Level: K Word Count: 172 100th Word: stormy (page 12) Teaching Focus: Vocabulary: Adding s to Nouns Look in the book to find nouns with an s added to show more than one (For example: days, parts, clouds). Tips on Reading this Book with Children: 1. Read the title. Predictions after reading the title have children make predictions about the book. 2. Take a book walk. Talk about the pictures in the book. Use content words from the book as you take the picture walk. Have children find one or two words they know as they do a picture walk. 3. Have children find words they recognize in the text. 4. Have children read the remaining text aloud. 5. Strategy Talk use to assist children while reading. Get your mouth ready Look at the picture Think does it make sense Think does it look right Think does it sound right Chunk it by looking for a part you know My Science Library Levels 1-2 6. Read it again. 7. Complete the activities at the end of the book.
What s the Weather Like Today? by Conrad J. Storad Science Content Editor: Kristi Lew www.rourkeclassroom.com
Science content editor: Kristi Lew A former high school teacher with a background in biochemistry and more than 10 years of experience in cytogenetic laboratories, Kristi Lew specializes in taking complex scientific information and making it fun and interesting for scientists and non-scientists alike. She is the author of more than 20 science books for children and teachers. 2012 Rourke Publishing LLC All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher. www.rourkeclassroom.com To Eli, Natalie, and Logan. Never stop learning! -- Grandpa Top Photo credits:cover Rennaulka, lafoto; Cover logo frog Eric Pohl, test tube Sergey Lazarev; Page 5 SVLuma; Page 6 alsamua; Page 7 Ovsyannikova Ekaterina; Page 9 Ilin Sergey; Page 10 Pigprox; Page 11 magalib;; Page 12 Bill Frische; Page 13 Anettphoto; Page 14 Steve Collender; Page 15 Dainis Derics; Page 16 Delmas Lehman; Page 17 lafoto; Page 18 Vladislav Gurfinkel; Page 19 Ramon Berk; Page 21 Maxim Petrichuk Editor: Kelli Hicks Cover and page design by Nicola Stratford, bdpublishing.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Storad, Conrad J. What s the weather like today? / Conrad J. Storad. p. cm. -- (My science library) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61741-737-5 (Hard cover) (alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-61741-939-3 (Soft cover) 1. Weather--Juvenile literature. I. Title. QC981.3.S76 2012 551.6--dc22 2011003903 Rourke Publishing Printed in China, Power Printing Company Ltd Guangdong Province 042011 042011LP www.rourkeclassroom.com - rourke@rourkepublishing.com Post Office Box 643328 Vero Beach, Florida 32964
Table of Contents What Is Weather?...4 How Weather Works...8 Stormy Weather...12 Show What You Know... 22 Glossary... 23 Index... 24
What Is Weather? Weather happens every day. It is the condition of the sky above and the outside air all around us. 4
The weather affects what we do each day. Is today a good day to play outside? 5
Weather can change by the hour or by the day. It can also stay the same for many days or weeks. 6 Blue skies can quickly turn stormy.
Snow can collect in deep piles during the winter. 7
How Weather Works Weather isn t just one thing. Air, heat, water, and energy work together to make our weather each day. 8
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Hot air rises. It carries tiny drops of water high into the sky. The drops form into clouds. 10 Cirrus clouds usually mean it s a good day to play outside.
The Water Cycle C C B A B B A D A A D A - evaporation B - condensation C - precipitation D - collection 11
Stormy Weather Thunder and lightning can happen during stormy weather. Rain, hail, or snow may fall from the sky. Hail forms when many raindrops freeze together in the clouds. 12
Lightning is a flash of electricity produced by a thunderstorm. 13
Snowflakes form in clouds when water droplets freeze. A blizzard is a storm with lots of snow. Look at these snowflakes. No two are exactly alike. 14
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A tornado is a violent windstorm. It looks like a dark cloud shaped like a funnel. A tornado is also called a twister. It can smash buildings to pieces. 16
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A hurricane is one of the biggest storms of all. Hurricanes are made of powerful wind and lots of rain. the eye 18 Hurricane winds spin around a center point called the eye.
Hurricane winds can blow from 74 to over 155 miles (119-249 kilometers) per hour. 19
20 Sometimes a rainbow appears when a storm is almost over. Sunlight shines through water drops to form a rainbow.
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1. Is weather the same all the time, or does it change? 2. Besides rain, what else can fall from the clouds? 3. Name some types of stormy weather. 22
Glossary clouds (KLOUDZ): visible masses of tiny water drops or ice particles suspended in the air energy (EN-ur-gee): the ability of something to do work or a source of power hurricane (HUR-I-kane): a violent storm with heavy rain and high winds lightning (LITE-ning): a flash of light in the sky when electricity moves between clouds or between a cloud and the ground rainbow (RAYN-boh): an arch of different colors caused by the bending of sunlight as it shines through water vapor thunder (THUHN-der): the loud sound during a storm that comes after a flash of lightning tornado (tor-nay-doh): a violent and very destructive windstorm that appears as a dark cloud shaped like a funnel weather (WETH-ur): the condition of the outside air or atmosphere at a particular time and place 23
Index air 4, 8 cloud(s) 10, 12, 14, 16 energy 8 funnel 16 hail 12 hurricane(s) 18, 19 lightning 12, 13 rainbow 20 thunder 12 tornado 16 weather 4, 5, 6, 8, 12 wind(s) 18, 19 Websites www.theweatherchannelkids.com/ www.wxdude.com/kidres.html www.illiniweather.com www.tornadochaser.com About the Author Conrad J. Storad is the award-winning author of more than 30 books for young readers. He writes about desert animals, plants, creepy crawlers, and planets. Conrad lives in Tempe, Arizona with his wife Laurie, and their little double dapple wiener dog, Sophia. They love to explore Arizona s deserts and mountains. 24 Photo by Tom Story
Comprehension & Extension: Summarize: What is weather? What can affect the type of weather we have? Text to Self Connection: Have you ever looked up at the clouds and thought they looked like something? What did you see? What is your favorite type of weather? Extension: Be a Weather Reporter! Sight Words I Used: also many might when Vocabulary Check: Use glossary words in a sentence. What is your weather like today? Write a weather report for the news or the radio to tell people what the weather is like. My Science Library Levels 1-2
Have you ever wondered about the science all around us? Plants grow and change, the Sun rises to warm the Earth, and matter changes from one form to another. Investigate Life, Physical, Earth, and Technology science topics with Rourke s My Science Library. This library explores NSTA science standards with engaging text and colorful images to support readers from kindergarten to third grade. Are you ready to investigate? Books in My Science Library: Animal Adaptations Animal Habitats Earth s Changing Surface Floating and Sinking I Use a Mouse Living or Nonliving? Magnet Power Matter Comes in All Shapes Me and My Shadow: A Book about Light Plant Adaptations Plant Life Cycles What s the Weather Like Today? Printed in China www.rourkeclassroom.com