The Rhythm of the Rain

The Rhythm of the Rain

A beautiful, lyrical non-fiction picture book about the water cycle.
Issac empties his little jar of water into a stream and follows its journey through the country and the city until it joins the ocean. On the other side of the world, Cassi welcomes the rain in her dry village, where rivers now run and make their way back to the sea. The cycle is complete as the sun heats the ocean and clouds are formed that carry rain back to Issac once more.

Main Focus: Alphabetical Order

In this resource, your class will read the passage and place the highlighted words into alphabetical order.

We have made the resource with different levels of difficulty to cater for KS1 classes.

Main Focus: Capital Letters and Full Stops

This KS1 resource is based on the popular book The Rhythm of the Rain, which is best suited for the water topic.

Your class will read the sentences and punctuate them by adding in capital letters and full stops.

The resource has been differentiated to suit both Year 1 and Year 2 to help reduce planning time.

Main Focus: Phonics

This is a phonics activity that includes a passage from the story.

In this activity we cover phonics phases 3-6 and your class must locate the words with the particular sounds within them.

Main Focus: Adjectives

This resource focuses on adjectives.

Your can choose from a few activities. One is your class identifying the adjectives, another is adding in the nine adjectives and the final one is adding in five adjectives.

Your class will also think about choosing better adjectives than those given.

Main Focus: Non-Fiction & Questions

This non-fiction resource is based on the water cycle.

Your class will discover the process and the stages of evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection.

Once your class has completed reading the information they can answer the questions.

Main Focus: Vocabulary Extension

In this activity we have taken some of the lovely vocabulary used in The Rhythm of the Rain story.

Your class will add int he words to complete the sentences and look for simpler synonyms for the vocabulary chosen for this KS1 activity.

Main Focus: Word Class

In this activity your class will read the passages and try to locate nouns, verbs and adjectives to help with their word class differentiation. 

Main Focus: Story Sequencing

In this activity your class will read the passages and place them into the order in which they happened.

Main Focus: Comprehension

Your Year 1 / Year 2 class after reading the book will answer the questions in the comprehensions.

This has been differentiated to cater for children in KS1 and reduce planning time.