warmers on the topics "Weather", "Holidays", "School Life"

Warming up

Seasons and Weather

1. Draw on the board pictures of the sun shining, raindrops falling, wind blowing, snow falling and clouds. Ask the pupils to call out the appropriate descriptive weather words.
2. Listening.

Read these short texts and ask pupils to guess what season it is.

• It is hot and sunny. You wear shorts and T-shirts. You wear sandals on your feet.
• It is cold and snowy. It is windy too. You wear coats, hats, gloves and boots.
• It is cool and cloudy. It often rains. You wear jeans, warm sweaters and raincoats.
• It is warm and sunny. It sometimes rain. You wear jackets, jeans and shoes.

3. Ask the pupils:
   • What do you do when it is hot and sunny?
   • What do you do when it is cold and slippery?
   • What do you do when it is raining?
   • What do you do when there is much snow on the ground?
   • What do you do when the weather is bad?

Warming up

School Life

1. Repeat only correct sentences:

• We count on Music.
• We sing on Music.
• We read on Art.
• We read on English.
• We speak English on English.
• We run on Maths.
• We jump on PT.
• We do sums on Maths.
• We write on Writing.

2. Clap your hands when you hear words on the topic “School”:

Lessons, tigers, school, Monday, desk, father, an apple, a teddy-bear, head, Maths, pens, a fox, a teacher, red, pupils.

3. Find words which go together:

asking                            sums

doing                             songs

reading                          questions

singing                           TV               

watching                        letters

writing                            books

Warming up

Holidays

4. Each pupil gets a picture and decides what s/he did yesterday. Then they show pictures and say to the class about this.

A student with a picture of vase can say: I put flowers in a vase. One with a picture of a cake: I made a cake. 

5. Look at the list of days. Which days are special? Why?

Example:

• Thursday
• Birthday
• Monday
• Christmas Day
• New Year’s Day
• Easter Day
• Friday
• Saturday

6. Name something closely connected with these holidays.

Example:

Birthday

Christmas

New Year’s Day

Easter Day

St. Valentines Day

- song, present

- carols

- New Year tree

- basket, pysanka

- Valentine card