Weather Lesson 10-climate research project

What is climate? Climate is the weather conditions of an area for a year's time. Today,after learning the definition of climate, the students were assigned groups to complete a climate/weather research project presentation on a given area of the United States. We learned how to use GoogleDocs-presenation and were shown how to add pictures of our area's weather from Google's Picassa. We are so excited to see how much our students have learned throughout the unit through their presenations. The presentations should showcase all the different aspects of weather that we have discussed from temperature to the various weather storms. These presenations should also include graphs and weather maps as we have learned so much about them. Ms. Lancellotti and I can not wait to see each group's presenation on their area of the US!

Weather Lesson 9-Blizzards

Blizzards! Blizzards! Blizzards!! Today we explored about blizzards. We learned about where blizzards occur in the United States, how they are formed, and different characteristics. We also read a book about blizzards called Wild Weather: Blizzards. During the reading, we were able to distinguish key characteristics of blizzards, why they form , and where they occur. We wrote these responses on our chart paper about blizzards. We also watched a recent video on blizzards. We then were able to create a snow storm picture. Great job, today! I had a lot of fun!

Weather Lesson 8-Hurricanes

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Hello 3rd grade friends and families,

Another successful weather lesson today! I highly enjoyed viewing the hurricane video and then creating our own class hurricane with the water and food coloring. Seymour Simon's book Hurricanes provided us with interesting facts about hurricanes and fun pictures. Following the book, we viewed the hurricane video on weatherforkids.com. We wrapped up our lesson by creating our own hurricane in the experiment "stir up a hurricane." I enjoyed listening to what my third grade friends learned about hurricanes. This was one of my favorite lessons! Great job today! Students, remember to do your homework in your science journals!

Weather Lesson 7-Tornadoes

Good afternoon, students and parents. Today we had a successful lesson on tornadoes. We read a book on Weather by Seymour Simon. We learned about how tornadoes are formed and where they are located. In addition, we used colored pencils to distinguish where tornadoes occur in the USA. We also watched videos on tornadoes on the Delicious website. We saw different photos on the delicious website. We created a tornado in a bottle in groups of three. Great job today! Remember to complete your homework assignment on blackboard.

Weather Lesson 6-Introduction to Weather Storms

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Hello third grade friends and family,

Today was a great day in exploring weather. Today we learned about several different weather storms. I loved how the students worked together to brainstorm different storms and what they know about them. To learn more, we read selections from the book Storms by Seymour Simon. After reading the book, we created a class list on all the storms we know. The students then enjoyed being shown pictures of the various storms and recalling times when they experienced the storms themselves. The class then took responsibility for their learning. The students enjoyed working as teams to research a storm and create a poster to share with the class on the assigned storm. I loved watching the students work cooperatively and present their posters to the class. This was such a fun lesson! Students do not forget to discuss with your families your storm stories and record them in your journals!

Clouds and Cloud Types Lesson

Hello third grade students and parents! Today we had a very successful lesson on cloud types. The students were introduced to three different cloud types: Cumulus, Cirrus, and Stratus. We enjoyed the story The Cloud Book by Tomie de Paola. The story introduced different cloud types and "stories" about clouds. After the story, we viewed pictures of the three different cloud types on Flickr. I was impressed on the students ability to identify the cloud types on the mini check. We then enjoyed creating the three cloud types by using a pencil and cotton balls. The pictures turned out great. At the end of the lesson, we entered our new weather information into our journals.

Weather Maps!

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Hello Class! Today we had a very successful lesson on weather maps. We explored weather.com and learned about the various types of weather maps. The students viewed a clip of a meteorologist using weather maps to provide the forecast. The students worked in groups to create a weather map assigned to them, and then they presented it to the class. I thoroughly enjoyed the presentations and the weather maps were well done! Students please do not forget to do your homework sheet on labeling the various weather maps!