- Introduce the weather word cards to your students - sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy, snowy.
- Explain what each word means and show them pictures of different types of weather.
- Create a place in your morning instructional area for the chart - it does not need to be displayed permanently if space is at a premium - you can have it out just for your routine and then slide it away for the next day
- Each morning, have students observe the weather outside and decide which weather word card best describes the weather.
- Have students place the appropriate weather word card on your display.
- Use the weather chart to discuss the weather with your students. Talk about what they see and what they know about each type of weather.
Tally the Weather
- use the rectangle cards to create a weather tally display in your classroom for the term or month
- each morning a student can place a tally on the corresponding box to create an discuss an ongoing weather analysis
More Ideas
- You can use real-time weather data from a weather website or app to help students choose the appropriate weather word card.
- You can have students create their own weather word cards.
- Create a weather leanring center if you have the available space and encourage students to draw pictures and write descriptions for a class display or book.