LESSON EIGHT: What’s the Weather Forecast?

                             

LESSON DESCRIPTION

Students create a radio announcement from the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett.

 

GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

R1G         Develop and use comprehension strategies during reading

IL2          Identify intended messages conveyed through oral and visual media

 

LESSON MATERIALS

§         Source of Literature

o           Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

 

§         Supplies 

o        Recording of a radio announcement or video of a TV broadcast of the weather

o        Materials for students to create a weather announcement or broadcast

 

§         Handouts provided:  None

 

§         Words to know

o        visual

 

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 

Students create a news report or radio announcement to broadcast what the weather was like for three days as illustrated and recorded in the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs using appropriate weather terminology. Students should include three problems the community in the book faced due to the weather.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

 

  1. Provide a recording of a radio announcement or video of a TV broadcast of the weather.

 

  1. Lead a discussion on the types of language (terminology) a radio announcer would use to describe the weather today. 

 

Questions

for

Students

What terms might a weather announcer use for today’s weather?

What are some other weather terms?

What do they mean?

 

  1. Students create a radio announcement for one day (as chosen by the teacher) from the selected book with help from the teacher.   

 

Questions

for

Students

 

What words could you use to describe the weather on this page? (Pages should be selected by the teacher).

What picture/word clues did you use to arrive at that answer?

 

Strategy

Return to and complete KWL grid from Lesson One.

 

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Formative Assessment-Teacher

 

Students write a news report or radio announcement using appropriate weather terminology to broadcast what the weather was like on three days as illustrated and recorded in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. The student needs to include three problems the community faced due to the weather.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Formative Assessment-Student

 

Write a weather report or radio announcement to broadcast what the weather was like on three days as illustrated and recorded in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs using appropriate weather terminology. Include three problems the community faced due to the weather.