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Children will analyze how animals can help predict the weather.
Vocabulary: forecast, huddle, swallows
Science Focus: weather, animal behavior
Watch a Video:
How Animals Can Predict the Weather
Read the Issue:
A Storm Is Coming!
Review Words to Know:
forecast, huddle, swallows
Play a Game:
Dressing for the Weather
Skill: critical thinking
Complete Skill Sheets
Show What You Know
Skill: comprehension
What’s the Forecast?
Skill: read a chart
Lesson Boosters
Paired Text: Storm Is Coming! by Heather Tekavec
Vocabulary:
Words to Know
Scavenger Hunt: Pages 2-3
Hands-on Activity:
Pine Cone Weather Station
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CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RI.K.1 key details, RI.K.4 vocabulary, RI.K.7 use visuals, RL.K.1 key details (literature)
Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.
huddle: Have four kids get into a huddle! forecast: Ask, “What is the weather forecast for tomorrow?” Show kids how you can check it on a smartphone. swallows: This is a multiple-meaning word. A swallow is a type of bird, but what else can swallow mean? Have kids act it out.
1. Find the picture where the butterfl y is hiding. Put a ✓on it.
2. Which word names a type of bird? Underline it.
3. What are the frogs saying? Circle the words that tell you.
4. Look at the forecast in the sidebar. Put an ✘ on the symbol that means “sunny.”
Skill: observing and predicting
Materials: pine cones, temporary adhesive or modeling clay