Italian Level 1

Numbers 1 - 31

First Level Significant Aspects of Learning • Use language in a range of contexts and across learning • Develop confidence and enthusiasm to communicate using the

language being learnt• Begin to develop an awareness of other countries, cultures and

languages • Listen and join in with simple songs, stories and rhymes • Explore and recognise patterns and sounds of language through

listening, watching and playing • Understand, respond to and say simple greetings and personal

information (e.g. name) • Repeat and understand simple familiar language from a familiar

source• Actively take part in simple daily routine language • Participate in familiar games including outdoor learning• Begin to explore resources to support my learning e.g. picture

dictionaries

Numbers 1 - 31Quanti sono? How many?

uno onedeu twotre threequattro fourcinque five sei sixsette sevenotto eightnove ninedieci ten undici elevendodici twelvetredici thirteenquattordici fourteenquindici fifteensedici sixteendiciasette seventeendiciotto eighteendiciannove nineteenventi twenty

Numbers 1 - 31

ventuno twenty-oneventidue twenty-twoventitre twenty-threeventiquattro twenty-fourventicinque twenty-fiveventisei twenty-sixventisette twenty-sevenventotto twenty-eightventinove twenty-ninetrenta thirtytretuno thirty-one

Quant’è?

uno

due

tre

quattro

cinque

sei

sette

otto

nove

dieci

undici

dodici

tredici

quattordici

quindici

sedici

diciasette

diciotto

diciannove

venti

ventuno

ventidue

ventitre’

ventiquattro

venticinque

ventisei

ventisette

ventotto

ventinove

trenta

trentuno

Embedding the languageYou can use numbers to count things throughout your lessons. Quanti sono challenge! Every time the teacher calls, “quanti sono?” the pupils have to count whatever they have in front of them and then say it in Italian. Once you have learnt the days of the week and the months, you can use the numbers for dates at the start of every day.

I have explored numbers, understanding that they represent quantities, and I can use them to count, create sequences and describe order.MNU 0-02a

Sample activities You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to practice the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.

1 – 20 counting rhyme

Nascondi , nascondi , conta, conta!1. Nascondi, nascondi, conta, conta means hide hide count count in Italian. The

teacher has an object which will then be hidden somewhere in the class. A teddy for example.

2. One pupil leaves the class and another pupil hides the object somewhere in the room.

3. The pupil who was outside now comes back in and must find the hidden object whilst the rest of the class count in Italian, getting louder as they get nearer to the object and quieter as they get further away (like hot and cold).

4. You can get them to count to whichever number you are working up to (e.g. 20) and then repeat it twice to give them enough time to look.

I have explored numbers, understanding that they represent quantities, and I can use them to count, create sequences and describe order.MNU 0-02a

Nascondi, nascondi,

conta, conta

Una persona esce dalla

classe

Una persona nasconde l’oggetto

Nascondi, nascondi,

conta, conta

La persona rientra in classe…

E cerca l’oggetto!

Conta FORTE

Se la persona e vicino

all’oggetto.

Conta sottovoce

Se la persona e lontano

dall’oggetto .

Round class counting1. Give everyone in the class a number from 1 – 31 (or however high you are counting to at

the time). You can double up numbers if this doesn’t work out with the number of pupils in the class.

2. Ask them to each write their number (as a number) on a sheet of paper in front of them. 3. Now go round the class with each pupil standing and shouting out their individual

number as you count up. 4. Once they get become more confident, you can time them doing this around the class

and see if they can beat their own time. 5. Shuffle pupils around so that they are in a different seat but with the same numbers and

repeat the activity.6. Shuffle pupils again so that they get a new number. 7. This activity could be done in a circle to make it easier to organise.

Action numbers With the class, choose an action to go with each of the numbers to help teach them.

You might want them to do this in pairs , share with groups and then choose the best ones which will make up the class actions. e.g.uno = hitting a tennis ball due = a punchtre = a guitar strum quattro = a cat gesture

You can then follow this up by doing the action and getting them to say the numbers.

Undici!

1. Pupils stand in a circle2. They will then count to 11 with each person saying

either 1, 2 or 3 numbers e.g. Sophie 1, 2 – Tom – 3,4,5 – Danny – 6, 7 etc.

3. Whoever lands on the number 11 is then out and sits down.

4. The winner is the last person standing.

Undici - 11!Formate un cerchio al

centro della classe

Contate uno, due o tre numeri

Per esempio…

Persona a: 1, 2Persona b: 3,4,5

Persona c: 6

La persona che dice “ undici” e`

“eliminata”

Vince l’ultima persona rimasta!

Quanti sono?1. Teacher shows the following pictures and pupils have to count

them up and say how many there are. 2. Each time teacher asks the class – Quanti sono? (how many are

there?). As you move through the images, get the class to join in with the question.

3. Following on from this you can do a paired/group activity with different objects on each table.

4. Pupils ask their partners/groups to chiudete gli occhi (close your eyes) and they take away or add objects to those in the centre.

5. They then ask their partner/group to aprite gli occhi (open your eyes) and ask the question, Quanti sono?

6. They then answer Sono ___ and how ever many there are.

Quanti sono?

Quanti sono?

Quanti sono?

Quanti sono?

Quanti sono?

Quanti sono?

Lotto!

Disegnate sei caselle

12 6 5

4 20 1

Scegliete e scrivete sei numeri da 1 a 20.

Lotto!

Disegnate sei caselle

12 16 15

14 20 11

Scegliete e scrivete sei numeri da 10 a 20

Lotto!

Disegnate sei caselle

12 6 5

4 20 1

Scegliete e scrivete sei numeri da 10 a 31

Songs!

You will find a bank of sample songs which you can use to practice the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.

• http://www.languageguide.org/italian/vocabulary/

You will find a bank of sample ICT activities which you can use to practice the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.

Each of the slides contains an image of the website page. If you click on the image it will take you to the page. Alternatively you can use a link address which you will find in the slide notes.

ICT Resources online

• I Numeri

• This unit is designed and written by Ruth Smith and Andrew Balaam• 1.Numeri 20 – 30 Match up exercise • 1.Ancora Numeri Gap fill exercise • 3.Cruciverba • 4.Rivediamo 1 -31 Gap fill exercise •

• Italian -> I numeri• http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/

• Italian Topic 07: Numbers 11- 20• < previous topic next topic > Interactive tasks• 1. Scegli il numero

2. Uno più uno fa due3. Riordina le lettere4. Quanti ce ne sono?5. Pista da sci6. Sfida di matematicaAnswers and TranslationsLanguage focus

• Cardinal numbers 11 - 20 • undici• dodici• tredici• quattordicihttp://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/italian/topic07/index.htm• quindici• sedici• diciassette• diciotto• diciannove• venti• Worksheets• 1. Colora il numero giusto (pdf 125 kb)

2. Aritmetica (pdf 69 kb)3. Abbina i numeri (pdf 103 kb)4. Calcola la risposta (pdf 79 kb)Combined worksheet (pdf 87 kb)Answers and TranslationsOther resources

• Poster - Numbers 11-20 (A3 pdf 310kb)Flash cards - text (pdf 72kb)

Resorses

• Numbers up to 10• Activities to introduce or consolidate numbers

and number games: http://mlpsi.ie/images/stories/teachingnumbers.pdf

• Contiamo http://www.midisegni.it/scuola/contiamo.shtml

Arrivederci!