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Portuguese Numbers 20–100

Eighth graders count by tens in Portuguese (os números) — vinte (20), trinta (30), quarenta (40), cinquenta (50), sessenta (60)… up to cem (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

Vinte, trinta, quarenta… how do you count by tens in Portuguese?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Tens (20–60)

Project this and have students put the Portuguese tens in order from vinte to sessenta.

🔢 Put the tens in order — vinte to sessenta!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 Portuguese?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

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

🎒 Student Actions

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

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Model vinte to cem.
  • 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 “Tenho treze anos” (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.

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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 vinte–quarenta.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Use a chart.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Say numbers like 25, 42.
  • Say prices in reais.
  • 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

númerosnumbersvintetwentytrintathirtyquarentafortycinquentafiftysessentasixtysetentaseventycemone hundred
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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 Portuguese?
Trinta.
QUESTION 2
What number is cinquenta?
Fifty.
QUESTION 3
What comes after quarenta?
Cinquenta (fifty).

Reflect: numbers 20–100.

Have students count by tens to 100 in Portuguese. A printable Portuguese 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.

🖨️ Portuguese Numbers 20-100Print
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: cem, cinquenta, números, quarenta, sessenta, setenta, trinta, vinte
  1. fifty
  2. twenty
  3. forty
  4. thirty
  5. one hundred
  6. sixty
  7. numbers
  8. seventy

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “thirty” in Portuguese?
  2. What number is cinquenta?
  3. What comes after quarenta?
Answer key — Part A: 1) cinquenta · 2) vinte · 3) quarenta · 4) trinta · 5) cem · 6) sessenta · 7) números · 8) setenta
Part B: 1) Trinta. 2) Fifty. 3) Cinquenta (fifty).