Weather Text Set
2nd Grade SOL 2.6
Rachel West
Down Comes the Rain
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Author: Franklyn M. Branley
Guided Reading Level: N
Genre: General nonfiction
Branley, F. M. (1997). Down
comes the rain. New York:
Harper Collins Publishers.
This book gives an easy-to-understand
explanation of the water cycle, clouds, and rain.
The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A
Book About the Water Cycle
• Author: Joanna Cole
• Guided Reading Level: P
• Genres: Adventure, Comedy and
Humor, Series, Media Tie-In, General
Nonfiction
• Cole, J. (1996). Magic school
bus wet all over: A book about
the water cycle. New York:
Scholastic Inc.
In this book, Ms. Frizzle’s students turn into
water during a field trip. They go through the
water cycle as water.
The Magic School Bus: Inside a
Hurricane
• Author: Joanna Cole
• DRA Levels: 34-38
• Genre: General Nonfiction
• Cole, J. (1995). The magic
school bus: Inside a hurricane.
New York: Scholastic Inc.
In this book, Mrs. Frizzle and her
students go up in a hot air balloon. The balloon
springs a leak, and then the students get stuck in
a hurricane. The students also witness a tornado
that sets them back down to their school.
Storm Coming!
• Author: Audrey B. Baird
• Transitional Stage
• Genre: Nonfiction, Poetry
• Baird, A. B. (2001). Storm
coming! Honesdale, Pennsylvania:
Boyds Mills Press, Inc.
This book is full of poetry mostly about
thunderstorms and rain. There is a lot of focus
on people going through storms. For example, one
poem is entitled “Dull, Dumb Day,” and it describes
a little boy who is stuck inside during a rainstorm
and what he does during that time.
What’s the Weather?
• Author: Melissa Stewart
• Transitional Stage
• Genre: Nonfiction
• Stewart, M. (2005). What’s the
weather? Minneapolis: Compass
Point Books.
This book contains many experiment ideas that
students can do on their own, such as seeing how
raindrops form by using wax paper. It also asks
questions about what students experience every
day, like temperature changes during a day and
weather changes.
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
• Author: Kin Eagle
• Guided Reading Level: G
• Genre: General Fiction
• Eagle, K. (1994). It’s raining, it’s
pouring. Boston: Whispering
Coyote Press.
This book is a lengthened version of the
traditional nursery rhyme (it contains seven verses).
It talks about what happens to the elderly man
when he faces all different types of weather.
Cobblestone Magazine
• Editor: Meg Chorlian
• Fluent Stage
• Genre: American history magazine,
Informational
• Chorlian, M. (2012, March). Be
prepared! Cobblestone Magazine,
33(3), 36-37.
This issue of the magazine contained lots of
information about weather. There was an article
about being prepared with supplies when a storm
hits. The article also said you can be prepared by
knowing the weather in your part of the country.
Can You See the Wind?
• Author: Allan Fowler
• Guided Reading Level: I
• Genre: Series, Informational,
General Nonfiction
• Fowler, A. (1999). Can you see
the wind? New York: Children’s
Press.
This book contains a simple explanation of wind,
and how warm air rises. It also discusses the winds
in tornadoes and hurricanes. It also explains that
wind can come from the north, south, east, or west.
Water
• Author: Karen Lee Siepak
• Teacher’s Resource for Grades K-3
• Siepak, K. L. (1994). Water.
Greensboro, North Carolina:
Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company.
This book contains 26 activities that follow the
scientific method. The book includes information
about what materials are needed and step-by-step
directions on how to do each activity.