Weather and Seasons A) Greeting: Hello, my name is and my favorite season is…

B) Wise Words: 1) It is always the calmest before the storm. 2) Every cloud has a silver lining. 3) The rain falls on the good and on the bad. C) Journal: 1) On a cold or rainy day I like to ……. 2) On a hot summer day I like to….

D) Seasons:

spring summer fall winter

E) Rhymes: #1 Rain Rain, Go Away Rain, rain, go away. Come again some other day. Rain, rain, go away John wants to play.

#2 It’s Raining, It’s Pouring It’s raining, it’s pouring. The old man is snoring. He went to bed and bumped his head. And couldn’t get up in the morning.

#3) Using the weather map. a) What is the highest temperature? b) Where is the highest temperature? c) What is the lowest temperature? d) Where is the lowest

Weather - 1 - Weather and Seasons temperature? e) What is the weather in...... ? F) Dialogs: 1) What is the weather report for (today / tomorrow / this weekend)? a) It is going to be ______today. b) The weather report for today is _____.

2) What is the forecast for (today / tomorrow / this weekend)? a) It is going to be ______today. b) The forecast for today is ______.

3) What do you want to do? A) Do you want to get together? B) Sure. What do you want to do? A) I don’t know. What’s the weather forecast? B) It’s going to be hot, A) It is? B) Yes, it’s going to be hot. A) Let’s go to the beach. B) Ok. That sounds like fun. (SUBSTITUTE other weather condition) be rainy / Let’s go to the movies be sunny / Let’s play tennis cloudy / Let’s go for a walk be sunny / let’s go to the park

G) Weather (Descriptions) 1) TEMPERATURE - Thermometer a) high b) hot c) warm d) cool e) cold f) freezing g) low 2) SKY h) sunny clear bright i) cloudy mostly sunny j) overcast partly sunny 3) GROUND and AIR k) dry l) wet m) puddles n) humid o) fog 4) STORMY p) calm still q) wind blowing windy

Weather - 2 - Weather and Seasons r) rain raining rainy s) ice icy t) snow snowing snowy u) thunder thundering v) lightning J) Jazz Chants

Weather - 3 - Weather and Seasons 7) It’s Hot Today Today it is hot! Yes, it is very hot Today it is cloudy. Yes, it is very cloudy but cooler Do you think it will rain today? I hope it will rain. Do you think it will rain tomorrow? I don’t think so. Do you think it will rain on Tuesday? That’s too far away. I don’t know.

Do you think it will be hot today? (tomorrow / on Tuesday)

Do you think it will be cloudy today? (tomorrow / on Tuesday)

Today is colder than yesterday. Today is colder than Saturday. Yesterday was warmer than today. Monday was warmer than Sunday. Tuesday will be warmer than Monday.

8) I do not like it when it is hot. a) cold b) sunny c) cloudy d) raining e) snowing f) windy

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K) Read the Map 1) What city has snow? 2) What cities are near HIGH (H) Pressure centers? 3) What is the forecast for: a) South-East b) North-West c) South-West

4) What city had the highest temperature? ______5) Where is it the coldest? ______6) What city would you like to be in right now? ______

Weather - 5 - Weather and Seasons L) Weather Log

Today is: ______. The temperature is ______. It is ______Tomorrow the high temperature will be ______and it will be ______

Date Temperature Prediction Difference Description Low High Low High Low High

M) Idioms: 1) Under the weather Not feeling well 2) Shoot the breeze Talk about nothing important 3) It will be a breeze Very easy 4) Come rain or shine Whatever happens – it is ok 5) Save up for a rainy day wait until you really need it 6) See which way the wind blows Wait to make a choice 7) Raining cats and dogs Raining very hard 8) Fair weather friends “Friends in good times”

N) Song – Turn / Turn / Turn: To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under the sun: a time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill and a time to heal… a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance… a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to lose and a time to seek… a time to rend and a time to sew;

Weather - 6 - Weather and Seasons a time to keep silent and a time to speak; a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

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