Weather Chart & Weather Craft | Fall Activities, Data Graphing & Writing

Make daily weather observation meaningful with this hands-on weather chart and weather craft for Kindergarten, first grade, and primary classrooms! Students will observe and record the weather, collect and graph data, compare weather patterns, build weather vocabulary, and respond to writing prompts while creating an adorable fall craft that doubles as a classroom display.

This fall weather activity combines science, math, literacy, and writing in one engaging project. Students track warm, cool, rainy, and windy days, analyze their weather data, compare results, draw warm and cool fall days, practice weather vocabulary, and complete opinion writing about the weather.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

• Fall weather tree craft pieces
• Printable leaves and squirrel pieces
• Weather chart for daily data collection
• Warm, cool, rainy, and windy weather tracking
• Weather data analysis writing
• Warm weather and cool weather vocabulary activities
• Draw a warm fall day activity
• Draw a cool fall day activity
• Weather opinion writing prompts
• K–1 writing line option
• 1–3 writing line option
• Assembly guide
• Complete lesson plan
• Weather discussion and questioning guide
• Differentiation and extension ideas

STUDENTS WILL PRACTICE

• Observing daily weather conditions
• Collecting weather data
• Reading and completing a weather chart
• Comparing weather patterns over time
• Graphing and interpreting data
• Identifying warm, cool, rainy, and windy weather
• Using weather vocabulary
• Comparing warm and cool fall days
• Drawing and writing about weather
• Opinion writing
• Speaking and sharing observations
• Using evidence from collected data to answer questions

A WEATHER CRAFT WITH REAL ACADEMIC VALUE

This is more than a seasonal fall craft. Students build the tree while completing a flipbook packed with weather learning. The finished project gives students a visual record of the weather they observed and provides an easy way to connect science, graphing, data collection, vocabulary, and writing in one activity.

Use it throughout September or during a fall weather unit as students collect weather data over several days. The included discussion questions can be used before, during, and after weather tracking to help students notice patterns, compare results, make predictions, and explain their thinking.

PERFECT FOR

• Kindergarten weather activities
• First grade weather activities
• Primary science
• Fall science
• Weather units
• Weather graphing
• Weather data collection
• September activities
• Fall activities
• Science and writing integration
• Whole-group science
• Morning weather routines
• Classroom displays
• Bulletin boards

The completed weather craft makes a colorful fall classroom display while still showcasing meaningful student work. It is an easy way to turn your daily weather routine into a hands-on learning experience students can see, discuss, graph, analyze, and write about.