Weather Words: Day 1

Grades K– 2

Objectives

• Learn winter weather vocabulary

Time: one class period

Vocabulary Words:

Other Pages in This Lesson

• Sun
• Sunny
• Cloud
• Cloudy
• Win
• Windy
• Thermometer
• Temperature

• Rain
• Rainy
• Snow
• Snow
• Fog
• Foggy
• Humid

• Meteorologist
• Hot
• Cold
• Cool
• Warm
• Umbrella
• Puddle

• paper
• pencil

• Ask children to talk about what winter weather is like. How does it feel when they go outside? What does the sky look like? Make a list on the chalkboard of children's responses.
• Invite children to glance out the classroom window, then brainstorm a flurry of weather words together. Write children's responses on the chalkboard. If children run out of responses prompt them with some of the words in the list.
  

• Ask children which words have to do with winter.
• Have children circle those words on the chalkboard.
• Ask them to explain their reason for choosing the winter word.
• Have children share their experiences with winter weather. Ask them to:
• Tell about favorite things you do in winter weather.
• Tell about a time you were in a winter storm.

Assignment
Tell children to imagine that they have to describe a kind of weather to someone who has never experienced it before, a snowstorm to someone who lives someplace very warm. If you wish, have children brainstorm a list of phrase-starters such as the following: It looks like . . . It sounds like . . . It makes you think of . . . It makes you feel . . . Then encourage them to "paint a picture" with words, so that someone reading their description could picture the kind of weather they are describing.