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LIFE SKILLS COVID 19 PRE-PREP Me. Jones

Instructions:

Ask someone to read the instructions.

If you can print the worksheet, write the answer on the worksheet.

You may write your answers in your homework book or on a piece of paper.

Remember to write your Name, Surname and Date on your paper or worksheet.

Theme : Seasons.

There are four seasons in one year. 4

There are 12 months in one year

1. January 4. April 7. July 10. October2. February 5. May 8. August 11. November3. March 6. June 9. September 12. December

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Spring

Think and Discuss with a family member all the

things that you like to do in each season. Write it in your homework book

The season cycle

What does the word – Cycle means

A cycle is a series of events that happen repeatedly in the same order.  Every year the seasons goes from Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring.

This cycle repeat itself year after year like in a circle.

We divide the seasons into the months of the year. We cannot put an exact date on when each cycle of the seasons start, therefore it is just more or less an indication when the next season starts.

Summer = November, December, January, and February.Autumn = March, April, MayWinter = June, July, AugustSpring = September, October

Fill in the months of the year in the spaces on the outer circle.

Summer

Winter

AutumnSpring

The characteristics of the different seasons in Johannesburg, where we live.

The characteristics of the different seasons are not the same in all the provinces of South Africa.

Summer in Johannesburg.The summer days are generally pleasantly warm. The temperature rarely exceeds 30 °C. Plants are growing and everything around us is bright and green.

The nights are mild to cool.

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It is the time when we get rain. Rain showers and heavy thunder storms, hail and even spectacular electric storms.

Rain in Johannesburg Hail storm in Johannesburg

Spectacular Electric Storms

Autumn in Johannesburg.The days start to get cooler in March.

The leaves start to turn yellow, brown and red, and fall from the trees. Day times are still mild but the night can get chilly. The plants stop growing and go into a resting time.

Autumn in Soweto

Winter in Johannesburg.It does not rain during the winter.

Winters in Johannesburg are cold, with dry, sunny days and chilly nights.  Plants do not grow. Frost can kill plants.

Spring in Johannesburg.During September, the days become warmer, are mildly hot and sunny. It still gets cold at night, while in October, there is often summer-like weather, warm during the day, and with the first thunderstorms. New plants start to grow again.

Soweto Towers in Spring

Botanical Gardens in Johannesburg

Put your Thinking Cap on and answer these questionsWrite the correct answer on the line.

1. The first month of the year is ___________________.

2. __________________ is before August.

3. __________________ is the first month of autumn.

4. Summer starts in _____________________.

5. In ____________________ the plants start to grow again.

6. In which season does leaves turn yellow, Red, Orange and Brown? _______________

Circle the correct answer.

There are 21 / 12 / 2 / 24 months in one year.

June is the last / middle / first month of the year.

May is the third / second / fifth month of the year.

The last month of the year is August / July / December .

True or False

There are 4 seasons in one year True / False.

In Autumn the leaves on the trees turn yellow False / True.

Draw a line to match the correct answer

Summer Make a fire to stay hot

Autumn Days become warmer

Winter Thunder storms

Spring Leaves fall from the trees

Remember to Think and Discuss with a family member all the things you like

to do in every season. Write it in your homework book or a piece of paper.