I would generate interest and elicit prior knowledge of weather by observing current weather outdoors, wondering if we will get outside to play today. Then I will take the children outside to observe the weather using all their senses. We might observe through guiding questions that the grass feels wet today, the flag is blowing strongly, how the sky looks, how things smell, the type of outerwear adults are wearing etc.
Reflect on observations in the classroom. Make a display of the weather words used. Gradually through discussion, categorise students’ descriptions of weather according to weather factors such as temperature, precipitation, wind, and cloud cover.
Children should be directed towards knowing that they can use their senses to detect thevweather. “How do I know what the weather is?” e.g. I feel the sun warning my skin.
Finally children take turns to record the weather daily on a classroom chart, having explained to the class how they observed it.