Weather

Connection: 3.1 Comparison: 4.1 Communities: 5.1 ||
 * ==Established Goals (National Standards):== ||
 * Communication: 1.1,1.2


 * ==Essential Questions:== ||
 * * How are expressions for weather in Spanish similar and different from the same expressions in English? ||


 * ==Desired Understandings:== ||
 * ===Students will understand that...===
 * instead of saying it //is// sunny, windy, cold as we do in English, Spanish-speakers use the verb //hace// which means //it makes/does.//
 * //hace sol// literally means //it makes// or //does sun// ||


 * ==Key Knowledge and Skills:== ||
 * ===Students will know that...===

Students will be able to...

 * express what the weather is like in Spanish and ask others to do the same.
 * identify weather vocabulary.
 * tell what kind of weather is usually experienced in the 4 seasons.

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=Lesson Activities and Assessment Resources:= __ Espa ____ ñol Para Ti __ Lessons 44-45 and accompanying DVD lessons





[|Weather Song] Weather Song lyrics in English [|Weather Flash Activity] [|Weather Vocab. Practice] [|Weather Quizlet Flashcards]

1. Review clothing by modeling clothes and ask the class ¿Cuándo llevo la chaqueta? ¿el sombrero? ¿los anteojos de sol?, etc. And have the class tell you which season of the year or which weather conditions (Cuando hace frio, sol, viento, etc.) Or use flashcards and ask ¿Cuándo llevas la chaqueta?, etc. 2. Give each student a "Seasons of the Year" handout. Have them label the pictures with the seasons in Spanish. Next, say different weather conditions (ie. nieva, hace sol, hace calor, etc. and have them hold up the picture of the season that would go best with the weather description. They could hold up more than one picture for some descriptions (ie. hace viento). To review months of the year, say a month in Spanish and have students hold up the picture of the season that the month would be in. (ie. enero= el invierno) Have the students say the seasons in Spanish.