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How do you know what to wear for the weather?
Circle of Seasons Unit | Lesson 1 of 3

How do you know what to wear for the weather?

Circle of Seasons Unit | Lesson 1 of 3
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Hi! My name is Kevin. I just started science camp.

I knew I’d get to catch bugs and learn about the moon. But I didn’t know I’d get to be a weather detective, too!

Here’s what happened…

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I got up early the first morning.

The sun was just up.

When I went outside, it was cold!

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I ran back into the house to put on my sweater.

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That felt a lot better.

Then Mom drove me to camp.

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We had a blast!

We caught bugs and saw an astronaut video.

Then we went out to play.

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It got hot at lunchtime, so we went inside for Show-and-Tell.

Annie brought Wilbur, her pet frog.

I’d like to have a pet frog.

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At the end of the day, Dad picked me up from camp.

Mom was making dinner, so I went out to play.

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The sun was starting to go down.

It was getting dark and cold out!

I needed my sweater, but couldn’t find it anywhere.

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I looked in the laundry.

I looked in my drawer.

I even looked under my bed.

Where did it go?

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Stop & Talk

This is how Kevin looked when he left for camp in the morning, and when he got home in the evening.
Why do you think he took off his sweater during the day?

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I never found my sweater, so I put on my jacket.

It kept me warm until dinnertime.

Then it was time for bed.

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The next morning, it was cold again!

I put on my jacket, jumped in the car, and Mom drove me to camp.

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It was amazing.

We looked at a butterfly wing under a magnifying glass.

Then we saw a video about whales.

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After that, we had story time out on the grass.

But then it got hot, so we went in to eat lunch.

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That afternoon, Dad picked me up and we headed home.

We ate dinner, and I went out to play.

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The sun was starting to go down.

It was getting dark and cold out!

I needed my sweater, but couldn’t find it anywhere.

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I was cold, but what could I wear?

I never found my sweater. Now I can’t find my jacket, either!

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Stop & Talk

This is how Kevin looked when he left for camp in the morning, and when he got home in the evening.
Why do you think he took off his jacket during the day?

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get up & move

Get Up & Move

Get up and look outside.
What’s the weather like?
Is it the same as it was when you came to school this morning?

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I was cold, but I couldn’t find my sweater or my jacket.

Then I thought about my new sweatshirt. It would keep me warm!

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I started to pull on my sweatshirt, but Mom stopped me at the door.

“Where are your sweater and jacket?” she asked.

“I don’t know,” I said. “I can’t find them anywhere.”

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I thought Mom would be mad, but she wasn’t.

She laughed and told me to think where they might be.

So that’s what I did.

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Stop & Talk

How good a weather detective are you?
Do you know where Kevin’s sweater and jacket are?

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I thought about my first day at camp.

“It was cold,” I said, “then it got hot, and then cold again.”

“And the next day?” Mom asked.

“The same thing!” I replied.

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Here’s what I figured out: It’s cold in the morning before the sun warms things up.

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It gets hot at noon, when the sun is shining.

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Then it gets cold again when the sun goes down.

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I found my sweater and jacket right where I’d left them—back at camp.

Now I know when it will be hot and when it will be cold.

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And I hardly ever lose my clothes anymore.

THE END

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weather


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what the air is like at a particular time and place
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hot


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very warm
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cold


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not hot or warm
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mild


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not very hot or very cold
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rain


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water drops that fall from clouds
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rainy


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when there is lots of rain
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snow


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solid water that falls from the sky when it's very cold outside
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snowy


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when there is lots of snow
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dry


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not wet
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pattern


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something that happens again and again and again in a way that can be predicted
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Lesson narration:

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Activity Prep

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THIS LESSON WAS REVISED ON JULY 1, 2021. Here is a link to the previous version.
In this Read-Along lesson, students listen to an illustrated digital storybook with student participation. If you would prefer to read the book aloud yourself, you can switch to the non-narrated version. In the story, Kevin becomes a weather detective to figure out why he keeps losing his warm clothes. In the activity, Weather Window, students track the weather over four days.
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Grade K

Weather Patterns

Daily Weather Patterns

K-ESS2-1

1163 reviews
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