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Italian Numbers 20–100

Eighth graders count by tens in Italian (i numeri) — venti (20), trenta (30), quaranta (40), cinquanta (50), sessanta (60)… up to cento (100). They order the tens and count higher.

Grade 8Numbers 20-10050 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 by tens.
  • ✓Order the numbers.
  • ✓Say prices & ages.
  • ✓Count to 100.
Essential Question

Venti, trenta, quaranta… how do you count by tens in Italian?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Tens (20–60)

Project this and have students put the Italian tens in order from venti to sessanta.

🔢 Put the tens in order — venti to sessanta!Try it
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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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Warm-Up — Counting Higher

6 min

How do you count by tens in Italian?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Count 1–20 quickly.
  • Ask what comes after venti.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Count.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Numbers 20–100

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Model venti to cento.
  • Send students to Order the Tens.
  • Say each aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

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

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Count by tens.
  • Say a price.
  • Say your age.

🎒 Student Actions

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

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Ho tredici anni” (I’m 13).
  • Say a big number.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

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

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say a ten.
  • Count to 100.
  • 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-High).

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand numbers.

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: count aloud.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to math / prices.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: say ages & prices.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Number cards by tens.
  • Use a number chart.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with venti–quaranta.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Use a chart.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Say numbers like 25, 42.
  • Say prices in euro.
  • Add & subtract tens.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🔢Number cards (tens)
  • 💻Order the Tens
  • 📊Hundreds chart
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

numerinumbersventitwentytrentathirtyquarantafortycinquantafiftysessantasixtysettantaseventycentoone 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 Italian?
Trenta.
QUESTION 2
What number is cinquanta?
Fifty.
QUESTION 3
What comes after quaranta?
Cinquanta (fifty).

Reflect: numbers 20–100.

Have students count by tens to 100 in Italian. 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 20-100Print
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: cento, cinquanta, numeri, quaranta, sessanta, settanta, trenta, venti
  1. thirty
  2. twenty
  3. sixty
  4. forty
  5. seventy
  6. numbers
  7. fifty
  8. one hundred

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “thirty” in Italian?
  2. What number is cinquanta?
  3. What comes after quaranta?
Answer key — Part A: 1) trenta · 2) venti · 3) sessanta · 4) quaranta · 5) settanta · 6) numeri · 7) cinquanta · 8) cento
Part B: 1) Trenta. 2) Fifty. 3) Cinquanta (fifty).