Morning Routine Weather Cards

 

Teaching kindergarteners about the weather is a great way to introduce them to science and the natural world. One fun and engaging way to do this is by labeling the weather each morning with a word card on a chart.

• 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.