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Parent guide · Grade 1 Russian · Unit 4

Lesson 4.2 Я́блоко, арбу́з, суп, ка́ша

Written for the parent. The Read aloud parts are written to your child; read them as they are. Do this parts are for you. Answers for you are marked Listen for.

At a glance

Time
3 sessions of 15–20 minutes
Goal
Name apple, watermelon, soup and porridge in Russian. Say Прия́тного аппети́та! before a meal. Hear that Jesus is the bread of life.
You need
  • Apples, watermelon or other fruit
  • A plate
  • A grown-up to cut the fruit
  • A sketchbook or plain paper, and crayons
  • A King James Bible
Print
Worksheet A · the lesson page (it also has a short video (2:43))

Steps

  1. Do this together: Say хлеб, молоко́, вода́, чай. What is your favorite fruit? Today you learn more food words.

  2. Read aloud: The story. One day a huge crowd followed Jesus, and He fed them all with five loaves and two fishes. The next day the people came looking for more bread. Jesus told them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger. Bread fills our stomachs for a day, but Jesus gives life that lasts forever.

    Read aloud: How Russian sounds. Я́блоко is YAH-bluh-kuh, loud at the start. Арбу́з is ahr-BOOS. Суп is soup, almost like English. Ка́ша is KAH-shuh. Before eating, Russians say Прия́тного аппети́та! (pree-YAHT-nuh-vuh ah-pee-TEE-tuh).

    Read aloud: Say it and move. Crunch a pretend apple: я́блоко! Hold a huge round watermelon: арбу́з! Slurp from a spoon: суп! Stir a pot of porridge: ка́ша!

  3. Do this: Say each word clearly; your child says it back twice. Point to a picture or the real thing when you can.

    • я́блоко [YAHB-luh-kuh]: apple
    • арбу́з [ahr-BOOS]: watermelon
    • суп [soop]: soup
    • ка́ша [KAH-shuh]: porridge
    • прия́тного аппети́та! [pree-YAHT-nuh-vuh ah-pee-TEE-tuh]: enjoy your meal!

  4. Show: It is breakfast and you have hot cereal. What is it in Russian?

    Say this: “Hot cereal is porridge.”

    Say this: “Porridge is ка́ша.”

    Answer: Ка́ша.

    Show: Everyone sits down to dinner. What do you say in Russian?

    Say this: “At the start of a meal Russians wish each other a good appetite.”

    Say this: “Прия́тного аппети́та!”

    Answer: Прия́тного аппети́та!

  5. Do this: Ask out loud. Let your child try first; help only after a real try.

    Ask: Say apple in Russian.

    Listen for: Я́блоко.

    Ask: Say soup in Russian.

    Listen for: Суп.

    Ask: Say watermelon in Russian.

    Listen for: Арбу́з.

    2 more on the lesson page.

  6. Read aloud: Make a fruit plate with a parent and serve it with a Russian blessing.

    Steps:

    1. Wash the fruit and help a parent cut it.
    2. Arrange it in a smiling face on the plate.
    3. Pray and thank God for the food.
    4. Serve your family and say: Прия́тного аппети́та!

    Tips for you:

    • Name each fruit as you put it on the plate.

    Done when your child can say:

    • I made a fruit plate.
    • I said Прия́тного аппети́та! and named the fruit.

  7. Do this: Your child picks one or more; you write the date.

    1. Draw an apple, a watermelon, a bowl of soup and a bowl of porridge in your picture dictionary. A parent writes я́блоко, арбу́з, суп and ка́ша.

  8. Read aloud: Ка́ша is one of the oldest Russian foods. A Russian saying goes: Щи да ка́ша — пи́ща на́ша, cabbage soup and porridge are our food. Buckwheat porridge, гре́чка, is a favorite breakfast.

    • Saying yah-BLOH-ko. The loud part is first: YAH-bluh-kuh.
    • Saying ar-BOOZ with a z. At the end of a word з sounds like s: ahr-BOOS.

  10. Set up a play store with real or pretend food. The child is the shopper and asks for each thing in Russian with пожа́луйста; the store keeper says Вот! (here!).

  11. Say this: “Tell me what you learned today.”

    Listen for: Name apple, watermelon, soup and porridge in Russian.; Say Прия́тного аппети́та! before a meal.; Hear that Jesus is the bread of life.

  12. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

    John 6:35 (KJV)

    In the Russian Bible (Synodal translation), this verse reads: <i class="ru-bible" lang="ru">Я есмь хлеб жизни</i> Jesus said He is the bread of life. When we come to Him, He fills us in a way food never can.

Spread over the week

3 sessions of 15–20 minutes. Stop while it is still going well.

  1. Session 1. Warm-up, then read and teach the new idea and the new words. Show how.
  2. Session 2. Practice together, then start the project. Finish the project, then the sketchbook.
  3. Session 3. Narration, the game and the Scripture.