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Vietnamese Seasons

Seventh graders explore the seasons in Vietnamese (mùa) — mùa xuân (spring), mùa hè (summer), mùa thu (autumn), mùa đông (winter) — and the varied climate of Vietnam: the north has four seasons, while the south has just two — rainy and dry.

Grade 7Seasons50 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…

  • ✓Name the seasons.
  • ✓Learn each season.
  • ✓Explore mùa.
  • ✓Say your favorite.
Essential Question

mùa xuân, mùa hè, mùa thu, mùa đông — what are the seasons in Vietnamese?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Vietnamese Seasons Explorer

Project this and tap each. Have students explore the Vietnamese seasons.

🌷 Explore the Vietnamese seasons — tap eachTry it

The Lesson · Language 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 — The Seasons

6 min

What are the seasons in Vietnamese?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a Tết / spring photo.
  • Ask which season.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Seasons

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Seasons Explorer.
  • Present each season.
  • Note north (4) vs south (2) seasons.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a season.
  • Say its weather.
  • Say your favorite.

🎒 Student Actions

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

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “tôi thích mùa xuân” (I like spring).
  • Describe a season.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

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

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a season.
  • Say its weather.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say 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-High).

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand season words.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore Vietnam’s tropical seasons & Tết.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to weather & climate.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe seasons.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Season cards with pictures.
  • Match weather to season.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with mùa hè & mùa đông.
  • Use pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Compare north & south climates.
  • Make a season poster.
  • Describe your favorite.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🌷Season cards
  • 💻The Vietnamese Seasons Explorer
  • 🖼️Seasonal images
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

mùa (moo-a)seasonsmùa xuânspringmùa hèsummermùa thuautumnmùa đôngwinternóng (nawng)hotlạnh (lang)coldmưa (muh-a)rain
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
How do you say “summer” in Vietnamese?
mùa hè.
QUESTION 2
What season is mùa đông?
Winter.
QUESTION 3
How many seasons does southern Vietnam have?
Two — rainy (mùa mưa) and dry (mùa khô).

Reflect: seasons.

Have students name their favorite season in Vietnamese and say why. A printable Vietnamese seasons 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.

🖨️ Vietnamese SeasonsPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: lạnh (lang), mùa (moo-a), mùa hè, mùa thu, mùa xuân, mùa đông, mưa (muh-a), nóng (nawng)
  1. rain
  2. winter
  3. summer
  4. cold
  5. autumn
  6. seasons
  7. hot
  8. spring

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “summer” in Vietnamese?
  2. What season is mùa đông?
  3. How many seasons does southern Vietnam have?
Answer key — Part A: 1) mưa (muh-a) · 2) mùa đông · 3) mùa hè · 4) lạnh (lang) · 5) mùa thu · 6) mùa (moo-a) · 7) nóng (nawng) · 8) mùa xuân
Part B: 1) mùa hè. 2) Winter. 3) Two — rainy (mùa mưa) and dry (mùa khô).