We will need writers who can remember freedom: poets, visionaries - the realists of a larger reality.

Ursla Le Guin (1929-2018)

National Book Foundation speech, 2014

Weather Song

Function: Song/BGM

Words: 318

Duration: 2:52

Aim: Introduce two patterns to answer the question, "How's the weather?"

Telephone, telephone
Can you get the phone?
Phone!

How, how's the weather, how's the weather?
How, how's the weather, how's the weather?
It's cloudy, it's a cloudy day
It's cloudy, it's a cloudy day

How, how's the weather, how's the weather?
How, how's the weather, how's the weather?
It's raining, it's a rainy day
It's raining, it's a rainy day

How, how's the weather, how's the weather?
How, how's the weather, how's the weather?
It's snowing, it's a snowy day
It's snowing, it's a snowy day

It's foggy, it's a foggy day
It's foggy, it's a foggy day
It's windy, it's a windy day
It's windy, it's a windy day

Hi! How are you? Fine! I've got a question

How, how's the weather, how's the weather?
How, how's the weather, how's the weather?
It's sunny,it's a sunny day
It's sunny,it's a sunny day

It's sunny,it's a sunny day
(How, how's the weather, how's the weather?)
It's sunny,it's a sunny day
(How, how's the weather, how's the weather?)

It's sunny,it's a sunny day
It's sunny,it's a sunny day

It's sunny,it's a sunny day
(How, how's the weather, how's the weather?)
It's sunny,it's a sunny day
(How, how's the weather, how's the weather?)

It's sunny,it's a sunny day
It's sunny,it's a sunny day
It's sunny,it's a sunny day
It's sunny,it's a sunny day
It's sunny,it's a sunny day
It's sunny,it's a sunny day

Usage

We used to have a "weather bear", a wall decoration that could be dressed in various outfits to match the actual weather, but now it's more than worst for wear.

One method of doing the song is to give individual children or small groups specific "weather cards" and then they sing that line as it appears in the song. Alternatively, all the children can sing the how's the weather line and the teacher can perform a kind of kamishibai with flash cards and sing the weather parts. Another possibility is to use the song as BGM to time other activities, particularly one's involving writing.

Follow-Up

Play "One Step Forward (How's the Weather)

getfiles: The Weather Song

MP3: 5.25 mb