Peer Teaching Session on Seasons and the Weather

1st Primary School of Skiathos

Date: February 17th, 2015
Instructors: Vassiliki Panagioteli, Makrina Chrisopoulou
Classes that participated: third graders, second graders (2, B1)
Equipment: flashcards, CD player, a video camera, worksheets
Objectives: familiarization with vocabulary related to the 4 seasons and the weather through
interactive activities, learning through fun and promotion of bonding between the two groups
Integration of skills: listening, speaking
Time required: 30

Steps:
1. Presentation: Teachers present the 4 seasons through flashcards and try to elicit the relevant
words. Word-cards are put on the board along with the relevant flashcards. Following this,
Ts go on to present weather related vocabulary by flashing cards showing basic weather
phenomena representative of each season, asking learners to repeat. They make sure all
learners understand Hows the weather? Its ... question-answer pattern. (15)
Weather phenomena:
Hows the weather?
Its sunny
Its cloudy
Its windy
Its rainy
Its snowy.

2. Practice:
Game: Flashcards and word-cards are randomly distributed among pupils. Teachers call out a
season and weather-relevant flashcards and word-cards have to gather around the pupil-season,
calling out the word/phrase, thus forming 4 groups which will be the stage for the next activity.
(10)

3. Follow up:
a. Students consolidate vocabulary and have fun by singing along a Weather Song. Pupils in
groups of 4 seasons listen to various weather phenomena and sing, dance and perform as
instructed. (5)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcW9Ct000yY
b. Time permitting, teachers hand out worksheets depicting weather in black and white, which
pupils colour in class or at home. (5)

http://www.dreamenglish.com/weather