Dates: March 1-4
Magazine Lessons: March Weather / The Weatherman / Weather Sayings
Activity Focus: Reading Comprehension, How’s the Weather?,
Vocabulary Practice, Partner Interview
All Kinds of Weather
Part 1: Multiple Choice. Choose the correct answer for each question. Use the information from the
conversations in your magazine.
March 1
1. Why doesn’t Amy like today’s weather?
A. The sun is too hot.
B. The sun is not out.
C. The weather is cold.
D. The weather is windy.
2. How is today’s weather at the mall?
A. The weather is sunny.
B. The weather is warm.
C. The weather is rainy.
D. The weather is snowy.
3. What are the words of this famous poem?
“Rain, rain, _________.”
A. come every day
B. you are great
C. please leave
D. go away
March 2, 3
4. Tom says, “_________ is a good lunch on
a cold, wet day.”
A. Vegetable soup
B. Fish dumplings
C. Chicken salad
D. Beef noodles
5. What is Jean’s friend’s job?
A. He is a cook.
B. He is a mail carrier
C. He is a weatherman.
D. He is a store manager.
6. What does Jean think about extreme
weather?
A. It is exciting.
B. It is boring.
C. It is interesting. D. It is scary.
7. What does Jean’s friend use to study wind
and clouds?
A. books
B. computers
C. the Internet D. the weather report
8. What do weathermen have to know a lot
about?
A. science
B. satellites
C. blogs
D. business
March 4
9. Some people say, “March comes in like a
_________ and goes out like a _________.”
A. rabbit, dog
B. dog, rabbit
C. lion, lamb
D. lamb, lion
10. What does it often mean if the sky is red in
the morning?
A. A storm is coming.
B. Spring will come soon.
C. It will be a sunny day.
D. Winter weather will continue.
11. What day is Groundhog Day in America and
Canada?
A. February 14 B. February 2
C. January 1
D. July 1
12. What do people say it means if a groundhog
sees its shadow on Groundhog Day?
A. A storm is coming.
B. Spring will come soon.
C. It will be a sunny day.
D. Winter weather will continue.
Part 2: How’s the Weather? Look at the pictures. Then read the sentences. Choose the best word
to finish each sentence.
temperature
1.The ___________ is out.
snowing
sun
lightning
wind
2. There is a lot of ___________.
4. There is ___________ in the sky.
5. It is ___________.
rainy
3. It is ___________.
6. The ___________ is low.
Part 3: Vocabulary Practice. Fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary words.
curious
clear
thunder
trust
typhoon
lion
science
1. The rain will stop today. Tomorrow’s weather will be cool and _________.
2. I _________ Zach. He always tells the truth.
3. David is _________ about everything. He asks a lot of questions.
4. If you want to be a doctor, you need to study _________.
5. Don’t go near that _________. It is wild!
6. Jack is a _________. He works on a ship.
7. Do you hear the _________? There must be a storm coming.
8. A _________ is coming. There will be a lot of wind and rain.
Part 4: Partner Interview. Interview a partner by asking him or her these questions.
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Do you like hot weather or cool weather better? Why?
Who do you trust? Why do you trust him or her?
What are you curious about? Why are you curious about it?
Do you like typhoons? Why or why not?
Would you like to take a trip on a ship? Why or why not?
What would you like to do in the future? Why?
Do you like spring weather? Why or why not?
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