Friday, April 20, 2012

Miss Sands' 4th Grade Class is Wild About Weather!



SCSCI Standard 4-4: 
The student will demonstrate an understanding of weather patterns and phenomena.
SCELA Standard 4-5: 
The student will write for a variety of purposes and audiences.

Behind the Scenes!

Our students worked really hard studying weather, its properties and components, and the many tools used to measure all sorts of weather related things. They even got a chance to go on a weather related field trip and "make" some weather of their own!










At the end of our unit, we watched and discussed a variety of national weather forecasts. Our students discussed format of presentation, details included in forecasts, and different symbols used to represent a variety of weather. As a class, the students created a chart demonstrating what they felt were the most important elements in a weather forecast. This soon became our rubric!



Then, we discussed the many different symbols we saw in the forecasts we had observed, what they represented, and how we would use them to create our own weather maps. These were all compiled in a guide students would use to create their weather forecasts.





All of their hard work paid off! Our students were able to create their very own national weather forecasts and write a script to go along with their presentations. Students were SO excited to present their weather forecasts--especially because they were being recorded just like real meteorologists!

Today's National Weather Forecast, Presented By....

Check out our many wild and informative weather forecasts our students created themselves! Make sure your volume is up!


Ariail's National Weather Forecast


D'Merika's National Weather Forecast


Christopher's National Weather Forecast


Jimmy's National Weather Forecast


Jordan's National Weather Forecast


Jackson's National Weather Forecast


Kelsey's National Weather Forecast


BJ's National Weather Forecast


Brian's National Weather Forecast


Lauren's National Weather Forecast


Christian's National Weather Forecast


Adam's National Weather Forecast


Josiah's National Weather Forecast


Brixton's National Weather Forecast


Jackeline's National Weather Forecast


Cassidy's National Weather Forecast


Allie's National Weather Forecast


Kayanna's National Weather Forecast


Cody's National Weather Forecast


Mary-Jade's National Weather Forecast


Kaitlyn's National Weather Forecast


Sam's National Weather Forecast



Gavin's National Weather Forecast



Janiah's National Weather Forecast



Porter's National Weather Forecast


Phew! That was some wild weather!

Weather Q&A!

At the end of the day during dismissal, we were still going on about weather. Students who wanted to were able to participate in a weather Q&A! Check out some of their responses...


Porter's Favorite Thing He Learned About Weather


Cody's Favorite Thing He Learned About Weather & Weather Tools


Lauren's Favorite Thing She Learned About Weather


BJ's Favorite Weather Tool


Ariail's Favorite & Least Favorite Kinds of Weather


Allie on Tornadoes & Hurricanes


Kayanna's Favorite Weather Tool & Weather


After many students had already been dismissed, some of our remaining boys wanted to show us some more about what they learned about weather...

Brixton, Gavin, and Cody Show Us Tornadoes & Hurricanes


Brixton, Gavin, Cody, and BJ Show Us About Clouds


We hope you had as much fun viewing our weather videos as we had making them!