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| Weather Words and What They Mean Written and Illustrated by Gail Gibbons Publisher: Holiday House March 1992 Grade Levels: K-3 Theme: Weather |
Reflection: Learning about the weather is a topic that comes up in elementary schools, middle schools, high schools and college. Weather is always around us and always changing. This book is great to begin talking about the weather with students. It is very detailed, but not overly detailed where children would be confused. I think this book will make learning about weather exciting and as a teacher you could do a lot with it.
Pre-Reading: I will write some of the topics that I know will be covered in the book on chart paper and we will discuss them.
Post- Reading: We will use some of the weather topics we learned to discuss the weather outside on that day. This is lesson is aimed toward older students. Students will write in their weather journals for one week. They will discuss what the weather is for each day using the weather topics we have discussed.
About the Author:
Gail Gibbons was born in Illinois in 1944. Gibbons loved putting books together as a child. She attended University of Illinois. She moved to New York City and got a job doing art work for television shows. Shen then decided to try writing children's non-fiction books because of her love for putting books together as a child. She has written and illustrated over 170 books.
I like how you incorporated journal entries for them to become familiar with the terms they are learning. Would you also have them predict what the weather might be for the next day in their journals as well?
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