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Spanish Weather — El Tiempo

Ninth graders learn to talk about the weather and seasons in Spanish — hace sol, llueve, el verano, el invierno — so they can describe the day and the time of year.

Grade 9El Tiempo50 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.
  • ✓Name the seasons.
  • ✓Match phrases to meanings.
  • ✓Talk about the day.
Essential Question

“¿Qué tiempo hace?” — what’s the weather like? Talking about weather and seasons is useful every day. How do you say it in Spanish?

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Interactive Task
Match It · Interactive

Match the Weather Phrase

Project this and match each Spanish weather/season word 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)

50 minutes, five moves

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Warm-Up — ¿Qué Tiempo Hace?

5 min

Weather and seasons come up every day — how do we say them in Spanish?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask today’s weather.
  • Ask how to say it.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

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

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Present each phrase.
  • Say them aloud.
  • Note the seasons.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Repeat.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Match the Phrases

14 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

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

🎒 Student Actions

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

12 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say today’s weather.
  • Name a season.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Name it.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a 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).

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand weather words.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: describe the weather.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to weather and seasons.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare weather expressions.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Weather picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “Hoy hace ___.”
  • Use a weather chart.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with hace sol/frío.
  • Match one pair at a time.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add more weather.
  • Describe each season.
  • Give a forecast.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • ☀️A weather chart
  • 💻Match the Weather Phrase
  • 🗣️Audio
  • ✏️Pencils
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

el tiempothe weatherhace solit’s sunnyhace fríoit’s coldhace calorit’s hotllueveit’s rainingnievait’s snowingel veranosummerel inviernowinter
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 “llueve” mean?
It’s raining.
QUESTION 3
What does “el verano” mean?
Summer.

Reflect: ¿Qué tiempo hace?

Have students describe today’s weather in Spanish. A printable weather sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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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.

🖨️ Spanish Weather & Seasons (El Tiempo)Print
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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: el invierno, el tiempo, el verano, hace calor, hace frío, hace sol, llueve, nieva
  1. summer
  2. it’s hot
  3. it’s sunny
  4. it’s raining
  5. it’s snowing
  6. it’s cold
  7. winter
  8. the weather

Part B · Show what you learned

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