Shaping Up with Ordinal Numbers

This lesson teaches students ordinal numbers through literature, and a visual memory game, and it reviews shapes, colors, and ordinal numbers with a listening and following-directions assessment. Students will identify instances when ordinal numbers are used. They will recall and match colors using ordinal numbers. 

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Shaping Up with Ordinal Numbers

Standards & Objectives

Learning objectives: 

Learning outcomes

Students will:

  • identify instances when ordinal numbers are used.
  • recall and match colors using ordinal numbers.
  • listen and use their knowledge of colors, shapes and ordinal numbers to correctly complete the assessment sheet.

Lesson Variations

Blooms taxonomy level: 
Remembering
Interdisciplinary opportunities: 

Use this lesson to teach students the importance of ordinal numbers and the connection between numbers, colors, and shapes.

Helpful Hints

Materials/Resources:

  • Ten 9″x12″ sheets of black construction paper. Each sheet has a 6″x9″ rectangle of another color of construction paper glued in the center of it (two each of red, orange, yellow, green, blue). Laminate for stability.
  • Henry the Fourth by Stuart J. Murphy

Pre-activities:

  • Students will need to know basic colors.
  • Students will need to know basic shapes: circle, triangle and rectangle.

References

Contributors: 
Sarah Lasater
Originator: 
Ayers Institute for Learning & Innovation