Day 7: It's Raining, It's Pouring!
Objectives:
Students will
Materials:
"My 5 Day Forecast" worksheet/interactive notebooks
"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett
1 white piece of construction paper per student
crayons
Writing Prompt instruction sheet
Instructions:
Have students perform their daily weather check in their interactive notebooks on the "My 5 Day Forecast" sheet.
Remind students of the various types of storms discussed yesterday in class. Ask them to help you recall some of the storms and their characteristics. Ask students if they have ever heard of a "Soup Storm" or a "Hamburger Storm"? Ask them for ideas of what that would look or feel like.
Read "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett. After the story, give each student a sheet of white paper. At the top of the paper have each child should choose a precipitation or wind description and write the prompt: "I wish it would [rain/blow/hail/snow]_________" and have them fill in the blank on their papers. Below or above the writing prompt sentence have each student draw the weather scene they are describing. Each drawing must include 1) something original falling from the sky 2) a specific cloud to accompany such weather 3) a useful tool to protect the townspeople from the falling weather objects (umbrella, gloves, hard hats, etc.) Each student must write an additional sentence explaining how these tools protect the townspeople.
Differentiation (if needed):
Students who would like to take this activity to the next level could brainstorm other weather phenonmenon that the townspeople in the book could have experienced. These students could work on another writitng prompt where they offer up an alternative ending to the story.
Assessment:
Teacher will make sure that each student has followed the rubric for the writing assignment (see below).
Resources:
"My 5 Day Forecast" worksheet
Writing Prompt instruction sheet (rubric)*
Students will
- observe and record daily weather conditions, such as sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy, or snowy
- describe weather in terms of temperature, wind, and precipitation
- evaluate the influences of daily weather conditions on personal activities and dress
- identify common types of storms; examples include hurricanes, tornados, blizzards, and thunderstorms
Materials:
"My 5 Day Forecast" worksheet/interactive notebooks
"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett
1 white piece of construction paper per student
crayons
Writing Prompt instruction sheet
Instructions:
Have students perform their daily weather check in their interactive notebooks on the "My 5 Day Forecast" sheet.
Remind students of the various types of storms discussed yesterday in class. Ask them to help you recall some of the storms and their characteristics. Ask students if they have ever heard of a "Soup Storm" or a "Hamburger Storm"? Ask them for ideas of what that would look or feel like.
Read "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett. After the story, give each student a sheet of white paper. At the top of the paper have each child should choose a precipitation or wind description and write the prompt: "I wish it would [rain/blow/hail/snow]_________" and have them fill in the blank on their papers. Below or above the writing prompt sentence have each student draw the weather scene they are describing. Each drawing must include 1) something original falling from the sky 2) a specific cloud to accompany such weather 3) a useful tool to protect the townspeople from the falling weather objects (umbrella, gloves, hard hats, etc.) Each student must write an additional sentence explaining how these tools protect the townspeople.
Differentiation (if needed):
Students who would like to take this activity to the next level could brainstorm other weather phenonmenon that the townspeople in the book could have experienced. These students could work on another writitng prompt where they offer up an alternative ending to the story.
Assessment:
Teacher will make sure that each student has followed the rubric for the writing assignment (see below).
Resources:
"My 5 Day Forecast" worksheet
Writing Prompt instruction sheet (rubric)*
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