1 7 seasons (earth sciences)

Earth Sciences
Standards
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Standard Set 3. Earth Sciences
3. Weather can be observed,
measured, and described. As a basis
for understanding this concept:

3.b. Students know the weather
changes from day to day but that
trends in temperature or rain (or
snow) tend to be predictable during a
season.

3.a. Students know how to use simple
tools (e.g., thermometer, wind vane)
to measure weather conditions and
record changes from day to day and
across the seasons.

Genre

Nonfiction

Comprehension Skill

Retell

Text Features

• Captions

• Glossary

Science Content

Weather

Scott Foresman Science 1.7

by Rachel Brady
ISBN 0-328-23490-7

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Vocabulary
fall
season
spring
summer
winter
by Rachel Brady

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What is a season?
There are four seasons.
A season is a time of year.
Weather changes each season.
You can predict the weather for
each season.

A season may be warm or cold.
A season may be wet or dry.

Look at the snow!

In what season will
you find these?

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Weather in Spring
Spring is a season.
Spring comes after winter.
What is it like in spring?

Spring is warmer than winter.
There is more daylight in spring.
Spring is different from place to
place.

Sea lions play in
warm weather.

Flowers grow in
spring.

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photo of sea lion and cub in sun
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What is the
weather like in
summer?
Summer is a season.
Summer comes after spring.
What is it like in summer?

Summer is the warmest season.
It can be dry.

Some places get little rain.
Summer is different from place to
place.

Summer nights can be cool
and foggy in some places.

Plants get watered
if it is dry.

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What is the
weather like in
fall?
Fall is a season.
Fall comes after summer.
What is it like in fall?

Fall is cooler than summer.
Some days are rainy.
There is less daylight in fall.
Fall is different from place to
place.

The Sun starts to set
earlier in fall.

house with fall foliage on page
213 of SE.>

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photo of city at night from page
212 of SE.>

When days get cooler,
some trees turn colors.

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What is the
weather like in
winter?
Winter is a season.
Winter comes after fall.
What is it like in winter?

Winter is colder than fall.
Winter is the coldest season.
It may be the wettest season.
Winter is different from place to
place.

Some places get more
rain in winter.

Some places get snow
in winter.

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Glossary

What did you learn?
1. What are the four seasons?

fall

the season that comes after
summer

2. What is the warmest season?

season

a time of year

3.

spring

the season that comes after
winter

Pick the season that
you like best. Write one to two sentences
that describe what you like about it.

4.

Retell Tell how weather changes
where you live during each season.

summer

the season that comes after
spring

winter

the season that comes after fall

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