CHALLENGING WORDS
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meteorology
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snapped
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weather forecaster
SUMMARY
Stan the ground hog is a weather forecaster. Stan is retiring and
Theodore is looking for a new forecaster, but he wants a ground
hog. Caroline the porcupine says she would like to be the
forecaster. Theodore says that if she can get the weather right
five days in a row she can be a forecaster.
--- Conversation Questions--(1) Tell me the title.
(Answer)
Forecast.
(Follow Up)
Did you like this story? Why or why not?
(2)
Imagine you were Caroline. How would you feel if
Theodore made fun of you?
(Answer)
Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)
Has someone ever made fun of you?
(3)
Assume you predicted the forecast right five days in a
row. How would you feel?
(Answer)
Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)
Have you ever predicted something and it happened?
What was it?
(4)
Suppose you were a weatherman. Do you think it would
be easy to forecast the weather?
(Answer)
Any logical answer.
(Follow Up)
What would you like to be when you grow up?
(5) Define prediction.
(Answer)
You know/say that something is going to happen before
it happens.
(Follow Up)
Give me a sentence with prediction in it.
(6) Name what Caroline took a class in.
(Answer)
Meteorology.
(Follow Up)
What is meteorology?
(7)
List the five days and the weather for each day that
Caroline predicted.
(Answer)
Monday-clear, Tuesday-sunny and warm, Wednesdaywindy and cold, Thursday-rain, Friday-snow.
(Follow Up)
Tell me what the weather is like today.
(8) Search in the story and tell me what Frank and Oscar do?
(Answer)
They go up on the roof with big bags of feathers and turn
them upside down to make it look like it is snowing.
(Follow Up)
How does Theodore find out it’s not really snowing?
(9)
Find in the story and tell me what all the animals do at
the end of the story.
(Answer)
They have a snowball fight.
(Follow Up)
Have you ever had a snowball fight? With who?
Activities
1
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In your journal, predict the forecast for five days in a
row.
2
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Draw your favorite animal in the story and label it.
3
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List the different kinds of weather we can have.
Introduction
1. Have the word forecast written on the board. Ask the child if they
know what the word forecast means? Today, we’re going to read a
book called forecast.
2. Have the cover of the book showing without the title. Ask the child
what they think the story will be about? Today, we will read
forecast. Let’s see if you were right.
3. Have a stuffed cat. Ask the child if they think a cat could be the
boss over other animals? Today, we’re going to find out in the book
called forecast. Let’s see if you were right.
Book Title: Forecast
Author: Malcolm Hall
ISBN: 0-698-30666-X
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Illustrator: Bruce Degen
# of Text Pages: 54
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Building Oral Vocabulary
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Prediction Questions
Do you think it will rain?
Do you think Caroline’s forecast will be right?
Do you think it will snow? Why or why not?
This resource is provided by THE LEARNING CORPS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the
Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.