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Italian Numbers 11–20

Fourth graders count higher in Italian (numeri) — undici (11), dodici (12), tredici (13), quattordici (14), quindici (15)… up to venti (20). They put the teen numbers in order.

Grade 4Numbers 11-2045 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Count 11 to 20.
  • ✓Order the numbers.
  • ✓Count real things.
  • ✓Say how many.
Essential Question

Undici, dodici, tredici… how do you count past ten in Italian?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Numbers 11–15

Project this and have students put the Italian numbers in order from undici to quindici.

🔢 Put the Italian numbers in order — undici to quindici!Try it
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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

45 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Counting Higher

5 min

How do you count past ten in Italian?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Count 1–10 quickly.
  • Ask what comes next.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Count.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Numbers 11–20

10 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Model undici to venti.
  • Send students to Order the Numbers.
  • Say each aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch.
  • Order.
  • Say.
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Practice — Practice

12 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Count 11–15.
  • Say a teen number.
  • Count objects.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Count.
  • Say it.
  • Count.
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Speak — Speak

12 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say your age in Italian.
  • Count a set of items.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Count.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say a teen number.
  • Count to fifteen.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say one.
  • Count.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-Mid).

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand numbers.

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: count aloud.

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Connections 3.1

Connect to math.

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: say how many.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Number cards 11–20.
  • Count with a number line.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with undici–tredici.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Use a number line.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Count to venti (20).
  • Say your age.
  • Add simple sums.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🔢Number cards 11–20
  • 💻Order the Numbers 11–15
  • 📏Number line
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

numerinumbersundicielevendodicitwelvetredicithirteenquattordicifourteenquindicififteensedicisixteenventitwenty
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say “eleven” in Italian?
Undici.
QUESTION 2
What number is quindici?
Fifteen.
QUESTION 3
What comes after tredici?
Quattordici (fourteen).

Reflect: numbers 11–20.

Have students count from 11 to 15 in Italian at home. A printable Italian numbers sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Italian Numbers 11-20Print
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: dodici, numeri, quattordici, quindici, sedici, tredici, undici, venti
  1. thirteen
  2. numbers
  3. twenty
  4. twelve
  5. fourteen
  6. fifteen
  7. eleven
  8. sixteen

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “eleven” in Italian?
  2. What number is quindici?
  3. What comes after tredici?
Answer key — Part A: 1) tredici · 2) numeri · 3) venti · 4) dodici · 5) quattordici · 6) quindici · 7) undici · 8) sedici
Part B: 1) Undici. 2) Fifteen. 3) Quattordici (fourteen).