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

• Lesson Assessment : Open-ended drawing/writing prompt
• Vocab Cards: With these Vocabulary Cards, students practice reading and writing skills while learning science vocabulary.
• Readings: These books will get your students thinking & talking about weather.
• Activities: Our Weather Report

Weather Introduces students to many types of weather with beautiful photos and simple text.

Come On, Rain by Karen Hesse — A girl watches plants and people droop in a drought — then spring back to life when the rain falls. Questions for your students: Why did the girl want rain? How did she know that rain was coming? What happened when rain came?

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, a video read aloud story about a boy’s adventures on a very snowy day. Also available as a print book in English & Spanish.

Want your students to start paying attention to the weather? Try these two activities:

• 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?

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