Wind Is Moving Air

Start with something students can look at or think about: a photo, a short video, a jar on the windowsill, or a question like "what do you already know about types of weather?" Then let them work through the first item together as a class, then finish the rest independently or with a partner, keeping a word bank or anchor chart in view so the vocabulary stays available. When you review, ask students how they knew, and let them point to the part of the diagram or reading that told them. These types of weather worksheets work well as a lead in before an investigation, as a way to capture what students noticed afterward, or as review before an assessment.

These types of weather worksheets for 1st grade give students a clear, visual way to work through one of the big ideas in weather and seasons. Students label diagrams, sort and classify examples, read short explanations, and answer questions that ask them to say why, not just what. Each page keeps the science vocabulary front and center so students leave with the words they need to talk about types of weather accurately. Working through types of weather on paper gives 1st grade students something concrete to hold onto before, during, or after the hands on part of a lesson.

Yes, both. We made it for 1st Grade weather and seasons, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with types of weather. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Moving air, which is the definition printed on the page. Wind is the first weather children meet that they cannot see, only its effects, so the worksheet works entirely through what it moves.

The objects wind could move, like a feather, balloons and a flower, and not the ones too heavy, like a chair. Weight is the variable, which makes it a fair test rather than a guess.

The page ends by asking what happens to a piece of paper outside on a windy day. Predicting and then checking is the habit worth building, more than the answer itself.

First graders learn to name and describe a variety of weather conditions they encounter every day. They practice using descriptive weather vocabulary like humid, foggy, or stormy, and begin to understand that weather is caused by conditions in the atmosphere. This topic also builds early observation skills central to scientific thinking.

Weather is one of the first earth science topics introduced in Grade 1, often starting with daily weather observations at the beginning of each school day. Many classrooms keep a weather chart all year long, giving students ongoing data to reference.

Start a simple weather journal at home where your child draws or writes about today's weather before completing the worksheet. Encourage them to look out the window each morning and describe what they see using the vocabulary from the worksheet.

10 printable worksheets, all free to preview. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for 1st Grade students, roughly ages 6-7. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Each one shows the NGSS code it covers on its own page, so you can check the alignment yourself rather than taking our word for it.

Yes. Nothing here assumes a classroom of 25, so they work the same one-to-one at the kitchen table as they do in a 1st Grade classroom, a literacy centre, or a tutoring session.