Fifth graders learn to name the times of day (じかん, jikan) in Japanese — あさ (asa, morning), ひる (hiru, noon), ごご (gogo, afternoon), ゆうがた (yūgata, evening), and よる (yoru, night). They put a whole day in order.
Students will be able to…
From sunrise to bedtime, how do you name the parts of the day in Japanese? Can you put them in order?
Project this and have students put the Japanese times of day in order.
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How do you name the parts of the day in Japanese? Can you order them?
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Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-Mid).
Interpretive: understand time words.
Connect to daily schedule.
Compare time-of-day words.
Interpersonal: talk about the day.
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Have students name the current time of day in Japanese (like “Asa desu”). A printable Japanese time sheet is in the World Languages library.
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