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German Numbers 20–100

Sixth graders count by tens in German — zwanzig, dreißig, vierzig, fünfzig, sechzig — building toward hundert (100) for prices, ages, and big numbers.

Grade 6Die Zahlen 20-10050 minutes1 class periodACTFL / CommunicativeExplicit 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 by tens.
  • ✓Say each number.
  • ✓Order the Zahlen.
  • ✓Count to hundert.
Essential Question

You can count to twenty — now let’s reach one hundred! Can you put the German tens in order?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Tens 20-60

Project this and have students put the German tens in order, zwanzig to sechzig.

🔢 Put the tens in order — 20 to 60!Try it
Tap zwanzig (20) first!
The Lesson · Communicative Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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Warm-Up — Reach One Hundred

5 min

You can count to twenty — now reach one hundred! Order the tens.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Count to twenty.
  • Ask what comes next.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Count.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Die Zahlen

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Present zwanzig to sechzig.
  • Say them aloud.
  • Note the pattern.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Repeat.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Order Them

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Order the Tens.
  • Put them in order.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order.
  • Say.
  • Explain.
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Speak — Speak

12 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Count by tens.
  • Say a price.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

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

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “zwanzig.”
  • Say “sechzig.”
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Say it.
  • 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 tens.

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: count aloud.

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Connections 3.1

Connect to math and money.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare number patterns.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Number cards by tens.
  • Sentence frame: “___ is ___.”
  • Count together.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with zwanzig and dreißig.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Count to hundert.
  • Say prices.
  • Count by fives.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🔢Number cards
  • 💻Order the Tens 20-60
  • 🗣️Audio
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

zwanzigtwentydreißigthirtyvierzigfortyfünfzigfiftysechzigsixtysiebzigseventyhundertone hundredzählento count
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
What comes FIRST when counting by tens?
Zwanzig (20).
QUESTION 2
What does “vierzig” mean?
Forty.
QUESTION 3
What does “hundert” mean?
One hundred.

Reflect: zählen bis hundert.

Have students count by tens in German from twenty to sixty. A printable numbers sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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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.

🖨️ German Numbers 20-100 (Die Zahlen)Print
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: dreißig, fünfzig, hundert, sechzig, siebzig, vierzig, zwanzig, zählen
  1. thirty
  2. fifty
  3. one hundred
  4. seventy
  5. sixty
  6. to count
  7. forty
  8. twenty

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What comes FIRST when counting by tens?
  2. What does “vierzig” mean?
  3. What does “hundert” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) dreißig · 2) fünfzig · 3) hundert · 4) siebzig · 5) sechzig · 6) zählen · 7) vierzig · 8) zwanzig
Part B: 1) Zwanzig (20). 2) Forty. 3) One hundred.