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Hot, cold and rainbows
Connect Primary 1, Term 2: Unit 11 It’s rainy
GoalTalk about hot and cold, the seasons, and the colours red, orange and yellow.
New words
hot · a lot of heatcold · not warmsummer · the hot seasonwinter · the cold season
Explanation
In summer it’s hot. In winter it’s cold. There are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. After rain and sun, we can see a rainbow. A rainbow has red, orange and yellow.
Worked examples
Omar
Mum, it’s hot today!
Mum
Yes, it’s summer. Put on your sun hat.
Omar
In winter, it’s cold. I wear my coat.
Mum
Yes! Now go and play in the shade.
The seasons. Say the weather for each one.
Look at the rainbow. Say the colours: red, orange, yellow.
Class activity
Colour hunt. Find three red things, three yellow things and three orange things at home. Say: ‘A red apple. A yellow banana. An orange orange!’ Then draw a rainbow with your colours.
Practice
1
Listen. Is it hot or cold?
…
It’s hot.
2
Look. Which season is it? Say: It’s … .
Winter (it’s cold).
3
What colour is a banana?
Yellow.
4
Say the four seasons in order.
Spring, summer, autumn, winter.
5
Draw a rainbow. Write the colour words red and yellow under it.
The child draws and copies two colour words.