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Con Uou see the sun in the skg?

Cqn Uou see rqin? Is it sunnu outside,

or is it roing?\Whqt is gour fovoritetupe of weqther?

Whqt do gou do when it's sunng?

Do gou like roing weqther?

$[hot tgpes of weqther do Uou know?

The sun is o stor It's veru, veru hot!

The sun hqs lots of heot ond light

Heqt ond light from the sun come

to Eqrth The heqt ond light moke

Eqrth worm so we cctn live here

t o E o r t h i n e i g h t m i n u t e s !

Some ploces ctre wqrm ond sunngoll geor, ond theg hove no seosons

summer, there's more light from thesun, so it's worm In winter, there'sless light from the sun, so it's cold

Is it worm ond sunnu where Uou live?

) Go to poges z0-zLfor octivities.

When roin folls, woter goes into

the top of the oceqn gets worm

Some of the wqter goes up into the

Then rqin fqlls ogoin! This is cqlledthe wqter cgcle

Roin fqlls from clouds in the sku

There ore mong roindrops in q

cloud \fhen smoll roindrops meet,

theg moke one big roindrop $(/hen

there qre lots of big rqindrops, roin

fqlls to Eorth

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Do Uou see clouds in the skg where

Uou live? Some clouds ore grog ond

some clouds ore white Grog clouds

hqve mong roindrops SThite clouds

don't hqve mcrnu roindrops

$7hen it's cloudg, big clouds stop

some light from the sun coming

C u m u l o n i m b u s c l o u d s c o n

mo ke Lig htn ing Lig htn ing

is verg, veru hot!

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Snowy

When it's verg cold in the sku, woter

in clouds is ice Some ice fqlls to

Eorth $7hen it folls, the ice is snow

When snow folls on worm ground,

the snow melts Then the snow is

wqter ogoin Some wqter goes into

the ground ond it helps plonts to

grow Some woter goes into rivers

$7hen snow folls on cold ground, it's

folls on mountoins, people con go

school or work

) Go to poges 26-27 for octivities.

Do gou know the sun mokes wind?

til7ind is qir thot moves In the skgthere's qir The sun mqkes the qirwqrm Wqrm oir goes up intothe skg In the skg it's veru cold,

so the oir gets cold When theqir is cold, it goes down ogoin

\(rind blows A breeze is wind thotblows slowlg A breeze ccrn blow flogs

in the skg Some winds blow fqst

A hurricqne is wind thot blows veru

down trees qnd houses!

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of light qnd roin, qndtheg grow veru tqll.

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of ro in everg do g !

Mong qnimols live in wqrm, wet

qnd theg eqt nuts ond fruit Birdsflg from tree to tree Birds eqt

too Smqll frogs drink rqindrops onthe big leoves of rqinforest trees

Go to poges 30-3L for octivities.

In the Arctic qnd the

Antorctic it's verg cold

ond drg A lot of the

wqter is ice or snow

There ore no trees

-plonts cqn't grow in thes

ploces There's white ice

V(rhen it's sunnu, people con get hot.

Mong buildings hove windows with

stop the heqt qnd light going in the

buildings Then people in the

buildings don't get hot

\When it's sunng,mqnu peopleweqr o hot Thentheir heod doesn'tget hot

\When it's rqinUr people cqn get wet.Buildings hove roofs The rqin fqllsoff the roofs qnd it doesn't go in thebuildings Then people in the

buildings don't get wet

tWhen it's roing,mqnu people use

qn umbrello Thentheg don't get wet

\Whqt do gou dowhen it's rqing ondwhen it's sunnu?

) Go to poges 34-35 for octivities.

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$ Recd poges4-5.

1 Find ond write the words.

3 Complete the sentences.

seosons worm cold svn'n"U

L Some p[oces ore wo rm Qpi =i.:i=.-:-i=:=r

4 Write the words.

winter cotd wsfitl summer

d Rqiny

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2 Write true or false.

