Kindergarten · Science · Unit 10 of 13
Weather & Seasons
Weather, seasons, day and night
What your child practices
Dressing for the weather, the four seasons in order, day and night, and how plants and animals change with the seasons.
Alabama Course of Study content standard: K.9 · observing and describing local weather patterns over time
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- The seasons go spring, summer, fall, winter.
- Summer is the warmest. Winter is the coldest.
- Dress for the weather: a coat for cold, an umbrella for rain.
Example: It is snowing. What should you wear? Snow means it is cold. A warm coat keeps you warm. Answer: a warm coat
Weather & Seasons in Alabama
In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 10 of 13 in Kindergarten Science, after Sun & Shade and before Four Seasons.
Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Put the seasons in order. Start with spring.
- 🌷spring
- ☀️summer
- 🍂fall
- ❄️winter
spring → summer → fall → winter
Hint: Flowers grow in spring. Next comes hot summer, then leafy fall, then cold winter.
Question 2
It is hot and sunny. What should you wear?
☀️- 👒sun hat
- 🧣scarf
- 🧤mittens
👒 sun hat
Hint: A sun hat shades your face on a hot, sunny day.
Question 3
In which season do many leaves fall off trees?
- 🌷spring
- 🍂fall
- ☀️summer
🍂 fall
Hint: In fall, many leaves change color and drop off the trees.
Question 4
Hot day or cold day? Put each one in its basket.
Sort into: ☀️ hot day · ❄️ cold day
- 🩳shorts
- 🧤mittens
- 👢boots
- 👒sun hat
- 🧥winter coat
- 🩴sandals
☀️ hot day: shorts, sun hat, sandals · ❄️ cold day: mittens, boots, winter coat
Hint: On hot days we wear cool, light things. On cold days we bundle up!
Question 5
What do some bears do in winter?
🐻- 💤sleep in a den
- 🐦fly away
- 🏊go swimming
💤 sleep in a den
Hint: Some bears sleep in a den for most of the winter. This is called hibernation.
Question 6
Which season is the coldest?
- 🌷spring
- ☀️summer
- ❄️winter
❄️ winter
Hint: Winter is the coldest season. Some places get snow!