Weather Chart
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Type of Resource: PDF
Number of Pages: 1
Weather Chart
- “Today’s Weather” chart
Laminate the chart and use a clothespin or marker to show the weather each day.
Required Materials:
- Paper, printer and ink
- Laminator
- Clothespin or dry erase marker
Standards for Weather
This chart supports early science standards connected to observing and describing the weather.
NGSS and Common Core State Standards
- NGSS K-ESS2-1: Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time. Kids look outside and mark the weather each day.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. Kids talk about the weather together.
Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines
- PK4.VI.C.3: Child observes and describes what happens during changes in the earth and sky. Kids describe the weather each day.
Weather Chart gives preschool and kindergarten kids a simple daily routine for looking outside and talking about the weather.
Each morning, a weather helper looks out the window and marks today’s weather on the chart.
Use the chart in morning meeting or at a home preschool table. Over time, kids start to notice patterns, like more rain in spring.
How to Use Weather Chart
- Print and laminate the chart.
- Hang it near a window.
- Each day, a helper looks outside.
- The helper marks today’s weather.
- Talk about what to wear for that weather.
Morning Meeting: Add the chart to your calendar routine.
Science Tie-In: Keep a tally of the weather for a month.
Easy Ways to Differentiate This Weather Chart
Every group has a mix of early learning skills. These simple changes keep the activity familiar while meeting each child where they are.
For Children Who Need More Support:
- Look outside together.
- Point to the picture.
- Name the weather together.
- Act out the weather.
For On-Level Practice:
- Mark the weather each day.
- Name the weather.
- Tell what to wear.
- Take turns as the helper.
For an Extra Challenge:
- Write a weather sentence.
- Graph the weather for a week.
- Predict tomorrow’s weather.
- Measure the temperature.
For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support:
- Name each picture together and give plenty of wait time.
- Accept pointing, gestures, AAC or any communication method the child already uses.
- Use real objects next to the cards.
- Repeat the same activity across several days.
Weather Chart Is Perfect For:
- Preschool and pre-K
- Kindergarten
- Morning meeting
- Calendar time
- Weather units
- Small-group instruction
- Special education
- ELL and multilingual learners
- Homeschool
