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Polish Days of the Week

Third graders learn the days of the week in Polish (dni tygodnia) — and discover something neat: several day names come from numbers! Czwartek (Thursday) comes from cztery (four), piątek (Friday) from pięć (five), and środa (Wednesday) means “the middle” of the week.

Grade 3Days of the Week45 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Learn the days.
  • ✓See they come from numbers.
  • ✓Say today & the weekend.
  • ✓Talk about the week.
Essential Question

poniedziałek to niedziela — what are the days of the week in Polish?

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Interactive Task
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Polish Days Check

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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

45 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — The Week in Polish

5 min

What are the days of the week in Polish?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Point to a calendar.
  • Say “poniedziałek.”
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Repeat.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Days

10 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Polish Days Check.
  • Note the 7 days.
  • See how many come from numbers.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

12 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say today in Polish.
  • Say the weekend days.
  • Chant the week.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Say it.
  • Chant.
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Speak — Speak

12 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “dziś jest…” (today is…).
  • Name your favorite day.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Name.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a day.
  • Say the weekend.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

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Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-Low).

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand day names.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore number-based day names.

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Connections 3.1

Connect to the calendar & counting.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: say what day it is.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Day cards in order.
  • Point on a calendar.
  • Chant the days.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with poniedziałek & niedziela.
  • Use a calendar.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Match day to its number root.
  • Make a weekly schedule.
  • Note czwartek = “fourth.”
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 📅Day cards + calendar
  • 💻Polish Days Check
  • 🗓️Weekly planner
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

dni tygodniadays of the weekponiedziałekMondaywtorekTuesday (“second”)środaWednesday (“middle”)czwartekThursday (“fourth”)piątekFriday (“fifth”)sobotaSaturdayniedzielaSunday
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Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
Several Polish weekdays come from what kind of word?
Numbers (czwartek from cztery, piątek from pięć…).
QUESTION 2
What is “piątek” in English?
Friday.
QUESTION 3
What does środa literally mean?
The middle (of the week).

Reflect: days of the week.

Have students name today’s day in Polish at home. A printable Polish days sheet is in the World Languages library.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: czwartek, dni tygodnia, niedziela, piątek, poniedziałek, sobota, wtorek, środa
  1. Monday
  2. Wednesday (“middle”)
  3. Friday (“fifth”)
  4. Sunday
  5. Thursday (“fourth”)
  6. Tuesday (“second”)
  7. Saturday
  8. days of the week

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Several Polish weekdays come from what kind of word?
  2. What is “piątek” in English?
  3. What does środa literally mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) poniedziałek · 2) środa · 3) piątek · 4) niedziela · 5) czwartek · 6) wtorek · 7) sobota · 8) dni tygodnia
Part B: 1) Numbers (czwartek from cztery, piątek from pięć…). 2) Friday. 3) The middle (of the week).