Writing Center: Weather Theme
Recommended Grade Level:
Type of Resource: PDF
Number of Pages: 27
Weather Writing Center
- Weather word cards with real photos
- Weather word chart with real photos
- “I can write weather words” writing pages
- “When it is ___, I like to ___” writing pages
- “Today the weather is…” writing pages
- Silly weather writing prompts
- Weather word tracing cards
- Table of contents and instruction page
The real photo word cards help kids picture each weather word, like sunny, cloudy, stormy, rainbow and snowflake.
Required Materials:
- Paper, printer and ink
- Pencils, crayons or dry erase markers
- Optional: laminator
Standards for Early Writing
This writing center supports early literacy standards connected to drawing and writing about a topic, printing letters and using new words.
Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.2: Use a combination of drawing, dictating and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic. Kids draw and write about the weather.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.A: Print many upper- and lowercase letters. Kids trace and write weather words.
Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines and TEKS for English Language Arts and Reading
- PK4.IV.A.2: Child independently draws and writes for many purposes to communicate ideas, using a variety of writing tools. Kids draw and write on each writing page.
- PK4.II.D.3: Child consistently understands and uses new vocabulary learned through books, conversations and play. Kids learn and use weather words.
Virginia English Standards of Learning
- K.FFW.1.B: Print capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet. Kids trace and copy the weather words.
Weather Writing Center gives preschool and kindergarten kids everything they need to draw, trace and write about the weather with real photo word cards and fun writing prompts.
Kids pick a weather word card, look at the real photo and use the word in their own writing. The prompts go from tracing words to finishing sentences and writing silly stories.
Set out the word cards and the word chart in a writing center so kids can find and copy the words they need. Choose the writing page that fits each child.
How to Use Weather Writing Center
- Print, laminate and cut apart the word cards.
- Set out the word cards, word chart and writing pages.
- Kids pick a word card and say the weather word.
- Kids trace, copy or use the word on a writing page.
- Share the writing with a friend.
Small Group: Write a sentence together about today’s weather.
Writing Center: Kids choose a writing page and use the word cards for support.
Easy Ways to Differentiate This Writing Center
Every group has a mix of writing, letter and vocabulary skills. These simple changes keep the activity familiar while meeting each child where they are.
For Children Who Need More Support:
- Start with the word tracing cards.
- Draw a picture and dictate a sentence.
- Use the word chart to find each word.
- Write one word at a time.
For On-Level Practice:
- Use the “I can write weather words” pages.
- Finish the “When it is ___, I like to ___” sentences.
- Write about today’s weather.
- Read your writing to a friend.
For an Extra Challenge:
- Use the silly writing prompts.
- Write more than one sentence.
- Add details to the drawing.
- Use new weather words in a story.
For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support:
- Say the weather words together and give plenty of wait time.
- Accept pointing, gestures, AAC or any communication method the child already uses.
- Use a pencil grip or chunky crayon for writing.
- Use the real photos to build vocabulary.
Weather Writing Center Is Perfect For:
- Preschool and pre-K
- Kindergarten
- Weather themes
- Writing centers
- Literacy centers
- Small-group instruction
- Morning tubs
- Intervention
- Special education
- ELL and multilingual learners
- Homeschool
