Winter Weather Library Lesson – Winter Vocabulary – Weather and Climate

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This Winter Weather Library Lesson is jam-packed with fun winter facts! It includes the difference between weather and climate, plus other winter vocabulary such as solstice, temperature, snow, hemisphere, and more. Includes differentiated activity.

FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS WINTER WEATHER LIBRARY LESSON:

• Recommended for: Grades 2-4; created for school libraries, but it works for classrooms, too!
• Lesson Duration: 1-2 library lessons, total of about 50 minutes
• Formats: PPT or Google Slides, PDF
• Editable: YES, all text is editable

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET:

• 38-slide PPT and Google Slides presentation (editable)
• List of 18 recommended winter-themed picture books, fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels (1 page PDF, editable)
• Two differentiated scavenger hunts + answer key (2 pages PDF)
• Lesson plan, includes CC, TEKS, NGSS, and AASL Standards, pre-filled for this lesson but also 100% editable (2 pages, PDF)
• Prep, set up, and tips (6 pages, PDF)
• Google™ Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)
• Instructions on how to set up PPT slide timings for digital bulletin boards (2 pages, PDF)

PART I–WHOLE CLASS LESSON

• Introduces the winter weather theme
• Brief introduction to Aesop and fables
• Full-text weather-themed fable: “The Wind and the Sun” (adapted so the language is clear for Grades 2-4)
• Linked two additional full-text winter weather themed fables if you want to extend the lesson.

PART II–SCROLLING SLIDES

• Fun winter weather facts and trivia questions
• weather and climate — What’s the difference?
• Winter weather in southern hemisphere/Antarctica
• Winter weather in equatorial countries
• Why you should wear sunscreen in winter
• two winter idioms (“give the cold shoulder” and “skating on thin ice”)
• two kid-friendly, step-by-step recipes for simple winter weather foods (hot chocolate and grilled cheese)
• This or That?
• Would you rather?
• joke about snowmen

WINTER WEATHER LIBRARY LESSON PRINTABLES

• Two scavenger hunts–one is easier (mainly coloring) and one is more challenging (questions from the lesson)–Students find all answers and images in the presentation.
• Answer Key for the Scavenger Hunt trivia questions
• Recommended Reads for Grades 2-4–includes a total of 18 picture books, middle grade fiction books, nonfiction, poetry, and graphic novels. All have a winter weather theme.