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Counting to twenty
Connect Primary 1, Term 2: Unit 15 At the market
GoalCount from 11 to 20 and say the number words.
New words
eleven · 11twelve · 12fifteen · 15twenty · 20thirteen · 13
Explanation
After ten we say eleven, twelve, thirteen. Then fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen and twenty. Count the fruit one by one. Ten and two more is twelve.
Worked examples
Count the oranges and the apples. Ten oranges and three apples: ten and three more is thirteen.
eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen
Now you. Count fifteen things at home: spoons, pens or shoes. Say the numbers out loud.
Class activity
Number steps. Put twenty pieces of paper in a line on the floor and write 11 to 20 on them. Step on each paper and say the number word. A grown-up says a number and you jump to it.
Practice
1
Listen. Which number do you hear? Say it with digits.
…
17.
2
Count the bananas. How many?
14. Fourteen.
3
Ten and four more is …
Fourteen.
4
Say the number after nineteen.
Twenty.
5
Write the word ‘twelve’ on paper.
The child copies twelve.