Reporting the Wonderful Reporting the Wonderful Weather Weather

A DEN Project Integrating A DEN Project Integrating Science and Language Arts Science and Language Arts

forfor

ELL Students, K - 2ELL Students, K - 2

Judy Williams

Anaheim City School District

Anaheim, CA.

Reporting theReporting the Wonderful WeatherWonderful Weather

A Project Created for

Discovery Education

DEN National Institute July 20 – 25, 2008Silver Spring, MD.

Topic: Reporting the Wonderful WeatherSubject Area: Science and Language ArtsDescription: This assignment is designed to enhance the vocabulary and understanding needed for K – 2 English Language Learners in the content area of weather and seasons.

The assignment shares with the students the weather in different seasons and expands into having the students create their own weather report for broadcasting. This assignment includes a power point that is embedded with Discovery Education videos on the seasons and an explanation of the weather forecasting assignment. The time frame is flexible and extensions to the basic assignment are included.

Weather in different Weather in different seasonsseasons

Weather in Winter

Weather in Spring Weather for Summer

Weather for Fall

Weather for FallWeather for Fall

• What could the What could the weather be like in weather be like in the Fall?the Fall?

Weather in WinterWeather in Winter

• What could the What could the weather be like in weather be like in Winter?Winter?

Weather in SpringWeather in Spring

• What could the What could the weather be in the weather be in the Spring?Spring?

Weather for SummerWeather for Summer

• What could the What could the weather be like in weather be like in the Summer?the Summer?

Can you be a weather Can you be a weather reporter?reporter?• What would you need to do to be a weather What would you need to do to be a weather

reporter?reporter?

• Write down what you think you needWrite down what you think you need to do.to do.

OROR

• Share with your partner what Share with your partner what you think you should do.you think you should do.

You are reporting the You are reporting the weatherweather• In your group you need to have:In your group you need to have:

* a camera person/s* a camera person/s

* a person/s dressed for the season* a person/s dressed for the season

* a map person to show weather * a map person to show weather

areaarea

* a weather announcer* a weather announcer

The Weather ReportThe Weather ReportNext StepsNext Steps

• Students can write and draw about the weather they Students can write and draw about the weather they reported on and put into a “weather and seasons” reported on and put into a “weather and seasons” book.book.

• Teacher can video each team giving weather report.Teacher can video each team giving weather report.

• Continuation of project-have a group give the Continuation of project-have a group give the weather each day, rotating positions on the team.weather each day, rotating positions on the team.

• Have a “weather fashion show” where students Have a “weather fashion show” where students where the clothes of their season and announcer where the clothes of their season and announcer gives descriptions written by each student about gives descriptions written by each student about what they are wearing.what they are wearing.

Thanks to Discovery Thanks to Discovery EducationEducation

Thanks to students at Price School

Anaheim, CA.