Seasons of the Year

Seasons of the Year

Ages 3–6 · 7 minutes · English, Science

Go exploring through four seasons of the year

In this lesson, students will:

- Explore the four seasons of the year
- Discuss weather, seasonal clothing, and activities
- Share your favorite things to do each season!
- Interact and make connections to the story

Part of

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

  • D2.Geo.4.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Explain how weather, climate, and other environmental characteristics affect people’s lives in a place or region.
  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • ELD-SI.K-3.Narrate — Multilingual learners will… • Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning • Connect stories with images and representations to add meaning • Ask questions about what others have shared • Recount and restate ideas • Discuss how stories might end or next steps

Alabama

  • ELA21.K.2 — Actively engage in teacher-led reading experiences and collaborative discussions with peers to build background knowledge needed to be successful as they learn to read and, later, read to learn.
  • SC23.K.9 — Observe, record, and communicate local weather patterns over a period of time.

Alaska

  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

Arizona

  • K.E1U1.4 — Observe, describe, ask questions, and predict seasonal weather patterns; and how those patterns impact plants and animals (including humans).
  • K.G2.1 — Explain how water and weather impacts humans.

Arkansas

  • G.1.K.6 — Identify the influence of weather and climate on people’s daily lives.
  • K.RC.4.RF — Build general and academic vocabulary and background knowledge of age and grade-appropriate topics through discussion, reading, and writing.
  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • K.RC.7.RF — Demonstrate comprehension of age and grade-appropriate texts by speaking or writing.

California

  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

Colorado

  • SC.P.3.2.d — Recognizes familiar elements of the natural world and demonstrates an understanding that these may change over time (e.g., sun and moon, weather).
  • RWC20-GR.PS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.a — Show interest in shared reading experiences and looking at books independently.
  • SC.K.3.1.a — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • RWC20-GR.K-S.1-GLE.1-EO.a — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Connecticut

  • GEO.K.4 — Explain how weather, climate, and other environmental characteristics affect people’s lives in places or regions.
  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

Delaware

  • Weather is the combination of sunlight, wind, snow or rain, and temperature in a particular region at a particular time. People measure these conditions to describe and record the weather and to notice patterns over time.
  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
  • SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Florida

  • SS.K.G.3.3 — Describe and give examples of seasonal weather changes, and illustrate how weather affects people and the environment.
  • SS.1.G.1.6 — Describe how location, weather, and physical environment affect the way people live in our community.

Georgia

  • S1E1.d — Analyze data to identify seasonal patterns of change.

Hawaii

  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

Idaho

  • The four seasons occur in a specific order due to their weather patterns. (K-ESS-1.1)
  • K-ESS-1.1 — Students who demonstrate understanding can: Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe variations in patterns throughout the year.
  • Weather is the combination of sunlight, wind, snow or rain, and temperature in a particular region, at a particular time. People measure these conditions to describe and record patterns over time. (K-ESS-1.1)
  • Seasons are created by weather patterns for a particular region and time. Local patterns create four distinct seasons. (1-ESS-1.2)

Illinois

  • ESS2.D-P1 — Weather is the combination of sunlight, wind, snow or rain, and temperature in a particular region at a particular time. People measure these conditions to describe and record the weather and to notice patterns over time.
  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • SS.K.G.1 — With guidance and support, explain how weather, climate and other environmental factors affect people's lives and cultural identities in our region.
  • INFO-P1 — Read grade-appropriate texts and use media to obtain scientific information to determine patterns in the natural world.

Indiana

  • K.CC.3 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media. (E)
  • K.ESS.3 — Investigate the local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • K.CC.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations about grade-appropriate topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. (E)

Iowa

  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

Kansas

  • Weather is the combination of sunlight, wind, snow or rain, and temperature in a particular region at a particular time. People measure these conditions to describe and record the weather and to notice patterns over time.
  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about Kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Kentucky

  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • L.K.4.c — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.

Louisiana

  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • K.22 — Explain how weather impacts daily life and choices.

