By: Dana NathansonSummer 2012

Teaching Science Through Storytelling

Then students will watch video of me reading Cloudette.

(If the video doesn’t work, click here for the video on youtube)

After the story has been read…

Getting Started

Cloud SongClouds are Floating(to the tune of Frere Jacques)

Clouds are floating, clouds are floating,

Up so high, up so high,

Floating up above us, floating up above us,

In the sky, in the sky.

          

Back to instruction

Back to instruction

Extension ActivitiesExtension Activities

Sort pictures of words that start with “cl” and words that have /ou/ or /ow/

Measure precipitation with a rain gauge

Write a story about the adventures of a raindrop.

Create 4 types of clouds using other materials – click here for an example

TeacherTeacher InfoInfo

Storytelling chartUBDStandardsSmartBoard LinkDownload MovieMakerHelpful BooksBrainy Bits

Works CitedWorks Cited "Clouds ." Weather Wiz Kids. 2010. Web. 25 July 2012.

<http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-clouds.htm>.

"Cloud Experiment." Pinterest . Web. 26 July 2012. <http://pinterest.com/search/?q=cloud experiment>.

Cristini, Angela. "Brainy Bits." Ramapo College of New Jersey, 9/30/2011. In Person.

Gardner, Howard. Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. New York City: Basic Books, 1983. Print. Gregorc, Anthony. Gregorc Style Delineator. A Self-Assessment Instrument for Adults. Columbia, CT : Gregorc Associates, Inc., 1985. Print.

"Weather." CanTeach:Songs & Poems. Web. 20 July 2012. <http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems17.html>.

"What Are Clouds Made Of?." Scholastic. n.d. 34 - 42. Print. <http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/profbooks/cloudsmade.pdf>.