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Children will explore the properties of wind.

Science Focus: types of weather

  1.  Watch a Video:
    ¿Qué puede hacer el viento?
    Skill: build knowledge

     

  2. Read the Issue:
    ¿Qué puede hacer el viento?

     

  3. Play a Game:
    Cómo vestirse de acuerdo al tiempo
    Skill: critical thinking

     

  4.  Complete Skill Sheets:
    Demuestra lo que sabes
    Skill: comprehension


    Practica las sílabas
    Skill: practice counting syllables

     

  5.  Lesson Boosters:

    Paired Text: 
    Elmer y el viento by David McKee

     

    Phonological Awareness: 
    Encuentra la v

     

    Hands-on Activity:
    Experimento con el viento  

  • Paired Text: 

    Elmer y el viento by David McKee

     

  • Phonological Awareness: 
    Encuentra la v

     

  • Hands-on Activity:
    Experimento con el viento  

     

CCSS (and states that have similar standards): RI.K.1, RF.K.3, RL.K.1, RF.K.2.A

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

Paired Text: Elmer y el viento by David McKee

  • Elmer wants his friends to believe that the wind blew him away. Can the wind blow away a big elephant?
  • Funny illustrations make this story a favorite.

Phonological Awareness: Encuentra la v

  • Work together to fi nd and circle each letter v in the issue.

Hands-on Activity: Experimento con el viento

Skill: predict and observe

Materials: precut strips of construction paper (about 3" X 12"), tape, small fan, variety of small objects

  • Why does the wind move some things more than others? What is the diff erence between a breeze and a gust? Find out with this simple experiment.
  • Tape several strips of paper to a low table so that they hang over the side. Then tape small objects of various weights to the end of the strips, for example, a feather, a crayon, a cotton swab, and a penny. Leave one strip plain.
  • Place a small fan on the fl oor in front of the strips and turn it on. Which strips move the most? Which strips don’t move as much?
  • Then try turning the fan to a higher speed. What happens? Kids will see that wind moves lighter items the most, and the stronger the wind, the more it moves things.