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Korean Animals

Fourth graders meet animals (동물, dongmul) in Korean — 개 (gae, dog), 고양이 (goyangi, cat), 새 (sae, bird) — and even learn the fun sounds Korean animals make, like a dog’s “meong meong!”

Grade 4Animals40 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 Korean animals.
  • ✓Learn animal sounds.
  • ✓Explore dongmul.
  • ✓Talk about pets.
Essential Question

Animals are everywhere! What are their names in Korean — and what sounds do they make?

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Vocabulary Terms
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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Korean Animals Explorer

Project this and tap each. Have students learn Korean animal words and sounds.

🐕 Explore Korean animals — tap eachTry it

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

40 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

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Warm-Up — Meong Meong!

5 min

Animals are everywhere — what are their names & sounds in Korean?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Make a dog sound.
  • Ask the Korean word.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Animals

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Animals Explorer.
  • Present each animal.
  • Note the fun sounds.

🎒 Student Actions

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

11 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name your favorite animal.
  • Say its Korean word.
  • Make its sound.

🎒 Student Actions

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

9 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “gae” for dog.
  • Name three animals.
  • Ask a partner’s favorite.

🎒 Student Actions

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

4 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name an animal.
  • Say a Korean animal sound.
  • 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-Low).

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand animal words.

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Cultures 2.1

Explore animal sounds across cultures.

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Comparisons 4.1

Compare animal words & sounds.

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Connections 3.1

Connect to science (animals).

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Animal cards with romanization.
  • Sentence frame: “___ means ___.”
  • Use pictures.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with gae & goyangi.
  • Use pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add gom (bear) & mal (horse).
  • Compare animal sounds.
  • Draw an animal.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🐕Animal cards
  • 💻The Korean Animals Explorer
  • 🌈A picture zoo
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

동물 (dongmul)animal개 (gae)dog고양이 (goyangi)cat새 (sae)bird물고기 (mulgogi)fish토끼 (tokki)rabbit곰 (gom)bear멍멍 (meong meong)woof (dog sound)
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 “dog” in Korean?
개 (gae).
QUESTION 2
What does 고양이 (goyangi) mean?
Cat.
QUESTION 3
What sound does a Korean dog make?
“Meong meong!”

Reflect: animals.

Have students name two animals in Korean and one animal sound (like “meong meong”). A printable Korean animals 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.

🖨️ Korean AnimalsPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: 개 (gae), 고양이 (goyangi), 곰 (gom), 동물 (dongmul), 멍멍 (meong meong), 물고기 (mulgogi), 새 (sae), 토끼 (tokki)
  1. bear
  2. bird
  3. animal
  4. rabbit
  5. cat
  6. fish
  7. dog
  8. woof (dog sound)

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “dog” in Korean?
  2. What does 고양이 (goyangi) mean?
  3. What sound does a Korean dog make?
Answer key — Part A: 1) 곰 (gom) · 2) 새 (sae) · 3) 동물 (dongmul) · 4) 토끼 (tokki) · 5) 고양이 (goyangi) · 6) 물고기 (mulgogi) · 7) 개 (gae) · 8) 멍멍 (meong meong)
Part B: 1) 개 (gae). 2) Cat. 3) “Meong meong!”