Weather poems and songs

Rain Rain

Rain rain
falls on the street,
mud in puddles
cleaning my feet.

Thunder thunder
rumble and roar,
close the windows
and lock the door.

Clouds clouds
black and gray,
heavy with water
to drop all day.

Sun sun
is breaking through,
clouds are moving,
the rain stops too.

Rainbow rainbow
across the sky,
see-through colours
to tickle my eyes.


Raindrops

Raindrops are such funny things.
They haven't feet or haven't wings.
Yet they sail throughout he air
With the greatest of ease,
And dance on the street
Wherever they please.

Let's Count the Raindrops

Let's count the raindrops
as they pour:
one million, two million,
three million, four.

Alan Benjamin

Little Raindrops

This is the sun, high up in the sky.
A dark cloud suddenly comes sailing by.
These are the raindrops,
Pitter, pattering down.
Watering the flower seeds
That grow under the ground.

Rain

When the rain comes down drip drop drip drop,
(flutter fingers down in front of you)
Windshield wipers flip flop flip flop,
(bend arms in front and move them side to side)
Boots in puddles plip plop plip plop,
(move feet up and down)
I wish the rain would never stop.
Drip drop drip, (use motions as you say it)
Flip flop flip,("" )
Plip plop plip plop, ("")
PLOP! (do the motions and jump)

Fun In the Rain

(to the tune of "Three Blind Mice")

Rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain
Dribble, dribble, sploosh!
Dribble, dribble, sploosh!
Grab your boots, your coat, and hat,
Jump in a puddle and go kersplat!
Stomp about and become a drowned rat,
Rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain.

Rain

Rain on the rooftops,
Rain on the trees.
Rain on the green grass,
But not on me!

White sheep, white sheep on a blue hill.
When the wind stops, you all stand still.
When the wind blows, you walk away slow.
White sheep, white sheep, where do you go?

Christina G. Rossetti


Raindrops

Raindrops, raindrops,
Falling all around,
Pitter-patter on the rooftops,
Pitter-patter on the ground.
Here is my umbrella,
It will keep me dry,
When I go walking in the rain,
I hold it up so high.

One spring day the big round sun
Winked at a cloud just for fun.
That dark gray cloud thundered and cried,
Scattering raindrops on all outside.
But when the sun peeked out from a sunset low
Together they both made a gay rainbow!

Oh, Rainbow(to the tune of "Oh, Christmas Tree")

Oh, rainbow, oh, rainbow,
How lovely are your colours.
Oh, rainbow, oh, rainbow,
How lovely are your colours.
Purple, red and orange, too,
Yellow, green and blue so true.
Oh, rainbow, oh, rainbow,
 How lovely are your colours.


The Fog

I like the fog
It's soft and cool,
It hides everything
On the way to school.
I can't see a house
I can't see a tree,
Because the fog
Is playing with me.
The sun comes out
The fog goes away,
But it shall be back
Another day.

Thunder crashes.
Lightening flashes.
Rain makes puddles,
So I can make splashes.


   Clouds

What's fluffy, white, and floats up high,
Like piles of ice cream in the sky?
And when the wind blows hard and strong,
What brings the rain?
What brings the snow?
That showers down on us below?

One, Two


One, Two.
The west wind blew.
Three. Four.
The thunder's roar.
Five. Six. Seven.
Rain from heaven.
Eight. Nine. Ten.
Sunny again.

Alan Benjamin

Mr. Sun

Oh Mr. Sun, sun, Mr. golden Sun,
Please shine down on me.
Oh Mr. Sun, sun, Mr. golden Sun,
Hiding behind a tree.
These little children are asking you
To please come out so
We can play with you.
Oh Mr. Sun, sun, Mr. golden Sun,
Please shine down on,
Please shine down on,
Please shine down on me!

Weather

Weather is hot,
Weather is cold,
Weather is changing
As the weeks unfold.

Skies are cloudy,
Skies are fair,
Skies are changing
In the air.

It is raining,
It is snowing,
It is windy
With breezes blowing.

Days are foggy,
Days are clear,
Weather is changing
Throughout the year!

Meish Goldish

Wonderful Weather

I like to watch the way the wind
can spin a weather vane.

I like to wear my big blue boots
to splash with in the rain.

I like to ride my bright red sled
on cold snowy days.

I like to feel the sun's warm rays
when I wade in the ocean waves.

Wind, rain, snow, and sun
Every kind of weather
is wonderful and fun!

