We read Henry the Fourth, from the Mathstart series. It's a book about ordinal numbers, taught through some dogs at a dog show. Not my favorite book, but a great way to start a lesson on ordinal numbers.
Then, I was inspired by Montessori in Mars' activity. So I printed out this barn, cut it out, sliced the windows open with my exacto knife and quickly typed out some ordinal numbers and printed them out. We used Bear's farm animals and did a listening exercise.
"Put the gray horse in the first window."
"Put the piglet in the second window."
"Put the rooster in the third window."
And so on.
I just remembered how much I love reading a book and then doing a lesson to go with it. :)
It's a great listening activity and if you have more than one of an animal but different in color or size then you can sneak in some adjective work and discrimination work too:)
(For example, I had a big mama pig, a tiny piglet, a gray horse, a brown horse, a black goat, a white goat, a black and white cow, and a brown cow)
Thanks for your book links. We just attempted ordinal numbers and this will help!
ReplyDeleteBook inspired lessons are great! I know its definitely not seasonal but the 12 Days of Christmas is one of my favorite ordinal number books.
ReplyDeleteWe briefly covered ordinal numbers by accident when we read Froggy Plays Baseball. JC picked up on the bases and didn't think twice that she was learning ordinal numbers. We also used ordinal numbers on the elevator and calendar.
ReplyDeleteI am not exactly sure how Anna picked up ordinal numbers, but she uses them appropriately all the time. However, we did a similar listening activity about the cars in the line, and she kept getting confused about where the line starts. Of course, having the visual numbers would have helped her, but we did it just by counting the positions.
ReplyDeleteBear seems to have absorbed 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th on her own from just speech she hears and other stories. But this is still a good game for practicing listening!
ReplyDeleteawesome, I love the way the book and activity tie together.
ReplyDeleteI love your lessons! I want to teach my B in a similar fashion.
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