This document provides a lesson on the four seasons - autumn, winter, spring, and summer. It describes the typical weather patterns, environmental changes, and activities associated with each season. For example, autumn brings cooler weather, falling leaves, and preparation for winter. Winter features snow, short days and long nights. Spring marks a period of warming weather, melting snow, blooming flowers and returning birds. Summer is the hottest and longest season with light clothing, outdoor activities, and fruit-bearing trees. The lesson aims to teach pupils about seasonal changes and have them match appropriate clothing to each season in an assessment exercise.

1. English Language
Grade Four
Seasons
Lesson : Reading
(Pages 38, 39 and 40)

2. Objectives of the lesson
Pupils get to know that there are
remarkably different periods of a
year called ‘seasons’.
Pupils to understand the changes
that occur in each season.
Pupils read a list and sort out the
types of clothes suitable for each
season.
Pupils improve their reading skills.

3. Seasons
 The seasons in Europe are different from the
seasons in Sri Lanka.
 European countries have four (4) seasons.
Do you know what they are?

4. Seasons
There are four seasons
Autumn
Spring
WinterSummer

5. Autumn
The hot weather of this
season is milder than in
summer. The nights
become longer. The green
leaves on trees take many
shades as they wither. The
leaves blown off by the
wind, cover the gardens
and roads.

6. Autumn (contd..)
As time passes the
weather becomes much
more cooler. Colourful soft
petals are no more. The
birds begin to look for
warmer climates. People
get ready for winter.
Click to see pictures

7. Winter
Winter comes after
autumn. The days grow
shorter and the nights
grow longer. Leaves,
flowers, fruits disappear.
Birds leave their homes
looking for warmer
countries.

8. Winter (contd..)
As days passes snow flakes
come down. They settle on
roof tops, window panes,
roads, gardens and on all
open places. Life becomes
difficult.
Click to see
pictures

9. Spring
• The winter snow begins
to melt. The days grow
longer and the nights
grow shorter. New green
leaves come out. Spring
flowers bloom.

10. Spring (contd..)
• The red-breast robin begins
to sing. Birds who left in
winter return home. Rabbit
and other small animals come
out of their hiding places. We
know that spring has come.
Click to see
more pictures

11. Summer
 The days are longer
than the days in
spring. The nights are
much shorter. Summer
is the hottest season of
the year.

12. Summer (contd..)
 You put on very light
clothing. You play outdoors
and go swimming. Flowers
are in full bloom. Trees and
vines are bent with fruit.
Click to see pictures

13. Let’s learn these new words.
• Melt – become liquid through heating
• Bloom – produce flowers
• Wither – become dry/dead
• Petals – delicate leaf like divisions of a
flower
• Disappear – vanish
• Snowflakes – small ice crystals that fall
as snow
• Gloomy – dark or unlighted

14. Assessment
Exercise
Thesearedressitems.Readthemandcompletethetablecorrectly.
gloves/woolenstockings/cottonshirts/over-coats/sweaters/woolentrousers/cotton
banians/shortsleevedshirts/cottontrousers/boots/ties/sandals/longsleevedshirts/
sleevelessblouses/woolengowns/scarves/strawhats

15. Good for
summer
Good for
winter
Good for both
seasons

16. The end
Goodbye

17. Presented by :
H.S.P.Jayaratne
Bed, National Dip in Teaching (English)
Email: sarathpinnawala@gmail.com