Numbers 1 10 Lesson Plan

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Numbers 1-10
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Lesson:
Numbers 1-10

General:
Time: 40 mins - 1 hour
Objectives: Counting numbers 1-10
Structures: "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10"
Target Vocab: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10, jump, turn around, clap your hands,
kick, wiggle

You will need to download:
Printables: Trace 1-10 worksheet
Trace 1-10 Match-Up worksheet
The Numbers Song song poster
Warm Up & Wrap Up lesson sheet
Songs: The Numbers Song
These can be downloaded at http://www.eslkidstuff.com/esl-kids-lesson-plans.html

You will also need:
crayons / pencils
CD / Tape player or something to play the song on
objects for the students to count (e.g. plastic fruit, blocks, cards, pencils - anything will
do!)
a box (to put the objects in)

Notes:
The song in this lesson, "The Numbers Song", is great to use when you are teaching numbers
and counting, but it can also be used as a fun warm-up or played at any point in the lesson.
Our students just love this song and request to do it every class.

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Lesson Overview:
Warm Up and Maintenance:
1. See our "Warm Up & Wrap Up" lesson sheet.

New Learning and Practice:
1. Play The Numbers Song
2. Teach numbers vocab 1-10
3. Students practice numbers 1-10
4. Play Put in the box
5. Play Classroom Touch
6. Sing The Numbers Song again
7. Do "Trace 1-10" worksheet

Wrap Up:
1. Set Homework: "Trace 1-10 Match-Up" worksheet
2. See our "Warm Up & Wrap Up" lesson sheet.

Lesson Procedure:
Warm Up and Maintenance:
See our "Warm Up & Wrap Up" lesson sheet.

New Learning and Practice:
1. Play The Numbers Song
Play the song: Before even teaching any of the numbers, you can begin with this song. Get
everyone to stand up and march along and do the actions. Make sure you do the actions
with the kids so that they can follow you and copy what you are doing.


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Lyrics for "The Numbers Song"

1 2 3 4 5 Jump!
6 7 8 9 10 Jump!
Turn around and clap your hands
And jump!

1 2 3 4 5 Kick!
6 7 8 9 10 Kick!
And kick!

1 2 3 4 5 Wiggle!
6 7 8 9 10 Wiggle!
And wiggle!

1 2 3 4 5 Jump!
6 7 8 9 10 Kick!
And Jump!
Kick!
Wiggle!
And Jump!
Gestures for "The Numbers Song"

First time you play the song do the gestures and
encourage everyone to do them with you.

As the music is in a marching-style, start
off with everyone marching
enthusiastically on the spot to the rhythm.
Whilst marching, count off the numbers
on your fingers as the numbers are sung.
Do each action word (e.g. jump, turn
around, clap your hands, etc.) at the point
they are sung in the song.

2. Teach numbers vocab 1-10
Depending on the age of your class you can teach the numbers over a series of lessons. For
under 3s, two or three numbers each lesson is fine, older students can learn more each
lesson.

Sit the students down so they are facing you. Use some familiar objects to teach the
numbers (e.g. in our case we use plastic fruit as we teach the fruit lesson before the
numbers). First, elicit each of the fruit and put each one on the floor / table in front of you
in a line. Then touch each fruit and slowly count (T: 1 ... 2 ... 3). Do this two or three
times. Then have the class all repeat as you count / touch each fruit. Finally, model this
with a couple of students ask one or two kids to touch and count the fruit as the rest of
the class watches (give lots of encouragement and congratulate them when finished).

3. Students practice numbers 1-10
Put the students in pairs and give each pair a number of objects (e.g. 3 plastic fruit, 3 cars, 3
pencils, etc.). Have the students practice counting and touching the objects.


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4. Play Put in the box
Now get a big box of objects and make sure you have enough objects of each category for
the numbers you are teaching (e.g. 3 plastic fruit, 3 cars, 3 pencils, etc.). Throw the objects
all around the classroom. Then choose a student and say Marcus, put three (pencils) in the
box. As the student picks up each object make sure everyone counts along (1 2 3).
Then have the student count the objects as s/he puts them in the box. Do this with
everyone. Finally, for a bit of crazy fun, throw all the objects out and let everyone scramble
to find, count and put all of their objects back in the box again (all at the same time!).

5. Play Classroom Touch
Get everyone to stand up and then the teacher shouts out classroom objects for the kids to
run to and touch (e.g. T: Everyone touch three tables!, Everyone touch three books!).
Possible classroom objects to touch: tables, chairs, cushions, pencils, crayons, books,
windows, shoes, etc. A good idea is to prepare some pictures of items (e.g. 3 apples, 3 super
heroes, 3 monster faces, etc.) and stick them on the walls before class. Then the students
can run and touch these as well.

6. Sing The Numbers Song again
Sing the song again (with all the actions) to conclude the action part of this lesson topic. You
can also put the song poster on the board for the students to follow as they sing.

7. Do "Trace 1-10" worksheet
Finish with some quiet time doing a numbers worksheet. Use the "Trace 1-10" worksheet or
any other numbers worksheet from our website (there are lots!). As the students are
tracing the numbers, walk around, monitor and offer lots of encouragement. Ask everyone
questions (e.g. What number is this?") and encourage each student to say the number as
they are tracing it.

Wrap Up:
1. Assign Homework: "Trace 1-10 Match-Up" worksheet or any other numbers worksheet
from our website.
2. Wrap up the lesson with some ideas from our "Warm Up & Wrap Up" lesson sheet.

All flashcards, worksheets, craft sheets and songs used in this lesson plan
can be downloaded at eslkidstuff.com/esl-kids-lesson-plans.html
More free Lesson Plans are available at eslkidstuff.com/esl-kids-lesson-
plans.html


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