Fifth graders learn the names of places (ばしょ, basho) around town in Japanese — がっこう (gakkō, school), こうえん (kōen, park), としょかん (toshokan, library) — and sort places you go to learn or shop from places you go to play.
Students will be able to…
Where do you go around town? Let’s learn the names of places in Japanese.
Project this and sort each place into Places to Learn/Shop or Places to Play.
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Where do you go around town? Let’s learn places in Japanese.
Students learn.
Students practice.
Students speak.
Students close.
Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-Mid).
Interpretive: understand place words.
Connect to community.
Compare place vocabulary.
Interpersonal: talk about town.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students name two places in their town in Japanese. A printable Japanese places sheet is in the World Languages library.
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