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This Weather Thematic Unit written with academic core standards in mind, is divided into areas of literature, music, art, literacy, math, worksheets, science, creative writing, word wall, and guided reading. The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation. 

Literacy Activities

Clouds: Using The Books, Little Cloud by Eric Carle and It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw

Rain, Rain Go Away: Sorting Short & Long Aa Vowel Sounds

Oh What Will I Wear: Word Substitution

Scripted Literacy Lessons:

Tomorrow's Weather: Decoding Words

Splashing Puddles: Sight Words

Blizzard: Differentiation of b and d

Raining Cats and Dogs Game: Final Phoneme Substitution

Writing Sight Words

Math Activities

Temperature Takeover: Identifying & Comparing Numbers The Windy Day Mix-up: Building Mental Math Skills Raindrop Recognition: Subitizing The Terrible Blizzard: Practice Relating Numbers One to Another. Weather Toss: Collecting & Interpreting Data

Science

Creating a Weather Science Center

Water Drops: Observing & Exploring Water Properties

Water Flows Down: Observing & Exploring Water Properties

Water Painting: Observing & Exploring Evaporation

Wonderful Water: Observing & Exploring Water Properties

Art Projects

Clouds: Extending Literature

My Weather Book: Creating a Guided Reader

Songs/Fingerplays

Little Drops of Rain

The Weather

Mr. Sun

Rain, Rain Go Away

What Will I Wear Today

Guided Reading Books

Water Changes

Writing

Weather Word Wall

My Favorite Kind of Weather

What I Know About Clouds