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Spanish Weather — El Tiempo

Fourth graders learn to talk about the weather in Spanish — hace sol, hace frío, llueve — so they can describe what it’s like outside in a new language.

Grade 4El Tiempo35 minutes1 class periodACTFL / CommunicativeExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Describe the weather in Spanish.
  • ✓Match weather to meanings.
  • ✓Ask ¿qué tiempo hace?
  • ✓Use weather words to speak.
Essential Question

¿Qué tiempo hace? (What’s the weather like?) Whether it’s sunny or rainy, you can now say it in Spanish! How?

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Interactive Task
Match It · Interactive

Match the Weather

Project this and match each Spanish weather phrase to its English meaning — tap the Spanish, then tap the English.

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The Lesson · Communicative Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

35 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — ¿Qué Tiempo Hace?

5 min

Sunny or rainy — how do we describe the weather in Spanish?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Look outside.
  • Ask how to say it.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — El Tiempo

8 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Present each weather phrase.
  • Say them aloud.
  • Act them out.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Repeat.
  • Act.
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Practice — Match the Weather

9 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Match the Weather.
  • Match each one.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Say.
  • Explain.
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Speak — Speak

8 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say today’s weather in Spanish.
  • Ask ¿qué tiempo hace?
  • Draw the weather.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Ask it.
  • Draw it.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a weather phrase.
  • Say what it means.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Explain it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice).

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: ask and tell about the weather.

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand weather phrases.

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Connections 3.1

Connect to weather learned in science.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare weather expressions across languages.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Weather picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “Hace ___.”
  • Act out weather.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with hace sol and llueve.
  • Match one pair at a time.
  • Act it out.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add more weather.
  • Keep a Spanish weather chart.
  • Give a weather report.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • ☀️Weather pictures
  • 💻Match the Weather
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🗓️A weather chart
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

el tiempoweatherhace solit’s sunnyhace fríoit’s coldhace calorit’s hotllueveit’s rainingnievait’s snowinghace vientoit’s windyla nubecloud
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say “It’s sunny” in Spanish?
Hace sol.
QUESTION 2
What does “hace frío” mean?
It’s cold.
QUESTION 3
What does “llueve” mean?
It’s raining.

Reflect: weather report.

Have students give a quick Spanish weather report each day — “Hoy hace sol.” A printable tiempo sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: el tiempo, hace calor, hace frío, hace sol, hace viento, la nube, llueve, nieva
  1. weather
  2. it’s snowing
  3. it’s sunny
  4. it’s hot
  5. it’s raining
  6. it’s cold
  7. it’s windy
  8. cloud

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “It’s sunny” in Spanish?
  2. What does “hace frío” mean?
  3. What does “llueve” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) el tiempo · 2) nieva · 3) hace sol · 4) hace calor · 5) llueve · 6) hace frío · 7) hace viento · 8) la nube
Part B: 1) Hace sol. 2) It’s cold. 3) It’s raining.