Five in a Row Book 2: 'Storm in the night'

We had a great time with "Storm in the Night" as it gave us an excuse to study the weather, water and more.

(Click here for other blog posts on weather experiments and clouds.)

We read:
- "Do You Know that Clouds Have Names?" - Online book from The Globe Program
- "Clouds" by Anne F. Rockwell
- "It Looked Like Spilt Milk" by Charles Green Shaw
- "Little Cloud" by Eric Carle
One of The Girl's favorites
- "The Cloud Book" by Tomie DePaola
One of my favorite books
- "Down Comes the Rain" by Franklyn Mansfield Branley
- "Flash Crash Rumble and Roll" by Franklyn Mansfield Branley
I can't believe how much I learned about thunder and lightning in this story!
- "A Drop of Water" by Gordon Morrison
- "A Rainbow of My Own" by Don Freeman
- "Like A Windy Day" by Frank Asch
- "Thundercake" by Patricia Polacco
Polacco is a fantastic storyteller. "Thundercake" is about how a little girl shows bravery despite being scared of a storm. The Girl really wanted to make a Thundercake when we were done with this story!
- "Courage" by Bernard Waber
This story is about having courage, which can include during storms!
-  "Wind is to Feel" by Shirley Cook Hatch
As you read through this story, there are tons of tactile things for kids to do to help them understand wind better.

We watched:
- The Magic Schoolbus Kicks Up a Storm
- The Magic Schoolbus: Wet All Over

We did:
 We made wind chimes out of paint, string and tin cans. And added a bit of sparkle with beads.

 We did a few books using a lapbook from over at HomeschoolShare.com. There wasn't one specific to "Storm in the Night", but there is one about weather.

 I tied in some of the Five Senses work we'd done previously when reading "Lentil" by talking about What Senses We Use on sunny days, rainy days, snowy days and stormy days.

We paid attention to our daily weather, making each day's temperature onto a graph I found over at http://homeschoolcreations.com.

We added in some math games, playing with our Tangram game (foam geometric shapes that can be assembled to create various patterns), and making a geoboard to practice The Girls math skills. I drove short nails in a circle, like the hours on a clock face around the board. Then my student could stretch rubber bands or string from nail to nail, creating geometric shapes.

The Bible Story about Jesus walking on water fit in perfectly with our stories about weather and water. Free printable.