Kindergarden Seasons and Weather

68 Seasons and Weather: Supplemental Guide 3B | Spring

 Syntactic Awareness Activity

Cause and Effect

Directions: Some things happen because of other things. We call this

cause and effect. For example, new flowers bloom because of the spring

rain. I am going to say two sentences. Your job is to connect, or put the

two sentences together using the word because to make one sentence. If

I say, “New flowers bloom,” and “There is a lot of rain in spring,” you say,

“New flowers bloom because there is a lot of rain in spring.”

Note: To make this exercise more challenging, you may choose to

change the order of the two given sentences. As needed, restate

students’ answers so that they are grammatically correct. Have students

repeat the corrected sentence.

1. The snow melts in spring. The sun is warmer.
   The snow melts in spring because the sun is warmer.


2. The ground thaws in spring. The days are longer and warmer.
   The ground thaws in spring because the days are warmer and longer.


3. The nutrients come up from the soil. The farmer plows the field.
   The nutrients come up from the soil because the farmer plows the fi eld.


4. The rivers flood. The melting snow and ice make the rivers full.
   The rivers fl ood because the melting snow and ice make the rivers
   full.

 Vocabulary Instructional Activity

Word Work: Gradually

1. In the read-aloud you heard, “Spring arrives gradually, which means
   slowly, or bit by bit.”


2. Say the word gradually with me three times.


3. Gradually means slowly, or over a long period of time.
   If something happens gradually, it happens slowly.


4. The seedling gradually grew into a tree.


5. What are some things that happen gradually? Or, what are some
   things we do gradually? Try to use the word gradually when you tell
   about them.