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Weather Pattern Lesson

Students will learn to observe, measure, record and graph local weather patterns over an extended period of time using Navajo, Ute, and Spanish words for weather conditions. The teacher will provide direct instruction on measuring rainfall, snowfall, and recording weather data on a classroom graph. Students will work in pairs to recall recent weather and report their findings to the class. They will measure and record daily weather, rainfall, and snowfall on the classroom graph.

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Weather Pattern Lesson

Students will learn to observe, measure, record and graph local weather patterns over an extended period of time using Navajo, Ute, and Spanish words for weather conditions. The teacher will provide direct instruction on measuring rainfall, snowfall, and recording weather data on a classroom graph. Students will work in pairs to recall recent weather and report their findings to the class. They will measure and record daily weather, rainfall, and snowfall on the classroom graph.

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Observing Weather Patterns Lesson

Summary: Students will measure, record, graph and report changes in local weather utilizing
Navajo, Ute and Spanish words for weather conditions, after receiving direct instruction and
taking part in cooperative group activities, over an extended time period, e.g., month, term,
semester, academic year.
Materials:
1. Handout of weather conditions, paper, pencil, crayons.
2. Pre-prepared classroom graph for recording weather.
4. Individual small size handouts of graph for student practice in groups.
5. Rain measuring gauge, dual inch and centimeter ruler.
Vocabulary:
 Sunshine
 Humidity
 Rain
 Wind
 Snow
Learning Outcomes:
Students will gain an understanding of the weather patterns in their own living areas.
They will learn how to observe and record weather data in a graph format.
Procedure:
I will disseminate multilingual weather conditions handout, and student drawings from the
previous lesson and ask questions about the weather:
1. What is the weather right now?
2. What was the weather like yesterday?
3. Can you predict what the weather might be like tomorrow?
4. Can anyone tell me the name of this season?
5. What is the typical weather of this season?
I will tell class that they are going to utilize the names of different weather conditions in
different languages to keep track of the weather over time in a graph.
Students will work in pairs and recall the last 3-5 days worth of weather. They will report
to me afterwards.
I will tell students that as a class they are going to measure, record, graph and report
changes in local weather, for an extended period of time, e.g., a month, a term, a semester, the
remainder of the school year. Teacher will tell students that they are going to record daily
weather on the graph, tell if the weather changed from the day before, and measure rain and
snow with a rain gauge and a ruler, respectively.
I will hang pre-prepared graph at front of class and ask students, by groups, to tell the
weather for the present and last 5-7 days. Teacher will record weather in all four languages and
record if it changed from the day before. Teacher will tell class that they will place their rain
gauge outside and begin measuring rainfall from then forward, and record it in centimeters and
inches. Teacher will tell students that snow is measured with a ruler and will be recorded in
centimeters and inches.
Students will present over the course of a month or so and will present their weather
graphs to the class.
Observation of student participation, student completion of weather graph with written
words for weather condition, and drawings of weather condition for the present and past 5-7
days.

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