Core Texts:
Ardley, Neil. (1992). The Science Book of Weather. Harcourt
Brace. RL 2
Barrett, Judi. (1978). Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
NY: Scholastic, Inc. RL 2-3
Gibbons, Gail. (1990). Weather Words and What They Mean. NY:
Holiday House. RL 2
Polacco, Patricia. (1990). Thunder Cake. Scholastic, Inc. RL
2-3
Extended Texts:
Branley, Franklyn. (1983). Down Comes the Rain. NY: Harper Collins.
RL 2
Branley, Franklyn M. (1985). Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll.
NY: Harper Collins Publishers. RL 2
Broekel, Ray. (1982). Storms. Chicago: Children’s Press. RL
1-2
De Paola, Tomie. (1975). The Cloud Book. NY: Holiday House.
RL 2-3
Dewitt, Lynda. (1991)What Will the Weather Be? Harper Trophy.
RL 2-3
Ets, Mary Hall. (1978). Gilberto and the Wind. Viking Press.
RL 1-2
Goennel, Heidi. (1986). Seasons. Boston: Little, Brown &
Co. RL 1
Munsch, Robert. (1984). Millicent and the Wind. Annick Press.
RL 1-2
Shaw, Charles. (1947). It Looked Like Spilt Milk. Harper and
Row. RL 1
Recreational Texts:
Bacon, Ron. (1984). Wind. Scholastic, Inc. RL 1
Barrett, Norman. (1989). Hurricanes and Tornadoes. Frankin Watts.
RL 3-4
Benton, Dr. George, Chaboud, Rene, and Verdet, Jean-Pierre. (1995).
Wind
and Weather. NY: Scholastic. RL 3-5
Berger, Melvin and Gilda. (1999). Can it Rain Cats and Dogs?.
NY: Scholastic Inc. RL 3
Berger, Melvin and Gilda. (1995). Water, Water Everywhere: A Book
About the Water Cycle. Nashville, TN: Ideals Children’s Books. RL 2-3
Bourgeois, Paulette. (1998). Franklin and the Thunderstorm. Scholastic,
Inc. RL 2
Brandt, Keith. (1982). What Makes it Rain? The Story of a Raindrop.
NJ: Troll Associates. RL 3
Branley, Franklyn M. (1997). Down Comes the Rain (Let’s-Read-And-Find-Out
Science,Stage 2). Harper Trophy. RL 2-3
Branley, Franklyn M. (1985). Hurricane Watch. NY: Thomas Y.
Crowell Co. RL 2
Branley, Franklyn M. (1983). Rain & Hail. NY: Thomas Y.
Crowell Co. RL 2
Branley, Franklyn M. (1963). Snow is Falling. NY: Thomas Y.
Crowell Co. RL 2
Branley, Franklyn M. (1988). Tornado Alert. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell
Co. RL 2
Bridwell, Norman. (1998). Clifford’s First Snow Day. NY: Scholastic,
Inc. RL 1
Briggs, Raymond. (1978). The Snowman. NY: Random House. (picture
book)
Broekel, Ray. (1982). A New True Book: Storms. Chicago: Children’s
Press. RL 1-2
Casey, Denise. (1995). Weather Everywhere. MacMillan Books for
Young Readers. RL 2
Chesworth, Michael. (1992). Rainy Day Dreams. NY: Farrar, Straus,
and Giroux. RL 1
Cole, Joanna. (1995). The Magic School Bus: Inside a Hurricane.
NY: Scholastic, Inc. RL 4
Cole, Joanna. (1996). The Magic School Bus: Wet All Over. NY:
Scholastic, Inc. RL 3
Cosgrove, Brian. (1991). Eyewitness Books: Weather. NY: Alfred
A. Knopf. RL 7
Craig, Janet. (1988). Windy Day. Troll Associates. RL 1-2
Craig, Jean. (1969). Questions and Answers About Weather. NY:
Scholastic. RL 3
Curry, Don. (2000). The Water Cycle. Capstone Press. RL 3
Cutting, Brian Jillian. (1988). Clouds. WA: The Wright Group.
