• Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Types of weather). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
• Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.

1. What kind of weather would you wear or take a sun hat for? (a sunny, hot day / a rainy day / a snowy, cold day) → a sunny, hot dayPrompt: Does it keep you cool, dry or warm?
2. What is fog? (heavy rain / frozen air / smoke from fires / a cloud close to the ground) → a cloud close to the groundPrompt: It makes it hard to see far.
3. What would you take on a snowy, cold day? (shorts / a woolly hat / sunglasses / a raincoat) → a woolly hatPrompt: Think about keeping cool, dry or warm.

• Show today's forecast and ask what it means for the class and how forecasters know.
• Share the objective: Describe the weather from clues. Read the success criteria together.

• Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
• Example: Look at the clues: You cannot see the end of the street because the air is thick and misty. What is the weather like?
• Step 1: So the answer is: foggy
• Answer: foggy
• Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

• Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
• Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.

1. Look at the clues: A grey sky with no sun to be seen, but it is dry. What is the weather like? (stormy / cloudy / windy / rainy) → cloudyPrompt: Think about what you would see and feel outside.
2. Why are there puddles on the playground this morning? (It rained while we were asleep. / The Sun made the puddles. / The wind brought them. / The puddles grew out of the ground.) → It rained while we were asleep.Prompt: Where does water on the ground usually come from?

• Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
• Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 8 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

• Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.

1. True or false? Snow falls on very hot days. (True / False) → FalsePrompt: Think about weather you have seen yourself.
2. A kite flies high and the washing on the line flaps. What weather is it? (windy / still and calm / snowy / foggy) → windyPrompt: What moves a kite and the washing?

Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/science/kindergarten.