Weather Song

(to the tune of "Oh My Darling")

What’s the weather?
What’s the weather?
What’s the weather, everyone?
Is it windy?
Is it cloudy?
Is there rain?
Or is there sun?

Whether the weather be mild or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot,
We'll weather the weather whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.

Weather

Whether the weather be fine,
Or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold,
Or whether the weather be hot,
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather
Whether we like it or not.

Про любовь с улыбкой)))

The Confession
by Brian Patten

When he showed her the photograph again, she said,
"Yes, I remember taking it.
I was incredibly young then.
You handed me the camera
And telling me over and over how to use it
You posed, smiling stiffly.
You were so pompous, so blind to everything.
It was a July afternoon.
The day was hot and my body hummed.
I was bored and in search of adventure
That seemed beyond you.
Yet how can I forget that day?
Look closer at the photograph.
See there in the background,
In the corner behind you
The other boy, grinning so openly."

Стихи из книги с чантами

1) Sally Speaks Spanish.

Скачать МР3 можно ЗДЕСЬ.

Вот текст - добавлю потом. Это черновик.

А вот тут МНОГО ЧАНТОВ.

2) Polka Dot Pyjamas (Past Simple)

Текст -

Видео - ТУТ

Множественное число - для старших

Ранее я уже писала про множественное число - урок для 5 класса. Но тема множественного числа хороша и для старшеклассников. Тут помогает следующее стихотворение -

The Arbitrary English Language

We’ll begin with box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.
The one fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of mouse should never be meese.
You may find one mouse, or a whole nest of mice,
But the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn’t the plural of pan be called pen?
The cow in the plural may be cows or kine,
But a bow, if repeated, is never called bine;
And the plural of vow is vows, never vine.
If I speak of a foot, and you show me your feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn’t the plural of booth be called beeth?
If the singular is this and the plural is these,
Should the plural of kiss ever be nicknamed keese?
Then one may be that and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren,
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his, him,
But imagine the feminine she, shis and shim!
So English, I think you all will agree,
Is the greatest language you ever did see.
(Anonymous)

Заданием для старшеклассников может быть краткий пересказ этого стихотворения, приводя некоторые примеры необычного образования множественного числа.

Дополительная информация по теме множественного числа -

Нужно помнить про множественное число существительных в английском языке, которые были заимствованы из других языков, чаще всего из греческого и латинского, является исключением. Вот лишь несколько слов, но это не полный список:
phenomenon – phenomena (явление)
datum – data (информация)
formula – formulae (формула)
genius – genii (гений)

Особо нужно останавливаться на теме - Множественное число неисчисляемых существительных английского языка

В этом разделе следует упомянуть слова, которые употребляются только в единственном числе, а значит, множественного не имеют как такового, и те, которые употребляются только во множественном числе. К первым можно отнести такие существительные, так как information, advice, money, news, success, furniture, work, fruit, cream, ink (информация, совет, деньги, новости, удача, мебель, работа, фрукт, крем, чернила). А такие слова, как clothes, goods, contents, sweepings, odds, greens, shorts, trousers, jeans, scissors, pyjamas, spectacles, tights (одежда, товары, содержимое, очистки, остатки, овощи, шорты, брюки, джинсы, ножницы, пижама, очки, колготки) входят во вторую группу, то есть имеют только множественное число.

Ну, а в сочетании с неисчисляемыми существительными употребляются такие слова, как бутылка (bottle), кусочек (piece), килограмм (kilo), пакет (packet) и многие другие. Они помогают грамотно выразить необходимое количество. Вот каким правилам подчиняется множественное число существительных английского языка!

Эту информацую я почерпнула ЗДЕСЬ.

Ученики любят смотреть видео - поэтому предлагаю использовать такое.

Про школу и здоровье

Как всегда, у Сильвестейна очень смешное стихотворение с прекрасной лексикой.


I Cannot Go To School Today!
by Shel Silverstein




"I cannot go to school today"
Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
"I have the measles and the mumps,
A gash, a rash and purple bumps.

My mouth is wet, my throat is dry.
I'm going blind in my right eye.
My tonsils are as big as rocks,
I've counted sixteen chicken pox.

And there's one more - that's seventeen,
And don't you think my face looks green?
My leg is cut, my eyes are blue,
It might be the instamatic flu.

I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,
I'm sure that my left leg is broke.
My hip hurts when I move my chin,
My belly button's caving in.

