At the start of this section, students discover that their skin is not a reliable thermometer. Students then learn to read thermometers, which provide an objective measure of temperature. Students chart temperature and sky conditions over the course of two weeks.

Student Resources

• 1.1 Vocabulary
• 1.2 Read the Thermometer
• 1.3 Color the Temperature
• 1.4 My Weather Chart
• 1.5 Section 1 Assessment

Learn by Reading

For additional content-area reading, check out the Houghton Mifflin Science eBook: Grade 1, Unit D, pages 14–15.