• Introduction to Topic: Learners will explore common weather conditions (sunny, rainy, windy, cloudy) and how weather affects daily life.

• Grade Level: Grade R

• Subject: Life Skills

• Topic: Beginning Knowledge – Weather

• Term and Week: Term 3, Week 2

• Duration: 30 minutes

By the end of this lesson, learners will be able to:

• Identify and name different weather conditions (sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy).

• Describe how different types of weather affect the clothes we wear and what we do.

✔ CAPS Specific Outcome:

“Talks about the weather and how it changes. Discusses clothes and activities suitable for different weather.” (p. 48)

1. Video: “What’s the Weather Like Today?” – Patty Shukla

   • Use: Teaches weather vocabulary with movement and music.

2. Website: BBC Bitesize – Weather

   • Use: Interactive visuals and basic weather facts that support recognition and discussion.

1. Dress for the Weather Game:
   Learners match different clothing items to a type of weather shown on a flashcard (e.g., raincoat for rainy day).

2. Make a Class Weather Chart:
   Learners draw or stick a weather symbol onto a daily chart and describe what the weather looks like.

• Informal Worksheet: Learners match items (e.g., umbrella, hat, jacket) to the correct weather.

• Observation Checklist: Teacher checks whether learners can name weather types and give one clothing/activity example.

• Task: Learners look at the sky at home, draw what they see, and bring it to share the next day.