Grade 2: Weather

I know weather has an impact on the world.

Vocabulary

Learning Goals

Activities/Support Tools

Summer, spring, winter, fall

I can identify the four

seasons.

Preassessment: Tell me
what you know about the
four seasons.
Season stories on Raz-Kids
to supplement gaps.

Cloudy, Rainy, Windy,

Snowing, Storming, Foggy

I can use and identify

adjectives to describe the
weather.

Readinga-z.com: Level C
Clouds
Highlight adjectives and
collect in vocabulary
notebook or circle map.
Circle map: weather
Split circle map: Last man
standing... adjectives in
center.
Similes: Thick and fat like a
____. 4 organizer on
Readinga-z
Song/TPR: Whats the
Weather Like? Genki
English

Attributes, Summer,
Winter, Autumn, Spring,
north, south, countries,
positive, negative impact,
cause, effect

I can explain how people,

places, and things are
impacted by weather and
seasons.

Attribute Wheel w/seasons

Parts of a storm, positive
and negative impact
The storm raz-kids. Listen
and write about the impact
using transition words. Edit
for caps, periods, and space
word bank: dangerous,

shelter, take cover, damage,

warning, siren, impact,
positive, negative.
Seasonal Clothing, travel,
transportation, seasons,
compare/contrast

I can compare the impact

weather has on people
throughout the seasons.

Venn Diagram

Attributes

I can explain how people,

places, and things are
impacted by weather and
seasons.

Attribute Wheel

Readinga-z: Changing
Seasons

Readinga-z
How is the Weather Today?
Writinga-z: Writers
response-How does daily
weather affect our lives?

Thunder, Lightning, shelter

I can write about how to be

safe in inclement weather.

Readinga-z.com: The Storm

Writinga-z.com: Writers
response-How can you
protect yourself in bad
weather?

Thermometer, anemometer,
rain gauge, beaufort scale

I can interpret the results

of tools used to measure
weather.

Google Search,
Brainpop Jr. video
Thermometer

Temperature, chart,
factors, column, row

I can compare temperature

in different locations at
different times.

Graph, Hypothesis/Chart:
DOK 2-3
Readinga-z: How to read a
graph and chart lessons

Floods, blizzards, tornadoes

I can identify many events

that are caused by weather.

Match pictures to labels.

Natural Disaster, cause and

effect

I can explain how severe

weather causes floods and
forest fires.

Non-fiction leveled readers

in class.
Raz-Kids stories
Cause effect thinking map
FCRR cause-effect
activities

impact, conclusion, personal,

I can draw conclusions

Three, two, one paragraph

community, world

about how weather has an

impact on the world around
me.

using weather sentence

frames. Focus on mechanics
and self-editing.