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What’s the Weather Like? Created for a Life Skills Class Grades 2-4 Based on 1 st Grade Standards.
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What’s the Weather What’s the Weather Like? Like? Created for a Life Skills Created for a Life Skills Class Class Grades 2-4 Grades 2-4 Based on 1 Based on 1 st st Grade Grade Standards Standards
Transcript of What’s the Weather Like? Created for a Life Skills Class Grades 2-4 Based on 1 st Grade Standards.
What’s the Weather Like?What’s the Weather Like?
Created for a Life Skills ClassCreated for a Life Skills Class
Grades 2-4Grades 2-4
Based on 1Based on 1stst Grade Standards Grade Standards
Community BuilderCommunity Builder
Divide into 2 groups with a teacher/assistant Divide into 2 groups with a teacher/assistant with each groupwith each group
On chart paper, brainstorm words that On chart paper, brainstorm words that describe weather with adult writing the describe weather with adult writing the words on the chartwords on the chart
Bring groups together and compare list Bring groups together and compare list weather wordsweather words
Finding weather informationFinding weather information
Identify resources that will give weather informationIdentify resources that will give weather information
Newspaper Newspaper
Local TV newsLocal TV news The Weather ChannelThe Weather Channel
Ask students how they find out about the weather at homeAsk students how they find out about the weather at home
We can….We can….
collect daily weather information through collect daily weather information through observationsobservations
use the newspaper to locate weather conditions use the newspaper to locate weather conditions and predictionsand predictions
chart the weather conditions for one monthchart the weather conditions for one month
predict what conditions might occurpredict what conditions might occur
Draw 4 kinds of weather
1. 2.
3. 4.
Observing the weatherObserving the weather
make make weather station weather station http://www.fi.edu/weather/todo/todo.htmlhttp://www.fi.edu/weather/todo/todo.html
– Rain gaugeRain gauge– Weather vaneWeather vane– CompassCompass– Weather journal Weather journal
Weather Journal
date
time
temperature
precipitation
Wind direction
Extreme Weather Thunderstorms
Tornadoes
Hurricanes
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Graphing Weather
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sunny cloudy rain snow
Graphing temperature
• Divide into 2 groups.
• Graph temperature using a line graph format with assistance from teacher/assistant.
ForecastingForecasting
• Using the information from the maps you have, forecast where the clouds will be in three days.
• Draw them in their new positions on the map of the United States.
• Three days from the time you complete this activity watch the news. Look to see where the clouds actually are to check your answer.
Weather vocabulary word Weather vocabulary word sortsort
• Activity 1Activity 1
Make a set of cards with weather words; Make a set of cards with weather words; match words by opposites (hot/cold, match words by opposites (hot/cold, dry/wet, etc.)dry/wet, etc.)
• Activity 2Activity 2
Mix in cards with familiar words (colors, Mix in cards with familiar words (colors, number words, etc). Sort cards into 2 number words, etc). Sort cards into 2 categories: weather and othercategories: weather and other
