Weather- Kindergarten

1. Science

1.1. Weather Forcasting

1.2. 5 senses and weather (identify sight, hearing, touch, listening, taste with different waether scenarios)

1.3. The Water Cyle

1.4. Weather videos from Discovery Streaming

1.5. Clouds

2. Language Arts (reading & writing)

2.1. Read different Weather books from the library

2.1.1. create a list of Weather books and which ones are favorites, most informational, best pictures, etc.

2.1.1.1. Thundercakes by Patricia Polacco

2.1.1.2. Cloudy with a Change of Meatballs

2.1.1.3. It Looked Like Spilt Milk

2.2. Write a weather forcast and present it to classmates (use toilet paper rolls and tinfoil balls as microphones)

2.3. "Weather Notebooks" students document their observations in a science notebook

2.4. "What is the weather like today?" journal entries

3. Physical Education/Movement

3.1. Act out different wind strengths

3.1.1. strong winds, light breeze, etc.

3.2. walk around classrom in different "weather speeds"

3.2.1. Rain-fast, snow-slow, etc.

3.2.2. Listen to weather sounds on a CD and act out what you hear

4. Math

4.1. Graph the weather each day for one week (or one month)

4.2. Temperature (predictions and measuring the real recordings)

4.3. Measure partcipitation (rain)

4.3.1. Discuss different units of measurement

5. Social Studies

5.1. Jobs-People in society-Have a weather man come into the classroom

6. Ceative Arts

6.1. Create a sunny day, rainy day, cloudy day, snowy day, etc. using cotton balls and markers

6.2. Use water colors to create a stormy day, sunny day, windy day, etc.

6.3. Weather Song- "What's the weather like today? Like today? Like today? What's the weather like today? It is _____" Song is sung to "London Bridge is Falling Down"