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NUMBERS 1 MNO
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What’s your 4 PRS
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telephone number?7 8
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Objective • Ask and respond to the question, “How old __ ?”
To introduce numbers. • Create opportunities for learner to be familiar with
the various styles of numbers. Pay particular atten-
Goals tion to 1, 2, 4, 7, and 9.
• To reinforce left to right eye coordination.
• To form the numbers. Activities
• To recognize and identify numbers. • Practice forming the numbers using the lined
• To request and to respond to requests for tele- paper in this kit.
phone numbers. • Manipulate number flash cards. Practice name of
• To request and respond to requests for, “How numbers, put the numbers in order, trace the
many __ ?”, “How old __ ?” numbers.
• Have a paper with a series of numbers on it. Blank
Suggestions out some of the numbers and learner fills in the
• Number flash cards are very useful. Make or buy blanks.
number flash cards. They are readily available for a • Have a set of numbers and learner picks out the
reasonable price. If you make the flash cards, numbers in her phone number or address.
ensure that they are clear and are all the same size. • Instructor shows or says a number, learner identi-
• Introduce a few numbers at a time as not to over- fies it from his assortment of numbers.
whelm learners. • Instructor says a number or a series of numbers,
• Draw the numbers in the air or in sand with finger. learner writes the number(s).
• Trace numbers with finger. • Learner or instructor writes a variety of numbers
• If you are using a computer to create worksheets, on a paper. Ask the learner to connect the num-
use a simple font. bers in numerical order.
• Identify numbers that are important to the learner • Learner asks partner or other people in the class,
(e.g. phone, apartment, family members, social “What is your phone number?” Learner listens and
insurance, emergency, bus, license plate, etc.) and writes their number down. You can reinforce
reinforce these numbers until learners are com- spelling by asking learners to write the personís
fortable using them. name and ask how to spell it, and then their tele-
• Ask and respond to the question, “What’s your phone numbers. Or, have the learner’s phone
phone number?” numbers on cards, and when they ask each other,
• Ask and respond to the question, “How many __ ?” the learner has to pick out the correct one.

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• Have a telephone on hand so learners can become Number Bingo

familiar with the numbers on the phone. Create your own set of Number Bingo cards by copy-
Instructor or another learner can say a telephone ing the blank Bingo Card in this kit. Ask learners to
number and the learner pushes the numbers on fill in the spaces with numbers. Learner or instructor
the phone. calls out the numbers, other players cover the num-
• Instructor writes names of learner’s family mem- bers as they hear them. A variation of this is to write
bers and learner fills in the blank with the age. the number words in the spaces. You can also use
(e.g. Ahmed is __ years old.) old calendar pages for Bingo cards.
• Have a set of number cards as well a set of cards
with the word of the number on them. Match the Number Fish
number with the word. Pre-teach the question, “Do you have a 3?” and “Yes,
• Ask simple “how many” questions. Learner writes here you are” or “No, sorry, I don’t.” Have two sets of
the number as his answer. number cards or a regular pack of cards without the
• You can use this opportunity to enhance or rein- Jack, Queen, King, and ace. Deal a few cards to each
force vocabulary already learned by asking, “How player. Put the remaining cards upside down in the
many sweaters/pencils/bedrooms do you have?” middle of the table. One person starts by choosing a
card in their hand and asking if another person has
that card. He asks, “Do you have a 10?” If the answer
is “yes”, the person gives the asker the card and he
puts it together with his card on the table. If the
answer is “no”, the asker picks up a card from the pile
of cards in the middle of the table. The idea is to get
pairs of numbers. This reinforces the recognition as
well as the names of the numbers.

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 NUMBERS • What’s your telephone number?

Instructors can: Learners can:

• say a number and ask learner to trace it. • trace numbers with a marker.
• cut up the numbers and put them in order.

012345
6789

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NUMBERS • What’s your telephone number?

Read the number and circle the same number of

squares.

3 eeeeeeeeee
5 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
8 K K K K K K K K

1 W W W W W W W W W W

4 H H H H H H H H H

7 n n n n n n n n n n n

9 g g g g g g g g g g

2 L L L L L L L L L L

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 NUMBERS • What’s your telephone number?

0 zero
1 one
2 two
3 three
4 four
5 five
6 six
7 seven
8 eight
9 nine
10 ten
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Circle the words.

0 zero erozrozerozarozrrozerozorzcro

1 one oncneoenoneoncecononeenno

2 two wtotwotlwowmetowtwoowu

3 three theertheethreeefhreethreeer

4 four fivetourfourforfurfoorfonrfourfo

5 five fveifvefiveififefvefivefevifvieve

6 six sisxsiksixsisisiixissixxisixisix

7 seven senvensevensenesevenseve

8 eight eigteghteightelghtetghgheigh

9 nine ninninenienenenineiennniue

10 ten tcntantintennetnetntennteente

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 NUMBERS • What’s your telephone number?

Instructors can: Learners can:

• say a number and ask learners to circles it. • circle the same number.
• show a number and learner circles it. • copy the numbers on a separate page.
• create similar worksheets using other numbers as • circle the letters that are in their telephone numbers
learners are ready. or addresses.
• dictate the numbers to each other.
• work in pairs. One learner has a set of number
cards, the other learner asks for a number.

