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Sky Reporters
Reporting on the World's Weather!
Mission Briefing
The Goal
Use descriptive adjectives to describe weather scenes.
The Warm-up
Brainstorm words that describe what we see and feel outside.
Warm-up: Weather Brainstorm
What words describe the temperature?
What words describe the wetness?
What words describe the air moving?
What words describe what the sky looks like?
Field Report
LIVE
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Watch Halle explain what weather is and how it changes.
The Weather Game
"Choose the word that best describes the weather in these videos!"
Start at 2:00
Pause for each scene
Reporting List
- Scene 1: Cloudy
- Scene 2: Windy
- Scene 3: Hot (Write!)
- Scene 4: Snowing (Write!)
Weather Writer: Hot
Scene 3 (2:32)
The Challenge
Write 2 sentences. Imagine you are standing in this red, dry field.
How does your skin feel? What does the ground look like?
Reporter's Vocabulary
sweating cracked ground thirsty blazing sun dry air
Weather Writer: Snowing
Scene 4 (2:42)
The Challenge
Write 2 sentences. Imagine you are walking through these snowy trees.
How cold is it? What does the snow feel like under your boots?
Reporter's Vocabulary
shivering soft snow freezing white flakes icy wind
On Air!
Share Your Favorite
Descriptive Sentence!
Turn to your News Partner.
Listen and say "Great Report!"
Sky Reporters Journal
Sky Reporters
Weather Report Journal
Reporter:
Date:
Assignment 1: The Dry Field
Reporting on the "Hot" scene from the video
Use descriptive words like sweating, cracked, or blazing. Write 2 sentences about what it would feel like to stand in the red, dry field.
Assignment 2: The Snowy Forest
Reporting on the "Snowing" scene from the video
Use descriptive words like shivering, soft snow, or freezing. Write 2 sentences about walking through the snow.
Reporter's Final Thoughts
"If you could report the weather from anywhere in the world today, what would the weather be like? Draw it and write why!"
Draw Here
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