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Korean Food & Drink

Fourth graders learn Korean words for food and drink (음식, eumsik) — 밥 (bap, rice), 물 (mul, water), and 김치 (kimchi), Korea’s famous fermented side dish served at almost every meal. They match each word to its meaning.

Grade 4Food & Drink40 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…

  • ✓Say Korean food words.
  • ✓Match words to meanings.
  • ✓Learn about kimchi.
  • ✓Talk about food.
Essential Question

What’s for lunch in Korean? Let’s learn the words for common foods and drinks — including kimchi!

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Interactive Task
Match It · Interactive

Match the Food Word

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

40 minutes, five moves

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Warm-Up — Jal meokgesseumnida!

5 min

What’s for lunch in Korean? Let’s learn food and drink words.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a bowl of rice.
  • Ask its Korean name.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

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

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Match the Food Word.
  • Match each one.
  • Note kimchi.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Say.
  • Repeat.
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Practice — Practice

11 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a food you like.
  • Say “masisseoyo” (delicious).
  • Say a drink.

🎒 Student Actions

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

9 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Order bap and mul.
  • Say what you eat.
  • Ask a partner’s favorite.

🎒 Student Actions

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

4 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

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

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say 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-Low).

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand food words.

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about food.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore Korean food (kimchi).

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare food vocabulary.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Food cards with romanization.
  • Sentence frame: “___ is ___.”
  • Use pictures.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with bap & mul.
  • Match one pair at a time.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add gwail (fruit) & bibimbap.
  • Say “Jal meokgesseumnida.”
  • Make a menu.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🍚Food cards
  • 💻Match the Food Word
  • 🍴A play menu
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

음식 (eumsik)food밥 (bap)rice / meal물 (mul)water김치 (kimchi)kimchi빵 (ppang)bread우유 (uyu)milk과일 (gwail)fruit맛있어요 (masisseoyo)delicious
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 “water” in Korean?
물 (mul).
QUESTION 2
What does 밥 (bap) mean?
Rice or a meal.
QUESTION 3
What is 김치 (kimchi)?
A famous Korean fermented side dish.

Reflect: food & drink.

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

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

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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: 과일 (gwail), 김치 (kimchi), 맛있어요 (masisseoyo), 물 (mul), 밥 (bap), 빵 (ppang), 우유 (uyu), 음식 (eumsik)
  1. milk
  2. fruit
  3. water
  4. delicious
  5. food
  6. rice / meal
  7. kimchi
  8. bread

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “water” in Korean?
  2. What does 밥 (bap) mean?
  3. What is 김치 (kimchi)?
Answer key — Part A: 1) 우유 (uyu) · 2) 과일 (gwail) · 3) 물 (mul) · 4) 맛있어요 (masisseoyo) · 5) 음식 (eumsik) · 6) 밥 (bap) · 7) 김치 (kimchi) · 8) 빵 (ppang)
Part B: 1) 물 (mul). 2) Rice or a meal. 3) A famous Korean fermented side dish.