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Vietnamese Weather

Fourth graders talk about the weather in Vietnamese (thời tiết) — nóng (hot), lạnh (cold), mưa (rain), tuyết (snow), nắng (sunny). They describe today’s weather.

Grade 4Weather45 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 weather words.
  • ✓Describe today.
  • ✓Say hot, cold & rainy.
  • ✓Ask about the weather.
Essential Question

nóng? mưa? How do you talk about the weather in Vietnamese?

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Vocabulary Terms
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Standards Aligned
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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

Vietnamese Weather Check

Project each item and have students answer about the Vietnamese weather.

⛅ Understand the Vietnamese weatherTry it
Answer each question about the Vietnamese weather.
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 — Thời tiết thế nào?

5 min

How do you talk about the weather in Vietnamese?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Point out the window.
  • Ask about the weather.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Wonder.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Weather

10 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Vietnamese Weather Check.
  • Note nóng/lạnh.
  • Note mưa & nắng.

🎒 Student Actions

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

12 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Describe today.
  • Say mưa & tuyết.
  • Match icon to word.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Describe.
  • Say.
  • Match.
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Speak — Speak

12 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “hôm nay trời nắng” (today it’s sunny).
  • Describe the weather.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Describe.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a weather word.
  • Describe today.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • 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 weather.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe weather.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to weather / science.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: ask about weather.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Weather cards with icons.
  • Match icon to word.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with mưa & nắng.
  • Use weather icons.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add mây, gió.
  • Make a weather chart.
  • Give a mini forecast.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • ⛅Weather cards
  • 💻Vietnamese Weather Check
  • 🗓️Weather chart
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

thời tiếtweathernóng (nawng)hotlạnh (lang)coldmưa (muh-a)raintuyết (twee-et)snownắng (nang)sunnymây (may)cloudgió (yaw)wind
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
What does “mưa” mean in Vietnamese?
Rain.
QUESTION 2
How do you say “it’s cold” in Vietnamese?
lạnh.
QUESTION 3
What weather is “nắng”?
Sunny.

Reflect: weather.

Have students describe today’s weather in Vietnamese at home. A printable Vietnamese weather 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 WeatherFlip
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Term
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Meaning
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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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

📝 Vietnamese WeatherQuiz
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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 WeatherPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: gió (yaw), lạnh (lang), mây (may), mưa (muh-a), nóng (nawng), nắng (nang), thời tiết, tuyết (twee-et)
  1. weather
  2. snow
  3. hot
  4. cold
  5. wind
  6. sunny
  7. rain
  8. cloud

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does “mưa” mean in Vietnamese?
  2. How do you say “it’s cold” in Vietnamese?
  3. What weather is “nắng”?
Answer key — Part A: 1) thời tiết · 2) tuyết (twee-et) · 3) nóng (nawng) · 4) lạnh (lang) · 5) gió (yaw) · 6) nắng (nang) · 7) mưa (muh-a) · 8) mây (may)
Part B: 1) Rain. 2) lạnh. 3) Sunny.