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Spanish Numbers 11–20

Fourth graders extend their Spanish counting past ten — once, doce, trece… up to veinte — building on the numbers one to ten to count higher in a new language.

Grade 4Los Números35 minutes1 class periodACTFL / CommunicativeExplicit 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 from 11 to 20 in Spanish.
  • ✓Recognize each number.
  • ✓Put numbers in order.
  • ✓Use numbers to speak.
Essential Question

You can already count to ten in Spanish — ¡uno a diez! Now let’s keep going. How do you count from once (11) to veinte (20)?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order Los Números

Project this and have students put the Spanish numbers 11–15 in order — once, doce, trece, catorce, quince!

🔢 Put the numbers 11–15 in order!Try it
Tap once (11) first!
The Lesson · Communicative Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

35 minutes, five moves

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

1

Warm-Up — Más Alto

5 min

You can count to ten — how do we keep counting past ten in Spanish?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Count to 10 in Spanish.
  • Ask what comes next.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Count.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — 11 a 20

8 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Present once to veinte.
  • Say them aloud.
  • Count together.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Repeat.
  • Count.
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Practice — Order the Numbers

9 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Order Los Números.
  • Put them in order.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order.
  • Say.
  • Explain.
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Speak — Speak

8 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Count objects past ten.
  • Tell an age or a number.
  • Play a number game.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Count.
  • Tell it.
  • Play.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Count to fifteen.
  • Name a number.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Count.
  • Name one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice).

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand numbers 11–20.

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: use higher numbers.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to counting in math.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare number patterns across languages.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Number cards 11–20.
  • Sentence frame: “___ means ___.”
  • Count on fingers.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with once to quince.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Count aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Count to thirty.
  • Do simple math in Spanish.
  • Say phone numbers.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🗣️Number audio
  • 💻Order Los Números
  • 🧮Counters
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

onceelevendocetwelvetrecethirteencatorcefourteenquincefifteendieciséissixteendiecisieteseventeenveintetwenty
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 “eleven” in Spanish?
Once.
QUESTION 2
What number is “quince”?
Fifteen (15).
QUESTION 3
Count: once, doce, trece, ___.
Catorce (fourteen).

Reflect: count higher.

Have students count objects at home from once to veinte in Spanish. A printable números 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.

📝 Spanish Numbers 11–20 (Los Números)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.

🖨️ Spanish Numbers 11–20 (Los Números)Print
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: catorce, diecisiete, dieciséis, doce, once, quince, trece, veinte
  1. fourteen
  2. eleven
  3. fifteen
  4. sixteen
  5. twelve
  6. thirteen
  7. seventeen
  8. twenty

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “eleven” in Spanish?
  2. What number is “quince”?
  3. Count: once, doce, trece, ___.
Answer key — Part A: 1) catorce · 2) once · 3) quince · 4) dieciséis · 5) doce · 6) trece · 7) diecisiete · 8) veinte
Part B: 1) Once. 2) Fifteen (15). 3) Catorce (fourteen).