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Mandarin House & Rooms — 房间

Sixth graders learn the rooms of a house in Mandarin — 厨房 (chúfáng), 卧室 (wòshì), 浴室 (yùshì), 客厅 (kètīng), 花园 (huāyuán) — so they can describe their home in Chinese.

Grade 6Fángjiān50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / CommunicativeExplicit 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 rooms.
  • ✓Say each room.
  • ✓Describe a home.
  • ✓Talk about your house.
Essential Question

欢迎回家! (Welcome home!) What are the rooms of a house in Mandarin?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Fángjiān Explorer

Project this and tap each room. Have students learn the rooms of a house in Mandarin.

🏠 Explore the house — tap each roomTry it

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

50 minutes, five moves

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

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Warm-Up — 欢迎回家

5 min

Welcome home! What are the rooms of a house in Mandarin?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask about their home.
  • Ask how to say rooms.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Share.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Fángjiān

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Fángjiān Explorer.
  • Present each room.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

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

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a room you use.
  • Match rooms to pictures.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

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

12 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “我在厨房” (I’m 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 what it means.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Explain 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 room words.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore Chinese homes.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to daily life.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: describe a home.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Room picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “我在 ___.”
  • Use a house diagram.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with 厨房 and 花园.
  • Use pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add 书房 (study).
  • Draw a floor plan.
  • Describe each room.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🏠A house diagram
  • 💻The Fángjiān Explorer
  • 🗣️Audio
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

房子 (fángzi)house房间 (fángjiān)room厨房 (chúfáng)kitchen卧室 (wòshì)bedroom浴室 (yùshì)bathroom客厅 (kètīng)living room花园 (huāyuán)garden门 (mén)door
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
What does “厨房 (chúfáng)” mean?
Kitchen.
QUESTION 2
What does “卧室 (wòshì)” mean?
Bedroom.
QUESTION 3
What does “花园 (huāyuán)” mean?
Garden.

Reflect: 房间.

Have students name two rooms in Mandarin (like 厨房 chúfáng and 客厅 kètīng). A printable house 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.

🖨️ Mandarin House & Rooms (Fángjiān)Print
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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: 卧室 (wòshì), 厨房 (chúfáng), 客厅 (kètīng), 房子 (fángzi), 房间 (fángjiān), 浴室 (yùshì), 花园 (huāyuán), 门 (mén)
  1. garden
  2. door
  3. kitchen
  4. living room
  5. room
  6. bathroom
  7. bedroom
  8. house

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does “厨房 (chúfáng)” mean?
  2. What does “卧室 (wòshì)” mean?
  3. What does “花园 (huāyuán)” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) 花园 (huāyuán) · 2) 门 (mén) · 3) 厨房 (chúfáng) · 4) 客厅 (kètīng) · 5) 房间 (fángjiān) · 6) 浴室 (yùshì) · 7) 卧室 (wòshì) · 8) 房子 (fángzi)
Part B: 1) Kitchen. 2) Bedroom. 3) Garden.