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Japanese Numbers 6–10

Fourth graders continue counting in Japanese from ろく (roku, six) to じゅう (jū, ten). They put the numbers in order and learn that seven and nine each have two readings — a fun quirk of Japanese counting.

Grade 4Numbers 6–1040 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 6 to 10.
  • ✓Say each number.
  • ✓Order the numbers.
  • ✓Count to ten.
Essential Question

Let’s keep counting in Japanese — from six to ten! Can you put roku to jū in order?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Numbers 6–10

Project this and have students put the Japanese numbers in order from 6 to 10.

🔢 Put the numbers in order — roku to jū!Try it
Tap ろく (roku) first!
The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

40 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Keep Counting!

5 min

Let’s count from six to ten — can you order roku to jū?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Count: roku, nana...
  • Ask what comes next.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Numbers 6–10

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Model roku to jū.
  • Note two readings for 7 & 9.
  • Have students repeat.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch.
  • Note it.
  • Repeat.
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Practice — Practice

11 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Order the Numbers.
  • Put it in order.
  • Count aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order.
  • Count.
  • Say.
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Speak — Speak

9 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Count 6 to 10 objects.
  • Count 1 to 10 together.
  • Count with a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Count.
  • Count.
  • Count.
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Reflect — Reflect

4 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Count to ten.
  • Say a number 6–10.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Count.
  • 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-Low).

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand numbers.

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Connections 3.1

Connect to math.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare number words.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: count together.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Number cards 6–10 with romaji.
  • Count on fingers.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with roku, nana, hachi.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Count together.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Count to 20.
  • Count by tens (jū, nijū).
  • Count objects.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🔢Number cards
  • 💻Order the Numbers 6–10
  • 🧮Counting objects
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

ろく (roku)sixなな/しち (nana/shichi)sevenはち (hachi)eightきゅう/く (kyū/ku)nineじゅう (jū)tenすうじ (sūji)numbersかぞえる (kazoeru)to countぜんぶ (zenbu)all
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 “ten” in Japanese?
じゅう (jū).
QUESTION 2
How do you say “six”?
ろく (roku).
QUESTION 3
What are the two ways to say “seven”?
なな (nana) and しち (shichi).

Reflect: numbers 6–10.

Have students count from six to ten aloud in Japanese (roku to jū). A printable Japanese 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.

🖨️ Japanese Numbers 6-10Print
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: かぞえる (kazoeru), きゅう/く (kyū/ku), じゅう (jū), すうじ (sūji), ぜんぶ (zenbu), なな/しち (nana/shichi), はち (hachi), ろく (roku)
  1. to count
  2. six
  3. eight
  4. all
  5. ten
  6. nine
  7. numbers
  8. seven

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “ten” in Japanese?
  2. How do you say “six”?
  3. What are the two ways to say “seven”?
Answer key — Part A: 1) かぞえる (kazoeru) · 2) ろく (roku) · 3) はち (hachi) · 4) ぜんぶ (zenbu) · 5) じゅう (jū) · 6) きゅう/く (kyū/ku) · 7) すうじ (sūji) · 8) なな/しち (nana/shichi)
Part B: 1) じゅう (jū). 2) ろく (roku). 3) なな (nana) and しち (shichi).