Weather Basic Deduction Challenges

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Pair Practice (Speaking)

Pair-Practice activities involve learners being organized into pairs for learning tasks that require back-and-forth communication between 2 people. For 1-on-1 lessons with only 1 student, the activities can be practiced by the student and the instructor.

Primary Required Files

The following files (in the quantities specified) are necessary for students to be able to practice this Deduction Challenge activity version.

Secret Cards

  • A Secret Card Deck can be created with the 24 cards in the Weather Cards Set A.
  • 1 deck of 24 cards will be sufficient for simultaneous use by up to 48 participants (or 24 partner-pairs).
  • For the best long-lasting durability, print, cut, and then laminate each individual card. This should allow for years of regular use, even by younger learners.

Weather Cards

Printable Cards – Set A

Included Core Vocabulary:
cloudy, cold, cool, freezing, hot, snowy, stormy, sunny, warm, weather, windy

A4 Format - 2 Pages - PDF

US Letter - 2 Pages - PDF

Deduction Panel

  • Each partner-pair participating in this speaking activity will need their own Deduction Panel.
  • The weather type/temperature combinations on Deduction Panel A match all of the weather type/temperature combinations in Card Set A.
  • Each Deduction Panel printable provides 3 copies of Deduction Panel. Each can be cut out along the provided dotted cut-lines.
  • If the Deduction Panel is laminated, learners can use an erasable whiteboard marker to systematically cross off the 24 possibilities until only 1 weather type/temperature combination remains.

Weather Deduction Panel

Deduction Panel A

Included Core Vocabulary:
cloudy, cold, cool, freezing, hot, snowy, stormy, sunny, warm, weather, windy

A4 Format - 1 Page - PDF

US Letter - 1 Page - PDF

Additional Files

The following files are not required, but serve useful optional purposes.

Card-Back Patterns

  • Printing a unique pattern on the back of each set of cards makes sorting easier and also provides a clean professional look.
  • Print a pattern on the back of a set of cards BEFORE cutting out the individual cards.
  • Patterns can also be printed on the backs of Deduction Panels to show which Card Sets they match with. This may be useful for younger learners.

Card-Backs Pattern - Bright Blue & Dark Gray

A4 Format - 1 Page - PDF

US-Letter - 1 Page - PDF

Card-Backs Pattern - Stars - Dark Purple & Yellow

A4 Format - 1 Page - PDF

US-Letter - 1 Page - PDF

Card-Back Pattern - Stars - Dark Blue & Pink

A4 Format - 1 Page - PDF

US-Letter - 1 Page - PDF

Cheat Sheets

  • For learners who have basic reading skills, using a Cheat Sheet allows them to learn the vocabulary words WHILE they are practicing the speaking activity. 
  • Includes activity Sentence Patterns & Core Vocabulary Words

Weather Deduction Cheat Sheet A

A4 Format - 1 Page - PDF

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US-Letter - 1 Page - PDF

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