Unit19: Weather and Effect of the Sun Grade 1
Length: 2 weeks
Anchor Text:Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballsby Judi Barrett (Unit hyperlinked)
Questions:
  1. What happens when too much food falls from the sky?

  1. What did you learn from this story?

Vocabulary:
Uneventfully
Varied
Prediction
Anchor Text: What is the Water Cycle?-Read Works
Questions: What is the Water Cycle?
  1. Water is always moving between the earth and sky. What do we call this movement?

  1. When sun shines on a pond, the pond heats up. What does this tell us about the sunshine?

  1. What do we call water that is falling from clouds back to Earth?

Vocabulary: What is the Water Cycle?
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Technology Resources:
Weather- Pebble Go
Windy Weather- Read Works
Stormy Weather- Read Works
Learn About Clouds- Read Works
What Do Storm Chasers Do?-Read Works
What is a Rainbow?-Read Works
Rainy Weather Days- Book Flix
All the Colors of the Rainbow- Book Flix
Suggested Texts for Read Aloud:
Wild Weather by Seymour Simon (Lesson hyperlinked)
Thunderstormsby ChanaStiefel (Lesson hyperlinked)
Freddy the Frogcaster by Janice Dean (Lesson hyperlinked)
Come on Rain by Karen Hesse (Book Flix)
The Dot by Peter Reynolds (Book Flix)

*See DRA expectationson kcsteachlearn.com.
*It will be necessary to use resources from the book room. All guided reading group books do not need to correspond to the unit. Books from bookroom should be individualized to meet DRA levels.
Use the boxes below to plan for your guided reading groups.
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Standards:
GLE 0107.8.1- Collect daily weather information to predict what conditions might occur on the following day.
GLE 0107.8.2- Discuss what makes a weather prediction accurate or inaccurate.
GLE 0107.10.1- Predict and determine what happens over the course of a school day when containers of sand, soil, and water with thermometers are placed in a sunny window.
GLE 0107.10.2- Predict and determine what happens over the course of a school day when containers of sand, soil, and water with thermometers are placed in a shady location.
GLE 0107.10.3- Compare the temperature at different places around the school such as black top driveway, lawn, concrete areas, side of the building, under a shade tree, wet area, in the ground.
RL.1.1- Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.1.2- Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
RL.1.3- Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
RL.1.7- Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
RI.1.1- Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RI.1.2- Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
RI.1.3- Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
RI.1.4- Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
RI.1.10- With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1.
W.1.2- Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
W.1.8- With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
SL.1.1- Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.1.2- Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
SL.1.4- Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
SL.1.5- Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
SL.1.6- Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.
L.1.1- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.1.2- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.