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Teaching Focus:
Phonics: Beginning
Sounds
Look at the word
climate. Read the text
and find other words
that have the same
beginning sounds as
climate.
Level: M Word Count: 301100th Word: and (page 11)
Levels 2
-3Tips on Reading This Book with Children:
1. Read the title.
Predictions – after reading the title have children make predictions about the book.
2. Take a book walk.
Talk about the pictures in the book. Use the content words from the book as you take the picture walk.
Have children find one or two words they know as they do a picture walk.
3. Have children find words they recognize in the text.
4. Have children read the remaining text aloud.
5. Strategy Talk – use to assist children while reading. • Getyourmouthready • Lookatthepicture • Think…doesitmakesense • Think…doesitlookright • Think…doesitsoundright • Chunkit–bylookingforapartyouknow
6. Read it again.
7. Completetheactivitiesattheendofthebook.My
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Studying Weather and Climates
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by Conrad J. Storad
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Science content editor: Kristi LewA former high school teacher with a background in biochemistry and more than 10 years of experience in cytogenetic laboratories, Kristi Lew specializes in taking complex scientific information and making it fun and interesting for scientists and non-scientists alike. She is the author of more than 20 science books for children and teachers.
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Storad, Conrad J. Studying weather and climates / Conrad J. Storad. p. cm. -- (My science library) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61741-749-8 (Hard cover) (alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-61741-951-5 (Soft cover) 1. Climatology. 2. Weather. I. Title. QC854.S76 2012 551.6--dc22 2011004762
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Table of ContentsWeather or Climate? 4Forecasting Weather Patterns 6Extreme Weather 14Show What You Know 22Glossary 23Index 24
Weather or Climate?
4
Weather and climate shape the world in which we live. Weather is the current condition of the atmosphere. It includes temperature, wind speed, and precipitation. Weather is always changing. Climate is the pattern of weather over years or decades.
6
Forecasting Weather Patterns Scientists who study weather patterns are called meteorologists. They record weather data such as temperature and precipitation. They also track storms.
A weather map shows lots of
information. It might show
the temperatures in different
parts of the country or world.
Scientists who study climate are called climatologists. They study how the weather and climate were in the past to try and understand how they might be in the future.
Some climatologists study
climate change and its
future effects in the Arctic.
8
Meteorologists and climatologists use many tools to collect weather data.
10
Rain GaugeA rain gauge measures the amount of rain that falls in one location.
Wind SockA wind sock attached to a pole shows which direction the wind is blowing.
11
Computers analyze the data collected by different tools to help meteorologists and climatologists forecast weather patterns and create climate models.
Weather BalloonScientists use weather balloons to carry special devices high into the sky to gather weather information.
Weather SatelliteWeather satellites orbit the Earth in outer space. They use cameras and other equipment to track all kinds of extreme weather.
Clouds give meteorologists clues about weather patterns. Clouds are made of water or ice droplets, too.
Stratus CloudsFlat, gray clouds that hang low in the sky. Fog is a stratus cloud at ground level.
Cumulus CloudsBig, white, fluffy clouds usually mean fair weather is ahead unless they grow tall, in which case it could become rainy.12
When a cloud contains excess water or ice, it falls to Earth as precipitation. It can be rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
Cumulonimbus CloudsThese clouds often bring thunderstorms.
Cirrus CloudsThin, wispy clouds that form very high in the sky.
13
Extreme Weather When too much or not enough precipitation falls, we can have extreme weather. A drought occurs when there is lower than normal rainfall for an extended period of time.
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A flood occurs when a lot of rain falls in a short time and water levels rise quickly. This can cause a stream, river, or lake to overflow its normal banks. A flash flood has the fastest-moving water and can quickly demolish almost everything in its path.
16
A tornado is a powerful rotating column of air that travels across the ground at speeds as high as 70 miles per hour (113 kilometers per hour). A tornado makes a roar as loud as a train.
18
A tornado’s spinning funnel
cloud is a powerful,destructive force.
19
Meteorologists use Doppler
radar to help them predict
the possible development of
tornadoes and thunderstorms.
Hurricanes and typhoons are very powerful storms. When they hit land they can do great damage with their fierce winds, heavy rains, inland flooding, and huge waves crashing ashore.
Hurricane hunter airplanes
fly right into the eye of a
hurricane to study the massive storms.
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1. What is the difference between
weather and climate?
2. What kinds of tools do scientists use
to study weather and climate?
3. Describe one kind of extreme
weather.
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Glossaryclimate (KLYE-mit): weather typical of a place over a long
period of time
climatologists (KLYE-muh-tahl-uh-jists): scientists who study
weather patterns over long periods of time
drought (DROUT): a long period of time with reduced rainfall
hurricanes (HUR-I-kanez): violent storms with heavy rain
and high winds
meteorologists (mee-tee-uh-RAH-luh-jists): scientists who
study the Earth’s atmosphere
precipitation (pri-sip-i-TAY-shuhn): water that falls from the sky
in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow
tornado (tor-NAY-doh): a violent and very destructive
windstorm that appears from a dark cloud shaped like a funnel
weather (WETH-ur): the condition of the atmosphere at a
particular time and place
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Indexcloud(s) 12, 13, 18climate 4, 5, 8, 11climatologists 8, 10, 11drought 14forecast 11hurricane(s) 20, 21meteorologist(s) 6, 10, 11, 12
radar 19satellite(s) 11, 21scientist(s) 6, 7, 8, 11temperature 4, 6tornado(es) 18, 19typhoons 20
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Photo by Tom Story
Websiteswww.theweatherchannelkids.com/
www.wxdude.com/kidres.html
www.tornadochaser.com
www.weatherwizkids.com”
About the AuthorConrad J. Storad is the award-winning author of more than 30 books for young readers. He writes about desert animals, plants, creepy crawlers, and planets. Conrad lives in Tempe, Arizona with his wife Laurie and their little double dapple wiener dog, Sophia. They love to explore Arizona’s deserts and mountains.
Comprehension & Extension:
• Summarize:
How does weather affect climate? What are some different types of weather?
• Text to Self Connection:
Have you ever experienced dangerous weather? What did you do?
• Extension: Compare and Contrast.
Choose two types of weather from the book. Compare and contrast the two types.
Sight Words I Used:thattheywhatwhen
Vocabulary Check:
Use glossary words in a sentence.
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