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Is it snowy, rainy or sunny
outside today? We care about the weather because we
often decide what to wear and what to do based on the
weather. The weather also helps us decide
which plants we can grow and what kind of houses we
build.
If you would like to learn
more about weather, follow the links on this
pathfinder.
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Print
Resources-Books and Magazines
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Our library has wonderful
books about WEATHER. A few of the books are listed
below.
NONFICTION
BOOKS
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Book
Title
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Author
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Call
Number
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The Science
Book of Weather
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by Neil
Ardley
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551.5
Ard
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Sunshine
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by Miranda
Ashwell
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551.5
Ash
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The Cloud
Book
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by Tomie
DePaola
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551.5
DeP
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Snow
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by Miranda
Ashwell
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551.57
Ash
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Weather
Forecasting
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by Gail
Gibbons
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551.6
Gib
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Weather Words
and What They Mean
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by Gail
Gibbons
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551.6
Gib
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The Weather
Sky
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by Bruce
McMillan
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551.6
McM
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The Weather
and Us
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by Ann
Merk
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551.6
Mer
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Rain, Snow
and Ice
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by Ann
Merk
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551.6
Mer
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Clouds
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by Ann
Merk
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551.6
Mer
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- FICTION
BOOKS
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Book
Title
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Author
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Call
Number
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Cloudy With a
Chance of Meatballs
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by Judi
Barrett
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E Bar
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The Little
Cloud
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by Eric
Carle
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E Car
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Rainbow of My
Own
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by Don
Freeman
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E Fre
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The Snowy
Day
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by Ezra Jack
Keats
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E Kea
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Henry and Mudge
and the Wild Wind
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by Cynthia
Rylant
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E Ryl
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Nimby: the Story
of a Cloud
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by Jasper
Tompkins
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E Tom
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Online
Resources--Internet Sites
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These Web sites will help
you learn more about WEATHER:
- Weather
Dude: Meteorology made simple for kids, parents and
teachers
- Go here for fun weather
stuff just for kids! You'll find weather songs, pictures
to color and information.
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- Weather
- A first grade class in
New York made this page about weather.
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- El
Nino Weather '98
- A weather page created
by Kindergarten/First Grade class in Florida.
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- Kids
Snow Page
- Lots of activities to
help you learn about snow!
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- Kid's
PlayStation
- A page of weather links
for kids from the National Weather Service.
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- DAN'S
WILD WILD WEATHER PAGE
- All about weather for
kids from 6-16 from Meteorologist Dan
Satterfield.
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- Pre-readers'
Wild Weather Quiz for Little
Explorers
- A Scavenger Hunt Using
the Little Explorers Online Picture Dictionary
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Videos,
CD-ROM, Laserdiscs, etc.
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Our library has these
multimedia resources about WEATHER:
Video 551.6 Wea Weather.
Dorling Kindersley.
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Dewey
Decimal Numbers to Browse
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If you want to browse the
shelves in the library to find information about WEATHER,
look for these numbers:
- 551.5 -
Meteorology
- 551.6 -
Weather
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Keywords
and Phrases for Searching
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Do you need more
information? Ask your teacher, librarian, or parent to
use these words and phrases to help you search
Electric
Library,
KidQuest
Magazine Index,
the library online catalog, CD-ROM or print encyclopedias,
and the World Wide Web:
- clouds
- frost
- rain
- rainbow
- storms
- lightning
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- snow
- snowflake
- wind
- weather
- meteorology
- hurricane
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Community
Resources-People and Places
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The following community
contacts may help you with your topic:
NCRL
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Wenatchee Public Library's
Online Catalog
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EALRs
and Other Resources for Teachers
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Reading
1. The student understands and uses
different skills and strategies to read.
To meet this standard, the student
will
1.1 use word recognition and word
meaning skills to read and comprehend text
- integrate appropriate reading
strategies to adapt reading to different types of
text
1.5 use features of non-fiction text
and computer software
- find and sort information for a
specific topic or purpose
3. The student reads different
materials for a variety of purposes
To meet this standard, the student
will
3.1 read to learn new
information
- locate and use a variety of
resources
- select resources to answer a
question or solve a problem
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