Lesson 136: How weather affects us

Objective

I can tell how different kinds of weather affect what I wear, what I do, and how I stay safe. I can use words like sunny, rainy, windy, hot, and cold to explain my choices.

Materials

• Pictures of people in different weather (sunny, rainy, cold, windy)
• A few real items: a sun hat, scarf, coat, umbrella (or pictures)
• Simple picture of a park or playground
• Pencil and notebook or scrap paper

Mini-lesson — How does weather affect us?

Guided Practice — Weather, clothes, and choices

You will think about today's weather and choose clothes and activities that match it. Use simple words to explain your choices.

1. Look outside: With an adult, look out of a window or step outside. Is it sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy, or stormy?
2. Feel the air: Does it feel hot, warm, cool, or cold? Say how it feels on your skin.
3. Pick clothes: Choose a picture or real items that match the weather (for example, hat and short sleeves for sunny, or coat and boots for rainy).
4. Pick an activity: Decide if you would play outside or inside. Name one safe activity for this weather.
5. Draw two pictures: On your paper, draw today's weather and yourself in clothes that fit it. Add a small label like "warm and sunny" or "rainy and cool".
6. Use the tracing pad: Choose words like sunny, rainy, windy, or cold from the dropdown and trace them slowly. Say the word as you write.
7. Finish with a sentence: Write one sentence such as "Today is sunny so I wear a hat" or "It is cold so I need my coat".

Tracing Pad

Lines Primary lines Baseline only Grid Blank Trace (none) weather sunny cloudy rainy windy hot cold coat hat umbrella inside outside shade

Pen Clear

Tip: As you trace the words, talk about a time when the weather changed and you had to change your clothes or your plans.

Practice 1 — Weather and clothes match

Match kinds of weather with clothes that keep you comfortable and safe.

1. Draw three columns and label them: "Sunny", "Rainy", and "Cold".
2. Under Sunny, draw or write clothes like sun hat, T-shirt, shorts.
3. Under Rainy, draw or write clothes like raincoat, boots, umbrella.
4. Under Cold, draw or write clothes like coat, scarf, gloves.
5. Circle one outfit in each column that you would choose to wear.

Practice 2 — Weather and activities

Decide which activities fit different kinds of weather.

• Make two headings on your page: "Good weather for outside" and "Better to stay inside".
• Under "Good weather for outside" you might write: playing in the park on a warm day, cycling on a cool, dry day, walking with an adult on a sunny day.
• Under "Better to stay inside" you might write: storm with thunder and lightning, very heavy rain, very hot sun with no shade.
• Next to each activity, add a small weather symbol (for example, a little sun, cloud, or raindrops) to show the weather you are thinking about.

Practice 3 — Weather story: changing plans

Tell a short story about how the weather changed and you had to change your plans.

1. Draw a picture of a child ready to play outside in one kind of weather (for example, sunny and warm).
2. Next to it, draw a second picture of the same child after the weather changes (for example, it starts to rain or becomes cold).
3. Write (or say) one or two sentences, such as: "It was sunny so I went to the park, but then it rained so I played a game inside".
4. Share your story with someone and point to the clues in your pictures that show the weather changing.

Quick Check — How weather affects us

Answer each question about weather and how it affects what we wear, what we do, and how we stay safe.

Assessment (parent/teacher)

Exit ticket (student)