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It was cold and rainy yesterday. It’s hot and sunny today.
Textbook: p. 93
GoalCompare yesterday’s and today’s weather: “It was cold and rainy yesterday. It’s hot and sunny today.”
New words
yesterday · kechatoday · bugunit was · ediit’s · hozir
Explanation
Yesterday’s weather uses the past: “It was cold and rainy yesterday.” (was). Today’s weather uses the present: “It’s hot and sunny today.” (is). We can join them with “but”: “It was windy yesterday, but it’s calm today.” For several days: “On Monday it was foggy. On Tuesday it was sunny.” Day names begin with a capital letter.
Worked examples
It was snowy on Monday, but it’s sunny today.
Yesterday it was warm and cloudy. Today it’s cold and rainy.
Class activity
“Weather week”: children fill in an imaginary five-day chart. A partner compares days: “On Monday it was hot. On Tuesday it was windy.”
Practice
1
“It ___ cold yesterday.” (is / was)
was
2
“It ___ hot today.” (is / was)
is
3
Make a sentence: rainy yesterday, sunny today.
It was rainy yesterday, but it’s sunny today.
4
On Monday it was foggy. Say it.
On Monday it was foggy.