RL 1
Depree, Helen. (1993). The Wind. Washington: The Wright Group.
RL P
Dewitt, Linda. (1993). What Will the Weather Be? Harper Trophy.
RL 2.
Dorros, Arthur. (1989). Feel the Wind. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell.
RL 2
Ehlert, Lois, (1991). Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. NY: Harcourt Brace
& Company. RL 1-2
Erlbach, Arlene. (1995). A New True Book: Blizzards. Chicago:
Children’s Press. RL 2-3
Erlbach, Arlene. (1993). A New True Book: Hurricanes. Chicago:
Children’s Press. RL 2-3
Erlbach, Arlene. (1994). A New True Book: Tornadoes. Chicago:
Children’s Press. RL 2-3
Feravolo, Rocco V. (1963). Junior Science Book of Weather Experiments.
IL:
GarrardPublishing Co. RL 3-4
Ford, Adam. (1981). Weather Watch. NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Books. RL 5
Fowler, Allan. (1996). What Do You See In a Cloud? NY: Children’s
Press. RL 1-2
Fradin, Dennis B. (1983). Disaster! Blizzards and Winter Weather.
Chicago: Children’s Press. RL 4-5
Fradin, Dennis B. (1983). Disaster! Droughts. Chicago: Children’s
Press. RL 4-5
Fradin, Dennis B. (1982). Disaster! Tornadoes. Chicago: Children’s
Press. RL 4-5
Freeman, Don. (1978). My Rainbow. Viking Press. RL 1-2
Ganeri, Anita. (1983). The Usborne Book of Weather Facts. OK:
EDC Publishing. RL 5
Gibbons, Gail. (1995). Catch the Wind - All About Kites. Little,
Brown, & Co. RL 1-2
Gibbons, Gail. (1987). Weather Forecasting. NY: Four Winds Press.
RL 3-4
Hader, Berta and Elmer. (1976). The Big Snow. NY: Aladdin Books. RL
2
Harshman, Marc. (1995). The Storm. Scholastic, Inc. RL 3-4
Harvey,Fran. (1969). Why Does It Rain? NY: Harvey House, Inc.
RL 3
Hisock, Bruce. (1993). The Big Storm. NY: Macmillan Publishing
Co. RL 5
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. (1994). Weather: Poems for All Seasons.
Harper Collins. RL 2-3
Hopping, Lorraine Jean. (1994). Tornadoes!. Scholastic, Inc.
RL 2-3
Hutchins, Pat. (1974). The Wind Blew. Scholastic, Inc. RL 1
Jackson, Paul. (1997). Quick and Easy Paper Planes that Really Fly!
ME: Flying Frog Publishing. RL 2-3
Jeunesse, Gallimard and Pascalede Bourgoing. (1989). Weather.
NY: Scholastic, Inc. RL 2
Jennings, Terry. (1988). Junior Science: Weather. NY: Gloucester
Press. RL 4-5
Kahl, Jonathan D. W. (1985). Rainbow Colors. Milwaukee: Raintree
Childrens Books. RL 7-8
Kalan, Robert. (1978). Rain. Scholastic, Inc. RL P-1
Keats, Ezra Jack. (1962). The Snowy Day. NY: Puffin Books. RL
2
Kirkpatrick, Rena K. (1985). Rainbow Colors. Raintree Childrens
Books. RL 2
Lehr, Paul E., Burnett, R. Will, and Zim, Herbert S. (1991). Weather.
NY: Golden Press. RL 7-8
Llewellyn, Clair. (1995). Why Do We Have? Wind and Rain. NY:
Barron’s Educational Series, Inc. RL 2-3
Maestro, Giulio. (1990). Tornado Alert. Harper Trophy. RL 2
Malam, John. (1998). Wacky Weather (How it Works). Simon 7 Schuster.
RL 2
Martin, Jacqueline B. (1998). Snowflake Bentley. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin Co. RL 2
Marzollo, Jean. (1998). I Am Snow. NY: Scholastic, Inc. RL 1
Mayer, Mercer. (1990). Just a Rainy Day. Golden Books Publications.
