THE BULLETIN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2021 A9
© 2021 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 37, No. 11
Most of the clouds you see fall into one of three groups.
Make some clouds with
newspaper!
Cirrus clouds are high
clouds. They look like thin,
wispy streamers. Cirrus clouds
are usually white and predict
fair to pleasant weather.
Cumulus clouds are the
puffy white clouds that
look like floating cotton
balls. They usually mean
good weather is coming.
But if the cumulus cloud
starts to get taller and
taller, they can become
thunderstorm clouds.
Stratus clouds are grayish clouds
that often cover the entire sky
like a big blanket. They make for
dark, sometimes drizzly weather.
Here are three facts about
clouds and one statement
that is NOT true. Use a red
crayon to cross out the
false statement.
Look outside today
to find shapes in the
clouds!
What do you
see in these
clouds?
Rain, sleet, snow and hail
falling from clouds is
called precipitation.
Clouds form when water
evaporates into the sky and
condenses high up in the
cooler air.
If you move slowly and carefully,
you can sit on a cloud.
How many clouds can you
find on this page?
Paint some pages of the
newspaper white and let
them dry.
Then cut out shapes to make
the different kinds of clouds.
Make two matching shapes for
each kind of cloud. Staple the
matching shapes together.
Leave a space to stuff some
crumpled newspaper inside
then staple the cloud closed.
Fly high to discover if this statement is true or
false: FOG IS A CLOUD.
F
Lupé DeLoops
is flying her
plane through this
big cloud. The letters
along the correct path
will reveal if
the above
statement
about fog
is true or false. U
A cloud is a large group of water
droplets that we can see in the air.
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Don’t get dizzy!
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CLOUD COMPUTING: Have you heard about cloud computing? Or have you ever stored a
photo or a file in “the cloud”? The cloud is a name that has been given to large warehouses full
of computers that connect to the internet. When you need computer space or apps, you can
get those by plugging into the internet which will connect you with the computing cloud.
The sum of every row, column and diagonal must be the same.
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9
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PLEASANT
COMPUTER
CUMULUS
PREDICT
WEATHER
STRATUS
CLOUDS
CIRRUS
WISPY
PUFFY
SLEET
HAIL
SNOW
SKY
FOG
Weather
News
Look through the
newspaper for
your local weather
ther
forecast. Based d on
the forecast, what
clothes will you
need to wear outside
tside
this coming week?
eek?
Standards Link: Research:
Use the newspaper to
locate information.
Hang your cloud from the
ceiling. What kind of cloud
did you make?
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P I S T R A T U S R
C T R E H T A E W E
This week’s word:
U P R E D I C T I T
PREDICT
C L U R E U L W S U
The verb predict means to
guess or estimate something
that may happen in the future.
T I I F M G O F P P
E A R U F N U N Y M
E H L R S Y D T H O
L U E S U K S K Y C
S Y T N A S A E L P
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
The dark clouds helped us
predict that it would rain
the afternoon of our
family picnic.
Try to use the word predict
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family members.
Environment Quiz
Look through the newspaper for articles about
the environment and weather. Create a
10-question quiz from these articles to test
other students’ knowledge of these issues.
ANSWER: Thunderwear!
Standards Link: Writing Applications: Students write phrases
that describe concepts.
If you were a bird, what kind
of bird would you be? Why?