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Ordinal Numbers Teacher Resources
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Help your beginning and intermediate English Learners develop academic vocabulary with this activity about ordinal numbers. Read and discuss the Eric Carle book Ten Little Rubber Ducks. Your ELs use ordinal number cards to practice stating where different duck cutouts are placed in a line. Then they place themselves in a line according to your verbal directions using ordinal numbers.
“Circle the third dog in the row.” The four cleverly illustrated worksheets in this packet give your mathematicians practice with ordinal numbers. Younger learners might need assistance reading the prompts. An answer sheet is provided.
Students review cardinal and ordinal numbers in this lesson plan. They define cardinal numbers as ones that show/express amounts. They define ordinal numbers as a number that tells a position. Students then chose an activity to complete independently in which they must sequence steps using ordinal numbers.
Students identify and explore the ordinal numbers from one to twelve. They list real-life examples of ordinal numbers, discuss the patterns in ordinal numbers, and sequence the steps for brushing their teeth or making a sandwich.
Introduce ordinal numbers with this simple teaching tool. Young mathematicians trace numbers from 1 to 5. Then they circle the object in a row of 5 that represents the numerical place of the number they just traced. Example: Students trace the number 3, then circle the third object in the series. Key allows for novice readers to begin counting the sequence from either left or right.
Students practice putting ordinal numbers in order. In this ordinal number lesson, students write ordinal numbers on index cards and use the cards to practice ordinal number order.
Second graders practice ordinal numbers. In this ordinal numbers instructional activity, ten students line up and they figure out the ordinal number for each student. They complete worksheets where they find which item in a set is circled.
Students review shapes, colors and ordinal numbers using literature and a visual memory game. This instructional activity uses a listening and following directions assessment.
Students explore ordinal numbers. In this number sense instructional activity, students count the beads on a string and orally identify the ordinal position of each color bead. Students participate in a role playing activity to the song "Wheels on the Bus." Students practice identifying ordinal positions of the performers during the role playing activity.
In this early childhood ordinal numbers activity, students practice counting skills as they identify the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th animal in the 4 problems.