B1 Our World And Our People · Term 1 Week 8: The Environment and the Weather

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.2.1.2.1 - Identify and describe different weather conditions

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Name at least four different weather conditions (sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy) when shown a picture or video.
Describe what the sky, sun, wind, and rain look or feel like in each weather condition using simple sentences.
Observe the weather outside their classroom and state which weather condition they can see that day.
Recite or sing a short rhyme about weather and point out the weather type mentioned in it.
Draw or point to a picture that matches a weather condition named by the teacher.

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Curriculum details

Strand: All Around Us (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: The Environment and the Weather (2.1)
Content standard: B1.2.1.2 - Demonstrate knowledge of different types of weather conditions
Indicator: B1.2.1.2.1 - Identify and describe different weather conditions
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 8 (Week 8 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Our World and Our People Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 6
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Show pictures/films of different weather conditions.
Learners use rhymes, e.g. "rain, rain go away", to tell the types of weather e.g. i) Sunny weather, ii) Windy weather, iii) Rainy weather, iv) Cloudy weather
Sunny weather Windy weather Rainy weather

Figure from the b1 our world and our people curriculum, printed page 6

Learners in groups:
describe the weather type from their pictures to the class;
mention the weather of the day from what they can observe outside their classroom