1 - How Many at Home? ~5 mins
How many people live in your house? The numbers from one to ten are listed below in German, so find yours in that list and say it in German first.
Numbers refresh: 1 eins · 2 zwei · 3 drei · 4 vier · 5 fünf · 6 sechs · 7 sieben · 8 acht · 9 neun · 10 zehn
Meet Lea from Vienna: Das ist Lea aus Wien. Today you will name family members in German, say how many people are in a family, and say how old someone is.
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Name seven family members in German and say der, die or das with each word
- Say how many people are in your family
- Say one person's age in a full sentence
2 - Seven Family Words ~10 mins
Tap each word below to hear it, then say the whole phrase back with the class. Keep der, die or das attached to every noun, and notice that each noun starts with a capital letter when it is written.
After that you will build two sentences a piece at a time, listening for the numbers you already know, and volunteers will swap in a number or an age of their own.
How many: In meiner Familie sind wir vier. (There are four of us in my family.)
Age: Mein Bruder ist zehn Jahre alt. (My brother is ten years old.)
Lea: In Leas Familie sind sie fünf. Ihre Schwester ist acht Jahre alt.
3 - Listen to a Family ~10 mins
Read the three questions first. Then listen to the short family scene twice and answer out loud as a class (one-word or short answers are fine).
- Who is in the family?
- How many people are there?
- How old is one person?
Listen for family words, a number, and an age.
4 - Say It, Then Into Your Copy ~3 mins
First, say it: Volunteers take a turn out loud with the two big frames on the board, swapping in a different number or a different age: In meiner Familie sind wir … and Mein/Meine … ist … Jahre alt. Put your hand up for one of them.
Then write: Open your copy and write two sentences about your family (how many people, and one person's age). You may copy and adapt the frames; keep every der/die/das and every capital letter.
5 - Sort by Gender ~10 mins
Drag each family noun into the correct column: der, die or das. Say the full phrase quietly as you drop it (for example der Vater, not bare Vater).
Today's one das word is das Baby. The others are der or die.
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