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.
Students will be able to…
Where do you go in a day? Let’s learn the places around town in Mandarin — 地方 (dìfang)!
Project this and tap each place. Have students learn Mandarin place vocabulary.
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Where do you go in a day? Let’s learn the places in Mandarin!
Students learn.
Students practice.
Students speak.
Students close.
Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-Mid).
Interpretive: understand place words.
Explore a Chinese town.
Connect to geography.
Interpersonal: talk about places.
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 Mandarin they go each week (like 学校 xuéxiào and 公园 gōngyuán). A printable places sheet is in the World Languages library.
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