Virginia SOL K.9.a

ScienceKindergartenEarth and Space Systems

The Standard

daily weather

Virginia Standards of Learning for Science

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students observe the sky, wind, precipitation, and temperature conditions. They use simple weather words and pictures to record how conditions change from one day to the next.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can accurately describe conditions as sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, windy, warm, or cold. The student can record an observation and compare it with an earlier day.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think sunny always means hot, cloudy always means rain, or winter days always have snow. They may name their favorite weather instead of reporting what they can see and feel.
How to Assess It: Have students look outside, draw the sky, and circle words that describe the conditions. Ask each student to name one piece of evidence.

Lesson moves

Set up a class weather station with a thermometer, windsock, and sky chart, then have students record what they observe.
Show two weather photos and ask students to name each condition and point to visual evidence.
Play Weather Match by pairing picture cards of skies, rain, wind, and temperature with the correct weather words.
Plan recess clothing from a morning forecast, then have students explain whether they need a coat, boots, or sun protection.

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