Lower and Upper Grades Water Cycle Thematic Unit (Print Version)

In the Upper-Grades product, you will get:

• Water Cycle Thematic Unit Outline: This outline gives a brief overview of each of the components of the entire product to make planning your unit easy and effortless.
• Unit Sample Schedule: The sample schedule is a guide to using each of the lessons as a complete water cycle unit.
• Unit Introduction Lesson and Water Cycle KWL: This introductory lesson introduces the students to the water cycle and has the students fill out the first part of their water cycle KWL chart to spark their interest.
• Water Cycle Vocabulary Lesson and Worksheets: This water cycle vocabulary lesson and worksheets will familiarize your students with the terminology associated with the water cycle. You may use the Vocabulary Cards during this lesson as well!
• Water Cycle Vocabulary Cards/Word Wall/Posters: These Vocabulary pages contain REAL PICTURES and the definitions of the following water cycle vocabulary words: The Water Cycle, evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection, runoff, and vapor.
• The Water Cycle Worksheet: This worksheet has students fill in each of the steps of the water cycle.
  Science Lesson Plan and Worksheets: Students will create their own mini water cycle using a bowl, mug, water, etc. to show each of the steps. They will conduct the experiment using the scientific method laid out on the accompanying worksheets.
• Language Arts Lesson Plan and Worksheet: Students will create a “Living Sentence” for the water cycle. Students will review the parts of speech to create an interesting sentence and act it out as a group.
• Writing Lesson Plan and Worksheet: Students will write a “Story of a Raindrop” a first-person narrative about a raindrop going through the water cycle.
• Art Lesson Plan: Students will love creating a shaving cream artwork of the water cycle.
  Social Studies Lesson and Worksheet: Students will learn about how the water cycle affects them and their community.
• Water Cycle Newspaper Project Lesson Plan and Newspaper Template: Students will write two articles about the water cycle in their community, a comic, and an illustration. A draft newspaper template and final newspaper template are included to help take your students from the drafting process to the final project.
• Water Cycle Unit Rubrics: Rubrics are included for the lessons and for the final project to make the grading process easy.

In the Lower Grades product, you will get:

• Easy to Follow Unit Outline for quick and simple lesson planning
• 3 Week Unit Sample Schedule for at a glance planning weeks in advance
• Unit Intro Lesson with KWL Chart to get your students excited about the upcoming science unit
• Water Cycle Vocabulary Lesson with worksheets to introduce important vocabulary words and water cycle concepts
• Bright, Fun, & Informative Vocabulary Posters to accompany the Water Cycle Vocabulary Lesson Plan
• The Water Cycle Worksheet to get your students thinking about and identifying each part of the water cycle
• Cloud Science Experiment so that your students will witness what happens when clouds get too full of water
• Story of a Raindrop Writing Lesson: Students will enjoy writing a first-person narrative about a raindrop and the water cycle
• The Shaving Cream Water Cycle Art Lesson will be your students’ favorite lesson in this unit. They will love the hands-on, messy experience!
• Water Cycle and the Community Worksheet to help students relate the importance of water to themselves
• Final Project Dance Activity to get your students moving and learning all at the same time
• Grading Rubrics for easy grading