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German House & Rooms — Das Haus

Sixth graders learn the rooms of a house in German — Küche, Schlafzimmer, Badezimmer, Wohnzimmer, Garten — so they can describe their home auf Deutsch.

Grade 6Das Haus50 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 the rooms.
  • ✓Say each Zimmer.
  • ✓Describe a home.
  • ✓Talk about your house.
Essential Question

Willkommen zu Hause! (Welcome home!) What are the rooms of a house in German?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Haus Explorer

Project this and tap each room. Have students learn the rooms of a house in German.

🏠 Explore the house — tap each roomTry it

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

50 minutes, five moves

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

1

Warm-Up — Willkommen zu Hause

5 min

Welcome home! What are the rooms of a house in German?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask about their home.
  • Ask how to say rooms.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Share.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Das Haus

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Haus Explorer.
  • Present each room.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

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

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a room you use.
  • Match rooms to pictures.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

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

12 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Ich bin in der Küche.”
  • Describe your home.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Describe.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a room.
  • 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 room words.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore German homes.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to daily life.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: describe a home.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Room picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “Ich bin im/in der ___.”
  • Use a house diagram.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with Küche and Garten.
  • Use pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add der Flur and der Keller.
  • Draw a floor plan.
  • Describe each room.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🏠A house diagram
  • 💻The Haus Explorer
  • 🗣️Audio
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

das Haushousedas Zimmerroomdie Küchekitchendas Schlafzimmerbedroomdas Badezimmerbathroomdas Wohnzimmerliving roomder Gartengardendie Türdoor
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 “die Küche” mean?
Kitchen.
QUESTION 2
What does “das Schlafzimmer” mean?
Bedroom.
QUESTION 3
What does “der Garten” mean?
Garden/yard.

Reflect: das Haus.

Have students name two rooms in German (like Küche and Wohnzimmer). A printable house sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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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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Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: das Badezimmer, das Haus, das Schlafzimmer, das Wohnzimmer, das Zimmer, der Garten, die Küche, die Tür
  1. door
  2. living room
  3. kitchen
  4. house
  5. bathroom
  6. room
  7. bedroom
  8. garden

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does “die Küche” mean?
  2. What does “das Schlafzimmer” mean?
  3. What does “der Garten” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) die Tür · 2) das Wohnzimmer · 3) die Küche · 4) das Haus · 5) das Badezimmer · 6) das Zimmer · 7) das Schlafzimmer · 8) der Garten
Part B: 1) Kitchen. 2) Bedroom. 3) Garden/yard.