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Japanese Feelings

Fifth graders learn to share how they feel (きもち, kimochi) in Japanese — うれしい (ureshii, happy), かなしい (kanashii, sad), げんき (genki, energetic/well). They also meet the everyday question “O-genki desu ka?” (Are you well?).

Grade 5Feelings45 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…

  • ✓Name feelings.
  • ✓Say how you feel.
  • ✓Ask “O-genki desu ka?”
  • ✓Talk about emotions.
Essential Question

How are you feeling today? Let’s learn to share feelings in Japanese.

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Interactive Task
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Japanese Feelings Check

Project each item and have students answer about Japanese feeling words.

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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 — How Do You Feel?

5 min

How are you feeling today? Let’s learn feelings in Japanese.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a happy face.
  • Ask the Japanese word.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

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

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Japanese Feelings Check.
  • Note ureshii, kanashii, genki.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

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

12 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say how you feel today.
  • Match a face to a word.
  • Say genki.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Match.
  • Say it.
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Speak — Speak

10 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask “O-genki desu ka?”
  • Answer “Genki desu.”
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Ask.
  • Answer.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say a feeling.
  • Say how you feel.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

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

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: share feelings.

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand feeling words.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare feeling words.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: express feelings.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Feeling face cards with romaji.
  • Sentence frame: “___ desu.”
  • Use emotion faces.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with ureshii & kanashii.
  • Use faces.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add tanoshii (fun) & kowai (scared).
  • Role-play a greeting.
  • Draw feeling faces.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 😊Feeling face cards
  • 💻Japanese Feelings Check
  • 🪞A mirror (optional)
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

きもち (kimochi)feelingうれしい (ureshii)happyかなしい (kanashii)sadげんき (genki)energetic / wellたのしい (tanoshii)funつかれた (tsukareta)tiredおこる (okoru)to be angryこわい (kowai)scared
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 “happy” in Japanese?
うれしい (ureshii).
QUESTION 2
What does かなしい (kanashii) mean?
Sad.
QUESTION 3
What does げんき (genki) mean?
Energetic or well.

Reflect: feelings.

Have students say how they feel today in Japanese (like “Ureshii desu”). A printable Japanese feelings 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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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: うれしい (ureshii), おこる (okoru), かなしい (kanashii), きもち (kimochi), げんき (genki), こわい (kowai), たのしい (tanoshii), つかれた (tsukareta)
  1. feeling
  2. sad
  3. fun
  4. tired
  5. to be angry
  6. happy
  7. energetic / well
  8. scared

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “happy” in Japanese?
  2. What does かなしい (kanashii) mean?
  3. What does げんき (genki) mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) きもち (kimochi) · 2) かなしい (kanashii) · 3) たのしい (tanoshii) · 4) つかれた (tsukareta) · 5) おこる (okoru) · 6) うれしい (ureshii) · 7) げんき (genki) · 8) こわい (kowai)
Part B: 1) うれしい (ureshii). 2) Sad. 3) Energetic or well.