weather bingo

Asking about the weather is often used as a warm-up activity when teaching younger learners, in fact it's probably used as a warm-up activity in every class from kindergarten to adults.

Often the type of conversation runs along the lines of asking how the weather is today, which depending on where you are can be the same week in, week out, which becomes a bit monotonous after a few months. That's where this free weather bingo game can help, it turns the weather conversation into a game allowing you, the teacher, to expand this useful conversation gambit. Of course as with any lesson resource there are numerous ways of using weather bingo in your classes, below are a few ideas to get you started. Although designed for very young learners it could easily be adapted for older students.

Download the printable package

We've bundled the whole weather bingo game into a free easy to download Adobe file. The package includes the weather flashcards, 6 bingo game boards, a sheet of markers and full instructions. To download the file please click here (PDF 189KB.)

Weather Flashcards

The weather flashcards cover the basic vocabulary of sunny, rainy, windy, snowy, cloudy and stormy plus the concepts of temperature hot and cold. The flashcards double up as your calling cards for the weather bingo game but of course could be used on their own in a variety of classes and levels. For best results print them on slightly thicker paper and if you have access to a laminator, by all means laminate them but remember to round the corners off before using with your students!

Weather Bingo Game

As it's mainly a way of generating conversation at the beginning of a lesson we've kept the game play as simple as possible, so that it doesn't become too competetive. This also means that even really young learners can enjoy the game.

Either put the flashcards in a cloth bag or conceal them in another way. Pull a card out the bag and ask the students what it is. After correctly identifying the card the students place a marker on the corresponding square on their game board. Be sure to keep talking about the weather with your students.

Either play until one person has a bingo, or for more English practice keep playing for multiple bingos eventually covering all the squares.

The center square is a 'free' square (it doesn't need to be called) and have common phrases used when talking about the weather. Maybe you and your students can practice saying them.

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