What a Season Usually Does is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on representing weather data to describe a season, aligned to Common Core standard 3-ESS2-1. It prints 4 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
24 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
What a Season Usually Does
3-ESS2-1
NameDate
Look at the data, then answer.
1.
SpringSummerAutumnWinter
Average temperature by season, in degrees. Which season was warmest?
2.
WinterSpringSummerAutumn
Windy days per season. Which season was the windiest?
3.
SpringSummerAutumnWinter
Average temperature by season, in degrees. Which season was coldest?
4.
JuneJulyAugustSeptember
Rainfall in millimetres, four summer months. How much fell in July?
LessonPrint · 3-ESS2-1 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What a Season Usually Does
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Summer, at 19 degrees.
2.Winter, with 24 windy days.
3.Winter, at 5 degrees.
4.38 millimetres.
Questions about What a Season Usually Does
What does the What a Season Usually Does worksheet cover?
It practises representing weather data to describe a season — 4 questions for Grade 3, all on Common Core 3-ESS2-1: Put weather data into tables and graphs to describe a season. The instruction to pupils is “Look at the data, then answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does What a Season Usually Does practise?
3-ESS2-1 — 3-ESS2-1, in the Earth and Space Science domain for Grade 3. The published standard reads: “Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
What a Season Usually Does is written for Grade 3, typically ages 8-9. It is one of the sheets on 3-ESS2-1, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does What a Season Usually Does come with an answer key?
Yes. All 4 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of What a Season Usually Does can I print?
25 versions, of which 24 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is What a Season Usually Does free to print and photocopy?
Yes. What a Season Usually Does, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach 3-ESS2-1?
Yes — “What a Season Usually Does” is a 55-minute Grade 3 plan for 3-ESS2-1, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. What a Season Usually Does is the practice that follows it.
More practice for 3-ESS2-1
Put weather data into tables and graphs to describe a season.
Teaching this next? What a Season Usually Does is the 55-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.