Learning objective
- To ask and answer questions about the weather.
Success criteria
- I can use the question phrase ¿Qué
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National curriculum
Languages
Pupils should be taught to:
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Cross-curricular links
Geography
Human and physical
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display slide 1 of the Presentation: Days of the week. Play the audio for each day and see if the children can translate them into English. (They might remember this vocabulary from Spanish, Year 3: Journey around Latin America.) Then, click to reveal the English translation.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Should use the Activity: Weather chart: support, showing the days of the week in Spanish and English with a word bank for the children to cut and stick; could have the Presentation: Weather words displayed on the board to support when filling in the activity sheet; could use the Knowledge organiser to support with the weather vocabulary and the question ¿Qué tiempo hace hoy? – What is the weather like today?; could perform the weather rap by reading the words from a prompt sheet.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could write each weather type into their Activity: Weather chart in addition to drawing it; could write the days of the week in Spanish into their Activity: Weather chart; could perform the weather rap by heart.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: asking and answering the question ¿Qué
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Vocabulary
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¿Qué tiempo hace...?
What is the weather like...?
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¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?
What is the weather like today?
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 20th November, 2025
Lesson 1: Weather words
Learning phrases to describe the weather in Spanish.
Lesson 6: Spanish weather presenters
Performing and evaluating a weather forecast role play.
Assessment – Spanish Y4: Weather in Spain
Assessment quiz and Knowledge catcher for use at the start and/or end of the unit...
Lesson 4: Weather forecast
Listening and responding to a Spanish weather forecast.