RL 1
McGrath, Thomas. (1959). Clouds. Melmont. RL 2-3
Michael, David. (1993). Step-by-Step Making Kites. NY: Kingfisher
Books. RL 3
Nodset, Joan L. (1988). Who Took the Farmer’s Hat? Harper Trophy.
RL 2
Palazzo, Janet. (1982). Now I Know What Makes the Weather. Troll
Associates. RL 1
Parkes, Brenda. (1998). Water Changes. Newbridge. RL 3
Piltz, Albert. (1960). What is Air? Chicago: Benefic Press.
RL 2-3
Rius, Maria and Parramon, J.M. (1985) The Four Elements: Air.
NY: Children’s Press Choice. RL 1
Robbins, Ken. (1998). Autumn Leaves. NY: Scholastic, Inc. RL
1-2
Rylant, Cynthia. (1996). Henry and Mudge and the Wild Wind.
Aladdin Paperbacks. RL 1
Santrey, Lawrence. (1982). What Makes the Wind? NJ: Troll Associates.
RL 2
Serfozo, Mary. (1990). Rain Talk. NY: Scholastic, Inc. RL 1
Siddals, Mary McKenna. (1998). Millions of Snowflakes. NY: Clarion
Books. RL 1
Simon, Seymour. (1997). Lightning. Scholastic, Inc. RL 2
Simon, Seymour. (1992). Storms. Mulberry Books. RL 2
Simon, Seymour. (1993). Weather. NY: Morrow Junior Books. RL
6
Souza, D.M. (1996). Hurricanes. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books,
Inc. RL 3-4
Spiers, Perer. (1982). Rain. NY: The Trumpet Club. (picture
book)
Syrocki, B. John. (1960). What is Weather? Chicago: Benefic
Press. RL 3
Vendrell, Carne Sole and Parramon, J.M. (1984). The Four Elements:
Water. NY: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc. RL 1
Wandelmaier, Ray. (1985). Now I Know a Cloud. NJ: Troll Associates.
RL PP
Webster, Vera. (1982). A New True Book: Weather Experiments.
Chicago: Childrens Press. RL 2
Wegen, Ron. (1982). Sky Dragon. NY: Greenwillow Books. RL 1-2
Williams, John. (1992). Projects with Air. Milwaukee: Gareth
Stevens Children’s Books. RL 3
Yee, Patrick. (1993). Winter Rabbit. NY: Scholastic, Inc. RL
1
Yolen, Jane. (1995). Before the Storm. PA: Boyds Mill Press.
RL 2
Yolen, Jane. (1987). Owl Moon. NY:Scholastic Inc. RL 2
Yolen, Jane. (1993). Weather Report. PA: Boyds Mill Press. RL
2
Zim, Herbert S. (1952). Lightning and Thunder. NY: William,
Morrow & Co. RL 3-4
Supporting Materials:
Software:
Kids Pix Weather Activities - Teacher Created Materials (1999), Broderbund
Software, Inc.
Videos:
Weather Fundamentals: Meteorology (1998) by Schlessinger Media. 23
min.
Weather Fundamentals: Climate and Seasons (1998) by Schlessinger Media.
23 min.
Weather Fundamentals: Wind (1998) by Schlessinger Media. 23 min.
Weather Fundamentals: Hurricanes & Tornadoes (1998) by Schlessinger
Media. 23 min.
Weather Fundamentals: Rain and Snow (1998) by Schlessinger Media. 23
min.
Weather Fundamentals: Clouds (1998) by Schlessinger Media. 23 min.
Why is the Sky Blue? Answers to Kids Questions About Weather. (1998)
bySchlessinger Media. 25 min.
Hands on Weather: Weather Experiments. Video and Teachers Guide by
Alan Sealls. United Learning, Inc. 19:19 min.
Earth Science for Children: All About the Water Cycle. (2000) Schlessinger
Science Library. 23 min.
