Days, Months, & Seasons

Julia Wenzel, Outside My Window, December 22, 2006 2008 via Digital Camera, Attribution

What will we cover?

• Days of the Week• Months of the Year

• Seasons• Vocabulary• Culture Points

Days of the Week

• Monday

• Tuesday

• Wednesday

• Thursday

• Friday

• Montag

• Dienstag

• Mittwoch

• Donnerstag

• Freitag

Weekend Days

• Saturday

• Sunday

• Samstag

• Sontag

Vocabulary

• Vorgestern (day before yesterday)

• Gestern (yesterday)• Heute (today)• Morgen (tomorrow)• Übermorgen (the day after

tomorrow)

Vocabulary Practice

• Heute ist __________________.Mittwoch

• Morgen ist _______________.Donnerstag

• Gestern war _____________.Dienstag

Months of the Year

• Dezember • Januar• Februar

• December• January• February

Julia Wenzel, Flensburg Christmas Market, December 17, 2009 2008 via Digital Camera, Attribution

• März• April• Mai

• March• April• May

Julia Wenzel, Rain in Sörup, June 25, 2007 2008 via Digital Camera, Attribution

• Juni• Juli

• August

• June• July• August

Julia Wenzel, Zerbst School Ground, August 10, 2008 via Digital Camera, Attribution

• September • Oktober• November

• September• October• November

Julia Wenzel, Down The Street, February 15, 2007 via Digital Camera, Attribution

Vocabulary Practice

Wann hast du Geburtstag?

Month: im _______________ Day: am ________________

Mein Geburtstag ist im Februar. am

Donnerstag.labormikro, Cremschnitten zum Geburtstag, September 25, 2009 via Flicker, Attribution

Seasons of the Year

• Winter

• Frühling

• Sommer

• Herbst

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall/Autumn

Winter

Dezember

JanuarFebruar

Julia Wenzel, Flensburg Christmas Market, December 17, 2009 2008 via Digital Camera, Attribution

Frühling

März April Mai

Julia Wenzel, Rain in Sörup, June 25, 2007 2008 via Digital Camera, Attribution

Sommer

Julia Wenzel, Zerbst School Ground, August 10, 2008 via Digital Camera, Attribution

Juni

Juli

August

HerbstSeptember

Oktober November

Julia Wenzel, Down The Street, February 15, 2007 via Digital Camera, Attribution

Culture Point 1

Is it hot? Is it cold?• How do we measure temperature

in the United States?• Degrees Fahrenheit

• How do those in German speaking countries measure temperature?

• Degrees Celsius

Nikita Kashner, Bloody Hot, January 31,2008 via Flicker, Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivative Works

Degrees Celsius

Degrees Fahrenheit

Culture Point 2

What is the first day of the week?–US: Sunday

–GERMAN SPEAKING COUNTRY: Monday

Montag Dienstag Mittwoch Donnerstag Freitag Samstag Sontag  1 2 3 4 5 6

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday  1 2 3 4 5 6

What did we learn today?

• Days of the Week• Months of the Year • Seasons of the Year • US / DE Cultural Points

»Calendar Differences»Celsius / Fahrenheit

Julia Wenzel, Outside My Window, December 22, 2006 2008 via Digital Camera, Attribution