Ordinal Numbers

We read On The Stairs and discuss ordinal numbers. We practiced counting using ordinal numbers and played an ordinal number memory game. Students stand in a line holding shape cards and other students play the game by asking a person to turn their card over using their ordinal position number. If they get a match those students just sit down so we are able to still count them in ordinal number order.

 

Freight Train Ordinal Numbers

We read Freight Train and discussed positional words. I gave the students colored trains and they ordered themselves by my instructions using ordinal numbers and positional words. Then I gave each student their own paper trains and they glued them in any order they wanted. I made a recording sheet for the students to fill in to tell where they glued their trains using ordinal numbers and positional words. They did a great job identifying which train was first, last and fourth and before and after.