Genre Comprehension Skill Text Features Science ContentNonfi ction Ask and Answer Questions • Captions • Glossary Weather Scott Foresman Science 1.6 Standards Preview Standard Set 3.. S
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Nonfi ction Ask and Answer
Questions
• Captions
• Glossary
Weather
Scott Foresman Science 1.6
Standards Preview
Standard Set 3 Earth Sciences
3 Weather can be observed,
measured, and described As a basis
for understanding this concept:
3.a. Students know how to use simple
tools (e.g., thermometer, wind vane)
to measure weather conditions and
record changes from day to day and
across the seasons.
3.b. Students know the weather
changes from day to day but that trends in temperature or of rain (or snow) tend to be predictable during a season.
3.c. Students know the sun warms the
land, air, and water.
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Weather changes every day
Weather is what it is like outside
The weather
is warm.
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Weather may be dry or wet
Weather may be cool or warm
Weather may be windy or calm
The weather is cool.
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The wind is blowing
Wind is air that moves
Look at the picture
Which way is the wind blowing?
The wind can blow
in all directions.
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A wind vane is a weather tool
A wind vane points into the wind.
The arrow shows where the wind is blowing from
A wind vane is
a weather tool.
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Temperature
The weather can be hot or cold
Temperature is how hot or cold something is.
You can measure the temperature of weather
The temperature is hot.
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A thermometer is a tool that measures
temperature
There are numbers on a thermometer
They show the temperature
The red line goes up as the temperature gets hotter
The red line goes down as the temperature gets colder
The temperature is cold.
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Rain is water from clouds
Rain falls from the sky in drops
You can fi nd out how much rain falls
A rain gauge catches water.
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A rain gauge measures rain.
The top of the gauge is open
Rain falls into the gauge
There are numbers on a rain gauge
They show how much rain falls
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Think about a sunny day
How does the Sun feel on your skin?
When it is sunny, the playground is warm
When it is cloudy, the playground is cool
On a bright day, the
ground gets hot.
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Light from the Sun warms the water
Light from the Sun warms the land
Light from the Sun warms the air too
Light from the Sun causes our weather
On a cloudy day, the ground stays cool.
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measure the amount
of rain
temperature how hot or cold
something is
thermometer a tool that measures
temperature
weather what it is like outside
wind vane a weather tool that
tells which way the wind is blowing
measure?
2 What is wind?
about different types of weather Choose one type of weather (wet, dry, hot, cold)
Write three sentences describing a place with that type of weather
read about the weather Write a question about what causes the weather Then answer your question