Unit 9: Seasons & Festivals - New Indian Model School, Dubai

Student Activity
Weather Observaon
Take the students out in the open and ask them ‘How is the weather today Let them feel
the weather; observe the various factors that affect the weather like the sun; clouds, etc.
and give the weather report accordingly.
Calendar Acvity
Students make a 30/31 days calendar and display it on the noce board. To show the daily
weather they paste cutouts. For example: If the weather is sunny, students will paste the
cutout of a sun; if the weather is cloudy, students will paste a cutout of a cloud or the
cutout of snow flakes on a snowy day and so on.
Each day the student who delivers the morning message regarding the (weather report)
pastes the cutout in the correct column day wise. Students observe the weather for a few
days and understand that the weather does not stay the same and changes everyday.
Make a Wind Chime
Collect some metal bole bole caps; e two each on both ends of a thick thread. Fix
them on a sck. Hang an open in window of the classroom. This will help students to
understand that when there is a so breeze, the sound is low and when it makes a loud
sound, the day is a windy one as the breeze is strong.
Review
Portray the weather for a scene of a house
Provide students with A4 sheet with a house drawn on it. The students decide on the
weather condions they would like to portray to complete the scene, i.e. a sunny day, a
rainy day, a snowy day or a cloudy day.
To reinforce the concept of weather condions, students recite the poem “Every Kind of
Weather is Wonderful” with acons.
Oh my! What will be the weather
For this acvity, set aside a weather area on a flannel board where students will change
the elements according to the weather. Students will be divided in groups. Each group will
get an opportunity to put together elements on a flannel board. A parcular group will
sing: Oh My! What will be the weather (at least thrice).
The teacher will reply for example: Rainy
Then the students of that group will run and put coutouts or pictures of the clouds and
rain drops on the flannel board to depict the weather.
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