Weekly Class

Letter: Unit Upcoming

Events:

 Trip to the museum

Weather: (Make sure to
Feb 17- return Permission
22nd slip)

 Outside event where

Thematic Weather Unit we record our

weather findings &
sounds.

In this Unit The class and I will be learning about weather and the
different sounds that they produce. This is a very fun and hands on
unit that gets everyone involved and is different from our day to day
learning. This is a favorite in classes before so I’m hoping it will be
the same for your children as well. The theme is weather and science.
The focus of this lesson is to have students relate the sounds they hear
to the sounds that correspond to different weather conditions. As the
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teacher I will tell the students that they need to concentrate and listen
carefully to the sounds they are going to hear on the tape recorder. I
wanted you as parents involved and to know what your children are
learning so you can get involved and ask questions. When they have
learning at school and home on the units it creates such good leaning This is one of my favorite
habits and makes the children excited to tell you what they are lessons to teach because
learning. In order to ensure our current K-12 students are my grandfather was a
scientifically literate, global citizens who are prepared for college or weatherman and it is so
career success, Iowa adopted new Science Standards that reflect what fun teaching the students
students in grades K-12 should know and be able to do as a result of about weather and share
instruction. The new science standards reflect our state’s emphasis on all my knowledge on the
giving all students the real-world knowledge and skills needed to be topic. Growing up I also
wanted to be a weather
ready for success in college and in the workforce, regardless of the
woman before I found a
career paths they choose. These real-world connections will involve
love for teaching so when
students engaging with scientific phenomena and design solutions to I get to teach this its like
problems. a part of me feels as if I
am a weatherwoman for
the day! I shared this
story with the students,
Mini Quiz for you to ask your children. They should and they all thought it
know these answers!!
1. A thermometer is a device used to measure what? was awesome about my
grandfather, so it made
2. Stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus are types of what?
want to share it with you
3. What country experiences the most tornadoes? guys as well!
4. True or false? A rainbow is a spectrum of light that appears
when the Sun shines onto water droplets in the air.