Maine

  • Participate in collaborative conversations about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • R.4.K.a — Ask and answer questions with prompting and support about who, what, when, where, and how.
  • SL.3.K.a — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Maryland

  • identifying ways that people in Maryland adapt to their environment including wearing different types of clothing throughout the year in their school.
  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

Massachusetts

  • PreK-ESS2-5(MA) — Describe how local weather changes from day to day and over the seasons and recognize patterns in those changes.
  • PreK-ESS2-6(MA) — Provide examples of the impact of weather on living things.
  • SL.K.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.

Michigan

  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • 1–G5.0.2 — Describe ways in which the physical environment in a place or region affects people’s lives.

Minnesota

  • 0.2.5.2 — Verbally or visually respond to a story, with support and guidance.
  • 0E.2.1.1.2 — Make daily and seasonal observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time. (P: 4, CC: 1, CI: ESS2)
  • 0.3.1.1.c — Exchange ideas in storytelling, discussion and collaboration, with intentional inclusion of voices of Dakota and Anishinaabe people and other perspectives: follow sequence of a story or discussion or steps in a process.

Mississippi

  • E.K.8A.1 — Construct an explanation of the pattern of the Earth’s seasonal changes in the environment using evidence from observations.

Missouri

  • K.ESS2.D.1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • K.R.1.D.a — engaging with text as developmentally appropriate
  • Weather is the combination of sunlight, wind, snow or rain, and temperature in a particular region at a particular time. People measure these conditions to describe and record the weather and to notice patterns over time.

Montana

  • K-ESS2-1 — use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time; and
  • RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
  • SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Nebraska

  • SS K.3.3.b — Identify the four seasons.
  • SS K.3.3.a — Identify types of weather and the impact of weather on everyday life.
  • SS K.3.3 — Explore the relationship between humans and their physical environment.

Nevada

  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

New Hampshire

  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
  • SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

New Jersey

  • 6.1.2.Geo.HE.1 — Explain how seasonal weather changes, climate, and other environmental characteristics affect people's lives in a place or region.
  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

New Mexico

  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

New York

  • K.7a — Climate, seasonal weather changes, and the physical features associated with the community and region all affect how people live.
  • P-ESS2-1 — Ask questions, make observations, and collect and record data using simple instruments to recognize patterns about how local weather conditions change daily and seasonally.

North Carolina

  • ESS.K.1 — Understand change and observable patterns of weather that occur from day to day and throughout the year.
  • RL.K.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
  • SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  • ESS.K.1.1 — Analyze and interpret data to compare changes in the environment due to weather.

North Dakota

  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • K.R.2 — Respond to a variety of texts, photographs, or illustrations before, during, and after shared reading or other text-listening experiences to compare, contrast, predict, or infer.
  • Weather is the combination of sunlight, wind, precipitation, and temperature in a particular region at a particular time. People measure these conditions to describe and record the weather and to notice patterns over time.

Ohio

  • K.ESS.1 — Weather changes are long-term and short-term.
  • SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations about kindergarten topics and texts with diverse partners in small and larger groups.
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Oklahoma

  • K.8.R — Students will listen and respond to read-alouds, participate in shared reading, and interact independently with texts.
  • K.3.R.2 — Students will ask and answer basic questions (e.g., who, what, where, and when) about texts, photographs, or illustrations during shared reading or other text experiences with prompting.
  • PK.8.R — Students will listen and respond to read-alouds, participate in shared reading, and interact independently with texts.
  • K.1.S.4 — Students will orally describe personal interests or tell stories to peers and adults using agreed-upon rules (e.g., taking turns, staying on topic).
  • K.ESS2.1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

Oregon

  • 1.7 — Explain how seasonal changes influence activities in school and community.
  • K.ESS2.1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time. [Clarification Statement: Examples of qualitative observations could include descriptions of the weather (such as sunny, cloudy, rainy, and warm); examples of quantitative observations could include numbers of sunny, windy, and rainy days in a month. Examples of patterns could include that it is usually cooler in the morning than in the afternoon and the number of sunny days versus cloudy days in different months.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment of quantitative observations limited to whole numbers and relative measures such as warmer/cooler.]
  • K.SL.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  • K.RL.10 — Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
  • K.SL.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Pennsylvania

