A huge concept in first grade is getting students to understand what precipitation is (rain, sleet, snow, hail- all made of water) and where it comes from (clouds). After we sang The Precipitation Song. I showed a YouTube video of another classroom singing a version of this song and showing their work. I can't seem to find it now that I'm at home. But, I'd be happy to e-mail it to you if you'd like to use it. firstgradecircle@gmail.com
Once we understood that precipitation comes in different forms but is always made of water we read the silly classic Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. 
We talked over and over about how this was fiction and true precipitation must be made of only water. While I read the story to them the students worked in their science notebooks on the carpet. I have them a sentence stem, " I wish it would" to glue into their notebooks to get them started. The students completed the sentence with a form of precipitation: rain, sleet, snow, hail and the type of food they wish would fall from clouds.
Here's one of my kiddo's wonderful work. He said I wish it would rain burgers and a chicken noodle soup tornado. How creative!
This little lady said, "I wish it would hail Popsicles." For my higher babies I challenged them to use a form of precipitation that would match the temperature and shape of their food. She totally got it!
So, there we have it a fun day of science incorporating vocabulary, total physical response learning for ELL's, and differentiated instruction for those higher darlings. Hope you like it. Let me know if you use it :)
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