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Vietnamese Food

Fourth graders learn food and drinks in Vietnamese (thức ăn) — bánh mì (bread), cơm (rice), táo (apple), phô mai (cheese), nước (water), sữa (milk), nước ép (juice), trà (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 Vietnamese food words.
  • ✓Tell food from drink.
  • ✓Sort the menu.
  • ✓Order a snack.
Essential Question

cơm, táo, nước… how do you name food and drinks in Vietnamese?

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Lesson Phases
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Vocabulary Terms
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Standards Aligned
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Interactive Task
Sort It · Interactive

Food or Drink?

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

🍚 Sort each — something you eat or drink?Try it
🍴 Food (thức ăn)
🥤 Drink (đồ uống)
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.

1

Warm-Up — Chúc ngon miệng!

5 min

How do you name food and drinks in Vietnamese?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a rice bowl.
  • Ask the Vietnamese 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 cơm & nước.

🎒 Student Actions

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

12 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a food.
  • Name a drink.
  • Say táo & sữa.

🎒 Student Actions

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

12 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “tôi muốn cơm” (I want rice).
  • 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 Vietnamese food culture.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: order a snack.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

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

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with cơm & nước.
  • Sort one at a time.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add phở, chả giò.
  • Make a Vietnamese 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

thức ănfoodbánh mìbreadcơm (kuhm)ricetáo (tao)applephô maicheesenước (nook)watersữa (suh-a)milknước épjuice
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 “rice” in Vietnamese?
cơm.
QUESTION 2
Is nước a food or a drink?
A drink (water).
QUESTION 3
What food is táo?
Apple.

Reflect: food.

Have students name one Vietnamese food and one drink at home. A printable Vietnamese 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.

🃏 Vietnamese FoodFlip
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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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

📝 Vietnamese FoodQuiz
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Question 1
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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.

🖨️ Vietnamese FoodPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: bánh mì, cơm (kuhm), nước (nook), nước ép, phô mai, sữa (suh-a), thức ăn, táo (tao)
  1. apple
  2. cheese
  3. milk
  4. water
  5. rice
  6. food
  7. juice
  8. bread

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “rice” in Vietnamese?
  2. Is nước a food or a drink?
  3. What food is táo?
Answer key — Part A: 1) táo (tao) · 2) phô mai · 3) sữa (suh-a) · 4) nước (nook) · 5) cơm (kuhm) · 6) thức ăn · 7) nước ép · 8) bánh mì
Part B: 1) cơm. 2) A drink (water). 3) Apple.