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Hebrew the House

Eighth graders learn the rooms of the house in Hebrew (הבית, habayit) — מטבח (kitchen), חדר שינה (bedroom), חדר אמבטיה (bathroom), סלון (living room), גינה (garden). They explore each room and describe their home.

Grade 8The House50 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…

  • ✓Learn rooms of the house.
  • ✓Explore each room.
  • ✓Describe your home.
  • ✓Say where things are.
Essential Question

מטבח, חדר שינה, סלון… how do you name the rooms of a house in Hebrew?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Hebrew House Explorer

Project this and tap each. Have students explore rooms of a Hebrew house.

🏠 Explore the Hebrew house — tap each roomTry it

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

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — At Home

6 min

How do you name the rooms of a house in Hebrew?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a house photo.
  • Ask “מטבח?”
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — The House

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the House Explorer.
  • Tap each room.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

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

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a room.
  • Say מטבח & גינה.
  • Say what you do there.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Say.
  • Say it.
4

Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “אני אוכל במטבח” (I eat in the kitchen).
  • Describe your home.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Describe.
  • Ask.
5

Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a room.
  • Say your favorite room.
  • 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 room words.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe a home.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore Israeli homes.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about home.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Room cards with romanization.
  • A house floor plan.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with מטבח & חדר שינה.
  • Use a floor plan.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add furniture words.
  • Draw & label a house.
  • Describe each room.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🏠Room cards
  • 💻The Hebrew House Explorer
  • 📐House floor plan
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

בית (bayit)houseמטבח (mitbach)kitchenחדר שינהbedroomחדר אמבטיהbathroomסלון (salon)living roomגינה (gina)gardenדלת (delet)doorחלון (chalon)window
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 “kitchen” in Hebrew?
מטבח (mitbach).
QUESTION 2
What room is חדר אמבטיה?
Bathroom.
QUESTION 3
What room is סלון?
Living room.

Reflect: the house.

Have students name two rooms in their home in Hebrew. A printable Hebrew house sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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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.

🖨️ Hebrew the HousePrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: בית (bayit), גינה (gina), דלת (delet), חדר אמבטיה, חדר שינה, חלון (chalon), מטבח (mitbach), סלון (salon)
  1. living room
  2. bedroom
  3. kitchen
  4. garden
  5. window
  6. door
  7. bathroom
  8. house

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “kitchen” in Hebrew?
  2. What room is חדר אמבטיה?
  3. What room is סלון?
Answer key — Part A: 1) סלון (salon) · 2) חדר שינה · 3) מטבח (mitbach) · 4) גינה (gina) · 5) חלון (chalon) · 6) דלת (delet) · 7) חדר אמבטיה · 8) בית (bayit)
Part B: 1) מטבח (mitbach). 2) Bathroom. 3) Living room.