Japanese Teaching Topic - WEATHER & SEASONS
Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic WEATHER and SEASONS、tenki, tenki housou, kumori, hare, ame, aki, fuyu etc 天気、てんき、天気放送、てんきほうそう、くもり、はれ、あめ etc.
Art and crafts
Kisetsu no iro
Ss create a poster showing the colours of the seasons using kirigami.
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Flashcards
Weather flashcards
Weather flashcards including ame, hare, kumori, kaze, yuki and the seasons. Donated by M Miller.
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Games in class
Tenki board game
Board game for practising "Kyou no tenki wa dou desu ka?". Donated by H Xu
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Weather board game
Divide the class into small groups. Play Jan Ken Pon to see who starts. Roll the dice. Move around the game board accordingly. If Ss lands on a sun, they pick up a card from the sun pile (yellow), if the Ss lands on an umbrella, they pick up a card from the rain pile (blue). Ss translates the phrase on their card from English to Japanese. The first person to the ゴールwins. Donated by A Wilson
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Weather dominoes
Students read the hiragana weather words and match them to the pictures. Donated by K Duquemin
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Games on line
Clothes and weather |
Weather game |
Weather in other countries |
Posters
Seasons poster
Poster with seasons in English, kana, kanji and romaji. Donated by M Young
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Weather chart
At the beginning of each lesson, ask Ss to describe the weather, put a magnet or arrow on the corresponding answer, and then get the Ss to write a sentence in their notebooks. Ie. Kyou wa atsui desu. きょうは あつい です。 Donated by A Mackay
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Weather poster
Stick the weather poster on the board and practice saying the weather. Donated by Anna Y.
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PowerPoints
Haiku and seasons
PowerPoint introducing the essential elements of haiku and its association with the seasons. Donated by B McArthur
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Tenki wa dou desu ka PowerPoint
PowerPoint introducing the phrase 'Tenki wa dou desu ka?' and the vocabulary required to answer the question. Donated by D Ruan
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Weather and seasons ppt game
Revise the kanji for weather and season words. Ss select the kanji they think is correct, if it is then they can move onto the next question, if not they can try again.The final slide is an opportunity for the class to brainstorm words that relate to each season before the teacher reveals their ideas. Donated by L Cadman
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Weather vocabulary 1
PowerPoint introducing basic weather vocabulary (hiragana/romaji). Created by I Foley
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Weather vocabulary 2
PowerPoint introducing weather vocabulary (hiragana/kanji). Donated by V Linn
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Skits and plays
World report
Roleplay where students ask questions to tv show guests about the weather, time and events. http://activity-resources.jpf-sydney.org/ar/wwroleplay/5/5_1.htm |
Videos
Weather video |
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Websites
Weather MSN |
Worksheets
Describing the weather vocabulary
Match the English weather vocabulary to its Japanese equivalent. Donated by S Davis.
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Label - Weather map
Student read the weather forecast and then cut and paste the correct weather symbol to the appropriate city. Donated by J Rampant
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Label - Tenki
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Label - Tenki 2
Students write dialogues following the pattern 'Tenki wa dou desu ka?' to match each weather picture and then practise the dialogues. Donated by D Ruan
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Maze - weather
Find your way through the word maze by translating the English passage into Japanese. Includes vocabulary relating to weather, days, dates, seasons, places and adjectives describing weather. Answer included. Donated by: S Bartlett
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Seasons research
Students research about Japanese seasons and learn about typical weather, temperatures and festivals celebrated in particular seasons. Donated by J Goldsworthy
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Sentences - the weather Australia
Ss look at the weather map then write in Kana sentences about the weather. Donated by B James
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Sentences - the weather Japan
Ss look at the weather map then write in romaji sentences about the weather. Ss practise using 'to' to combine more than one type of weather. Donated by N Nakajima
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Weather and dates
Students practice translating sentences related to weather and dates. Donated by S Burgess
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Weather in Japan and Australia
Various activities where ss practice reading and listening about the weather forecast in Japanese. Donated by J Peck.
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Word search Months and weather
Find the months in kanji and weather related words in hiragana in the find a word. Donated by S Ura.
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Writing - Seasons kanji
Students practise writing the various kanji for seasons. Donated by N Smith
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Writing - Tenki vocabulary
Students learn the various vocabulary related to the weather includes activities for consolidation such as match pictures with Japanese and trace the hiragana. Donated by N Smith
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Writing - Weather words
Colour in the weather pictures and practice writing the weather words in Japanese. Donated by P Numadate
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