Rainy Day Blues

When the rain falls down, and makes puddles on the ground, it makes me want to stay inside all day and cuddle up with my blanket.  Rain in the fall season makes the air cold and chilly.  Today was cold outside and very rainy.  For lunch, I had chicken noodle soup because I wanted something that was warm, to bring heat to my body.  The sun was not out and it looked dark all day.  Although, I understand that the earth needs rain in order to keep growing, but it makes the outside look so dreary. I shut the lights off in my classroom today, and the classroom was so dark that I couldn't see much of anything.  I dream of days of sunshine and warm air.  The weather that I favor is months away, so I guess I'll have to start to wait and eat lots of chicken noodle soup!

Vocabulary:

1. Puddles: ( noun ) -- a small pool of water

2. Cuddle: ( verb ) -- to hold fondly in arms

3. Season: ( noun ) -- changes in the year that affect the weather

4. Heat: ( noun ) -- a rise in temperature

5. Dreary: (adjective ) -- boring or dull 

6. Favor: ( verb ) -- to have a liking for 

Vocabulary Exercise:

Step 1 - Directions:  Look at the pictures shown.  Pick a vocabulary word ( from the word bank ) that matches up with the picture and state whether it is a noun, adjective or verb. 

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1. cuddle                  2. puddle

3. heat                      4. season

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Step 2 - Directions : Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word from the word bank.

              Work Bank:

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1. Favor              2. Dreary

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1. When the rain is falling down, and the sky looks gray, it is a ____________ kind of day.

2. I ______________ blueberries over strawberries. 

Grammar Point:

Now that you know how I feel on a rainy cold day.  I want to know how you feel on a day like today. Write 3 - 5 sentences explaining how you have felt on a rainy cold day. You may like these types of days or you may not like these types of days.  Please use at least 3 adjectives, 2 nouns, and 1 verb in your paragraph.  At the end of your writing, draw a picture of you on a rainy day and express how it made you feel in your picture.