Robyn – Clouds make rain and rain falls down on the ground.  Black clouds make snow or rain.

Jordan – You can fly through the clouds up in the sky.

Maggie – Clouds can make rain and they can make thunderstorms and they can make beautiful pictures.

Matthew – Clouds are up in the sky and they tell us what the weather will be.

Breanna – Clouds can make snow or rain.  Clouds can make beautiful forms in the sky.

Chad – The water that makes clouds comes from the earth.

Hillary – Clouds are little drops of water and ice.  Black clouds make rain.

Brittany – Clouds are fluffy.  Clouds are tiny drops of water or ice.  They can make rain or snow.

Caitlin – Clouds tell you if it is nice weather or if it is not nice weather.  Sometimes clouds look like they are sheets floating in the air, or sometimes they look like big fluffy ice-cream cones.

Kyle – A cloud is made out of drops of water.  Fog is clouds that fall on the ground.

Mark – Clouds can be high in the sky or down on the ground.

Bruce – The clouds can look like pictures.  The clouds make storms.

Angela – Wind blows the clouds across the sky.

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· Cumulus clouds are the ones that look like fluffy balls of cotton, or scoops of ice-cream all piled up.  These clouds indicate fair weather is coming.

· Stratus clouds are clouds that look like great sheets pulled across the sky.  These are the type of clouds that are closest to the ground and may bring rain or drizzle.

· Most clouds are named for their shapes.

· Clouds form when warm, moist air hits cold air.