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Italian Telling Time

Sixth graders learn to tell time in Italian (l’ora) — ask Che ora è? (what time is it?) and answer Sono le due (it’s 2:00), È l’una (it’s 1:00), plus mezzogiorno (noon) and mezzanotte (midnight).

Grade 6Telling Time50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Ask the time.
  • ✓Tell the hour.
  • ✓Learn noon & midnight.
  • ✓Say your schedule.
Essential Question

Che ora è? How do you ask and tell the time in Italian?

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Interactive Task
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Italian Time Check

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

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — What Time Is It?

6 min

How do you ask and tell time in Italian?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Point to a clock.
  • Ask “che ora è?”
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Wonder.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Telling Time

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Italian Time Check.
  • Note Sono le … & È l’una.
  • Note mezzogiorno & mezzanotte.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Tell the hour.
  • Say noon & midnight.
  • Read a clock.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tell.
  • Say.
  • Read.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Sono le otto” (it’s 8:00).
  • Say when school starts.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

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

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask the time.
  • Tell an hour.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Ask it.
  • Tell.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-High).

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: ask & tell time.

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand times.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to math / clocks.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: state times.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Clock cards with times.
  • Frame: “Sono le ___.”
  • Use a demo clock.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with whole hours.
  • Use a clock model.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add half hours (e mezza).
  • Say a daily schedule.
  • Use 24-hour time.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🕒Clock cards
  • 💻Italian Time Check
  • 🕛Demo clock
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

orahour / timeche ora èwhat time is itsono leit’s … o’clockè l’unait’s one o’clockmezzogiornonoonmezzanottemidnightminutominuteadessonow
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

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QUESTION 1
How do you ask “What time is it?” in Italian?
Che ora è?
QUESTION 2
What does “Sono le tre” mean?
It’s 3 o’clock.
QUESTION 3
What does “mezzogiorno” mean?
Noon.

Reflect: telling time.

Have students tell the current time in Italian (“Sono le ___”). A printable Italian time sheet is in the World Languages library.

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Study the 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.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: adesso, che ora è, mezzanotte, mezzogiorno, minuto, ora, sono le, è l’una
  1. minute
  2. hour / time
  3. midnight
  4. now
  5. it’s … o’clock
  6. what time is it
  7. it’s one o’clock
  8. noon

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you ask “What time is it?” in Italian?
  2. What does “Sono le tre” mean?
  3. What does “mezzogiorno” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) minuto · 2) ora · 3) mezzanotte · 4) adesso · 5) sono le · 6) che ora è · 7) è l’una · 8) mezzogiorno
Part B: 1) Che ora è? 2) It’s 3 o’clock. 3) Noon.