Weather and Seasons

• Science
• Primary Education

What is Weather?

What is Weather?

What do you know?

• Open up the topic by asking the class what they think weather is or what what they know about weather.
• Ask what they can see in the picture.
• Build on the information the class provides. 

Learning Objective

Learning Objective

To understand that there are different types of weather.

Success Criteria

• I can name 4 types of weather.
• I can begin to understand that the weather and season changes throughout the year. 
• I can begin to observe the weather.
• I can record my observations in my weather diary.

• Read the learning objective and success criteria.
• Explain what is expected for the lesson. 

Vocabulary

Sunny

Partly Cloudy

Cloudy

Rainy

Snowy

Windy

Change

Seasons

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

repeat the vocabulary and answer and questions they may have

Weather

Sunny

Partly Cloudy

Cloudy

Rainy

Snowy

Windy

Repeat the vocabulary and answer and questions they may have

• Talk about how the weather changes daily.
• Discuss that we are only talking about these types of weather but that there are many others too. See if they know any others. 

This video discusses different types of weather.

Watch the video and discuss with the class.

• Ask the question then ask the class to add a picture to the next slide to answer. 

What is the weather like today?

Students can add pictures using their devices.

Seasons

Change

4 Seasons

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Repeat the vocabulary and answer and questions they may have.

• give 2 minutes to discuss with a partner
• Discuss how often seasons change and how many seasons we have.
• Do changes happen more or less than weather?
• Talk about how many seasons there are versus how many different types of weather. 

This is a song about the seasons.

Get the class up and sing along as you learn.

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Let the class do the drag and drop activity 

How many seasons are there?

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5

• Let the students answer the question. 

Class Activity

This  week we will record the weather daily. 

With your partner draw today's weather into the sheet. 

Hand out sheets like this one or your own version and record the weather daily for the week.

Allow for 10 minutes to complete.

On Friday reflect on the recordings and talk about predicting the weekends weather. 

Plenery

Draw the 4 seasons in the picture frames.

Plenary

Draw 4 different types of weather and tell your teacher what they are. 

• Ask each student to draw and label 4 types of weather. 
• Check for understanding and that success criteria have been met. 
• Allow 10-15 minutes

Tell your partner 1 fact you learnt about the weather or seasons today.

Review

What did we learn today?

• Ask the children to sum up what they learnt today, review the key facts and vocabulary. 
• Allow them to have a short conversation with their partner.