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1. A Visual Overview: Show the slideshow of photos to your class. Each has a descriptive caption and kid-friendly copy for your students to read. (Please note that there is also more extensive teacher note copy just for you.)
2. Creative Caption Review: Once you've been through the slideshow for an overview, go back through it again. This time ask students to explain why the captions do (or do not!) work. (Example: Is it a good idea to label the seaweed as a "Weather Weed?" Why or why not?)

Click the thumbnail slides below to see the captions and kid-friendly copy up close.

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3. Continue the Conversation: Ask students to describe what Groundhog Day (Feb. 2) celebrates. Ask if they think a groundhog's shadow is a reliable predictor of weather. After some conversation, tell them that weather records have proved the groundhog predictions wrong many times. Does this change their original opinion?
4. Write about it: Put students in pairs. Remind them of the saying: "Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky in morning, sailors take warning." Ask if they can make up their own "weather saying" using examples they saw in the slideshow such as the pine cones and seaweed. You might also suggest they think about different kinds of clouds.