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German Seasons — Die Jahreszeiten

Seventh graders learn the four seasons in German — Frühling, Sommer, Herbst, Winter — so they can talk about the year and the weather auf Deutsch.

Grade 7Die Jahreszeiten50 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…

  • ✓Name the seasons.
  • ✓Say each Jahreszeit.
  • ✓Connect to weather.
  • ✓Talk about the year.
Essential Question

The year turns through four seasons — die Jahreszeiten. What are they in German?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Jahreszeiten Explorer

Project this and tap each season. Have students learn the seasons in German.

🔄 Explore the seasons — tap eachTry it

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

50 minutes, five moves

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

1

Warm-Up — The Turning Year

5 min

The year turns through four seasons — what are they in German?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name the seasons in English.
  • Ask how to say them.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Die Jahreszeiten

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Jahreszeiten Explorer.
  • Present each season.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Repeat.
  • Practice.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name the season now.
  • Match seasons to weather.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name it.
  • Match.
  • Say.
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Speak — Speak

12 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say your favorite season.
  • Say why.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Say why.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a season.
  • 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-High).

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand season words.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore the German year.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to weather and science.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about seasons.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Season picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “Im ___ ist es ___.”
  • Use season images.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with Sommer and Winter.
  • Use pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Describe each season’s weather.
  • Say each season’s months.
  • Draw the four seasons.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🔄Season cards
  • 💻The Jahreszeiten Explorer
  • 🗣️Audio
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

die Jahreszeitseasonder Frühlingspringder Sommersummerder Herbstfallder Winterwinterdas Jahryearwarmwarmkaltcold
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
What does “der Frühling” mean?
Spring.
QUESTION 2
What does “der Herbst” mean?
Fall/autumn.
QUESTION 3
How many seasons are there?
Four (vier).

Reflect: die Jahreszeiten.

Have students name their favorite season in German and one weather word for it. A printable seasons 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.

🖨️ German Seasons (Die Jahreszeiten)Print
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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: das Jahr, der Frühling, der Herbst, der Sommer, der Winter, die Jahreszeit, kalt, warm
  1. cold
  2. fall
  3. spring
  4. year
  5. summer
  6. warm
  7. winter
  8. season

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does “der Frühling” mean?
  2. What does “der Herbst” mean?
  3. How many seasons are there?
Answer key — Part A: 1) kalt · 2) der Herbst · 3) der Frühling · 4) das Jahr · 5) der Sommer · 6) warm · 7) der Winter · 8) die Jahreszeit
Part B: 1) Spring. 2) Fall/autumn. 3) Four (vier).