We are working on WEATHER! This is one of my favorite units because I use a unit from Seeds of Science called "Weather and Water".
This unit is so super cool because it takes children on an adventure through weather using excellent books as well as great hands-on experiences. I can't give away all the "secrets"... I can only showcase a few moments from my classroom...
One thing we do during this unit is observe water as it evaporates in the classroom. Such an easy experiment to do - just set it up and watch the water disappear!
One thing we do during this unit is observe water as it evaporates in the classroom. Such an easy experiment to do - just set it up and watch the water disappear!
We also keep track of the daily weather on a class chart and in our science notebooks.
Another cool thing...we keep track of the clouds by making sky observations... Real photos help the children key in on the weather terms so that we can not only learn the scientific names of the clouds, but the types of weather that they create.
And of course, DON'T FORGET THE WORD WALL...pocket charts are awesome!
This is just a peek into my classroom right now...I hope to share some literacy strategies with you this week using the books we are reading in class. Our focus is on Text Features, using transition words in writing and taking notes based on reading a "section" of the book.
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