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Seasons and water

Week 19 · Unit 8 (B): yesterday, today, tomorrow, the four seasons, the water cycle, phonics spr and str, saving water · 3 lessons
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Four seasons and the water cycle

Connect P3 Term 2: Unit 8
GoalName the four seasons and say how water moves from the sea to the clouds and back.
New words
season · one of the four parts of the yearcloud · tiny drops of water in the skyrain · water that falls from the cloudswater cycle · the way water goes up, comes down and goes up again
Explanation

There are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In Egypt, spring is from March to May and flowers grow. Summer is from June to August and it is hot. Autumn is from September to November and the weather gets cooler. Winter is from December to February and it is cold. It is rainy in the north. Water moves in a cycle. The sun heats the water in the sea and the Nile. The water goes up. High in the sky it makes clouds. Rain falls and water goes back to the rivers and the sea.

SeasonMonths in EgyptWeather
springMarch to Maywarm, with flowers
summerJune to Augusthot and sunny
autumnSeptember to Novembergetting cooler
winterDecember to Februarycold, rainy in the north
Worked examples
Aya

How many seasons are there, Dad?

Dad

There are four: spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Aya

I like spring. There are flowers everywhere.

Dad

Summer is hot, so we drink a lot of water.

Aya

And in winter it rains in Alexandria. Where does the rain come from?

Dad

From clouds. The sun heats the sea, the water goes up and makes clouds.

Listen. Aya and her dad talk about the seasons.

The sun heats the water in the sea. The water goes up into the air. High in the sky it gets cold and makes clouds. The clouds get heavy and rain falls. The rain goes into rivers and the sea. Then the sun heats the water again. This is the water cycle.

Read and listen to the text.
springsummerautumnwinter
Look. The four seasons.
the sun heats the waterclouds formrain fallswater goes to the sea
Look. The water cycle in four steps.
Now you. Say the four seasons in order. Then explain the water cycle with your fingers: up, clouds, rain, down.
Class activity

Water cycle drawing. The child draws the sea and a sun on one side, clouds in the sky and rain falling on the other side. The child draws arrows from the water up to the cloud and down with the rain, and writes: The sun heats the water. Clouds form. Rain falls.

Practice
1
Fill in: After winter comes ___ . (spring or autumn)
2
Fill in: In ___ it is hot in Egypt. (summer or winter)
3
Listen. Which season is it?

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4
Put the steps in order: rain falls / the sun heats the water / clouds form
5
Writing: copy ‘Rain falls from the clouds.’