Fourth graders learn to describe the weather (てんき, tenki) in Japanese — はれ (hare, sunny), あめ (ame, rain), ゆき (yuki, snow), and more. They sort words for bright, nice days from wet or cold ones.
Students will be able to…
Is it sunny or rainy today? Let’s learn to talk about the weather in Japanese.
Project this and sort each Japanese weather word into Nice (sunny/warm) or Wet or Cold.
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Is it sunny or rainy? Let’s talk about the weather in Japanese.
Students learn.
Students practice.
Students speak.
Students close.
Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-Low).
Interpretive: understand weather words.
Connect to science (weather).
Compare weather vocabulary.
Interpersonal: describe weather.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students say today’s weather in Japanese (like “Kyō wa hare desu”). A printable Japanese weather sheet is in the World Languages library.
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