Ask students to create a weather diary. This journal should include their basic weather observations and thoughts about these. Certain weather conditions may evoke feelings such as happiness or sadness, and students should write about these feelings in their journals. For younger children, provide a journal in which single written words can appropriately describe conditions and feelings. Have students write in these journals on a weekly basis and compare the weather changes among the seasons.
Meteorology is the study of weather, and a meteorologist is a person who keeps you informed about current and upcoming weather. Ask students to write a letter to a local meteorologist asking a specific question they have related to weather. Invite that meteorologist to speak to your class, and allow the students to use these letters for a question-and-answer session with the guest speaker.
Weather can be unpredictable, but one of the best ways to stay safe during inclement weather is to have a plan to implement when the need arises. Develop an inclement weather plan appropriate for a possible weather issue in your area. This might be a hurricane, tornado or earthquake. Write out specific steps on a large poster for your class to do in case of one of these disasters. Display this in your room, and review these steps often.
The stories of individuals who live through natural weather disasters provide an unusual perspective about these weather events. Ask students to interview a survivor of an earthquake, hurricane or tornado. Develop a list of questions before the interview and have the students write notes from this interview in a journal. Then have students use this firsthand account of the weather event to write a true story about that person and his experience.