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How do you know what to wear for the weather?

How do you know what to wear for the weather?
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# Optional Activity: Wind & Weather

You can tell if the wind is blowing just by looking out the window — if you know what to look for.

1) Listen to the poem “Who Has Seen the Wind?” as your teacher reads it out loud.

2) Observe and discuss: “Can you see the wind? Look out the window and tell me if it’s windy. How do you know?”

Advance to the next slide.

3) Here are some things that tell us that the wind is blowing.

  • A flapping flag
  • Fluttering leaves
  • Dead leaves or dust blowing across the ground

4) Think about what it's like to be a tree in the wind. Stand up and pretend to be:

  • a tree on a calm day
  • a tree when the wind is blowing gently
  • a tree when the wind is blowing really hard

Advance to the next slide.

# Extensions

Below is an idea for extending this topic beyond the activity & exploration you just completed.

  • Lesson Assessment : Open-ended drawing prompt
  • Two hundred years ago, a British Navy officer named Francis Beaufort made observations that told him how fast the wind was blowing. His observations became the Beaufort Scale. People still sometimes use the Beaufort Scale to estimate wind speed. You and your students can use this to estimate how fast the wind is blowing today.

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· Jane · Teacher
“This was perfect! We were weather watchers for the week, drawing what we saw through the big windows. We added ourselves to the picture in the appropriate clothing for the temperature after reading this story.”
· Anne · Teacher
“Went outside and used the real sun! Worked great! Easier than trying to find a light source for everyone to use. We had to make sure to turn the city so the mountains made the shadow.”
· Megi · Teacher
“The kids were excited about how the boy kept losing his sweater. It reminded them about their day at school, how they lose their sweaters/jackets at PE. Then we discussed why we take it off at PE. How our bodies work hard and produce heat when they play. Thank you for this wonderful piece. we all enjoyed it.”
· Soumini · Teacher
“The discussion on why weather changed during the day was the best part (Students said, "Because mother nature wants to change it up" "God does it." and one student thankfully brought up the sun's part in the whole thing!. My children were engaged with the story too. They were not mystified by the location of where the clothing was left. That part was obvious to them. So, some of the questions were great and some, not so much.”
· Beth · Teacher

Activity Prep

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In this Read-Along lesson, Kevin becomes a weather detective to figure out why he keeps losing his warm clothes. The lessons includes a short exercise where students observe the weather and compare it to what they remember from earlier in the day. You can extend the lesson with the optional activity, Wind and Weather, in which students use poetry and observation to start noticing which way the wind is blowing, an important factor in how weather changes over time.
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Prep Instructions

This activity does not require supplies.

As an optional activity, we suggest you read a short poem called "Who Has Seen the Wind?" aloud to your students. If you have access to a window or an outdoor area, we suggest having students observe the effects of any breezes (such as a flapping flag or rustling leaves). If you have space, students can act out what it's like to be a tree on a calm day, when the wind is blowing gently, and when the wind is blowing hard.

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  • Two hundred years ago, a British Navy officer named Francis Beaufort made observations that told him how fast the wind was blowing. His observations became the Beaufort Scale. People still sometimes use the Beaufort Scale to estimate wind speed. You and your students can use this to estimate how fast the wind is blowing today.

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