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Weather is a month of volatile, changing weather patterns blizzards, torrential rains, March lots of wind to fly those March kites, and maybe even some gentle breezes and warm spring sunshine. The activities in this pocket book will enhance your science curriculum, as well as involve students in informational and original writing. Weather Book Overview........ pages 2 3 These pages show and tell what is in each pocket. Cover Design................... page 4 Pocket Projects.............. pages 5 20 Step-by-step directions and patterns for the activities that go in each pocket are included. Pocket Labels.................. page 21 Picture Dictionary............... page 22 Use the picture dictionary to introduce new vocabulary and as a spelling reference. Students can add new pictures, labels, and descriptive adjectives to the page as their vocabulary increases. Writing Form................... page 23 Use this form for story writing or as a place to record additional vocabulary words. WEATHER WRITING FORM tornado hurricane Name lightning Weather WEATHER PICTURE DICTIONARY Color a rainbow. 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 23 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1213 clouds cloudy condensation precipitation rain rainy wind windy water sun sunny evaporation 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 22 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1204 B I B L I O G R A P H Y The Cloud Book by Tomie depaola; Scholastic, 1975. A Drop of Water by Walter Wick; Scholastic, 1997. Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll by Franklyn M. Branley; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1985. Hurricane Watch by Franklyn M. Branley; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1985. It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw; Harper Trophy, 1947. Once Upon Ice by Jane Yolen; Wordson/Boyds Mills Press, 1997. Rain Drop Splash by Alvin Tresselt; Scholastic, 1946. Storms by Seymour Simon; Mulberry Books, 1989. The Science Book of Weather by Neil Ardley; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. Tornado Alert by Franklyn M. Branley; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1988. Water Dance by Thomas Locker; Harcourt Brace & Co., 1997. Weather (an Eyewitness Book) by Brian Cosgrove; Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Weather by Gallimard Jeunesse; Scholastic, 1989. Weather Words by Gail Gibbons; Scholastic, 1990. 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 1 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1213
WEATHER BOOK OVERVIEW POCKET 1 Water Cycle Book pages 5 9 After learning about the water cycle, students confirm their understanding by adding text to a minibook on the water cycle. POCKET 2 Types of Clouds pages 10 12 Learn about the main types of clouds through story and poetry, and by completing a follow-up worksheet. A Cloud in a Jar pages 13 and 14 Watch a cloud form in this demonstration. Students hypothesize what will happen and complete a record sheet to record the results. Name: WEATHER POCKET 2 Clouds Cirrus clouds can be seen up high. They drift and float through the beautiful sky. Sheer, cold, and white WEATHER against the POCKET blue, 2 Looking like mares tails as the sun shines through. Draw lines to match each cloud with its name and the type of weather it can bring. Stratus clouds are low and gray. There s a message they come to say, Get out your umbrella, don t you know I m here to bring you rain or cumulus snow. Which Cloud Is It? stratus Cumulus clouds form pictures so great. On a nice, sunny day you can watch them change shape. But that s not all cumulus clouds cirrus do What we did: Thunderstorms and tornadoes come from them, too. WEATHER POCKET 2 A Cloud in a Jar Draw the clouds you see today. Write the name. 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 11 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1213 What we saw: 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 12 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1213 What we learned: 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 14 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1213 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 2 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1213
WEATHER BOOK OVERVIEW POCKET 3 Thermometers pages 15 and 16 After discussing thermometers and seeing how they work, students will make a paper thermometer to use to make predictions before taking daily outside temperatures. Recording the Temperature page 17 Record the outside temperature for a school week. Compare your class readings with the temperatures given in the local newspaper. hailstones thundercloud lightning 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 17 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1213 Recording the Temperature WEATHER POCKET 3 funnel cloud heavy rain tornadoes WEATHER POCKET 4 Write important facts about these big storms. Underline facts that are the same. Big Winds hurricanes Big Winds POCKET 4 Big Winds pages 18 and 19 After reading books about tornadoes and hurricanes, important facts are recorded on a chart and on individual record sheets. 3-D Tornado page 20 This do-it-together project results in a display of the weather elements that are found during tornado-producing conditions. 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 19 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1213 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 3 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1213