Weather and Clothing

Introducción
This text describes the weather on a day when two boys go outside to play and the clothes they are wearing.
You will learn vocabulary related to weather and clothing. Then you can see if you have understood the text by
answering the questions.
Este texto describe el clima en un día en que dos niños salen a jugar y la ropa que llevan. Aprenderás
vocabulario relacionado con el tiempo y la ropa. Después podrás contestar las preguntas para ver si has
entendido el texto.
It is a sunny, but cold morning. The sky is blue and there are only a few clouds in the sky.
Sam is wearing blue trousers, a white t-shirt, a red sweater and a black jacket. He has a hat on his head
and gloves on his hands. He is wearing boots because he is walking to his friend Jim’s house and there
is snow on the ground.
Jim greets Sam when he arrives. Jim is wearing jeans, a grey shirt, a blue coat and sneakers. He puts on
a scarf, mittens and a warm hat because they are going to play outside.
The boys play for about an hour and then they both go home. Later in the evening the sky gets cloudy and
the wind starts to blow. It starts to snow and it doesn’t stop snowing until the next morning. The boys are happy
because they can go sledding.
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2 Description of weather and clothes: Para oír pronunciación: https://translate.google.com/, click en el icono de
audiohttps://translate.google.com/ ¿Cuál estación es tu favorita? Winter= invierno Summer= verano Autumn=
otoño Spring= primavera
3 Description of weather and clothes: the season is Spring. Spring is one of the four seasons, after the winter and
before the summer. the family says Goodbye winter and hello spring!. Among its main features the blooming
flowers, the greening of pastures and are greener. The butterflies flitting pollen from flower. the days are warmer
and longer. the night falls late, not as early as night falls during the winter. It is a perfect day for walking in the
countryside. the wife is wearing a pink blouse and a white shorts. She has white skin and she is blonde. the
husband is wearing a blue t-shirt. He’s wearing a brown shorts. He has short brown hair. He is walking and he
has taken his daughter's hand. the boy is wearing a green t-shirt. He’s wearing a white shorts. He has long brown
hair. he is walking and took the hand of his sister and his mother's hand. the daughter is wearing a long white
dress and she is blonde.
4 Descripción del clima y la ropa: La estación es la primavera. La primavera es una de las cuatro estaciones del
año, después del invierno y antes del verano. la familia dice adiós invierno y hola primavera !. Entre sus
características principales las flores florecen, el reverdecer de los pastos y se ven más verdes. Las mariposas que
revolotean la polen de la flor. Los días son cálidos y más largos. la noche cae tarde, no tan pronto como cae la
noche durante el invierno. Es un día perfecto para pasear por el campo. La mujer lleva una blusa rosa y un
pantalón corto blanco. Ella tiene la piel blanca y ella es rubia. El marido está usando una camiseta azul. El está
llevando un pantalón corto marrón. Tiene el pelo castaño y corto. El esta caminando y ha tomado la mano de su
hija. El niño lleva una camiseta verde. El está usando un pantalón blanco. Tiene el pelo largo y castaño. él está
caminando y tomó la mano de su hermana y la mano de su madre. La hija lleva un vestido largo blanco y ella es
rubia.
5 Description of weather and clothes: the season is summer. it is hot and sunny. it is a perfect beach day. It’s
very sunny so they are wearing sunglasses. the wife is wearing a white dress and a white hat. she is wearing a
orange Handbag. the husband is wearing a white t-shirt. He’s wearing a red shorts and a white hat. he has his
daughter in his arms. the boy is wearing a white t-shirt. He’s wearing a yellow shorts. the boy have in his arms a
yellow lifesaver or yellow Rubber ring. the daughter is wearing a white dress and a white hat. the family are
barefoot. they took off their shoes at the beach.
6 Descripción del clima y la ropa: la estación es verano. hace calor y esta soleado. es una día de playa perfecto.
Es muy soleado por lo que se lleva gafas de sol. la esposa lleva un vestido blanco y un sombrero blanco. ella está
usando un bolso naranja. El marido está usando una camiseta blanca. El está usando un pantalón corto rojo y un
sombrero blanco. El tiene su hija en sus brazos. El niño está usando una camiseta blanca. El está usando un
pantalón corto amarillo. El niño tiene entre sus brazos un salvavidas amarillo o anillo de goma amarillo. La hija
lleva vestido blanco y un sombrero blanco. la familia con los pies descalzos. Ellos se quitaron los zapatos en la
playa.
7 Description of weather and clothes: Autumn is the season when the leaves fall from the trees, the climate
becomes milder and the days and nights are of equal duration. The wife is wearing a black jacket and a gray
skirts. She has white skin and she is black hair. She has his daughter in his arms. The husband is wearing a red
jacket. He’s wearing a green pants. He has short brown hair. He is wearing glasses. the little girl who is crouch is
wearing glasses. She is wearing a blue Vest and she has a purple sweater underneath. She is wearing a blue jeans
and a purple hat winter. the little girl who is standing and in the center of the family. She is wearing a blue jacket
and she is blonde. She is wearing a blue jeans and a blue hat winter and a red scarf. the little girl who is in her
mother's arms. She is wearing a gray jacket and a blue jeans and a white hat winter. whole the family wears
boots. none of the family wears gloves. In this photography the leaves fall from the trees.
8 Description of weather and clothes: El otoño es la estación en que caen las hojas de los árboles, el clima se
vuelve más frío y los días y las noches son de igual duración. La esposa lleva una chaqueta negra y una falda
gris. Ella tiene la piel blanca y el pelo es negro. Ella tiene a su hija en sus brazos. El marido lleva una chaqueta
roja. Él está llevando un pantalón verde. Tiene el pelo castaño y corto. El usa gafas. La niña que está en cuclillas
lleva gafas. Ella lleva un chaleco azul y ella tiene un suéter púrpura debajo. Ella está usando blue jeans y un
sombrero púrpura de invierno. La niña que está de pie y en el centro de la familia. Ella lleva una chaqueta azul y
ella es rubia. Ella está usando un blue jeans y un sombrero de invierno azul y una bufanda roja. la niña que está
en los brazos de su madre. Ella lleva una chaqueta gris y un jeans azules y un sombrero de invierno blanco. Toda
la familia lleva botas. Ninguno de la familia lleva guantes. En esta fotografía caen las hojas de los árboles.
9 Description of weather and clothes: Winter is one of the four temperate seasons. This season is characterized
by shorter days, longer nights and lower temperatures. The women is wearing a pink sweater and a blue jeans, a
red boots. She is wearing a red hat winter with a white stripe and a scarf of many colors. She is wearing a gloves
of many colors and she is blonde. the little girl who is sitting in the sled. She is wearing a sweater of many colors
and a hat winter of many colors. She is wearing a gloves and a boots. the girl is sliding down for the snow sled
and his mother pushes the sled.
10 Description of weather and clothes: El invierno es una de las cuatro estaciones templadas. Esta temporada se
caracteriza por días más cortos, noches más largas y temperaturas más bajas. La mujer lleva un suéter rosa y un
blue jeans, unas botas rojas. Ella lleva un sombrero rojo de invierno con una raya blanca y una bufanda de
muchos colores. Ella está usando guantes de muchos colores y ella es rubia. la niña que está sentada en el trineo.
Ella lleva un suéter de muchos colores y un sombrero de invierno de muchos colores. Ella lleva guantes y unas
botas. la niña se desliza hacia abajo por el trineo de nieve y su madre empuja el trineo.
Getting Kids to Dress for the Weather

