Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 4 minutes
Weather chant and review
Aims
Ss warm up their energy and review the weather words they already know (sunny, rainy, windy, cloudy).
Content
T leads a short weather chant with actions: sunny (hands up), rainy (fingers wiggle down), windy (arms wave), cloudy (hands make a cloud shape). Ss do the chant twice, then answer the question 'How is the weather today?'
Expected outcomes
Ss are warmed up and can say the four weather words with the correct actions.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T says: 'Let's do a weather chant! Stand up and follow my actions.' T models the chant: 'Sunny, sunny, hot and bright! Rainy, rainy, wet all night!' with the actions.
Pupils
Ss stand up, watch T and repeat the chant with the actions.
Teacher
T asks: 'How is the weather today?' and points to the picture of the sun.
Pupils
Ss answer: 'It is sunny.' Some Ss may answer 'It is windy.' or 'It is cloudy.' with the correct action.
Teacher
T asks 2–3 Ss to show the weather with an action and say the word.
Pupils
Volunteers stand up, do the action and say 'It is windy.' / 'It is rainy.' The class repeats together.
Teacher
T praises the class and says: 'Today we will learn new words about places and the weather. Let's go!'
Pupils
Ss listen and get ready for the new lesson.