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Weather Words

the weather  ·  the four seasons

Sixteen pictures, sixteen words, each with a number. rain is a thing. rainy is a description: it tells you how the weather is. Add -y and the thing becomes the description. Three of them change the spelling. Every word comes back in the practice. Click any picture to hear it.

★ the sixteen words, point to it, choose two  ·  ★★ from a thing to a description, half of the word, spell it  ·  ★★★ use it, one sentence for each season

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For the teacher · In class

project sheet 1, point at a picture, everyone says the word together. Then "type the word for picture 7 in the chat" — twelve answers at once. For ★★★, one student reads their winter sentence out loud before anybody types.

Unit 10 teacher's key (PDF)

★ The sixteen words

Sixteen weather and season words, each with a number. Click a picture to hear the word. Write the word under the picture.

★ Point to it

Click 🔊. Write the number of the word you hear.

Number

★ Choose two

Two words. One is right for the picture. Write it.

  1. hotcold
  2. summerwinter
  3. springfall
  4. umbrellarainbow
  5. coldsunny
  6. winterfall
  7. umbrellarainy
  8. fallsummer

★★ From a thing to a description

a thing

Noun a person, a place, or a thing

how it is

Adjective a word that describes a noun

Look at the picture and type the description. Three of them change the spelling.

  1. rain
  2. wind
  3. cloud
  4. snow
  5. storm
  6. sundouble the n
  7. fogdouble the g
  8. icedrop the e

These four are not spelled the way they sound.

  • ealike the e in bed. The same sound as whether.
  • nsilent. Another word for fall.
  • oulike ow in now.
  • owlike oh, not like now.

★★ Half of the word

Some letters are missing. Write the whole word.

  1. s u _ _ e r
  2. u m b r e _ _ a
  3. r a i n b _ _
  4. s _ _ i n g
  5. w i _ _ e r
  6. f a _ _

★★ Spell it

Click the picture. Listen. Then write the word.

  1. A double letter in the middle.
  2. A double letter near the end.
  3. Two words in one. The end is spelled like snow.
  4. Three consonants at the start.
  5. You may not hear the t. Write it.
  6. The end is a double letter.

★★★ Use it

Look at the picture. How is the weather? Write a sentence.

  1. How is the weather?
  2. How is the weather?
  3. How is the weather?
  4. How is the weather?
  5. How is the weather?
  6. How is the weather?

★★★ One sentence for each season

Say one true sentence about each season, then type it in the chat. Any weather is right if it is true where you live.

  1. In the winter,
  2. In the spring,
  3. In the summer,
  4. In the fall,

There is no wrong weather here. Winter in Haiti is not winter in New York.

For the teacher · Answer key

Choose two: 1 hot  ·  2 winter  ·  3 spring  ·  4 rainbow  ·  5 cold  ·  6 fall (autumn)  ·  7 umbrella  ·  8 summer.    Make it a weather word: rain → rainy  ·  wind → windy  ·  cloud → cloudy  ·  snow → snowy  ·  storm → stormy  ·  sun → sunny (double the n)  ·  fog → foggy (double the g)  ·  ice → icy (drop the e).    Half of the word: 1 summer  ·  2 umbrella  ·  3 rainbow  ·  4 spring  ·  5 winter  ·  6 fall.    Spell it: 1 summer  ·  2 umbrella  ·  3 rainbow  ·  4 spring  ·  5 winter  ·  6 fall.    Use it: 1 It is sunny.  ·  2 It is rainy. (It is raining.)  ·  3 It is windy.  ·  4 It is snowy. (It is snowing.)  ·  5 It is hot.  ·  6 It is cold.    Seasons: no answer key. Any weather is right if it is true where the student lives. Check only that the sentence has a weather word and is.