Watching the weather

Science · Earth's Systems · ages 5-6

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Which weather word means water is falling from the sky?
- Rainy
- Sunny
- Windy
What can you write down about the weather?
- How windy it is
- What toy you like best
- What day of the week it is
You can watch the sky and write down if it is sunny or cloudy.
Circle one: True False
Count the rainy days. Type the number.
Answer: ______________
Look at these five days. What pattern do you see?
- Sunny and rainy take turns
- It is always sunny
- It is always windy
If it has rained every day this week, it will probably rain tomorrow too.
Circle one: True False
Alex wrote down the weather for just one day and says he found a pattern. What is wrong?
- There is nothing wrong
- He needs many days to see a pattern
- He should write down toys instead
The weather went sunny, rainy, sunny, rainy. What is tomorrow likely to be?
- Rainy
- Snowy
- Sunny

Answer key

For grown-ups. Fold this page away before handing over the rest.

Rainy · Rainy means rain is falling. That is one kind of weather.
How windy it is · Wind is part of the weather. You can watch it and write it down.
True · Yes. Watching and writing down the sky is how you record weather.
3 · Three days are marked rainy: 1, 2, 3.
Sunny and rainy take turns · The days go sunny, rainy, sunny, rainy, sunny. That is a repeating pattern.
True · When a pattern keeps repeating, it is a good guess that it continues.
He needs many days to see a pattern · A pattern needs many days to compare. One day alone is not enough.
Sunny · The pattern repeats sunny then rainy, so sunny comes again after rainy.