components of the product such as accuracy, neatness, etc.

Monitoring student work and progress: Students were informally observed
while they were doing research and completing the weather fact sheet.