The Rain Came Down (edition 2000)

The rain mess up everybody schedule and annoy every one because he can't do what's he schedule to do. However, things will get back to normal or brighter when the rain stop and the sun comes out ( )

Chaos ensued when the rain began pouring. Babies began crying, animals hollering, and traffic was a nightmare! People were bickering and horns were honking. It seemed as though they would never be happy. But then, the rain stopped… (2000, K-2)

The rain came down by David Shannon can have multiple uses in the classroom. It could obviously be used as a story to read during a rainy day, but it also could be a starting point for a class discussion about moods and feelings and why certain events can have such an impact on the way we act. When the rain came down, everyone in the area became angry and rushed and irritable, but once the sun came out, they began to all get along. It sort of makes you think about how different the world would be if we all just put aside out differences and made our own sunny days. ( )

One sunny saturday morning turns into chaos when all of a sudden it starts to rain. The chickens squaked, the cat yowled, the dog barked, the traffic stopped, the people faught and still the rain continued to fall. Then in the end the rain stops and the people become happy and stop fighting. This book would be great to teach about repetition and cause and effect. ( )

A wonderfull book about what happens in a town when it rains. All kinds of things go wrong when it rains. Everyone is angry and mean becuase it is raining. Then one day it stops. Everyone becomes happy. The illustrations in this book are great. ( )

This story is a pattern, repetition book that follows the causes and effects of rain pouring down in a little community. Thankfully, everyone stops being so grumpy and quick-to-anger as soon as the rain stops.

Great to use in the classroom for cause and effect lessons. I used it in a David Shannon author study and the kids loved it! ( )