Ordinal Numbers

  Author: Julie Johnson

Topic: Math and Science

Age: Kindergarten

Overview:

This lesson will be a precursor to lessons on life-cycles, building off the main topic of living things. It will connect to other lessons about how living things grow and change over time. It can introduce the concept that living things need food to grow. In this lesson the children will learn about ordinal numbers. We will review numbers 1-5 and introduce the vocabulary: first, second, third, fourth, and fifth. The teacher will read the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and then as a class describe the story using ordinal numbers and story boards; first the caterpillar ate, etc. Finally the children will divide into language ability groups and work together to arrange the story boards by themselves using ordinal numbers.


Introduction of the Lesson:

1.     Introduce ordinal numbers 1-5 and the corresponding vocabulary. Play speed ordering games in small groups to put the ordinal numbers in order, engaging the children through the use of competitive games.

2.     Read the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’

3.     As a class use the IWB and digital story board cards to put the story boards into order and describe the story using ordinal numbers. Ex: First the caterpillar ate an apple. Fifth the caterpillar turned into a butterfly. 

4. Divide the children into their language ability groups and ask them to work together to arrange small laminated story board sets by themselves.


Assessment: 
The children, in small groups will be able to use ordinal numbers to describe the order of events of a familiar story. 

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