WEATHER WATCHERS!

Day 5-Students will get in groups of 2 and write a story about weather using Microsoft Word and present them to the class.

-Students will take all material home to study over the weekend.Day 6

I will pair the students in groups of 2. They will have an hour to use Microsoft Word to create a story about weather. After they finish the story, they will present them to the class. Students will take all of the material home for the weekend to study for the test Monday.7Day 6-Students will take a test on the weather unit (summative assessment).

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References

The weather unit will come to a close with the assessment.8Weather TestWhat are the 3 types of clouds?_________________________________________________________What does each cloud look like?______________________________________________________________________________What are the colors of the rainbow?__________________________________________________________________What is the substance inside of a thermometer called?__________________________________________________________________What do thermometers read?__________________________________________________________________Vocabulary/Spellinga. An arch of colors formed in the sky produced by dispersion of light is ____________b. The star at the center of the Solar System is the ____________c. The perceptible natural movement of the air is __________________d. A loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air is _____________________e. The condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops is _________________-

Unit TestReferencesDay 4-Watch a video on temperature

-Play Read The Thermometer

-Create a flyer using Microsoft Publisher to teach others about temperature and present them to the class (formative assessment).

RubricDay 5With permission, students will watch a video on YouTube about temperate. After the video, they will play Read The Thermometer. Students will then use Microsoft Publisher to create an informational flyer about temperature.6Day 3-Visit a website with facts about rainbows.

-Create ROY G BIV craft to help children remember colors of the rainbow

Day 4-Children will take notes by drawing pictures with Paint.As a class, we will visit a website all about rainbows using a Smart Board. Students will create a craft to help them remember the colors of the rainbow.5Essential QuestionHow does weather work?Unit Questions:How are clouds made?

What are the colors in the rainbow?

How do thermometers help us?Content Questions:How are the clouds different?

Does the weather effect the environment?

What do thermometers measure?

Day 1Referenceshttp://www2.westminster.net/departments/elem/firstgradelinks.htm#temperaturehttp://www.fi.edu/color/rainbow.htmlhttp://www.rcn27.dial.pipex.com/cloudsrus/clouds.htmlhttp://dictionary.reference.com/www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPAct_QsGKghttp://rubistar.4teachers.org/https://www.google.com/

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/

RainWindSunThunderRainbowRain- The condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate dropsWind-The perceptible natural movement of the airSun- the star at the center of the Solar System.Thunder- A loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated airRainbow- An arch of colors formed in the sky produced by dispersion of lightSpelling and VocabularyFor Weather Week!Next