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How can you get ready for a big storm?
Weather Watching Unit | Lesson 2 of 0
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# Extensions

Below are ideas for extending this topic beyond the activity & exploration you just completed.

# Activities: Weather Watchers

  • Create a bulletin board or a science notebook where students can use pictures or words to record weather each day.

  • Have students take turns being a “weather reporter.” Each day, the weather reporter describes the day’s weather. Is it rainy or dry? Warm or cold? Windy or still?

  • Make a simple windsock and hang it outside your window so students can observe changes in the wind direction and speed.

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“The story line was perfect for my kindergartners. We read the story the day after a thunderstorm and they could really relate to it. It was a good way for them to think about preparing for an emergency without being too scary.”
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“The compare/contrast component. Getting up and moving half way through to look out the window. Very appropriate for kindergarten.”
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“The students loved the book, especially the part where they had to find the items in the drawer to help in a power outage. They also loved making a windsock and noted when the wind was blowing by looking at their windsocks!”
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“It was fun to get up and go observe the weather outside! It worked out great because we used the paper from the last lesson's activity that we didn't get a chance to do as a way to record our observations. It made sense to do that after this read along because there was time left over! ”
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“I loved the literacy connection with built in cooperative discussion and learning opportunities. My students loved that they were becoming "weather watchers."”
· Rebecca · Teacher
“There information was age appropriate. The students love listening to the story and stopping the answer questions and looking out the window to check the weather for the day gave the students an opportunity to move around and starting to record the weather was a breeze for them to complete (not a difficult task).”
· Angela · Teacher
“The students have had great weather to watch as we were just visited by a tropical storm. Had the weather been the same everyday it might not have been as fun. They love getting up to look up at the sky! ”
· Mary · Teacher
“Connecting to students Hurricane Irma experiences.”
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Grade K

Weather & Seasons

Severe Weather & Preparation

K-ESS3-2

Activity Prep

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In this Read-Along lesson, JJ and his grandfather get ready for a big storm. The lesson includes a short exercise where students observe the weather and imagine how to prepare for a storm. You can extend the lesson with the optional activity, Weather Watchers, where students track the weather over four days.
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Weather Window worksheet 30 copies
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Think Ahead

Students will record the weather each day for four days using the Weather Window worksheet.

Think about:

  • What time of day do you want students to check the weather? Ideally, it should be about the same time each day.
  • How many days do you want students to check the weather? The worksheet has space to record weather for 4 days. If you want students to continue beyond 4 days, use the second page of the worksheet with blank day numbers that can be filled in.

Continue Exploring Weather Patterns

It’s fun watching the sky and tracking the weather. But your students probably won’t see dramatic changes in this short time. To make students aware of seasonal changes, we suggest they keep a four-day weather journal EACH SEASON. In other words, have students complete a worksheet in fall, in winter, in spring, and in summer. They should note the season on each worksheet and keep them in their science notebooks.

When they have completed all four seasons, compare the results in a class discussion. Look for patterns or trends in the weather where you live.

Grade K

Weather & Seasons

Severe Weather & Preparation

K-ESS3-2

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