If it were up to my third grader, this is how he would dress every day – gym shorts, a t-shirt, and knee-high gym
socks. It’s what his friends are all wearing. And jeans are too constricting for the daily kickball game at recess.
And, as he emphatically claims, he never gets cold. Like, never….EVER.
That last reason might in fact be a legitimate claim, because his own momma (me!) used to walk to two miles to
school in Vermont winters with wet hair and the fact it resulted in icicles forming on her head still wasn’t
motivation enough to start wearing a hat. We Vermonters are hardy stock. Or maybe kids are just stubborn.
This was Zip’s outfit-of-choice all summer long and while it’s just fine on a gorgeous fall day, when the sun is
shining and it’s 70 degrees out, it’s not really weather-appropriate when we leave the house and there is frost on
the ground. As the weather cools and pleasant mornings intermix with cold, blustery ones, we end up with daily
battles over wardrobe choices – especially the need for a sweatshirt or jacket.
It is an annual tradition, as predictable as the bright autumn leaves in October. For whatever reason my kids, not
to mention a lot of other kids we know, resist the transition to fall wardrobes. And the sporadic weather – warm
one day, frigid the next – doesn’t make it any easier.
Our Solution
I wanted to start our mornings off on a positive note, not arguing over a stupid sweatshirt. So Zip and I sat down
and we came up with guidelines – together. At what point is it cold enough a sweatshirt is needed? What about a
coat? Hat? Mittens? We built in some flexibility, like being able to choose either shorts or pants when the
weather is in the 50s. I also tried to acknowledge that Zip’s threshold for getting cold really is higher than mine. I
thought about what I would wear and let him shift the temperature down about 10 degrees…which is why our
guidelines allow him to wear shorts when it is 50 degrees outside.

Then, I typed it all up into a pretty little chart (ClipArt!) that we taped to the mud room door. The temperature –
not me and not my husband – dictates what he needs to wear. That is the key. Making the issue about “external”
guidelines rather than about us telling him what to do is very effective shift. It is much harder to argue with a
piece of paper than with us.
And although I am creating a structure that will meet my goal of having him dress appropriately, I wanted to
empower Zip with the sense he is being given responsiblity to handle this. I found our indoor/outdoor
thermometer and put it in the boys’ bathroom, so that Zip can check the weather for himself. We’re no longer
telling him what to do – we’re pointing him to the thermometer and a chart to figure it out, which feels much
better to a 9-year-old who wants (and needs) to feel competent and respected.
Yes, we sometimes have to fall back on “The chart is the chart” when he starts to resist. But the arguments, when
they happen, are short-lived and much less heated. We leave the house on a happier note, with hugs and kisses
instead of an argument. It’s a way better start to our day!

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