About this book
Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3
Lexile Measure:
Guided Reading Level: J
Age: Age 6, Age 7, Age 5
Genre: Comedy and Humor, General Fiction
Subject: Weather
Wind Walk
Select a gusty day and look for signs of the wind.
Materials
- "Who Has Seen the Wind?"
- jar of bubbles, bubble wand
- balloons
- crepe-paper streamers or scarves
- trash bags
Teaching the Lesson
Who Has Seen the Wind
By Christina Rossetti
Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you:
But when the leaves hang trembling,
The wind is passing through.
Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bow down their heads,
The wind is passing by.
- Begin by reading aloud the poem Who Has Seen the Wind? by Christina Rossetti. Ask: What happened when the wind was passing through?
- Look out a window or sit in a sheltered area outside. Ask: Can you see the wind? Encourage children to explain how they know the wind is there.
- Ask: Which direction is the wind blowing? Is it difficult to tell?
- Once outside, lead the class in these activities.
- Run with the wind.
- Run into the wind. Which is easier?
- Run faster than the wind. Slower.
- Skip with the wind. Jump. Hop.
- Stand still and move your arms like the wind.
- Twirl and whirl like the wind.
- Wet a finger and hold it up in the air. What do you feel? (The wind will cool one side as it passes by.)
- Subjects:Outdoor Activities and Recreation, Listening Comprehension, Early Science, Science Experiments and Projects, Force and Motion, Weather, Following Directions, Songs and Rhymes
- Skills:Listening and Speaking, Listening Comprehension
