Poetry in Weather

Grade Level:

• 3rd, 4th, and 5th

Objectives:

• The student will:
  • identify clouds and compose various styles of poetry.

Estimated Time for Completing Activity:

• 60 minutes

Type of Activity:

• Observation, Exploratory, Creative Expression

National Science Standards:

• Standard A Item 3
  Standard G Item 1

Virginia SOLs:

• English 4.3, 4.6, 5.4, 5.5
• Science 4.6

Vocabulary:

cumulus, cirrus, stratus, nimbostratus

Materials Needed:

• Poetry Books
• Cloud Charts
• Paper and pencil
• Crayons, paints, colored pencils

Strategies and Procedures:

1. Display a cloud chart. Study it together. Take the class outside and observe the clouds. Compare them to the chart.
2. In the classroom brainstorm and write group poetry. Read poetry about the weather written by well known poets like Carl Sandburg's "Fog"
3. Encourage the writing of weather poetry. Some may need to draw pictures about the weather to get ideas.
   
   Enclosure: A hyperstudio poetry/cloud lesson that can be used as an example or a motivator. It contains poetry of well known artists, original children's poetry and drawings:

Teacher Notes:

• Check out the quiz

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Lesson Plan submitted by Carol Mitchell, Poquoson Elementary School, Poquoson, Virginia, USA, for NASA's S'COOL Project.

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