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Kinds of Weather

Kindergartners learn about different kinds of weather — sunny, rainy, snowy, windy, and cloudy — and how the weather helps us decide what to wear and do each day.

KindergartenWeather30 minutes1 class period5E ModelExplicit teaching4 StandardsNGSS
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name kinds of weather.
  • ✓Describe sunny and rainy days.
  • ✓Choose what to wear.
  • ✓Watch the weather.
Essential Question

Some days are sunny and warm, some are rainy, and some are snowy and cold. What kinds of weather are there — and how does the weather change what we wear?

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Interactive Task
Match It · Interactive

Match the Weather

Project this and match each kind of weather to what you would wear or do — tap the weather, then tap the match.

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Weather
What To Wear or Do
Now tap what to wear!
The Lesson · 5E Instructional Model (Engage · Explore · Explain · Elaborate · Evaluate)

30 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Engage — Look Outside!

5 min

Some days are sunny, some rainy, some snowy — what is the weather like today?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Look out the window.
  • Ask about the weather.
  • Get ready.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look outside.
  • Name the weather.
  • Get ready.
2

Explore — Match the Weather

8 min

Children investigate.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to Match the Weather.
  • Match each kind.
  • Talk about clothes.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match them.
  • Talk clothes.
  • Explain.
3

Explain — Kinds of Weather

8 min

Children explain.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Talk about sunny and rainy.
  • Talk about snowy and windy.
  • Talk about cloudy.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Learn sunny/rainy.
  • Learn snowy.
  • Learn cloudy.
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Elaborate — Weather Watchers

6 min

Children elaborate.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Watch the weather all week.
  • Chart it.
  • Choose clothes for it.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch it.
  • Chart it.
  • Choose clothes.
5

Reflect — Reflect

3 min

Children conclude.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name today’s weather.
  • Say what to wear.
  • Draw the weather.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name it.
  • Say clothes.
  • Draw it.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (Kindergarten / Early Elementary Science).

NGSS
K-ESS2-1

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

NGSS
K-ESS3-2

Ask questions to prepare for severe weather.

NGSS
K-ESS2-2

Explore how weather affects living things.

NGSS
SEP-4

Analyzing and interpreting data.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Weather picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “It is ___ today.”
  • Use a weather chart.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with sunny vs. rainy.
  • Match one pair at a time.
  • Use a weather chart.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Chart a week of weather.
  • Talk about seasons.
  • Be the weather reporter.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🌤️A weather chart
  • 💻Match the Weather
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🧥Clothing pictures
  • 🎫Sticker charts
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

weatherwhat it is like outsidesunnybright with sunshinerainywith falling rainsnowywith falling snowwindywith lots of windcloudywith many cloudstemperaturehow warm or cold it isseasona time of year with certain weather
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
Name a kind of weather.
Sunny, rainy, snowy, windy, or cloudy.
QUESTION 2
What should you wear on a rainy day?
An umbrella and rain boots (to stay dry).
QUESTION 3
What is the weather like today?
(Children answer with today’s weather.)

Growing at home? Weather watch.

Have families look at the weather each day and choose what to wear together. A printable weather sheet is in the Science library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Kinds of WeatherPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: cloudy, rainy, season, snowy, sunny, temperature, weather, windy
  1. with many clouds
  2. how warm or cold it is
  3. a time of year with certain weather
  4. what it is like outside
  5. with falling snow
  6. with lots of wind
  7. with falling rain
  8. bright with sunshine

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Name a kind of weather.
  2. What should you wear on a rainy day?
  3. What is the weather like today?
Answer key — Part A: 1) cloudy · 2) temperature · 3) season · 4) weather · 5) snowy · 6) windy · 7) rainy · 8) sunny
Part B: 1) Sunny, rainy, snowy, windy, or cloudy. 2) An umbrella and rain boots (to stay dry). 3) (Children answer with today’s weather.)