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Arabic Food

Fourth graders learn food and drinks in Arabic (الطعام والشراب) — خبز (bread), بيتزا (pizza), تفاحة (apple), جبنة (cheese), ماء (water), حليب (milk), عصير (juice), شاي (tea). They sort what you eat from what you drink.

Grade 4Food45 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 Arabic food words.
  • ✓Tell food from drink.
  • ✓Sort the menu.
  • ✓Order a snack.
Essential Question

بيتزا، تفاحة، ماء… how do you name food and drinks in Arabic?

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Interactive Task
Sort It · Interactive

Food or Drink?

Project this and sort each Arabic word into Food (you eat) or Drink (you drink).

🍕 Sort each — something you eat or drink?Try it
🍴 Food (طعام)
🥤 Drink (شراب)
Tap a word, then tap a box.
The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

45 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

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Warm-Up — بالهناء!

5 min

How do you name food and drinks in Arabic?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a pizza picture.
  • Ask the Arabic word.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Food

10 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Food or Drink?
  • Sort each word.
  • Say خبز & ماء.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sort.
  • Say.
  • Repeat.
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Practice — Practice

12 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a food.
  • Name a drink.
  • Say بيتزا & حليب.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Name.
  • Say it.
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Speak — Speak

12 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “أريد بيتزا” (I want a pizza).
  • Order a snack.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Order.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a food.
  • Name a drink.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

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

Built to the standards you report on

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

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand food words.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: name foods.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore Arab food culture.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: order a snack.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Food cards with romanization.
  • Eat/drink two-column chart.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with بيتزا & ماء.
  • Sort one at a time.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add أرز, تمر.
  • Make an Arabic menu.
  • Role-play a café.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🍕Food cards
  • 💻Food or Drink?
  • 🍽️Sample menu
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

الطعام (at-ta’am)foodخبز (khubz)breadبيتزا (bitza)pizzaتفاحة (tuffaha)appleجبنة (jubna)cheeseماء (ma’)waterحليب (halib)milkعصير (’asir)juice
Evaluate

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
How do you say “bread” in Arabic?
خبز (khubz).
QUESTION 2
Is ماء a food or a drink?
A drink (water).
QUESTION 3
What food is جبنة?
Cheese.

Reflect: food.

Have students name one Arabic food and one drink at home. A printable Arabic food sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

🃏 Arabic FoodFlip
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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

📝 Arabic FoodQuiz
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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.

🖨️ Arabic FoodPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: الطعام (at-ta’am), بيتزا (bitza), تفاحة (tuffaha), جبنة (jubna), حليب (halib), خبز (khubz), عصير (’asir), ماء (ma’)
  1. food
  2. apple
  3. milk
  4. juice
  5. water
  6. pizza
  7. bread
  8. cheese

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “bread” in Arabic?
  2. Is ماء a food or a drink?
  3. What food is جبنة?
Answer key — Part A: 1) الطعام (at-ta’am) · 2) تفاحة (tuffaha) · 3) حليب (halib) · 4) عصير (’asir) · 5) ماء (ma’) · 6) بيتزا (bitza) · 7) خبز (khubz) · 8) جبنة (jubna)
Part B: 1) خبز (khubz). 2) A drink (water). 3) Cheese.