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Russian Days of the Week

Third graders learn the days of the week in Russian (дни недели) — понедельник, вторник, среда, четверг, пятница, суббота, воскресенье — and find the weekend (выходные).

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.
  • ✓Find the weekend.
  • ✓Say today & tomorrow.
  • ✓Order the week.
Essential Question

Понедельник to воскресенье — what are the days of the week in Russian?

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Russian 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 Russian

5 min

What are the days of the week in Russian?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

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

🎒 Student Actions

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

10 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Russian Days Check.
  • Note the 7 days.
  • Find the weekend.

🎒 Student Actions

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

12 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say today in Russian.
  • 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 “Сегодня…” (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).

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand day names.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: name the days.

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Connections 3.1

Connect to the calendar.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: say what day it is.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

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

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with понедельник & the weekend.
  • Use a calendar.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add вчера/завтра (yesterday/tomorrow).
  • Make a weekly schedule.
  • Note the days’ patterns.
Materials

What to gather

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

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

дни недели (dni nedeli)days of the weekпонедельник (ponedelnik)Mondayвторник (vtornik)Tuesdayсреда (sreda)Wednesdayчетверг (chetverg)Thursdayпятница (pyatnitsa)Fridayсуббота (subbota)Saturdayвоскресенье (voskresenye)Sunday
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

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QUESTION 1
What is понедельник in English?
Monday.
QUESTION 2
Which days are the Russian weekend?
Суббота and воскресенье.
QUESTION 3
What does пятница mean?
Friday.

Reflect: days of the week.

Have students name today’s day in Russian at home. A printable Russian 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: воскресенье (voskresenye), вторник (vtornik), дни недели (dni nedeli), понедельник (ponedelnik), пятница (pyatnitsa), среда (sreda), суббота (subbota), четверг (chetverg)
  1. Wednesday
  2. Sunday
  3. Friday
  4. Monday
  5. Thursday
  6. days of the week
  7. Tuesday
  8. Saturday

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is понедельник in English?
  2. Which days are the Russian weekend?
  3. What does пятница mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) среда (sreda) · 2) воскресенье (voskresenye) · 3) пятница (pyatnitsa) · 4) понедельник (ponedelnik) · 5) четверг (chetverg) · 6) дни недели (dni nedeli) · 7) вторник (vtornik) · 8) суббота (subbota)
Part B: 1) Monday. 2) Суббота and воскресенье. 3) Friday.