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Russian Seasons

Seventh graders explore the four seasons in Russian (времена года) — весна (spring), лето (summer), осень (autumn), зима (winter) — and the weather of each, including Russia’s famously long, snowy winter.

Grade 7Seasons50 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…

  • ✓Name the seasons.
  • ✓Learn each season.
  • ✓Explore времена года.
  • ✓Say your favorite.
Essential Question

Весна, лето, осень, зима — what are the seasons in Russian?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Russian Seasons Explorer

Project this and tap each. Have students explore the four Russian seasons.

🌷 Explore the Russian seasons — tap eachTry it

The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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

1

Warm-Up — Four Seasons

6 min

What are the four seasons in Russian?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a snowy photo.
  • Ask which season.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Seasons

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Seasons Explorer.
  • Present each season.
  • Note the long winter.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a season.
  • Say its weather.
  • Say your favorite.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Say.
  • Say it.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Я люблю лето” (I like summer).
  • Describe a season.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

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

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a season.
  • Say its weather.
  • 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-High).

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand season words.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore Russian seasonal life.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to weather & seasons.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe seasons.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Season cards with pictures.
  • Match weather to season.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with лето & зима.
  • Use pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Match foods to seasons.
  • Make a season poster.
  • Describe your favorite.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🌷Season cards
  • 💻The Russian Seasons Explorer
  • 🖼️Seasonal images
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

времена годаseasonsвесна (vesna)springлето (leto)summerосень (osen)autumnзима (zima)winterтепло (teplo)warmхолодно (kholodno)coldснег (sneg)snow
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
How do you say “summer” in Russian?
лето (leto).
QUESTION 2
What season is зима?
Winter.
QUESTION 3
What season is весна?
Spring.

Reflect: seasons.

Have students name their favorite season in Russian and say why. A printable Russian seasons 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.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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

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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.

🖨️ Russian SeasonsPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: весна (vesna), времена года, зима (zima), лето (leto), осень (osen), снег (sneg), тепло (teplo), холодно (kholodno)
  1. cold
  2. winter
  3. autumn
  4. warm
  5. spring
  6. seasons
  7. summer
  8. snow

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “summer” in Russian?
  2. What season is зима?
  3. What season is весна?
Answer key — Part A: 1) холодно (kholodno) · 2) зима (zima) · 3) осень (osen) · 4) тепло (teplo) · 5) весна (vesna) · 6) времена года · 7) лето (leto) · 8) снег (sneg)
Part B: 1) лето (leto). 2) Winter. 3) Spring.