We live on a ranch on the top of a mountain so needless to say we get a lot of wind! This makes for the perfect opportunity to learn more about what wind is, the effects of wind and how to measure it. LET’S-READ-AND-FIND-OUT SCIENCE® Series “Feel the Wind” from the LET’S-READ-AND-FIND-OUT SCIENCE® series is […]
Windy Weather I began my lesson by assessing the students' previous knowledge. They are aware of the wind and it's effects on the surroundings HOWEVER they all had the HUGE misconception that the "clouds" make the wind"! But don't many adults do too? Wind video If you don't have this book in your library, BUY IT! It is simple and wholesome... it explains nature of wind and provides many examples of wind activity in our world. The students enjoyed it! We created an anchor chart "Wind", As the sun heats the air rises, and cool air flows go down. Hot and cool air pressures in the atmosphere are going in circles and it causes wind! The students completed a simple check for understanding by illustrating the wind in an index card. Next, they completed a journal to reinforce the topic learned and they illustrated their own object moving in the wind. Last, and most fun of all, we made windsocks! And who knew, out of the entire week the day we made these, it was windy: PERFECT! Materials needed for our windsocks: Paper bag with two openings Streamers Yarn Whole puncher (optional) Make a windsock If time allows we will run an experiment with a fan and 4 light weight objects to test Which objects flies the farthest? What is in the wind?
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the autobiography mentor text book The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer and Elizabeth Zunon. This book is also available in Spanish titled El niño que domó el viento. Activities are in English and Spanish. Great for community, STEM, Earth Day, Inventions or Engineering, and units on recycling! Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So) comparing and contrasting main idea and details integrating knowledge from multiple sources author's message / theme The lesson plans include: teacher script with strategic stopping points and questions for students to discuss printable prompts for student post-reading responses through discussion in writing or reading response logs 4-5 day plan Discussion questions Suggested discussion strategies Strategic stopping points for questioning and close reading Anchor chart examples Sentence stems / frames for oracy and vocabulary development Great for bilingual classrooms Printable worksheets for written responses How to Use This Resource: whole group small group as a reading intervention special education (SPED) bilingual or Dual Language / DLI classrooms with ELLs for ESL instruction Great for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade Your second, third, fourth, or fifth grade students will love this story! ✰ ✭ ✰ ✭ ✰ ✭ ✰ ✭ ✰ ✭ ✰ ✭ ✰ ✭ ✰ ✭ ✰ ✭ ✰ ✭ You May Also Like: Comprehensive Literacy Language Workshop Plan for Oliver Button is a Sissy 1st Grade Common Core Reading Standards Rubrics Dual Language Reading Resource using CAFE and Sentence Starters
Introduce early STEM concepts with this Three Little Pigs STEM printable - inspired by a familiar fairy tale! Kids explore wind power by building wind machines and test wind resistance through ���puff-proof��� house design, construction, and materials. Includes 2-page tale.
Build an anemometer to measure wind speed using household materials in this fun lesson plan.
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If you're teaching weather in your upper elementary classroom, check out all of the weather activities and lessons in one place!
Check out this fun read aloud book about how the wind takes a towns items and tosses them to the sky. Great introduction book about wind.
Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba together tell the inspiring story of William’s quest to bring water and electricity to his drought-ridden village in Malawi, Africa. Share this inspiring story with your students and teach them to comprehend biographies as they work to make connections to the text, make inferences about William’s life, and identify the […]
Learn about renewable energy sources with these worksheets and lesson plan for 3rd, 4th or 5th grade.
Having a well-planned reading group is vital to the growth of readers in your classroom. Use this guided reading group lesson plan template to get yourself organized and ready for each day of group. Includes: ☞ Guided Reading Lesson Plan template (w/ & w/o Artful Thinking Routines)
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I just wanted to share a read aloud that my children and I have enjoyed. Old Mother West Wind was first published in 1910 and was written by Thornton Waldo Burgess, a famous naturalist and conservationist. Originally written as bedtime stories for his son, it is the first book he wrote and the first in a series titled Old Mother West Wind. In this first volume, we meet the different animal characters who would fill Burgess' future stories. My children loved hearing about Johnny Chuck, Reddy Fox, Peter Rabbit, Grandfather Frog and the other animals who live in the Green Meadows, the Sparkling Brook, and the Smiling Pond. The stories are short and sweet, just perfect for reading right before bedtime or naptime. Additionally, they gently teach children to love nature and enjoy the wildlife around them. They are excellent for simple nature studies and they teach moral lessons along the way. Since the books are over a century old, we enjoyed reading this for free on our Kindle. However, I plan to buy the commemorative edition because my son (5) has enjoyed these stories so much! For those who are interested in using this for character building/habit training or nature study, I have made a PDF summarizing the characters and moral/scientific themes I see in each chapter. You can access it here or click below:
This fun wind tunnel project is so easy! Inspired by inventor and scientist Mary Jackson, students can discover the power of a wind tunnel!
