How's the Weather? Weather Words for Kindergarten

Student Task

• Look out of the window together and ask: "How's the weather today?"
• Teach the five words with actions, then do activities 1 to 4 together.
• Children draw today's weather in activity 5 and tell a partner.

Classroom Use

• Weather song: sing "How's the weather?" with actions for each word.
• Weather actions: call out a weather word and children do the action (sunglasses, umbrella, shiver, sway).
• Weather helper: each morning a child turns the class weather wheel and says "It's rainy."

Differentiation

Support: teach three words first (sunny, rainy, cloudy). Challenge: children add a second sentence such as "It's cold."

Answer Key & Assessment

Activities 1 to 4 check the words (answer key included). Listen to each child answer "How's the weather?"

Learning Objectives

• Name five kinds of weather: sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy and snowy.
• Ask and answer "How's the weather?" with "It's …".
• Match weather pictures to weather words.

Teacher Tips

Use the same question every morning. Children quickly learn to answer "It's sunny" or "It's cloudy" on their own.

What's Included

• 6-page printable PDF lesson pack: teacher lesson plan with timings, materials and differentiation
• Key vocabulary list (4 words with meanings and examples)
• Student worksheet (5 activities)
• Editable Word version of the worksheet
• Complete answer key (also as a separate PDF)

Additional Files

• Editable Worksheet (Word) (DOCX)
• Answer Key (PDF) (PDF)

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