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Russian the House

Eighth graders learn the rooms of the house in Russian (дом, dom) — кухня (kitchen), спальня (bedroom), ванная (bathroom), гостиная (living room), сад (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

Кухня, спальня, ванная… how do you name the rooms of a house in Russian?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Russian House Explorer

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

🏠 Explore the Russian 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 Russian?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a house photo.
  • Ask “кухня?”
  • 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 кухня & ванная.
  • Say what you do there.

🎒 Student Actions

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

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Я ем на кухне” (I eat in the kitchen).
  • 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 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 Russian 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 кухня & спальня.
  • 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 Russian House Explorer
  • 📐House floor plan
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

дом (dom)houseкухня (kukhnya)kitchenспальня (spalnya)bedroomванная (vannaya)bathroomгостиная (gostinaya)living roomсад (sad)gardenдверь (dver)doorокно (okno)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 Russian?
кухня (kukhnya).
QUESTION 2
What room is ванная?
Bathroom.
QUESTION 3
What room is гостиная?
Living room.

Reflect: the house.

Have students name two rooms in their home in Russian. A printable Russian 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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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: ванная (vannaya), гостиная (gostinaya), дверь (dver), дом (dom), кухня (kukhnya), окно (okno), сад (sad), спальня (spalnya)
  1. window
  2. house
  3. living room
  4. bathroom
  5. garden
  6. bedroom
  7. door
  8. kitchen

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “kitchen” in Russian?
  2. What room is ванная?
  3. What room is гостиная?
Answer key — Part A: 1) окно (okno) · 2) дом (dom) · 3) гостиная (gostinaya) · 4) ванная (vannaya) · 5) сад (sad) · 6) спальня (spalnya) · 7) дверь (dver) · 8) кухня (kukhnya)
Part B: 1) кухня (kukhnya). 2) Bathroom. 3) Living room.