Weather

All year, every month, each day I ask my class, "What's the weather like today?".  This year I noticed that I have a few students who didn't know what weather is or how it relates to them.  With that thought in mind I sat out to find out what my class truly knew about weather I recorded their weather knowledge on the chart below.

Note: this is the finished product. I record their new learning as we go along. 

Here are a few of my favorite non fiction books about weather.  

The first book that I read to the class is called Weather! It does a great job of introducing the different types of weather. 

Next, I have my class brainstorm about the different types of weather, and I record their answers on the anchor chart above. It's not beautiful, but it does the trick.

My class made this foldable book to demonstrate their knowledge about weather words. We also talked about the Tricky Y as we wrote them down.   

We read a few different non fiction books about clouds.  My inspiration for these cute anchor charts came from the  Inspired Apple.  I used them to teach about the different types of clouds, and where in the sky they are located. 

After doing some cloud watching I had my class describe the different types of clouds.  I recorded their adjectives on the chart above.

Then, I had them perform this science experiment showing what happens when water droplets become to heavy for the cloud to hold.  My class LOVED this experiment!

We used a picture graph to graph our favorite kind of weather.

My class wrote about their favorite type of weather.

I had a lot of requests from my kinders to teach them about tornadoes.  I started out by reading them the book pictured above.

Then, I recorded what they learned on this anchor chart.  I got the idea for this adorable chart from here.

Another science experiment that I had my class perform was making a tornado in a cup.  I must say this was a hit!

We have been practicing "How- to" writing. This was the perfect opportunity to have them write about how to make a tornado.

Here are a few of my favorite weather videos both by Harry Kindergarten...

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Weather

Hi Everybody!! It's summer break and I have absolutely no excuse to not post.  My little blog is going to be neglected no longer!! I have a lot to share with you all, so sit down, grab a snack, and enjoy the highlights of our weather unit.  

                               

If you have read my blog you know that I am always on the search for interesting non fiction books.  The books pictured above were a great introduction to weather.

My kinders brainstormed about the different types of weather and I recorded it on the chart above.

                          My class made mini books about the different types of weather.  

          Good nonfiction books about clouds for this age level are hard to come by!!! So you can imagine my elation when I found these... I seriously feel like I hit the jackpot LOL!

My kindergartners learned about the different types of clouds.  The picture above shows my large science notebook that came with the science curriculum.  

My class came up with so many great adjectives to describe clouds! I recored their amazing adjectives on the chart pictured above.  Abby at The Inspired Apple came up with all of these adorable cloud anchor charts.

My kinders learned the names of each cloud and how to identify them.  We looked up real pictures of what the clouds looked like so we could spot them.  

I used this FUN cloud experiment (courtesy of the blog Learning Ideas grades K-8) to wrap up our weather unit.  I paired up my class and together they observed what happens when a cloud fills up with water.  My kinders LOVED this experiment, and I loved hearing their conversations about why it rains!

Lastly, we learned about the water cycle.  We used this simple experiment to demonstrate how it works.

                                        Don't forget to check out BrainPOP jr.'s video on the water cycle! 

Miss H.