This is a science experiment about wind that we do during our weather unit. In this experiment, children blow on objects to simulate the wind. Place a
Subject English Language Arts, Science, Engineering Grade Levels 1st, 2nd, 3rd Resource Type Lesson Plans (Individual), Activities, Printables File Type PDF (Acrobat) Document File Be sure that you have an application to open this file type before downloading and/or purchasing. 8 MB|67 pages
The Inherit the Wind lesson plan contains a variety of teaching materials that cater to all learning styles. Inside you'll find 30 Daily Lessons, 20 Fun Activities, 180 Multiple Choice Questions, 60 Short Essay Questions, 20 Essay Questions, Quizzes/Homework Assignments, Tests, and more. The lessons...
15+ weather art projects for preschoolers and kindergarten kids. There are art projects for rain, wind, storms, hail, and, my personal favorite, sunshine! You can even incorporate the weather art projects into lesson plans about the weather or the four seasons! Click on the Fun-A-Day.com link for more details.
Take your upper elementary science curriculum to the atmosphere with these exciting weather tools activities. Your third, fourth, fifth, and even sixth graders will have a blast learning about the weather instruments This weather lesson covers: rain gauge, barometer, anemometer, wind vane, thermometer, and hygrometer. With 20 pages of printable material included in this lesson plan, your elementary students will be weather tool experts after learning with these exciting and engaging activities. Simply print the weather activities and be ready to teach weather tools with these hands-on activities.
Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abby By: William Wordsworth Teacher Supplemental Resources Lesson Plans Activities Vocabulary Student Approved You will find: 2 Beginning/Introduction Activities 1 Journal Activities 9 More Activities 5 Vocabulary Practice Activities TOTAL = 17 Activities I also made a word search, crossword, and vocabulary matching cards...Just print, cut, bag, and use. HAPPY TEACHING!!! Find More Teacher Supplemental Activities/Lessons at TEACHER DIGITAL DOWNLOADS NOTE: Once purchased, you will receive a link in your email to download your purchase. Please make sure your email is correct. ;-)
This unit on Renewable Energy takes a look at 6 alternative energy sources: biomass, geothermal, nuclear, solar, hydropower, and wind for students in special ed.
Do you have your teaching ideas scattered across notes on your desk, folders on your desktop, and social media platforms? You're not alone! But the Ed Deck makes it easy to find creative inspiration, quickly, when you're lesson planning for your next English class. Inside the deck you'll find forty beautiful cards, organized by color category, explaining strategies you might wish to use during your next class. Looking for a fresh form of discussion? Grab the green cards and choose from fishbowl discussions, silent discussions, Harkness discussions, and more. Need a new project? Grab the yellow cards and consider one-pagers, design thinking projects, literary food trucks, mock trails, and more. You'll also find an included file of blank cards, ready for you to edit to add more strategies you want in your own personalized Ed Deck, as well as a mini-pack specifically for online learning. Teachers love the Ed Deck! Here's what they're saying: "There are some excellent ideas in the tech deck that I have used with my students. I have seen a HUGE increase in engagement with these activities!" " So much creative inspiration in this product. I love your work!" "This is genius! I had been looking at it on Insta and in multiple blogs and debated purchasing. I wasted too much time! This is totally worth it and I LOVE having the reminders and the inspiration!" "I love all of the ideas presented in this deck! If you are a veteran teacher, buy this for yourself and ALL of the new teachers in your department!" "LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this! Cannot wait to use this when we return! Great resource!" "Great tool to help reach reluctant learners (and teachers)! This truly helped me reach others in my attempt to make literacy a cross-curricular initiative!" The cards make a beautiful bulletin board of ideas for your department office or faculty room, or you can keep them in your desk for everyday use. They'll also make a great gift for a student teacher. Many of the cards are paired with a QR code you can access to learn more if the strategy is new to you, and several lead to a blog post where you can sign up to download free related curriculum. Please watch the preview video for a close look at the cards. To prepare your Ed Deck... Choose your file - one is formatted for those with the ability to print double-sided, and the matching QR codes will be printed on the backs of the cards with QR access. The other is formatted for those without the ability to print double-sided, and the matching QR codes are printed in an index you can keep handy if you want to further explore the QR access strategies. Print the Ed Deck in color on CARDSTOCK. Spend half an hour cutting out your cards while you watch Netflix - I recommend The Great British Baking Show, but you do you! *Please note that the editable cards are not available for you to use to make TPT products. Thank you! Questions? I'm at [email protected]. Love the Ed Deck? Please consider leaving a review to share your experience. Looking for more help with creative lessons? Check out my free resources here!
