How Is The Weather?
This weather ESL lesson teaches beginners to describe sunny, rainy, windy, snowy, hot and cold conditions. Students identify weather sounds, sing, use movement and answer 'What's the weather today?' They create a spinning weather wheel and use it to deliver a short Weather Channel report.
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Lesson format
2 × 45 minutes
Level
Beginner
Age group
Ages 6–9
Main focus
Speaking first
What students will learn
Lesson flow
Children guess weather from sounds and act it out (shivering for cold, fanning for hot), sing weather songs pointing to the sky, and answer 'What's the weather today?' with puppets. The second lesson roleplays a Weather Channel report ('Today it's sunny and hot!'), builds a spinning weather wheel labelled with each type, and gives a class weather report using it.
Target language
- • 'How is the weather?'
- • 'It's ___'
- • 'What's the weather like today?'
- • 'In winter, I wear a ___'
Key vocabulary
- sunny
- rainy
- cloudy
- windy
- snowy
- foggy
- stormy
- hot
- cold
- warm
Speaking questions students answer
- • How is the weather?
- • What's the weather like today?
- • Do you like snow?
- • What do you wear in winter?
- • What's today's forecast?
Recommended teaching contexts
Why this lesson works
The lesson follows a clear progression: Guess weather from sounds and act it out, roleplay a weather-channel report, make a weather wheel and give a class report. Teachers can open the materials and start immediately, while students move from supported vocabulary practice to purposeful spoken English.