Spanish Second Level The Weather
Vocabulary The weather and seasons ¿Qué tiempo hace? What’s the weather like? Hace buen tiempoIt’s nice Hace calorIt’s hot Hace fríoIt’s cold Está nubladoIt’s grey Está nevandoIt’s snowing Está lloviendoIt’s raining Hace viento/hay vientoIt’s windy Hace sol/hay solIt’s sunny Las estacionesThe seasons ¿Qué estación?What season is it? Es la primavera It’s spring Es el veranoIt’s summer Es el otoño It’s autumn Es el invierno It’s winter
Second Level Significant Aspects of Learning Actively take part in daily routine Understand and respond to classroom instructions and personal information from familiar sources Listen, join in and respond to a story, song or poem Participate in familiar games, paired speaking and short role plays Further develop an understanding of, interest in and respect for other countries, cultures and languages Demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of the value of language learning including skills for life and work Take part in simple, paired conversations about themselves, others and interests of their choice Ask for help confidently using learned phrases and familiar language Give a short presentation about a familiar topic Pronounce words sufficiently accurately so as to make the meaning clear Work with others and make a successful contribution to a group presentation in English supported by the target languages
Read aloud a simple text Read and understand a variety of simple texts Make comparisons between English and target language (including use of a bi-lingual dictionary with support) Write about themselves and others and check the accuracy of own writing Exchange straightforward information in writing using familiar words and phrases Second Level Significant Aspects of Learning
First section of this powerpoint recaps weather vocab from Early/ First level. If pupils are already secure, you could skip straight through to seasons. Please note.
¿ Qué tiempo hace?
¡Hace buen tiempo !
¡ Hace calor!
¡ Hace frío!
¡ Hace mal tiempo!
¡ Llueve!
¡ Nieva!
Hace viento
Hace sol
Las estaciones
La Primavera
El Verano
El otoño
El invierno
¿Qué estación?
¡Si, es el Verano!
¿Qué estación?
¡Si, es el invierno!
¿Qué estación?
¡Si, es el otoño!
¿Qué estación?
¡Si, es la primavera!
Embedding the language Ask what the weather is like/ Season in Spanish at the start of everyday along with the date. While learning outdoors in differing weathers, I have described and recorded the weather, its effects and how it makes me feel and can relate my recordings to the seasons. SOC 0-12a
Sample activities You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom. This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class. You will find a set of more challenging activities in First Level Weather.
¿ Qué tiempo hace? Look at the following weather pictures. Listen to the audio description of the weather. Decide which Season they are describing
¿Que estacion? Mirad las fotos y eschuchad los descripciones de los tiempos ¡ Decidid que estacion es!
¿Qué estacion?
¡Si, es el verano!
¿ Qué estacion?
¡Si, es la primavera!
¿ Qué estacion?
¡Si, es el otoño!
¿ Qué estacion?
¡ Si, es el invierno!
¿ Qué tiempo hace? Spanish weather rap. On the next slide is a rap about Spanish weather to the tune of a Black Eyed Peas song. Show pupils the rap – add actions if you like. Once you have taught pupils the key weather vocab, pupils can create their own weather rap. Pupils should choose a popular song they know the tune to. Then create a rap/song about the weather to that tune. These can then be performed/recorded as assessment at end of unit.
El tiempo rap
Explain everything app! If your school has ipads/ tablets you can use explain everything for pupils to create an exciting presentation about the weather. This link is from the digital learning team website which explains how to use the app. tutorials/apps-to-enhance-learning/ Pupils can demonstrate the vocab they have learned through drawing, writing and recording audio in French.
Songs and videos! You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom. This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class. You will find a set of more challenging activities in First Level Days of the Week and Months.
Spanish weather song
Seasons and weather song
You will find a bank of sample ICT activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom. This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class. You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings. Each of the slides contains an image of the website page. If you click on the image it will take you to the page. Alternatively you can use a link address which you will find in the slide notes. ICT Resources online
Not again Farley Weather video
Weather matching game.
¡ Adiós!