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Portuguese Weather

Fourth graders talk about the weather in Portuguese (o tempo) — Está quente (it’s hot), Está frio (it’s cold), Está chovendo (it’s raining), Está nevando (it’s snowing), Está ensolarado (it’s sunny). They describe today’s weather.

Grade 4Weather45 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Learn weather words.
  • ✓Describe today.
  • ✓Say hot, cold & rainy.
  • ✓Ask about the weather.
Essential Question

Está quente? Está chovendo? How do you talk about the weather in Portuguese?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

Portuguese Weather Check

Project each item and have students answer about the Portuguese weather.

⛅ Understand the Portuguese weatherTry it
Answer each question about the Portuguese weather.
The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

45 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — Como está o tempo?

5 min

How do you talk about the weather in Portuguese?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Point out the window.
  • Ask “como está o tempo?”
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Wonder.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Weather

10 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Portuguese Weather Check.
  • Note Está quente/frio.
  • Note chovendo & ensolarado.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

12 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Describe today.
  • Say chovendo & nevando.
  • Match icon to phrase.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Describe.
  • Say.
  • Match.
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Speak — Speak

12 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Hoje está ensolarado” (today it’s sunny).
  • Describe the weather.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Describe.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a weather word.
  • Describe today.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-Mid).

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand weather.

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe weather.

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Connections 3.1

Connect to weather / science.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: ask about weather.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Weather cards with icons.
  • Match icon to phrase.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with chovendo & ensolarado.
  • Use weather icons.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add nublado, vento.
  • Make a weather chart.
  • Give a mini forecast.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • ⛅Weather cards
  • 💻Portuguese Weather Check
  • 🗓️Weather chart
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

tempoweatherestá quenteit’s hotestá frioit’s coldestá chovendoit’s rainingestá nevandoit’s snowingestá ensolaradoit’s sunnynubladocloudyventowind
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What does “Está chovendo” mean in Portuguese?
It’s raining.
QUESTION 2
How do you say “it’s cold” in Portuguese?
Está frio.
QUESTION 3
What weather is “Está ensolarado”?
Sunny.

Reflect: weather.

Have students describe today’s weather in Portuguese at home. A printable Portuguese weather sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

🃏 Portuguese WeatherFlip
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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

📝 Portuguese WeatherQuiz
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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Portuguese WeatherPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: está chovendo, está ensolarado, está frio, está nevando, está quente, nublado, tempo, vento
  1. it’s snowing
  2. it’s raining
  3. wind
  4. it’s sunny
  5. cloudy
  6. it’s hot
  7. it’s cold
  8. weather

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does “Está chovendo” mean in Portuguese?
  2. How do you say “it’s cold” in Portuguese?
  3. What weather is “Está ensolarado”?
Answer key — Part A: 1) está nevando · 2) está chovendo · 3) vento · 4) está ensolarado · 5) nublado · 6) está quente · 7) está frio · 8) tempo
Part B: 1) It’s raining. 2) Está frio. 3) Sunny.