Weather
Created by Val Jones with acknowledgements to SCRAN
The Seasons
Write the name of each season next to
the picture, Spring, Summer, Autumn,
Winter
Created by Val Jones with acknowledgements to SCRAN
The Seasons
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What type of weather would you expect in each season? Choose three
adjectives which you think describe each season from the following: freezing wet mild sunny cold fresh warm windy misty foggy cool hot
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Which season do you like best? Why?
What is the weather like in your country? Is it different to the weather in
this country?
Do you like the weather in Great Britain? If not why not? Give your reason.
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I like /I don’t like………because
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Write the months of the year for each season. Check your spelling using
a dictionary.
Spring
Summer Autumn Winter
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Weather Conditions
Label each picture with one adjective to describe the weather from
the list below: snowy
rainy
stormy
foggy
icy
windy
sunny
frosty
cloudy
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Weather Words 1
What is your favourite sort of weather?
Write a sentence using – I like…………… best because…
Write the noun next to the adjective of the weather
words e.g. Rainy (adj)- rain (n)
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Windy Snowy Cloudy Sunny Foggy Icy Stormy –
Three of the words have a different spelling pattern from
the others when you make a noun into an adjective. Can
you think of the rules for this?
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Weather Words 2
Brainstorm or work in pairs
Using your dictionary find three compound nouns for each
of the following weather nouns: - e.g. Rain- raindrop
Write your answers here
1. Rain –
2. Snow –
3. Sun –
What’s the weather like today?
Today it is …………………
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Weather
Forecasting
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Look at these symbols. They are used by weather
forecasters to show what the weather will be
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Weather
Forecasting
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In pairs, look at these descriptions of the
symbols.
Match each description to a picture and
write the number next to the picture.
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Sunny day
Sunny intervals
Cloudy
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6.
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Light rain shower
Light rain intervals
Heavy rain shower
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Light snow shower
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Heavy snow shower
19. Thundery shower
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Weather
Forecasting
Cut out the weather symbols from the next page.
Listen to the weather forecast for Great Britain
put the symbols on the map to show what the
weather will be.
Try to make a weather forecast for the next 2
days.
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Weather
Forecasting
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Look at these symbols. They are used by weather
forecasters to show what the weather will be
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Three Hundred Days
Rain
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Use this space to answer the questions about the
poem.
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Created by Val Jones with acknowledgements to SCRAN
Idioms and sayings to do
with weather
Can you guess the meaning of the
following: 1. Skating on thin ice
2. Red sky at night shepherd’s delight, red sky
in the morning shepherd’s warning
3. The calm before the storm
4. It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good
5. It never rains but it pours.
Created by Val Jones with acknowledgements to SCRAN