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This is often the first project I do with my craft club. It seems very simple, but to make a dragonfly, requires quite a lot of skills: careful cutting, threading, twisting, winding, measuring, tying knots. I found it a really good way to assess the skills of the children. (My knitted dragonfly pattern came out of this project.) I also like this project, because everyone has something to take home at the end. That is really important when you are little. So first of all this is what you need: Some beads that will thread on to a pipecleaner Dragonfly wings printed on acetate or paper Scissors and elastic thread (optional Pipe cleaners Selection of wool The first job is to cut out your dragonfly's wings. This needs to be done really carefully. Cut between the upper and lower wings, but it really important to not cut through the central section that holds the 4 wings together. Print a few extra wings, just in case you need them. Next take a pipe cleaner and fold it in half. Thread two beads onto the pipe cleaner, and push these down to the fold. These are your dragonfly's eyes. We picked beads that were the same, but I guess you don't have to. My daughter later decided to draw on her beads with a permanent felt tip, but that was just her own idea. Then twist the pipe cleaners round a few times to hold the eyes in place. This step may seem very simple to a grown-up, but you may need to show a child exactly how to hold the head firmly in one hand and twist with the other. Now you have made the head. Next slip the wings between each side of the pipe cleaners. Make sure you have them the right way round. Start twisting the two halves of the pipe cleaner again as firmly as you can, to make the rest of the body. Now you have your basic dragonfly, but he looks a bit thin. The next stage I call chubbying him out. Cut off a length of wool, and tie one end to your dragonfly. Now you need to do the winding. Winding around the wings can be a bit tricky. The great thing is nothing at this stage is wrong. Dragonflies come in a huge variety of colours. It does not matter if he ends up fat or thin. You might want to thread some extra beads onto your dragonfly's body. One way to join in another colour is to knot your wool together. If you are clever you can wind two pieces of wool at the same time. You may need to help a child with fastening off the wool, as this is a bit tricky. With little children you may also need to help them fix the elastic to their dragonfly. I have a really big blunt needle, which some children could manage. Try to find the balance point, which will vary a bit depending on the beads you have used, and the wool. If you haven't got elastic you can use piece of wool to hang up your dragonflies. What is lovely is that no two dragonflies will look the same. Try and get you little crafters to help tidy up. Not always easy, but another important skill to learn. We decided to tie our dragonflies around the garden umbrella, and my cat was definitely interested in them. To download the dragonfly wings right click on the image below. I tried to put in a button that you just click and it downloads but in my usual technaphobe way, I had a bit of trouble with this. If anyone knows an easy way to do this I would love to know. The other place you can get the wings is on my dragonfly knitting pattern on ravelry. The wings should be an A4 sheet and approx 14cm wide. If you decide to print them on acetate be very careful to check you have the right type for your printer or photocopier. Printing them onto paper or thin card can work well too. Happy crafting!
This tornado in a bottle is a quick and easy weather science experiment. Learn how to make a tornado in a bottle with a few simple materials.
These books about wind for preschoolers are perfect for your spring lesson plans! You can add them to your weather unit, too.
Fall lesson plans that are perfect for preschool! Get ready-made lesson plans, activities, and ideas for this fun autumn season!
This set of 40 fall themed word wall words is perfect to use in your literacy center, as a matching game, and so much more! It will work great in the classroom or an at-home study space. In this collection you will find 40 fall themed words. Words included are: fall, autumn, September, October, November, scarecrow, apples, cornstalk, pumpkin, sunflower, jacket, sweater, wind, clouds, rain, candy corn, bonfire, football, hayride, caramel apple, orange, yellow, red, brown, green, rake, leaves, tree, acorn, harvest, Halloween, jack-o-lantern, bat, ghost, witch, Thanksgiving, turkey, pilgrim, Indian, and cornucopia.
Find things around your class/house and test them out by blowing on them.
Sequence of Events Cutout Worksheet
A no-prep, everything-you-need lesson that helps students study global wind patterns. Printable and digital resources with editable components included. The video preview provides an overview of what is included with a lesson.
Wind Erosion Lesson Plan and Hands-on Activity This is a science activity on wind erosion. It includes a lesson plan and a student sheet to fill in during the activity. Lesson Objective: Students will be able to describe how wind causes weathering and erosion. Other Materials Needed: * Divide students in partners or small groups o A shoe box with its top and one side removed (1 per group) o A pile of sand per group (about one cup) o A Dixie cup of water, plastic chips, pebbles, coins, sticks
Use paint and straws to make adorable spring process art raindrops. Your children will enjoy the process, and their parents will enjoy the finished product!
This top-rated resource for kindergarten and first grade classrooms has a teaching plan, printables, and hands-on weather activities for your weather unit.