R o i n f o [ L s f r o m th e s u n in t h e s k g

W h e n b i g r o i n d r o p s m e e t , t h e g

m o k e o n e s m o L [ r o i n d r o p

3 When there ore lots of big roindrops,

roin fo[[s to Eorth

4 People, p[onts, ond onimo[s use

woter to live ond to grow

oca

cloud / river

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roin /cloud river f oceon

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t h e n u m b e r s

sku oceons clouds roin rivers

1 When roin fo[Ls, woter goes into

2 Woter in rivers goes into

3 When it's , woter of the top of theoceon gets worm

Some of the woter goes up into theWoter in the skg mokes

T h e n foLl,s ogoin !

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I Motch Then write the sentences.

Some clouds -\ mong roindrops

Some clouds ore

\ hove mon g roindrops.

Grog clouds hove \- ore g ro4

Complete the puzzLe.

Then write the secret word.

The secret word is:

)$nouwy 3 Write the words.

cloud skiing cor

N u m b e r t h e sentences i n order.

[_J Then the snow is woter ogoin Write true or false.

1 W h e n s n o w f o l t s o n c o l d g r o u n d ,the snow melts

W h e n s n o w f o L [ s o n m o u n t o i n s ,

p e o p t e c o n ' t g o s k i i n g When snow fo[Ls on streets, PeoPLe

c o n ' t d r i v e t h e i r c o r s

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[ _J When ice folts to Eorth, the ice is snow.

I j W h e n s n o w f o [ [ s o n w o rm g r o u n d ,

the snow melts

[*_1 When it's verg cold in the skU, woter

i n c l o u d s i s ic e

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B Windy 3 Write the words.

breeze house tree

1 Circle the correct words.

1 W o r m o i r g o e s u p /down

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Wqrrn e&?d Wet

1 Write true or false.

L In the Tropics, it's co[d ond drg

2 Mong roinforests grow in the Tropics.

3 In o roinforest, trees grow verg smo|"[

2 Find ond write the words.

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3 M o t c h T h e n w r i t e th e s e n t e n c e s

M o n g o n i m o L slive in

Monkegs eot nutsBirds eot

m i n i b e o s t s o n d

S m o [ [ f r o g s d r i n k

nuts ond fruit, too

o n d f r u i t

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Cold qnd Dry

I Complete the sentences.

onimo[s snow woter Arctic ice Antorctic ptonts

3 Circte the correct words.

L Seols wotk / swim in the oceon

2 SeoLs eot fish / fruit

3 Seols ore fot / thin

4 SeoLs ore fot to help them to be worm I coLd

4 Answer the questions.

2 W h o t h e l p s s e o [ s t o b e w o r m ?

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People qnd Weqther

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3 W h e n i t ' s s u n n U ,

con get wet

2 Order the words.

L hove windows I Msng buil.dings / with shutters.

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3 p e o p l e c o n g e t / When it's roing, / w e t

4 Roin / roofs I foLls off

3 Comptete the Puzzle.

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1 C o m p l e t e t h e weother d i a r g

M o n d o g roiny off doy

groy clouds in the sky

1 Complete the weother cords.

2 Write o weother cordfor where Uou tive.

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The Wortd of Arts

ln the Sky Young Animats

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Art Schools

r Cities Jobs

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How We Make Products

Sound and Music

SuDer Structures

Your Five Senses

Amazing Minibeasts Animals in the Air Life in Rainforests Wonderful Water

* Festivals Around the Wortd

u Free Time Around the Wortd

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A[[ About Plants

How to Stay Heatthy

Machines Then and Now

Why We Recycle

Alt About Desert Life

o All About Ocean Life Animats at Night lncredible Earth

Animats in Art Wonders of the Past

" Homes Aroundthe World

- Our World in Art

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o Ce[[s and Microbes

o Ctothes Then and Now

o Incredible Energy

Your Amazing Body

All About Space Caring for Our Planet

o Earth Then and Now Wonderful Ecosystems

Food Around the Wortd Helping Around the World

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