Changing Weather Conditions

Curriculum details

Strand

All Around Us (Strand 6)

Sub-strand

Changing Weather Conditions (6.9)

Content standard

K1.6.9.1 - Demonstrate understanding of changing weather conditions and seasons.

Indicator

K1.6.9.1.2 - Identify the cover page and illustrations and listen to and respond to a read aloud text on changes in the weather condition.

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 11 (Week 35 of the year)

Term is the curriculum's own; the week within it is our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order. Follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference

Kindergarten Curriculum (KG1 and KG2), 2019, p. 93

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

In a community circle time, show the book and ask learners to identify the cover page, the writer/author and the illustrator. Have learners use the cover page illustration and picture walk to predict the content.
Using Echo-reading, assist learners to read aloud the text. Ask questions during the reading to help you monitor their understanding.
Use different questions (literal, leading, inference, critical) to guide learners respond to the text. Have learners charade with selected sentences in the text e.g. It is raining so I am cold; it is sunny today; etc.
Have learners identify the weather conditions read about and tell the order in which they appeared. E.g. rainy weather came 1 st , sunny 2 nd , windy 3 rd , etc. Have them tell the position of the following:
1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 table chair duster ruler chalk
Extend this numeracy concept with grids for them to describe the position of a given numbers/ object/ etc.

0 1 2
4 3 5
6 7 8