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Kindergarten · Science · Unit 3 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.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: K-ESS2-1 · observing local weather and describing its patterns over time

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 New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 3 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: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

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.

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

  2. Question 2

    It is hot and sunny. What should you wear?

    ☀️
    • 🧤mittens
    • 👒sun hat
    • 🧣scarf

  3. Question 3

    Which animal is awake at night?

    • 🦇bat
    • 🦋butterfly
    • 🐝bee

  4. Question 4

    When is the sky dark so we can see stars?

    ⭐
    • 🌙night
    • 🥪lunchtime
    • 🌅morning

  5. Question 5

    What do some bears do in winter?

    🐻
    • 🏊go swimming
    • 🐦fly away
    • 💤sleep in a den

  6. Question 6

    Hot day or cold day? Put each one in its basket.

    Sort into: ☀️ hot day · ❄️ cold day

    • 🧥winter coat
    • 🩱swimsuit
    • 🧣scarf
    • 👢boots
    • 🩴sandals
    • 👒sun hat

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