Fourth graders extend their Latin counting to sex, septem, octō, novem, decem (6 to 10) — the roots of “octopus” (eight arms), “decade” (ten years), and even “October”!
Students will be able to…
You can count to five — now let’s reach ten! And spot Latin numbers in “octopus” and “decade.”
Project this and have students put the Latin numbers in order, sex to decem.
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You can count to five — now reach ten! And spot numbers in “octopus.”
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Aligned to the Standards for Classical Language Learning (ACL/ACTFL, Introductory).
Interpretive: understand numbers.
Find Latin roots in English.
Connect to math.
Interpersonal: count aloud.
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Have students count from six to ten in Latin (sex, septem, octō…). A printable numbers sheet is in the World Languages library.
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