Using Number Word Lights Activity, students match the number with the number word in order to build their math fluency.
This ordering numbers 0-100 Christmas activity has 1st to 2nd Grade students sort 24 holiday number cards and order each set from least to greatest. Answer key included.
Counting numbers that tell how many
Cardinal numbers are the counting numbers that tell how many: 3 apples, 25 kids, 100 days of school. Second graders read and write them up to 1,000 in numerals and in words, like 47 = forty-seven. They put numbers in order, compare them with >, < and =, and learn the difference between cardinal numbers (how many) and ordinal numbers (which position, like first or third). The click moment is when kids spot the pattern in number words, so sixty-two is just "sixty" plus "two."
Counting, ordering and number words all come together here. These are the moves that work best.
Play the greater than, less than song before comparing numbers. Kids act out the alligator mouth with their arms as they sing. When it's time to write the symbol, they already know which way it opens.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withGreater Than Less Than Inequalities SongSongsOpen it →Hand out number cards and have kids put themselves in order across the room without talking. Then they read the numbers aloud from smallest to largest. It's a quick, active way to practice ordering.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withOrdering Numbers 0-100 Christmas ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Write one number on the board each morning and have kids write it in words on a sticky note. A couple of minutes daily builds spelling and number sense without a long lesson.
Why it works: spreading practice out over days is one of the two most effective study methods in a major research review (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withNumber Word Lights ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Seasonal ordering games keep counting fun all year.
ActivitiesFind eggs with numbers 0 to 30 and put them in order in the basket.
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ActivitiesOrder numbers all the way to 100. Who can fill the line first?
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ActivitiesHang numbered ornaments on the tree in order from 0 to 30. Festive and focused!
Open Ordering Numbers 0-30 Christmas Activity →Teacher favorites right now: Greater Than Less Than Inequalities Song, Number Word Lights Activity and Ordering Numbers 0-100 Christmas Activity.
A cardinal number tells how many of something there are, like 5 pencils or 12 eggs. They are the numbers we use for counting.
Cardinal numbers tell how many (one, two, three). Ordinal numbers tell position or order (first, second, third).
Start with the words for 1 to 20 and the tens (twenty, thirty, forty). Then show how they combine with a hyphen, like thirty-six.
Count real things together: steps, coins, snacks. Then write the number in numerals and in words, and compare it to yesterday's count.
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