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Year 5Autumn TermAges 9-10

Lesson Plans

Months & Seasons Together

1

Which Months, Which Seasons?

⏱ 40–50 minutes

Lesson Objectives

  • Link months to their seasons in Arabic
  • Say which season each month belongs to

🌅 Warm-Up (5 min)

Month shuffle: give each pupil a month card — they must group themselves by season without speaking.

Main Activities

  1. 1Review all 12 months and 4 seasons in Arabic
  2. 2Sorting activity: place month cards under the correct season heading
  3. 3Teach: "شهر يونيو في فصل الصيف" (The month of June is in the summer season)
  4. 4Complete the Months and Seasons Vocab Cards worksheet

Resources Needed

Month cardsSeason heading cardsVocab Cards worksheetSorting mat

⭐ Extension Challenge

Create a year wheel showing months arranged by season, all in Arabic.

2

Important Dates and Events

⏱ 40–50 minutes

Lesson Objectives

  • Talk about events using months and seasons
  • Use time phrases in sentences

🌅 Warm-Up (5 min)

Event countdown: name events coming up this term — say the month in Arabic.

Main Activities

  1. 1Discuss important events: Ramadan, Eid, school terms, national holidays
  2. 2Teach: "في شهر... نحتفل بـ..." (In the month of... we celebrate...)
  3. 3Create a personal events calendar with Arabic month names
  4. 4Write 5 sentences about events throughout the year

Resources Needed

Events picture cardsCalendar templateWriting Practice worksheet

⭐ Extension Challenge

Research when Ramadan falls this year and write about it in Arabic.

3

Months, Seasons, and Weather Together

⏱ 40–50 minutes

Lesson Objectives

  • Combine months, seasons, and weather in sentences
  • Write complex time descriptions

🌅 Warm-Up (5 min)

Chain game: "في شهر يناير الجو بارد" — next pupil adds a month-weather combination.

Main Activities

  1. 1Model complex sentences: "في شهر يوليو، فصل الصيف، الجو حار ومشمس" (In July, the summer season, the weather is hot and sunny)
  2. 2Weather journal: write about each month's typical weather
  3. 3Compare weather in different countries during the same month
  4. 4Write 4 complex sentences combining months, seasons, and weather

Resources Needed

Weather-month reference chartWorld weather dataWriting paper

⭐ Extension Challenge

Write a travel guide for an Arabic-speaking country describing the best months to visit and why.

4

Months and Seasons Review

⏱ 40–45 minutes

Lesson Objectives

  • Demonstrate understanding of months-seasons-weather connections
  • Write and speak about the year confidently

🌅 Warm-Up (5 min)

Quick fire round: teacher says a month — pupil says the season and a weather word in Arabic.

Main Activities

  1. 1Tracing worksheet for month and season vocabulary
  2. 2Create a "My Year in Arabic" booklet with a page for each season
  3. 3Oral presentations: describe your favourite time of year in Arabic
  4. 4Self-assessment: rate your confidence with months, seasons, and weather vocabulary

Resources Needed

Tracing worksheetBooklet paperSelf-assessment checklist

⭐ Extension Challenge

Write an Arabic poem about the four seasons.

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