The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm. (1998) Scholastic. 30 min.
Eyewitness Weather (1996). 35 min.
Audios:
CD: Doucet, Suzanne, & Plaisance, Chuck. Sounds of Nature: Thunderstorm.
Columbia River.
CD: Sounds of Rain storms and Nature (Sound Effects). 1999. Nesak.
CD: Thunderstorm, 1993. Laserlight Series. Various Artists.
Kit:
Weather. (A weather station) Edited by Molly Perham. (2000). PA: Running
Press.
Websites for Students (and teachers):
A site with simple instructions on how to measure rainfall.
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/weather/rain.html
An A to Z index of weather terms that links to more information
on each topic. http://www.nwlink.com/wxdude/topics.html
A excellent weather page designed just for kids.
http://wildwildweather.com
A page that links to various other kinds of weather resources,
including a nationwide school weather network that allows schools to collect,
distribute and access meteorological data.
http://www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/weather.html
Create a weather dictionary.
http://www.educast.com/arc/lp/lng/980112kl.htm
The CNN network start page for national weather information.
http://www.cnn.com./weather
The Weather Channel education start page; good for resources
for students and teachers.
http://www.weather.com/education
The National Weather Service (NWS) start page which links
to some complicated weather data, but does include a link to educational
resources.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov
The USA Today weather site which has colorful maps and
helpful hints.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather
Part of the About network; offers resources for projects
and experiments.
http://www.weather.about.com/science/weather/gi/pages/blaff.htm
Weather page for kids.
http://kidscience.about.com/kids/kidscience/cs/weatherforkids/index.htm
A National Geographic page which shows lightening photos.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lightning/5.html
A National Weather Service site that provides students
with weather headlines as well as other interesting information.
http://www.wildweather.com
A great site for learning how to cloud forecast; includes
pictures.
http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/forecast/figger_cloud.html
A wonderful site by the Franklin Institute which helps
kids “read” RADAR and satellite images and predict the weather just like
a meteorologist.
http://www.fi.edu/weather/events/events.html
A Weather education site for kids, parents, and teachers.
http://www.wxdude.com
Scholastic’s weather research tools index which includes
“Answer to Kid’s Questions” links.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/research
tools/articlearchives/weather/index.htm
Site provides explanations of and access to detailed
pictures of basic cloud forms.
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/clouds.html
A neat site which helps students understand weather-related
questions about how weather works.
http:www.howstuffworks.com/category.htm?cat=wthr
Websites for Teachers:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/9893/weather.htm
http://sed.sk.ca/teacherresource/K-1%20inservice/weather/weather.htm
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/gr2udesc.html
http://www.lessons.k12.tn.us/tracks/f06580.html
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceMathMeasuringTempSeasonsK1.htm
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Earth/EAR0026.html
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/ela/weather.html
http://www.weatherworks.com/monthly/activities/sky_window.html
http://www.angelfire.com/ma/1stGrade/paget.html
http://www2.ruralnet.wvu.edu/Rnet/portfolio/1plans/178.htm
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Weather.htm
http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/services/educational/cctechnology/webquest/
weather.html
http://www.aloha.net/~bigwind/20kidskites.html
http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/WEATHER/weather.html
Teacher Resources:
Anderson, Nancy, Morgason, Linda, & Robbins, Jan.
(2000). I Can Make It! I CanRead It! Spring, Grade 1. The
Mailbox. NC: The Education Center, Inc.
Barnett, Michelle, Rabanera, Caitlin, & Switzer,
Ann. (1999). March: Making Books With Pockets. CA: Evan-Moor Corp.
Prior, Jennifer Overend, Smith, Valerie, & Wagner,
Laura. (2000). Investigating Science: Weather. Grades 1-3. The Mailbox.
NC: The Education Center, Inc.
Theme Series: Rainbows and Rain. Grades 2-3. (1990).
CA: Creative Teaching Press, Inc.
Williams, Diane. (1991). Thematic Unit: Weather.
Teacher Created Materials, Inc.
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Hodges