This printable bundle is an excellent way to get your class learning about the Water Cycle and the Weather! Your students will enjoy participating in the hands-on activities and fun lesson plans included in this bundle. You will receive print formats of each unit, making it effortless to incorporate these units into your busy schedule.
You will get:
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Water Cycle Thematic Unit Outline: This outline gives a brief overview of each of the components of the entire product to make planning your unit easy and effortless.
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Unit Sample Calendar: The sample calendar is a guide to use each of the lessons as a complete water cycle unit.
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Unit Introduction Lesson and Water Cycle KWL: This introductory lesson introduces the students to the water cycle and has the students fill out the first part of their water cycle KWL chart to spark their interest.
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Water Cycle Vocabulary Lesson and Worksheets: This water cycle vocabulary lesson and worksheets will familiarize your students with the terminology associated with the water cycle. You may use the Vocabulary Cards during this lesson as well!
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Water Cycle Vocabulary Cards/Word Wall/Posters: These Vocabulary pages contain REAL PICTURES and the definitions of the following water cycle vocabulary words: The Water Cycle, evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection, runoff, and vapor.
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The Water Cycle Worksheet: This worksheet has students fill in each of the steps of the water cycle.
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Science Lesson Plan and Worksheets: Students will create their own mini water cycle using a bowl, mug, water, etc. to show each of the steps. They will conduct the experiment using the scientific method laid out on the accompanying worksheets.
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Language Arts Lesson Plan and Worksheet: Students will create a “Living Sentence” for the water cycle. Students will review the parts of speech to create an interesting sentence and act it out as a group.
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Writing Lesson Plan and Worksheet: Students will write a “Story of a Raindrop” a first-person narrative about a raindrop going through the water cycle.
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Art Lesson Plan: Students will love creating a shaving cream artwork of the water cycle.
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Social Studies Lesson and Worksheet: Students will learn about how the water cycle affects them and their community.
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Water Cycle Newspaper Project Lesson Plan and Newspaper Template: Students will write two articles about the water cycle in their community, a comic, and an illustration. A draft newspaper template and final newspaper template are included to help take your students from the drafting process to the final project
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Water Cycle Unit Rubrics: Rubrics are included for the lessons and for the final project to make the grading process easy.
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Vocabulary Word Posters:
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Weather Tracking Worksheets: Students will love watching the weather throughout the day and recording it on their tracking sheets inside their Meteorologist Journal. Students will have to use their math skills to calculate the average temperature. Students will also be able to graph the current weather conditions on the bar graph worksheet.
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Letter to Parents: Your students’ parents will love receiving the letter we have included to keep them informed about everything their child is learning in your class.
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Weather and You Worksheets: Your students will have the opportunity to reflect on how the weather affects them including what they wear and what activities they do each day.
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Video Forecast Project: Your students will enjoy creating a weather forecast with other members in their small group. We have included everything from outline pages to the final script template page.
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Grading Rubrics: We have included grading rubrics for the Meteorologist Journal and Video Forecast Project to help make grading easier.
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End of Unit Write-Up: Your students will enjoy reflecting on their entire unit while they give their feedback on things they liked.
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Brenda V. –
Great resource for weather unit!
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Educate & Rejuvenate –
Thanks, Brenda!
Debby D. –
THANKS! Using this for our snow day work.
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Educate & Rejuvenate –
Thanks, Deborah! 🙂
Celia T. –
Great Resource.
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Colleen C. –
This looks like it will be fun for my students!
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Educate & Rejuvenate –
Thank you, Colleen!
Professor Klutz’s Teacher Corner –
A great additional resource for our Weather Unit!
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The Bright Learning Place –
Thank you! My kids loved this!
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Educate & Rejuvenate –
Glad to hear! Thanks! 🙂
Maxwell’s Materials –
Wonderful for my unit on weather. I really appreciate the daily ways to write temperatures.
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Educate & Rejuvenate –
Thanks, Laurel!
Michelle A. –
This was awesome thanks!
