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Tagalog Seasons

Seventh graders explore the seasons in Tagalog (panahon) — tagsibol (spring), tag-init (summer), taglagas (autumn), taglamig (winter). Tagalog has words for all four, but the tropical Philippines really has just two: tag-init (dry) and tag-ulan (rainy)!

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 the Philippine seasons.
  • ✓Say your favorite.
Essential Question

tagsibol, tag-init… what are the seasons in Tagalog?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Tagalog Seasons Explorer

Project this and tap each. Have students explore the Tagalog seasons.

🌷 Explore the Tagalog 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 — The Seasons

6 min

What are the seasons in Tagalog?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a rainy 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 two Philippine seasons.

🎒 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 “gusto ko ang tag-init.”
  • 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 the tropical Philippine climate.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to weather & climate.

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 tag-init & tag-ulan.
  • Use pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Compare 4 seasons vs 2.
  • Make a season poster.
  • Describe your favorite.
Materials

What to gather

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

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

panahonseasonstagsibolspringtag-initsummer / drytaglagasautumntaglamigwintertag-ulanrainy seasonmainithotmalamigcold
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 Tagalog?
tag-init.
QUESTION 2
What season is taglamig?
Winter.
QUESTION 3
How many seasons does the tropical Philippines really have?
Two — tag-init (dry) and tag-ulan (rainy).

Reflect: seasons.

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

🖨️ Tagalog SeasonsPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: mainit, malamig, panahon, tag-init, tag-ulan, taglagas, taglamig, tagsibol
  1. spring
  2. seasons
  3. rainy season
  4. cold
  5. autumn
  6. winter
  7. hot
  8. summer / dry

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “summer” in Tagalog?
  2. What season is taglamig?
  3. How many seasons does the tropical Philippines really have?
Answer key — Part A: 1) tagsibol · 2) panahon · 3) tag-ulan · 4) malamig · 5) taglagas · 6) taglamig · 7) mainit · 8) tag-init
Part B: 1) tag-init. 2) Winter. 3) Two — tag-init (dry) and tag-ulan (rainy).