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French Numbers 20–100

Eighth graders extend their French counting into the tens — vingt, trente, quarante… up to cent — so they can talk about prices, ages, quantities, and dates in a new language.

Grade 8Les Nombres45 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 in French.
  • ✓Recognize each number.
  • ✓Put them in order.
  • ✓Use big numbers.
Essential Question

You can count past twenty — but can you count by TENS to a hundred in French? Big numbers help with prices, ages, and more. How do you count 20 to 100?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order Les Nombres (Tens)

Project this and have students put the French tens in order — vingt, trente, quarante, cinquante, soixante.

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

45 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — Plus de Nombres

5 min

You count past 20 — can you count by tens to 100 in French?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Count 1–20 in French.
  • Ask what comes next.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Count.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
2

Present — Les Nombres

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Present vingt to cent.
  • Say them aloud.
  • Note the pattern.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Repeat.
  • Note it.
3

Practice — Order the Tens

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Order Les Nombres.
  • Put them in order.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order.
  • Say.
  • Explain.
4

Speak — Speak

11 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say a price or age.
  • Count objects by tens.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

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

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Count by tens.
  • Name a number.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

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

Built to the standards you report on

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

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand numbers 20–100.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: use larger numbers.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to counting and money.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare number patterns across languages.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Number cards (tens).
  • Sentence frame: “Après ___ vient ___.”
  • Count aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with vingt to quarante.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Count aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Count all numbers to 100.
  • Say prices.
  • Do simple math in French.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🗣️Number audio
  • 💻Order Les Nombres
  • 🧮Counters
  • ✏️Pencils
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

vingttwentytrentethirtyquarantefortycinquantefiftysoixantesixtysoixante-dixseventyquatre-vingtseightycentone hundred
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 “thirty” in French?
Trente.
QUESTION 2
What number comes after quarante (40)?
Cinquante (50).
QUESTION 3
How do you say “one hundred” in French?
Cent.

Reflect: compte plus.

Have students count by tens from vingt to cent in French. A printable nombres 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.

🖨️ French Numbers 20–100 (Les Nombres)Print
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: cent, cinquante, quarante, quatre-vingts, soixante, soixante-dix, trente, vingt
  1. twenty
  2. seventy
  3. one hundred
  4. forty
  5. sixty
  6. eighty
  7. fifty
  8. thirty

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “thirty” in French?
  2. What number comes after quarante (40)?
  3. How do you say “one hundred” in French?
Answer key — Part A: 1) vingt · 2) soixante-dix · 3) cent · 4) quarante · 5) soixante · 6) quatre-vingts · 7) cinquante · 8) trente
Part B: 1) Trente. 2) Cinquante (50). 3) Cent.