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Educate & Rejuvenate –
Thanks, Michelle!
Jenna Buttice –
great resource!
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Thanks, Jenna! 🙂
EduKater in 5th Grade –
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EDspiring Resources –
My fourth graders loved this project!
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Educate & Rejuvenate –
Thanks so much! 🙂
The Teaching Q- Melissa Qualle –
Thank you!
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Educate & Rejuvenate –
Thanks! 🙂
Keyla T. –
thanks!
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Educate & Rejuvenate –
Thanks, Michael! 🙂
Isidro H. –
Great
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Educate & Rejuvenate –
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Julia W. –
Awesome!
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Educate & Rejuvenate –
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Tracy T. –
good
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Welcome to the Hive –
Thanks!
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Kiersten Melvin –
great resource!
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Educate & Rejuvenate –
Thank you! 🙂
I Teach Kindies’ Bilingual Resources –
Great unit project.
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Homegrown Mosaic –
Fantastic resource, thank you.
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Kristen S. –
Great Activities!
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Jennifer S. –
Amazing!
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Christine C. –
Great!
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Karen S. –
Perfect. tx
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Rachel O. –
So many awesome activities
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Whitney H. –
Awesome unit activities! Thank you!
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Brittany M. –
thank you!
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Brigette L. –
Love it! Super fun!
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Susan S. –
Great Resource!
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Amanda P. –
Great resource!
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Robert D. –
Awesome resource…Thanks!
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Ashley G. –
Thank you!
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Lisa R. –
Love it!
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Welcome to K-town –
Great resource!!
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Angelia – Extra Special Teaching –
Excellent resource to use during my weather unit!
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Ms. Queen’s class –
Loved the journal activities
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ABC Elementary –
This is great!
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Jennifer B. –
Great Resource!
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MICHELLE COSTER –
This was an adequate resource, it just needed some additional weather resources like informational passages.
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Tamara S. –
Thank you
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Katrina R. –
Thank you!
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Elementary Educational Resources –
Thank you for sharing this great product!
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Kari Lettow –
My students had so much fun with this project!
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Denise R. –
Love digital resources! This one is well thought out and easy to use!
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Audra T. –
My students loved this. They made videos and some had “news anchors”, they wrote scripts and even dressed up to present. It was so much fun for the kids.
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Miranda S. –
It’s been an adjustment to say the least as I start out my homeschooling journey. This unit has grasped my 8 years olds attention and he is finally excited to learn again. Highly recommend this unit
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PRINCESS H. –
My students loved this especially learning about the different Weather Tools.
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Nguyening Classroom Ideas –
love that my kids could use this as interactive journal. thanks!
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Sheryl H. –
My students loved this activity
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Aimee E. –
Great visuals and easily adaptable for my students!
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Kimberly D. –
This was great! Children loved learning using this weather journal. Highly recommend this purchase.
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Adeline Miron –
Thanks
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Elizabeth Crews –
Loved using this to teach weather observations and weather patterns while my students were remote!
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Flexing 4th –
Great resource for 100% virtual students!
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pug mom –
Excellent:)
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Emory C. –
These are perfect for my SC students! Thank you
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Quaneisha Smith –
Terrific!
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Donna Holt –
Great
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Lynn M. –
So much fun! The children loved doing their own forecasts. Very well organized and engaging! Thank you!
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Brandee M. –
Great resource!
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Catrina A. –
Great Resource!
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Jennifer Weales –
Thank you! I love this idea of the students sharing their knowledge of being a meteorologist.
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Kristel W. –
My students loved this resources. Engaging and rigorous.
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KIMBERLY N. –
During my weather unit we used this to help students engaged in their lessons. I appreciate the digital and print packet because some students prefer different options. Thanks!
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Denise L. –
The students loved this activity! They enjoyed learning about the weather and becoming a meteorologist!
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Stephanie S. –
The Weather Reporter Unit includes both digital and print versions. It helps students learn about weather, track weather patterns, and create their own weather reports with fun activities and assessments.
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