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Science

 

We all chose our favorite apples this week, and then we made a graph to show which was our favorite!

 

Weather 

 

Check out our Cool Clouds for Kids website at: http://www.pals.iastate.edu/carlson/main.html

 

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett, is one of the books we read as a literary tie-in to this science unit. This hilarious book explores the town of Chewandswallow where citizens get all of their food from the weather until something goes drastically wrong and there are, "tomato tornadoes"! 

Each child wrote their own version of the wacky weather found in this imaginary town.  Ask your child about the weather at breakfast, lunch, and dinner!

As you may know, this book has inspired a new 3D movie.  You can watch the trailer or teaser from the link below:

http://www.cloudywithachanceofmeatballs.com/

Miss Jessica, our student observer furnished the class with posters and bookmarks from the movie that opened last weekend as well!  Thank-you Miss Jessica!

Here is a list of other books about weather from America's favorite weatherman, Al Roker:

Al Roker's "Wild Weather" Book Picks

  • Come on, Rain, by Karen Hesse, illustrated by Jon J Muth. One little girl can't wait for it to start raining and cool down the blistering-hot city where she lives.
  • Hurricane, by David Wiesner. Two brothers go on an imaginary adventure after a powerful storm uproots a tree in their yard.
  • The Magic School Bus Rides the Wind. Beloved science teacher Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a wild ride through a windstorm.
  • Snowflake Bentley, by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrated by Mary Azarian. The Caldecott Medal–winning biography of Wilson Bentley, who spent his life trying to photograph snow.
  • Terrible Storm, by Carol Otis Hurst, illustrated by S.D. Schindler. Two old men recall being snowed in at an unlikely place during a blizzard.
  • Thunder Cake, by Patricia Polacco. A grandmother comforts her granddaughter’s fear of thunderstorms by baking a special cake.

    Enjoy, but watch out for clouds of mashed potatoes!







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