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Describe this weather: Weather

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Lesson Assessment : Open-ended drawing/writing prompt
Activity: With these Vocabulary Cards, students practice reading and writing skills while learning science vocabulary.
Read-Aloud: These books will get your students thinking & talking about weather.

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### Read-aloud books

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 (English & Spanish) — A boy experiments in the snow — making footprints, creating snow angels, and trying to save a snowball for the next day. Questions for your students: What do you think happened to the snowball that Peter put in his pocket? How would you save a snowball? Available as a video read aloud.

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sunnny path in park by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: Adam MeInyk

kid staring at the sky by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: Zurijeta

morning storm by Ali A , used under CC BY

thunder audio clip by juskiddink , used under CC BY

elderly man on porch by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: All kind of people

lightning in the distance by Margaret Nissen

leaves blowing in the wind by Mike Seidel

boy shivering cold by Showface

severe thunderstorm by BikeGeedMTDX

clouds in the sky by epSos.de

cumulonimbus mushroom cloud by Sfortis

flag waving in the wind by M.D. Rusch , used under CC BY

boy looking at sky with binoculars by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: Blacqbook

boy looking out at the sea by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: urbans

boy pointing at sky by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: Michael Levy

boy with windmill by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: mimagephotography

little boy thinking by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: Olena Zaskochenko

little boy pointing up by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: Olena Zaskochenko

kid looking out the window by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: Tomsickova Tatyana

boy riding a bike by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: AlexussK

hiker on a mountain by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: Olga Danylenko

american flag by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: Quang Ho

cumulus cloud by Phillip Halling , used under CC BY

little girl on a windy day by Image used under license from 123rf.com: Franck Boston

heavy rain by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: bikeriderlondon

snowy bench by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: Adam Gryko

sunny park by David Mark , used under Public Domain

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view outside the window by Phillip Brewer

storm watching crew by Hokiestorm

hand pointing to the sky by Image used under license from Shutterstock.com: quingquing

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“I thought the lesson was great as I whole. It was easy prep, the lesson and focus was well written and students where able to apply the concept immediately. They were all successful. I loved it so much that I immediately recommended it to my grade level. They are looking forward to teaching it.”

“It was great! It is so well done. The language is kid friendly and it was slow paced enough to interject and clarify. The four components of being a Weather Watcher make it very concrete. The kids loved drawing the weather. ”

“My deaf and hard of hearing kids, who are usually not very verbal, had some great stories to tell and couldn't stop talking about times where they had seen a storm. They really enjoyed sitting outside and being weather watchers too. Great lesson!”

“Student engagement! I work with 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade special needs students. I was very surprised with how my students were excited to learn and look at the sky. They were so involved with what they learned it was hard to keep them from looking out the window. It was the perfect day, we had mixed storm showers on and off all day. They really enjoyed it!”

“Even though I teach first grade, we started with a kindergarten level Mystery because my students didn't have much background lessons in kindergarten. It was right on their level. I loved the visuals included in the mysteries. It put everything into context for the students. We turned our weather observation into a mini science journal so that we can add a cover, the date, time, title, and vocab to the back. I also had them decorate the cover to show me their schema with weather (what did they think weather looked like?)”

“The excitement from my kids about being Weather Watchers. "Were you a weather watcher when you were a kid?!" We've always talked about weather, but this lesson gave four important aspects of weather to observe and record.”

“Getting the kids outside and having them draw their pictures. Works on not only weather recognition but art, colors, numbers ( how many clouds,trees,etc do you see?), grammar. This was our first lesson and love the site! ”

“This lesson was wonderful for my 6 year old boy and 9 year old boy. They had a great time observing the weather and have continued to observe! So far we are loving Mystery Science! Simple, educational, and I love the age ranges posted for my convenience. ”

Weather Drawing printout	1 per student
Clipboard	1 clipboard per student
Crayons Choose 3 different colors for the sky, clouds, and sun. Colored pencils or markers also work.	Details 3 crayons per student

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