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Vietnamese Telling Time

Sixth graders learn to tell time in Vietnamese (giờ) — ask mấy giờ rồi? (what time is it?) and answer ba giờ (it’s 3:00), plus buổi trưa (noon) and nửa đêm (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

Mấy giờ rồi? How do you ask and tell the time in Vietnamese?

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Interactive Task
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Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Point to a clock.
  • Ask “mấy giờ rồi?”
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Wonder.
  • Get ready.
2

Present — Telling Time

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Vietnamese Time Check.
  • Note ___ giờ.
  • Note buổi trưa & nửa đêm.

🎒 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 “tám giờ” (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: “___ giờ.”
  • 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.
  • Say a daily schedule.
  • Use a 24-hour clock.
Materials

What to gather

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

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

giờ (yuh)time / hourmấy giờ rồiwhat time is itgiờ (yuh)o’clockbuổi trưanoonnửa đêmmidnightphút (foot)minutebây giờnowbuổi sángmorning
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

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QUESTION 1
How do you ask “What time is it?” in Vietnamese?
mấy giờ rồi?
QUESTION 2
What does “ba giờ” mean?
It’s 3 o’clock.
QUESTION 3
What does “buổi trưa” mean?
Noon.

Reflect: telling time.

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

Study · Flashcards

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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: buổi sáng, buổi trưa, bây giờ, giờ (yuh), giờ (yuh), mấy giờ rồi, nửa đêm, phút (foot)
  1. now
  2. minute
  3. o’clock
  4. morning
  5. what time is it
  6. time / hour
  7. midnight
  8. noon

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you ask “What time is it?” in Vietnamese?
  2. What does “ba giờ” mean?
  3. What does “buổi trưa” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) bây giờ · 2) phút (foot) · 3) giờ (yuh) · 4) buổi sáng · 5) mấy giờ rồi · 6) giờ (yuh) · 7) nửa đêm · 8) buổi trưa
Part B: 1) mấy giờ rồi? 2) It’s 3 o’clock. 3) Noon.