My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,
My 'pendix pains each time it rains.
My toes are cold, my toes are numb,

I have a sliver in my thumb.

My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,
I hardly whisper when I speak.
My tongue is filling up my mouth,

I think my hair is falling out.

My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight,
My temperature is one-o-eight.
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,

There's a hole inside my ear.

I have a hangnail, and my heart is ...
What? What's that? What's that you say?
You say today is .............. Saturday?

G'bye, I'm going out to play!"

Множественное число. Настоящее длительное время. Урок в 5 классе.

Основа урока - стихотворение. Вернее, считалочка.
Ученики обычно выучивают его за три урока, если использовать стихотворение только как речевую зарядку.
Но я предлагаю потратить на него побольше времени. Вернее, на первом уроке - около 30 минут, а потом пара уроков - по 5-10 минут, как повторение.
Конечно, хорошо, если ребята уже знакомы с необычным образованием множественного числа -
a man - men
a woman - women
a child - children
............
Тогда можно сразу начать описывать картинки. Каждому предложению соответствует картинка.


One man is selling hats.



Two men are painting cats.



Three women are making flowers.



Four children are counting hours.



Five sheep have dirty feet.



Six babies have clean teeth.



Seven boxes are full of rocks.



Eight mice are wearing socks.



One, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight,
writing poems is really great!

Рисунки - мои, сфотографированы на мыльницу))) Но я их не придумывала. Само стихотворение и рисунки (я их перерисовала когда-то) взяты мною из какого-то британского учебника. Увы, я не помню какого(((( Если мои читатели знают - напишите мне в комментарии, пожалуйста.
Рисунки я постараюсь сосканировать и заменить попозже...
На некоторых есть слова - dirty, clean... Я заметила, что не все пятиклашки их знают хорошо. Вот я и сделала подсказку такую.
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Задания к этому стихотворению могут быть разными.
1) Сразу после знакомство со стихотворением. True or False:

1. One man is buying hats.
2. Two men are drawing cats.
3. Three women are doing flowers.
4. Four children are counting houses.
5. Five ships have dirty feet.

Такая вот идея - как можно больше предложений с ошибками. Можно одно правильное. Ученики должны исправить ошибку.

2) Ответы на вопросы:

1. Who is selling hats? / What is one man selling?
2. What animals are the men painting? / How many men are painting in the picture?

3) Дети придумывают свои предложения со словами, которые дает учитель -
Важно использовать слова shelves, wolves, oxen...
Но обязательно нужны картинки. Попросите учеников нарисовать их к следующему уроку.

4) На втором уроке сначала повторяем стихотворение, потом пишем его - заполняем пропуски.

One man is selling ___________.
Two men are ______________ cats.
Three women are _______________ flowers.
Four children are counting ____________.
Five sheep have ____________ feet.
Six babies have clean ________________.
Seven _________ are full of rocks.
Eight mice are wearing __________.
One, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, _______________,
writing _______________ is really great!

Заданий может быть множество, но самое основное - повторять стихотворение хором и индивидуально и постепенно учить его.

Душевно поём про путешествия

Завтра дам эту песню 9-классникам.







Rod Stewart and his wife, Penny Lancaster Stewart, welcomed their second son together, Aiden, on Wednesday.

“Mother and baby are healthy and blissfully happy,” a rep for the couple tells PEOPLE.

This new baby boy is the eighth child for Rod who is 66, and the couple’s second together, they have an older son, Alastair Wallace, who is 5.
Penny used to be a model. Now she is a photographer.

Climbing Kate

Climbing Kate is a 10 year old girl who never sees limitations, only possibilities. For her, challenges are opportunities to explore something new. As a baby, instead of crawling, Climbing Kate was climbing - everywhere. By the time she was two she had already climbed her first tree and never looked back. To date, Climbing Kate has climbed up to the sky and continues to snub her nose at obstacles as she focuses on her next goal. For Kate, the world is a giant playground offering her infinite potential to discover and explore.

Смешное стихотворение про... моль)))

Molly the moth

I left my new coat
In the hall
Right next to
A great big mothball
When I returned
To collect my coat
Molly the moth
Had left me a note
“I’ve eaten the coat”
“You left in the hall”
“It was truly delicious”
“Especially, that great big mothball”
(by Benny Bellamacina)

Нашла я это вот в этом блоге.
Блог называется - Piddly poems, children's ryhming books and songs.