A forecast sounds like this: Today it is sunny and twenty-two degrees. It gives the weather and a temperature in one go.
Hands up: who can give today's weather in English like a radio presenter? Weather and a temperature in one full sentence, not a single word.
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Use eight Spanish weather words in a short forecast
- Join the weather and a temperature in one short Spanish forecast
- Notice what a Spanish forecast talks about that an Irish one might not
Listen when each Spanish weather word is played, then say it back together. We will learn them in two short sets of four, with a thumbs-check in between.
Forecast rule: keep the weather word exactly as it appears in the table of words (including el / la). Then add the temperature on the next short line with Hace + a number + grados.
Forecast frame (you will say this one out loud all together):
Hoy (today) + [weather word exactly as on the table].
Hace (it is) + [number] + grados (°).
Example: Hoy el sol. Hace veintidós grados. (Today the sun. It is twenty-two degrees.)
Example: Hoy la lluvia. Hace diez grados. (Today the rain. It is ten degrees.)
Sunny example: Hoy soleado. Hace treinta grados. (Today sunny. It is thirty degrees.)
Temperature numbers you can use in any forecast today:
diez (10) · quince (15) · veinte (20) · veintidós (22) · treinta (30) + Hace … grados (It is … degrees)
Volunteers click each Spanish weather word, then its English meaning.
When a match is found, everyone whispers the Spanish together. Between turns, the whole class repeats two words so every row keeps speaking.
Then, all together: you will be shown one weather word and one number from the strip on the board. Say one full forecast with them as a class, using the two-line frame from the board (the weather word exactly as it is written, then Hace + number + grados).
The forecast frame and the number strip stay on the board, and today's words are in the list below, so you can use them as you write. We will say one more oral forecast all together, then get your pens ready.
Open your copy. Write one full forecast (two short lines). Copy one weather word exactly from the table, then write Hace + a number from the strip + grados on the next line. Success looks like a full Spanish forecast, not a bare English word.
- el sol — The sun
- soleado — Sunny
- la lluvia — The rain
- la nieve — The snow
- la nube — The cloud
- la niebla — The fog
- la tormenta — The storm
- el trueno — The thunder
Look at the weather map of Spain and put each Spanish label on the right region. Read the phrase aloud as you place it.
While a volunteer places a label, everyone else points to that word in the on-screen list and mouths it. After each placement, the whole class says the Spanish once together.
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