Playing Balderdash as a class activity can be done to help build confidence in vocabulary. I always sold it as a special event, and never as a learning activity. It could be a reward at the end of the week, for good behaviour, or finished assignments. Or a way to take up some time, if everything else is done.
Moderate days and cool nights characterize Bendâs year-round climate. Because of high altitude and clear air, nighttime temperatures average 30F to 40F below daytime highs. Evenings are generally cool, even in the summer, requiring sweaters or jackets. Annual temperature extremes show that only one year out of five has a temperature colder than -17F or warmer than 100F. Frost can occur during any summer month. Precipitation The average annual precipitation in Bend is less than 12 inches, over half falls between November and February, often as snow. Brief thunderstorms usually provide most of the light summer rain. The average annual snowfall is 33.8 inches. Snow depth in Bend exceeds 24 inches in only one winter out of twenty. At Mt. Bachelor, the ski resort 22miles southwest of Bend snow normally reaches depths of 160 to 180 inches. Sunshine: Bend has the highest average number of sunny days in the state. Clear days average 158 days per year
The weather in Bend is one of the best kept secrets in the state! Bend enjoys the predominately dry climate of the high desert with an average of almost 300 days of sunshine per year!t the Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort, 22 miles southwest of Bend, snow normally reaches depths of 160 to 180 inches. Sunshine. Bend has the highest average number of sunny days in the state. With an average of 158 days clear days per year and an additional 105 days that are mostly sunny.