Summary
Explains the different kinds of precipitation -- rain, snow, sleet and hail -- and the weather that brings each one. Good for observing and describing local weather.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Precipitation is water that falls from the sky in different forms.
- What are some different kinds of precipitation?
- When does precipitation fall as snow instead of rain?
- What kind of precipitation falls where you live most often?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: precipitation, rain, snow, sleet, hail.
Try it: Keep a weather chart for a week and record what kind of precipitation, if any, falls each day.