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Vietnamese Ordinal Numbers

Ninth graders learn ordinal numbers in Vietnamese (số thứ tự) — thứ nhất (first), thứ hai (second), thứ ba (third), thứ tư (fourth), thứ năm (fifth) — the very same words behind the numbered weekday names! They put them in order and say rankings.

Grade 9Ordinal Numbers50 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…

  • ✓Learn ordinal numbers.
  • ✓Order first to fifth.
  • ✓Say a ranking.
  • ✓See the weekday link.
Essential Question

thứ nhất, thứ hai, thứ ba… how do you say “first, second, third” in Vietnamese?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Ordinals

Project this and have students put the Vietnamese ordinals in order from thứ nhất to thứ năm.

🥇 Put the ordinals in order — first to fifth!Try it
Tap “thứ nhất” (first) first!
The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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

1

Warm-Up — First, Second, Third

6 min

How do you rank things in Vietnamese?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Line up 3 students.
  • Ask “who’s first?”
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Ordinal Numbers

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Model thứ nhất to thứ năm.
  • Note the weekday link (Thứ Hai…).
  • Send students to Order the Ordinals.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch.
  • Note it.
  • Order it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Order the ordinals.
  • Say a ranking.
  • Say which floor / place.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order.
  • Say.
  • Say it.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “tôi đứng thứ nhất” (I’m first).
  • Rank three things.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

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

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name an ordinal.
  • Say a ranking.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • 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 (Intermediate-Low).

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand ordinals.

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: state rankings.

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Connections 3.1

Connect to the calendar & math.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: rank & order.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Ordinal cards in order.
  • Line up & label.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with thứ nhất–thứ ba.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Use a podium image.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Learn up to thứ mười (tenth).
  • Link to weekday names.
  • Rank a race.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🥇Ordinal cards
  • 💻Order the Ordinals
  • 🏆Podium image
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

số thứ tựordinal numbersthứ nhấtfirstthứ haisecondthứ bathirdthứ tưfourththứ nămfifththứ sáusixththứ tựorder
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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 “first” in Vietnamese?
thứ nhất.
QUESTION 2
What is thứ ba?
Third.
QUESTION 3
The ordinals are also the roots of what?
The Vietnamese weekday names (Thứ Hai…).

Reflect: ordinal numbers.

Have students rank three things in Vietnamese using thứ nhất, thứ hai, thứ ba. A printable Vietnamese ordinals 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.

🖨️ Vietnamese Ordinal NumbersPrint
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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: số thứ tự, thứ ba, thứ hai, thứ nhất, thứ năm, thứ sáu, thứ tư, thứ tự
  1. ordinal numbers
  2. fourth
  3. sixth
  4. fifth
  5. first
  6. second
  7. third
  8. order

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “first” in Vietnamese?
  2. What is thứ ba?
  3. The ordinals are also the roots of what?
Answer key — Part A: 1) số thứ tự · 2) thứ tư · 3) thứ sáu · 4) thứ năm · 5) thứ nhất · 6) thứ hai · 7) thứ ba · 8) thứ tự
Part B: 1) thứ nhất. 2) Third. 3) The Vietnamese weekday names (Thứ Hai…).