Clouds

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Clouds

• By Mrs. Prietos
• 2nd Grade Classroom

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Our Classroom

• We wanted to learn about clouds, so we set up our
  classroom ceiling like a sky of clouds.
• We all got to make our own puffy cloud first.

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So what is a cloud?

• There are lots of drops of water floating
  together in the air. We cant see each drop, but
  we see them together as a cloud.

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How do clouds form?

• First there is a body of water. This could be a
  lake, ocean, or river.

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The Sun

• Then the sun comes out and warms up the water
  from the lake or ocean, and turns it into a gas
  called Vapor.

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Water Vapor

• Water vapor rises into the air. It then forms
  tiny drops of water.

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Clouds

• As we learned, these tiny drops join together to
  make clouds.

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Rain

• The drops get so big that they can no longer stay
  in the air. Then they fall down to earth as Rain.
• Rain comes down to earth again, and the cycle
  starts all over.

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Now What?

• We wanted to know why all clouds werent white
  and puffy, so we learned about types of clouds.

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Cumulus Clouds

• Cumulus clouds are white puffy clouds.
• These clouds mean fair weather.

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Cirrus Clouds

• These clouds are made of tiny bits of ice.
• These usually mean that rain or snow is on the
  way.

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Stratus Clouds

• These clouds look like thick layers of clouds.
• They mean that wet weather is on its way.

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Clouds and rain

• We all read books about the water cycle, rain,and
  what could happen when there is too much rain.

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The Sea Where I Swim By Gwen Pascoe

• We read The Sea Where I Swim.
• We liked this book because it was about the water
  cycle.
• Our favorite part of the story was watching how
  the water went from the sea into the sky, and
  back down to the sea.

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Rain by Andrew Kelly

• We wanted to know where rain came from?
• This book explained how water vapor becomes
  clouds and then falls down as rain.
• We learned that water vapor turns into clouds,and
  then when the cloud gets full, the drops of water
  come down as rain.

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The Flood by Kevin Boom

• Our book was about a Flood. When there is too
  much rain, that can cause a flood to happen.
• Our favorite part of the story was learning about
  how the people helped each other in the flood.
  Now we know what can happen, and what to do if
  there is a flood.

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Storm by Jane Carrol

• Our book showed pictures of what a storm was
  like. We liked learning about the stormy weather.

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Cloud Watchingto learn about the weather.
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Charting our weather to see what kinds of clouds
brought certain weather.
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Our Cloudy Word Bank

• Puffy White Gray Rainy
• Stormy Cirrus Cumulus Stratus
• Foggy Snow Ice Vapor
• Water Shower Thin Wispy
• Thick Flood Rain Drops
• Water Cycle Gas Sunny
• Sky Blue The Sun Weather
• CLOUDS, CLOUDS, CLOUDS

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Final Thoughts

• We learned a lot about clouds, but the best part
  was Cloud Watching. You ought to try it someday.