ESL Winter Season

​Winter

Blizzards are also called snowstorms. Blizzards happen when it snows a lot and the snow piles up very high. It is sometimes hard to see in a blizzard because it is so snowy. ​

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​Blizzards

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Snowy ​weather happens when snow is falling from the sky. Snow is are small and little crystals of ice that fall from the sky. When it snows we call the weather snowy.

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​Snowy Weather

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Multiple Choice

Which picture represents ice?

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Match the following

Snowy

Ice

Blizzard

• Snowy

• Ice

• Blizzard

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Which picture represents snowy weather?

Fireplaces are parts of a living room where people can make a fire. People make fires during the winter to keep warm. One thing that people like to do is make coffee or hot tea and sit by the fireplace. ​

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​Fireplaces

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One activity that people do during the winter is something called skiing. Skis are a set of two planks that people use to slide through the snow. ​

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​Skiing

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A snowboard are like skis, but it is a single plank, rather than two planks. People who snowboard go down a hill of snow. People also do a lot of tricks with their snowboards.​

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​Snowboarding

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Multiple Choice

This is a ___________.

• Fireplace

• Snowplace

• Closet

• Bed

Multiple Choice

Which of the following pictures are ski's?

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a snowboard?

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Match the following

snowboard

skis

fireplace

living room

snowy

• snowboard

• skis

• fireplace

• living room

• snowy

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Match the following

ice

melt

freezing

icicles

beanie

• ice

• melt

• freezing

• icicles

• beanie

Snowmen are people made of snow. People (especially children) make snowmen when it snows outside. Normally, people put different clothes on their snowman to make them look better. ​

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​Snowmen

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A snowball is a ball of compacted snow. To compact means to squeeze together. ​People usually make snowballs for the purpose of throwing it at someone else.

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​Snowball

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A snowflake is one piece of snow that falls from the sky. We would call multiple snowflakes as snow. But, we would call one, single particle of snow a snowflake.​

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​Snowflake

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Reorder

Put the following in the correct order: pants, parka, beanie, jean jacket, and gloves.

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Draw

Draw a snowman with a beanie, gloves, and jean jacket.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a blizzard?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a snowball?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are icicles?

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Match

Match the following

Jacket

Hoodie

Jeans

Flannel

Sweater

• Jacket

• Hoodie

• Jeans

• Flannel

• Sweater

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Match the following

Icicles

Icecube

Snowball

Snowman

Snowflake

• Icicles

• Icecube

• Snowball

• Snowman

• Snowflake

Cold refers to the temperature being 50 - 60 degrees Fahrenheit ​and colder. Freezing refers to 32 degrees Fahrenheit or colder. Freezing is the temperature water freezes into ice.

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​Cold / Freezing

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Melting happens when water turns from ice to water. This happens when the temperature rises above 32 degrees Fahrenheit​.

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​Melting

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The word falling refers to something that moves down toward the ground. Snow, for example, falls toward the ground. We can refer anything that moves toward the ground as falling.​ During the fall, leaves also fall from the trees.

​Falling

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You can also use the word fall to refer to people loosing their balance and landing on their back.

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"The woman fell. Two more people fell over.​"

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​People Falling

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When it is winter and the roads are icy, we people often slip and fall. Slipping is when people loose traction on their feet. It is when people loose their balance.

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"The man is slipping."

"The man slips."​

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​Slip / Slipping

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​The bear slips and falls.

​​Slips and falls

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​"The man slips."

​​Slips

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"The man falls.​"

​​Falls

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​"The man falls off the treadmill."

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"The man is falling."​

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​​People fall

​​Animals fall

​​Objects fall

​"The elephant slips on the ice and falls.

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The elephant is falling.​

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​"The basketball falls off the dam."

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The basketball is falling.​

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Sleet is when it is BOTH rainy and snowy. When it sleets, it is very wet and snowy. It usually sleets when its a little above 32 degrees. When it sleets, we call it sleeting it. We would say, "It is sleeting outside." ​

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​Sleet

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If the temperature is above 32 degrees, it will rain. Rain is when water falls from the sky. When it rains during the winter, the snow usually gets wet and melts.​

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​Rain

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Freezing rain happens when the sky is warm and the air near the ground is freezing. The rain had not had time to freeze before hitting the ground. The rain freezes later, after hitting the ground. ​

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​Freezing Rain

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​When it is cold, you wear a sweater, hoodie, or long sleeve shirt.

​​Cold

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​When it is very cold, you would wear a jacket or coat.

​​Chilly

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​Freezing is where water has turned to ice.

​​Freezing

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​When it is frigid, it is so cold, you need to wear a parka or heavy coat.

​​Frigid

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​​It is ....

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Reorder

Reorder the following: cold, chilly, freezing, frigid.

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4

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• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a parka?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a down jacket?

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A puddle is a small body of water. Puddles are small enough that you can walk or jump over it. ​

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​Puddle

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A pool of water is a puddle that is to big to jump over. A pool of water is bigger than a puddle, but smaller than a pond.​

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​Pool

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A pond is ​a body of water that has an area that is no more than 12 acres. A pond is small enough to be in a large yard. You can always see the other side of a pond.

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​Pond

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Lakes are large bodies of water that you can sail a boat on. Usually you can see across a lake, but some lakes are so big that you can't see across it. ​

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​Lake

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​A puddle is a small body of water you can jump over.

​​Puddle

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​A pool is a small body of water that you cannot jump over.

​​Pool

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​A pond is a small body of water that is about 12 acres.

​​Pond

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​A lake is a body of water that you can put you boat on and you can see the other side of.

​​Lake

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a pond?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a lake?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a puddle?