Heaps of Puffy Clouds!

Heaps of Puffy Clouds By Cindy Grigg There are different kinds of clouds. When you see a cloud, you are seeing water in the air. Clouds can be big. Clouds can be small. Clouds are blown about by the wind. Sometimes clouds cover the whole sky with a blanket of gray. Some clouds look like puffy heaps of fluffy white cotton. You see these clouds when the weather is fine and the sky is blue. These clouds have funny names! They are cumulus (cue-mew-luss) clouds. "Cumulus" comes from the Latin word for "heap." A heap of something is a rounded pile. These clouds were named for their rounded shapes with flat bottoms. Cumulus clouds, like most clouds, are made of tiny drops of water. (Some clouds are made of ice.) Clouds can help you know what the weather might do. You usually see cumulus clouds when the weather is good. But if they grow into tall towers late in the day, it means that a thunderstorm is on its way!

1. What does the word "heap" mean?

2. Why should we learn about different kinds of clouds?

3. When might you see cumulus clouds?

4. Clouds are made of ______.

5. Are all clouds are the same?

6. Would you would most likely see cumulus clouds when the sky is gray. Why or why not?

Have a Blast!

Have a Blast! By Colleen Messina

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¹     You can feel and hear me, but you can never see me. I can be cold. I can be hot. Sometimes, I carry things from place to place. I carry fluffy orbs of dandelion seeds with a hot breath in the summer. I carry crisp, orange leaves with cool fingers in the fall. In the winter, I carry millions of tiny snowflakes to make your rosy cheeks tingle. I can also mess up your hair in the spring...or anytime! I can surprise you with a gentle puff. I can burst upon you with a strong blast. I can be wet. I can be dry. I may even make it more fun for birds to fly! What am I?

1.  What kind of flower's seeds were mentioned in this paragraph?

2.  Why do you think this paragraph describes something that is invisible.

3.  What is being described in this paragraph?

4.  What do you think of the subject of this paragraph?

Weather

Weather By Cindy Grigg

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¹     Weather is what is happening in the air around Earth. Rain, snow, and sunny, fair days are examples of weather. Three main things cause our weather to change. Heat, wind, and moisture cause changes in our weather. Heat, of course, comes from the sun. Places near the equator get more heat from the sun than places near the North and South Poles do. Land heats up quicker than oceans. Oceans hold heat longer, though, because land cools quicker than oceans do. This uneven heating and cooling of different parts of the Earth causes winds. Winds move clouds from place to place. Clouds carry moisture that falls as rain or snow. Warm air can carry more moisture than cooler air can. Storms crop up when two different kinds of air masses meet. A mass of cold, dry air might move down from the north. A mass of warm, moist air from the south might move toward the north. The line where two kinds of air masses meet is called a front. When these two air masses meet, there is a change of weather along the front. Warm air rises. Cool air moves in to take its place. As the warm, moist air rises, it also cools. Then it more often than not rains. Storms often take place along a front.

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Questions:

1.   What is the main idea of this story?

2.   What is a front?

3.   Where does weather happen?

4.   Warm air ______.

5.   What often happens along a front?

 

The Science of Weather

Good morning.  You will be viewing a video, "The Science of Weather."
You will then respond to these questions.

1.  Identify 3 things you have learned from the video.
2.  What is your favorite type of weather?  Why?
3.  Type your name, class and date.

Greetings Parents and Students!

Welcome Back.  I want to explain what our goals are for September/October.  We will be working on a unit called, "The Science of Weather."  Students will be viewing short videos about various aspects of weather.  Students will be given handouts of related vocabulary this year with a zing!  We will be looking at how we say those words in French!!!  Please provide students with a marble composition book and pencils so they can be prepared when they come to the Computer Lab.  I look forward to working with you and having conversations about your child's progress!!
Thank you.
Linda Silverberg

Today, you will be working with a new interactive website: Click here

A Beautiful Flower!

Greetings, You were given a prompt by Ms. Silverberg! "Mother Nature has asked you to create a beautiful new flower!" You are to write a descriptive piece about how that flower looks, smells, grows, etc. Also indicate what types of animals or insects might be attracted to it, or repelled by it! (Repelled - keep away from). Somepeople had their work typed by Ms. Silverberg. she will give you that text to paste into your work today. Click here

Math Prep

Ms. Laris' Class

Subtraction with Regrouping

Ms. Kammerman's Class 2-210

Ms. Laris

Ms. Laris' Class

2-210

Please solve problems 12 through 24

Math Test Prep

How Many Birds?
By Kathleen W. Redman
1
How many birds are in your yard?
Count them now; it isn't hard.

2
Look up there! Up in the tree!
Birds of blue, one, two, and three.

3
Blue birds here, blue birds there.
Blue birds flying in the air.

4
How many birds are in your yard?
Count them now; it isn't hard.

5
Look over there, on the ground.
Four brown birds are what I found.

6
Brown birds here, brown birds there.
Brown birds flying in the air.

7
How many birds are in your yard?
Count them now; it isn't hard.

8
Look in there, in the nest.
Six little birds, taking a rest.

9
Little birds here, little birds there.
Little birds trying to fly in the air.

10
How many birds are in your yard?
Count them now; it isn't hard.

11
Look over there, on the line,
Seven black birds, looking fine.

12
Black birds here, black birds there.
Black birds flying in the air.

13
How many birds are in your yard?
Count them now; it isn't hard.

14
Yes, it is. It is hard to say
How many birds when they fly away!

15
They fly around from here to there.
They won't stay put anywhere!

16
How many birds are in your yard?
Counting birds is VERY hard!
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Dinosaurs!

Finish the Story!

Click to finish the story!

Ms. Laris' Class

Word Problems for the Week!