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Mandarin Places — 地方

Fifth graders learn place words in Mandarin — 学校 (xuéxiào), 公园 (gōngyuán), 商店 (shāngdiàn), 图书馆 (túshūguǎn), 家 (jiā) — so they can talk about their town and where they go.

Grade 5Dìfang45 minutes1 class periodACTFL / CommunicativeExplicit 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 places.
  • ✓Say each place.
  • ✓Talk about town.
  • ✓Say where you go.
Essential Question

Where do you go in a day? Let’s learn the places around town in Mandarin — 地方 (dìfang)!

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Lesson Phases
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Vocabulary Terms
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Standards Aligned
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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Dìfang Explorer

Project this and tap each place. Have students learn Mandarin place vocabulary.

🏙️ Explore places — tap eachTry it

The Lesson · Communicative Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

45 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

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Warm-Up — 你去哪里?

5 min

Where do you go in a day? Let’s learn the places in Mandarin!

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask where they go.
  • Ask how to say it.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Share.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Dìfang

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Dìfang Explorer.
  • Present each place.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Repeat.
  • Practice.
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Practice — Practice

12 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a place you go.
  • Match places to pictures.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

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

11 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “我去学校” (I go to school).
  • Name a place.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Name it.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a place.
  • Say what it means.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Explain 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).

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand place words.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore a Chinese town.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to geography.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about places.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Place picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “我去 ___.”
  • Use place images.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with 学校 and 家.
  • Use pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add 医院 (hospital).
  • Describe your town.
  • Give directions.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🏙️Place cards
  • 💻The Dìfang Explorer
  • 🗣️Audio
  • ✏️Pencils
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

地方 (dìfang)place学校 (xuéxiào)school公园 (gōngyuán)park商店 (shāngdiàn)store图书馆 (túshūguǎn)library家 (jiā)home城市 (chéngshì)city医院 (yīyuàn)hospital
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 “学校 (xuéxiào)” mean?
School.
QUESTION 2
What does “图书馆 (túshūguǎn)” mean?
Library.
QUESTION 3
What does “家 (jiā)” mean?
Home.

Reflect: 地方.

Have students name two places in Mandarin they go each week (like 学校 xuéxiào and 公园 gōngyuán). A printable places 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.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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

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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.

🖨️ Mandarin Places (Dìfang)Print
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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: 公园 (gōngyuán), 医院 (yīyuàn), 商店 (shāngdiàn), 图书馆 (túshūguǎn), 地方 (dìfang), 城市 (chéngshì), 学校 (xuéxiào), 家 (jiā)
  1. school
  2. store
  3. hospital
  4. place
  5. park
  6. library
  7. home
  8. city

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does “学校 (xuéxiào)” mean?
  2. What does “图书馆 (túshūguǎn)” mean?
  3. What does “家 (jiā)” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) 学校 (xuéxiào) · 2) 商店 (shāngdiàn) · 3) 医院 (yīyuàn) · 4) 地方 (dìfang) · 5) 公园 (gōngyuán) · 6) 图书馆 (túshūguǎn) · 7) 家 (jiā) · 8) 城市 (chéngshì)
Part B: 1) School. 2) Library. 3) Home.