Weather, Climate, and Clues!

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Weather, Climate, and Clues!

What do you already know about weather and climate?

Glossary and Reflection

Fact: true information Detail: supports the main idea Word Choice: words an author chooses Climate: usual weather in a place

Learning Goal for Today

At the end of the lesson you will know how to find clues in texts and pictures to figure out which climates certain weather happens in.

What is Climate?

Climate is the usual kind of weather a place has for a long time. It isn't the same everywhere!

Reading Like an Author

Authors use facts, details, and pictures to help us learn about weather and where it happens.

Clues About Hurricanes

Images of storms over oceans show hurricanes happen in warm, tropical places.

Picture Clues

"Hurricanes form over warm ocean water."

Text Clues

Clues About Hurricanes

Picture Clues

Clues About Floods

Pictures of houses under water mean floods are in wet, rainy climates.

Text Clues

Picture Clues

"Floods can happen after heavy rain."

Picture Clues

Clues About Floods

Text Clues

"Floods can happen in all 50 states."

Your Turn: What’s the Climate?

Write or draw a clue from a text or picture

to show what climate your weather phenomenon happens in.

eg)

My weather phenomena occurs in _________________ climates. I know this because in the book __________ on page ______ it shows/says _________________________.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.