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Kindergarten · Science · Unit 4 of 9

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.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 0E.2.1.1.2 · observing local weather each day and through the seasons, and describing the patterns

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. The seasons go spring, summer, fall, winter.
  2. Summer is the warmest. Winter is the coldest.
  3. 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 Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 4 of 9 in Kindergarten Science, after Push & Pull and before Care for Our Earth.

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.

Source: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Put the seasons in order. Start with spring.

    • ❄️winter
    • 🌷spring
    • 🍂fall
    • ☀️summer

  2. Question 2

    What do many birds do when it gets cold?

    🍂
    • 🐦fly to warmer places
    • 🕳️dig a hole
    • 🐻grow thick fur

  3. Question 3

    When is the sky dark so we can see stars?

    ⭐
    • 🌙night
    • 🥪lunchtime
    • 🌅morning

  4. Question 4

    It is snowy and cold. What should you wear?

    ☃️
    • 🩴sandals
    • 🧤mittens
    • 🩳shorts

  5. Question 5

    In which season do many flowers start to grow?

    • 🍂fall
    • ❄️winter
    • 🌷spring

  6. Question 6

    It is hot and sunny. What should you wear?

    ☀️
    • 👒sun hat
    • 🧣scarf
    • 🧤mittens

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