0 five ten one zero

1 six nine one four

2 nine two five seven

3 one eight three ten

4 four two one six

5 six five nine ten

6 three eight four six

7 one seven ten nine

8 one zero nine eight

9 ten nine five seven

10 zero ten six one

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NUMBERS • What’s your telephone number?

Instructors can: Learners can:

• say the numbers and ask learners to fill in the • work in pairs and read the numbers to each other
blanks. and put the missing number in the blank.

1 2 3 __ 5 6 7 8 __
10 11 12 __ 14 15 16 __ 18
19 20 21 __ 23 24 25 __ 26
27 28 __ 30 31 32 __ 34 35
36 __ 38 39 __ 41 42 __ 44
__ 46 47 48 __

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 NUMBERS • What’s your telephone number?

Instructors can: Learners can:

• say a number and ask learners to circle it. • copy the numbers on a separate paper.
• circle the biggest number in each row.
• circle the smallest number in each row.

7 2 9 3 6 8 4 1 5
11 10 15 19 16 12 13 14 17
27 20 29 25 28 23 21 24 30
30 23 32 27 36 26 22 26 29
7 2 9 3 6 8 1 5 4
11 10 15 19 16 12 14 18 13
27 20 29 25 28 23 22 24 26
30 23 32 27 36 26 32 21 20

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NUMBERS • What’s your telephone number?

1 – 100 NUMBER BOARD

Instructors can: Learners can:

• say a number and ask learners to point to it. • cut up the numbers, learner puts them in order.
• show a number and ask learner to point to it. • circle the ages of the people in the class.
• show a number and ask learner to write it. • circle the ages of their children, parents or siblings.
• blank out some numbers and ask learners to fill in • trace the numbers.
the blanks. • copy the numbers onto a blank number board.
• enlarge the numbers so it is easier to manipulate if • copy the number board and cut out one set of
you cut it up. numbers. Learners then match their cut out
numbers with those on the board.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

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 NUMBERS • What’s your telephone number?

Instructors can: Learners can:

• say a number and ask learners to circle it. • circle the numbers in their telephone number.
• say a number and ask learners to point to it. • circle all the same numbers with the same color.
• work in pairs, each having a copy of this page.
Instructors blank out some letters on one sheet
and different letters on the other sheet. Pairs read
the numbers and fill in the blanks without looking
at each other’s paper.

1 8 5 3 0 8 1 4 6
5 4 8 9 1 2 0 8 9
7 6 4 1 0 9 7 8 4
9 0 7 4 1 6 2 8 5
1 8 5 3 0 8 1 4 6
5 4 8 9 1 2 0 8 9
7 6 4 1 0 9 7 8 4

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NUMBERS • What’s your telephone number?

0 zero 34 thirty-four 68 sixty-eight

1 one 35 thirty-five 69 sixty-nine
2 two 36 thirty-six 70 seventy
3 three 37 thirty-seven 71 seventy-one
4 four 38 thirty-eight 72 seventy-two
5 five 39 thirty-nine 73 seventy-three
6 six 40 forty 74 seventy-four
7 seven 41 forty-one 75 seventy-five
8 eight 42 forty-two 76 seventy-six
9 nine 43 forty-three 77 seventy-seven
10 ten 44 forty-four 78 seventy-eight
11 eleven 45 forty-five 79 seventy-nine
12 twelve 46 forty-six 80 eighty
13 thirteen 47 forty-seven 81 eighty-one
14 fourteen 48 forty-eight 82 eighty-two
15 fifteen 49 forty-nine 83 eighty-three
16 sixteen 50 fifty 84 eighty-four
17 seventeen 51 fifty-one 85 eighty-five
18 eighteen 52 fifty-two 86 eighty-six
19 nineteen 53 fifty-three 87 eighty-seven
20 twenty 54 fifty-four 88 eighty-eight
21 twenty-one 55 fifty-five 89 eighty-nine
22 twenty-two 56 fifty-six 90 ninety
23 twenty-three 57 fifty-seven 91 ninety-one
24 twenty-four 58 fifty-eight 92 ninety-two
25 twenty-five 59 fifty-nine 93 ninety-three
26 twenty-six 60 sixty 94 ninety-four
27 twenty-seven 61 sixty-one 95 ninety-five
28 twenty-eight 62 sixty-two 96 ninety-six
29 twenty-nine 63 sixty-three 97 ninety-seven
30 thirty 64 sixty-four 98 ninety-eight
31 thirty-one 65 sixty-five 99 ninety-nine
32 thirty-two 66 sixty-six 100 one hundred
33 thirty-three 67 sixty-seven

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 NUMBERS • What’s your telephone number?

Write the numbers. Write the numbers in words.

________ one 1 _____________________

________ two 2 _____________________
________ three 3 _____________________
________ four 4 _____________________
________ five 5 _____________________
________ six 6 _____________________
________ seven 7 _____________________
________ eight 8 _____________________
________ nine 9 _____________________
________ ten 10 _____________________
________ eleven 11 _____________________
________ twelve 12 _____________________
________ thirteen 13 _____________________
________ fourteen 14 _____________________
________ fifteen 15 _____________________
________ sixteen 16 _____________________
________ seventeen 17 _____________________
________ eighteen 18 _____________________
________ nineteen 19 _____________________
________ twenty 20 _____________________

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