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Korean Times of Day

Fifth graders learn to name the times of day (시간, sigan) in Korean — 아침 (achim, morning), 점심 (jeomsim, noon), 오후 (ohu, afternoon), 저녁 (jeonyeok, evening), and 밤 (bam, night). They put a whole day in order.

Grade 5Times of Day45 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 times of day.
  • ✓Order a whole day.
  • ✓Order the parts.
  • ✓Say when things happen.
Essential Question

From sunrise to bedtime, how do you name the parts of the day in Korean? Can you put them in order?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Times of Day

Project this and have students put the Korean times of day in order.

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

45 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Sunrise to Bedtime

5 min

How do you name the parts of the day in Korean? Can you order them?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a sunrise.
  • Ask the Korean word for morning.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Times of Day

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Model achim to bam.
  • Note the order.
  • Have students repeat.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch.
  • Note it.
  • Repeat.
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Practice — Practice

12 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Order the Times of Day.
  • Put it in order.
  • Say each aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order.
  • Say.
  • Repeat.
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Speak — Speak

10 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Achim-ieyo” (it’s morning).
  • Say what you do in the morning.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

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

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a time of day.
  • Say when you sleep.
  • 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-Mid).

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand time words.

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Connections 3.1

Connect to daily schedule.

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Comparisons 4.1

Compare time-of-day words.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about the day.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Time-of-day cards with romanization.
  • Show a day timeline.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with achim & bam.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add saebyeok (dawn) & jeongo (midnight).
  • Tell the time (myeot si?).
  • Make a daily schedule.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🕑Time-of-day cards
  • 💻Order the Times of Day
  • 🗓️A day timeline
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

시간 (sigan)time아침 (achim)morning점심 (jeomsim)noon / lunch오후 (ohu)afternoon저녁 (jeonyeok)evening밤 (bam)night지금 (jigeum)now몇 시 (myeot si)what time
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 “morning” in Korean?
아침 (achim).
QUESTION 2
How do you say “night”?
밤 (bam).
QUESTION 3
What comes right after 아침 (achim, morning)?
점심 (jeomsim, noon/midday).

Reflect: times of day.

Have students name the current time of day in Korean (like “Achim-ieyo”). A printable Korean time sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

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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: 몇 시 (myeot si), 밤 (bam), 시간 (sigan), 아침 (achim), 오후 (ohu), 저녁 (jeonyeok), 점심 (jeomsim), 지금 (jigeum)
  1. time
  2. afternoon
  3. night
  4. morning
  5. what time
  6. noon / lunch
  7. now
  8. evening

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “morning” in Korean?
  2. How do you say “night”?
  3. What comes right after 아침 (achim, morning)?
Answer key — Part A: 1) 시간 (sigan) · 2) 오후 (ohu) · 3) 밤 (bam) · 4) 아침 (achim) · 5) 몇 시 (myeot si) · 6) 점심 (jeomsim) · 7) 지금 (jigeum) · 8) 저녁 (jeonyeok)
Part B: 1) 아침 (achim). 2) 밤 (bam). 3) 점심 (jeomsim, noon/midday).