What Makes the Weather?
Lesson one of two:
Week one of two:
*The students will begin their day by rapidly naming weather pictures while pairing sign
language with types of weather. Using sign language and gestures helps students recall
specific words using a multisensory approach.
*Then, the students will listen to the story, "What Makes the Weather?" written by
Janet Palazzo and illustrated by Paul Harvey while practicing sign language to recall
the types of weather.
*At school, the teacher asks the students what the weather is for the day, and she marks
it on a chart. The children will make a weather chart by cutting out four weather icons and
then matching them to the weather chart. This is the weather chart that your child will
use to graph the weather each day over the next week.
Week two of two:
*The students will begin their day by participating in a clapping game to identify
how many syllables are in their names by placing them under the numbers one, two or
three in the clear pocket chart. Once they have the concept of syllabication with their name,
they will also clap out the number of syllables of weather word pictures and file them by
syllables as well. An important step of syllabication is separating out the syllables motorically
and then saying the whole word by saying it with one clap. If the process stops at syllable
separation, the children speak and read less fluently.
*Then, the students will retell the story, "What Makes the Weather?", written by Janet
Palazzo and illustrated by Paul Harvey while practicing sign language to recall the types
of weather.
*Finally, the children will complete the story extension stem of, "My favorite weather is
__________ because I can _________________." Afterwards they will share their picture and writing with a peer.