Wild Weather at Home
Remote Learning for March 19, 2021
Let's learn about weather!
Today is a remote learning day, and you will be learning from home. We want you to enjoy this almost spring day by learning about weather, listening to some great stories, and having fun exploring some weather-related activities. You will need the supplies we sent home Thursday to complete today's activities (see below). If you need materials, please come by our office.
There are three activities and read alouds for students at each grade level. All activities are linked up here, but this page will also be available in Google Classroom and SeeSaw.
We'd love to see what you find in your explorations today. Please share your creations with your teachers through ClassDoJo or email. Have fun learning from home! See you on Monday!
Pre-K-2nd Grade Activities
Activity 1 -- What makes a cloud?
1. Watch the video to learn "What Makes a Cloud".
2. Listen to someone read aloud Little Cloud by Eric Carle.
3. Make a water cycle in a bag using these directions.
Activity 2 -- What is the water cycle?
2. Listen to someone read aloud Little Raindrop by Joanna Gray.
3. Use your materials to make your own water cycle using these directions.
Activity 3 -- Tell the story of Ryan the Raindrop!
1. Remove pipe cleaner and straighten it. Then bend one end at 90 degrees.
2. Read (or have an adult read to you) the Ryan the Raindrop story, and place the corresponding bead on the pipe cleaner for each step.
- Light blue (Ryan fell from the sky) onto the grass (green).
- Ryan got collected into a puddle (dark blue).
- The sun (yellow bead) came out and heated up the collected rain, and Ryan turned into vapor/evaporated (clear bead).
- The vapor condensed in the cloud (white bead) Ryan came down as precipitation again!
3. When all beads are on your wristband, cut the pipe cleaner to fit your wrist when twisted.
4. Practice telling the steps to the water cycle with the beads on your wristband!
Activity 1 -- What causes thunder and lightning?
1. Watch this video about what causes thunder and lightning.
2. Make your own water cycle wristband. Click here for directions.
3. Listen to someone read aloud Thundercake by Patricia Polacco.
Activity 2 -- What is a tornado?
2. Listen to someone read aloud the book Tornado Alert by Franklyn M. Branley.
3. Make a windsock using your materials. Click here for directions.
Activity 3 -- Read about some very EXTREME weather.
1. Listen as someone reads aloud Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi and Ron Barrett.
2. Watch the water cycle song and do your own water cycle dance!
3. Make a water cycle using your materials. Click here for directions.