🌡️ Do Your Students Know How to Read a Thermometer?

Are your students learning to observe, measure, and record weather conditions? If your students are learning how to tell the temperature, then Teach Starter has a great resource for your to use with your students. With this set of task cards, students will practice reading different thermometers. The thermometers used in this resource are scaled by 2, so students have to use their skip counting skills to determine the temperature.

For this activity, cut the task cards out for students to use. Allow students to answer each task card while sharing their answers with classmates or recording them on their answer sheets.

Through this activity, students will show they can accurately read thermometers which helps with recording the temperature.

Tips for Differentiation + Scaffolding 

A team of dedicated, experienced educators created this resource to support your science lessons.

In addition to individual student work time, use this activity to enhance learning through guided science groups, whole class lessons, or remote learning assignments.

If you have a mixture of above and below-level learners, check out these suggestions for keeping students on track with the concepts:

🆘 Support Struggling Students

Help students who need support understanding the concepts by using their pencil to skip count by 2s along the tick marks of the thermometer. Additionally, this activity can be completed in a 1-on-1 or small group setting.

➕ Challenge Fast Finishers

For students that need a challenge, cover the answer choices on temperature task cards 1-12 to see if students are able to correctly identify the temperature without choices.

🛴 Scoot Activity 

Place the cards around the room in numerical order and give each student a recording sheet. Assign students or pairs to a starting point card. Give students time to review the card and record their answers in the corresponding space on their paper. Students will rotate to the next card when you say, “SCOOT!” Continue in this manner until students return to their starting point.

👋 Exit Ticket 

Use these cards as a formative assessment after your lesson. Pick a random assortment of cards and project them on the board for the whole class to see. Students can record their answers on a sheet of paper, sticky note, or in their notebook.

Plan lessons for all ability levels with our 10 Best Scaffolding Strategies! 

Easily Prepare This Resource for Your Students

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between the color PDF, black and white PDF, or editable Google Slides version of this resource. A recording sheet and answer key are also included with this download.

Print on cardstock for added durability and longevity. Place all pieces in a folder or large envelope for easy access.

To keep the task cards out of pockets or under desks, punch a hole in the corner of each to place them on a binder ring.

Sustainability Tip: Print a few recording sheets on cardstock and slip them into dry-erase sleeves. Students can record their answers with a whiteboard marker, then erase and reuse them.

This resource was created by Madison Evans, a teacher in North Carolina and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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