  • 3.3.K.A — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

Rhode Island

  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

South Carolina

  • K-ESS2-1. — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time. Clarification Statement: Examples of qualitative observations could include descriptions of the weather (sunny, cloudy, rainy, or warm). Examples of quantitative observations could include numbers of sunny, windy, and rainy days in a month. Examples of patterns could include that mornings are cooler than afternoons and the number of sunny days versus cloudy days during different months. State Assessment Boundary: Assessment of quantitative observations are limited to whole numbers and relative measures such as warmer/cooler.
  • K-ESS2-1.DCI.D: — Weather and Climate Weather is the combination of sunlight, wind, snow, or rain, and temperature in a particular region at a particular time. People measure these conditions to describe and record the weather and to notice patterns over time. NRC Framework Link
  • ELA.K.C.8.1 — Participate with peers and adults in structured discussions and routines about grade-appropriate topics and texts: a. enter a conversation by greeting, taking turns, and responding to others with statements, phrases, and/or questions; and b. consider the ideas of others while engaging in conversations.
  • K-ESS2-1.SEP.A: — Analyzing and Interpreting Data Analyzing data in K-2 builds on prior experiences and progresses to collecting, recording, and sharing observations. Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns in the natural world in order to answer scientific questions. NRC Framework Link

South Dakota

  • K.SL.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • K.SL.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events. With prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Tennessee

  • K.ESS2.2 — Develop and use models to predict weather and identify patterns in spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
  • K.ETS1.1 — Ask and answer questions about the scientific world and gather information using the senses.

Texas

  • K.8B — identify events that have repeating patterns, including seasons of the year and day and night; and
  • K.10B — observe and describe weather changes from day to day and over seasons; and
  • 1.8C — identify characteristics of the seasons of the year and day and night; and

Utah

  • P4.R.5 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions and make connections about a text. (RL & RI)
  • P4.SL.1 — Participate in conversations with peers and adults, using ageappropriate vocabulary on topics and texts.
  • K.1.1 — Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about local, observable weather conditions to describe patterns over time. Emphasize the students’ collection and sharing of data. Examples of data could include sunny, cloudy, windy, rainy, cold, or warm. (ESS2.D)

Vermont

  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • D2.Geo.4.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Explain how weather, climate, and other environmental characteristics affect people’s lives in a place or region.

Virginia

  • K.9.b — The student will investigate and understand that there are patterns in nature. Key patterns include seasonal changes.
  • 1.7.b — There are relationships between daily weather and the season.
  • K.9.a — The student will investigate and understand that there are patterns in nature. Key patterns include daily weather.

Washington

  • G2.K.1 — Explain how weather, climate, and other environmental characteristics affect people’s lives in a place or region.
  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

Washington, D.C.

  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • 1.23 — Describe how location, weather and physical environment affect the way people live, including the effects on their food, clothing, shelter, transportation and recreation.

West Virginia

  • Explain how weather, climate, and other environmental characteristics affect people's lives in a place or region.
  • SS.K.11 — Compare and contrast the ways humans adapt based on seasons and weather.
  • ELA.PK.SL.EL.3 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events through a variety of verbal and symbolic forms.

Wisconsin

  • Students recognize that patterns in the natural and human designed world can be observed, used to describe phenomena, and used as evidence.
  • ELA.K.SL.4 — With guidance and support, describe familiar people, places, things, and events.
  • Weather is the combination of sunlight, wind, snow or rain, and temperature in a particular region and time. People record weather patterns over time.
  • ELA.K.R.3 — With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and important events in a story or pieces of information in a text. (RI&RL)

Wyoming

  • K-ESS2-1 — Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
  • SS2.5.4 — Environment and Society Identify how people, including Indigenous Tribes of Wyoming, may adjust to and/or change their environment in order to survive (e.g., clothing, houses, foods, and natural resources). RL.1.2, RL.2.3 RI.1.3, Rl.2.2, RI.2.10 W.K.2, W.K.7 W.1.1, W.1.7 W.2.1 W.2.7 SL.K.4, SL.1.4 SL.2.2 K-2-ETS1-1, 2-ESS2-1