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Kindergarten · Science · Unit 11 of 13

Four Seasons

What each season is like

What your child practices

Practices describing each of the four seasons: the weather, what people wear and do, and what plants and animals do.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: K.9 · weather patterns through the four seasons

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. There are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter.
  2. Leaves turn red and fall in autumn.
  3. Some animals sleep through the cold winter.

Example: Which season comes after summer? Spring, summer, then autumn. Answer: autumn

Four Seasons in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 11 of 13 in Kindergarten Science, after Weather & Seasons and before Stormy Weather.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    In spring, rain helps flowers to…

    • grow
    • vanish
    • melt
    • freeze

  2. Question 2

    Which animal sleeps through the cold winter?

    • a seagull
    • a goldfish
    • a groundhog
    • a dolphin

  3. Question 3

    How many seasons are there in a year?

    • six
    • two
    • three
    • four

  4. Question 4

    What do we wear on a snowy day?

    • a sun hat only
    • a warm coat and mittens
    • a swimsuit
    • sandals and shorts

  5. Question 5

    Which do we pick in autumn?

    • apples
    • snowflakes
    • frost
    • icicles

  6. Question 6

    Which stays the same in all four seasons?

    • Leaves are always red
    • It always snows
    • Day and night take turns
    • It is always hot

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